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- Comment on Chinese Factory Worker Can't Believe The Shit He Makes For Americans 5 hours ago:
14 year olds in factories used to be a punchline. Now it’s just par for the course in some parts of the US
- Comment on Happy Easter 4 days ago:
I’m genuinely trying to think if I’ve ever seen a single nonsecular Easter decoration.
- Comment on xkcd #3077: de Sitter 6 days ago:
Look at you, making it all easy to understand
- Comment on xkcd #3077: de Sitter 1 week ago:
I love reading about physics things that I just can’t conceptualize. Spaces with more or fewer than 360 degrees of rotation? Cool, I absolutely can’t imagine it
- Comment on xkcd #3076: The Roads Both Taken 1 week ago:
There’s already an “I” earlier in that sentence, so it’s not necessary necessary, especially in poetry, but it would absolutely be clearer with another.
- Comment on As a US citizen who was born in the UK, how risky is it to leave and reenter the US right now? 1 week ago:
That Canadian actress was white and attractive. The German held for several days without sleep was also white and attractive (also a man in a relationship with a man, but I don’t know how likely it is that CBP could have known that).
It’s probably protective, but it’s not sufficient
- Comment on Remember when she fucked up the economy 1 week ago:
That’s the value of charisma. I can’t not seethe while listening to Reagan shucks his way to destroying the welfare state, but he was an actor, I’ve got to assume he was good at striking the right note for people who didn’t have the consequences of his policies right at hand.
I wish charisma were less effective, but unfortunately this is the world we live in. Even worse, the only Kennedy we have on the national scene is RFK Jr.
- Comment on Genius 2 weeks ago:
Baltimore blast sounds like a designer version of naloxone
- Comment on Always explains so much 3 weeks ago:
It’s also not an exact science, especially if you’re not on hormonal birth control. My cycle is 27-29 days, unless I’m stressed, in which case it can be up to 40 days. My period then lasts 3-4 days, but every 7-8 months, it instead lasts a full week and is way, way heavier and more painful than normal. No medical issues that my doctor can tell, sometimes it just be like that. So I will know that I should be getting my period in the next couple of days, but it’s never exact.
I used to be better about tracking it, but I realized I could feel a twinge about 20 minutes before the bleeding starts. Now I’ll even wake up to it, so there’s really not a downside to not tracking my period. (Except unforeseen medical issues, bc failures, and general bodily awareness)
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 3 weeks ago:
I don’t disagree with you that society does think that way, but I disagree with the sentiment so much.
I’m 33 and afab. I accepted being called a “girl” until I was about 23 (probably not a coincidence that that was the age at which I graduated college), but it started chafing at like 16, even though I didn’t have a good alternative at the time (because I agree that “female” as a noun feels gross). If someone called me a girl now I would correct them without hesitation in basically every scenario outside of a eulogy or wedding speech.
I really wish there was a better option. I don’t really like “woman,” but it’s better than gal, lady, dudette, chick, or girl imo. I’m perfectly fine with guy or dude, especially in plural, but I’m probably an egg, so that colors my perspective for the singular use a little.
- Comment on James Bond is responsible for many wasted vodka martinis 3 weeks ago:
I like tequila with a pickleback, which is the way less classy version of this.
- Comment on Why women live longer then men 3 weeks ago:
Sorry for the TMI
That video helped me understand my own mortality. I recognized that “huh, I guess I’m fucked” look from how my mom reacted when her cancer came back and it suddenly clicked that anything can happen to anyone at any time. This was several years after she died, but somehow it still hadn’t occurred to me.
- Comment on Why women live longer then men 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been reading too much fanfiction about cardassians lately for this not to resonate
- Comment on Disappointing coyote attack 4 weeks ago:
I know coyotes aren’t exactly massive, but the six year old is fine?? Good news, but that coyote must be embarrassed as hell.
- Comment on If you are ever feeling like what you are doing is meaningless, remember that there are American lawyers and judges who have spent many years studying US constitutional law. 4 weeks ago:
I worry they’ll be trillionaires and everyone else will be the millionaires, carting our wheelbarrows full of useless dollars around
- Comment on Pets hate the vet clinic and groomer because they smell the combined terror/anger of a thousand other animals who've been poked and prodded in that room 4 weeks ago:
My cat’s cool until they try to take her temperature, which she hates. She always looks at me like I’ve betrayed her and I can’t blame her, it’s a pretty invasive thing that I can’t exactly explain to her. She just knows that I brought her somewhere and tried to calm her down before someone put something in her ass.
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 5 weeks ago:
It’s definitely not for everyone, but the only thing stopping me from making a mac and cheese sandwich is shame.
I will say, most of the mac and cheese pizzas I’ve had were more enjoyable(for me) than good and the texture is the reason. To do it well, you basically just need a good thick cheese sauce that coats the noodles well enough to insulate them from getting simultaneously soggy and burnt, but the best sauce for that is not the best sauce for standard mac and cheese
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 5 weeks ago:
When I clean the fermentation cabinet at my bakery, I start craving subway because of the smell. It was annoying until I actually realized what caused it, and since then it’s just gross.
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 5 weeks ago:
I know, I know. But have you had it?
I was the kid who used to make mashed potato and stuffing sandwiches after thanksgiving, if that’s relevant.
- Comment on Just sayin’ bro 1 month ago:
Yeah, I assume they just made the mistake of turning on video in a public discord or something.
- Comment on Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals 1 month ago:
Text is never 100% black, but rastered.
Does “rastered” mean the image is mapped onto a very fine grid and each square is given a 0-100 value for intensity of ink? I looked it up, and it seemed like the squares are given a binary value, but this is nowhere near my wheelhouse and I’m honestly not sure I understood the Wikipedia page, let alone the references
- Comment on Trump says US should spend' less time worrying about Putin' 1 month ago:
I didn’t have an id issued by Germany in my wallet at the time, nor did I have anything with my German address on it. I was still registered with the town, so they could do it by name and DOB, but that’s still more than I would expect.
I told this story wrong, and didn’t mention any of this, though lol.
- Comment on Trump says US should spend' less time worrying about Putin' 1 month ago:
Yes, it can happen anywhere (and a good relationship with your neighbors is the best way to improve your safety anywhere). There is an office in town hall for it here, though, which is pretty wild to me. An unknown number just called me and told me to come pick it up, and it wasn’t extortion!
I still don’t know how they got my number. It was a prepaid phone and the number’s not in my wallet. If they wanted to cross reference my address registration they could, but that’s so much work.
- Comment on Trump says US should spend' less time worrying about Putin' 1 month ago:
My dad sent me an insane video about “migrant problems in Germany.” I live in Germany (as an immigrant, no less), and although almost every aspect of the video was incorrect, exaggerated, and distorted, it was plausible for an anglophone audience who don’t have direct experience with German culture.
He honestly thought I was in more danger in (somewhat rural) Germany than in one of the 20 most dangerous cities in the US. I’ve had my lost wallet returned to me here, money still in place.
- Comment on Could your body adjust if you separated your macros into meals? Like all carbs for breakfast, all fat for lunch and all protein for dinner? What would happen? 1 month ago:
Cheese chips and guacamole could be okay, but if you can’t have any protein or carbohydrates, that would be difficult.
- Comment on Why do people see me as far older than 19 when I type the way I do sometimes?/Why do people think full stops are rude? 1 month ago:
Older people grew up writing less than younger people have, because of texting, so they’re more accustomed to taking their time with the proprieties of grammar. Younger people began using grammar as a tone marker differently from how it had previously been used, so they tend to see a bigger difference between “no” and “No.” as an answer to a question than older people do. For younger people, the latter tends to seem more abrupt and final, which could come across rudely.
- Comment on The science is divided 1 month ago:
They’re what the government uses to spy on the Amish.
- Comment on cilanto 🌿 1 month ago:
I dislike grapefruit and durian. Otherwise, I’ve never met a plant I don’t like.
- Comment on A balanced diet is important 2 months ago:
That sounds amazing rn [8]
- Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet 2 months ago:
I was living in a shithole apartment with a noisy fridge that the landlord wouldn’t fix and complaining to my therapist about it. He suggested I fix it, which was a completely alien idea to me at the time. It was a lot less complicated than I expected, I learned a lot about how it worked, and my self-confidence and perceived control over my circumstances skyrocketed.