xmunk
@xmunk@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
Bullet points. If you don’t have a rapport spell things out paragraph style and then finish the email off with something like this…
So considering the above I’d like to get your opinion on these points:
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Do you think the widget should be blue or orange?
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Given the expected market impact do we want to bring in PR for our e-widget announcement?
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- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 2 weeks ago:
Considering your wording in the last paragraph, I’m going to guess that your writing style is frequently overwhelming. Making sure that questions are clearly isolated (I’d suggest using numeric lists or bullet points) makes it clear what response you’re expecting.
Additionally, if you’re asking several difficult questions, it’s likely that people will lose the thread partway through.
- Comment on Why Titles Are Written Like This? 4 weeks ago:
How to Respond to a Question on Title Capitalization: A Brief Commentary
It isn’t normal to capitalize every first letter… it’s normal to capitalize nearly every first letter.
- Comment on Was Donald Trump ever cool? 4 weeks ago:
I think it’s a great idea not to idolize strangers. You say you liked Elon but folks in tech have always known he’s a piece of shit and some of his oldest “friends” (i.e. Thiel) fucking loathe him.
Wealth, generally, fucks people up so it’s good to avoid the wealthy and famous as a default rule…
Why not appreciate people around you, friends, family, your mail folk - these people are much more impactful on your life and their kindnesses in your times of need have the potential to be life saving.
- Comment on Why did/do sites such as the pyramids in Egypt or the Roman colosseum end up in an abandoned state, only to be "rediscovered" later? 4 weeks ago:
The pyramids mostly take care of themselves - most of the Roman sites were destroyed because people needed stone, and its easier to get pre-quarried stuff than dig it out of the ground yourself.
Our reverence of past architecture is a pretty modern trend - and the amount of work it’d take to keep repainting and gilting these ancient buildings is unreasonable if they aren’t useful.
The materials being repurposed is pretty awesome though, it sucks to lose old buildings but being able to reconstruct where stones from a given ended up going and them receiving care and maintenance in their new homes is better than the material being outright destroyed… and it helps weave history into our everyday lives.
One interesting debate you can follow right now (ish, it’s mostly been settled) is the repatriation of totem polls that were stolen from Haida and Coastal Salish peoples… there was a debate about trying to preserve them in museums or returning them to the tribes where they’ll serve their purpose and weather away to nothing. A takeaway from this discussion is that, if you have nothing else, it’s not a bad idea to try and preserve items so that future people can appreciate them… but there are also active totem carvers alive and passing on the knowledge today - it’s better to provide funding to keep the artform alive.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I toast a shot of Salmiakki to that.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I naturalized to Canada and call myself Canadian.
- Comment on What's so important about keeping military operations secret? 4 weeks ago:
A few things
- If it’s an operation you end up not committing to you don’t want the infamy of having planned it.
- Advanced knowledge of the strike may allow the target to reposition to avoid or oppose the strike.
- Persons involved in the strike may be endangered due to the association.
- You look like fucking ass clowns.
- Comment on What do you do if you encounter a skunk? 4 weeks ago:
Walk away from them until they feel comfortable enough to leave.
- Comment on Why can’t HVAC be made smarter? 5 weeks ago:
Most HVACs thermostats have a target temperature range and can toggle heating and cooling to stay within that range - usually with some minimum range logic to prevent constant swapping.
This is also a classic modern house problem. In areas with wild temperature sways like what you’re describing traditional house building would include hacks to capture and retain the cool air in the morning and shed as much excess heat as possible during the day.
When we lived in Puerto de la Santa Maria we’d throw open windows to create a cross breeze in the mid afternoon and keep the air flowing (assuming it didn’t get too cold) into mid-morning at which point we’d seal off the east facing windows and draw curtains over the windows and doors to keep the heat out - swapping to full enclosure as it got to just before lunch time - then opening east facing windows and leaving the west shut util it was time to start the cycle again.
It was unbearably hot in direct sunlight during the hot months but the house stayed cool - especially with thermally conductive tiles and stone being the primary exposed surfaces. As long as you properly cycled the house you could keep it comfortable and it was easy to adjust by airing it slightly less or letting more heat in.
Wooden houses with huge sliding glass doors in direct sunlight that have no shades or curtains can’t do this, however.
- Comment on Redditors told me to go to the therapist but I can’t afford one nor pick one from thousands available. What now? 5 weeks ago:
That is not everything wrong with the 21st century - that’s just Reddit being a toxic platform. Sociopaths get off on inflicting pain - their comments aren’t about you, they’re doing it for self gratification.
- Comment on Can Christians, Muslims or Jews worship or pray to pagan gods? 5 weeks ago:
Maybe the Jewish faith has kept to that but Christians have a long tradition of practicing syncretism and priests were happy just to get a Danish king to say “Hail Odin the all father and Freyr’s might and uh… also the Christian God I guess.”
- Comment on Can Christians, Muslims or Jews worship or pray to pagan gods? 5 weeks ago:
Yes. Do whatever the fuck you want.
- Comment on would getting back with an ex be a bad idea? 1 month ago:
There are billions of humans. Why the fuck you want to try again with one of the few people you know don’t work?
- Comment on How was this old "no hands pushup" viral video made? 1 month ago:
Calves? I do my push ups with only my toes.
- Comment on low iq in love with high iq person, is that bad?? 1 month ago:
IQ is bullshit. If you love each other you love each other.
- Comment on What are some of the things someone permanently relocating away from the US should be aware of? 1 month ago:
Unless you formally revoke your citizenship you’ll be required to file for taxes for the rest of your life.
- Comment on Why do i see so many americans obsessed with the concept of "this is a thing that [Ethnicity] does" 1 month ago:
As an American that moved to Canada it was eye opening that a lot of racist Canadians direct the energy Americans point at black folks toward Native Americans. Canada absolutely has a problem with some deep seated racism.
- Comment on what’s with some adult tv shows using tiktok speak/“brainrot” or acting like the example below, wouldn’t this approach work better with children’s shows? 1 month ago:
In the 90s we had “See you on the flippity flip” - it’s almost certainly genuine and talking to folks in the language they more commonly use because that’s how pop culture pops.
Eat my shorts!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Go back to sleep and wait until someone says “Wake the fuck up Samurai” - that’ll be a markedly better world to wake up in.
- Comment on Why have an adversarial legal system? 2 months ago:
Bear in mind that our system is quite old and some of the ways we process information have changed so that much more of what is on trial is a “fact” rather than hearsay. However, wouldn’t what you’re suggesting put the burden of information gathering on the judges themselves? This would make trials much more expensive in terms of judge time as well as removing your ability to self-advocate.
Right now when you enter a trial there is a burden on each party to collect and present their evidence - would you prefer a system where you were barred from this and the judge made a ruling based on whatever information they happened to glean independently - potentially missing something that you consider extremely important?
- Comment on Why do people say more people didnt vote for trump than did? 2 months ago:
So the electoral college complicates things somewhat - a voter for Stein in California probably thought their vote would have no impact anyways - but voters for Stein in more competitive states were absolutely fine with Trump being president.
Due to the vote shenanigans in 2020 I think it was wise in this last election to vote for Harris because had their been an electoral college/popular vote split with Harris winning the college Trump would absolutely try and overturn the results again… but I know most Americans are less politically aware.
- Comment on How is the Stock Market keeping it's value after *points to everything*? 2 months ago:
The market was significant out of whack before this election even began.
Tesla’s stock price is 99% pure (dumb) speculation.
- Comment on Why do people say more people didnt vote for trump than did? 2 months ago:
I believe you can’t be retaliated against for taking off time to vote but your employer isn’t required to compensate you for time spent voting.
- Comment on Why do people say more people didnt vote for trump than did? 2 months ago:
Of course, it’s also important to realize that 70% of Americans were fine with Trump being president. 70% of America didn’t vote for Harris when Trump was the likely outcome of the election.
- Comment on How is the Stock Market keeping it's value after *points to everything*? 2 months ago:
Look at Tesla stock prices - even after a slight deflation it’s astronomically overvalued and divorced from reality.
We’re in a speculative bubble baby!
- Comment on the person who abused(?) me (who I’m breaking free from and focusing on me💪) acted like this: is this common with certain mental health conditions? 2 months ago:
It could be a lot of things - Narcissism certainly, but defensiveness as a response to criticism is also pretty common in folks with ADHD due to what we experience in the educational system… I’ve had to train myself to be more open to criticism but any criticism in the realm of laziness still makes me quite defensive.
The “No one understands you just me” is classic predatory behavior that’s often accompanied by trying to isolate you from your family, again, it could come from narcissism but it’s also frequently tied to plain old insecurity but in an extreme form.
It sounds like you’re happy getting out of that relationship - whatever is wrong with them is their fucking problem and not yours. One of the hardest part about ending an emotionally abusive relationship is removing them from your day to day thoughts - so it might not be healthy to dwell on them even in this form, it might help to understand the damage better and find like folks but it’s also important to close that door.
- Comment on Do most people still use computers, or do people only use a smartphone as their main/only device? 2 months ago:
Damn, I haven’t heard about using a laptop for CBT but that shit probably hurts - that’s gonna be a wide surface area for impact.
- Comment on Do most people still use computers, or do people only use a smartphone as their main/only device? 2 months ago:
I use my computer for pretty much everything but I have a projector so that shit is up on my wall.
- Comment on Isn't it possible to frame almost any opinion as a question? 2 months ago:
No?