Impound4017

@Impound4017@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would I sound taller if I gave my height as 6'-4"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  True. I’m 5’ 6” and would absolutely call someone on this lmao

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would I sound taller if I gave my height as 6'-4"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Like you’re speaking aloud an actual equation? If so, then definitely not. You’ll get called on it the first time someone who actually is 6’ is around, and to draw attention to it like that in the first place is going to sound defensive.

  Best to just go about life imo, it projects more confidence, and confidence will do way more to make you seem taller than specifying that you’re four inches off from 6’ ever could.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨POV: me mentoring my juniors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, don’t let me stop you. I only mean to say that you’re very likely wasting your breath, and I know that from my own experience losing the argument against the expanded definition of literally. Languages change, prescriptivism is a losing battle, and that’s just the nature of things. It’s why we aren’t having this exchange in Proto-Indo-European.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨POV: me mentoring my juniors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just mentally insert “you are observing” after the “POV:” and move on with your day. This argument has been a lost battle for a long time now, in much the same was that “literally” was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨girls be like⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Christ, I thought we moved past random = funny a decade ago, but apparently it’s alive and well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many hands long do they get?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’m realizing this is just a bias toward familiarity on my part. There’s several bad assumptions that I made in there which I hadn’t really given too much thought; bad practice on my part, I’ll admit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many hands long do they get?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair. I’ll acknowledge I’m biased here in retrospect. In particular, I’ve realized my argument for Fahrenheit (increased granularity) is directly contradictory to my argument against centimeters (too much granularity). Indeed, my view (however poorly conveyed) was that imperial units of length measurement, and the foot in particular, lend themselves to day to day estimation of size, as meters require estimation with fractions/decimals and centimeters require estimation in quantities too large to be reasonably accurate, so I was of the view that the lack of decimeters in common usage was a problem, but you make a good point that this is a fundamentally flawed assumption. After all, if you’re familiar with metric already, it’s not particularly difficult to just say ‘10cm’ and estimate in relation to tenths of a meter.

  Well argued, and certainly more impassioned than my tepid defense of imperial. Consider me convinced; I’m switching teams lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many hands long do they get?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I might make an argument for the imperial system? I’ll acknowledge that it is bad, particularly from a scientific perspective, but one advantage that imperial has over metric is its use case for human related issues. Most of the stuff you interact with daily is much more easily measured in feet and inches vs meters and centimeters (this ignores decimeters, but I’ve literally never seen anyone use decimeters in my entire life). Another good example is temperature. Celsius is more objective, but when dealing with the standard sorts of temperatures humans are generally concerned with, Fahrenheit gives you more granularity within that range.

  All that is to say: If I’m at work and someone uses imperial for an official measurement, I’m putting my fist through the drywall, but from a day to day perspective, I actually prefer imperial.

  Also, the mile is fucking indefensible. I’ll happily leave all 5280 of its feet out to rot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What age gap is too big of an age gap if someone's in their early 30's?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the rule breaks down any time before ~21 (always round up). In general, if you’re over 18, don’t date someone under 18. If you’re both under 18 idk but probably don’t exceed a two year age gap.

  If you’re 19-20, get fucked I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It all makes sense now.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Moving to Manitoba for my exotic.skirt.venture

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the equivalent of rose coloured glasses for always seeing something in a negative perspective?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s just cynicism or perhaps pessimism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32, f. Are there any dating sites that are actually free and don't suddenly force me to pay to actually use the site?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A friend of mine also found their long-term partner on Hinge. Dating apps are kinda dead, but if you’re looking for something other than hookups, it seems like Hinge is one of the better options.