phdepressed
@phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Pattern Recognition 3 days ago:
I mean its like the top category for the last some years in the US as well. Elon’s dad has multiple children with a woman who was his adopted daughter. The pedo in chief is on TV talking about how attractive his own daughter is. Listening to women and stories of sexual abuse by family are a dime a dozen. I unfortunately don’t think it is just a regional thing but that they are more open with it and don’t take the effects of it seriously.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
At 22 I didn’t want kids. At 32 I have a kid without regrets. Prior to getting a long-term partner with the same mindset I think it is a bit much unless something or someone has scared you about “baby trapping”.
Vasectomy reversal can usually be done but isn’t always effective.
- Comment on Pattern Recognition 4 days ago:
There’s a disturbing trend of pseudo or outright incest in Japanese media. Step siblings, cousins, actual siblings, etc. I mean western porn does it too with step-whatevers but it at least isn’t in kids cartoons afaik.
- Comment on Be nice 4 days ago:
Less tracking? Marginally lighter physical wallet? Idk, crypto is a scam as far as I can tell. Sure you can make a whole bunch of money and we’ve decided its legal but its somehow both an investment where you can make and lose millions and a currency to pay for absolutely nothing I’ve ever seen. If there was just one or if a few were based around NAFTA, BRICS or EU whatever it could make sense. But every scummy podcaster and 4chan memer makes their own to scam the participants.
- Comment on Be nice 4 days ago:
That could actually make it a viable currency. Unless you mean the entirety of all bitcoin in which case lol.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I can’t speak to it as I haven’t done one but I can get the desire. I never went on a date or had a gf or any sexual experience until I was 25 and it wasn’t for lack of trying…paying for it would be a sort of bandaid to the issue of loneliness but I wonder if it decreases the chance of becoming an incel.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
If you think about having a gf, there’s a lot more to the relationship than sex. Nonsexual physical intimacy, much less anything emotional is extremely lacking for the average male not in a relationship.
- Comment on It's not just kind, it's kinder 1 week ago:
Quite possibly, it was rather popular in my middle school and I think MCR or some other popular band did a music video with them.
- Comment on Itch.io apologise for "frustration and confusion" after delisting thousands of NSFW projects 1 week ago:
That’s literally what calling your government representatives is. You’re supposed to be able to pressure your representative to represent you.
- Comment on Is the peoples deep interest in chemical experiment viral videos (e.g. liquid nitrogen in a pool) related to being shooed away from understanding real science? 1 week ago:
A lot of scientists are not great communicators. I am much better over text than I am in person… I never shoo anyone away in person but I also understand that in social settings most people only ask what I do out of courtesy rather than genuine interest.
People enjoy the way certain people share their passion. This is a bit overdone for gaming channels focused on kids e.g. pewdiepie but there’s also the dude building a hut with Neolithic tools, or tasting rations, trying new foods, or just reacting to fried rice (uncle roger), gardening, or powerwashing. Nilered shares his passion for chemistry in a way a lot of people enjoy but for better or worse I don’t think it is about understanding Nature as much as it is connecting with a fellow human.
PhDs are philosophy degrees because whether on purpose or not theses are filled with the personal philosophy of the writer wrapped in the paper of whatever research.
- Comment on How much of a persons body is needed to survive? 1 week ago:
Yeah, as with most implants there are issues with biofilm/plaques and immunity. They are also not responsive to loading so don’t allow exercise, affect vasculature weirdly etc.
- Comment on How much of a persons body is needed to survive? 2 weeks ago:
Communication only needs the brain nowadays, neuralink is shit but there are options for similar brain-machine interface that are workable for paralyzed people.
Survival is harder. Ecmo, parenteral nutrition, and dialysis are organ supplements not replacements. Lacking lungs, GI, or kidneys will kill you. Dialysis supplements kidney function. Ecmo supplements lungs that are reduced capability. Parenteral nutrition supplements reduced GI function. There are mechanical hearts/assitive devices one dude had a mech heart one for years but you still need blood pumping. The liver has no assitive device you die in 24h without.
- Comment on YSK Doctors of Osteopathy in the US seldom practice Osteopathy 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, that’s some chiropractic bullshit. With EDS you have a much greater chance of a chiropractor fucking you up and its a neck issue, would be a hard fuck no. There’s been repeated studies showing that chiropractor manipulation of the neck has a greater than acceptable chance of death, paralysis, stroke, and arterial dissections.
Order of operations
- PT and massage therapy
- A relevant specialist (you dont mention what issues you actually have) and this may lead to
- surgical intervention
- Comment on YSK Doctors of Osteopathy in the US seldom practice Osteopathy 3 weeks ago:
If its a chiropractic thing then it’s quackery. If not do you mind sharing the machine?
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 3 weeks ago:
Yes, that’s basically what we did in Iraq. It led to a 20y occupation, thousands of troops killed, hundreds of thousands to millions of civilian deaths, and several new terrorist organizations. It will cost the US alone about 8,000,000,000,000. Basically the entirety of cultural progress and then some was lost in a few months.
- Comment on Goldman Sachs is piloting its first autonomous coder in major AI milestone for Wall Street 3 weeks ago:
Lemm.ee shutdown there are communities of same name on .world, .ml and vlemmy.net
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Perfectly? In a language system different than your own. English to French/Spanish doesn’t require these sounds. English to like Thai or Chinese has a lot.
People learn new languages because you can get the ability back with training (hooray neurplasticity) but it is more difficult and takes longer.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Speaking Japanese honestly isn’t too hard. Reading/writing Japanese is more difficult but is easier as you realize the complex Kanji are just combinations of simpler kanji and how those relate to meaning. Most of the sounds are also in English.
- Comment on Oatmeal 4 weeks ago:
Mole burrito
- Comment on Can it take months to get over being laid off? 4 weeks ago:
It can take a while to get over a layoff when it’s unexpected, it isn’t so different than a relationship ending. We spend a lot of time at work and often put a lot of ourselves into our jobs.
This could be depression or just delayed grief as needing to find a job on short notice tends to block out a lot of emotion and it can take a bit after getting a job for that block to loosen.
What helps you get out of the funk and what helps someone else get out probably varies. For me a decent walk around the neighborhood/park and decreased phone time are/were very helpful. Even mild alcohol use was a very temporary thing that created a long-term detriment. Society sucks at teaching healthy coping mechanisms.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
It isn’t but if it can’t work at that scale how do you convince anyone it will work when it’s larger scale? Showing feasibility is important.
- Comment on Google kills the fact-checking snippet 4 weeks ago:
Mbfc is ok but is itself biased towards Western and Pro-Israel content.
- Comment on Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy 4 weeks ago:
Then the AI companies that have openly used pirated stuff could also get disconnected lol. Of course business will be fine and individuals will get shafted who expects anything different nowadays.
- Comment on Canadians are just too polite 5 weeks ago:
No
- Comment on Aging is fun 1 month ago:
That is true, but a lot of people on this thread talking about their 30s being like this.
- Comment on Aging is fun 1 month ago:
Drink water, eat healthy, and exercise this will likely go away in a few days to weeks of good habits.
- Comment on A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit 1 month ago:
Idk what pushback you’re talking about, you’re it as far as I can tell and yes the OP is about groceries as is the comment I originally responded to.
Yeah, I usually specify alternates or refunds for things that matter and if my bananas are too green or my avocados riper than expected I can change meals to accommodate.
- Comment on A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit 1 month ago:
Uber eats/doordash is a different level. I don’t use them unless I have a gift card.
Instacart and similar as mentioned here do upcharge but it is just regular groceries so I can cook and eat at home. It’s on a basis of time=money. I want back the time I’d have to spend grocery shopping so I’ll spend money for it. If I ever get employed somewhere with reasonable public transit or safer biking that may change.
- Comment on Kimwipes 1 month ago:
I guess I’m not classy enough, whats special about the blue box or purple bag kimwipes compared to the green?
- Comment on Nier creator Yoko Taro reveals the sad reality of modern AAA game development, “there’s less weird people making games” 1 month ago:
Being “safe” is also a gamble, if you aren’t bringing anything new or unique you’re gambling that the title or brand is sufficient for success.