faythofdragons

@faythofdragons@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I agree that the attempt to engage is the most important aspect. What actually constitutes “engagement” is up to semantic debate.

  I do think that new arguments should be evaluated, even if it’s presented in bad faith. I feel that the bad faith nature of the argument is a factor that counts poorly in my evaluation, but it’s good to have a solid understanding of the nuance in your stance, even when it comes to the ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  But by your own admittance, you did think about it once the question was posed, so no, you’re not an intellectual nepobaby.

  We have all had past experiences with how hard brick-adjacent substances affect teeth, so it’s not discarding it as a knee-jerk reaction. If you went to a dental college, and the professor made the claim before you knew better, I’d assume you’d be interested in finding out how he came to that conclusion, correct?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  For example, should I engage in the “challenging idea” that the world is run by lizard people?

  As a counterpoint, you likely have. You’re aware of the position, aware of the proposed evidence, and determined the evidence falls short of proof, which means you’ve engaged with their thinking before rejecting it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The size of Portugal compared to Spain⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s right, it goes in the square hole

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sales =/= quality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been listening to them since I found their first album at the ren faire, haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sales =/= quality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It just came out, which probably why it’s not on here, but I really enjoyed The Spinning Wheel by Mediæval Bæbes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wafrn.net admins on age verification⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not going to show you my ID, but I can hold an extensive conversation with you about Gaia Online, which should prove my age quite well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, I could have sworn it said MrNiceGuy a minute ago

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨T-shirt?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know this is a shitpost, but real answer: A t-shirt bra is a specific style of bra intended to be worn under t-shirts. They’re supposed to have softer seamlines and less bulk, so they’re not so obvious under thin fabric, but some women just find them more comfortable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK you can poison your personal data to fight against surveillance capitalism.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretend to be something you’re not

  In my life, I was Noel Gruber who worked at Taco Bell in Uranium City, Saskatchewan. But in my dreams I played a different role. I was Monique Gibeau in post-war France! A hooker, with a heart of black charcoal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s good then. A lot of stuff uses the standard numberpad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing with pattern unlock is that it is inherently less secure than the other options

  Does Graphene scramble the keypad between PIN entries? If not, it’s functionally the same as a pattern unlock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your teenager AND your husband⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that with enough sauce, chicken alfredo becomes a soup. Where do I fit on the chart?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kiss goodbye to 8K as support from the TV industry 'dwindles'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe if we had some kind of electron beam we could use to draw on a screen, and the brain just does it’s ‘persistence of vision’ shenanigans?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Out of all the displays in the house, there’s only one 4k computer monitor. The dumb tv is a 1080p, my other monitor is a 720p, then my partner has a DVI and a VGA monitor for his computer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10's extended support ends in eight months, but users are still rejecting Windows 11, at least in Germany⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  neumorphism

  Yeah, because fuck people with bad eyesight amirite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thank you fb⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s where South America reaches for Antarctica. Famously known for being off the coast of Virginia and warm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like I'm being watched⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Someday we’re gonna have millennial cougars that say “rawr xD”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Human⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a point of pedantry, humans can’t have the voice box of a parrot, because parrots have a syrinx and not a larynx.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I took a picture of the back of my pizza box for you guys just in case you were stuck home because of the snow and needed something to do.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That pepperoni is massive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks 🙏🏻⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you put rats in them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real and True⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My DM’s gonna love it when I start asking about elevation changes in more specific detail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real and True⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whenever I play D&D, I turn into the mapmaker. Send help.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bug ID⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Trilobyte is next up from terabyte, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake moo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a whole bunch of beef that’s not edible by USDA standards, and that’s what gets made into dog food. I used to date somebody that worked at a glass-bottle dairy, and they’d eat it anyways, but it was clearly marked on the package “not for human consumption”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two-shay⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think my partner is panromantic/heterosexual. He’s got some friends where any stranger would reasonably assume they were dating, but he’s just not into dick in the slightest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yummy yummy, in my tummy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know about petroleum jelly, but I know you can drink mineral oil as a laxative, and that’s basically the same stuff just runny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be ungovernable⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The british colonies all share the same trait of having animals that are named after superficially similar European animals. It’s like how the American Robin and the European Robin are two completely different birds that just look sorta similar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wokeness ended, check mate leftists ⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Insert the “if they find out we can shapeshift, they’re going to tell the church” audio clip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t catcall somebody with a dog avatar. Geeze, work with me here.