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- Comment on 80s and 90s commercials... they just hit different, don't they? 1 week ago:
Omg that’s hilarious
- Comment on 80s and 90s commercials... they just hit different, don't they? 1 week ago:
It was always much bigger in my nightmares. Like 3 ft.
I think this spite commercial is a parody of a sunny D commercial with the og sun creature but I can’t find it.
But this one illustrated the point either way.
Why was it so scary?
I don’t know. But it was terrifying.
- Comment on GitHub hits CTRL-Z, decides it will train its AI with user data after all 1 week ago:
Someone else mentioned Codeberg
- Comment on 80s and 90s commercials... they just hit different, don't they? 1 week ago:
Do you remember that sunny D commercial with the sun creature chasing kids. ?
That commercial legit gave me nightmares.
- Comment on marriage update 1 week ago:
It doesn’t say “check one only”.
- Comment on Elephant in the room 1 week ago:
Right!?
- Comment on Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features 1 week ago:
I just use my PC through my TV.
Also don’t buy tvs with voice activation.
That means they have mics on 24/7.
- Comment on all insects and most animals can't see the stars 1 week ago:
Many Birds mammals and reptiles can.
House Cats probably can’t or at least they are probably pretty blurry.
House Cats are “nearsighted”. Compared to humans.
Most of the animal groups I listed have accommodating lenses though. So most probably can see the stars.
Which means their eyes can focus at multiple distances.
Infinity focus for humans is around 16-20 feet. Depending on eyesight.
Which means if you can see something 20 feet away, in focus, you can see at infinity in focus. It’s why we can see the stars.
That infinity point varies for many animals and it’s true that some don’t have it. Like house cats.
But a lot do.
I’m less familiar with how compound eyes work but essentially like pinhole cameras. No adjusting lens.
But they don’t need it. Because when light is restricted to a pinhole, it’s focused at infinity. It’s more like far sightedness. Things closer will be blurry and farther away will be in focus.
Based on that. I would guess many insects could in fact , see stars and the moon.
Sensitivity to light would be the other factor.
I can’t think of any animals that wouldnt be able to see a bright point of light. Maybe moles. Those blind ones.
- Comment on Elephant in the room 1 week ago:
So whilst I was studying for a masters in psychology, we had this group research project.
It was investigating a few traits of the college boys and determining which of these traits predicted sexual and relationship information. Such as number of sexual partners and if they were in a committed relationship.
One of the traits was humor.
So the way we were instructed by the lead research professor to rate this ability, was to have the guys complete a questionnaire.
Some of the questions were about how important comedy and humor was to them. How often they watched or listened to funny shows/comedians.
But the last question was a short answer. They were presented with an image and were asked to write a story about the image.
The image was this famous photograph.
www.moma.org/collection/works/79933 It’s two people with their head covered with cloth, embracing and kissing.Now I don’t know who validated this questionnaire. But there was objective guidelines on rating the responses.
Such as how original it was. And how much humor it had. And if it was dark or light hearted.
And this one guy.
He wrote like this two or 3 page story. (Most people wrote a half page).
I can’t tell you the exact contents because it was so absurd and ridiculous. But I personally remember thinking it was rather hilarious because he wrote so much detail and gave all this supposition about why they wore the face coverings. I think they were shy aliens or something.
And then all this back story.
But the professor reviewed it and even brought it up in a meeting. Where he read a large chunk of it and then I thought he was going to go over how to rate it per the guidelines but instead said this was the kind of thing we had to remove from the study because obviously the guy was being cheeky. (This was in Britain).
I think 2 or 3 of us in the group chuckled at the story.but most didn’t think it was amusing.
Anyway. This post reminds me of this.
And also. Fyi. If you participate in a psych study, it’s very possible your results will get shared with all the grad students working on it and some of their grad friends not working on it.
Your name won’t be shared. We have very strict rules about that. And people seem to respect those rules. But if you give weird interesting data. You can bet it’s getting passed around and shared a few times.
The professor told us “there are a lot of crazy people out there just trying to ruin your data sets for kicks”.
I don’t think this particular student was doing that. I think he just has a strong sense of humor which was not understood by most.
- Comment on Animals noticing 1 week ago:
Except those animals should be drawn like the ghost versions at the end of return of the jedi.
The blue see through “look”.
Cause we about to make everything extinct.
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- Comment on Im pan so anyone can apply 1 week ago:
Decent option for a mascot
- Comment on PANIC 1 week ago:
Shit. I only just now saw this and it’s almost 11 pm.
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh
- Comment on Im pan so anyone can apply 1 week ago:
I didn’t come here for the sexy time, I’m asexual.
BUT I just want to point out that the word “pan” short for “pansexual” is kind of amusing because Pan, the Greek god, is a satyr known for constantly chasing that booty.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Well we all do it a little bit.
But self reflection and honesty with ourselves definitely helps.
- Comment on These various juices look delicious. 2 weeks ago:
That one on the left. That’s Hawaiian punch. Definitely
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
There is a fair bit of psychology research on this topic.
Generally we don’t know why we make the choices we do. And we make up something plausible.
I can’t think of the two main researchers who headed this, but I do know them. Im sure it will come to me later. I’ll post a reply with a link. I know there is a wiki on their work too.
Before them there was this famous study, I believe it was in Germany in like the 60s.
They showed women 4 pairs of panty hose. And asked the women to pick the best ones. Like a product comparison.
Except all 4 pairs were identicle.
Most women choose the pair they handled first.
When asked the women said this paid was better. Had more elastic. Was thicker. Etc.
But that wasn’t true.
- Comment on The worst Italian mobster names you can think of 2 weeks ago:
😞
- Comment on there goes your ram btw 2 weeks ago:
But it’s soooo realistic !?!
s/
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Most people form their opinions first then make up a reason for having them that is usually not true but is the most socially acceptable reason.
The Bible is full of stories that are vague and can be interpreted however you like to support any point.
Like how the angel Gabriel that came to Mary asked her for her consent to carry Jesus. Which supports pro choice.
The true reason for misogyny is the same reason for racism.
People in power benefit from it.
And it allows the majority to feel superior over another class , keeping them more docile against the rulling class.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
It’s like blaming women for why no one cares about women. It’s nonsense.
I think it’s also rooted in this idea that if you are the victim, then your opinion is invalid.
I don’t know how that became a thing but it is.
“Oh you don’t think racism is fair, well that’s only because you are black so your opinion doesn’t count”.
“Oh you want harsher punishment for sex crimes, well that’s only because you were a victim, so you are biased and your opinion doesn’t count,”.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Feminism has been branded a dirty word here. I barely know any men who will say they are even if they actually support feminism ideals.
It’s a bad word like communism. And tier to homophobia and masculinity.
“Only gay men are feminist.”
- Comment on The worst Italian mobster names you can think of 2 weeks ago:
What’s a “bussy”?
- Comment on Frying chicken? Taking a leak? It's a mystery. 🤔 2 weeks ago:
We also have a clitoris and urethra that are not attached to the vagina.
Male and female genitals are not a 1 to 1 comparison.
Males have their clitoris and urethra on the penis.
A vagina is the canal where babies come out. It’s not the same as an inverted penis.
- Comment on Frying chicken? Taking a leak? It's a mystery. 🤔 2 weeks ago:
Maybe but a lot of people seem to think urine comes out of the vagina. Which I like to correct when I can. Because it’s too many people who think that.
I blame the education system.
- Comment on Frying chicken? Taking a leak? It's a mystery. 🤔 2 weeks ago:
But urine doesn’t come out of the vagina.
- Comment on Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers 2 weeks ago:
These and the robot dogs should replace rodeos.
- Comment on Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers 2 weeks ago:
Hog tie them ?
- Comment on WHO officials admit they are preparing for possible nuclear weapon use in Iran 2 weeks ago:
Both aggressors . U.S and Israel both have nukes.
- Comment on Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers 2 weeks ago:
Isnt there a black mirror episode with these exact same robot dogs being used to attack people.
Honestly just knock them over with a broom or something.
