rhymeswithduck

@rhymeswithduck@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(serious) What would we be losing in a world where most people didn't own a car? Please read the OP before posting.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Been to Portland recently. There’s plenty of neighborhoods where you can walk around safely. There’s one small area of downtown where there’s a lot of homeless, and you probably want to stay away from the ICE building for obvious reasons, but other than that it’s like any other city.

  Some people are just… irrationally afraid of the homeless. Most of them will not try to rob you or even bother you, but it is a good idea if you find yourself in an area like that, to pay attention to your surroundings and not get too close to anyone, just in case they start swinging their arms around wildly or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not blocking them from tracking you. You’re only blocking yourself from seeing the ads they’ve chosen to show you based on the tracking they’ve already done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook is absolutely cooked⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Craigslist still exists though. We could just… bring it back by using it again. As a bonus, it’s not an app so it doesn’t track you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ad companies are the ones destroying civilization⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’re giving Campbell way more credit than he is generally given by the writing community at large. Yes, that is one way to write a story, but it’s certainly not the only method taught. For example, slice-of-life stories are completely acceptable, however it is harder to get some of the nuance across to new writers. The hero’s journey is an easy starting point, that’s all. And I really don’t think Campbell was trying to say that’s how everything should be. He was making observations about what he already saw in popular western media.

  I don’t understand your seeming conflation of advertising and art, which seems like a separate point from your criticism of Campbell. Advertising does not control art, nor vice versa. It makes more sense to look at things through the lens of money: art can be basically free to create (writing, drawing, street art are all pretty cheap). Anyone can do it. Now, something like making a film is not cheap. It can cost millions of dollars, and not many people have enough lying around to do so without getting a return on that investment. In other words, film has to make money. They know the hero’s journey will sell because it is easy for the average Westerner to digest and enjoy. So you see a lot more hero’s journey stories on the screen than you do in the wide world of books, which can afford to be more experimental or art-driven. Someone like Banksy isn’t worried about finding a rich buyer to recoup the cost of his stencils and paint. Would you agree?

  Advertising is a different beast altogether, and I’m not sure why you would criticize it for not being art. It was never supposed to be that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are we being distracted from?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They saw a party balloon, panicked, tried to shoot it down with lasers but failed to inform the FAA what they were doing (it might have even been the FAA doing it which is even more hilarious), so the FAA panicked again and shut down the airspace. Just pure incompetence all around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The radical woke subliminal message in Bad Bunny's halftime performance⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t normally watch football, but it was a pretty good game. Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots. The Patriots make it to the superbowl often and have had a reputation for playing dirty at times. The Seahawks barely lost to them a few years ago, so this was a very nice comeback, also it’s only their second time winning the superbowl. They put up a fantastic defense and for a while people thought the Patriots wouldnt get to score any points at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: starting Feb. 1, passengers arriving at US airports nationwide without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, will face a $45 fee⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point it’s a bit ridiculous if you don’t have one. 20 years is at least three cycles of ID renewals, so people have had plenty of chances to make the switch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do crappy parents defend their child when they are masively publicly misbehaving and being shitheads?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are there actual rules about noise in the hallway? If there are, is she aware of them? Is there anyone who could potentially enforce those rules other than you? If there are no rules, then it could just be a cultural difference, and good luck to you trying to enforce your own rules in public spaces. You think it’s entirely reasonable to have a silent hallway, but maybe the other lady has never lived in a quiet place her whole life. Maybe she can’t see why you would want that at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: listening to audiobooks and reading books both activate the same language related areas of the brain⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not this time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What common American habits do people find quietly annoying?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you understand how voting works? Each person gets one vote. Do you think I, or anyone else, could have somehow forced the 30% who didn’t vote to vote, and not only that but to vote the way we wanted them to? How am I responsible for the choices of people 2,000 miles across the country that I’ve never interacted with? Do I have any control over the propaganda these people are exposed to?

  At any given time, only 30-40% of the US is actually represented by the government. At least 30% of us directly voted against all this. Comments like yours make me feel like you’re trying to erase our existence… but I’m sure that’s helpful for somebody.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My culture also loves music, dancing and telling stories⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Those food companies have spent decades doing chemical research on how to make that food as addictive as possible. Then of course there’s all the marketing on top of that. Most people can’t break free of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does this belong here?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I remember, Quorn is not actually vegan, the breading contains egg. Unless they’ve changed their recipe…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bring bathroom doors back to hotels⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do bathroom fans even exist outside of the US? I’m mostly joking, but seriously did not see a single one while staying in Japan or Europe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump to blacklist countries for imprisoning Americans⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like El Salvador would fall under that definition. I wonder if they’re trying to make it so journalists and senators can’t visit the countries they’re deporting people to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bring out the trumpets and pour out the beer⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So far, Cashapp is still offering free filing. Feels weird to use it, but it’s worked out fine for the past few years. I refuse to go back to TurboTax and their predatory free-until-its-not pricing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Humans have always understood our experience through stories and myths. Literally every civilization throughout history has them. It’s the people who refuse to consume any fiction that I don’t understand. Even when a story is entirely fictional, surely there is still meaning in metaphor and juxtaposition and human understanding to be found.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alligator Auschwitz⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, ORGANIZE. Like with actual leaders and plans and shit, because individual violence isn’t going to accomplish anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But I am mighty!!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to have that problem. I switched to 30 spf and don’t get burned anymore. I can’t really explain it, but my theory is that 50+ is marketing BS and doesn’t actually do anything. Or it could be that Banana Boat brand just really sucks and Hawaiian is more like lotion so it actually stays on my skin and also moisturizes, which probably helps because dry skin = gonna get burned.