untorquer

@untorquer@quokk.au

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if medicine intentionally tastes bad?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll edit the post slightly but i think it’s safe to assume this is the case 🤣

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if medicine intentionally tastes bad?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not wrong about some drugs but others taste bad simply because they don’t consider flavor and you’re supposed to just swallow them anyways.

  Some Ibuprofen pills which taste neutral to pleasant while others are awfully bitter. Ibuprofen itself has a clinical or sterile or saline IV flavor, not offensive.

  Unflavored sugar pill is a pretty awful taste on its own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta reportedly plans sweeping layoffs as AI costs increase⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  God i need my company to stop asking for ideas on how to use their chatgpt subscription to “streamline workflows” to justify the cost while claiming it improves efficiency.

  My emails are already summarized, don’t AI them, they’ll be longer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨love venn diagrams🫶⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the best way might be the simplest way that achieves a consensus that sufficient nuance is considered.

  Or rather, the minimum necessary that everyone affected can use the tool proficiently to meet their needs. Most tools need regular maintenance or discarding, but cat is giving simple, so maybe cat is on to something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨love venn diagrams🫶⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But you just used it as a tool to categorize and explain a wide swath of relationship dynamics. The only thing you needed was to apply it to the individuals instead of the relationship writ large.

  I think the cat is in the middle of a lecture too. Maybe that’s the next slide?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says English translations inevitably strip away a lot of a game's "flavor"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re translating to American English

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨meirl⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “On what grounds”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve changed my mind, I’m ok with kink shaming in some cases

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study finds 77% of US national parks are highly vulnerable to climate change⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They were selected to preserve the climate they contain but it turns out climate change changes climates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Windows is already occupying your hardware and network with “telemetry”. I would be surprised if telemetry overhead alone was all that was needed to burden modern hardware and yet when i boot into windows those fans never shut up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OP figures out love languages⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure where i decided the narrator is unreliable. They say their partner loves it. Two people happy in a relationship. An example of how one problem solved to meet the needs communicated by the other. The result being positive. That’s just reading what’s written. I don’t see where i made something up. I provided examples of types of people who may use a logic like this but didn’t prescribed it to op.

  Not a dynamic for me but i wouldn’t gawk at someone for feeling fulfilled in it. I get the humor that it’s expected to be considered demeaning.

  🤷

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OP figures out love languages⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unhealthy would be if you as the other in the relationship (the one seeking affection here) were not ok with this and tried to change it. It Doesn’t sound like the relationship with the dog is negotiable.

  I wouldn’t be happy in that relationship because i need emotional mutuality/reflection, which is clearly muted here. But the two partners here are obviously fine with it.

  I don’t mean to diagnose anyone but this is fairly common for both trauma survivors and neurodivergence. Animals are just going to always be safer than people for some folks, and those folk also deserve love.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OP figures out love languages⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just healthy adaptation. They care for their partner so they found a way to meet their partner’s needs that isn’t overly burdensome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's literally science⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  this and

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's literally science⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well this and a shorter work day/week so one doesn’t have to chose between a social life, a healthy body, home upkeep, child care, and self care. Maybe sprinkle in some accessible and free healthcare both physical and mental. Idk, wouldn’t be the first time i was wrong about something.