sanguinepar
@sanguinepar@lemmy.world
- Comment on Have there been any technological advances in boucey ball technology in the last decade or two? 1 week ago:
I see you’ve got a rye sense of humour.
- Comment on xkcd #3138: Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure 1 week ago:
- Comment on Is streetwear a joke? 2 weeks ago:
He listed the items because that’s the rules of the sub.
- Comment on Is streetwear a joke? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t see anything wrong, or even odd about what he’s wearing. It’s just a jacket and some shorts. If I passed him in the street, I doubt I’d even register his clothes tbh.
- Comment on YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection 4 weeks ago:
No worries - the general point still stands though I think 👍
- Comment on If your happiness is derived from your enjoyment of a false (i.e. fictional) stories, is that truely happiness, or is that technically a delusion? 4 weeks ago:
True happiness is something that should make you happy in the moment and in the long run.
I’m not sure I agree - why is a long term aspect necessarily for something to constitute true happiness?
If I can’t remember something, does that mean it didn’t make me “truly happy”?
If so, that would mean that a child given a toy they play with for years but eventually lose interest in and forget as they grow older, didn’t experience “true happiness” from that toy, which doesn’t seem right to me.
I don’t think permanence or longevity are factors in whether ones happiness is true or not.
- Comment on If your happiness is derived from your enjoyment of a false (i.e. fictional) stories, is that truely happiness, or is that technically a delusion? 4 weeks ago:
Agreed - that’s why many people love, say, the Mona Lisa, or Starry Night.
- Comment on If your happiness is derived from your enjoyment of a false (i.e. fictional) stories, is that truely happiness, or is that technically a delusion? 4 weeks ago:
I think you’re going to have to provide a generally acceptable definition of “true happiness” - and a definition that isn’t contingent on the points raised in your question.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Depends on context - if said amiably between friends, it could be fine.
In the context of your comment about it being your boss who said it, and why, I’d say it’s pretty insulting (if not necessarily an intended insult).
It’s pretty dismissive of you as a person, instead focusing on your value (to his bar) in terms of attracting male customers. It’s not very respectful of you tbh.
- Comment on YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection 4 weeks ago:
The way Africa looked on maps has never had any bearing on my or probably anyone’s thinking of how important the country is in global politics or economics.
Africa isn’t a country though, it’s a continent. And one possible impact of the continent being represented much smaller than it really is, is people thinking of Africa as a country
- Comment on Why is "mythology" in the public domain in the first place? 4 weeks ago:
I would say because a lot of mythology comes from the oral tradition of storytelling, passed from person to person and age to age via spoken word and memory.
There’s actually a SUPERB podcast about Greek mythology, called Podyssey. It’s tremendously interesting, and the host, Alex Andreou, just did a 3 part epic on Aesop, both the person (or rather the ‘person’) and the Fables.
Well worth a listen, either just that one, or the whole show tbh.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 5 weeks ago:
one can argue all day about whether it’s appropriate to have a monarchy in the modern day
That was my main point, I wasn’t really talking about how expensive or otherwise they are (although admittedly it came from a misunderstanding of QE).
I’m from the UK, and it absolutely sickens me that we still have a monarchy, any monarchy (let alone this particular one). I’m opposed to monarchy in principle, and would be even if the specifics of our monarchy weren’t so repulsive.
Appreciate the detailed post, but the cost argument is just window-dressing for me. It’s the core concept I reject. Hopefully we can get shot of them one day.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 5 weeks ago:
She didn’t help much either though.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Completely agree. Dad is totally overstepping here, it’s none of his business whether OP arranges dates or not.
I’d refuse to go on the date out of general principle.
- Comment on xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem 1 month ago:
Took me a while to follow that too! The three examples of fails at the top each show instances where there are non-consecutive parts of the snake on adjacent corners - it’s the lines highlighted in red.
Basically no two parts of the snake that aren’t directly joined to each other in the snake are allowed to be on corners which are only a line apart.
I think.
- Comment on xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres 1 month ago:
Ha, I missed that! 😁
- Comment on xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres 1 month ago:
I actually kind of like this as a concept for showing the world!
- Comment on does this actually imply alcoholism or just snark? 1 month ago:
I’d say it’s more snark than implied alcoholism.
It certainly could be said in cases where the vicar is known/suspected to have a drinking problem, but it could just as easily be said, with no prior basis in fact, as a dig at someone, meant either nastily or humourously.
The fact that it’s a well-known phrase (including the “again” part) makes it all the more likely that it might be used even in cases where there’s no intended implication of a genuine drinking issue.
- Comment on Is there gospel music minus the gospel? 1 month ago:
Yeah, that’s where I discovered them too! Fabulous soundtrack to a fabulous film, I really should watch it again soon.
- Comment on Is there gospel music minus the gospel? 1 month ago:
It’s not the same, but for upbeat choir stuff you might check out The Polyphonic Spree. I only really know this tune of theirs, but it might be worth a listen 👍
- Comment on What would happen to the US if it denaturalised and deported all non-whites? 1 month ago:
First they came for the telephone sanitisers…
- Comment on What would happen to the US if it denaturalised and deported all non-whites? 1 month ago:
But realistically civil war would break out because people would just refuse to leave. 40% of the US population is non-white, there is no way you are getting 130 million people to just leave the country peacefully.
Especially not when at least some of the white population would be on their side against those in favour of deportation. There’d be massive non compliance.
- Comment on Does farting make you lighter or heavier ? 1 month ago:
But he doesn’t let it weigh him down.
- Comment on YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term 1 month ago:
But they are intelligent - just not in the way people tend to think.
Doesn’t that just degenerate into a debate over semantics though? Ie what is "intelligence.
Not having a go, this is a good thread, and useful I think 👍
- Comment on Why do we humans love music so? 1 month ago:
Exactly - chills up the spine moments!
By the way your link didn’t work, but this one might: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_(music)?wprov=sf…
- Comment on Why do we humans love music so? 1 month ago:
But we don’t love patterns
I would disagree with that somewhat - I think we do love patterns, but the more complex and intricate the better.
Which is why music appeals so much - it’s chock full of patterns overlaying each other, echoing and counterpointing each other, contrasting each other in ways that are both conflicting and harmonious. Good music is like seeing the rhythms of the world all around you.
- Comment on I am looking to broaden my youtube channels that I follow. What female channel are you following? 2 months ago:
I don’t watch every video of hers, but Abigail Devoe’s channel is fun. She looks at the history and making of classic albums, one a week. It’s usually pretty interesting stuff and her enthusiasm is infectious
- Comment on Who discovered/"invented" fire? 2 months ago:
Not Billy Joel.
- Comment on YSK that 158 families made up 50% of all US Presidential Campaign Spending 2 months ago:
People snuck into a military airbase and spray painted an RAF plane the other day and got away with it.
They didn’t get away with it (not yet anyway) - six people have been arrested:
BBC News Two more arrests after break-in at RAF base www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrln22e3w2o
- Comment on What is this clock icon in my phone status bar? 2 months ago:
Ugh. Glad to see you found the answer in the end though 😁👍