Mothra
@Mothra@mander.xyz
- Comment on Is it normal for people to ask where you are from online? 6 hours ago:
It’s a reasonable question but it’s unreasonable to insist without providing a reason.
- Comment on Everybody here is subject to scrutiny and debate except the mods, who are arguably those most in need of scrutinizing and debating. 22 hours ago:
I think you meant to post this in Unpopular Opinions
- Comment on Urban temps turning cities into 'ovens,' UN Chief Heat Officer warns 1 day ago:
The same people who need the room to be 18⁰ indoors for 8 hours straight in summer are also fine with 25⁰C if it’s spring or autumn, no complaints. In fact, they want the room at 25⁰, not 18⁰, if it’s winter. Now that’s a freak
- Comment on Urban temps turning cities into 'ovens,' UN Chief Heat Officer warns 1 day ago:
I’m really glad some people are finally pointing out the problem with AC. Not only it is selfish, but people abuse it. Most people have zero mental tolerance for a bit of warmth in summer, more often than not when hopping on public transport or inside stores/waiting rooms/offices etc the air is so cold I actually need to put on a fucking cardigan to endure it. And it’s not just me doing so.
- Comment on Urban temps turning cities into 'ovens,' UN Chief Heat Officer warns 1 day ago:
You mean +9 (C⁰?) in the city compared to the suburbs? The outskirts? Somewhere else?
- Comment on There should be something like a flea market where hobby gardeners go to share sprouted seeds 4 days ago:
I’m not into gardening much (no garden space). But I know most people exchange plant cuttings, sprouts and whatnot through online groups in several social media platforms
- Comment on Games on my PC start stuttering pretty badly when they aren't the active window for a while. Have to close the game and restart to resolve the stuttering issue. What exactly is causing this? 4 days ago:
Look I’m not tech savvy at all, but I have been using windows for a very long time. Take the following with a grain of salt. Here’s my two pennies:
1: Windows has a tendency to run background processes as soon as it detects you are idle, and once those processes start they don’t stop cleanly if you resume activity. I find they will stop for good only if I do something that forces clearing RAM to start a RAM intensive process, such as restarting a game in your case.
2: The best deterrent to windows doing this shit in the background is to purge as much bloat as you can, and turn your wifi off if you are not using it. Turn auto updates off (or delay as much as possible). My laptop behaves pretty well on idle if it’s offline.
- Comment on Clergy molestation survivors concerned and insulted by election of Pope Leo XIV 5 days ago:
Is it just me getting Mr Burns vibes from this article photo?
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Oh sick I didn’t know it had the Shivering Isles. It used to be my favorite, I think out of TES it’s my favorite environment setting so far.
- Comment on I have a shamefully dark question for firefighters. I'm sorry but I'm just too curious to not ask... It's about the smell and how that affects life. 1 week ago:
I’m far from being a firefighter and I’ve never encountered a decomposing human body. I just want to point out that the smell of pork most humans like, is the smell of certain pork parts only and under controlled temperatures.
In other words, if you were to throw a pork whole into a fire, the smell would be different from that of ribs on a bbq. You would be burning its fur, skin, internal organs, blood and excrement along with the muscle and fat, and I mean burning, not cooking, which also makes a difference.
- Comment on Could wastewater plant simply heat up water past 500C to decompose all chemicals and output clean water? 1 week ago:
There isn’t a steel supply tap to every house is it? I don’t think I’ve had to replace or buy any steel pieces over the last two months or so. Different story with water.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
You have some really good answers. Just remember,
INSECT REPELLENT.
That’s what you need. People tend to forget about ticks, mosquitoes, horseflies and whatnot. And if you’re in Australia, add leeches to the list. They can be vicious and ruin your experience if you go unprepared.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Considering all the replies you’ve had until now from different users, asking this almost feels like sealioning.
- Comment on What causes individual variation in what animals you like? 2 weeks ago:
I used to be pretty neutral about ticks and leeches. Then I had the privilege of becoming their target and now both stir as much hate from me as fleas and roaches do.
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 2 weeks ago:
Depending on the country it can make e a significant difference in finances, because taxes, inheritance laws, credit scores, etc.
Finances aside, yes, for some people the ceremony is a ritual that carries heavy meaning and the ring and a ceremony is a way to strengthen the relationship. Is a ritual that is culturally significant and very significant for some. Everyone is different so just because for you and me it is irrelevant that’s not the case for thousands of others.
It’s like swearing an oath of sorts. You may ask yourself, why do they waste time in court making people say they won’t lie and why some need to do it with a bible? People still lie after all. Or what difference does it make when people hook pinkies over a promise? It’s just a promise like any other and it can be broken. But people still do these things, and they get married too.
- Comment on The problem with Disney live action remakes is they're trying to appeal to a younger audience. If Cameron Dias can't be Cinderella, what's the point? 3 weeks ago:
Wait why would I hate Cameron Diaz? What are you, like an internet troll or something?
- Comment on The problem with Disney live action remakes is they're trying to appeal to a younger audience. If Cameron Dias can't be Cinderella, what's the point? 3 weeks ago:
Maybe you need to watch more Cameron Diaz, I don’t know
- Comment on The problem with Disney live action remakes is they're trying to appeal to a younger audience. If Cameron Dias can't be Cinderella, what's the point? 3 weeks ago:
Not sure but certainly not a showerthought
- Comment on The problem with Disney live action remakes is they're trying to appeal to a younger audience. If Cameron Dias can't be Cinderella, what's the point? 3 weeks ago:
More fitting of Unpopular Opinions I’d say
- Comment on Could I render the computer-generated graphics from Toy Story (1995) in real time using a single modern home computer? 3 weeks ago:
Hello, I’ve worked in 3D animation productions. Short answer: You can get close.
Unreal Engine has the capacity to deliver something of similar quality in real time providing you have a powerful enough rig. You would need not only the hardware but also the technical know how to optimize several aspects of your scenes. Basically the knowledge of a mid to senior unreal TD and a mid to senior generalist combined to say the least.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Uh okay well I don’t think I’ve seen anything in any TES unofficial patch that did anything beyond the scope of what’s expected in vanilla gameplay.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
I’m not even sure I understand your question in the first place. What’s your problem with bug fixing mods?
- Comment on What accent would I even have? 3 weeks ago:
Even if we knew exactly how you are pronouncing what you wrote, we still don’t know your intonation, which is massive when it comes to accents.
Mine is a mess. My native language is Spanish but nobody ever guesses it right. I work in a customer service role and people often ask me where is my accent from. When they dare risk a guess, they usually ask if it’s French, Russian or Irish. Yes- Irish! Conversely, I deal with lots of tourists as well and the French, Russian and Irish accents couldn’t sound any more different from each other so I don’t know what that means about mine. Spanish accent is typically very easy to recognize so whatever mine is, it sounds nothing like it.
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 3 weeks ago:
I have experience with Blender and its counterparts, in a professional setting. Blender sure is powerful and solid on its own, for many things you can make the case that is better than Maya- it’s absolutely better value - however I wouldn’t say it’s better on all fronts. But yes it’s absolutely worthy of a mention here.
- Comment on Instead of "alpha" and "beta" we should be saying "frog" and "scorpion." 3 weeks ago:
wot
- Comment on RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted 3 weeks ago:
Oh I see. So he said Aspergers can’t use the toilet unassisted, not that Elon needs assistance
- Comment on RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted 3 weeks ago:
I’m obviously OOTL here- I’ve known people with Asperger’s and they used the bathroom by themselves just fine. What’s going on? I don’t live in US
- Comment on Trump admin proposes redefining 'harm' to endangered animals 4 weeks ago:
Yes because if someone demolishes your house or sets it on fire they cause no harm to you, right? I mean you don’t really need a place like to sleep and be safe right?
- Comment on Belgian teens among four charged in Kenya over trafficking of rare ants 4 weeks ago:
Interesting. I would have thought that since the species is so in demand according to the article, that the collectors keeping them alive would periodically have batches of new queens they could sell. Never occurred to me that it would be easier to capture live ones in the wild
- Comment on What's with "*checks notes*" everywhere? 4 weeks ago:
It’s just a fad. Speech mannerisms also come and go with the times. Right now it’s popular to use it, and people use it.