meyotch
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- Comment on It may make you feel better to deny it.... but it's true 2 hours ago:
Feeee-males.
- Comment on the seven deadly companies 20 hours ago:
Correct. I in no way envy any of those poor half-souls who haunt LinkedIn.
- Comment on If one were so inclined, could you take your plot of land, parcel it up into 1-meter-squared (or smaller) sections, and sell each of those sections to different people/companies? 23 hours ago:
What you might want is a permanent easement, as is often used for conservation purposes
- Comment on The future is amazing 2 days ago:
I know, Don’t actually care.
- Comment on Who remembers alt.fan.tonya.harding.whack.whack.whack ? 3 days ago:
alt.sexy.bald.captains
- Comment on The future is amazing 3 days ago:
AI: Actually Indians
- Comment on What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ? 5 days ago:
Thank you for taking the time to write that. That was very well thought out and I really can’t see much or anything to quibble about.
I am a gay man raised in a conservative culture and I really know quite a lot of men in their 30s and 40s who are straight and accepting of me, but still deeply deeply troubled and confused about what it means to be a man. They struggle to identify and articulate their emotions quite a lot.
The fact that those in same-sex relationships have to invent their own ways of dividing the work in a partnership without reference to pre-defined gender roles makes their insight incredibly useful to the world at large. A lot of the struggles that men experience are due to rigid gender roles that do not allow for healthy expression.
I get a little bit angry because it’s like we were expected to accept that provisional approval from the Supreme Court, which as we all know is a very fragile victory.
Why? Because frankly, I think gay men and lesbians have a lot to teach about relationships just by existing visibly. Transgender people do too, but they do not yet enjoy the patchy and tentative acceptance that same sex relationships between cis people have achieved in the large parts of the USA. Their struggle is very intense right now and the LGBQs can help by getting loud again.
Why did we give up on the fight so early? The struggle for existence is not quite as dire for gay and lesbian people as it used to be, but it is still quite a struggle as nothing is assured. But it is not just for our benefit that we must be visible. Frankly, our experience gives us a great deal of wisdom and insight that our society, and men especially, desperately need.
- Comment on The real question is, which color? 5 days ago:
Maybe a tic tac, or better a chunk of alkaline seltzer
- Comment on PROGRESS 5 days ago:
The sandwich has three poignants.
- Comment on Dear Kevin 6 days ago:
Unequivocally yes.
I got a contest going with my plant systematics cohort (8 credit hours over an academic year, that’s a lot of plant id work). We would see who could come up with the filthiest mnemonics to remember plant families and such.
Our professor, a brilliant botanist with a filthy mind and tenure, was delighted beyond measure at how well the entire cohort did on the practical plant ID exams. But mostly he enjoyed watching our classroom discussions.
- Comment on Nestin, nexin, nesprin, nectin, nephrin, netrin... 1 week ago:
There are too many fscking proteins and I won’t put up with it anymore!
- Comment on Yet another European government is ditching Microsoft for Linux - here's why 1 week ago:
It is exactly because Microsoft does suck fucks.
- Comment on In this day and age is it possible to create a commune? With majority of vegetables coming from one acre and all put in to get wifi to our subdivision? So the bill is not that high? 1 week ago:
If you really want help, you almost need to dox yourself by giving pretty specific location info. So please don’t do that.
Land matters are very complex in any country. In the USA, laws around land use can vary from one block to another. 50 states and many matters are delegated from each state to their counties for implementation.
My point is, yes, you may be able to arrange such a community.
It can be a tricky legal, political and social affair that is very specific to your exact site.
So plan on a huge learning curve and learning how to find the right kind of legal and organizational advice.
- Comment on Strawberries are nuts 🍓 1 week ago:
Strawberry seeds are designed by a malevolent god to stick perfectly in human front teeth.
- Comment on I feel attacked 3 weeks ago:
People won’t stop laughing when you refer to the shuttle-cock.
So now we say “Slap that pickle, Chet!” And no one giggles.
- Comment on Kanye ass idea 3 weeks ago:
That part is assured.
Just know that when we start snapping our fingers rhythmically, there is a musical number and/or dance off a brewin’
- Comment on Kanye ass idea 3 weeks ago:
Awesomism sounds great, but my calender is already full with Funinism events. Maybe a joint event between the groups at the park, a little after 4pm?
- Comment on Your brain thinks... 3 weeks ago:
And one of them is blue.
- Comment on How do I rent a botnet? 3 weeks ago:
In cybersecurity, this is called red-hat or red-team work. Maybe the search terms will help you find what you need.
- Comment on The Nazca Lines in Peru—massive geoglyphs carved by the Nazca civilization. Their purpose remains a mystery, but their scale and precision continue to astonish archaeologists around the world. 3 weeks ago:
The best theory I have ever heard, in terms of it being the most realistic scenario, is that the real reason was to keep a disciplined army busy between conflicts.
Under this idea, the occasional alignment to specific stars or celestial events is real, but not the real utility. The real utility is keeping a standing army ready during a period of empire building.
I always tend to favor historical hypotheses that use realpolitik.
- Comment on On trees... 3 weeks ago:
Awesome resource, thank you for posting it.
Here’s one reason why a hip level perspective would be so helpful as a neuroscience tool. It is an ethical and reversible experimental intervention that could add real experimental power to functional brain-body mapping.
Combine the perspective shift induced by the virtual rearrangement of sensory input with fNIRS for cortical imaging, perhaps before, during and after the hip-view experience. A company focused on near infrared cortical imaging products
I am certain a proper neuroscientist could come up with even better and more detailed questions to ask using the method.
Something like this could even be used as a therapy tool for trauma, perhaps, once the impact of the perspective shifts were understood well. A common trauma response is dissociation and common therapy methods include ways to help people reconnect with their whole bodies again.
- Comment on What else is in Miss Piggy's DMs? 3 weeks ago:
They frighten my cat, that’s what.
- Comment on The Gooner 4 weeks ago:
Is a glassy similar to a bar back?
- Comment on On trees... 4 weeks ago:
The body is the mind. Change your body, change your mind.
Just saying, polymorph spells are problematic.
- Comment on On trees... 4 weeks ago:
So now I actually think this idea is on to something brilliant. I have been diving into neuroscience lately and this sounds like an amazing experimental method.
It’s like non-surgically transplanting your eyes into your hips. Why do that? To further refine brain-body mapping.
We turn our head instinctively to aid vision. Once our brain realizes that visual input improves only when we move our hips, body awareness will shift significantly.
- Comment on On trees... 4 weeks ago:
The hips do not lie. Ipso facto, you would be seeing ultimate truth.
It turns out that the meaning of life is at crotch level.
- Comment on On trees... 4 weeks ago:
Yes, but I think OP’s point is those 5-6 crab-events all came from a narrow taxonomic group. All plant families have some trees. Only one sub-group of animals contains crabs.
It is as if all trees only came from members of the lily family.
- Comment on Hello! It's-A-Me, Shrek! 4 weeks ago:
Mike Wazowski-Ehrmentraut has a trustworthy face
- Comment on Comfy cozy 4 weeks ago:
They have wanted to secede officially for over 50 years. Alberta was right on board with the Western Canada Concept party in the early 80’s.
- Comment on Batterypunk 4 weeks ago:
I frequently fix things for people by turning things off and on. Day by day, the madness grows.