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- Comment on dont look a day over twelve 10 hours ago:
I don’t have the data, but I would bet that the average person spends much more time indoors these days. UV exposure will age a person more than most think.
- Comment on The funny thing about being a third-culture kid is that I have no idea if German, English, or Arabic is my first language 3 days ago:
I’ve often wondered about this. I’d like to think I’m really darn good at English as it’s my only language.
If I moved somewhere and had to start over, it would probably take years before I learned a fluent vocabulary. Even then, I’d still be miles away from being able to write good poetry or craft pithy jokes.
- Comment on The funny thing about being a third-culture kid is that I have no idea if German, English, or Arabic is my first language 3 days ago:
I have to ask: is that a translation error or a really colorful German idiom?
- Comment on Oh It Gets Worse. Much Worse. 3 days ago:
I’m in this picture. Early career, getting into industry was brutal to say the least. After I worked my way in, it became obvious that a degree was used as a proxy for socioeconomic class and IQ in a lot of places. These days, I suspect a degree is also being used now as a proxy for “loyalty” just by how much debt it puts on your credit record.
That said, there were and are places that will look for other factors when hiring. I’d be willing to bet that those opportunities are also in the small corners of the economy that are nowhere near Fortune-500 scale. But you’re going to have to get hired on referral, as having someone vouch for your character and work-ethic are things HR cannot figure out from a resume. As far as hiring risk those, those two factors alone are massive advantages if you have a strong recommendation or two.
- Comment on UK train operator nationalised by government after 30 years of privatisation 1 month ago:
Our trains are now easily the worst and most expensive trains I have travelled on anywhere in the world.
Amtrak has entered the chat.
- Comment on When did humans stop creating wonders? 1 month ago:
We stopped using as many drugs.
- Comment on Forever relics 2 months ago:
Oh, there’s no mystery about it. It’s a box, full of single-use hex keys, all of which are inexplicably the wrong size.
- Comment on Forever relics 2 months ago:
Protip: tape this to the bottom or back of whatever it is you’re assembling. Makes it super easy to tighten loose screws or disassembly for moving.
- Comment on why just "now and then" isn't enough 2 months ago:
The real question is how in the hell did they pivot from douche to “all-purpose kitchen and bath cleaner.”
- Comment on She's so mature for her age 2 months ago:
Had me in the first half.
- Comment on Cruel and unusual 2 months ago:
Honestly, that’s a good sensory thing to have. Small sock wrinkles and tiny pebbles in your shoe turn into blisters on day-hikes. There are times to have grit and “tough it out” and this is not one of 'em.
- Comment on Cruel and unusual 2 months ago:
Took me a second to realize that the loose threads weren’t just sloppy workmanship. :(
- Comment on Darude Sandstorm 2 months ago:
What frustrates me is that it doesn’t have to be this way. They could just start using better original music. Consider what Game Grumps and Sbassbear did for Lipitor.
Meanwhile, they’re also responsible for the best cover of Sandstorm.
- Comment on This sandwich 2 months ago:
Meatball sandwich. Singular. One meatball.
Technically correct, but legitimately rage inducing if this is really what you get for 15 quid.
- Comment on Rich people don't understand us at all. 2 months ago:
Technically? It might be more grammatically correct to say “rooms-maid” since they typically take care of a whole house, but even that’s kinda clumsy sounding.
- Comment on Rich people don't understand us at all. 2 months ago:
Pack it up everyone. This guy won the thread. Nothing more to see here, move along.
- Comment on They call me the problem solver 2 months ago:
Sweet jebus, I’m sorry to hear that. You’re absolutely right though: “have you tried PTSD?” may not be right for everyone.
- Comment on "feminine" 2 months ago:
You may not like it, but this is what building wealth and saving for early retirement looks like.
- Comment on "feminine" 2 months ago:
Maybe. Is that the one with a floor-hole through to the cursed basement?
- Comment on "feminine" 2 months ago:
Exactly. This person has/needs a full or queen sized bed, but their bedroom isn’t big enough for it. So, it’s blocking the closet, because that’s the only place it can go.
- Comment on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything 2 months ago:
This is why I follow reviewers and curators that sift through the bottom 99% to find interesting indie stuff. It’s absolutely jaw-dropping what never shows up on Steam’s store landing page or queues.
Splattercat is one such reviewer. He tends to prefer dystopia and post-apocalypse style stuff, and clearly works hard to bring interesting titles some more exposure: www.youtube.com/@splattercatgaming
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 2 months ago:
You can survive Phantom Liberty. Bad news is that you’ll live on with at least five completely new forms of PTSD.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 2 months ago:
Good news is: you’re now functionally immortal.
Bad news is: everything tastes like metal.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 2 months ago:
The Ascent. I am now an indentured servant sanitation worker with a poor sense of self-preservation, but just so happens to be really good with a gun. Oh, and the arcology that is my home has been thrown into complete pandemonium because the head Corpo AGI shit the bed.
- Comment on Bring it back 2 months ago:
Brazil now has at least 16 more countries on their border, and none of them speak Portuguese.
- Comment on I need an adult 2 months ago:
What really gets me is that the compounds responsible for this hue in food are called “anthocyanins” which means “blue flower.” I can’t even.
- Comment on Those moutains are so quaint 2 months ago:
No worries: those server chunks haven’t been explored yet. Give it time.
- Comment on Low rating 2 months ago:
Seconded. That kind of humor is 100% on-brand for her.
- Comment on You can do it 👍 2 months ago:
How in the world could someone find the energy to…
inhaling cocaine
Ah, okay. Why is the answer always drugs?
- Comment on Saw this at the store this morning, took a double take 2 months ago:
It’s to beer what LaCroix is to fruit juice.