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- Comment on Where does technology come from in Star Wars? 4 days ago:
Was R2D2’s narration intended to be subtitled…?
- Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people? 1 week ago:
I absolutely agree, and having lived through it, it’s infuriating the way they intentionally exclude/call out kids whose parents haven’t signed them up or who haven’t sold any trash. They’ll send the kids home to sign up 10 email addresses and on the second day they’ll come back with some piece of shit stuffed animal for everybody who did it. A little kid doesn’t understand that the whole thing is a fucking scam. They’re just sitting in school watching the rest of their class play with cool new toys.
- Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people? 1 week ago:
Public primary and secondary schools do not typically have stadiums.
- Comment on Where do I go if I want to find someone to help me make an app game? 4 weeks ago:
Scratch is a simple drag and drop app kids use to learn to code. I’ve seen kids create pretty elaborate games with it. Maybe you could play with that and figure out if your concept is in fact simple enough to create on your own.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
This may have more to do with the instructor of your second language, because pronunciation is taught. If your German teacher is French (or French Canadian) or learned German from someone who otherwise accented it in such a way, then that’s how you’re most likely to accent it. Only about one in five Canadians learn French as their first language, so outside of Quebec, they’re really not secret French speakers masquerading as English speakers.
With French as Canada’s second official language, though, it would not be surprising if the majority of Canada’s foreign language teachers spoke French either first or second (but I say this without research or evidence, so it’s just an irresponsible hypothesis.)
- Comment on Localization note: the Australian liberal party is right wing 1 month ago:
Transcript says “excretable” but image says “execrable.”
- Comment on Localization note: the Australian liberal party is right wing 1 month ago:
The way those two words are used internationally can sometimes be confusing to Americans, which is why it’s helpful to refer to left- and right-wing clarifications when given.
- Comment on Is this picture idea immature? 1 month ago:
Don’t do it if you’re trying to date your sister.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
The photo, however, shows search and rescue robots.
- Comment on This is funny. 1 month ago:
While Tombstone has a few historical exaggerations, its treatment of Doc Holliday’s death aligns with Costamos’ firm devotion to accuracy. Val Kilmer utters the same words as his real-life counterpart as he dies. As he looks at his bare feet, he utters, “This is funny.” These three words were also overheard in 1887 and overheard by Holliday’s attending nurse.
True to life, Holliday was a quick-witted talker until the end. Even so, his final words left some fans puzzled. While some contend that Doc’s last statement was about his nurse’s refusal to give him some parting (from the mortal realm) booze, his words were actually about his bare feet.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 1 month ago:
To be fair, it was common then, so it wouldn’t have seemed shady.
- Comment on Why do some say they own or have bought something that they technically haven't (e.g. domain names, expensive things, etc.)? 1 month ago:
It does, sure. It helps to understand that the debt is separate from the property, same as if you borrowed $20 for lunch—it feels a lot different from your friend buying you lunch, but it doesn’t feel like your friend owns your lunch until you repay them, either.
With real estate especially, once the property begins to require your attention and money, you begin to feel that ownership more acutely. The bank has no idea when the gutters need to be cleared or there’s a drainage issue. They’re concerned only with the loan.
- Comment on Why do some say they own or have bought something that they technically haven't (e.g. domain names, expensive things, etc.)? 1 month ago:
When you take out a loan/mortgage, the bank does not own the property you purchase with those funds. You own the property, and you use it essentially as collateral to secure the loan. (It’s considered a lien.) The bank can take ownership of the property if you violate the terms of the agreement, typically by failing to pay what you owe, but the bank doesn’t own the property.
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 1 month ago:
That’s weird, because it was definitely pronounced ad-VER-tiz-mint on a lot of the '70s UK TV shows we imported to the US in the '80s. Britain is a big place, though, in terms of dialects, so you and your great granny don’t necessarily rule it out for everyone.
Out of curiosity, do you both say u-RINE and u-RINE-ull, though? Is that fairly consistent?
- Comment on 3's grip looks the most comfy 2 months ago:
People must not know. #4 is where it’s at.
- Comment on Who gets all the tariff money about to be collected from US citizens buying products from Canada? 2 months ago:
It sounds like you’re saying that when an entity pays the government what they now owe in tariffs, that money simply ceases to exist and is never counted or accounted for again.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
It takes time for things to change.
- Comment on How important is flirting within the dating scene? 3 months ago:
Try to look at it from the perspective of the person you’re talking to. Nobody wants to make a fool of themselves, and assuming someone is interested (without evidence) is a great way for someone to become very embarrassed. Flirting is how you subtly let a person know it’s safe to suppose you might be into them and proceed accordingly. Conversations and invitations that are completely devoid of flirtation will instead tell them that you’re just being polite or friendly.
So it’s important!
- Comment on How does this pic show that Elon Musk doesnt know SQL? 3 months ago:
It’s true that some Americans don’t have Social Security numbers, but those Americans can’t collect Social Security benefits unless/until they get one.
- Comment on Every time my wife pees, she flips the lid up. Every time I pee, I flip it down. Never been discussed. Dare I say anything and break the spell? 3 months ago:
You must not have the soft close feature. I hate standing around for 20 seconds waiting for the soft close seat to drop so I can pee (learned the hard way that if you force it, it wears out in a couple years). So that would probably have killed this little ritual as soon as she had to go twice before you came along to put the seat down for her. It would annoy you sometimes too I bet, unless you stand up to shit.
Still, even though you don’t want to spoil the magic, maybe there are other ways to show affection, because (in order of importance):
- Farticles on every surface ew?
- It’s ugly to see straight into a toilet bowl when the bathroom is in view (and also very bad Feng Shui)
- Habit/muscle memory will likely lead her to leave toilet seats up when she is a guest elsewhere, which is kind of hilarious actually, but could be hilarious at her expense
Admittedly, none of this is what you asked. But it’s weird how many people try to make toilet seats a fairness thing. If the lid is kept down, everyone has to take it from closed to open and back to closed again. Isn’t that fair?
- Comment on CAN SOMEONE MAKE AN APP ALREADY 5 months ago:
If you’re talking about your computer and you have access to its keyboard, you can’t beat screenshot keyboard shortcuts!
But if you’re talking about your TV or some screen you’re not in control of, fair enough. For anyone wondering, the reason this is tough to correct with an app is because your little bitty lens is trying to capture a grid of millions of LEDs to your itty bitty camera’s sensor, which has its own pixel grid that almost certainly doesn’t match up with the grid you’re photographing. Also, photographing a colored light source makes white balance tricky for any camera, and this is a bunch of light sources that are kind of in motion, because LEDs give off rapid pulses of light, not a steady light. Modern camera apps are getting better at antialiasing to smooth it all out and using AI models to try to guess what the image was supposed to look like, but you’ll usually still see some Moire effect from those mismatched grids. I wonder if we’ll ever see a solution to this while LED screens continue to exist in their current form.
We’re pretty lucky we can capture a shitty image of what’s onscreen, though. Just ask anybody who’s tried to photograph a CRT.
- Comment on Why are mental health patients strip searched in mental hospitals here in the USA? 5 months ago:
I don’t doubt that there are lessons to learn from the SPE, but it’s also worth noting that it’s been widely criticized for various biases and influences and lack of controls, and that no other researchers have ever been able to replicate its findings. Some might call it debunked, others perhaps not, but I think it’s fair to say it isn’t generally accepted as gospel.
- Comment on How are Americans supposed to survive the next 30 years? 5 months ago:
This story is inspiring. I feel like there are a lot of people who wouldn’t feel like it’s within reach (no building/renovating skills or experience, or certain neighborhoods that maybe don’t feel safe to a single woman for instance, and yeah schools as you mentioned if you’re a parent or planning to be)—but for the people who can do that, it sounds like an absolutely phenomenal route to take.
- Comment on How are Americans supposed to survive the next 30 years? 5 months ago:
I was struggling to find the right way to phrase the question, and I failed. I guess what I really wanted to know was: for a typical working class person, is a house at that price within reach? Or if you move there for the cheap houses and get a job, do you end up still barely able to afford the payments?
- Comment on How are Americans supposed to survive the next 30 years? 5 months ago:
Leaders will. The poor ignorant voters who thought they were promised positive change will be totally boned.
- Comment on How are Americans supposed to survive the next 30 years? 5 months ago:
How’s the job market?
- Comment on Did "Party time! Excellent!" come from Wayne's World or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Did one copy the other? 6 months ago:
The phrase came originally from Wayne’s World, which was first an SNL sketch, yeah. Bill & Ted aren’t from SNL, though, and predate Wayne and Garth by a good bit. Bill & Ted said “party on,” among other things, but not “party time, excellent.” That’s specifically the Wayne’s World theme song iirc.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 6 months ago:
(as a millennial, I avoid self checkout because massive corporations are eliminating jobs without reducing prices and I think that’s bullshit)
- Comment on How do you officially pronounce a possessive like: " Travis' "? 6 months ago:
Like where? I’m curious to look at the style guides from there.
- Comment on Why do Republicans bring up Kamala's "lies"/shortcomings as a way to claim Trump is better? 6 months ago:
It’s a stretch to assume they’ve thought it through to this degree.