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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  At least three times that I can recall

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I am a grad student, and I often wish we wouldn’t make too much distinction

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Even as an adjective in scientific context.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, not proud as in “yay I’m so happy to be male”. Proud as in “I’m a male and there’s nothing bad about it, I’m happy to be who I am without shitting on anyone being different”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Not here in particular, but I have been called out several times for using the word “female” in an appropriate and normal context.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Why?

  One can call a group of men “males”, and no one bats an eye. But once anyone uses “female” to refer to a woman, it’s a shitshow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  People do use them as nouns. For example, in statistical/scientific context: “Among males/females…”, or “I’m a male”

  And I certainly saw the word “males” being commonly used, which is pretty much why I’m so baffled by the need to banish its counterpart.

  Incels may call women whatever, but actively banishing the word because it was appropriated by some group of weirdos isn’t gonna help - rather, it will only deepen the flawed interpretation of a very regular and normal word, assigning context to where there was none.

  I’m a proud male. Why can’t there be a proud female? This only means she is a woman, after all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Driving above ~150 km/h is never ever safe, which is why Germany is such an outlier, while about every other country does not allow for it.

  Autobahns are significantly more deadly than other roads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is basically Formula-1 race car/small aircraft speed.

  Regular cars will only get you to, like, 160-180 km/h at full gas.

  In other words, this is insanely fast and potentially very deadly.

  At speeds above ~150 km/h, even on a well-organized highway, you won’t be able to control your surroundings and have to rely on sheer luck to survive, unless you’re a professional race pilot on an empty road. Also, unless the car is equipped with special gear for improved road grip, it will become uncontrollable because it will literally start to hover a little.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The latter. Even without mortgage, it would take 150 months of an average salary to buy a fairly modest apartment, and we’re speaking average, which is very far from median.

  Also, government tries to step in to compensate a bit for the families with children. But overall, the insane interest rate reflects in everything. I currently pay out a loan at 35% APR.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Can we stop with this for once?

  Men are male, women are female. These words are interchangeable, and whoever decided one should be somehow bad or derogatory is deranged. Claim the words for what they are. Use “male” and “female” in appropriate context.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait until you hear about mortgage in Russia

  26% APR. On a mortgage. No, seriously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Those are older/richer people that saved enough money to buy new.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Now You See Me 4’ in the Works as Third Movie Gets Official Title: ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Now You See Me 4’ in the Works as Third Movie Gets Official Title: ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, already loooooong ago

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨long⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m feeling generous, let’s remember the good times~

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨long⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This pic is getting more and more trimmed every time it is posted

  There you go, the full pic: 1000071936

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virgin Physicists⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even better I just came up with the absolute dumb simple solution :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virgin Physicists⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Rheostat, my dudes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was at the adult store⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I see, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was at the adult store⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm, sounds plausible, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was at the adult store⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What is this? Seriously

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The world is only about me⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  While it is bad they parked in a spot for the disabled, it’s a nice reminder this bike commonly drives around exactly as many people as a car fit for this space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UN Database WIPO ALERT Helps to Facilitate Globalized Pirate Site Blocking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You know what to do. Raise the black flag.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨but what happened to logsday?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, FBI!

  For those who don’t know, Logsday is the fourth day of the week, right between Wednesday and Thursday. They took it from us in January 2003, and did everything so we would forget it existed in the first place. God knows what Machiavellian things they made it for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The most transformative is probably SciHub. If we ever lose it, scientific progress in most fields will grind to a halt.

  arXiv is great, but the fact it only covers physics/math and, well, the fact it’s preprints significantly affects its scope.

  Should we at least have it cover all of academia, it would already be more viable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please dont feed the creatures 🪱⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I see, could be misunderstanding on my end. Glad to be on the same page here!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please dont feed the creatures 🪱⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Small yes and big no.

  Sure, there is an element of social panic that harms a lot of people in weird ways and may even worsen the trauma of CSA survivors. We need to come to a more balanced view on that particular issue.

  But that’s not the primary reason such acts are harmful. Sexual abuse of minors is treated this way because of a simple thing: adults hold systematic power and are in the position of authority over children (which must happen, otherwise parenthood and upbringing will break).

  Thus, children do not feel free to reject the interaction, even if they are not directly forced. This leads to inability to predict whether the consent was given in good consciousness or under pressure, and children are normally not interested in sexual exploration outside basic curiosity for anything at all. As a result, they get involved in highly intimate and potentially very gross activity without adequate means and power to reject it immediately, which is potentially deeply traumatic.

  As per cultures, there’s a lot of stuff that went on in different places and ages. Greece had pederasty, it also had slavery and complete patriarchy. Japanese culture is very sexually extreme and explores a lot of non-consensual sexual violence, and women are commonly targeted by perverts of all kinds etc. etc.

  Just because it was or is active somewhere doesn’t mean we should do it too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please dont feed the creatures 🪱⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Many are afraid indeed, but others are brave enough.

  Besides, many of such forums allow Tor users.