SolarMonkey
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- Comment on Draw an arrow to each temperature 3 days ago:
Yeah, but that’s not one of the “options” in the list. If you misunderstood what was going on, the closest option is 29 increments, because 0-1 is the first and 29-30 is the last.
It makes sense in a misunderstanding and making a logical guess sort of way. That’s how I took tests, too, and it works way more often than it doesn’t.
- Comment on Anna-mazing pun 3 days ago:
Yes!
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- Comment on Anna-mazing pun 4 days ago:
I can hear this picture.
- Comment on Grinding all ways 1 week ago:
I spent longer than I care to admit trying to figure this out… and I’m still not confident I got it right.
Are they saying they don’t date so they can work more (bread), the same way they get bread instead of coleslaw (arguably worth a lot more)?
- Comment on What was she thinking when she did this? 1 week ago:
I’m super fun at parties, too! ;)
- Comment on What was she thinking when she did this? 1 week ago:
Have to disagree that it’s not a one-person hairdo. It’s a simple French braid. If she had the Barbie lay across her head with the legs pulled back so it was bent at the hips, she could very easily have done it herself and then positioned the Barbie, assuming she can French braid. You’d only need a couple rows of the braid in to hold it securely, at which point standing it back up would pull the legs closer together and tighten everything up so she could finish and have it held securely.
(Source: had Barbies and can French braid my own hair)
- Comment on Onion be onioning again 2 weeks ago:
It doesn’t. It takes soap to get silicone lube off.
- Comment on Onion be onioning again 2 weeks ago:
Skill issue.
Use silicone-based lube for water play.
- Comment on Here kitty kitty 2 weeks ago:
Domesticated is a bit of a stretch. 😜
They tolerate us, and maybe often love us, but would not hesitate to survive without us.
- Comment on Unfair is what it is 2 weeks ago:
Popping my sternum in public is the highlight of existing some days. It’s loud, and alarming.
I learned I could do it a decade back but it takes a super specific position that took me many more years to work out so I could do it on demand. Feels amazing.
My hyper-flexibility is probably to blame for it, but it’s super fun :)
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for taking the time to write all that out for me! I appreciate it and I’ll look into some of those!
Have a great day, friend!
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 2 weeks ago:
Out of those I’ve devoted a ton of time to rimworld and oxygen not included, are any of the others on your list similar, or others you’d recommend for someone who likes them? I tried dwarf fortress but I found it to be… not my bag. I didn’t get very far into it tho.
(I do like mods, so that’s an ok requirement)
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 2 weeks ago:
I had a similar problem with ocarina of time (and lemme tell you having to run around in not one but multiple times was a… blast…)
It was the first Gannon fight where you shoot the paintings… I’d never played a Zelda game before and it took me ages to give up and look it up (thankfully this was after the internet was born, and walkthrough sites were all over)
- Comment on Is water an acid or a base? 3 weeks ago:
If it makes you feel any better, I totally get it.
I’ve thought many times how different the universe would be (would complex life on earth even work the same way???) if frozen water became more dense and sank like most frozen substances.
- Comment on thicc boie 4 weeks ago:
Oh no the laser is too powerful! You shot straight through!
- Comment on I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device gatekeeps my gender 4 weeks ago:
I have this problem, but width only, not overall size.
I just wear men’s shoes, and even those are wicked hard to find. There isn’t really a category of shoes for my size (not big enough overall for drag shoes to be right, but far too wide for normally sized women’s shoes - I wear 6-8 [brand dependent] 4EW in men’s) and I’m not willing to spend a fortune on shoes to have cute custom ones made, so men’s shoes and sandals are my options. Boring.
- Comment on It happens... 5 weeks ago:
I haven’t had quite that interaction, but I’m equally blasé about it. It’s literally just part of life.
“In the past year have you had thoughts of suicide?”
broad gesture if you haven’t you probably aren’t paying attention… but I’m apathetic, not active. Not that it would matter because when I was actively suicidal it took 6 fucking months to be seen by you chucklefucks…
They always get that concerned face and I have to reassure -them-… like no it’s fine this is just normal for me…? I live with chronic pain, I live with chronic poor-ness, it’s just chronic life (and not the fun drug kind, even). I’m not into it, but I’m not actively thinking about doing anything about it, either. Doesn’t mean I want to be resuscitated if shit happens, tho… and I don’t… (any more chronic issues would be probably one too many, and then I’d get active…) I even know exactly what probably painless method I’d go with, because suffering is dumb. And it’s something I can act on quite literally any time I want with zero effort on my part other than going to the store, so that I’m still here is a great sign!
My current doc (Va changes my doctors every couple years) was the absolute first, out of dozens of people I’ve told that to, who was like “ummm… that’s actively bad… so what is your mental health plan? (Told her I don’t have one, other than suck it up) I’m going to give you an open-ended referral to some outside groups who may be more able to help you, especially on short notice… I get why you don’t trust our mental health… so if you ever want that, just send me a message and I’ll put in the referral for you. Also here’s a list of non-profits that aren’t directly affiliated who may be better suited to help you…”
Fwiw, whatever it is in your life that causes these things, I hope they stay at or below active-planning level. If you ever want someone totally random to vent to, my DMs are open, and I’ll reply with commiseration rather than gaslighting you about things not being that bad, because… well I get how pointless that would be 😜
- Comment on Anon has regrets 5 weeks ago:
Blindsight is awesome. I was so pumped he made his works freely available.
Have you read the rifters trilogy? It has a mildly odd voice, imho, but overall a great series.
- Comment on Pressure washer reality 5 weeks ago:
You might have just invented community service volunteering…?
- Comment on wednesday, my dudes 1 month ago:
You can try at least once! For science!
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 1 month ago:
I felt that way about blitzball in final fantasy 10 (I think). Never finished the actual game.
- Comment on Not today 2 months ago:
The trick I’ve found over years of people-Ing as the person working is to always end with a statement that can either be turned back with ”you too!” without being awkward, or warrants something other than an autopilot response.
Thanks for stopping in, have a great night
Enjoy your meal and if you need anything just let me/us know
Don’t forget to tell your friends about us, and have a great day
Etc.
That way it’s totally fine for them to autopilot the pleasantries and they won’t feel cringey after.
- Comment on Which game is it? 2 months ago:
Definitely mine too. It doesn’t even run faster than 1x… which is sucky slow but my own fault for having too many livestock animals to support my ~60 pawns… (peaceful gets very out of control if you let it) but now I have an outpost mod and as soon as all my kids are adults, most of them are gone.
- Comment on You better say "Thank You"! 2 months ago:
I lived through a hurricane down in Texas years back, and the poverty “lick up basic supplies lines were really dehumanizing.
No shade, no real concern for humans, just passing out goods based on queue.
And of course performed by cops… you know, paragons of society………………………
- Comment on Zero 2 months ago:
Yeah that’s super fair. I mean I chose the book. 😅
- Comment on Zero 2 months ago:
I listened to a book about the history of the number zero years ago. I thought it would be boring enough to fall asleep to. It fucking sounds boring. It still sounds boring, ask these years later.
Either I’m a bigger nerd than I thought or the history of zero is actually super interesting and I’m super unsure which, tbh.
- Comment on Dont worry everyone, this is just an example. Rick Astley has not given us up. 3 months ago:
I think that’s the one inverted color pic that is still widely recognizable by basically everyone, while not being someone particularly famous in a widely applicable way (Einstein and Marilyn Monroe are the only other two I can think of with iconic enough single-frame images to be able to be likewise recognized, but I’m open to other examples!)
- Comment on Nice try guy 3 months ago:
Yeah because the economy is totally great right now and finding work that pays the bills is super easy!
— things said by people who are out of touch
Even when the economy was good, it took months to find new employment if you have to have any sort of standard (like minimum income above the minimum wage threshold). Most people right now can’t afford to be out of work for months.
Maybe your area was good, maybe your skill set is in demand, maybe you have zero standards or requirements to support your family, whatever it is, your experience is not at all the standard, and it’s much more likely you just have survivor bias. That’s when you say “it was easy for me, it should be easy for everyone!” While everyone else is struggling.
- Comment on Sunning 3 months ago:
At least they don’t have to worry about sunburn because that can’t possibly be a comfortable or easy position to maintain for long periods of time…
Imagine a sunburned anal sphincter… shudder
- Comment on We've increased our subscription from $9.99 to $29.99 a month 3 months ago:
One of the later red dwarf episodes has this. The ship gets upgraded to m-corp, and as registered crew lister is the only one impacted.