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- Comment on Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice 1 day ago:
That's fucking crazy wtf
- Comment on Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice 1 day ago:
Wait, why is imgur blocked in the uk?
- Comment on A rogue object so strange, scientists aren’t sure what to call it. 2 days ago:
This planet isn't in our solar system. We've found 6,053 exoplanets already, so it's a safe bet that there's lots more of them than you're aware of
- Comment on well I take the gremlin 3 days ago:
Friend group? What's that?
- Comment on well I take the gremlin 3 days ago:
I'd say at different times of my life I've been ALL of these
- Comment on Is it completely impossible to do age verification without compromising privacy? 1 week ago:
I think it should be easy to identify when an account is being shared. For example if it's used from different ip addresses within a short amount of time
- Comment on Is there a word for when someone is not capable of, or doesn't try to understand verbal communication in a language, they are fluent in similar to functionally illiterate but for speech? 1 week ago:
If you can't understand a language then you aren't fluent in it.
- Comment on Parking police 1 week ago:
Would this work as depicted? Wouldn't it just be a blur?
- Comment on So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up? 2 weeks ago:
It sounds like OP does want to get together with some of their family, they just don't know how to deal with that one individual
- Comment on So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up? 2 weeks ago:
Just politely say "I don't want to talk about that, let's talk about tv shows, what's your favorite comedy right now?" (Or whatever other mutually fun topic you want to talk about.) If he tries to keep talking about the topic just repeat that you're not gonna talk about that and offer a second new topic. If he still wants to keep talking about it say "alright I'm gonna go talk to someone else about a different topic, I'll catch you later", then walk away from him
- Comment on Labcoat! 2 weeks ago:
He's just like me!
- Comment on Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally? 2 weeks ago:
Ope you're right
- Comment on Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally? 2 weeks ago:
I think i can understand what you're saying. Unimportant sidenote, it's spelled carcass
- Comment on Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally? 2 weeks ago:
I'm not vegan and I'm here to tell you that your argument isn't valid. Whoever invented a word doesn't get to permanently declare exactly what it means down to the tiniest detail. Words change meaning over time. I would guess that especially new words change over time. The word "awful" originally meant full of awe. The word "terrible" originally meant a thing caused terror.
It doesn't matter what the creator of the word thought.
- Comment on Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally? 2 weeks ago:
It is going to be eaten no matter what. The chance of it being eaten is essentially 100%. So i can't see how that's part of the equation.
- Comment on Enjoy your peace... for now 2 weeks ago:
Hah wow i was exactly right!
- Comment on Enjoy your peace... for now 2 weeks ago:
IT ME
Looks like the female version of Gritty the mascot
- Comment on "Does Hitler have a right to privacy?" and other big questions in research ethics. 2 weeks ago:
A niece or nephew isn't a direct descendant
- Comment on Is it normal to feel intense fear when in the presense of any sort of yelling / loud arguments? 3 weeks ago:
I'm not sure i understand the cough thing, is it because that's what they would do as their biggest sign of upsetness?
- Comment on Is it normal to feel intense fear when in the presense of any sort of yelling / loud arguments? 3 weeks ago:
For me it depends on the type of yelling. If it looks like anyone might be in danger then I'm super activated, or if it's an adult yelling at a kid then I'm very upset, but if it's something like a boyfriend and girlfriend arguing about something juicy then I'm like oooo!
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 3 weeks ago:
Tell me you didn't read the post before commenting without telling me
- Comment on Maybe there's seagulls, maybe they're just crazy 3 weeks ago:
But that's exactly what i explained above. It's not that also using women's voices would've been harder, it's that doing so would've been a worse study design, as explained in my initial comment and in the quote from the paper that you copied here.
A good study narrows down factors to as few as possible.
- Comment on Maybe there's seagulls, maybe they're just crazy 3 weeks ago:
When designing a study researchers limit the method to include only the factors that they think are most likely to find a signal out of the noise, and if a positive result is found then they will do further studies to test additional factors. The factors chosen to include or exclude are by necessity based on previous research results or assumptions based on available evidence.
So i would guess that when the researchers were designing this study they chose to only include male voices because of previous research or assumptions that seagulls would've had more experiences of hostility from human men than women, or maybe based on males of most species generally being the more aggressive of the sexes, or something else like that.
If you read the study paper itself (which i haven't done) i would bet they explain their exact reasoning
- Comment on Parents App'rule'ved 4 weeks ago:
Pubs, amusement parks, sports events, music shows, museums, operas, theater plays, etc etc etc. it's very common for something to be kid friendly and also serve alcohol
- Comment on Y'all seem to have lost track of the correct response to people crying about dead baddies 4 weeks ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Y'all seem to have lost track of the correct response to people crying about dead baddies 4 weeks ago:
That's not a new event
- Comment on Y'all seem to have lost track of the correct response to people crying about dead baddies 4 weeks ago:
Did something happen that i missed? I'm on a serious news diet
- Comment on Space is beautiful 5 weeks ago:
it's far easier to just look at recorded images or videos.
You're missing the idea of why this is cool. Recorded images only go back a couple hundred years
- Comment on Space is beautiful 5 weeks ago:
He didn't curse in that line. In fact he didn't curse much generally. I don't have any objection to curse words, it just doesn't sound like his voice when you add curse words in.
Fuck shit ass titties. I just had to get that out after talking about not cursing
- Comment on Space is beautiful 5 weeks ago:
That's why we need to find a natural mirror somewhere already out there, so we can see into our past. Something like a planet made of pure mercury, or an arrangement of blackholes doing gravitational lensing that bends our light back to us, or whatever