Whats_your_reasoning
@Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
- Comment on Scan to Verify You're Human 10 hours ago:
And yet we’re having shit get censored everywhere else because aDvErTiSeRs. Clearly something doesn’t add up here.
- Comment on Yay, sponsored emojis! 10 hours ago:
Try as I might, I can’t imagine it that way. Got an illustration?
- Comment on Yay, sponsored emojis! 22 hours ago:
FIFA ball does not look happy
- Comment on I used to be an uber eats driver and lowkey 1 day ago:
I used to live in apartments with an address set up of “(building) letter + (unit) number.” Maps and GPS didn’t direct people to the unit you put in, instead directing every address to the rental office, regardless of what building you actually lived in.
It made deliveries hell. If the space for written directions was available, I would copy/paste directions I had pre-written so the drivers could find my specific unit. I put those directions in both English and Spanish, since so many drivers spoke Spanish primarily.
I was in building L, but the address line wouldn’t let you capitalize letters. So my unit would always print out as “l”, which delivery drivers (who didn’t read my clear instructions) would think was a capital i.
After twice having my food delivered to the wrong address and arguing with drivers about it, I gave up entirely. But both times I contacted Doordash to say my food wasn’t delivered, and thankfully, I got full refunds on both. I should note that the Doordash account was a perk from my workplace, where the fees weren’t included, so maybe having some kind of “premium” account factored into the response. Still, it just wasn’t worth the hassle. The way I see it, the whole point of food delivery is not having to get out of my pajamas and leave the house. If I’m going to have to get dressed and drive across the massive complex to get my food anyway, I might as well just pick it up from the restaurant myself and cut out the middle man.
- Comment on Yard Sale 4 days ago:
I knew it. Utah really, really loves naming their streets like this.
If anyone’s in doubt, you can see it for yourself. Open an online map and zoom in on any city, or even town, in Utah. Just pick one at random - they pretty much all have streets with a name of some number + some direction. It’s honestly kinda of impressive.
- Comment on How do you distance yourself from your country when it doesn't represent your views anymore so you won't be viewed by the rest of the world as part of the problem? 5 days ago:
That’s the neat thing - you don’t! For the same reasons that some people in your country will continue to hold their own stubborn beliefs about other people despite all evidence to the contrary, some people in other countries will do the same to you.
I never fit in with my home culture. For me, that’s racist, fascist Americans. Even as a kid I wasn’t accepted by my peers, school admin, and even my own mother. Having grown up under that, and becoming myself despite it all, some of those people (my mother at least) have come around. But honestly, I wouldn’t count on it.
The best you can do is keep being yourself (I know, cliched, but seriously) and live by example. Take it from someone with a lifetime of dealing with this - attempting to convince people doesn’t work. However, those who are open-minded will see you as you are and note you as one of “the good ones.” Instead of trying to change the mind of someone who’s dead set on seeing you as an enemy, focus on the people who already understand that it’s wrong to define a group of demographically-related people by the actions of a few.
- Comment on Anon pets a dog 1 week ago:
It probably helps that OP wasn’t scared. He didn’t act like a prey animal and flee, which can trigger hunting instincts. I also can’t help but wonder if the wolf recognized a human child as being “young.” I know dogs can do that - I’ve seen them change behavior around tiny humans and tolerate things from them that they wouldn’t tolerate from adults. Granted, domesticated dogs have had many generations to acclimate themselves to us, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a wild wolf recognized that OP was a “human puppy” and not a significant threat.
Also, OP had food, and considering the wolf went right for the pop tart when it was thrown, it’s possible such a sociable, intelligent creature was playing nice in hopes of being given some all along.
Who knows? I’d say it’s definitely a plausible story. If the story had been about a mountain lion, I’d have my doubts. But wolves don’t usually go out of their way to antagonize humans. If some of them were able to be domesticated long ago, the same traits that brought them close to humans in the first place may still exist in the wild population.
- Comment on WOMEN. 1 week ago:
It says “chess enthusiast” on the left, but shows a chessboard on the right. Sounds like these two have more in common than they see.
- Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done? 1 week ago:
The job I have now is the first one to ever offer flex time. It’s such a treat to be halfway through the day and the boss comes up and goes, “Would you like to leave two hours early?” It’s like being asked if you want free dessert - I have yet to say no to the offer.
- Comment on ⚫️ 😭 ⚫️ 2 weeks ago:
Don’t worry, some of us are keeping the astronomy spirit alive in the younger generation. There’s a 5 year old kid I work with who can name tons of celestial objects that my coworkers have never heard of. It makes for fun inside jokes. Sometimes when we’re with another person, he’ll compare our distances to each other and say, “You’re Alpha Centauri A, I’m Alpha Centauri B, and he/she’s Proxima Centauri.”
- Comment on Anon does some genealogy 2 weeks ago:
Punishing descendants is absolutely a part of the bible. Women experiencing pain during childbirth is supposedly a punishment for Eve eating the forbidden fruit.
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 3 weeks ago:
A few months ago I decided to listen to a few albums I used to be obsessed with as a teen. I just… didn’t feel anything anymore. The music used to vibe with my teenage angsty energy, but being in my 30s now it just doesn’t hit the same.
Meanwhile, I still rock out to classic rock and oldies from before my time. I was just singing Steve Miller Band and The Beatles on my way home from work - no radio, just felt like singing.
Though some stuff I listened to in my youth is more relevant now than ever. Songs written during the Bush era criticizing politics are as cathartic to scream out as they used to be…
- Comment on Anon is standmaxxing 3 weeks ago:
It’s ironic that wanting to use one’s own brain makes someone a “boomer.” I know not all baby boomers are as intellectually-lazy as the ones I grew up under, but considering that’s one trait that I’ve seen a lot from that cohort, this is weird to see.
- Comment on Anon is an introvert 3 weeks ago:
I felt this way in my own home culture as well. I grew up in a red bubble in a blue state in the US, where the underlying currents were no more than “conformity and hometown pride.” Oddly, the only things to be “proud” of were conformity itself and high school football (the pride-surrogate of adults with nothing better to celebrate.) It was all so hollow, and when 9/11 happened it all turned up to… well, 11. Being 12 and saying, “I don’t think this war makes sense” was enough to ostracize one’s self and be bombarded with the brain-dead argument of, “iF yOu hAtE AMURICA tHeN yOu cAn JuSt LEAVE!” Yeah okay, parrot. It was always obvious the kids just absorbed whatever mindless take their parents said (which was, itself, picked up from other people or Fox News.)
Man, thinking of my hometown always brings out a rant… Anyway, I grew up always feeling like a stranger in my own home, bullied and cast aside for not being like the rest. Thank goodness I was able to GTFO and meet people who use their brains as more than a copy/paste bin for other people’s thoughts.
- Comment on Anyone get this? 4 weeks ago:
This happened many years ago for me. A guy at a party was giving me massive red flags. The final straw came when he outright lied to me and doubled-down on it when I asked if it was true, just to brush it off as a joke later that same day and make fun of me when I believed him. I avoided him at every friend get-together afterwards.
A few years later, after I’d moved away, I learned that the rest of the friend group left him too. Turns out he had a habit of trying to hook up with teenage girls and after some event (that I never learned the details of) brought it to light, everybody abandoned him.
God, the vindication felt good.
- Comment on We produce more resources than we could ever consume in the least sustainable ways possible. 4 weeks ago:
I think they’re expressing a concern about the natural environment being destroyed to accommodate the needs of more humans. There’s nothing in that sentiment that implies wanting to kill people.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Referring to bases at all is a virgin thing. I don’t think I’ve ever heard an adult use them. Once you’ve had sex, the “bases” just become different types of foreplay or “hook ups” that are nobody else’s business.
- Comment on Where it stops, nobody knows 4 weeks ago:
I can’t wait to play this game three days straight with the upcoming long weekend.
(For the international crowd - next Monday is Memorial Day in the US, a federal holiday and one of the rare ones where my workplace is closed.)
- Comment on They probably disable it first thing 5 weeks ago:
The city I live in hasn’t updated its lane designations in ages. There are numerous streets where there’s no visible line at all anymore, and you honestly can’t tell if there’s supposed to be one lane or two in a given a direction. Sometimes old lines are faded but still visible, while new lines were just lazily slapped alongside them. Then there are intersections where the lanes don’t match up with each other once you pass through - that is, you could be driving in the center lane, but if you continue going straight across the intersection, you’ll wind up in the left lane. The road shifts over without warning or guide lines on the street.
My car doesn’t have lane assist or departure warnings or any of those bells and whistles. I can’t imagine how much more difficult navigating here would be if it did.
- Comment on Anon watches redditors talk about bodycount 5 weeks ago:
The important thing is that they are elastic - they don’t stay stretched. They’re not like sweaters that stay stretched out forever after someone large wears them, more like rubber bands that stretch temporarily before returning to their typical size. I think that’s why OP used the term “stretch out,” as too many people seem to think once a vagina stretches, it’s a permanent change. It’s such a weird misconception.
Giving birth stretches a vagina more than any penis (or fist) ever could. Though birth can make some changes that last, it’s more like “Now I need a larger size menstrual cup” than “Now penises just slide back out,” as the popular belief would have people believe.
- Comment on Is this how girls behave when they like you? 5 weeks ago:
I disagree that the rules and patterns are easy to figure out. However, I agree with your point about gut feelings and therapy.
Different people can act/react in different ways, which is part of what makes these moments confusing. Sometimes gut feelings can clue you in to things you’re not consciously aware of, but in interpersonal situations gut feelings can also be colored by your own hopes, fears, and biases. Someone who likes another person may be more likely to read another’s cues as flirtatious. Similarly, someone who doesn’t like another person may read different cues as confirming that they aren’t liked in kind.
Either way, this isn’t enough information to go on. I do get a positive vibe, but what that means can vary. She could like OP romantically, or she could like OP as a colleague and friend. Assuming romantic intent too soon can be disastrous, but building a friendship in the meantime has pretty much no downsides. Personally, I’d let it simmer for a bit and see if other signs come up before making any decisions that could jeopardize either kind of relationship.
- Comment on DNAddy 5 weeks ago:
Nah, this post’s phrasing is misleading. Chimerism comes from a fusion of two separate embryos, not from two fully-formed babies merging together. A chimera is less one dominant embryo that “absorbs a twin,” and more a regular person that just happens to be made up of two separate sets of genetic material. Imagine having two different puzzles with pieces that are cut in an identical pattern. You could use pieces from either puzzle to fit into each other. If you randomly draw pieces from either set and merge them into one picture, you end up with a puzzle that’s a bit of both, but still only one. That’s how it works with chimeras - the DNA from two individuals are mixed and matched to create a patchwork of both in one body. A key difference is, a puzzle would have leftover pieces - but the body would not.
It’s often not apparent in any way. However, if the two sets of DNA call for different skin colors or something, a chimera might show both colors in different areas.
In the post’s case, the cells that went on to make the man’s testicles were made with different DNA than whatever part the first sample was taken from. There may be more parts of his body that use that same DNA, but unless they test a sample from every part of him, we’ll never know exactly.
- Comment on DNAddy 5 weeks ago:
Are you thinking of Lydria Fairchild? In her case she wasn’t sent to prison. However, her two children were taken from her and placed in foster care for a while. Lawyers were refusing to represent her, due to the belief that DNA evidence is too strong to fight. On the plus side, she was pregnant again. So a court officer was present during her third child’s birth.
Despite being at the birth and witnessing blood draws from both mother and child, the court still claimed she was being untruthful somehow. Thankfully, that birth and its evidence was peculiar enough to attract a lawyer to finally represent her. Only after that did the investigation into potential chimerism arise.
More info here - …asu.edu/…/case-lydia-fairchild-and-her-chimerism…
- Comment on Haxxed 5 weeks ago:
God, that scene fucked with me as a child.
- Comment on What's the deal with AI datacenters using water for cooling? 5 weeks ago:
You mean even my Steam games are actual steam? Neat.
- Comment on What's the deal with AI datacenters using water for cooling? 5 weeks ago:
If we’re lucky it’s furry porn. I’m more worried about the non-consensual porn of real people, including simulated CSAM.
- Comment on What's the deal with AI datacenters using water for cooling? 5 weeks ago:
Some aircraft engines, too. The old single-engine Cessnas I trained on were air-cooled. Though that’s pretty easy when you’re pushing cool, atmospheric air over the engine at 100 knots.
- Comment on Yup 1 month ago:
Interesting. Although users in Philadelphia can cross the river to New Jersey to buy legal cannabis, it’s only available in Pennsylvania with a medical card. I have to wonder if these cases are coming from people who bought weed legally in a neighboring state, or is it happening with people who consumed unregulated alternatives (like Delta-8) from places like smoke shops and gas stations?
- Comment on Oh no 1 month ago:
Spongebob is an odd one. He looks like a manufactured sponge, yet he’s the child of natural sea sponges. I don’t know if he himself has a genetic variant that makes him rectangular, or if he went through some sort of horrific surgery to make him that shape.
- Comment on Happy 100th to the G.O.A.T. 1 month ago:
Right? The fact that a good guy can make it to 100 gives me a little more faith in humanity. It’d be a shot to the heart if something nasty came out about him. We need at least one good human lasting this long to keep our hopes going. Please universe, we need this.
