Whats_your_reasoning
@Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 21 hours 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 2 days 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 6 days 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? 1 week 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. 1 week 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 Anon gets laid 1 week 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 1 week 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 2 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 2 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? 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 weeks ago:
God, that scene fucked with me as a child.
- Comment on What's the deal with AI datacenters using water for cooling? 3 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? 3 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? 3 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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. 3 weeks 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.
- Comment on Anon needs a job 3 weeks ago:
From the messages I get, I suspect there are scammers scraping Indeed for vulnerable individuals. Sometimes I get legit texts from companies looking to hire in my field. Other times I get texts from… questionable sources. They promise numbers that don’t make sense for entry level, in fields I don’t work in, usually calling themselves “sales” with the promise of being able to work from your phone. They give me “join my pyramid scheme” vibes.
So yeah, there are real job positions, fake job positions, and scammers looking to expand. What a fantastic job market. /s
- Comment on Your Truck is Stupid Big 4 weeks ago:
It’s wild to remember this joke was from 1998, yet I can swear trucks have gotten even bigger since then. I remember most pickup trucks having a compromise between cab space and bed space. My brother’s truck had two seats in the front and two side seats squished behind it - that is, it was such a small space that the seats faced inwards from the wall. It was actually pretty fun to sit back there, I had a friend who’d ask him specifically to drive us places because she loved that feature.
But nowadays it seems most pickup trucks (that I see, in the US) gave up on making that compromise, like the truck in the post image. Full cab in front like it’s trying to be a family sedan, then a long-ass bed that makes the thing stick out pretty much anywhere it parks.
I’d say “pick a lane,” but with the size of these things, I don’t have high hopes.
- Comment on Global Spelling Bee 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Global Spelling Bee 5 weeks ago:
Which is why my first thought was, “L?” because the water looks like a natural boundary. Only after looking again did I see a Z.
I think tilting it slightly straighter would’ve helped. Here it is tilted just 10 degrees -
Though it’s still kinda 7-y. That chunk of farmland at the end makes my mind want to discard the bottom part entirely. It’s neither the same color nor expected shape.
- Comment on Global Spelling Bee 5 weeks ago:
“He already survived in the vacuum of my mom. I mean, ‘My mom’s vacuum.’”
- Comment on Global Spelling Bee 5 weeks ago:
Share? Even if it’s not written in English, I think people here would appreciate seeing more boobies. It’s quite the international community of perverts.
- Comment on Forensic Poetry 1 month ago:
I write my best when I’m depressed. I’m okay with finding alternative routes for that, though weed isn’t one of them. I find weed helps me when I’m doing visual art, but when writing? Weed practically renders me incapable.
I now understand why writers’ usual substances of choice are alcohol and caffeine.
- Comment on Anon has a very specific goal 1 month ago:
There’s a window of time in early childhood (up to about the age of 6) where, if raised with other kids, such individuals will develop a repulsion at the idea of having sex with each other. It happens with siblings, but it can also happen with people we’re unrelated to - just growing up in the same household. It’s called the Westermark Effect.
If anon wants a chance at this, his best bet would be to find twins that were raised apart from each other. Quite a tall order.
- Comment on NASA scientists says astronauts should not masturbate in space 1 month ago:
I’m not looking to have a baby, but I gotta admit that if I were an astronaut and the one-in-a-million chance of getting impregnated by floating sperm happened, that’d be incredible. I’d have the first baby conceived in space! What a cool story to have in a family’s lore.
Of course, that’s provided it survives the rest of the trip.
- Comment on Anon needs a good response 1 month ago:
Gaslighting includes the intention to mislead, leading to another person doubting their own reality. It’s a real thing some people do. When you’re experiencing it, you’re forced into cognitive dissonance as the reality you experience doesn’t line up with what another person claims.
That’s what gives nuance to the concept. Not all lies are gaslighting. Misremembering isn’t gaslighting. It requires a denial of reality that leads to another person second-guessing their own experiences. Gaslighting rarely occurs as a one-off event, it’s part of a recurring campaign that slowly changes how a victim perceives their own reality.
It’s okay to have difficulty imagining it. In fact I’d say you’ve been fortunate not to be exposed to it. Just be aware of it in case you ever find yourself in a relationship where it applies.
- Comment on Lady Parts is Bugs. 1 month ago:
No no, we still need peer review. I’ll bring it up to my girlfriend and see if we can replicate the results. I don’t have all the fancy equipment though, so to map our clitorises we’ll have to get creative…
