Whats_your_reasoning
@Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
- Comment on Incel propaganda in my music app 2 days ago:
What the actual fuck
- Comment on Incel propaganda in my music app 2 days ago:
Well yeah, just being an asshole doesn’t make money. But when you see how easily people are tricked into giving away their money to unethical actors, it’s easy to see one’s own conscience as a roadblock. Like, “If I would feel comfortable scamming people, I could be rich.” But I’m not comfortable scamming people, even if it would be easy. Ergo, my conscience keeps me from making easy money.
- Comment on Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts? 2 days ago:
Man, the downvote ratio really goes to show how many people vote without reading a post. I imagine a lot of them would agree with you, but they just saw the meme and thought, “That’s stupid.” Which is ironically a vote in your favor.
- Comment on The irony 3 days ago:
Knowledge is free, but college is not. The older I get and the more people I meet, the more I see how little connection there is between basic degrees and intelligence.
Knowledge and maturity can be gained through various paths in life. Whether one sits in a classroom or not, someone dedicated to learn will learn while someone just looking to coast by will coast by. A lot of people have gone to college not due to a love of learning, but because it was expected of them.
- Comment on Fck it, we ball 5 days ago:
Girls will have armor plating and have 14 legs
New Halloween group costume idea
- Comment on Fck it, we ball 5 days ago:
(she has some kind of electric implant)
Yeeeaaaah, that’s where she got it from. Absolutely, definitely
[They’re onto us, girls. Meet me at the usual.]
- Comment on We're just scanning for the bear... 6 days ago:
I tend to turn it into a “casual sweep” of the scene. I’m looking at leaves, architecture, license plates! Well, and also getting a glimpse of whoever’s around me. From being bullied in grade school, to learning to fly in college, with growing up as a young women between the two eras, situational awareness has become baked into my existence. But it’s not a bad thing, it’s a skill.
Tangentially, I wonder how much of this increased situational awareness plays into our famous “women’s intuition”? If we’re taking in more of our surroundings, it makes sense our unconscious minds will notice more readily when something’s “off.”
As well, I’ve often considered my “luck” to come down to increased awareness. When retrospectively thinking about a sequence of events, I can sometimes put together how noticing A led to me doing B, even if I didn’t consciously think about it at the time. Like unconsciously noticing that a car in front of you is somewhat lopsided and getting the urge to switch lanes and pass them. You’re not thinking about it. But later on when that car spins out on a flat tire, you’re well past them - a safe distance away.
Or a situation that undoubtly makes people think I’m lucky - finding four-leaf clovers. A split-second scan of the ground and I can notice a four-leafer in a patch. Just a few months ago I was pumpkin-picking with my girlfriend and it happened again. We were standing outside and I was telling her about this exact phenomenon when I stopped, laughed, crouched down, plucked one particular clover, and handed it to her. “See?! It just happens!” I then proceeded to find two more, and at that point I knew I had to stop myself.
So yeah, it’s not all bad. :)
- Comment on Anon observes a coworker 6 days ago:
As an autistic woman who’s usually attracted to others on the spectrum, I am worried anon is talking about me.
- Comment on Anon starts taking T 1 week ago:
I have memories from way earlier than I’m “supposed to” have, corroborated by family members. For example, I know I was 2 or 3 when my younger sibling learned to talk, and I remember thinking it was so cute how he couldn’t pronounce his own name. I distinctly remember being in the kitchen, repeatedly asking him his name, then giggling when he answered.
Anyway, I remember when people talked, I had a mental visual system that went along with it. Words elicited pictures in my head, perhaps a bit of early childhood synesthesia. When I thought, I had audio words and visual pictures accompanying everything. Then I learned to write, and slowly the pictures were replaced by seeing the words written. Then over years even that faded, and by puberty my thoughts had become all audio.
With the way it has changed over time for me, I suspect such mental processes may tie in with how some of us learn to organize our thoughts as we develop. Mental words help create a scaffolding that builds understanding and creates order. But then there are those without these internal structures, who still manage to develop language the same as anyone else, and I find that fascinating. I wish I knew what it was like to experience their point of view.
In particular, I’d like to know how they feel about writing. For me, writing is as simple as putting down the words that my thoughts make in my head. Throughout my life, I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on my writing, but why? It seems that not everybody has the same thoughts-to-written-word pipeline. Do others have equally coherent thoughts, but lose track when they begin writing? Or are their thoughts more abstract than words, and difficult to “translate” so to speak? Did my early mental processes create a stronger association between words in my head that now makes writing much easier?
I really want to know. Neurodivergence (in any sense) is fascinating, yet those without internal dialogues and/or aphantasia don’t seem to get studied or talked about as much. Anyone here with a different experience willing to share what it’s like for them?
- Comment on Anon enjoys the little things 1 week ago:
One thing I love about my dad is his connection to and knowledge of nature. I have many memories of him bringing me random produce, slicing pieces off of them raw, and insisting I try them. Sometimes they’d be vegetables he got from his farmer friend, or something he grew in his garden that finally reached ripeness. Other times it’d be in-season fruits of different varieties, including non-standard apples. Macoun apples are one of his favorites, and always remind me of him.
- Comment on Anon enjoys the little things 1 week ago:
My mom watches those home-buyer shows. I can’t. I just think about how I’d never be able to afford anything anywhere near that level. Then seeing people with ridiculous budgets complain about minor things they could easily change, like wallpapers or kitchen islands, feels like petty nonsense. I’m out here in a crappy studio that I only managed to nab because I applied for it on the same day it was posted online - every other place already had wait lists, while I was living in my car.
It must be so nice to afford to have standards in living conditions.
- Comment on Anon disrespects their elders 1 week ago:
Are they just opposed to the concept of games itself? Wow, what a way to have a childhood.
- Comment on Anon disrespects their elders 1 week ago:
Interesting, so being into ad-infested, freemium mobile games is okay, but being into real games that you can play straight through without interruptions is cringe?
I’m suddenly glad to be an adult.
- Comment on Anyone else having issues with YouTube? 1 week ago:
I went to Down Detector last night about this. Holy shit, that comment section was something else. It’s clear where all the teenagers go when YouTube is down. It’s also clear that DD doesn’t have the moderation to handle massive influxes of them.
- Comment on Unrealistic 1 week ago:
Character tilts head down and smiles as their glasses turn opaque.
Oh shit, someone has a secret
- Comment on Anon finds a cool rock 2 weeks ago:
I’m impressed the guide demonstrated the flint’s sparking abilities and let the kid keep the rock. I know way too many adults who’d be like, “Oh no, danger!” and make a kid leave such a rock alone.
- Comment on Gargoyle 2 weeks ago:
Oooh, so that’s how ICE agents are born. It all makes sense now.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Fascinating! I’ve seen massive groups of ants before, and I’ve watched them because it’s just so cool to see. I never got down and tried to smell them, though.
Now your comment has me thinking of my dad. He has an uncanny sense of smell far beyond what I have. There are some flowers I can’t smell unless I bend close to them, but which he can smell from across a field. I’ll have to check with him and see if he can smell ants.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I learned about the Photic Sneeze Reflex when discussing the frustration of cancelled sneezes (you know, when you feel one coming on, but then it just doesn’t happen and it leaves you feeling weird.) He told me, “When that happens, I just look at a light.” I had no idea what he meant. Meanwhile, he thought it was normal for everyone. We both learned something that day.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
That’s weird, because the videos I watch are 1-2 hours long (or longer.) Informational deep dives are practically the opposite of Tik Tok.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Care to share what you read? I’m curious, too.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
It could be the same smell, formic acid.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I was watching “deep dives” on Youtube yesterday and was getting confused by all the censoring. Even the word “sex” was censored, and like… what? Not just SA (which I understand censoring), but sex itself? In a video ostensibly designed for an adult (or at least teenage) audience?
It’s hard to follow a story when words get censored that you don’t expect to get censored. In my mind I think something much worse is being said, and have to pause and rewind to ensure I understood correctly. The best part is, the creator wasn’t even from the US, land of the puritans. I expect Europeans not to be afraid of sex, but I guess this is what Youtube is doing to the world.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I’m with you. Can’t smell ants, but cilantro is soapy.
There are lots of little genetic quirks out there. I experience Arnold’s Reflex, that is, I cough when I stick a cotton swab in my left ear canal. (Only my left. My right doesn’t react.) There’s also the Photic Sneeze Reflex, which is where you sneeze when looking at light. I don’t have that, but around 35% of the population does.
I’m sure there are countless more little things like this that people just haven’t talked about/gathered enough data on yet.
- Comment on Bonobos can "play pretend" 3 weeks ago:
I’ve known multiple dogs that put items in a spot, then brushed their noses over them, as if burying them with invisible dirt.
However, I figure that’s an instinctual behavior, similar to digging/burying food. Not evidence of imagination. Just evidence of dogs interacting with invisible objects.
- Comment on "Don't dream it, be it." - Dr. Frank-N-Furter 3 weeks ago:
It’s astounding
- Comment on the public demands ANSWERS 4 weeks ago:
I wonder where humans lie on that scale. There’s such a range between ages, hormone levels, and even seasons (my hands are normally soft, but dry winter air is currently interfering with that.)
- Comment on the public demands ANSWERS 4 weeks ago:
I still remember when I went to an aquarium as a kid and touched the sting rays. That texture has stayed in my mind ever since. I still can’t find anything it compares well to.
- Comment on Many parents cab probably relate 5 weeks ago:
Honestly, the amount of parents that act like their precious little baby is going to always be a precious little baby is astounding. It’s like the idea that their child is going to someday become an adult doesn’t enter their minds. They don’t realize how much they’re setting their kids up for failure by refusing to allow (let alone encourage) them to do things independently.
There are times and places to step in and help your child, absolutely. But as they get older, those times should become rarer and rarer. To hand-hold all the time doesn’t build their confidence, doesn’t let them hone their skills, and encourages dependence on someone else to always do things for them. It’s hard, but it’s a part of growing up.
- Comment on Many parents cab probably relate 5 weeks ago:
At age 4-12 you don’t really have stuff you don’t really have homework, except if you’re lagging behind with your work.
That sounds perfect. I wish good grades could exempt us from homework in the US. But if we don’t burden children with long hours of unnecessary busy work, how else will we condition them to accept jobs that demand the same thing? /s