Mesophar

@Mesophar@pawb.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨when is "cool" fine and when is it rude?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m also a millennial, and I think it depends a lot on rapport as well. If you regularly talk with someone in text form, and consistently use punctuation, it probably doesn’t come off as passive aggressive than if you suddenly respond with the trailing period. It also probably makes one-word responses a lot more abrupt.

  I agree with above, replying “Cool!”, or “That’s cool!” would likely go over much better in that context

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too many non-working holidays in America.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What are these “real jobs” you speak of? At the absolutely very least, teachers typically also have off for many federal holidays, are you saying that isn’t a “real job”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First/notable 3D games where you could dive below water (and walk on land)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s probably too much for a Raspberry Pi, but it runs perfectly fine on Linux

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mammal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know if you’re trying to make it sound bad, but calling milk “titty juice” makes it sound better. I don’t like milk, but titty juice makes it sound refreshing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, hope you graduate to Third Grade by 40!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At least the numbers are sequential there, though…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's always been there for me⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t know that the kid hasn’t already told the mom about the accident. It’s not like she can come pick the kid up, it was her car that was crashed. Relying on a parent and asking them for help in a time of need doesn’t mean the kid isn’t also going to take responsibility. But the parent saying that fishing is more important is absolutely ludicrous. Sure, maybe the dad is too far away to be able to help at the moment, but he said he’s too busy to even talk (yet not busy enough to prevent sending those texts).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4 fundamental forces⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps the gravity head should be a snail then

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon pitches the next big movie adaptation of a video game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I absolutely hate this, but can’t deny that it’s accurate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy 420⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, “weeds” are contextual to what and where the plant is. Of course it’s a made up concept, it’s not a classification of a type of plant, just a description of a plant you don’t want in a certain spot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pens in Space⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They aren’t suggesting using a grease pencil as a better alternative to a graphite pencil, they are saying that the Russian cosmonauts used grease pencils before moving to a pressurized pen.

  You don’t need to say “no thanks” to it, no one is suggesting using it. The first comment was ambiguous, but your response to this one is just baffling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe that works for internal and business communications, but if it is communication externally with clients there are a lot of people that just don’t answer their phone. Sometimes it is important stuff, and sometimes there are followup questions.

  “XYZ is no longer available. Would you like ABC instead?
  How many of ABC would you like?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I knew it, I’m surrounded by Assholes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon calls Domino's⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s green text, but assuming they called the suicide hotline before as well they must have done their job too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Something rubs the the wrong way about how the teacher presented that problem. Was the lesson supposed to be “don’t believe anything unless you can verify it yourself”? In his example, he was the unreliable source. I’m assuming he was infering the paper can also be an unreliable source? I’m hoping he went into the importance of checking multiple, credible sources to get a larger picture, rather than just leaving it at “you always might be lied to”. A blanket “don’t trust so-called authorities for facts” is how we end up with people questioning vaccines and flat earthers turning from satire to something troubling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve switched over to mostly wireless charging, but have to say I’m not completely convinced of it yet. I switched phones in part because my old phone’s battery started having issues and the charging port became loose. I want to prevent that happening on my new phone for as long as I can, so I’m using wireless charging for the most part.

  Though wired charging is still so much faster and more efficient. If I really need a charge, or I’m in a hurry, I plug the phone in to charge. I just try to be in the habit of setting my phone on the charging pad when I get home from work.