CannonFodder

@CannonFodder@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the case where people respond without reading based on a kneejerk reaction to a couple of key words, I’d say it is the fault of the reader. Communication takes two parties.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The strawman is the person I replied to arguing against dismissing the entire case based on the claim of three-year-olds having useful memories. And rudely, I might add. I never said that the entire case should be dismissed. They made that up. That was the strawman.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because I’m not dismissing the whole thing. That notion is being conjured and argued against (a strawman argument). I specifically said he should be investigated and prosecuted. It’s the pre-5yo part that weakens the case and should be dropped, and we shouldn’t pussyfoot around that if we want a solid case (a judicial one and in the court of public opinion).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It only comes across that way for idiots that don’t read. It’s actually important, because a case against Altman has to be very strong. If everyone refuses to talk about the flaky part of the accusation because of feelings, then the whole case is likely to fail when it hits any kind of judicial or media pushback.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re the ignorant one here and you need to check your knee-jerk reaction and actually try reading before you respond. I indicated that using a 3 or 4 year old’s memory is dicey, but that she was clearly raped when older and reliably remembers that, and so he should be investigated/prosecuted. But it damages the case against him using unnecessarily flakey memories.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok. I believe you, you’ve made your case. I stand ashamed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Strawman much?
  Around 5.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Clear as in just like a picture you’ve seen? Or a story you’ve been told many times?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t matter because if she was raped she was raped and he should face the consequences. But yes. At 3 you don’t remember stuff. She would have forgotten that. No one has real memories from that age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea if it happened or not, but one does not have reliable memories before 5. It’s just a human thing. Sometimes people have a vague image but they can’t place it in time, and it’s usually a reconstructed memory based on a story or a photo.
  Basing an accusation like this on a 3-yo’s memory is dicey. It actually weakens the accusation imo. That it continued and she clearly remembers it later is very different and he should be investigated thoroughly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reuters.com⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t seem unlikely. But how would she know? People don’t have real memories from when they were three.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Critically Acclaimed Short Film "Bambi Meets Godzilla" -(1969).⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was great. I wonder who made it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Therapist is tryna steal my material⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Patient walks into a psychoanalyst’s office and asks, “So, how does this work? Do I just lie on the couch?” The psychoanalyst responds, “Actually, it works much better if you tell the truth.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨type shit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that sounds bad. But it’s completely untrue. Like the skin on a knuckle? Haha. If you have to make up stuff why even bother? Conversly, if your dick is really like a knuckle, you should really see a doctor about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨type shit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the mechanism in question is more on the brain side. Where certain sets of nerves are processed, if some are missing that area of brain simply adjusts the input strength of others. I suspect adult amputation is different from amputation of a newborn since the brain elasticity is so different. But all we can do it make educated guesses anyway since we can’t do controlled experiments. Studies involving watching brain activity can only go so far to really reflect experience. So we can’t know. I’m just pointing out that the common sense approach you indicated isn’t matched by some clear data. So it’s not cut and dry. It could even be that men circumcised at birth experience more sexual pleasure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨type shit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s plenty of signals coming from the nerve bundles in the area. Phantom pain seems to need larger sets of nerve bundles removed/unstimulated. Is s not fully understood, but that seems to be how it works. People who lose fingers often do get increased sensitivity on other fingers and they can also get phantom pain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨type shit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The brain is weird and whacky the way it works. It has a sort of auto-gain. The less nerve stimulus over time leads to a higher sensitivity of remaining nerves. Often when people lose a limb, they still feel pain in it - the lack of nerve signals causes the remaining nerve endings to be amplified so much that despite not even having pain receptors, the noise signals are perceived as pain. So a human growing up with a cut forskin simply adapts and the brain perceives more sensitivity from the other nerves to produce the same levels of sensation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You were always thrilled to get a hand me down text book like this⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That comma is really working hard to separate those sentences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some neighbors have no chill⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve got a guy who’s a wine distributor. On Halloween, adults get to try and compare a few different wines. Love it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A mess⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminds me of a long time ago when I was traveling by train in Europe. It was hot and stuffy despite the windows being open with muggy air blasting in. We were standing in the halls as it was better than in the rooms. Then someone barfed - luckily they made it to the window.
  Later I went for a walk along the train. The next carriage back was strangely empty - until I noticed the barf splatter on the inside wall of the hall. You could see the silhouette of where people had been standing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not even close⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe she’s poking the bear; getting Epstein back in the news cycle. She probably detests Donald a lot and would love to see him put down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Space Honey⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But ‘fucking honey’?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm thinking of gifting this to my dad⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh … ya ok, that’s it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨aaand it's closed again⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He has to appease Israel as they clearly have the dirt on him. He has to appease the Saudi’s or they’ll destroy him financially. Haha. Hope he strokes out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨crazy stuff⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Soft and gooey too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨crazy stuff⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But did you know that to eat vegetables, you actually kill them? An innocent life form - dead, just so you can eat. How can you live with yourself?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teeeheeeee⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My drunk ass gf at 3am
  or My drunk gf’s ass at 3am

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D Print some math.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems to me like it’s demonstrating the projection of a complex three dimensional shape which produces a simple pattern on a two dimensional plane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Muad'Dib Dib Dib⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We like Hank.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨send thoughts and peer review⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What if there’s a good? No, no chance of that, I’m afraid.