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- Comment on Is the m-word a slur for people with dwarfism? If so, what are more appropriate terms to use other than dwarf? 5 days ago:
I always feel weird when fantasy settings have references to things that are very specifically real world. How can you have champagne in a world without France. Lilliputian requires either the island of Lilliput to exist, or Johnathan Swift to have lived and written Gulliver’s Travels. And that would have been very very different because it was satirical commentary on the politics of Britain at the time of writing.
- Comment on is there a name for when you stop preventing a problem thinking it's solved and it comes back? 1 week ago:
This is closely related to all the people in the hospital who are like “I didn’t need all these meds and supportive oxygen at home. The hospital is making me sick!”
- Comment on What would happen if I just started replying to everytthing, even accusations, with "maybe..." like in some old Zen Buddhist koan? 1 week ago:
And all of my professors in grad school.
- Comment on This isn't fair 2 weeks ago:
Wow, social scores are so communist and dystopian.
- Comment on How come Pornstars don't teach Master Classes? So the average joe or joness can improve relationships and get better orgasms. Who would be better than pornstars? 2 weeks ago:
I 100% pass that exact video on to people who want to know how to be better at eating pussy with the caveat that most women will go wild for about 1/3 of the demonstrated techniques. Which third seems to be entirely unique woman to woman.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Your rectum has an internal and external sphincter. When the internal sphincter encounters pressure there’s a whole neural pathway that decides whether to let the external sphincter relax based on if it’s gas or solid.
- Comment on People who get "happy ending" massages, is there like a common keyword or process? 2 weeks ago:
Upvote for if massage is regulated in Florida
- Comment on How do people easily find out that I'm an easy to pick up on? 3 weeks ago:
But this has created a image of me being a sensitive guy with not so fun personality, a cry baby.
This sounds like self projection, not necessarily how people actually perceive you.
- Comment on Is it safe to connect a Windows XP machine to my wi-fi network? 4 weeks ago:
Since this is an already open topic. How would anyone suggest getting files of an XP machine to anything else (but preferably to a modern mac)?
- Comment on This is the chore that never ends 4 weeks ago:
One of the best things about my marriage is that for 85% of tasks, our preferences and distastes compliment. Unloading the dishwasher and putting clothes away for me is a matter of 3-5 business days. My wife loves folding laundry and doesn’t mind putting away dishes. I have no problems loading the dishwasher or sorting dirty laundry/starting the machine. Its pretty great that it works out that way.
We both suck at planning and deciding what to make for dinner though.
- Comment on Don't Call Me. Ever. 4 weeks ago:
I’ve definitely logged <1 minute calls. Usually to order take out.
- Comment on Amazon thought it would be a good idea to not include subtitles in a film made entirely with sign language. 4 weeks ago:
Due to the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) of 2010 FCC does indeed regulate streaming services.
- Comment on Amazon thought it would be a good idea to not include subtitles in a film made entirely with sign language. 5 weeks ago:
Maybe not, but cares deeply about “equivalent experience “ which this case is not.
- Comment on Netflix is garbage 5 weeks ago:
If it works for gyms …
- Comment on Doesn't add up 5 weeks ago:
With regards to nursing homes there’s a second level. I’m going to borrow from my own past writing here :
Due to the way that insurance pays these days and that they can take up to 18 months to review and deny a claim at which point you have to pay them back, it’s becoming harder and rarer for single practitioners or small groups to have the ability to have a practice (unless cash based, which is difficult and excludes a lot of people from care which I have FEELINGS about). Corporations have the administrative ability to have a dedicated coder, dedicated team for denial challenges etc. However corporations are predictably exploitative.
I really don’t see any way to run anything medial based without a dedicated admin team ensuring cashflow. Which sucks. It also costs a ton of money up front.
- Comment on Men are generous 5 weeks ago:
Able to share clothes
I’m ~50lb larger than my wife. The lesbian dream of a doubled closet is not for us. We do get to share shoes and don’t need to adjust the car mirrors so there’s that benefit.
- Comment on Amazon thought it would be a good idea to not include subtitles in a film made entirely with sign language. 5 weeks ago:
This is an accessibility issue and the FCC takes it pretty seriously. Captions must be accurate, complete, synchronized (or as close to as possible), and (this is the important one in this case) cannot obscure important information on the screen.
It’s a pretty easy form, but they do want a lot of details.
- Comment on Why do I constantly see testostorone being put into evreything from pills to candy bars but its illegal for trans men to get it? 3 months ago:
So I don’t know where you are or what your healthcare system is like, but I suspect it’s somewhere with a public system. Do you think it’s good for your system to treat depression and suicidal ideation/attempts? Because transition is the best prevention of suicide attempts for people who are transgender. Full stop. If there was any treatment that came close to the improvement for depressed cis people, it would be considered a god damn miracle.
- Comment on How plausible is a medical tricorder? 3 months ago:
Honestly the way they used it, I always thought the tricorder was just the reading part of other diagnostic implements. Kind of an all in one CGM, implanted pacemaker, etc.
- Comment on Unappreciated in my own lifetime 3 months ago:
