Th4tGuyII

@Th4tGuyII@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon catches her boyfriend in a private moment⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone who icks over their partner having a little bit of harmless, dumb fun doesn't deserve their partner IMO

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It always sucks to know you paid more than the seller did - but that just means Oxfam undervalued the book.

  Having worked in one, charity shops tend to have a habit of either really undervaluing or overvaluing their donated goods - cause the people who actually set the prices mostly just guess based on looks and nothing more. Only if an item looks expensive will they do any research, and even then never really enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon hates aluminum⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That may be their objective, but they’ve clearly failed and should be rewritten to reflect reality, evidenced by the fact that half of scientific journals use Aluminum.

  Once again - American journals.
  You're downright ignorant to suggest that because one country refuses to follow an internationally agreed upon naming scheme it should be rewritten to suit you. That's the kind of logic that should come from a little kid, not a country.

  Of course if you’d like to stick entirely with the academic prescriptions, you’re free to not use “email” in French, singular they in English, AI instead of KI in Norwegian [...]

  I don't have enough context about all the examples you list to make an informed opiniomuch of them, but I can certainly take a crack at a couple...

  singular they in English

  Singular they was historically discouraged in academic writing as it was seen as informal, but doesn't mean it was never acknowledged.
  It has been used, just not widely - though with an academic swing towards gender-neutral, it is seen as acceptable by most academic style guide...
  However, in the scientific world you're not really supposed to refer to yourself personally in papers in the first place, so it's about as accepted as any other pronoun.

  AI instead of KI in Norwegian

  That's not just a Norwegian thing, it's a difference due to language.
  AI is not an internationally standardised terminology, so of course different languages with different component words and/or grammar are going to end up with different acronyms.

  For example, the Germans and Dutch also refer to it as KI (though in Dutch AI is also acceptable), and in Spain and France IA is the standard - that doesn't mean that academics wouldn't just agree on a term when working internationally.

  As said before, I don't know enough about the other examples to make informed discussion of them, but the examples I do have context for are do not fall in the same category as America outright refusing to use internationally agreed upon terminology.

  In any case, I don't think you're going to be convinced by any of the words I'm saying, nor do I think I'll be convinced by anything you could say, so I'm going to leave this here before I throw too much time into an endless back and forth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon hates aluminum⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah of course, the heavily American-centric forum is obviously the perfect way to prove the entirely American misspelling is the correct one /s

  You can spell or pronounce Aluminium however you like, but there is only one internationally recognised spelling, and it's not "Aluminum"

  Those "archaic rules" exist to standardise international science communication, not to make America feel better about its inability to standardise to save its life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon hates aluminum⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, really?

  The official IUPAC spelling is "Aluminium" - notice how there are two "I"s in there.

  Since IUPAC is quite literally the international authority on chemical terminology, I'd suggest their spelling is the correct one.

  If you want to spell it wrong, you do you, but don't act like it's the correct way to spell it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ad in the middle of this article about conspiracy theories⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That's what I figured - pretty much any alarm system would be better, but could technically help you in a pinch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's brother hates concrete⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anon's brother does have a point - concrete blocks and buildings made from them tend to be quite ugly in comparison to buildings made with more traditional building materials like brick, stone, or even wood

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we have to do the health insurance company's job for them?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because if they pay out, they make less money, far cheaper to get you to give up trying - which is what a lot of people will do because it's designed to be an exhausting system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Suicide Mission - What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So let's get this straight, after years of being relentlessly threatened, harassed, and retaliated against for attempting to hold up what little safety standards and quality assurance remained in their department, this Swampy guy finally gets a chance to deposition against Boeing, his moment to finally have Boeing see consequences for what they put him through, and he suddenly turns suicidal and shoots himself in the head?

  Tell you what, if Boeing were expecting literally anyone to believe no foul play is involved here, then their heads must be put together as well as their planes are nowadays

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how can I develop a thick skin?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well the idea is that you're paying for someone who is both qualified in dealing with mental health issues, and is completely unattached to your life to provide a confidential, non-judgmemtal outsider perspective on your life.

  The people who know you almost certainly can't provide that level of support in your life, and many people need that space/perspective to help them recognise their issues, or push them towards the correct solution to resolving them.

  It's not everybody's cup of tea, it ain't mine, but for those it does work for, it works well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China announced new laws to limit microtransactions, affecting major corporations like Tencent.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would've expected to see something like thus out of the EU rather than China, but at least somebody's making the first move against the predatory monetisation of apps

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shitty deal⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially that first one - I'm scared to think that someone can even accomodate that up there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shitty deal⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can only hope these were cleaned after their last use

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How people refer between different types of sweets varies even within Britain, nevermind other countries... but at least in my experience chocolate sweets get referred to as chocolates, and non-chocolate sweets as just sweets (though I have heard the terms sugar sweets and confectioneries thrown about for those too)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You say that like most of us aren't in on the joke - good banter is one of the few things we Brits even produce anymore...

  It ruins the fun if you take it too seriously, which (from my experience) Americans seem to do a lot - that's one of the other things that outs you guys amongst Brits fairly quickly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True - I had forgotten you guys call it footy and soccer. Though I suspect the Aussie accent would give you guys away before we got to the topic of footy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely Brits, but not just Brits - Sweets is the preferred term in much of the English speaking world, with Candy being very distinctly associated with the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looked it up properly, you're right. I shouldn't have second-guessed myself

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but I don't think the person I was replying to was referring to America the continent given the context - plus even in that context it would still be more accurate to say North America as Southern/Latin America doesn't share the same cultural identity

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Canada is in North America the continent, which the US (sometimes referred to as America) is also in - saying Canada is America is like saying Great Britain is Europe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As others have said, sweets

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While it will absolutely out you as an US American, we will understand - same as when you say "Candy" and similar common Americanisms

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn't now, but it was a colony, and that's more than enough for us to shit on it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do mean things so small we can't see them with the human eye? Are you crazy?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The fucked up part is that barely a decade after his death - thanks to the efforts of Louis Pasteur - Semmelweis's work went from so controversial they condemned him to his death, to becoming the basis for the field of aseptics

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a name for downplaying your suffering because other people have bigger problems?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds an awful lot like what I've heard people with clinical depression say, a type of self-invalidation of your own emotional state.

  OP, you could be the poorest person in the world and you could still find someone who's got it worse. Everyone has problems, but that doesn't mean your problems shouldn't matter to you.

  I don't know your situation, but if you hate your job, you should try looking for a new one - even if it's the same thing you're doing now but in a better workplace.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS waiting list could hit 9 million in two years after Hunt offers no new money⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can we just be done with the fucking Tories already??
  Why on Earth over half this country keeps thinking these rich assholes who only want to line the pockets of themselves and their cronies, and sabotage social programs are going to do anything for them I don't know.

  Do we really all want to go the way of the Americans where we pay $100s just to see a doctor??
  Cause that's what it feels like based on how people are voting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happens if flat Earthers go to space?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if you could convince a flat Earther to go to space, I suspect the vast majority would not be swayed.

  As you suggest, they'd instead likely say that it's all fake trickery. Even if you gave them a space-suit, put the helmet together right in front of them showing no electronics of any kind, and let them walk outside, they'd still say it was all fake trickery.

  They would never believe their own eyes, because they've already made up their minds. An allusion to the Earth being round is an illusion.

  You don't even need to go to space to prove the Earth is round. As @kbin.social/u/Pons_Aelius already said elsewhere in this thread, there was even a show made and funded by Flat Earther's to try loads of different tests, and they ended up rejecting all of them because they accidentally demonstrated that the Earth had to be round.

  Their mind is already made, and they'll only accept results that conform to that belief. Anything else is either fake, trickery, or flawed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe this isn't proper shopping but $18.50 for four veggie burgers, buns, and danish seems like a lot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Food is absolutely getting more expensive, but they equally bought a rod for their own back buying all the premium brand stuff.

  Spoiling yourself is all well and good, but they shouldn't complain something expensive was expensive haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes i sit alone on a room, wondering if people know what words actually mean or have we ventured past the idea of strict language and we've finally embraced the fluidity of language...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Standardisation works with weights and measures because the definition of those isn't meant to change ever...

  But while globalisation may have slowed them down, languages are still evolving - why do you think there are still words being added to the dictionaries each year?

  You think the dictionaries just think up new words for themselves, or do you think that they're catching up on words that have entered the majorative lexicon?

  Language is one of the few things that is still controlled by majority usage, because you can't really standardise normal, everyday use of language. So if you dig your heels into the ground trying to standardise existing language, you'll be the one left behind by the majority of language users - even the dictionaries know that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PEACHES COME FROM A CAN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I got nothing either. Maybe this is a US-centric thing?