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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Velvet Spider⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For the curious, the original text says “cute” in Japanese (the infamous “kawaii”)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨cha-cha-changes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  c/SocialScienceMemes

  (Does this exist? It deserves to exist, if for no other reason than to encourage heated debates over where psychology memes should go)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Again, depending on where in the world you are, you may not have the equipment nor access to ingredients necessary to make these properly. You might be able to approximate, but it won’t be as good, which is the entire point of my comment.

  American pizza requires a pizza oven or regular oven with a steel/stone (or dish for Detroit-style pizza), specific types of cheese, and depending on your preference, specific toppings; these may not be available abroad. In some countries, ovens are not considered standard kitchen equipment; good luck making decent pizza on the stovetop.

  Similarly, really good BBQ requires special equipment that even most American homes don’t have, and requires a good deal of outdoor space (otherwise you risk smoking out yourself/your neighbors).

  Mexican food is more flexible in terms of equipment, but ingredients may be hard to source (especially spices).

  For ice cream you might struggle to find the right add-in ingredients depending on what flavor you’re trying to make, but again, the biggest issue is equipment. You can make ice cream at home without an ice cream maker, but it seems like more hassle than it’s worth and still requires some equipment and decent freezer space (fwiw I’ve never done it before; maybe it’s easier than it sounds).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  American style pizza

  frozen broccoli

  You have exactly ten seconds to get the fuck out of my comment section

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Obviously this is entirely dependent on where you’re moving to, but I struggled to find the following when living abroad:

  • good (American-style) pizza
  • good Mexican food
  • good BBQ
  • certain ice cream flavors (like cherries jubilee/cherry garcia)
  • wide open spaces completely devoid of people
  • large-group events of a boisterous and goofy nature
  • certain types of museums/educational facilities (such as good zoos/wildlife rehab open to the public and interactive science museums)
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taking huge cock is therapeutic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Original tweet quote translation:

  “After inserting the giant butt plug, the [strained back/slipped disk] pain disappeared”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does it make sense to buy a lifetime supply of honey?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t seen this mentioned yet so:

  The honey may not expire, but the container you store it in could. I’d be very concerned about plastic disintegrating and/or leeching into the honey. Glass would be better for that, but it’s also really heavy compared to plastic, so you’d need more, smaller containers instead of one giant tub.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate this image because idiots will see it, not understand what its showing, and make up some crazy shit based on it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Log was absolutely a part of my American high school math curriculum, and while it may not make its way to everyone, many if not most Americans were exposed to it in school. But people have terrible memories when it comes to what they leaned in school, doubly so regarding math, quadruply so regarding higher-level math. Regardless of their level of educational exposure to math concepts, I certainly don’t expect the average American adult to be able to reliably do any math they learned outside of elementary school, myself included, because after a few decades of not practicing, not even thinking about those concepts, that knowledge is almost certainly gone or at least covered in a very heavy mat of mental cobwebs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Cruises are an environmental nightmare; we really should not be promoting them for any reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm tired boss⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Me trying to raise kids

  Well there’s your first problem

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has any country actually _solved_ the housing crisis?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Japan is an outlier for numerous reasons, the biggest of which is that housing value there decreases over time (without going into the causes, the result is a feedback loop where housing isn’t built to last, so it depreciates like other semi-short-lived products, such as cars). This isn’t something the government planned, it came about naturally. So I wouldn’t say they’ve “solved” housing so much as their situation has made it a non-issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Causes of Death in London (1623)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone didn’t watch the Star Wars prequels

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brazilian's impression of asia who has never been there (and oceania because a continent with only two countries is not a continent)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “thinks the Japanese are evil” needs to be a lot bigger…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Margot Robbie Baffled Over ‘Babylon’ Flop and ‘Still Can’t Figure Out Why People Hated It’: ‘I Wonder If in 20 Years People’ Will Be Shocked It Bombed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Something tells me audiences in 1952 had slightly different tastes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I guess at least I can opt out...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you never heard of a “career change”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evan Almighty and flushed away⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Certainly not the studio’s best work but far from bad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if you workout and run, would you recommend a merino wool base or mid layer for autumn/winter? or am I going to break it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I run outdoors year-round in weather down to 20°F in a climate with high humidity. Above 40°F I wear old beat-up tshirts, a thick hoodie, and leggings-style running pants. Below 40°F I replace the T-shirt with some old REI house-brand light- or mid-weight base layers, and I toss a pair of cotton exercise pants over the running pants (I bought those years ago for less than $15) and wear a cheap woven hat and my junkiest gloves. If it’s raining I’ll replace the heavy hoodie with a water-repellant windbreaker + light weight hoodie.

  In other words my running wardrobe is comprised almost entirely of my oldest, most beat-up clothes, most of which were originally just cotton or other cheap non-technical materials purchased years ago at a fast-fashion store at the mall or used from a sporting goods store. I do invest in decent socks (I highly recommend darn tough for their durability), but unless you’re braving truly cold temps, very long workouts, or cannot return indoors shortly after working out,* you really don’t need anything fancy for year-round exercise. For what it’s worth I’m also a woman and I get cold very easily.

  *The main problem with cotton is that it will not keep you warm when wet, so if you like to take a long cool down walk or hang out on a park bench for thirty minutes post-workout you should go with wool or synthetic material. But as long as you’re returning to a warm indoor space before your exercise warmth dissipates, this shouldn’t be an issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do I fart all the time when I'm trying to sleep?!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Obligatory: I am not a doctor, I don’t know your life.

  Jumping off the other comment suggesting a low-fodmap diet, do you have other health problems? What sounds like an extremely unbalanced diet (possibility in combination with a round of antibiotics or an episode of food poisoning) may have resulted in a condition called SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth), specifically an overgrowth of methane-producing bacteria. I’d recommend getting tested.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🤢🤮🤢⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Magnolias have entered the chat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blood Meal⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are vegan blood meal alternatives out there to resolve this exact conundrum.

  But the reality is, unless your plants are being grown hydroponically in a sealed warehouse or similar, chances are real good that they are feeding on decaying animals (either directly or indirectly) whether you like it or not. They’re mostly insects and annelids and such, but still animals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too many looks.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not a paleontologist, but these renditions seem shockingly consistent for a dinosaur. T-Rex for example went from full upright to balanced to covered in feathers in half this timeframe. And let’s not even talk about poor iguanodon…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hummingbird Feeders⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Feeders are okay, but the real joy comes from watching hummingbirds feed at flowers. In my experience they’re big fans of fuscias, and I’ve also seen them at fireweed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z is actually taking sick days, unlike their older coworkers. It’s redefining the workplace⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also dependent on the state. Some states mandate minimum sick leave, others don’t. Then there’s the issue of paid vs unpaid: if you’re living paycheck to paycheck it doesn’t matter if you have all the unpaid sick leave in the world, you’re not going to use it…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Centipedes Don't Fuck⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sooo are centipedes like fruit flies and not engage in any real form of sexual selection, or is the female going around judging the fuck out of every jizz pile she encounters?

  “Mmm-mm, look at that poor viscosity; a low-quality male clearly produced this. This one on the other hand: deep color, firm texture, nice and sticky… clearly produced by a male with the superior genes I want to pass along to my offspring.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Camouflage⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay but if Arizona and New Mexico’s mountain regions get forest cutouts, central Washington needs a grasslands cutout to represent its shrub-steppe habitat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cats⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Obligatory “wet food is much better for cats if for no other reason than the moisture content”

  Cats are apparently one of those species that’s used to getting most of their fluids via their prey, and can be bad at drinking enough water when fed a dry food diet (in my experience this is highly dependent on the individual cat: some are “picky drinkers”).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need new glasses. The only insurance-approved place I can shop online will cost $250 with my needs. I went to a "cheap" glasses website that doesn't accept insurance: $250. Yay, America.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Costco glasses are a good deal, even if you have to buy a one-year membership to get them. Don’t know if they’re available online, but don’t you want to try glasses on in person to make sure they fit and are comfortable?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aspirations⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A major turning point in one’s academic journey is when you go from struggling to compose a lengthy and impressive essay to struggling to compose a concise and accessible essay (otherwise known as the “too-short-and-basic to too-long-and-pompous shift”). Sometimes this takes leaving academia and realizing that your masterpiece work doesn’t mean shit if no one bothered to read it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EUROBEE⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but people don’t make a big deal about “save the deer!” and then start a cattle ranch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EUROBEE⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is one reason why I love my native lupine plants. They occasionally get honeybee visitors, but I’ve noticed honeybees struggle with getting the flowers open to access the nectar. Bumblebee lands and his big fat body causes the flower to open right up. Gee it’s almost like they co-evolved!