spankinspinach
@spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Is Framework an ethical company? 2 weeks ago:
Re: Proton - my understanding of the situation is that they made a (blog) post endorsing one action by Trump (nominating a lady very competent in the tech space, I think specifically relating to privacy), which was blown out of proportion by ppl who want to paint with broad strokes.
IIRC, they even distanced themselves from trump within that post, or shortly thereafter in a social media post. It’s been a while but unless I missed something after the blow up, I don’t think they’ve done anything to endorse him
- Comment on And toxic in large amounts! 2 weeks ago:
Officially the most upvoted comment I’ve ever seen within a day of posting. Winner winner chicken dinner!
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
This is what I was taught as well. It’s a very intentional “not quite 2x4”, but saying that every time gets tiring haha
- Comment on who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science 3 weeks ago:
I think I prefer “…so wide in the ways of science”
- Comment on Being Difficult 4 weeks ago:
Whoa. Blakeception
- Comment on This certainly explains why I've never got cancer. 4 weeks ago:
Piglets as the lead photo in an article about pig semen may not be the sales pitch they think it is
- Comment on The best defense 4 weeks ago:
If so, we gave puffer fish a cute name.
I present to you: cute roller newt
- Comment on Systems theory 5 weeks ago:
The number of ppl who don’t understand this is truly stunning. For some reason ppl think being superior to nature is desirable. It is foolish at best, catastrophic otherwise.
- Comment on What's the best time during hockey season to visit Canada? 5 weeks ago:
If you’re doing some long term planning and want max hockey, this is probably something you want to look into for 2027/28. Will be expensive but can probably do some multi game deals: nhl.com/…/world-cup-of-hockey-2028-to-be-played-i…
Other than that I strongly recommend looking into some WHL and OHL seasons - all young players trying to get into the NHL, so on average the hockey is grittier and more interesting. NHL players have already made it so, though it always draws a crowd, you get more “phone it in” type games in the regular season. Playoffs are another monster entirely in both levels.
I haven’t read the other comments yet, but the budding PWHL has the skill of the NHL with the scrappiness of professional women’s sport. Phenomenal hockey.
Happy travels!
- Comment on Wise Choice 👍 5 weeks ago:
Yeah I was with Shaw before they got monopolized now I’m trying to eek my way out of Rogers (they’ve been kindly upping my bill monthly the last 3 months)
- Comment on Wise Choice 👍 5 weeks ago:
The day has not come that I’ve found a subscription worth the monthly rate. I even pay a bit more for my Internet bill so I can dump its ass on a whim if I like, and I use that daily (hourly). Canada has SUPER predatory telecoms, keeps them honest
- Comment on Dumb bitch 1 month ago:
This is an excellent summary of supporting your beliefs meaningfully and not letting class warfare define yourl life. Saving this, well written 👏
- Comment on Hermetically sealed, for your health! 1 month ago:
Ah everclear, my old friend drinkable hellfire… good times, goooooood times
- Comment on As a Chinese American, if I wanna travel internationally, is it better to just say I'm American, or pretend to be a Chinese National (to hide from Anti-American sentinments)? 1 month ago:
This is an interesting take haha. I’m Canadian and have never once heard of Americans being nicer than Canadians - it is part of our national identity that we’re"oddly nice". I’ve heard more of the “Americans are big and take up space” commentary from above, and have even heard it in Canada (and we share a lot of cultural similarity). Not saying you’re wrong, I just found this such a reversal of my experience I had to comment. Overall, I love my siblings to the south :)
- Comment on great grandaddy bur oak 1 month ago:
sighs in overwhelming redundancy
Actually I loved that haha
- Comment on great grandaddy bur oak 1 month ago:
The upsetting part about this is the ‘t’ already stands for therapy. And nothing else
- Comment on meat honey 1 month ago:
I can’t explain why, but this got a lol
- Comment on Identify AI 1 month ago:
Gives a new meaning to handschuhe
- Comment on i live in this constant state 1 month ago:
If I remember from my degree, its a quality of depth/focus issue. Your brain settles into a task and unpacks that task (with all kinds of consideration for mental load, familiarity, etc). This takes about 20 minutes to get properly focused.
Switching the context pops you out of that task, and then your brain has to resettle into the new one. You don’t get a bonus for switching between only two tasks, it takes about 20 minutes each time.
So multitasking is effectively ruining your own focus everytime you switch, which is why they’re slower - you restart the 20 min clock every time you switch. Ppl doing familiar tasks can switch a little faster, and sometimes there’s a level of quasi-multitasking where you can work on automatic - but it has to be below conscious processing to happen (e.g., driving and then not realising how you got where you’re going, or you’re already intimately familiar with a file at work). It doesn’t quite count because your conscious processing doesn’t come into play, so it’s not really switching
- Comment on never saw it cumming 1 month ago:
I use the term “animal byproduct” with a great deal of reluctance here
- Comment on Do you think PhD students habe a social life? 1 month ago:
I love this reasoning. You are social because, at some point in the degree, you spoke with another human
- Comment on Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college? 2 months ago:
“Sorry, you’re too lonely to take. I’ll getcha the moment you find a modicum of happiness with another human being, I promise. I got you boo!”
- Comment on iykyk 🪰 2 months ago:
winces in “well played sir”
- Comment on the moon is hollow and rings like a bell 2 months ago:
This would absolutely be my title if I was the head of Pros Piracy. Captain Hundredbuccaneer. Avast ye scurvy shareholders, shudder at me redistribution of gold to me mates 🏴☠️
- Comment on I don't care if this is fake, I choose to believe it 2 months ago:
I hear they released a single “gold edition” T-Rex with adorable little dragon wings on its back. Fluffy, of course
- Comment on the public demands ANSWERS 3 months ago:
Big Jaguar has cornered the bubblegum toothpaste market, increasing male pattern baldness. OPEN YOUR EYES SHEEPLE
- Comment on the public demands ANSWERS 3 months ago:
Shoot… now what? <searches Jaguar Conspiracy Theories>
- Comment on obesity even kills stars, but the bigger they are, they shine brighter too 3 months ago:
That’s bananas. I knew the relative sizes were absurdly imbalanced, but no one has explained it in a way that I could imagine those differences. Thanks very much!
- Comment on obesity even kills stars, but the bigger they are, they shine brighter too 3 months ago:
I’ve never heard it described this way. If accurate… I get it now
- Comment on 3 months ago:
This is an acceptable alternative, family friendly and maliciously compliant in the same breath