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- Comment on 1 day ago:
No, it’s better to have awareness of both. What needs to be done, how long it takes, and what dependencies exist. I feel like taking a nap, but I have work and house chores. So I’ll take care of some small things that aren’t too taxing while I drink coffee and regain some energy.
- Comment on Mermaid 4 weeks ago:
How else do you think they stay on?
- Comment on How is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him? 5 weeks ago:
Among Greeks, if you say Alexandros (or Philip for that matter) then people will know who you are talking about. But basically, those names are still in use. Caesar became the word for leaders rather than a name, and it’s relatively rare as a first name.
Charlemagne is actually Charles le magne which means Charles the Great. If you called him “King Charles” you’d need to be much more specific.
I can’t speak for Attila, because I don’t know if the name is popular in any particular cultures. Certainly in the USA, the Hun king is the most famous Attila.
Slim Shady is an interesting example, because its’s basically branding for Marshall Mathers aka Eminem. One of his first widespread hits was a song essentially saying that he’s the only real Slim Shady, and anyone else using that nickname is a copycat poser.
- Comment on Do we know how much apps would cost if we had to replace as revenue with subscription fees? 1 month ago:
If ads weren’t obtrusive and deceptive, I wouldn’t feel the need to block them.
- Comment on Some cheeses are luminescent. 1 month ago:
Ok, you’re ill-informed.
- Comment on Real 1 month ago:
Considering we only know it’s there because it slightly dims the light from its star as it crosses during its orbit, you would be correct. At that distance, we would never see light bouncing off the actual planet. Even the star is basically a single pixel. We can estimate its size and orbit based on how quickly it crosses in front of the star and how much the light dims, and using those two numbers we can estimate its distance from Kepler 452.
- Comment on Valid crashout 1 month ago:
It’s not even as good as it used to be. The quality of the buns and the chicken have dramatically changed. Even the pickles are worse than they used to be. Their sodas have always been mostly ice, and the quality of the waffle fries has always been location dependent. How hasn’t another chain taken over their market share?
- Comment on How will you celebrate? 1 month ago:
It’s sort of like a cancer patient having a tumor removed. There’s still a long road ahead to recovery, and plenty of opportunities for new tumors to replace it.
So I’m going to breathe a sigh of relief, take a few moments to enjoy the reduced weight of the world, and then prepare for the next steps.
- Comment on FEMA official says he teleported to waffle house: "not new ideas for people of faith" 1 month ago:
The molecules tend to shift in the trans-matter… um… event, but, they were transported IN BAR FORM and they clearly were…
And by the way it’s not about making money. It’s about TAKING money. Destroying the status-quo because the “status” is NOT “quo”. The world is a mess and I just need to RULE it.
I’m gonna… that smells like cumin.
- Comment on Will an American remake of Squid Game be bad or better than the original? 1 month ago:
I hope they do an American version that takes place in the same universe but with games more common in America, and an entirely new story. I don’t want a rehash of the same show in English. I saw Squid Games already. Maybe it could be “Squid Games International” because it was so popular among the oligarcyy, they brought it to North America.
- Comment on po-tay-toes 1 month ago:
I love my dog, but I’ve never had to clean potato vomit out of a carpet at 3 am.
- Comment on When you actually pay attention to the lyrics of the song you're listening: 2 months ago:
My theory was that he dipped out of the GOP spotlight to plan his return post-Trump and play the part of the reasonable conservative.
- Comment on Trump: 'I am not happy with the UK' 2 months ago:
Feeling’s mutual, I’m sure.
- Comment on Friendship fallout: Woman fined $10,000 for private comments to trans friend, challenges tribunal ruling 2 months ago:
We don’t have to make that case. The case went before the tribunal and the landlord was fined for making disparaging statements to their tenant. It’s also worth noting that the tenant was evicted, and that’s why the complaint was filed. The tribunal did not find that the tenant was evicted because of bigotry, but did find that the text messages warranted a fine.
We don’t actually know what the “tepid criticisms” were, because the content of the texts wasn’t in the article.
- Comment on Friendship fallout: Woman fined $10,000 for private comments to trans friend, challenges tribunal ruling 2 months ago:
They were friends, yes, but she was also her landlord at the time. Landlords are not allowed to treat tenants poorly due to bigotry. This article paints whatever was said in the most favorable light, but it still describes an event that justifies a fine.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The second fetus may have been terminally underdeveloped, and small enough to be delivered without realizing it was a second baby. They may have told her there was no second baby or that it was part of the afterbirth, or she may have misunderstood what they said.
Doctors have been known to lie to patients in the past, but the practice is not very common anymore in most cultures.
- Comment on CONTACT LEFT! 2 months ago:
It’s called pillaging when it’s an invasion force.
- Comment on CONTACT LEFT! 2 months ago:
So he stole a chicken, which is actually a war crime, and he’s just casually admitting it on social media. Says a lot about the state of the world at the moment.
- Comment on Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections 3 months ago:
That’s a good analogy.
- Comment on Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections 3 months ago:
Hey, you know what? Sure, let’s just do away with the electoral college altogether and make it one big federal election.
- Comment on 'Go Back and Play Morrowind and Tell Me That's the Game You Want to Play Again' — Former Bethesda Veteran Delivers His Verdict on Potential The Elder Scrolls Remasters - IGN 3 months ago:
Combat always ages poorly, because anything happening in real time requires muscle memory. As developers develop new combat mechanisms, it is constantly getting incrementally better. It’s like trying to compare a modern performance car to a Model T, or an '89 honda accord. The 65 Shelby Cobra doesn’t have bluetooth or antilock brakes or passenger airbags, but there are many enthusiastic fans of the car today. The modern Shelby Mustang is essentially a remake with modern tech trying to capture the spirit of the original.
That’s what we want. We want Morrowind, but better. The classic is still the classic, so we don’t need that again. Modders can reskin the game with better graphics.
- Comment on Anon likes pizza 3 months ago:
That’s always the balance between time, quality, and cost. Fast and good js expensive, cheap and fast is crap, cheap and good requires time.
- Comment on Do people eat this? 3 months ago:
I can understand the appeal of a piece of bread that’s been soaked or buttered or even just toasted and salted. I bet that’s delicious, if done right.
My question is, why the other two slices of bread? What’s the thinking there? Why not have three slices of delicious middle bread? If the bread is good enough on its own, why not eat it alone?
It’s like if you made a drink of tepid water by adding ice cubes to a glass of warmed water and then letting them completely melt until room temperature. Who is this recipe for? “Oh, but maybe the ice cubes are flavored” OK then why freeze them before melting them? “Maybe the hot water is flavored with herbs that rele-” Bitch, that’s tea.
I’m so confused, I’m getting mad at imaginary arguments I’m having with hypothetical morons about analogous situations that only exist in my head.
- Comment on That's a whole lotta hydrogen! 3 months ago:
- Comment on That's a whole lotta hydrogen! 3 months ago:
I don’t believe you’re honestly anything.
- Comment on That's a whole lotta hydrogen! 3 months ago:
See what you’re doing now is called sea-lioning, where you pretend you have been misunderstood, and you’re just trying to have a civil conversation. You shared a nazi arguement, and if you feel you’ve been misunderstood, you’re free to clarify what you meant to say. I’ve said my peace, so if you want to keep pretending you’re not a bigot, then you’ll need to do more than insist others prove it.
- Comment on That's a whole lotta hydrogen! 3 months ago:
I feel like I was fairly clear about that. It’s the one where you use bad science to justify bigotry and crimes against humanity. For example, your comment earlier in this thread about how certain people shouldn’t exist because ova and sperm are the only gametes.
- Comment on That's a whole lotta hydrogen! 3 months ago:
Which is it, you don’t want to defend the nazi argument, or you do want to defend the nazi argument?
- Comment on That's a whole lotta hydrogen! 3 months ago:
Literally every sentence you typed is entirely inaccurate. It’s bad science promoted by bigots to create a convinient lie that permits them to discriminate and oppress people.
- Human genders are not defined by gamete types.
- Sex is not defined by gamete types.
- Sexual development charts are generalizations across average humans, and do not necessarily represent any one individual’s sexual development.
- You can’t hide your bigotry behind peer-reviewed biology papers and textbooks. The actual science doesn’t support it.
- Gonochorism is not relevant to the psychosexual development of humans. It’s a term used to differentiate animals that change sexes due to environmental factors, like alligators and snails. Nobody is claiming that transgender individuals are simultaneously hermaphroditic. It’s a biological strawman argument that belies the insincerity of your argument.
In short, fuck off with your nazi bullshit.
- Comment on Anon recaps the DCEU 4 months ago:
The first Shazam was the best movie of that continuity. The second one should have featured Black Adam, instead of giving him his own movie.