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- Comment on I turned 30 yesterday but I look 18. Nobody believes me when I tell them my age. What do I do? Do I date a 20 year old guy or a 35 year old guy who looks twice my age? 4 days ago:
Most 20 year olds are less mature than a 30 yo. What I mean is that some 20 yo are less mature than a typical 20 yo. Some are more mature.
Op could be predatory, but it’s not predatory by virtue of age alone. there is also a big difference with, say, an 18yo. Or conversely a 23 yo. After 20, a 10 year gap is no big deal.
There are predatory relationships at all ages. From OPs description, this is not the relationship type they are looking for, as they themselves feel less mature. I’d say 25 to 18 is worse than 30 to 20. It’s not the age gap that matters but the maturity difference and power imbalance.
- Comment on I turned 30 yesterday but I look 18. Nobody believes me when I tell them my age. What do I do? Do I date a 20 year old guy or a 35 year old guy who looks twice my age? 4 days ago:
Worry less about your age, their age and what people think. Focus more on what will make you happy. If you feel like dating someone in their early 20s is not predatory, then go for it. Remember, some 20 year olds will be less mature, too.
- Comment on Independent MP to push for lowering of Australian voting age 1 week ago:
How old do you think the cut off should be? What do you think the typical life expectancy is at that age? What is the typical term of government?
Tajing your example of age 80, in the USA, that would give a life expectancy of 9 years for women and 7 years for men. That’s 2 elections minimum.
Of particular note for them to vote on - health care, pensions, right to end life, hospice care, inheritance, general issues that affect their family,.
- Comment on Independent MP to push for lowering of Australian voting age 1 week ago:
Yes, but not legally considered adults until later. This proposal is to change that.
- Comment on Independent MP to push for lowering of Australian voting age 1 week ago:
I disagree. Many older people are more conservative. However, they have a right to their views. We shouldn’t disenfranchise anyone.
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 1 week ago:
It’s common to get caught. It’s less common to get gmcaight lots of times. Particularly for someone who doesn’t drive a lot. Like wealthy people with drivers. She should sloelw down. Matthew Broderick too
- Comment on ‘Mark Latham is a pig’: NSW MP criticised for allegedly taking covert photos of female colleagues in parliament 1 week ago:
Covert photos is one thing Derogatory am comments is a different thing. Wait. Is he a dickemhead trying to weasel out?
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Check mate
- Comment on AI-Enabled Trash Trucks Will Scan Your Trash To Scold You About Recycling 2 weeks ago:
That’s step one. Step two is charging extra for disposal of recyclable stuff. Not a bad use of ai. Save the planet by destroying it.
- Comment on When does Trump finally start taking accountability? 2 weeks ago:
Ok, so lies by omission. If you’re playing semantics rather than good faith discussion at this point, it’s clear you don’t have a point to make.
I wish you the economy you voted for.
- Comment on When does Trump finally start taking accountability? 2 weeks ago:
In America and prettyuch worldwide. Inflation was a result of both Trump and Biden policies during covid and similar government policies worldwide. Not to mention, the pandemic itself. Trump didn’t get inflation under control. He’s risking a recurrence.woth tariffs.
- Comment on What's the solution to QR code phishing? 2 weeks ago:
Good for you to abandon dark patterns, however, people prioritising socialising might lead to less dark patterns in general.
- Comment on What's the solution to QR code phishing? 2 weeks ago:
Australia did too. QR codes are probably the least invasive tracking you can imagine. You can open each one in a clean browser, like Firefox focus, if you like. They are just a shortcut for entering urls. If china wants to track its citizens, it’s not with QR codes as they track so much more from the data already on your phone.
Most places with public transport have moved from cash to card based payment. It’s all traceable already. Sure, some places, you don’t need to register the card and can cycle through some, but many places you need to register to use one, or register for reduced fares.
- Comment on Are you fucking kidding me?! I hate anything that requires verification and codes! 2 weeks ago:
Payment info is a good use case for 2fa though. Personally, I use vaultwarden to hold my payment details. Open source and I choose my log in requirements, although 2fa is required at least once. From then on, fingerprint on my phone is fine or pin on a browser.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Cancer is not normal cell tissue, but it’s very common. They are different words, with different meanings.
- Comment on I hate Samsung and their dumb software design choices, and this is one of them. Why do I need a SIM card to enable a hotspot whereas every other phone works without one? 1 month ago:
Thats not the same thing, though.
- Comment on Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria 1 month ago:
So, a complete muffin then?
I think they have had a problem whereby they scare off moderates, which leads to more on the extremes which leads to less moderates which scares off voters and members which leads to more extremes.
I have a friend who got into politics and aligned with the libs based on their past economic policy. She went to some meetings and was taken aback as it was all about who to hate and smack down on rather than make positive changes.
I laughed and told her that’s who they are now. It’s. It about making Aussies lives better, it’s about pushing an ideology.
- Comment on Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria 1 month ago:
Do they have someone who is not a complete muffin to put in charge? From my perspective, it seems they have a similar problem to the USA. They have worked so hard excluding so many, that it’s difficult to attract new members and voter with different values. The Republicans were dying before Trump. Hell likely kill them off, as he destroys everything but the libs don’t have an equivalent to win voters and votes back.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 1 month ago:
With oscillating (rotates back and forth) or sonic (vibrates fast), you use them the same way. You angle it towards the gum at 45degrees upwards for top teeth, downwards for bottom teeth. So, it is on the tooth but angles towards the gum as it’s where the tooth and gum meet that needs the most attention.
Do it in a particular order. Best way is start on outside top right, work slowly around the outside to the top left and then return on the inside. Do the same on the bottom. Some brushes will have paused or beeps every 30 seconds to help you time this.
The brush should not be pressed firmly, but just gently applied to the teeth and the motion of the sweeping does the cleaning.
Ar the end, clean all the biting surfaces of the teeth too for an additional 30 seconds.
This is called the bass technique. Using a manual brush you do the same thing, but you have to make the little circles yourself, which is trickier to do effectively.
You can verify you are doing it well with disclosing tablets. They are tablets that stain plaque, usually red or pink or blue. After you brush, you chew or suck on one. Then you can see if you’ve missed anywhere. They are not designed to be used every time but every day for a few days or weeks until you are confident you get everything. They just show you what you missed.
Try with a manual one day and an electric the next.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
Your implication in the Hitler reference was that we should not appreciate art from horrible people.
I’m glad my points changed your mind so much that we now agree, for the most part. ;)
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 months ago:
Neil Gaiman is an alleged rapist. Does that mean the sexual scenes in his books are not valid?
Horrible people is part of the human condition. Erasing them means we don’t learn from it.
We can now better recognise the problematic parts of her work to gently help kids to appreciate it. Kids won’t get the metaphors with slavery, racism, sexism that all exist with the potterverse. However, showing them these problems even in a fantastical world can help them better understand them in the real world.
Her work doesn’t become pointless just by virtue of her being horrible. For some artists, that can even be the point. Look at Joss Whedon, who was lauded for writing powerful female characters. It’s now clear he was abusive to the young women in his vicinity. Does that make Buffy less of a heroine or more?
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 months ago:
Hitler, again, was an even more awful person. That doesn’t make the autobahns that his government started a bad idea. However, we as a world society decided that the data from the nazi experimentation on twins, on people with disabilities and others would be destroyed.
Hitler was an artist, but not a great one from my understanding. It’s trivia, rather than who he was. He was a monster that killed millions. It’s very different.
JK is an author. It’s what she’s known for. Her work has not changed based on her views which were not known then. In fact, I think some fans were upset when she retconned some characters to be more woke, prior to becoming transphobia personified.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 months ago:
Book four was great. It was downhill from there as she couldn’t maintain the level. She also couldn’t keep it consistent. However, people were co paring it to literature. It’s kids books.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 months ago:
Because reading the books is a good educational experience for kids. I don’t allow them watch the movies until the books are read. Movies can miss nuance and have less information and world building. There is racism and bigotry and horrible things happening in life. I explain it to my kids at appropriate times.
When I first discussed the holocaust(very broadly), for example, they didn’t understand why someone would hate others for religion only, as religion is not important to us. Nor was it a good reason to not like someone from their understanding. They understand simpler concepts like absolute good and absolute evil. Goodies and baddies. More complex topics like themes in Harry Potter books being problematic is beyond their understanding completely.
Other books with good themes but problematic authors or themes include Enders Game, starship troopers, religious texts. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Dr Seuss, Enid blyton, Shakespeare, Stephanie Meyer, etc etc
That doesn’t make the books useless. Rhoal Dahl has problematic parts. Rhoal Dahl was also racist. That doesn’t mean we skip Charlie and the chocolate factory.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 months ago:
Yes, I liked it too but I’m not under the false impression that’s it’s a genius work. It’s a kids book that kids like and many adults enjoy too.
She’s a hateful awful person. Many people are.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 months ago:
When they are old enough to make their own decisions they can. I’m able to seperate the art from the artist, without introducing them to hateful commentary that they aren’t able to properly process yet.
Not showing them Harry Potter does not mean they won’t be exposed to the media or the merchandise through friends and shops.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 months ago:
Yes, but they also thought he was a crazy psychopath, on top of blowing people up. So, still not the kid friendly environment that would be suitable, if logic is used.
But they are kids books, so it’s not a big deal. However, she’s not a genius author. She struck it lucky. Like many, she thinks it’s merit based, now that she’s a billionaire. And she uses that big brain to trample on the rights of others. If she wasn’t a billionaire, she’d be the crazy psychopath she wrote about (who in this case turned out to be a good guy in the books; she wouldn’t ).
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 months ago:
Yes, as there was a killer on the loose, suspected to be super crazy and in the area. In which case, would it be safe for the other kids?
It’s not logical whichever way you look at it.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 2 months ago:
More than fun. It’s whimsical.
She’s a terrible person. I read the books to my kids but they are puarated so she doesn’t get a penny. Same for the movies.
- Comment on ‘The Wheel Of Time’ Canceled By Prime Video After 3 Seasons 2 months ago:
But similar to Netflix, they’ll find that people aren’t willing to give things a chance and will associate all your original productions with crap, if you keep doing it.