Schmoo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kinesi Protein⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This animation isn’t just sped up, it’s also simplified. In reality they don’t take steady, purposeful steps. They spaz out with random vibrations (Brownian motion) until the “foot” clicks into place by random chance, then the other one releases and the process repeats. It’s like shaking a container filled with legos until they assemble themselves. The proteins are just shaped in such a way that “walking” is the most probable outcome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨have some standards⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone with a modded gameboy that I rarely play I feel attacked. The fun part is modding it, actually playing is just a bonus. I only really play it while traveling, which I haven’t been doing often.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is sick fuck⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not the first time I’ve come across evidence that such an industry exists in Japan, I already knew this was a thing. It’s not my intention to judge Japan unfairly, there’s plenty to judge other nations for and plenty of ways that Japanese culture is better as well, but this is a specific area in which Japanese culture is uniquely messed up. Pedophilia is normalized there to a greater extent than anywhere else I’m aware of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So we’re at the stage where AI generated images are completely indistinguishable from real ones so long as you add a bit of graininess to it. Lovely, wonder how long that’s been the case…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is sick fuck⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The fact that an entire industry of child sex dolls is able to operate with impunity in Japan is an indictment of Japanese society.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨👁️🐽👁️⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Our immune system is trained how to differentiate between what is supposed to be there and what isn’t only on things floating around in the blood. Certain parts of the human body - like the liquids inside our eyes - are permanently isolated from the bloodstream, and so our immune system will never have encountered anything like it. That’s why if it ever enters the bloodstream it can trigger an immune response.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨👁️🐽👁️⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If our eyes can absorb oxygen from tears then they can certainly do so when submerged provided the water is sufficiently oxygenated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨monthly challenge⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Only reason it’s so jarring is the context has people parsing the whole list as language and they weren’t expecting to have to abruptly parse a mathematical expression.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creating dogs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My dog is very cat-like in that she enjoys her personal space. She also enjoys your personal space, and will abruptly invade it when she feels like, just don’t think that gives you permission to do the same to her lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some heroes don’t wear capes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re all criminals one way or another, some of us get away with it and others don’t. If I were a corrupt cop fishing for a reason to throw you in a cell I’d find one in short order.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THIS is always the correct response⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I did this after my first girlfriend broke up with me… in middle school. This is insecure adolescent boy behavior, anyone doing this kind of thing as an adult is maladjusted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The main character starts the game literally giving himself a traumatic brain injury by drowning himself in alcohol. It’s not really the kind of RPG where you can play a self-insert, the player character is an actual character with his own backstory. Not being able to make good choices because of the player character’s personal trauma and limitations is part of the story that the game is telling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a tragedeigh⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think part of it is that a lot of straight people who are allies but not as familiar with the queer community feel strange about using the word queer, thinking that it’s a reclaimed slur that they wouldn’t be allowed to say if they aren’t themselves queer. They don’t realize that the queer community has collectively decided that no “pass” is needed for the word queer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes trains⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would Americans care about trains when they’re gonna be a billionaire any day now and have their own private jet?

  /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is a rural town in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hyperindividualism and car culture explains it all. Americans don’t trust each other (especially not their neighbors) and want to put as much distance between themselves as possible. We’re also mostly NIMBYs (Not In My Backyard) and have very strict zoning laws that prevent commercial and residential buildings from coexisting in the same area. This is great for the auto industry because it means you can’t do anything without driving, and they lobby the government to block any attempt to change things.

  Our suburbs are liminal spaces that more closely resemble purgatory than actual communities, which is why everyone who grew up in them is at least slightly insane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is a rural town in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a small town. We don’t call them villages, we call them towns for some reason.

  The word village implies community, and we don’t do that kinda thing in the states.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Take this quiz and see if you can tell the difference between Nazism and Zionism. I bet you can’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Andor' Season 2 Debuts to Nielsen Viewership High With 721 Million Minutes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  trekkies and other dubious types

  Why, I am a dubious type, thank you for noticing. 😘

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Another essential book in your library⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He was also a Nazi. Many such examples of Nazis being into weird pseudosciences, especially ones having to do with innate biological characteristics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are you watching and, what do you recommend this week?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This Pantheon? That’s a cerebral sci-fi drama with some pretty disturbing scenes of violence, it’s definitely not for kids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have the version that was made for the OG Switch and the build quality is garbage tier. Developed stick drift in both sticks in less than a month.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft movie spawns ‘annoying’ cinema trend that viewers claim ‘ruins’ the film⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It never fails to baffle me how media has managed to gaslight Americans into thinking that creating pointless busywork jobs for their own sake is some sort of moral imperative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨shrimp colour drama⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a good thing we can surpass the limitations of our perception by creating external tools that augment our senses and translate extra-sensory information about the world into something human perceptible. We’ve even gone so far as to send such devices into space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nor does it end with the UK, which is the perspective I assume you were speaking from when you said owning a car is a privilege and that people should just walk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in the US we don’t. A car is a necessity for the vast majority of Americans because of how our cities and towns are built. The car lobby makes sure that doesn’t change because they can take advantage of that fact to put people in massive amounts of debt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a good thing we have a robust public transportation system and pedestrian infrastructure then. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨big sausage boie⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see why it eventually became fully aquatic, as it already looks semi-aquatic. Based on its shape, I can imagine it standing in shallow water like a hippo with its head floating at the surface of the water waiting to strike like a crocodile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PROTEIN BRO⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My brother it isn’t BCAAs you like, it’s methyl anthranilate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't envy the humans pre-dentistry⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People generally have a sex drive, then develop an instinctual drive to protect their children after they are born. Of course, contraception allows us to sate our sex drive without it resulting in children, so you can choose to opt out of the evolutionary process before you develop an instinctual drive to raise children in the first place. Most people still have that instinct ready to kick in for a child that is not their own if such a situation arises, which is still evolutionarily advantageous for the group as a whole, even if it’s not for the individual.

  Of course in rare cases some people lack that instinct entirely, but that’s the exception not the rule.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Celebrating my 1000th comment. Here is a shitpost.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I started to make a long effort post detailing Putin’s rise to - and subsequent consolidation of - power, but then I came to my senses and realized it would be pointless. If I went through with it, you would just do what you’ve been doing already, dismiss all sources I provide as false and biased propaganda while engaging in ridiculous whataboutism. I decided it would be a poor use of my time, is this really how you want to be spending yours?