AnalogyAddict
@AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
- Comment on How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs? 5 months ago:
I hope to never go back to office. Remote has been a life changer. I have time to keep weeds out of my garden. The flexibility to have workers at my house whenever they are available. The freedom to set up my desk how I like it. Time to eat breakfast. I don’t get headaches every day any more from the lighting. I get to go outside during breaks for some sunshine time. I’m here when the kids come home.
My work is more focused. No more road stress. I may be able to move to a place I can tolerate. No more wearing makeup that is bad for my skin. No more having to pack a lunch. My life is infinitely better without having to commute.
- Comment on Why do teeth don't regenerate? 6 months ago:
Because when it comes to survival until procreation, you don’t need more than two sets.
- Comment on Who would win: every human in the world vs. every animal in the world? 6 months ago:
It’s not like bees pollinate for our benefit.
There’s a reason animals run away from the monkeys with pointy sticks. We eliminated the ones that don’t until we got comfortable enough that we had the luxury of turning them into various forms of entertainment, and therefore had a reason to preserve some.
- Comment on Study finds 1/4 of bosses hoped Return to Office would make staff quit 6 months ago:
I go in so I can find people who will eat my baked goods.
- Comment on I’m 43 but everyone at the workplace thinks I’m 25. Is this something I need to change? 6 months ago:
First, you’re not OP, so I can only imagine that you’re taking something personally that has nothing to do with you.
Second, nothing in this post mentioned trauma. Being harassed by invasive questions isn’t trauma, it’s just humans trying to be social.
Third, if instead of working on your trauma you’re trolling internet discussions and inserting yourself whenever you think you can successfully play the victim, you do not have my sympathy.
- Comment on I’m 43 but everyone at the workplace thinks I’m 25. Is this something I need to change? 6 months ago:
Because by 40, most people are past these kinds of shenanigans.
- Comment on I’m 43 but everyone at the workplace thinks I’m 25. Is this something I need to change? 6 months ago:
Next time your age comes up, just say, “you really believed I was 25?! Haha, that’s great!”
How can you be in your 40s and this avoidant?
- Comment on Double chocolate 6 months ago:
No… chocolate coating is usually referred to as “dipped.” Triple chocolate cookies are usually (but not always) chocolate dough with chocolate and white chocolate chips.
- Comment on Double chocolate 6 months ago:
Only way to know is if OP shows the ingredients. That brand of frozen cookie dough, however, uses dark chocolate chips for the double and milk for the standard, so it’s unlikely.
- Comment on Double chocolate 6 months ago:
I would assume double chocolate means chocolate dough and chocolate chips. Double in essence, not in quantity. And 40% is referring to how many chocolate chips are in the dough.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 7 months ago:
Okay, Sam. Lol.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 7 months ago:
Only for people with an inability to comprehend semantics.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 7 months ago:
That doesn’t mean they should be conflated.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 7 months ago:
You do know that arranged marriage and forced marriage are different things, right?
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 7 months ago:
I don’t know. There’s an even chance my parents would have been better at picking my husband than I was.
- Comment on If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time? 7 months ago:
If I could wave a magic wand, training therapy horses. Or doing what I already do, but in a place that actually wants me to do it.
- Comment on can you help me formulate an answer to a colleague who is not my boss but feels entitled to tell me how I have to work? 8 months ago:
“Okay, thanks for your ideas. I’m good for now, though.”
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 8 months ago:
As someone who once subbed cayenne 1:1 for black pepper in spaghetti sauce, and who has learned to make my own breadcrumbs from failed sourdough, I promise it’s a learned skill. It just takes letting yourself fail a lot and not taking yourself too seriously.
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 8 months ago:
My advice to anyone is start with pancakes. Make a few different recipes and pay attention to the differences. Then make them without a recipe. Switch up ingredients, sub in whatever you feel like, play with ratios. Once you have a handle on that, move to sourdough, cookies, or piecrust. Then do muffins. Leave cakes for last, because they are the most finicky. You’ll be baking with confidence and without a recipe in no time.
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 8 months ago:
Because you can’t pack a scale and weights on a cart as easily as you can a set of cups?
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 8 months ago:
I do this, and my brother who is an amateur chef, thinks it’s witchcraft. Baking is not hard to eyeball, people.
- Comment on Do fingers ever stop growing? Do they shrink as you get older? 8 months ago:
That’s a myth, you know. Noses and ears don’t keep growing, they just sag.
- Comment on A post may receive a hundred replies and host a fat and exciting conversation tree, but if one moderator doesn't like it then it may be locked or deleted. Is that immoral? 9 months ago:
I can see why your conversations get removed.
- Comment on A post may receive a hundred replies and host a fat and exciting conversation tree, but if one moderator doesn't like it then it may be locked or deleted. Is that immoral? 9 months ago:
Because do no harm is a basic tenet of right vs. wrong.
- Comment on What are the advantages of victimhood? What are the disadvantages of victimhood? 9 months ago:
There is no advantage to being a victim that can even scratch the surface of the disadvantage of being a victim.
Only people who have never really been a victim can imagine there’s anything remotely resembling an advantage.
- Comment on A post may receive a hundred replies and host a fat and exciting conversation tree, but if one moderator doesn't like it then it may be locked or deleted. Is that immoral? 9 months ago:
No. No one is actually harmed.
- Comment on how can I develop a thick skin? 11 months ago:
There are many options between merely being polite and yelling. Maybe therapy can help you explore those.
- Comment on What is an average person living in the US supposed to do about corporations raising prices? 11 months ago:
Uh, yes there is. Infrastructure.
- Comment on Hot Cheetos don't taste the same 11 months ago:
I got Thai curry from a new place. I have NO head for capsaicin heat, but I do like a bit of warmth so when he asked me how hot I wanted it on a scale of 1-10, I said three. He said that wasn’t too bad.
I had to eat little bits alternating with lots of rice. He was from Thailand. Apparently, his scale is exponential. I can’t imagine what a ten would be like.
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 11 months ago:
Yep, I don’t, either. I think mostly subconsciously, then in raw concepts, then images, then words. I have to actively translate what I’m thinking into language in order to understand it myself or communicate it, but I do better if I externalize the language through writing or speaking.