Erk

@Erk@cdda.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I tame my frustration toward my aging parents?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  No, b12 deficiency causes anaemia, but it’s also independently a cause of nerve degradation and cognitive issues, much moreso than just iron deficiency. However it’d also be a little odd for two people in a couple to both get it at the same time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Upvoting a factually incorrect comment because it sounds nice, and downvoting a factually correct comment because it sounds bad.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Tbf I once looked seriously at a house with a giant garage because I wanted to turn it into a huge hobby and rpg space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you explain the need for three writing systems in Japanese to a person who only has had experience with one?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Readingallkanafeelslikereadingenglishwiththespacesandpunctuationtakenoutyoucandoitbutitsweirdandmoredifficultbecauseitsnotwhatyoureusedtonorhowthelanguagehasevolved

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows Updated and is Pushing More Stuff⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t you compare windows to that time honoured and helpful software. WinRAR knows when to quit, and is free

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you work for a corporation that you oppose ideologically, if the pay is good?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that’s universal. I work for a NFP and the pay is about the same but the work environment is far, far better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a very odd comment.

  1. I’m not sure how my comment could possibly have been any more calm. I’m just cautioning on sharing that specific type of information without a source handy.
  2. You had not posted sources when I left my comment. I cannot predict what you’ll post before you post it.
  3. Brains are part of biology. Biology does not mean “unchanging”, I’m very familiar with neuroplasticity.
  4. I’m a card carrying socialist. Wrote the card myself. I’m also a doctor and don’t like seeing pop science shared uncritically as a way to imply biological superiority over my opponents, because it doesn’t help my cause in any way.

  For someone attacking me for perceived anger, I feel like you could take some of your own advice re. counting to ten before posting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the kind of factoid you shouldn’t spread unless you’re prepared to back it up with a lot of hard data and sources, since you’re essentially arguing biological superiority over your opponents. Very little comes from that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Environmental protester halt the world championship in cycling... one of the best alternatives to fuel driven transportation....⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s amazing how “righteous fury” people seem to get over folks protesting sporting events because the fucking planet is on fire.

  “Oh but couldn’t they be more calm and quiet about it, I want to watch the race!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why uppercasing every single word in topics became so popular?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why bother?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Flip, I’ve been cutting down a willow in my front yard annually. Each year it seems to grow back about twice as fast. I enjoy our little game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does “come here” bother me so much?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that we’re free from Reddit’s shackles we should up the ante, we need a new relationship ending mantra. Like “delete your hard drive, hire a mercenary squad, and hit the Instagram filters.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism indoctrination in progress.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That question isn’t the best way to frame it, because yeah… 2x “enough” is pretty reasonable. That’s still well within the high returns of happiness phase.

  Do you need 1000x enough, though? Or 1000x that? I’d love a high end espresso maker, or a nicer car, or to be able to afford to take more time off, but there comes a point where more is just pointless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Major 4-day workweek study suggests that when we work 5 days we spend one doing basically nothing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a doctor and intentionally set my own hours to four day work weeks whenever I can, because I run my own practice and can do that. Let’s not pretend it’s a badge of honour to grind ourselves into a twitching mess.