Nemo

@Nemo@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come there is not a pope without grey hair? I mean a much younger pope like 30s 40s. Really can't be that hard. You got an ocean of cardinals and priests who pretty much tell say?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The Pope rules for life. If they elect a bad one and he’s seventy, oh well, won’t be long. If he’s thirty… that’s two generations growing up under a bad Pope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Virginity isn’t real.

  Sleeping with someone should be about the two of your doing it. Don’t sleep with person A because of your feelings for person B, that’s fucked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I like chaos fine. With me it’s… fear of loss? I have to close all unnecessary tabs myself so I don’t lose track of and accidentally close the few important ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I suspect they lack whatever visceral reaction makes me start to panic if I have more tabs open than fit neatly across the top of the browser.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why put a no trespassing sign on a bus stop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Anti-homeless antics are neither recent nor limited to America.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why put a no trespassing sign on a bus stop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  charge them with a crime

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there an optimal home/apartment size that most people would be happy with?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Our house is ~100 m², but legally that doesn’t count the cellar or finished attic. It feels small for a family of five. So maybe 20m² as a minimum, even counting communal bathrooms and galley and laundry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assuming humanity last another few hundred years; How many human languages do you think are gonna be left in 100 years? In 200 years?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive, we may fiii-iiind 🎶

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assuming humanity last another few hundred years; How many human languages do you think are gonna be left in 100 years? In 200 years?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a victim of an intentional extermination campaign, isn’t it? So maybe not Cantonese.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a word for when someone is not capable of, or doesn't try to understand verbal communication in a language, they are fluent in similar to functionally illiterate but for speech?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If they can’t understand or express themselves in that language, they are by definition not fluent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Publicize it and use my fifteen minutes of fame to snag a tech security gig.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good RSS feeds that I should follow?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If a more social criticism bent with a dash of surrealism doesn’t turn you off, then, maybe Cat & Girl? She’s had some hard-hitting comics recently. Like xkcd and SMBC, they’re generally standalones and not reliant on specific characters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a dealbreaker for me. I only want to have sex with someone who wants to have sex with me. I don’t just want a yes, I want a YES! with the exclaimation point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good RSS feeds that I should follow?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you like xkcd, you might also like the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comics. More jokes about sociology and philosophy, fewer about engineering, almost as nerdy and if anything slightly more prolific.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does a community called no stupid questions allow comments that say the question is stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Moderation isn’t instantaneous. Reports help make it faster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it normal to see this static when you close your eyes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s closest to mine, honestly. More of a beige and black hounds tooth, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think there would eventually be technology to delete/replace memories (like the *Men In Black* device). How much do you fear such technology? (like misuse by governments/criminals)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So, memories are pretty malleable, and there are already techniques to influence how people remember things. It’s frightfully easy for a trained interrogator to ask leading questions that cause the interrogatee to alter their own recollections.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you do when you have a cold and can't take medicine?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Over the day, not all at once!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you do when you have a cold and can't take medicine?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  your life is very different than mine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you do when you have a cold and can't take medicine?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Drink a gallon of water and go back to bed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is capitalism or consumerism at fault?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t leave our corporatism, that’s also at fault.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When "AI" content becomes indistinguishable from human-made content, is there, philosophically speaking, any meaningful differences between the two?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. I’d rather pay a person to make art than a corporation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you have a flagship phone or a car that's 2021/newer but are struggling financially?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I owned a car outright, and never drove it, I would still be paying about $1500/yr in insurance and parking fees. Add in gas, maintenance, and the actual cost to buy and I couldn’t afford it.

  Good thing I don’t need it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you have a flagship phone or a car that's 2021/newer but are struggling financially?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a (refurbished) namebrand phone but I’m not struggling financially. I worked damn hard and got damn lucky to get to this point, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OP is already failing to do anything outside of work and sleep. Desperate measures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll tell you what worked for me: Doing everything before work instead. Get up at 4am instead of 7 and go to bed at 7pm instead of 10.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not getting mugged in broad daylight in a city centre wtf.

  My life may involve a lot less broad daylight than yours, but I’m not just talking about muggings, which are rare in Chicago. Bad drivers are a much more prevalent concern.

  If I saw someone skipping and singing randomly on the pavement I’d probably ask them if they were alright and maybe call the services.

  That’s just rude.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ngl, sounds like a skill issue

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t use earphones outside because it’s unsafe: Awareness of surroundings is paramount. You say you rarely see a car but not everyone is so lucky. I’m guessing you’re younger, too: When I was a youth, walking with headphones or earbuds meant you had a tapedeck or CD player (and later iPod or smartphone) that could be stolen, making you a more attractive target, as well as one that was easy to sneak up on.

  What do I do instead? Listen to the birds sing. Listen to snow or leaves crunch underfoot. Sing! Read a book. Skip! Admire the sun through the trees. Look for cool bugs. Have a conversation with a friend. Rehearse a future conversation in my head. Solve math problems. Philosophize.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do, but the leaves rustling and birds chirping provides it for me. OP describing that as a bad thing is what boggles me.