ArbitraryValue

@ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is it wrong/selfish to cut contact with my trump-supporting father?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no benefit to cutting contact as a matter of principle. It won’t impede Trump even a little and it probably won’t change your dad’s political views either. Is he willing to avoid talking to you about politics? Do you enjoy his company when he isn’t talking about politics? If the answers to these questions are “yes” then I see no good reason to hurt him and yourself by cutting contact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It tastes like... shitposts.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That shark was trying to save us from ourselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WHY⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Most words that I can think of for various categories of people do have two genders, although in many cases the feminine version sounds very awkward to me, almost like the “trix” suffix in English.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be safe out there⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Just stay away from Bitin’ Steve down on 14th and you should be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WHY⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My native language is gendered but I still don’t always know how I’m supposed to talk about male members of a species with a feminine name or vice versa.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should have been born a Limited Liability Corporation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Chickpeas are my favorite. I enjoy the taste of them right out of the can. They dry ones are also good if soaked overnight in cold water and then eaten without further preparation. They become pleasantly crunchy, like nuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should have been born a Limited Liability Corporation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m probably going to sound like a space allowing alien, but enough beans to feed a grown man costs two dollars a day. The beans are nutritious and relatively palatable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eaten’ on the roof⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this spot fine?

  (Clearly it isn’t.)

  Of course, thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon removes a fence⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the whole point. Badum-tss!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon removes a fence⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nyughohoho.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon removes a fence⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No it’s true. I was the nail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨spoopy skeletal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile the hydrostatic skeleton gang is laughing at all you bony losers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I got a big head start early in life in not giving a shit about what other people thought.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I don’t think teens are cool, so there!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am required to pay taxes to the US government, not elon musk running a fraudulent government agency, why should I pay?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why aren’t burly men coming for musk?

  He has the support of the people with a monopoly on violence.

  How can my neighbor sit by and let it happen to me

  The fact that your neighbor can’t do anything is what makes it a monopoly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am required to pay taxes to the US government, not elon musk running a fraudulent government agency, why should I pay?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does it matter who has the monopoly on violence, if you don’t? You pay taxes because if you refuse to for long enough, burly men with guns will eventually take your stuff and lock you up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The new Hulu Subscriber agreement just dropped - Don't like ads too bad.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry bro, but you’re too late. I already proved p ~= np in the same manner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The new Hulu Subscriber agreement just dropped - Don't like ads too bad.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you can prove a contradiction then you can prove anything, and here we have no ads = ads. BRB there’s some stuff I want to prove that I have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨antposting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Termites and ants are natural enemies.

  Like beetles and ants.

  Or toads and ants.

  Or ants and other ants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨antposting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that a termite mound?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll have one war please⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was a kid, I was fascinated by dinosaurs. I wanted to be a paleontologist until I really thought about what the fact that dinosaurs are extinct means. It means that a paleontologist can only ever find the remnants of cool animals that are all already gone. Sure, the skeletons themselves are interesting but they’re still just a faint trace of the real thing, which is forever in the past.

  I feel like that about traveling as a form of exploration. Seeing Machu Pichu for myself would be kind of interesting, but what’s the point of repeating something millions of people have done already? I’m not going to see anything that they haven’t seen. The experience might still have some hedonic value to me, but in that sense it wouldn’t be different in kind from staying home and playing video games.

  There’s still plenty of new stuff to see and do in the world, but it’s far less straightforward than just getting on a plane. You have to do scientific research, invent something, or create truly original art.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fucking hell⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This will secure an alliance with Spain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon finds a hidden message in Shrek⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just ask the Pope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not Americans right now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should have bought stock in Cal-Maine foods :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HEEEEEEEEELP⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Must be a soccer player.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon signs up for a 5k⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  run

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon goes to boot camp⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That guy must have an amazingly thick skull.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks Aragorn could have done more⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Their oath bound them in undeath. Once they fulfill their oath, they can’t just choose to stick around. They’re a single-use consumable item.

  Oh and even they can’t just walk into Mordor, because Sauron casts Turn Undead as a level 20 Cleric.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always has been⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You think so but then you’ll get to mid-life and you’ll learn that things can in fact get worse :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are dating apps a fraud since the beginning?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mine was weird because he had very intense separation anxiety but as long as I was with him, he loved everyone and wasn’t afraid of anything. He could even watch fireworks with me - when the noise started, he gave me a look and when he saw that I was calm, he didn’t worry either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are dating apps a fraud since the beginning?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, there were always lots of people relatively near me. Even when I lived in New Hampshire, I was only an hour away from Boston. Now I live in Manhattan. My issue is the standard one that nerds have: intense social anxiety, and all the solitary habits formed by decades of social anxiety.

  The funny thing is that when my dog was alive, I made sure that he had an active social life. I would even ask strangers with dogs if their dogs would like to meet mine.