ArbitraryValue

@ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes trains⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  But 500 km is at the upper end of the distance I’d drive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah if I’m going to shill for any Manhattan grocery store, it will be Fairway. It’s also really expensive but it feels like being in the sort of store you’d go to if you were rich, not like being ripped off. Their cheese counter has prices per 1/4 pound for some of the cheeses but then if you get some $15 per 1/4 pound cheese it will taste so good that you’ll think it was worth it. I haven’t been in years but I still long for that cheese.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that’s actually an unusual conversation for people who live in Manhattan to have. The comments about relative prices are accurate in my experience - I live on the same block as a Gristides and I still never shop there because of how expensive it is, even compared to Whole Foods. I get most of my groceries in Brooklyn on the weekends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes trains⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I fly because it’s fast, not because I like airplanes. Even the fastest train is way too slow to replace a plane for a flight across the USA. Then for shorter distances cars win out because of how convenient they are. There’s no niche for trains except commuting into urban areas with no parking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good luck, mom⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My mother loved Dr. Mario. She would sometimes encourage me to skip school (“Are you sure you feel alright? You look like you might be sick . Maybe you should stay home just in case.”) and we would play it until my ten-year-old self got bored first. However, she had zero interest in even trying any other games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deez peets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As if human legs aren’t the weird ones - they evolved from feet into hands and then into weird hands that we walk around on and call feet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fabulous through the ages⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I see a dimetrodon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has a dream⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a dream once in which an ex-girlfriend from years ago who I was still in love with appeared and told me that I would never have her back so I should stop being so obsessed with her. Good advice, perhaps, but not what I feel I deserve in my own dreams…

  Now that I think about it, I realize that I can’t remember ever having sex in a dream. So much for dreams as wish fulfillment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well whenever you notice something like *that*, a wizard did it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You could jump to conclusions, or you could ask whether or not there is evidence that scientists’ work in their own field is affected by irrelevant unscientific beliefs that they hold. In my experience, people are very good at compartmentalizing their beliefs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Serious answer:

  That’s cool. What makes it special?

  Sometimes people talk about how expensive something they own is simply because they’re proud that they could afford it and even when they’re being tone-deaf, there’s no benefit to getting offended when you could just move the conversation along instead. (Although you might have to listen to them talk about watches.) If they were trying to brag, now they’re stuck trying to explain why the watch is actually worth what they paid and you’re the one judging them.

  Cars (and watches) aren’t so expensive that a middle-class person can’t plausibly already own the one he would buy even if money was unlimited. My former mother in law was bothered by the fact that I owned an old car, but when she would bring it up I would just say “I really like the 2008 model.” She couldn’t argue with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Training Slop⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your facial data isn’t private information. You give it away every time you go outside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨buddy of mine is in a horrible mood⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Artists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hope i don't get downvoted for this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a lot of cute people out there walking around with their feet visible, and if you stare at their feet while talking to them, they’ll just think you’re shy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I do it around town all the time⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The guy selling your the property is much less likely to rip you apart with his powerful fangs than the wolf would be in the analogous situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Or does and doesn't care?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your computer will be restarted. Do not attempt to resist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Life hack⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw a guy yell at the gate employee. The guy’s flight had arrived late and the employee was telling him that the door to his connecting flight was already closed so she could not let him board even though the plane hadn’t left yet. Eventually a manager showed up and got yelled at too and he opened the door and let the guy on the plane. So it can work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calm down⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Divide by zero error.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good morning here is a terrible idea.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As if 21st century kids have the patience to learn to play a musical instrument voluntarily…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raised by extra strict hispanic catholic parents⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OP’s parents saw him and knew he needed divine intervention,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comfy cozy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Obviously the average American isn’t directly participating in making the major decisions, but what the average American wants still generally has far more influence on the future of the world than what the average citizen of any other country wants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comfy cozy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I have the option of leaving. It’s not purely hypothetical for me because I’m not originally from the USA - I was just a kid when I came here, so it wasn’t my decision but it was a decision and I can see myself making a similar decision to go somewhere else. Maybe I will need to leave if things in the USA get a lot worse but for now living in a blue state still seems like a better option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comfy cozy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, at least the USA has agency - we get to choose which stupid direction to take half the world in, while most other countries are just along for the ride.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uncultured⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Their true purpose is sinister.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When We Are No Longer Needed: Emerging Elites, Tech Trillionaires and the Decline of Democracy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a very good reason for the super rich to support the rule of law: it protects their own wealth and power. Even if they may want to be aristocrats in a highly stratified society like, for example, 19th century Britain rather than a modern democratic welfare state, they don’t stand to benefit from the transition to a modern autocracy. 19th century Britain was very much a nation of laws where the government would protect the rights and property of the super rich whereas modern autocrats quickly co-opt them into personal lenders whose well-being is entirely at the mercy of the autocrat.

  Thus, while some super rich individuals may support populist autocracy either due to idiosyncratic personal beliefs or short-term political expediency, transitioning to it is not in the best interest of the super rich as a class. Rule of law isn’t the same thing as democracy but I don’t see a global movement towards rule of law without democracy - the two are in the present day apparently inextricable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, Robin Hood (2010 film). That famous bulwark against oppression.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whenever a beast is shown on screen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think they stomped loudly (except maybe when they ran) but I don’t see how they would be able to move through the undergrowth without snapping a lot of branches. (Or how they could move through dense forest at all.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whenever a beast is shown on screen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a hard time imagining a stealthy t-rex. He’s going to be making some noise even if he tiptoes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon blames millennials⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, as far as I’m concerned most AAA games might as well be part of a totally separate hobby that I don’t pay much attention to. The way I see it (and this is an oversimplification) games used to be made by nerds for nerds. Then normies started making games for normies, but there are also more nerds than ever making games for nerds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays ff14⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t realize that I have a weird laugh until someone found me by listening for it. Apparently normal people don’t laugh by inhaling rather than exhaling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the matter Aquaman?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No kid wants a toy Aquaman.