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- Comment on Is streetwear a joke? 5 hours ago:
He listed the items because that’s the rules of the sub.
- Comment on Is streetwear a joke? 5 hours ago:
I don’t see anything wrong, or even odd about what he’s wearing. It’s just a jacket and some shorts. If I passed him in the street, I doubt I’d even register his clothes tbh.
- Comment on People who call for hotels people of people to be burned should absolutely be arrested 2 days ago:
This is the story:
BBC News - Lucy Connolly released from prison after race hate post on X - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yl7p4l11po?app-refe…
She’s since become a bit of a cause celebre for the hard of thinking right wing establishment.
- Comment on People who call for hotels people of people to be burned should absolutely be arrested 2 days ago:
Agreed. Also, she pled guilty.
- Comment on If your happiness is derived from your enjoyment of a false (i.e. fictional) stories, is that truely happiness, or is that technically a delusion? 2 weeks ago:
True happiness is something that should make you happy in the moment and in the long run.
I’m not sure I agree - why is a long term aspect necessarily for something to constitute true happiness?
If I can’t remember something, does that mean it didn’t make me “truly happy”?
If so, that would mean that a child given a toy they play with for years but eventually lose interest in and forget as they grow older, didn’t experience “true happiness” from that toy, which doesn’t seem right to me.
I don’t think permanence or longevity are factors in whether ones happiness is true or not.
- Comment on If your happiness is derived from your enjoyment of a false (i.e. fictional) stories, is that truely happiness, or is that technically a delusion? 2 weeks ago:
Agreed - that’s why many people love, say, the Mona Lisa, or Starry Night.
- Comment on If your happiness is derived from your enjoyment of a false (i.e. fictional) stories, is that truely happiness, or is that technically a delusion? 2 weeks ago:
I think you’re going to have to provide a generally acceptable definition of “true happiness” - and a definition that isn’t contingent on the points raised in your question.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Depends on context - if said amiably between friends, it could be fine.
In the context of your comment about it being your boss who said it, and why, I’d say it’s pretty insulting (if not necessarily an intended insult).
It’s pretty dismissive of you as a person, instead focusing on your value (to his bar) in terms of attracting male customers. It’s not very respectful of you tbh.
- Comment on Why is "mythology" in the public domain in the first place? 2 weeks ago:
I would say because a lot of mythology comes from the oral tradition of storytelling, passed from person to person and age to age via spoken word and memory.
There’s actually a SUPERB podcast about Greek mythology, called Podyssey. It’s tremendously interesting, and the host, Alex Andreou, just did a 3 part epic on Aesop, both the person (or rather the ‘person’) and the Fables.
Well worth a listen, either just that one, or the whole show tbh.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 2 weeks ago:
one can argue all day about whether it’s appropriate to have a monarchy in the modern day
That was my main point, I wasn’t really talking about how expensive or otherwise they are (although admittedly it came from a misunderstanding of QE).
I’m from the UK, and it absolutely sickens me that we still have a monarchy, any monarchy (let alone this particular one). I’m opposed to monarchy in principle, and would be even if the specifics of our monarchy weren’t so repulsive.
Appreciate the detailed post, but the cost argument is just window-dressing for me. It’s the core concept I reject. Hopefully we can get shot of them one day.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 2 weeks ago:
She didn’t help much either though.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Completely agree. Dad is totally overstepping here, it’s none of his business whether OP arranges dates or not.
I’d refuse to go on the date out of general principle.
- Comment on Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth 3 weeks ago:
Is any of that because what would have been half their worth 15 years ago is now less than half of what it would be?
Like, if someone had 100 billion in 2010, and did give away 50 billion in that time, but also made a further 20 billion in that time, did they give away half they or worth or not?
I’ve not read the article, so maybe that question is answered in there.
- Comment on My earphones' cable has been oozing sticky goo for over a yer now 3 weeks ago:
Who?
- Comment on Unneccessary long context menus on YouTube Music 3 weeks ago:
I guess it’s a matter of taste - I find a menu that tall, with gaps that large between the items, harder to read than a more compact presentation of the same info.
Either way though, it doesn’t seem like that was the issue, so not to worry!
- Comment on Unneccessary long context menus on YouTube Music 3 weeks ago:
Don’t think OP is complaining about the number of options so much as how they are presented.
That menu looks much taller than it needs to be, the spacing between lines is huge, and the icons are unnecessarily big too.
Might not be what OP meant, but that’s how I read it.
- Comment on does this actually imply alcoholism or just snark? 4 weeks ago:
I’d say it’s more snark than implied alcoholism.
It certainly could be said in cases where the vicar is known/suspected to have a drinking problem, but it could just as easily be said, with no prior basis in fact, as a dig at someone, meant either nastily or humourously.
The fact that it’s a well-known phrase (including the “again” part) makes it all the more likely that it might be used even in cases where there’s no intended implication of a genuine drinking issue.
- Comment on Is there gospel music minus the gospel? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, that’s where I discovered them too! Fabulous soundtrack to a fabulous film, I really should watch it again soon.
- Comment on Is there gospel music minus the gospel? 4 weeks ago:
It’s not the same, but for upbeat choir stuff you might check out The Polyphonic Spree. I only really know this tune of theirs, but it might be worth a listen 👍
- Comment on What would happen to the US if it denaturalised and deported all non-whites? 5 weeks ago:
First they came for the telephone sanitisers…
- Comment on What would happen to the US if it denaturalised and deported all non-whites? 5 weeks ago:
But realistically civil war would break out because people would just refuse to leave. 40% of the US population is non-white, there is no way you are getting 130 million people to just leave the country peacefully.
Especially not when at least some of the white population would be on their side against those in favour of deportation. There’d be massive non compliance.
- Comment on Does farting make you lighter or heavier ? 5 weeks ago:
But he doesn’t let it weigh him down.
- Comment on Why do we humans love music so? 1 month ago:
Exactly - chills up the spine moments!
By the way your link didn’t work, but this one might: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_(music)?wprov=sf…
- Comment on Why do we humans love music so? 1 month ago:
But we don’t love patterns
I would disagree with that somewhat - I think we do love patterns, but the more complex and intricate the better.
Which is why music appeals so much - it’s chock full of patterns overlaying each other, echoing and counterpointing each other, contrasting each other in ways that are both conflicting and harmonious. Good music is like seeing the rhythms of the world all around you.
- Comment on I am looking to broaden my youtube channels that I follow. What female channel are you following? 1 month ago:
I don’t watch every video of hers, but Abigail Devoe’s channel is fun. She looks at the history and making of classic albums, one a week. It’s usually pretty interesting stuff and her enthusiasm is infectious
- Comment on Who discovered/"invented" fire? 1 month ago:
Not Billy Joel.
- Comment on What is this clock icon in my phone status bar? 2 months ago:
Ugh. Glad to see you found the answer in the end though 😁👍
- Comment on What is this clock icon in my phone status bar? 2 months ago:
You could maybe try clearing the cache of the clock app? Long shot, but you never know.
- Comment on Why was file search much faster in Windows XP than in subsequent versions? 2 months ago:
Windows sucks more at every new release.
10 was better than 8 IMO
- Comment on Why is U2 considered "grunge?" 2 months ago:
I’m Mullen over whether to take part in this punathon.