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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re conservative. The whole name is based on the principle that they want to maintain the old way rather than progress. I think it stems from fear of a changing world. The old world with the old rules provided safety, it was understandable, the rules were clear, and the rules didn’t hurt them. Now some people are “attacking” their world, their rules, everything that offers them safety and understanding. So they feel attacked.

  It’s the same thing, but with another subject every time. Whether it is women getting rights, which threatens their safe world with clear gender roles. Or gay people, who threaten the simple rules like “boys love girls”, “in order to be successful, get a job, marry, and get kids”. Or non-white people getting rights. What if they vote for things that “we” don’t want? What if “they” ruin the world that “we” got so used to.

  Trans and especially non-binary people are just the next group in like that threatens their simple world. When men are people born as men and women are people born as women, it’s way easier to force people into the traditional roles. The old rules still work, “boy marries girl, gets kids”. And when they speak out about their "concerns* they are (rightfully) called out for it. So they become defensive and start doing whatever they’re doing now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 10th⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We played this game called Icarus last weekend because of a free weekend. It was okay for me, but I also have a pretty high-end PC for the 1080p monitor connected to it. Even for me the game was quite janky, but for my friends with older hardware the game wasn’t a good time. One friend’s microphone randomly turned into a max-volume noise generator while playing on multiple occasions, something that has never happened before. Another (who plays on Linux) experienced constant crashes and weird behaviour.

  After that disappointment we went back in time to The Showdown Effect for the first time in years, which was still as hilarious as ever. Apparently there’s an updated free to play version now (called reloaded or something?) so we’d have to check that out. Would recommend it if you’re looking to have some mayhem with friends

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree. The margins seem thin enough that people fed up with either party can absolutely ruin them in the swing states. If you were to disagree with one of the parties, you could absolutely give them a signal by not voting. Preferably such a person would also make very clear why they refuse to vote for a party, because otherwise it’s indeed just lazy and empty.

  Again, I think that people who do so are shooting themselves (and everyone else) in the foot. But I can see their motivation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Het Pijnstillersparadijs: Europese Zelfbeheersing vs. Amerikaanse Pillenfeest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Reading the other comments, this seems to be more of a cultural thing than something based on facts. Ibuprofen seems to be taken in more serious situations. Personally I’ve never had it so I’m not sure. Paracetamol is more of a casual thing here. Many people, like me, would only take it when very ill. But I’ve definitely had a few classmates or colleagues who just take paracetamol whenever they have a slight headache or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Het Pijnstillersparadijs: Europese Zelfbeheersing vs. Amerikaanse Pillenfeest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure. I’ve never used it but it always seems to be used as such, so I just assumed that was the case

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Het Pijnstillersparadijs: Europese Zelfbeheersing vs. Amerikaanse Pillenfeest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m Dutch and I only take paracetamol when I cannot sleep or function due to pain/illness. I’ve never taken something stronger like Ibuprofen in my life. When I’m ill I usually just lie in bed and wait for it to blow over

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That funny feeling⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah this. Nowadays I can usually stop it or at least make it way lighter by just moving my foot in the right position again. It has almost become a reflex at this point

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree that people should’ve voted, but I disagree with this one-dimensional line of thinking. I can see the argument that by voting for the democrats their current behaviour and this fucked up system as a whole is warranted. It’s not as simple as “why not vote, it costs you nothing”. By voting this horrible “democracy” is legitimised and the democrats and the system will not change their approach. The US deserves a democracy that actually allows for representation instead of this duopoly of garbage and more garbage

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not American, and I don’t agree with these people either, but I don’t think that calling them lazy and ignorant makes any sense. In the fucked up democracy of the US it’s clear that the only way to get what you want for the coming 4 years is to vote for the least bad candidate. At the same time I can definitely understand that if you view both candidates was horrible, though one way more horrible than the other, you would feel conflicted about voting for either of them.

  Let’s do a thought experiment. Assuming both candidates are still roughly equally “popular”. If both candidates wanted to start a genocide, but one would want to kill only 50% of the amount of innocents that the other would kill, how would you vote? Would you vote for the one who is overall the less bad option, which will in turn make you give your vote for something horrible. Or would you abstain and signal that the democracy as it currently stands has lost your confidence entirely, even if it means that on the short term the consequences might be way worse?

  Not voting actually costs the democrats something, and should (if they want to win next time) force them to think how to better represent you next time.

  It’s fucked up that your democracy came to this. It has become an annoying game theory dilemma instead of voting for the candidate that you actually believe in. Our system here in the Netherlands is certainly also not perfect, since we have too many parties and too long coalition negotiations, but at least I feel like it represents people way better. Anyone can start a party and capture seat if they represent a large enough niche.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Somewhat relevant today⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but we can estimate how much it may or may not happen

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I obviously don’t agree with them, but my assumption is that it has to do with maturity/innocence. An unborn child hasn’t done anything wrong. They’re full of opportunity and have a whole life ahead of them. A criminal sentenced for death has I some way done something very wrong. They’ve had their chance and failed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jedi Survivor could have been great⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting how experiences can be so different. To me Jedi Survivor was an improvement over the first game, which I already enjoyed a lot. As far as I can remember you keep most (if not all) of your abilities. In the first game Cal has almost nothing after he essentially cut himself off from the force after the trauma of order 66. It’s and entirely reasonable explanation of Cal not having most normal Jedi abilities.

  Survivor also has better combat, because of the new abilities and weapons, better graphics, and better traversal (looking at you, Zeffo). While I really like the story in Fallen Order as well, I also think that Survivor is better overall. It’s not as clear cut as good vs evil. There’s many different factions and people with different goals. In the end, it’s about everyone just trying to survive the tyranny of the Empire, whatever it takes.

  The games definitely does feel very “gamey” though. There’s a lot of places where it’s clear that things are only the way they are because this is a video game. But to me that’s okay. A game doesn’t always need to be the most realistic and life-like experience. I don’t mind that a specific puzzle is totally unrealistic and clearly only there to force you to solve it. I can imagine that some people will not enjoy that though, and that’s okay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite racing games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At the moment Assetto Corsa and Wreckfest.

  Assetto Corsa because it’s a simracing sandbox. I’ve modded it to hell with Content Manager and CSP. I also have a lot of paid mods for mainly formula cars like the RSS Formula 1/2/3/4 cars and the VRC Formula E cars. The AI is the perfect level of silly to cause absolute mayhem with the right settings, but also pretty interesting races when you want them to behave.

  Wreckfest is a joy on the Steam deck and for casual mayhem. It still has a nice driving model imo, while remaining casual. The maps are optimized for crashing into others which means you’re never safe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do lesbians like boobs as much as straight guys?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk. I’m an aro/ace and to me it’s mostly just another body part. I’d be surprised if most gay guys would feel different

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Either lawful or chaotic neutral depending on whether I can find the clip again. But I doubt it matters since I store it in the freezer and heat the slices I need when I need them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨after 40 all meals are horror⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also eat pretty much the same breakfast every day. For lunch I can vary what’s on the bread and the type of bread. That’s just how things are here. It’s not the nicest, but it saves a lot of time and money and can also be quite nice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨after 40 all meals are horror⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in the Netherlands a lot of people just eat sandwiches. I usually take them with me to work. Not a lot of effort

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "Stop Killing Games" EU Petition is Live⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it was very easy actually. Though fair warning to people who are sensitive to flashing lights: after logging in with DigiD my screen went full strobe mode. Looked like multiple pages loading in quick succession with different background colours before finally landing on the success screen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m okay with any delays as long as it doesn’t release in a totally fucked state. I have huge respect for the Devs, dealing with the Ukraine invasion and also building a game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm terrified of the Netherlands now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently i’m almost 3 inches taller than average. So somewhat better but still scary

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm terrified of the Netherlands now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This scale is totally wack. The feet of the human bodies in the graph don’t start at 0 but somewhere between 4 and 5. Such a bad graph. That being said, we Dutch people are very powerful and you should be terrified >:3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Loading like a 90's dell computer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This happens quite often to me, especially when tired. I’m assuming that for me it’s mostly autism related. That being said, I’ve noticed that many non-autistic people also have this happen every now and then., it just happens more for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I never knew, but it seems true. On his Wikipedia page both researches are mentioned. It’s so impressive how these researchers are behind so many different but interesting papers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Machine learning and compression have always been closely tied together. It’s trying to learn the “rules” that describe the data rather than memorizing all the data.

  I remember implementing a paper older than me in our “Information Theory” course at university that treated the creation of a decision tree as compression. Their algorithm considered sending the decisions tree and all the exceptions to the decision tree and the tree itself. If a node in the tree increased the overall message size, it would simply be pruned. This way they ensured that you wouldn’t make conclusions while having very little data and would only add the big patterns in the data.

  Fundamentally it is just compression, it’s just a way better method of compression than all the models that we had before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else feel like fireworks are a complete waste of money and a ridiculous amount of unnecessary Pollution?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, yes and no. The festivals I visit and my gaming PC are also a complete waste of energy when you view it like that. I hate the dangerous situations we have every year in the Netherlands with fireworks. The heavy fireworks and loud bangs, the vandalism. But I’m okay with the people who send a lot of nice colourful fireworks into the sky around new year’s eve, and the farmers with their loud “carbid” launchers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does your booger feel like rn?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ever since getting COVID in 2020 my nose is basically 2 like 70% of the time. Painfully dry, completely useless at filtering anything. It depends greatly on the humidity and temperature though. In spring/summer it tends to behave a bit better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the rule for which 'national identity adjective' suffix to use?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But we also don’t call our language “Dutch”, we call it Nederlands. It’s a relic of an old time, but actually German should be called Dutch and Dutch should be Netherlandish. It’d help a lot with the confusion of young German and Dutch people learning English for the first time haha. Would also resolve the confusion around “Pennsylvanian Dutch” being German.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the rule for which 'national identity adjective' suffix to use?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dutch is such a weird one. We don’t call ourselves “Dutch” in Dutch, we call ourselves “Nederlands”. This would be something like “Netherlandish” in English. We do call Germans “Duits” though, and they call themselves “Deutsch”. Somehow in English German and Dutch got a bit messed up. The reason is probably that during the middle ages we did refer to our language as “Dietsch”, so that probably stayed around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's gonna tell the boss?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because sometimes people get violent with guns/fireworks and it’s quite useful to have some protection?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨meme⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As an asexual (who really finds sex yucky): guess I’ll die