Robust_Mirror
@Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone
- Comment on kingdom come 2 days ago:
Vegetables aren’t even a thing botanically, they’re basically “plant stuff that isn’t fruit”, except when it is.
Botanically speaking, vegetables can be roots (carrots, beets), stems (celery, asparagus), leaves (spinach, lettuce), flowers (broccoli, cauliflower) seeds (peas, beans), and of course fruits that we treat as savory (tomatoes, peppers, eggplants).
And then on the opposite side you have things we call fruits that botanically speaking aren’t. Rhubarb is a stem, strawberries are aggregate accessory fruits where the fleshy part we eat is actually swollen stem tissue, and those little “seeds” on the outside are the real fruits of the plant. Figs are not simple fruits, they’re inverted flower clusters where the “fruit” is actually a hollow stem containing many tiny real fruits inside.
Even apples and pears aren’t true fruits botanically, they’re accessory fruits where much of what we eat comes from the flower’s receptacle rather than just the ovary.
So yeah the botanical vs. culinary divide works both ways. Our everyday food categories are really more about taste, texture, and how we use foods rather than plant biology.
- Comment on Decoding a voter’s poor handwriting is subjective – let’s enlist AI to help with the Bradfield recount | Simon Jackman 2 days ago:
No discrimination in these cases is based on failing people that should be passing or failing based on higher standards than you’re applying broadly. Not registered until you pass leads to the other issue I said, people intentionally failing to never have to vote. I personally believe being forced to at least turn up at the polling centre makes a significant difference to the final vote. I would rather some small percentage of votes end up not counted as unreadable than 40%+ of the population opt out of voting.
- Comment on Decoding a voter’s poor handwriting is subjective – let’s enlist AI to help with the Bradfield recount | Simon Jackman 3 days ago:
A test when you’re 18 that lasts the rest of your life? Can’t account for future injuries, disability (including those that only happened after testing), old age, or just general annoyance over being at the polling centre and apathy over filling it out well? It’s not going to solve anything.
Anyone can show they can print numbers once off. And what happens if they can’t pass? Are they barred from voting? That’s risky for both the reason of discrimination AND people intentionally failing. Take a mandatory number writing course? For how long? What if someone indefinitely fails?
Unless these people literally didn’t make it to year 6 they’ve already shown they CAN write numbers, read basic instructions and ask someone for help. That doesn’t mean they will always be able to, or always want to.
It won’t meaningfully reduce the number of ambiguous ballots.
- Comment on Fun!!!! :) 2 weeks ago:
They could own a wii you don’t know.
- Comment on Bounce bounce bounce 3 weeks ago:
Don’t and never have done regular sport and I’m pretty bad for it. I think it’s just restlessness or helping blood flow.
- Comment on I'm down 4 weeks ago:
No, being detailed, venom is a toxic substance that a living organism evolved to both produce and actively deliver by a specialised biological structure such as fang, stinger, or barb.
Poison is ingested, inhaled or most importantly to this, absorbed.
- Comment on HAAAAAAAANNNNKKKK 4 weeks ago:
Sometimes that’s true. Not all times. But many shows have a weak season 1 but then get amazing. And you can’t really skip it without losing context.
- Comment on Always there 4 weeks ago:
We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran :3 A full payload of HUGS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow uwu All planes are safely on their way home with cookies! NOW IS THE TIME FOR CUDDLES! Thank you for your attention to this matter ^_^
- Comment on A cuppa Jill 4 weeks ago:
Going in blind so sorry if this is a repeat:
God’s Juice.
- Comment on Anon notices fake advertising in video games 5 weeks ago:
Zero hour
Takes longer than zero hours.
- Comment on A couple of Switch 2 owners are already reporting expanded back panels, Nintendo investigates possible causes 5 weeks ago:
Definitely not.
- Comment on A couple of Switch 2 owners are already reporting expanded back panels, Nintendo investigates possible causes 5 weeks ago:
Yeah this is like making out a monitor having a dead pixel is some huge scandal and discredit to that company.
- Comment on A couple of Switch 2 owners are already reporting expanded back panels, Nintendo investigates possible causes 5 weeks ago:
It’s different to the point I sometimes go back to 8 for the more traditional format. That isn’t something that has ever been the case for me across other mario kart games.
- Comment on Anon finally gets a gf 5 weeks ago:
Yeah thanks its a good reminder. I make sure to follow the rule of 3 for anything important, primary source, local backup, remote backup.
- Comment on Anon finally gets a gf 5 weeks ago:
Put it on a second user account. Personally I have all my stuff like documents and pictures on a removable usb drive that I unplug when I’m not using my pc.
- Comment on Strawberries are nuts 🍓 5 weeks ago:
Also, even if they were, it wouldn’t make the strawberry a nut. It would make it covered in nuts.
- Comment on What grass starvation does to the perma-online 1 month ago:
I’m pretty sure their point is tabloids exist because there’s a market for people that want to know about and think about other people, such as this guy.
- Comment on What grass starvation does to the perma-online 1 month ago:
They got confused and thought they were talking about actual Zendaya.
- Comment on Baldur's Gayte 1 month ago:
How about a pair of jeans?
If anyone wants to see an entertaining mathematician talk about this exact topic for 30 minutes, here you go:
- Comment on Anon considers LASIK 1 month ago:
Depends on what issue you have, I get intense headaches/nausea/dizziness from looking at digital screens without my glasses for more than 20 seconds or so. The longer I look at them the worse it gets and longer it lasts. So it’s not really viable.
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 1 month ago:
A phone doesn’t break under normal use. It breaks under rough use. If you treat a car rough it will get dents and scratches and rust etc.
- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 1 month ago:
Nah they changed that a while ago
…com.au/…/free-wi-fi-is-now-available-to-anyone-a…
It might not be every single one yet, but they were/are working towards that goal.
- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 1 month ago:
Could be a thing soon, Android has added “sound enojis” that imo were probably the worst idea ever and only exist for kids to annoy their parents. It’s a soundboard with like 3 sounds on the call screen when you’re on a call. I could see them eventually allowing custom ones.
- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 1 month ago:
I like in Australia we never got rid of them. More or less every payphone I saw growing up is still here. But they gave them 2 amazing upgrades:
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They are now free to use
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They are additionally free Wifi hotspots
Much better than dismantling them imo. They may not be widely used, but it’s worth it for those that do. I’ve even used it once when my phone went flat and needed to call my wife.
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- Comment on So close! 1 month ago:
And lettuce is 96% water. Basically every fruit and vegetable is more water than a human is. But you hand me a bowl of lettuce and call it soup we’re gonna have words.
- Comment on Owned (stocks) 1 month ago:
Sounds like PayID in Australia. I find it pretty good and it’s starting to get more popular. And yeah with ours you can just set up a new email and link it to an account, then it’ll let you choose if you want it to show John Smith or just J Smith when someone sends you money.
PayPal is still more popular overall, but I prefer payid for the instant access to the money so I’m glad it’s gaining momentum. Nothing but PayPal ever took off over here.
- Comment on Owned (stocks) 1 month ago:
If someone disputes $500 with your bank, your bank doesn’t hold your whole $15,000 account while sorting it.
- Comment on MEGA PENGUIN 1 month ago:
That sounds perfect tbh. I love fish flavour but mostly don’t like the texture.
- Comment on Anon discovers cigarettes 1 month ago:
You’re doing a great job of ignoring my point that many people can’t tolerate a single time.
- Comment on Anon discovers cigarettes 1 month ago:
Despite understanding your general point, I can’t say I agree with this. I think the issue is understanding that your experience is not everyone’s experience.
Addiction isn’t a mild curiosity, it’s a disease that can and does destroy lives. The notion that “everyone should know what addiction feels like” downplays the immense suffering, loss, and trauma it causes for individuals and their families. You don’t need to burn your hand to understand fire is hot and you don’t need to become addicted to appreciate the power of compulsion, craving, or loss of control. Empathy, literature, conversation, and observation can teach that to a very high extent without the risk. To me this is like injecting something that intentionally causes cancer just to see what it’s like to be a cancer patient/survivor.
Psychedelics are powerful and not universally positive. Yes it’s true many people have profound, life-changing insights from psychedelic experiences, but others experience terrifying, traumatic, or destabilising trips. For those with underlying mental health conditions (which may be undiagnosed), a psychedelic can tip the balance in a lasting and damaging way. There’s no undo button. It’s not a one size fits all rite of passage.
I don’t believe living a rich, meaningful life is simply about ticking off extremes. It’s about integration, understanding, and self-awareness. You can live deeply and wisely without ever ingesting a substance that alters your brain chemistry. Meditation, grief, love, art, parenting, solitude, etc. There are many things that can produce life altering insights without putting your body and mind at risk.
“Experience as much of the human experience as we can tolerate” sounds noble, but some things should not be tolerated lightly. There’s a difference between pushing your boundaries to grow and deliberately dancing with danger. The idea that the future version of yourself will thank you for trying a drug might be true in some cases, but for many that future self is wishing they’d never touched it. I’ve seen it first hand.
The human experience is vast and worth exploring, but not all experiences are equally safe, wise, or necessary to live a rich and meaningful life. You couldn’t pay me any amount of money to go caving and I don’t think my life will be significantly worse having not experienced it.