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Comment on I am a witch. Well, a well witcher... in ~talk
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentFair enough.Fair enough.
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Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentDo you know sparksbet in person, or are you referring to a different "we"? I'm afraid I don't understand.Do you know sparksbet in person, or are you referring to a different "we"? I'm afraid I don't understand.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentAll of the ammo that I have ever seen has come in rigid, plastic boxes. I've never been in a gun store, though, I've only seen ammo at ranges and in many gun owner's homes.All of the ammo that I have ever seen has come in rigid, plastic boxes. I've never been in a gun store, though, I've only seen ammo at ranges and in many gun owner's homes.
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Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentAh, that makes sense. I'm basically ending up in the same place, just a little further down the line, by continuing to eat eggs and dairy. I know that I am doing something wrong, but it's the...Ah, that makes sense. I'm basically ending up in the same place, just a little further down the line, by continuing to eat eggs and dairy. I know that I am doing something wrong, but it's the least wrong that I feel capable of at this time, and I try not to do it when that option feels available to me.
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Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life
GenuinelyCrooked (edited )Link ParentI'm confused at how believing animal cruelty is wrong doesn't lead to almost-veganism, even if you don't believe that killing animals is inherently wrong. Unless you get all of your meat from...I'm confused at how believing animal cruelty is wrong doesn't lead to almost-veganism, even if you don't believe that killing animals is inherently wrong. Unless you get all of your meat from hunting and your dairy and eggs from cute little farms where the animals are treated well, which is extremely unlikely, you're supporting animal cruelty. So, from what I can see, the disconnect isn't that you don't believe that killing animals is wrong, it's that you don't believe it's wrong to encourage behavior that you do consider wrong if there are enough levels of abstraction involved.
Please don't take this as an attack. I'm a supporter of even small reductions in the consumption of animal products, and I eat eggs and dairy myself. I simply don't understand the moral calculus of (animal agriculture is cruel) +(animal cruelty is wrong) - (killing animals for food is wrong) = (eating cruelly farmed animals is not wrong). It seems like whether or not you consider killing animals for food to be moral or not is irrelevant. I don't consider it immoral, I have no problem with sustainable hunting practices, but I don't eat meat because I don't want to hunt and factory farming is not ethical or sustainable.
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Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentI do see a lot of that on the site. I've had a lot of my questions answered here!I do see a lot of that on the site. I've had a lot of my questions answered here!
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Comment on Seattle’s law mandating higher pay for food delivery workers is a case study in backfire economics in ~finance
GenuinelyCrooked (edited )Link ParentThis is part of why we often talk about compensation in terms of payment per hour. If the employer is only paying for you time worked, but the payment is not enough to ensure that you do not...If my employer just has to pay me for time worked, then my life is my own. If my employer also has a responsibility to make sure I don't starve, then arguably they should have much more control over my life,
This is part of why we often talk about compensation in terms of payment per hour. If the employer is only paying for you time worked, but the payment is not enough to ensure that you do not starve and the time left over is not enough that you can do other things to ensure that you don't starve, then employer is not paying enough for this type of exchange to exist in a sustainable society. This is a problem with the gig economy because dollars received per hour can vary so drastically and be so precarious. The exact amount that the worker will receive is often not known when they agree to sell their time.
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Comment on Seattle’s law mandating higher pay for food delivery workers is a case study in backfire economics in ~finance
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentWe order delivery a lot during the winter. We moved to Sweden from Florida, so we're not well adjusted to the cold, and it can require a lot of layers just to step out of the door. When I order...We order delivery a lot during the winter. We moved to Sweden from Florida, so we're not well adjusted to the cold, and it can require a lot of layers just to step out of the door. When I order delivery in the winter, it's as much to save time on laundry as cooking. So many pairs of socks!
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Comment on Many widely used reproductive health apps fail to protect highly sensitive data, study finds in ~health
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentThey can also be done inconspicuously or in code. A standard date book with some lightly circled dates, or something like "book club" scheduled once a month might not register as a menstrual tracker.They can also be done inconspicuously or in code. A standard date book with some lightly circled dates, or something like "book club" scheduled once a month might not register as a menstrual tracker.
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Comment on How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false in ~science
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentFor me, the difference is actual interest in the answers. When I'm asking questions Socractically, genuinely interested in their answers and I am hoping to learn something. Even if there's almost...For me, the difference is actual interest in the answers. When I'm asking questions Socractically, genuinely interested in their answers and I am hoping to learn something. Even if there's almost no chance of me being swayed to their side, I still want to understand their position better. I never assume that I know what their answer will be, and I'm not looking to trip them up or catch them on a technicality.
It's tough to discern from the outside, though, because it relies on knowing someone else's intentions. You can't always pick it up quickly through the conversation.
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Comment on How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false in ~science
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentI find people maliciously just-asking-questions to be extremely common online, but rare in person. It's often "respectful" in the sense that it's cordial - there's no cursing or insults - but not...I find people maliciously just-asking-questions to be extremely common online, but rare in person. It's often "respectful" in the sense that it's cordial - there's no cursing or insults - but not in the sense that they're respecting the time or answers of the person they're conversing with. They're not actually interested in learning anything from the answers, other than potentially spotting an opportunity for a gotcha. I find it to be largely a frustrating waste of time.
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Comment on Bike brands start to adopt C-V2X to warn cyclists about cars in ~transport
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentI want to give you an example of what I'm talking about to make it clear why driving is often not a pleasure, and comes at the expense of a walkable environment. This was the last place I lived...I want to give you an example of what I'm talking about to make it clear why driving is often not a pleasure, and comes at the expense of a walkable environment. This was the last place I lived before I left the US. That road is supposed to be 40 mph (~65 kmph) but people would often go 60mph (~100kmph) down it. Drivers in that area are very aggressive, and most of the drivers were in very large trucks and SUVs. The nearest grocery store was about a 20 minute drive due to a few long stoplights, but if you speed to catch the green lights you can cut that in half. It would be about a half hour walk, which is already pretty uncomfortable in the hot Florida sun with no shade, but the cars speeding along it makes it too dangerous to even consider. You'll notice there's only sidewalk on one side of the road, and no crosswalks. While I was staying there, someone swerved off of that road and hit our car that was parked in the driveway, totaling it. If a person had been standing in that driveway, they would have been lucky to only be hospitalized.
It was extremely unpleasant to drive there - stressful, dangerous, and wandering would only take you to cookie-cutter neighborhoods, the beach, or to the highway which could take you all up and down the coast if you had several hours but nowhere interesting as a spontaneous jaunt. I like the beach as much as anyone, but when you know that it's half an hour in one direction and three in the other, regardless of which roads you take, it sort of kills the surprise. Traffic was always terrible, the wind usually smelled like yucky swamp air, and god help you if your AC broke. It was even more unpleasant to walk there. Beyond unpleasant, it was terrifying.
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Comment on Bike brands start to adopt C-V2X to warn cyclists about cars in ~transport
GenuinelyCrooked (edited )Link ParentThere are a lot of ways to make car rental experiences better that don't require massive infrastructure investments. Meanwhile the way cities are designed makes just walking a nerve wracking...There are a lot of ways to make car rental experiences better that don't require massive infrastructure investments. Meanwhile the way cities are designed makes just walking a nerve wracking experience. The questions are less varied, it's mostly just "is that car going to hit me?" Over and over again, but that's still quite stressful.
Again, no one is trying to take away your old classic car and the joy you get from it. We just want to be able to get around without one. We want the bus routes to go to those car rental places. We want to be able to walk around and feel the breeze on our faces without panicking that it's a draft from a car that's about to kill us.
It seems like part of your confusion is not understanding that not everyone likes driving. I don't, becauseI'm not good at it. My reflexes aren't good, my instincts are usually wrong, and I get anxious easily. I did the best I could when I had to drive, but it's safer for me and the people around me if I don't have to. I'm not paying attention to the wind on my face, I'm trying to watch all the cars around me to make sure I don't hit them. Every time I park next to a car that has any kind of damage, I panic that maybe I somehow did that while I was parking even if it's geometrically impossible, and wonder if I should leave a note just in case. I don't care about the aesthetic of cars and would be bored to tears at an old car show. I'm sure there are plenty of things that people like that don't spark any interest in you. Now imagine if society was designed around you being unable to work, go to school, get groceries, go to the doctor, see friends, or have any kind of independence if you didn't do that thing. You'd probably want a society where it was safe for you to do things another way, right?
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Comment on Bike brands start to adopt C-V2X to warn cyclists about cars in ~transport
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentHave you never experienced the joy of just walking out of your house with no particular destination? Getting lost and just taking whatever paths look most interesting? You might be able to do that...Have you never experienced the joy of just walking out of your house with no particular destination? Getting lost and just taking whatever paths look most interesting? You might be able to do that in a rural area, but where I grew up that was not really possible, or at least, it was extremely dangerous and unpleasant, and that was due to car-centric infrastructure.
I live in a walkable city and can do that whenever I want now, and if I wanted to do that in a car, I could easily rent one. You don't need to own a car, or support infrastructure that demands the use of cars, to do all of the things that you enjoy doing with them.
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Comment on Bike brands start to adopt C-V2X to warn cyclists about cars in ~transport
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentThe frustration isn't at the existence of cars, it's at infrastructure that is designed to necessitate them. Cars would still have all of those benefits if they were something that most people did...The frustration isn't at the existence of cars, it's at infrastructure that is designed to necessitate them. Cars would still have all of those benefits if they were something that most people did not need to own and were either rented or possibly shared as a community for the rare times that you do need to do one of those things.
I honestly could not live my life without a car
Having lived the first 30 years of my life requiring a car, and now living in a place where I don't, and seeing how much my quality of life has improved is exactly why I dislike cars so much.
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Comment on The two-time winner Loreen talks Eurovision, protests in Sweden and why she wants to write a song about tax in ~music
GenuinelyCrooked LinkThe discussion of the protests is very brief. She basically just says she understands the controversy, she doesn't know what the right thing to do is, and she doesn't think Eden Golan (the Israeli...The discussion of the protests is very brief. She basically just says she understands the controversy, she doesn't know what the right thing to do is, and she doesn't think Eden Golan (the Israeli contestant) should be booed.
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Comment on My not so nice thoughts on Battlestar Galactica in ~tv
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentI agree with most of your complaints about BSG, but I really loved TNG. The big differences to me: TNG is a lot more optimistic. The tone of TNG doesn't shy away from being silly or campy when...I agree with most of your complaints about BSG, but I really loved TNG. The big differences to me:
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TNG is a lot more optimistic. The tone of TNG doesn't shy away from being silly or campy when called for, which I love. The conflicts tend not to stem from malice or "evil" but from miscommunications, natural phenomena, or understandable conflicts of interest, and are usually resolved through empathy, diplomacy, or discovery. That's a broad brush and there are a ton of counter examples, but generally I leave the show feeling hopeful for humanity, which I didn't feel about BSG.
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BSG seems to be aiming for an overarching storyline but not doing it well, whereas that's never really what TNG was aiming for. The storylines in TNG mostly wrap up well, just quickly, after a handful of episodes at most. The storylines in BSG are much longer, but don't wrap up in a satisfying way. That's completely subjective, of course, but to me that makes a big difference.
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TNG doesn't have such a narrow focus, so every episode feels really different. Some of them are absolute masterpieces, some are just campy fun. I found BSG to be a lot more repetitive with twists.
Spoilers in case you do decide to keep watching
After a certain point it's like, Jesus who isn't a frakking cylon??
They're very different shows.
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Comment on My not so nice thoughts on Battlestar Galactica in ~tv
GenuinelyCrooked LinkI tend to agree with your criticism of BSG, but I take umbrage at the shade to Desperate Housewives. It's a hilarious parody of soap operas that never gets the credit it deserves. In my opinion...I tend to agree with your criticism of BSG, but I take umbrage at the shade to Desperate Housewives. It's a hilarious parody of soap operas that never gets the credit it deserves.
In my opinion BSG actually gets much worse as it goes on, and becomes nearly unwatchable sometime during season 3. My understanding is that there was no planned arc for the entire series, they just sort of wrote as they went, so set-ups and payoffs weren't satisfying and revelations didn't tend to make a lot of sense.
I ended up watching the whole thing anyway, and it doesn't get better. Caprica starts off appearing to have a little more potential, but drops off even more rapidly.
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Comment on Is Nebula worth it? in ~tech
GenuinelyCrooked LinkI have it, but honestly it's more because I appreciate their business model and want to support a model that benefits creators and workers instead of just shareholders, rather than for the...I have it, but honestly it's more because I appreciate their business model and want to support a model that benefits creators and workers instead of just shareholders, rather than for the content. I don't watch it very often, and when I do, I find it kind of difficult to find content that matches what I'm looking for. I'm hoping that it continues to grow and becomes better in that regard. It's also entirely possible that there's more content there that I'd like than I realize, and it's my failing that I'm not finding it.
Aren't you religious? Isn't that essentially the same as being superstitious?
I apologize if that's not a polite comparison, I don't mean to belittle religion by it. I think both things are fine as long as they make a person's life better and aren't used to hurt anyone.