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Comment on Everyday/week seems to fly by as I get older, how to change one's perception? in ~life
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Comment on Everyday/week seems to fly by as I get older, how to change one's perception? in ~life
chocobean Link ParentRelatedly, there's a life hack. Hang out with very young children and there's a time dilation affect as you vicariously watch them experience something new everyday.Relatedly, there's a life hack. Hang out with very young children and there's a time dilation affect as you vicariously watch them experience something new everyday.
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Comment on What are the genuinely worst films of all time? in ~movies
chocobean Link ParentDon't be traumatized by the hair thing, it's merely a lazy writer's device as a stand in for assumed empathy between sexual partners, as well as between white saviour master and enslaved native...Don't be traumatized by the hair thing, it's merely a lazy writer's device as a stand in for assumed empathy between sexual partners, as well as between white saviour master and enslaved native wildlife.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
chocobean Link ParentOops you read a major spoiler lol. It's the OG osekai that started everything else in the trend. The full name of the title expands into "Someone who does have a full time job ( and thus not a...Oops you read a major spoiler lol. It's the OG osekai that started everything else in the trend. The full name of the title expands into "Someone who does have a full time job ( and thus not a socially acceptable stakeholder), reincarnated into another world and this time, taking it seriously". It's mostly about healing from one's trauma and moving on, with the help of people who love you. It's about giving yourself another chance, and about accepting that others find you worthy and love you. Eg, the protagonist had terrible home life originally, and finds himself a baby much beloved by ex-adventurer parents.
since you already read the big huge spoiler:
The main character had this big huge adventure with Eris, they sleep together for the first time, and then she leaves him while he's sleeping to go on her own epic journey because she loves him and she wants to be someone who can confidently stand on her own firmly by his side. Meanwhile, the protagonist thinks he's been thrown away because he has such severely poor self esteem, and much (self inflicted) suffering ensues.
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Comment on Baba Is You and Party House - The Board Games (Kickstarter) in ~games.tabletop
chocobean Link ParentBaba is Figurine. Baba is cute! They said that the game is for ages 10+, but these rules look like they can get very complicated very fast. I'm also happy to see they've thought through multiple...Baba is Figurine. Baba is cute!
Baba Is Creative: Baba Is You is one of the most creative puzzle video games of all time. That same experience is captured here in one of the most creative head-to-head strategy games of all time. Create and break up rules in ways that completely transform the playing field. You’ll discover and utilize all kinds of wacky rules including “Baba Is Fast” “Keke Is Rock” “Flag Is Curious” “Rock is Scared” “Square Is Win” and much much more.
They said that the game is for ages 10+, but these rules look like they can get very complicated very fast. I'm also happy to see they've thought through multiple play throughs and with a mix of different players.
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
chocobean LinkClickbait title original: N.S. (Canada) families thought they buried their loved ones. Officials are now investigating Click to expand spoiler. The province and the Nova Scotia regulator of...Clickbait title original:
N.S. (Canada) families thought they buried their loved ones. Officials are now investigating
“I kind of started internally freaking out because I buried my mom in 2024,” said Kristina Sweeney.
“I don't even think the shock has worn off yet.… I thought I buried my mom, all of her. I put her in the ground by myself.”
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The province and the Nova Scotia regulator of funeral directors are investigating after the new owners of an Annapolis Valley funeral home discovered the cremated remains of a “significant number” of people in storage, CBC News has learned. [...]
When CBC reached Tony Facey, a former owner of Serenity Funeral Home for 12 years until December 2025, he confirmed there was a “whole stack” of cremated remains dating back as far as 25 years that had never been claimed by families.
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
chocobean Link ParentA quirky as this is, I'm still happy she named them after qualities she likes about Swift as opposed to something more specific like her album titles Swiftiephylus though, that's a genus class...A quirky as this is, I'm still happy she named them after qualities she likes about Swift as opposed to something more specific like her album titles
Swiftiephylus though, that's a genus class tribute for sure. I'd be extremely extremely disappointed in the artist if her people don't reach out for private meet and greet + all expenses paid trips for at least her four next tour locations, because to me it would indicate Swift isn't as a much of a science nerd as I'd want my celebrities to be.
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Comment on How have you helped someone without them knowing? in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentYuck!! I would not put it past our illegal bread price fixing grocery chains, actually. They also use "made in Canada" to include imported then repackaged goods like tumeric powder for example.Yuck!! I would not put it past our illegal bread price fixing grocery chains, actually. They also use "made in Canada" to include imported then repackaged goods like tumeric powder for example.
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Comment on Meet the first new cat species discovered in 100 years in ~enviro
chocobean (edited )LinkYahoo non-paywall (are they just stealing from other new sources? How do these work? No video but photo and text )...Yahoo non-paywall (are they just stealing from other new sources? How do these work? No video but photo and text )
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/meet-first-cat-species-discovered-150000251.html
Gizmodo with additional photos
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Comment on A day in the life of an ensh*ttificator in ~tech
chocobean LinkThere's an update!!! https://youtu.be/d6SPV4GZp-U He meets someone :D Click to expand spoiler. and somehow makes their life shittier tooThere's an update!!!
He meets someone :D
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and somehow makes their life shittier too
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Comment on How have you helped someone without them knowing? in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentSame .... All animals are deserving of alleviation from suffering, whereas humans.... But that's why I have to work at it, can't just do the easy to do things I feel naturally inclined. Acts of...Same .... All animals are deserving of alleviation from suffering, whereas humans....
But that's why I have to work at it, can't just do the easy to do things I feel naturally inclined. Acts of kindness is its own muscle.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
chocobean LinkMushoku Tensei (Jobless Reincarnation) fans ? Click to expand spoiler. How's that turning point doing it for ya? One of the funniest comments I read was Oldeus going back in time to tell Rudeus to...Mushoku Tensei (Jobless Reincarnation) fans ?
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How's that turning point doing it for ya?One of the funniest comments I read was Oldeus going back in time to tell Rudeus to collect the third starter before attempting the boss. Secretly I hope Eris beats him to within an inch of his life for, from her perspective, not only cheating on her but reducing her to third wife status, before consenting to be part of the team. From her feral animalistic point of view, she claimed him already. It's definitely not the intent of the author, but if I were an alternative universe fanfiction kind of person, I would write Eris in as First Spouse, Rudeus is married to her as middle partner with other playmates. Fully acknowledging the poor communication was her fault too: girl is main character of her world and just assumes too much.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
chocobean Link ParentI really, really liked the first season and maybe a bit beyond it, but the biggest reason I have not watched any further is essentially this question. A long time ago, when I was reading CS Lewis...Re:Zero -- does the mc really need to suffer this much to make that happen?
I really, really liked the first season and maybe a bit beyond it, but the biggest reason I have not watched any further is essentially this question. A long time ago, when I was reading CS Lewis on his Christian view on the problem of suffering, one of his points is that a human person suffering is maxed out at one person one life time: 120 years / infinity . With Subaru, I feel like the author is trying a little too hard to have this fraction approach 1.
Also super psyched for Apothecary Diaries next season .
Ditto on the cute and silly Fuchikoma -- consciousness is a very serious topic, but not enough sci-fi explore the ethics of child like potential consciousness being used essentially for warfare.
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Comment on How have you helped someone without them knowing? in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentI wish we would all contribute more to suffering lines go down efforts instead of so much focus on line go up profits.I wish we would all contribute more to suffering lines go down efforts instead of so much focus on line go up profits.
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Comment on How have you helped someone without them knowing? in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentYes you can donate them to organizations that want them because they serve folks who could use small quantities of stuff, such as soup kitchens or (sometimes at university dormitory) community...Yes you can donate them to organizations that want them because they serve folks who could use small quantities of stuff, such as soup kitchens or (sometimes at university dormitory) community cupboards or food banks or library shelves that offer personal care items. A lot of those freebie company branded merch can be donated too, depending on the thrift store: usually those small independent ones run by church ladies, not the giant conglomerate ones.
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Comment on How have you helped someone without them knowing? in ~talk
chocobean LinkSmall petty things I'm sure we all do. If I visit a food place with coupons and I'm unlikely to use the rest of them, I like giving them to whoever is next on line. If no one else is there, I...Small petty things I'm sure we all do.
If I visit a food place with coupons and I'm unlikely to use the rest of them, I like giving them to whoever is next on line. If no one else is there, I leave the booklet on a table or at the drinks stations etc. I'd like to think over the years I've reduced corporate profits a tiny amount.
Tiny Hotel bottles of shampoo etc are always taken and then donated. Moving delivered packages left outside the apartment into the lobby. Moving expired community bulletin off to the side or behind more recent ones.
I also remove MLM adverts from community bulletin boards. This one probably a little more controversial. I don't mean your Mary Kay or Tupperware ones, I mean the World Financial Group or Primerica types if their ads are deceptive looking. Speaking of controversial...
I've recently tipped American products upsidedown at grocery stores. Don't want fellow Canadians inadvertently buying some without knowing. Similarly, one time the product sign says made in Canada when the product labels themselves on the fruit (?) says USA. I took a pen and crossed out the misinformation. You're welcome.
I also left a truthful poor reviews on Google for deceptive practices at a big chain grocery store: they don't change expired sale signs so you get charged more at the till unless you pay close attention, let them know, call another guy to verify price tag, and wait for their manager to saunter over for override correction. I wrote corporate first but they didn't care. Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times plus letter to HQ ignored is enemy action.
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Comment on What are the genuinely worst films of all time? in ~movies
chocobean Link ParentThank you for saying this. I came out of the first one feeling like I was the craziest person on the planet for not liking it at all. I don't care about the VFX: it's blue Pocahontas with flying...Thank you for saying this.
I came out of the first one feeling like I was the craziest person on the planet for not liking it at all. I don't care about the VFX: it's blue Pocahontas with flying dinosaurs big whoop -- the story and dialog were so bad that I never felt immersed into that world the way even plain text on a page could. Everything felt so 1-Dimensional and plasticine my eyes couldn't even "see" the amazing VFX.
Avatar was an animated film in 2009.
Shinkai Makoto's Voices Of A Distant Star was 2002 on a shoestring budget that was truly groundbreaking in what computers could do at the time. The trailer shows the kids using not even smart phones: but it was a much more believable and visually stunning different world. In 2001, we've also already had Final Fantasy the Spitis Within. For mix of live action, LOTR was 2001-2003: we already know puppets, textured costumes, detailed sets, clever cameras, mo-cap plus some CGI can build an epic. Avatar, on just visuals, felt incremental and hence inconsequential to me. A huge step down, even: the animals looked so plastic compared to Jackson's Nazgul.
As for 3D: from wiki, Avatar was well behind Kung Fu Panda (2008), Ratatouille (2007), Chicken Little (2005) and a hundred other Science Centre shorts. By 2009, 3D is a little kids gimmick.
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Comment on Deciding whether (or not) to have a child in ~life
chocobean Link ParentCareful with this. This is very similar language to pro-life camps. I get where you are coming from, that there are bad parents who selfishly want children because it makes them feel good, like a...In my opinion the only thing you should want out of having kids is for them have the best life possible. It shouldn't be about you or how you feel, you shouldn't have kids to make yourself feel complete or fulfilled, it should ultimately be about them because they're the ones who will either thrive or suffer from being born.
Careful with this. This is very similar language to pro-life camps.
I get where you are coming from, that there are bad parents who selfishly want children because it makes them feel good, like a fashion accessory or getting a toy chihuahua or check off a box that says trad wife or whatever.
But clearly, OP came in here to ask precisely because they're completely preoccupied with the well-being of their potential children. That they are worried about being selfish is the entire motivation of the thread: that their child's potential suffering is nearly the entire hurdle. If you are reading a lot of selfishness, try to keep in mind everyone is weighting in the other side of the puzzles having already accepted the child's human rights being a priority as a given. This isn't a debate in a vacuum: OP has resources, support, and have deeply considered the child's well-being over an extended period of time.
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Comment on Help me choose a small electric car in ~transport
chocobean Link ParentI've also shipped an SUV from West coast to the Atlantic coast, the total cost was $3287 CAD, independently with a company, so I imagine it'd be cheaper as a sedan through the dealership itself....I've also shipped an SUV from West coast to the Atlantic coast, the total cost was $3287 CAD, independently with a company, so I imagine it'd be cheaper as a sedan through the dealership itself. Might be worth asking if there's a big inventory / price discrepancy. My understanding is that they ship vehicles all the time
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Comment on Help me choose a small electric car in ~transport
chocobean LinkAs a fellow non-car person who share a lot of your nervousness, how about buying certified used cars? It's be like buying an OEM endorsed refurbished unit. For example, the Toyota certified...As a fellow non-car person who share a lot of your nervousness, how about buying certified used cars? It's be like buying an OEM endorsed refurbished unit.
For example, the Toyota certified pre-owned comes with time/mileage warranties (unsure about fine print) and roadside assistance.
[Noise] If you're buying an electric, yes it's too big but, from looks alone may I suggest a VW Buzz ID? I think they're super adorable and come in a plathora of colours and I could live in one if I became homeless
The kind of hanging out that makes everyone happy you're there at their school, sheesh ;)
Shout out to girl guides volunteers, big brothers / big sister orgs, teachers , counsellors et al. I can only do what they do in very small doses when I spend time volunteering with other people's kids