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  1. Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv

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  3. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 9 in ~news

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    Binders Full Of Women was actually Romney saying something good in a cringy way, though. He was saying he wanted to get more women involved in his administration and had taken steps to do so. I'm...

    Binders Full Of Women was actually Romney saying something good in a cringy way, though. He was saying he wanted to get more women involved in his administration and had taken steps to do so. I'm glad it hurt him, I opposed him, but his meaning was actually good. Concepts Of A Plan is a cringey way to admit a bad thing - that he doesn't have a plan.

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  4. Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv

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    What is it that bothers you about Willow? Is it Allyson Hannigan or the character herself? If it helps you decide, I hate Xander with some serious energy, and I still watch through the full series...

    What is it that bothers you about Willow? Is it Allyson Hannigan or the character herself?

    If it helps you decide, I hate Xander with some serious energy, and I still watch through the full series once every 3 or so years. He gets about as much screen time as Willow.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Synthetic diamonds are now purer, more beautiful, and vastly cheaper than mined diamonds. Beating nature took decades of hard graft and millions of pounds of pressure. in ~science

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    Anecdotally, five years ago no one said a single word to me about our choice to have titanium rings instead of diamonds. That's not just because the people around me are super accepting. I got a...

    Anecdotally, five years ago no one said a single word to me about our choice to have titanium rings instead of diamonds. That's not just because the people around me are super accepting. I got a lot of flack for me (a woman) proposing to a man, and for not taking his name. It might be that they thought they were picking their battles, though.

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  6. Comment on Bat loss linked to death of human infants in ~enviro

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    What do we think the chances are of getting that done with the current defanged state of the EPA?

    What do we think the chances are of getting that done with the current defanged state of the EPA?

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Bat loss linked to death of human infants in ~enviro

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    Unfortunately I think the biggest factor as to whether or not something takes hold in America is often whether or not it seems like it will be profitable, regardless of what other benefits it offers.

    Unfortunately I think the biggest factor as to whether or not something takes hold in America is often whether or not it seems like it will be profitable, regardless of what other benefits it offers.

    13 votes

  8. Comment on Bat loss linked to death of human infants in ~enviro

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    Here are some possible solutions being considered for white-nose syndrome. It would be fantastic if we could get that fungal infection under control. Getting farmers to spray less pesticides when...

    Here are some possible solutions being considered for white-nose syndrome. It would be fantastic if we could get that fungal infection under control. Getting farmers to spray less pesticides when that means losing more crops doesn't seem all that feasible at present, although I could easily be wrong about that.

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  9. Comment on An in-depth look at Romance in video games in ~games

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    I don't think romance media is meant to give you the actual experience of falling in love, it's meant to be aspirational or nostalgic. "This is what I hope falling in love is like" or "this...

    I don't think romance media is meant to give you the actual experience of falling in love, it's meant to be aspirational or nostalgic. "This is what I hope falling in love is like" or "this reminds me of the first time I fell in love". If you feel "I am genuinely falling in love with this character," that would actually probably be fairly maladaptive and maybe even something to take up with a therapist.

    That's part of why shallow and underdeveloped romances are frustrating. Do you remember that time when, aside from talking about a task that you were both working on, you barely said anything to them despite spending a bunch of time in the same room, and then when the task was over you were both in love with each other despite barely knowing anything about each other? I certainly don't! Do you want romances in your life to be like that? Me neither! I want them to joke with each other, get to know each other, have things in common and reasons to care about each other, because that's what I remember and that's what I want in my own relationships.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on "Incident" - How US police officers react when a killing is caught on tape in ~life

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    "All officers on the scene turn off your cameras". This phrase being uttered should result in firings at minimum. If it's uttered in the aftermath of a death, it should result in prosecutions....

    "All officers on the scene turn off your cameras". This phrase being uttered should result in firings at minimum. If it's uttered in the aftermath of a death, it should result in prosecutions. This is absolutely horrifying.

    12 votes

  11. Comment on Bean recipes? in ~food

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    All the recipes that I know of are for wet beans, but to make dry beans into wet beans you just soak them overnight. I like to cook a pot of rice with chilis and garlic, roast some broccoli,...

    All the recipes that I know of are for wet beans, but to make dry beans into wet beans you just soak them overnight.

    I like to cook a pot of rice with chilis and garlic, roast some broccoli, onions, sweet potatoes, and chickpeas and add a fried egg on top. I drizzle with spicy mayo (sesame mayo + sriracha) and honey mixed with soy sauce. It's extremely delicious, and has lots of protein, fiber, and important micro nutrients. It also microwaves very well the next day, aside from the egg.

    You can also add just about any bean to a chili without messing up the flavor profile.

    10 votes

  12. Comment on The theory that men evolved to hunt and women evolved to gather is wrong in ~science

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    Anecdotally, I find pants much easier to pee in than long skirts. Yes, you need to pull them down before you squat, but you have a lot of control over where the fabric goes and what it does while...

    Anecdotally, I find pants much easier to pee in than long skirts. Yes, you need to pull them down before you squat, but you have a lot of control over where the fabric goes and what it does while you're peeing. A long skirt goes straight to the ground, sure, but it doesn't take much of a breeze to come through and make you pee all over it.

    Short skirts are the easiest, but whether those are considered an alternative to pants depends on when and where you're talking about.

    14 votes

  13. Comment on Volvo Cars has abandoned its plan to become a fully electric car manufacturer by 2030 due to weakening consumer demand for pure electric vehicles in ~transport

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    I don't think they're referring to getting around campus day-to-day, they're referring to getting their bed and expensive-to-replace furniture to their new apartments or dorms or whatever.

    I don't think they're referring to getting around campus day-to-day, they're referring to getting their bed and expensive-to-replace furniture to their new apartments or dorms or whatever.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on Shooter kills four and injures at least nine at a high school outside Atlanta in ~news

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    Considering that women are most at risk from people they know and trust, there is very little that you can do in terms of safeguards to protect her, just as there is little that women can choose...

    Considering that women are most at risk from people they know and trust, there is very little that you can do in terms of safeguards to protect her, just as there is little that women can choose to do without parental guidance. Speaking as one of those one in four, the best thing that you can do is to make sure she knows that you are a safe person to turn to if something like that ever happens, and to actually be that safe person for her. I don't mean this to cause you further anxiety. There's no sense losing sleep over trying to figure out how to handle something that you ultimately have very little control over. You do have control over your relationship with her, and how you (outwardly) react when she brings you bad news.

    I hope your daughter never experiences sexual violence in her life. If she does, though, you can let her know that it's not her fault, and that her worth is not changed by it. You can let her decide if she wants to report it, when she's ready to start therapy, and how she wants it handled socially if it's someone that you both know.

    I wish it wasn't the case, and that there was more that you could do to protect her, but aside from keeping her in a glass box or being in the room with her at all times, there's really nothing. But you can help her and be there for her, no matter what happens.

    11 votes

  15. Comment on ‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores in ~enviro

  16. Comment on ‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores in ~enviro

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    Aside from what everyone else has said, my problem used to be that I'd leave them in the car, and I wouldn't realize that I didn't have them until I was already in line to pay, because that's when...

    Aside from what everyone else has said, my problem used to be that I'd leave them in the car, and I wouldn't realize that I didn't have them until I was already in line to pay, because that's when they're needed. Does that mean I'm stupid? Maybe, but it was genuinely an accident, I was really trying to use the reusable bags. At that point the social impact of disrupting the cashier and all the other people in line feels worse than the impact of using a few bags that will get reused for scooping kitty litter anyway.

    I don't have that problem anymore now that I don't drive. The bags stay in my purse and I don't need as many because the store is much closer and I go more often.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on ‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores in ~enviro

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    Consumers are not the largest problem nor the easiest problem to solve. To reduce food waste, we should prevent stores and restaurants dtom disposing of perfectly good, unsold food. Maybe require...

    Consumers are not the largest problem nor the easiest problem to solve. To reduce food waste, we should prevent stores and restaurants dtom disposing of perfectly good, unsold food. Maybe require it to be donated, or charge fees for commercial food disposal. All the changes I can come up with are very detrimental to the business but I don't really care about businesses, so that's my bias.

    "Ugly" but perfectly good, safe foods, should appear on shelves with a little sign explaining that it's fine. If I see discolored or misshapen produce, I don't avoid it because I care what it looks like, I avoid it because I don't know if it's actually okay to eat. Currently a lot of this produce is tossed before it even hits the shelves.

    As far as the customer goes, there are so many reasons that food might be purchased and thrown out that it's hard to address. Recently we had to throw out a whole bunch of fresh fruit and meat, a real shame, because literally hours after we bought it he had to go to the hospital and we didn't come back until after it had gone bad. Nothing can reasonably be done about that.

    Another time a bunch of food got thrown out, it was after my mother in law came to visit. She bought a bunch of stuff that she likes and that we would never eat. When she left a lot of stuff just got tossed. On my end it wasn't even preference, I'm allergic to coconut and I'm a vegetarian and that covered a good chunk of what she bought. There's not really anything anyone other than my mother in law and my husband could do about that, and they're not going to.

    I still have a kilogram of oats that she bought sitting in my pantry, I intend to make them into oat milk, but I use such small amounts and it goes bad so quickly that I'm nervous to do it. It's probably going to end up the victim of irony, going bad because I was afraid to ruin it.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv

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    Re: The Power I think the book does a lot more to highlight that it's an imbalance in power, not anything inherent to men or women specifically, that leads to conflict between the sexes, while the...

    Re: The Power

    I think the book does a lot more to highlight that it's an imbalance in power, not anything inherent to men or women specifically, that leads to conflict between the sexes, while the show makes it seem like women having power over men might end up just being a Good Thing because women are Good and men are Bad. To be totally fair to the show, the book also seemed like that early on, and the show hasn't gone very far into the book's storyline. It's possible that the show will (would have? I don't know if it's been renewed) more of that nuance as it goes forward.

    The show lacking the framing device of the book is a major downside, though. So much more about the story shines when you have the ability to question what parts are based on historical data, and what only exists to explain and justify the in-universe status quo, as we do with so much of history?

    2 votes

  19. Comment on ‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores in ~enviro

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    I can very much relate to this, having recently moved to Sweden with 3 cats. I have to buy bags for my litter now, rather than using grocery bags. And any time I buy something that comes in a...

    I can very much relate to this, having recently moved to Sweden with 3 cats. I have to buy bags for my litter now, rather than using grocery bags. And any time I buy something that comes in a remotely usable plastic bag, I rinse it out and keep it in a cabinet in my kitchen, and I feel like a little rat hoarding my horrible treasures.

    17 votes

  20. Comment on Where do different ideas of masculinity fit into the US presidential election? in ~life.men

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    I can see the thru-lines to the extreme message from the right, though. I see the policies that harm the poor. I see the polls showing that something is unpopular among right wing voters, then...

    I can see the thru-lines to the extreme message from the right, though. I see the policies that harm the poor. I see the polls showing that something is unpopular among right wing voters, then Trump does it or says he likes it, and it becomes popular. I get how you arrive at insane cultist.

    I do not think any portion of the left is perfect by any means, but I don't see the thru-line to "hates men" by any route other than "benefits women". I am assuming that isn't what the commenter I replied to meant because that would say more about him than about the left.

    7 votes