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  1. Comment on We hired a man and a "girl" in ~tech

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    Agreed, this is a failing of the English language, not sexism or bias. There is no female equivalent of "guy". man -> woman male -> female gentleman -> lady boy/guy -> girl/gal but nobody uses gal.

    Agreed, this is a failing of the English language, not sexism or bias. There is no female equivalent of "guy".

    man -> woman
    male -> female
    gentleman -> lady
    boy/guy -> girl/gal

    but nobody uses gal.

    7 votes

  2. Comment on What Thing Do You Wish More People Knew About? in ~talk

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    All British humour is amazing, and very... different, compared to the American style of comedy. Along with this suggestion, check out their panel shows. Especially notable are "Would I Lie To...

    All British humour is amazing, and very... different, compared to the American style of comedy. Along with this suggestion, check out their panel shows. Especially notable are "Would I Lie To You", and "Quite Interesting".

    4 votes

  3. Comment on What Thing Do You Wish More People Knew About? in ~talk

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    This can be misleading when presented in the way that you did. What you said is true, for the bleeding-edge sciences, but not so much for things like whether or not the Earth orbits the Sun, or...

    This can be misleading when presented in the way that you did.

    What you said is true, for the bleeding-edge sciences, but not so much for things like whether or not the Earth orbits the Sun, or whether or not Astrology is real, or whether or not climate change is caused by humans.

    All of those have much greater than 95% confidence, and can be pretty much considered facts.

    8 votes

  4. Comment on Battle Royale is the new craze, but what is a genre you would like to see rise/return to the mainstream? in ~games

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    Factorio is really a genre of it's own, but it's similar enough that I think there's significant overlap in the people who enjoy them. I clumped them together not because they're similar, but...

    Factorio is really a genre of it's own, but it's similar enough that I think there's significant overlap in the people who enjoy them. I clumped them together not because they're similar, but because I like them both equally.

  5. Comment on Battle Royale is the new craze, but what is a genre you would like to see rise/return to the mainstream? in ~games

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    It's not quite OpenTTD, but I'm into a similar genre, I would describe it as sandbox-management-basebuilder games. Not sure if you'd like them, but my favourites in order are: Factorio / Oxygen...

    It's not quite OpenTTD, but I'm into a similar genre, I would describe it as sandbox-management-basebuilder games. Not sure if you'd like them, but my favourites in order are:

    Factorio / Oxygen Not Included
    Rimworld
    Prison Architect
    Kingdoms and Castles (shallow, but chill and super easy to relax to)

    4 votes

  6. Comment on What's a useful skill that only takes an afternoon to learn? in ~talk