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  1. Comment on Icelandic coast guards and special forces seized a ship operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and detained its crew in ~enviro

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    Why do we still farm pigs? Because people want products made from their bodies. Actually, it's probably more ethical than factory farming pigs, since there is less torture involved.

    Why do we still farm pigs? Because people want products made from their bodies.

    Actually, it's probably more ethical than factory farming pigs, since there is less torture involved.

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  2. Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women

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    No, maybe it does for taller women, but unless I shift it, it goes directly over the top.

    No, maybe it does for taller women, but unless I shift it, it goes directly over the top.

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  3. Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women

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    I mean, that's almost expected given you are (at least in the United States) top 2% of men's heights. That's the upper extreme - not really comparable to furniture not fitting an average height...

    I mean, that's almost expected given you are (at least in the United States) top 2% of men's heights. That's the upper extreme - not really comparable to furniture not fitting an average height (5'3 or 5'4) woman.

    For shortness, that's the equivalent of a woman being under 5 feet tall - and once you consider that children exist, being under 5 feet is probably even more common.

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  4. Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women

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    Your height, in the United States, is at the 96th percentile. The chairs in my work building leave my feet dangling and I am around the 30th percentile for a woman. These things are not the same.

    Your height, in the United States, is at the 96th percentile. The chairs in my work building leave my feet dangling and I am around the 30th percentile for a woman. These things are not the same.

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  5. Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women

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    It's not always canning though - it's possible the breakaway perforation on a bottle of soda could be more generous, or a bag of chips could use weaker glue.

    It's not always canning though - it's possible the breakaway perforation on a bottle of soda could be more generous, or a bag of chips could use weaker glue.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women

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    When my sister and I lived together by ourselves, this was a serious nuisance, especially since we both have small hands. I keep rubber bands in the kitchen to wrap around stubborn container lids,...

    When my sister and I lived together by ourselves, this was a serious nuisance, especially since we both have small hands.

    I keep rubber bands in the kitchen to wrap around stubborn container lids, but beverage bottles out in public are still an issue.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women

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    Seat belts don't sit correctly over breasts At work, they replaced the old and comfortable cafeteria chairs with ones where my legs dangle...

    Seat belts don't sit correctly over breasts

    At work, they replaced the old and comfortable cafeteria chairs with ones where my legs dangle...

    17 votes

  8. Comment on Looking for an app to help with some reading practice for a five year old in ~tech

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    For edutainment style reading practice, I've seen Reading Eggs recommended a lot, along with Khan Kids and Teach Your Monster to Read. Khan Kids is obviously a giant nonprofit, so I would suggest...

    For edutainment style reading practice, I've seen Reading Eggs recommended a lot, along with Khan Kids and Teach Your Monster to Read. Khan Kids is obviously a giant nonprofit, so I would suggest trying that first. It looks like Teach Your Monster is too, now that I'm looking into it.

    https://www.readingrockets.org/resources/literacy-apps is a list maintained by a nonprofit of literacy education apps. You can filter by topic, intended age range, and platform.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Smush in ~games

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    I liked this yesterday, but today I made the mistake of over-using r too early and then I couldn't find the pangram. Then my perfectionism froze me up and I got frustrated and gave up

    I liked this yesterday, but today I made the mistake of over-using r too early and then I couldn't find the pangram. Then my perfectionism froze me up and I got frustrated and gave up

  10. Comment on 4 × 3 in ~games

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    Neat! Thank you for sharing. I feel like a good strategy for this connections varient is to look for the word that has lots of meanings first. I got this one with no errors

    Neat! Thank you for sharing. I feel like a good strategy for this connections varient is to look for the word that has lots of meanings first.

    I got this one with no errors

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  11. Comment on ‘Backrooms’ sends Hollywood running to Reddit for new ideas in ~movies

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    I feel like this syncs up with the book world: Dungeon Crawler Carl caused a surge of interest in self-published books (especially the LitRPG and progression fantasy genre) by readers and...

    I feel like this syncs up with the book world: Dungeon Crawler Carl caused a surge of interest in self-published books (especially the LitRPG and progression fantasy genre) by readers and mainstream publishers.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on User: ThreeCheersAppleTest in ~test

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    Test roast, please ignore?

    Test roast, please ignore?

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  13. Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food

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    It goes by many names, but the best sandwich is fried chicken cutlet, lots of bacon, melted mozzarella, and an obscene quantity of Russian dressing on a hero.

    It goes by many names, but the best sandwich is fried chicken cutlet, lots of bacon, melted mozzarella, and an obscene quantity of Russian dressing on a hero.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Steam Machine and Steam Frame will be shipping this summer in ~games

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    Not a stupid question at all. One option is to go to an optician or opthomologist and have them measure it as part of an exam. If you don't need perfect accuracy, there are websites where you can...

    Not a stupid question at all. One option is to go to an optician or opthomologist and have them measure it as part of an exam.

    If you don't need perfect accuracy, there are websites where you can have it estimated by holding something like a credit card up to your face (since they're a standard size)

    https://www.kits.com/pd-tool

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Steam Machine and Steam Frame will be shipping this summer in ~games

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    Mood. My PPD is 56 and I've always had to just set PPD to the minimum. I really wonder, given the fact that children and teenagers exist, why mainstream headsets don't go below 60

    Mood. My PPD is 56 and I've always had to just set PPD to the minimum. I really wonder, given the fact that children and teenagers exist, why mainstream headsets don't go below 60

  16. Comment on Do we want to stop all crime? in ~society

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    It reminded me of (the later part of) a piece of speculative web fiction titled Manna, where a lack of certain types of privacy is just a part of first a dystopia, then what is otherwise portrayed...

    It reminded me of (the later part of) a piece of speculative web fiction titled Manna, where a lack of certain types of privacy is just a part of first a dystopia, then what is otherwise portrayed as a utopia.

  17. Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance

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    For the TVP that nobody will eat, my mom used it when I was a teenager, and I mostly disliked it, but I do remember that in chili, she could sub out some of the ground beef for it without it being...

    For the TVP that nobody will eat, my mom used it when I was a teenager, and I mostly disliked it, but I do remember that in chili, she could sub out some of the ground beef for it without it being noticeable at all.

    7 votes

  18. Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv

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    That means I need to drag them through OAuth setup, and not accidentally creating their own tail net instead of just adding mine. The free personal plan also only allows 6 users. To get more than...

    That means I need to drag them through OAuth setup, and not accidentally creating their own tail net instead of just adding mine. The free personal plan also only allows 6 users. To get more than that is $8/user/mo

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  19. Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv

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    It's a bit annoying because, at least as of when I set it up, Tailscale only has login providers that require 2fa. If you're having multiple people all log into an account, then approving the 2FA...

    It's a bit annoying because, at least as of when I set it up, Tailscale only has login providers that require 2fa.

    If you're having multiple people all log into an account, then approving the 2FA is a massive nuisance.

    I can do it all just fine, but trying to get my mom set up to log in remotely takes a lot of time and effort

  20. Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv

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    Jellyfin mostly just worked for me, but the hard part was making it accessible off of my home network. Tailscale isn't very friendly to non-technical people.

    Jellyfin mostly just worked for me, but the hard part was making it accessible off of my home network. Tailscale isn't very friendly to non-technical people.