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dungeon meshi but they try to solve problems the dnd way (marcille is shooting her shot)

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#he's actually been fighting for decades for people to stop using his study because of how flawed he realized it was #the guy unintentionally did a study that continues to have major social impact to this day #and has spent decades trying to discredit himself and get it pulled because of how bad and wrong it is #also any time someone says they're an alpha or dogs need alphas or whatever know that the guy who WROTE THE STUDY ON THAT #quickly realized just how wrong it was and has spent decades fighting to prove his younger self was an idiot and wrong #so very very wrong #so not only is the person basing things on a study over 50 years old #it's >50 year old study that the researcher *who wrote it* says is wrong and not to trust or cite it as supporting evidence #he also unintentionally wrote what would be the foundation for the omegaverse #imagine writing a study as a fresh-faced grad student only for there to be a popular bdsm porn genre based on it decades later

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Honestly it's refreshing and much needed what with everything and everyone saying to get ahead, you need to drink coffee, take stimulants, and sleep as little as possible.

Like, putting in overtime to work 80+ hours a week is applauded. Medical students are expected to work for upwards of 24 hours. If you don't have a side hustle or two, you're slacking even if you have a full time job. Schools sleep deprive kids and adults tell them (said kids) it's to get them used to the "real world".

And so on and so forth.

I've heard so many people say that working from home lets them get enough sleep, eat proper meals, and be far more productive than they were when they had to commute back and forth from an office because of that.

But capitalism pushes people to never get enough sleep or never eat properly and, depending on your field if you work, you may very well be told that doing either will hold you back or that it's a sign you "aren't really committed". Hell, one of the big messages right now that's being pushed by companies is that if you can't afford food and rent to just skip a meal or two because your wage won't be increased since that would cut into c-suite bonuses and think of the poor landlords if they couldn't keep increasing rent.

Laios doesn't say he's stronger or more skilled than Shuro, just that he actually eats and sleeps and, because of that, he's stronger and has more mental energy compared to the sleep-deprived Shuro who only ate nutrition pellets long after he first got hungry.

It's just one thing so won't change decades of valorizing the opposite but it's still something. Something some people need to hear and, for whatever reason, it coming from a fictional character has more impact than being told it by friends or family, and something that may plant the seed of doubting hustle culture and questioning why working yourself to an early grave is considered a positive.

Laios saying he's stronger and better organized than Shuro because he eats 3 meals every day and sleeps properly is probably one of the most encouraging things a fictional character has ever said to me

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LMAO THE "WOAH HEY" FROM MARCILLE HAPPY LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK

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You know, maybe the UN would be have a bit more of a bite if one country couldn't veto everyone else. Bureaucracy and everything aside, it's kind of hard to get anything done when a group of people want to do one thing but one (1) person goes "lol no" and everyone else is forced to scrap what they wanted to do.

#also being allowed to vote on things it's directly involved with while also having blanket veto power to force things their way #it's almost like there's a word for that kind of power structure

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Shuro: You used black magic to bring back Falin, are you stupid?!

Laios: hey what the fuck is your problem man?

Senshi:

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i think ultimately the core of what irritates me about the t swift craze is that she’s constantly getting props for things that … literally aren’t true. people act like she’s self made, she is not. people act like she’s a social activist, she is not. people act like she’s constantly going to great lengths to uplift other women, she is not. like if people were just like yeah i love her music :) then okay! but it’s the constanttttt applause and praise and worshipping for things that are just patently false that really makes me feel insane

#plus all the people who put words into her mouth #to the point there's very little difference between her fans and trump supporters #less dangerous rhetoric but still deranged and using their 'headcanon' and conspiracies as fact #even when there's a mountain of proof and words from the horse's mouth to say otherwise

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lmaooo

#from what i've heard the fix is just a rivet because slippage of the cheap cover on the cheap pedal is what causes it to get stuck #because there's also a gap in the interior at the exact level for the cover to get wedged into #so it's not even some mechanical (or software) flaw #it's just bad design and going with the cheapest and fastest build #like this wouldn't even be an issue if not for the gap or if the pedal was a single piece #the covering could still come loose or fall off but if the gap wasn't there it wouldn't risk getting stuck down

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The anti-car culture on this website is so fucking annoying. Like, sorry I want to be able to get around without having to spend two hours taking three buses. Sorry I want to be able to go grocery shopping in the winter without having to lug heavy bags home through the snow on a fucking bike

#i have heard so many more complaints and rants about car culture from drivers than anyone else #it's just not thought to be about the car-centric design of north american society #and is just griping about the 'realities' of owning a car

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Replacing physical buttons and controls with touchscreens also means removing accessibility features. Physical buttons can be textured or have Braille and can be located by touch and don't need to be pressed with a bare finger. Touchscreens usually require precise taps and hand-eye coordination for the same task.

Many point-of-sale machines now are essentially just a smartphone with a card reader attached and the interface. The control layout can change at a moment's notice and there are no physical boundaries between buttons. With a keypad-style machine, the buttons are always in the same place and can be located by touch, especially since the middle button has a raised ridge on it.

Buttons can also be located by touch without activating them, which enables a "locate then press" style of interaction which is not possible on touchscreens, where even light touches will register as presses and the buttons must be located visually rather than by touch.

When elevator or door controls are replaced by touch screens, will existing accessibility features be preserved, or will some people no longer be able to use those controls?

Who is allowed to control the physical world, and who is making that decision?

#love it when the keypad layout is different *and* doesn't have letters #if you go by letters you're kinda fucked and it gets stressful as hell if the place is also busy #i also don't trust the wireless ones because there's no way for me to tell if it's secure or if someone is 'listening in' #also touch screens break more easily and cost a hell of a lot more to repair than analogue devices #the op mentions braille but there's also the issue of lack of tactile feedback plus the delicate nature of touch screens #where if someone doesn't have full control or feeling or mobility in a finger the touchscreens are harder and more dangerous to use #also can't use them when wearing gloves #and using another body part or a physical aid (eg holding a pen in your mouth) also don't work #some also don't play a sound when you input a number so there's zero feedback since the 'buttons' also don't give feedback #not as pressing an issue as other things but it still sucks #not everyone can split their attention so focusing 100% on the keypad means shutting out everything and everyone else

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Technophobes need to apologise for "just put it in plain English you stupid machine!" because, well for one the decline in accurate error messages in favour of simplicity has contributed to the rise of tech illiteracy, but also because now whenever an "app" has a net connection error it will pop up a box saying something like "oo ooopsie! Your super duper feed went poo poo. We'll try again soon!" which having said to me by a corporation is about 8 million times worse than having to hear the word "network".

#or when they only give you a code and half the time you can't check because the page throws errors #the other half being a list of vague-ish things so the error message just gives you the zipcode #this also applies to appliances too though #sure sometimes there isn't a way to give the exact error so led/beep codes are used instead #but having just dealt with a washer that decided to bug out and refuse to do anything #i can safely say it was a youtube video by a random guy that helped #because the tech manual wasn't on the website #and even then it didn't explain things while also assuming you knew how to get the code #but back to things with screens it would be s compromise if there was the cutesy error message #but the option to expand and see the details #since it can be rather important to know if it was the software or hardware that caused it #though i suspect it's a way to cover up the impact of firing senior/experienced staff #and the over reliance on compnents to deal with buggy code and piss poor optimization #plus tech companies treating qa horribly and that's the first department hit if cuts are called for #the error codes are generic because they only have a vague idea what went wrong #and the department which should have found it and demanded documentation #was ignored if not almost fully fired #because programmers see qa as an enemy and execs see qa as the source for delays #also if you don't tell someone what's wrong you can charge them again of they come to you #which they may very well do if anyone but someone affiliated with you will void their warrenty

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on the one hand, extremely funny to get told “get help” by a fortune cookie, on the other, i can’t believe betterhelp has breached influencers and podcasters and started getting fortune cookies to shill for them

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The Fallout show is pretty fun so far. I still have 3 episodes to go. Everytime Lucy said "Okey dokey", this was all I could picture.

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I do so love that when trying to find a proper frozen vegetable medley, damn near everything has bell peppers, potatoes, or tomatoes in it. I'm willing to settle if there's one thing I don't like since I can just pick that one out, but I can't do that with something I'm allergic to.

It's not a taste or texture thing, it's a "this could send me to the hospital" thing.