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gerryflap

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  • We did it!

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  • It's still a thing here in the Netherlands. You can even download the Teletext app and browse the news that way on your phone. Some people like it because it drops all the bullshit and just gives you the news. No ads, no long essays, just short summaries of the most important information.

    It looks like this:

  • A careful balancing act

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  • This explains why most pillows are way too flat for me. Relatively broad shoulders and a firm bed. I have a pile of pillows that are just too low/flat.

  • I have yet to see a microwave with correct time

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  • True. My microwave drifts quite excessively. However it can give a reliable time together with the oven. The oven was designed by some crazy ppl and thus it's almost impossible to change the time. It's usually correct with the minutes and doesn't seem to drift, but for half of the year it's wrong because of daylight saving. Combined with the microwave that is probably like 5-20 minutes ahead but at least close tot he right hour you can get a good sense of the actual time.

  • What's something about Microsoft Outlook that drives you crazy?

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  • Honestly what doesn't annoy me? The list is pretty short. I've never used Outlook before my work, I'm used to Gmail. Outlook feels remarkably shit for something so commonly used. Microsoft ia horrible at UI design imo. I can never find what I need and things that are supposed to be simple are somehow very convoluted.

  • What is “cheese” called in your language?

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  • Finnish? I had something called leipa juusto in Finland and it was a very interesting experience

  • Purple Rule

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  • As an asexual I'm willing to share purple with any other cool people. Keep loving purple :3

  • Of course you had to have a binder to store them

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  • I'm still looking for my childhood CDs/DVDs that somehow got lost in my parents' binders and are now possibly lost to time. I love keeping them in the case so I can admire the album art and possibly the booklet before listening

  • Prime real estate

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  • Yeah as long as they stay outside of the restricted areas (near bed or chairs) they get to stay. There's a spider in my bedroom that's been there for months in the same spot. Right next to the balcony door.

  • adhd

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  • My logical brain vs the part of the brain that's actually in charge. I wish the logical part of the brain won more often

  • will document for sex

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  • As an asexual person this anology is very confusing

  • Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit

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  • Possible, but at least in my experience most normal people know 1/3rd and understand what it means, but if I'd throw a "point three repeating" at them they'd probably get confused. Fractions are just a tool to communicate stuff more efficiently, good in some scenarios, confusing in others. It would be cool if we could teach everyone the "repeating" syntax as well because it's another useful tool.

  • Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit

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  • I'm also Dutch so I don't have the answers about the imperial system haha

  • Which one are you?

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  • Pls don't attack me like this :3

  • Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit

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  • In many cases that's fine, I've done so regularly. But when you want to be precise without making it complicated you can just say the fraction as well. But in order to do that you need people to feel comfortable with it, therefore we need to teach kids this from a young age. I'm not saying we always need them, but they're definitely very useful tools that you want at the ready when you need them. To make quick calculations in your head it's often way simpler to use the fraction than the real number. And in cases like 1/3rd or 3/7ths it's a way simpler, accurate and more efficient way to communicate the number than to name the rounded number.

  • Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit

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  • Imo fractions are way more simple in many cases than decimal numbers. Saying 1/3rd is way more useful than hitting someone with the 0.33333333333333.... Quick mental computations with fractions are also simpler in this case. Though this question (and questions like it) seem useless to me indeed.

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    Roommate refuses to use my body wash cause it's not "manly"

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  • I'm gonna fight to make sure that moment never comes. Though I seem to have been blessed anyway, I'm in my 30s and my hair hasn't really disappeared much at all.

  • Why do some people say "I wouldn't want a government to dictate what I eat"? This would mean they'd be against food safety regulations, would it not? Context was the idea of a government banning meat

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  • There's a big difference between food safety and not eating meat. One is about companies putting dangerous stuff in food that can potentially harm people, the other is about something which humans have been eating ever since they existed. I understand that there are some arguments to be given about why we shouldn't eat meat, but those are definitely not as widely supported as disallowing the companies to inject "poison" into our food. In my opinion banning meat definitely would go way too far, the cost of banning meat far exceeds the benefits for public wellbeing.

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  • Why have black history month or black lives matter, don't all lives matter? Why have feminism, don't all genders matter? Why aren't cishets included in pride, can't they be proud?!

    These things exist to call out specific issues that exist for specific groups. Other groups might experience the same problem, but that doesn't matter. This is for men and their specific issues. As a man we're always told to just suck it up and keep going. To be strong. It was way tools late that I realized that I was allowed to seek help and feel emotions.

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    Roommate refuses to use my body wash cause it's not "manly"

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  • Damn what a crybaby. I've recently discovered that "non-manly" products tend to be better anyways. I don't want my hair to smell like chemicals, I want it to smell like roses or mango. I want my skin and hair to be soft. And I generally don't need 5-in-1 shower products

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    If all meat was banned except for insects, would you eat insects?

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  • I'm actually kinda interested in eating insects already. I'd definitely try it if I got the option to cheaply and conveniently do so. Insects sound disgusting, but honestly eating a dead pig doesn't exactly sound that great either of you think about it. And I feel way less remorse for eating insects than larger animals.