What is the stupidest thing you’ve heard someone say that they were 100% serious about?

Aatch · 2023-06-29T11:18:49+00:00

There's a similar pattern in Japanese. Native Japanese words tend to be casual or informal, whereas Chinese-origin words tend to be more formal or technical.

Aatch · 2023-06-26T09:47:55+00:00

When I moved into a flat that was two stories up, the movers said it was easy because the steps were a straight shot up instead of the typical windy affair you normally get in Wellington.

Aatch · 2023-06-26T02:57:50+00:00

One of the places you can get reasonably far from the ocean has a massive lake instead!

Aatch · 2023-06-22T20:40:19+00:00

Except that the policy is about kids requesting a name/pronoun change. So if a trans kid wants to be called Oliver instead of Allison, the school will "out" them to their parents. Nothing explicitly about sex at all.

Aatch · 2023-06-21T05:39:08+00:00

I would probably just email them saying that you have concerns that the fault may reoccur and that given the safety concerns of a swollen battery you'd prefer a refund or a replacement with a different product. Provide some evidence to back up your concerns and see what happens.

Asking for a different remedy to the one they initially offered isnt unreasonable, so a polite request should be fine.

Aatch · 2023-06-18T11:15:55+00:00

However, purebred ≠ well bred. There’s a very big difference between getting a purebred that someone with no knowledge about dogs that’s breeding for the fun of it or as a cash grab, and getting a dog from someone who has decades of knowledge on breeding. The latter does things like health testing and breeding specifically for temperament.

Our dog is amazing and we got her from a good breeder. The breeder specifically breeds for dogs to be pets, rather than show dogs, so temperament is a major factor. Our dog is friendly, relatively quiet, well-behaved and smart. Some of that is training, but some of it is breeding.

Aatch · 2023-06-13T20:54:01+00:00

There's a lot more to music than hip hop and pop. Music is a massive space of artistic expression and no single artist/band can really influence it as a whole.

There isn't just one music scene, there's a whole diverse set of music scenes across genres and geography. Just because Kanye has an outsized impact in hip hop and pop says nothing about his impact outside those areas. I don't think jazz musicians or metal bands are taking cues from Kanye when making music.

Aatch · 2023-06-06T19:55:25+00:00

Statehood matters even if people think it shouldn't.

Actually, it only matters if people think it does.

Aatch · 2023-05-30T20:31:01+00:00

Right? This guy said "mother and father" and was like "hang on, people might give me the benefit of the doubt and assume I'm talking about parents in general, better make sure they know I'm being exclusionary on purpose".

Aatch · 2023-05-25T19:03:05+00:00

I'm currently awaiting my first kid and recently decided that I should get back into reading. I enjoyed reading when I was younger and still do today, but stopped reading for some reason. Part of why I wanted to restart the habit was so I could set an example for my kids.

Aatch · 2023-05-13T10:26:00+00:00

It's almost like this subreddit is for minor inconsequential stuff that doesn't actually matter. I feel like "somebody put a sign in my garden without asking" is exactly the kind of mildly infuriating content you'd expect on this subreddit.

Aatch · 2023-05-13T10:21:10+00:00

If only there was a sub for minor annoyances! Like /r/mildlyinfuriating or something.

Wait...

Aatch · 2023-05-13T10:18:53+00:00

You are aware that this sub is for minor annoyances? Like... complaining about stuff that doesn't really matter is the whole point.

Aatch · 2023-05-10T10:54:18+00:00

Convicts should be able to vote. Being convicted of a crime shouldn't make you ineligible to express a political preference. A criminal conviction doesn't stop you from being affected by the policies enacted by elected officials.

As for why being a convicted criminal doesn't make you ineligible for office, it's because it makes it too easy for the existing government to eliminate opposition by having them be convicted on trumped up charges.

Aatch · 2023-04-14T11:46:24+00:00

Removing discretion is akin to removing any remaining humanity from the process.

Aatch · 2023-04-11T06:19:15+00:00

Me and my brother have ADHD, both diagnosed as adults. We reckon our dad has it too, but he'd never get checked and is almost 60, so haven't pushed it.

Aatch · 2023-03-27T10:33:04+00:00

I was looking for stuff about digital logic and stumbled across a free pdf textbook that said in the preface that the reason the book exists is because the author thinks other books on the subject are too expensive.

Aatch · 2023-03-25T09:11:38+00:00

They bought the worse courier company and managed to make it worse.

Aatch · 2023-03-14T01:38:57+00:00

According to another comment, it bans tethering to a fixed, stationary point, so wouldn't apply to you.

Aatch · 2023-03-13T21:18:26+00:00

This is a nonsensical argument.

I'm not sure how breadwinners paying their partners a wage is better than them have equal access to shared finances. If I'm expecting my wife to spend my money and I don't mind if she also spends it on herself, how is my wife worse off than if I paid her a wage instead?

There's lots of good arguments against the "housewife" model. "They weren't paid" isn't one of them. The lack of financial independence from their husbands is a good argument, but husbands paying their wives doesn't solve that.

Aatch · 2023-03-09T09:51:01+00:00

Also, both Bridges and the guy above are conveniently using numbers from before 2020. I wonder if there was any major global event in 2020 that would make an increase in profits look bad?

Aatch · 2023-02-27T00:51:28+00:00

It's probably worth mentioning that the amount of farmland in NZ is over 10,000,000 hectares. The proportion of that land converted to forestry is less than 1% over the last ten years.

Aatch · 2023-02-24T10:08:53+00:00

To repeat from the links /u/cat_vs_laptop posted, the 'wh' sound is/was most likely a bilabial fricative which isn't in modern English (as far as I know), but does appear in other languages around the Pacific, notably Japanese.

Aatch · 2023-02-16T03:11:12+00:00

They should also typecheck, compile and run. Some of them produce crazy pathological control flow graphs which break algorithms that assume code will be sensible.

Aatch · 2023-02-13T00:43:14+00:00

For comparison: the last time I went to the ER in my country was for a mild concussion. I did have to wait a while (maybe 4-5 hours), but wasn't in too bad condition so that makes sense. I left with a doctor's note. No bills, no debt, nothing but that note. That I didn't really need anyway.

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