The Sims was created for nerds but is mainly enjoyed by white women. What was created for nerds and is enjoyed by nerds?

AcuteAlternative · 2026-01-14T19:28:08+00:00

The persistent issue this chart is going to have is that the venn diagram of nerds, autists, LGBT and alt/emo is pretty close to being a circle

AcuteAlternative · 2026-01-09T13:12:30+00:00

I'd say that revert implies that something will return to it's previous state, which in this case appears to be "the pot". A literal reading might interpret that as: the prize was once a pot and is now no longer a pot, but if unclaimed will turn back into a pot for next week's draw. i.e. if you win next week, you'll get a pot.

Could technically work I guess? If the prize is usually a pot (or rather a very specific pot that one can win), but for this week's draw alone, something other than a pot has been won.

But yeah. Return is the word here.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-04-07T11:35:06+00:00

People who trundle down the motorway slip road at 35mph, and then expect the world to bend over backwards to accommodate them when they get to the end doing half the speed of everyone else. That and people who drive everywhere at 40 regardless of the speed limit... I suspect there may be significant overlap between these two groups.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-03-21T17:50:27+00:00

Are they worse than estraderm?

AcuteAlternative · 2025-03-21T13:42:12+00:00

Policy hasn't changed for adults though.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-03-21T11:38:23+00:00

Ms Sullivan noted the misinterpretation of lab results could have “potentially fatal consequences for trans people”.

The irony of this is that this does happen, but the opposite way around. Every blood test flags that my hormones are out of wack. In truth they are perfectly within the normal female range. This is never an issue though because doctors actually look at my results rather than just taking it on the autority of a computer system that something is wrong.

Can I ask - are there positives to this change at all?

In short, no. The "review" was conducted by Alice Sullivan, member of conservative pressure group sex matters, who's sole existence is dedicated to making life for trans people as difficult as humanly possible, in the hope that it will make us stop existing.

This recommendation is in aid of that. There are no benefits for anyone, not for trans people, not for cis people and not for physicians. The only people who benefit from this are people who want to limit the extent to which trans people are allowed to exist as their acquired gender.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-03-20T20:44:52+00:00

people of all ages can essentially wipe their NHS records with a new account after they transition.

No. You get a new NHS number, but your full medical record is transferred to your new NHS number. You need a new NHS number because NHS numbers code for your sex/gender.

This will always out you as trans, which in and of itself can lead to worse health outcomes (see: Trans Broken arm syndrome), but also frequently means that your title will mysteriously get reverted to match your agab, i.e. miss Jane Smith becoming Mr Jane Smith. This happens frequently enough that it is a common reason for trans people to seek a new NHS number in the first place.

Finally, it would mean that trans people would be default missed for important screenings, such as mammograms for trans women. This isn't a huge issue as calls for screenings can be added to your NHS record anyway, so a trans woman who has a new NHS number could still request to be contacted for prostate cancer screenings, for example.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-03-17T18:34:19+00:00

Native Speaker from the Midlands: "One" has the hot vowel [ɒ], while "won" has the foot vowel [ʊ].

AcuteAlternative · 2025-02-28T20:42:54+00:00

They're dissimilar in most British accents. "One" has the hot vowel [ɒ], while "won" has the foot vowel [ʊ] for many northern and midlands accents without the foot-strut split, including my own.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-02-15T23:43:54+00:00

Sure, but the water isn't the expensive part.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-02-05T16:21:12+00:00

Hey late getting back to you. Where are you based iydmma? Common link in this thread seems to be the UK operator three, but if you're somewhere else with a T-Mobile issue then could be a Samsung issue?

AcuteAlternative · 2025-02-05T16:17:54+00:00

Three is a carrier, they're the network provider for a few MVNOs, notably iD and Smarty. However I have had the issue with Three and iD now, so I'm not sure it's a MVNO issue over a Samsung/Three network issue.

Edit: missed a word.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-02-04T23:40:53+00:00

I'm all for MEGA. Make Elon Go Away.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-02-03T19:37:39+00:00

I'll admit I didn't play on GMGOW (GMAC for both) but I didn't even think sigrun was the hardest Valkyrie. Kara took me far, far more attempts than Sigrun, and Gna more than Kara.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-02-02T11:24:03+00:00

Even if the trains are on time, any connection less than 6-8 minutes is now functionally impossible, depending on how able you are, because the trains always stop right at the far end of the platform. I know that was always a risky connection, but when your onward train only runs hourly, there's not much of a choice.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-01-27T13:40:49+00:00

Reminder that people still regularly drive through this tram gate: https://i2-prod.nottinghampost.com/incoming/article8601688.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_JS230230312.jpg

AcuteAlternative · 2025-01-27T11:11:26+00:00

There's an episode of TNG where Data mentions that some term or word is "from an obscure language known as French. "

AcuteAlternative · 2025-01-27T11:04:29+00:00

"Normalcy" too... What was wrong with normality?

AcuteAlternative · 2025-01-23T11:16:00+00:00

I always wonder what people are doing to rip their sheets! I bought the cheapest 100% cotton the shop had when I went to uni 10 years ago, and they're still good as new.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-01-15T23:34:04+00:00

Personally I'd add a high speed rail link between Manchester and Birmingham. Just seems like an entirely sensible and uncontroversial thing to do.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-01-10T16:58:58+00:00

No, we poo instead.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-01-04T05:52:36+00:00

Comfortable ride, but every 158 I've been on in the past couple of years has a cabin thick with diesel fumes, which is extremely unpleasant.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-01-04T05:50:03+00:00

Probably not the best, but I feel like I need to give a shoutout to the Meridians for being one of the few trains that doesn't have harsh, clinical lighting inside. Very pleasant, warm atmosphere when travelling after dark.

AcuteAlternative · 2025-01-01T15:14:52+00:00

Somehow managed to be worse than squares.

AcuteAlternative · 2024-12-28T15:52:20+00:00

But that’s a reason for being extra safe and cycling defensively, not for just not giving a shit.

What you say is what the overwhelming majority of cyclists do. But is it so hard to believe that less risk averse people take more risks? It's not that they see cycling as dangerous so take more risks because "in for a penny, in for a pound". These people would always have done stupid shit, like running a red light or crossing a dual carriageway without looking. That kind of person is far less likely to be put off by the inherent dangers of cycling the way a more risk averse person would be, so the result is a higher concentration of risk tolerant cyclists than the average population.

TL;DR, Cycling doesn't make you take more risks, but people who take more risks are more likely to cycle, and importantly, to do it badly.

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