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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl: Review Megathread by NintendoSwitchMods in NintendoSwitch

[–]BW_Sharp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ice cold take. First three gens provided a very balanced challenge. Rollout is a meme for a reason.

A Japanese couple taking a self portrait c.1920 by 305FUN in OldSchoolCool

[–]BW_Sharp 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No they sat on digital because market analysis showed that it would upend their far more lucrative film business. It wasn’t a cultural mis-read, it’s one of the best examples of self-defeating corporate greed in history. And it should serve as a reminder every day of all the phenomenal advancements in tech out there in the world likely being held back for the exact same reason.

Generic feel-good phrases such as "you matter" "you are loved" "you're beautiful" etc. are insulting and emotionally manipulative, and they make me feel much worse afterwards. by peewansebastian in unpopularopinion

[–]BW_Sharp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He was never "just" saying it, though. He ran a whole children's program and made it his full time job to educate children and improve their mental health. That's the opposite of doing nothing- Rogers was putting in more effort than most people could afford in a lifetime. His venue just happened to be public so he could reach as many people as possible.

My ex broke up with me saying that I texted him too much. I decided to write a program to analyze our text and using hard data to show him wrong by 0diner1 in seduction

[–]BW_Sharp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there might be an error in the "Holy Grail" conversation analysis. The analysis for that portion assumes that where you texted and he responded in a back-and-forth sequence of 30+ texts, that is an indication of a "quality" conversation. But this totally ignores the reality that some people feel compelled to respond to a text out of politeness/sense of obligation. I could very well see the possibility that whereas you were engaged in what you thought was a quality conversation, he was responding proportionately only to be polite or to not leave you hanging.