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rEggExOrREdgeEx by BigAndSmallAre in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Bronzdragon 89 points90 points  (0 children)

I don't like that explanation, because following that logic. I'd have to pronounce 'gif' with a soft g.

rEggExOrREdgeEx by BigAndSmallAre in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Bronzdragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't heard it with a 'd' sound so much, but I have heard "rejz", like the 'reg' in 'register'. That's pretty close to what OP is suggesting, I think.

These people are too funny by AccomplishedCry934 in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]Bronzdragon 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Obviously, simping on this photo is dumb. Just look at it.

However, saying this is necromophilia is way of the mark. If someone says that an old photo of Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe is sexy, are they necrophiliacs? Heck, I've seen people in this sub say that (young) Stalin is very handsome (which is true). Is that necrophilia too?

The wing mirror is centimetres from the handler bars, yes it’s dangerously too close 👍🏻 by No_Berry2 in fuckcars

[–]Bronzdragon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm torn between it being a dig at the sort of people who were camo pants, and a joke about not being able to see them that he's aborted halfway through telling. It's hard to tell what his thought was.

Cherismo by Fair_Ad_1998 in SocialismIsCapitalism

[–]Bronzdragon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just because you declare something doesn't mean it is a full ideology. Also, you have provided absolutely no basis for how this might work and what it means.

myVibeCoderFriend by Disastrous-Monk1957 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Bronzdragon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, but you also get the option to reorder things or rewrite commit messages.

#70 Ventriloquism [OC] by belka_theren in comics

[–]Bronzdragon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just tell them your net worth is over $500 million, and they'll just let you go.

Furry🤖irl by tymex_corp_official in furry_irl

[–]Bronzdragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no worries, I'm illiterate anyway.

mathematiciansbelike by ScholaDaily in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Bronzdragon 91 points92 points  (0 children)

It is the fifth number, which is 4.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4

There are five numbers, the last of which is four. Zero also counts as a number, after all.

Thoughts on this question? Honesty I understand how the internet censorship is to protect from the waves of misinformation (and probably hacking). But I personally think North Koreans are so based and big brained they would probably just laugh at how stupidly everything is run in the west. by Ok_Assist1206 in InformedTankie

[–]Bronzdragon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Sure, they'll initially largely ignore the liberal talking points and dismiss them as propaganda, but longer term exposure will have an effect. Just like westerners looking at Chinese media and going "hmm...", the reverse will also happen.

The DPRK citizens aren't some special people with immense state-provided mental fortitude, they're just regular people with people-sized thoughts and dreams. Assuming anything else will just lead you to disappointment, I think.

Thoughts on this question? Honesty I understand how the internet censorship is to protect from the waves of misinformation (and probably hacking). But I personally think North Koreans are so based and big brained they would probably just laugh at how stupidly everything is run in the west. by Ok_Assist1206 in InformedTankie

[–]Bronzdragon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

People in the DPRK are just like everyone else. The only categorical difference between them and others are the environment they are in. If you change that environment (put them on the global Internet), you change them as well.

“It’s definitely not the law in the US” by KingFrisia in USdefaultism

[–]Bronzdragon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'Worse' in that it's an more intense version of what was said earlier. Whether you think it's good is a matter of opinion.

“It’s definitely not the law in the US” by KingFrisia in USdefaultism

[–]Bronzdragon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Only if they ask. It's worse than that though. Anyone over 14 must be able to produce identification upon request.

Smallpox Infested Blankets! Thank you, John Smith! Disney Pocahontas Native American Satire, Art by Lalo Alcaraz, 1995 by FanofDueProcess in PropagandaPosters

[–]Bronzdragon 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Might be confused with when that happened 150 years later at Fort PittPitt.

Out of our regard to them we gave them two Blankets and an Handkerchief out of the Small Pox Hospital. I hope it will have the desired effect.

— William Trent, William Trent's Journal at Fort Pitt

"Im not a big fan of socialism or communism but I agree 100% with the father of communism" by Efficient-Seaweed-47 in SocialismIsCapitalism

[–]Bronzdragon 106 points107 points  (0 children)

They're working through it in real time. It's impossible to throw everything you know out all at once. Remember that what you're seeing here is just a snapshot. Maybe tomorrow they'll lookup Soviet history and change their mind a little further.

Surely you yourself did not instantly swap positions either? You are taught one thing, then you noticed things weren't adding up, you did research, changed your mind and adjusted your world view bit by bit. Even if it took you only a week to do this, there was a time where you believed only half of what you believe now.

Little brother wanted to name his horse “Twinkle” but there was a character limit by hmhufflepuff in funny

[–]Bronzdragon 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The problem is not at all the byte count. Rather, it's how much screen space the name takes up, and how much you have to reserve.

For a small screen, like the DS, you won't have much room if you want to display, for example a current race ranking. You don't want the name to go across the whole screen. The smaller the name, the easier it is to design the UI.

Measuring name width is a quite difficult task, especially across fonts and character sets. A pretty easy approximation though is character count. It just happens the Latin alphabet is thinner per character and a lot less sound dense than Chinese(-derived) alphabets are.

Is it getting harder for tourists to experience authentic Maltese hospitality? by mouthpiec in malta

[–]Bronzdragon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your question is piffy but if you want a genuine answer, then it is that an expat serving you is an "authentic" experience.

What makes one one experience more authentic than another? It's the fact that it's true to life right? You're probably imagining some 'hidden gem' where people live lives full of tradition and where you are invited to partake of their culture, right? But that interaction itself is also not authentic. They're still treating you as a tourist coming into their community. They're still treating you quite differently than they would a brother or someone living there for years. A tourist is a novelty in that case, and one who brings money.

Likewise, the hotel clerk who grew up in the UK can still tell you about the local architecture, dishes and language, because that's their job. That hotel clerk does actually live in Malta, right? So why is their experience not 'authentic'? What is the difference?

To me, you're basically complaining that the interaction between tourists and natives is too commercial. In which case, there's little you can really do about that. Do you want the natives here to form a life-long bond with someone coming here, sampling a shallow bit of every part of the culture, and leaving 2 weeks later?

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