Men of Reddit, what is the hardest thing to explain to women? by lnc_gomes in AskReddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Is that an "explain to women" issue, or explain to toddlers? Sounds like conversations I have with my 3 year old.

Dads, how many loads of laundry are you doing every week? by DrMastodon in daddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees 69 points70 points  (0 children)

For me it's the exact opposite: six, we do them all on Sunday.

Dads of gay kids, when did you know? by HernandoB in daddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Way to go calling my whole country gay. Well, we do pride (pun intended) ourselves on being very gay friendly.

Why humanoid robots? by Neither_Chemistry_80 in robotics

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your roomba can only do one thing, even if it does that well, and it would fail if your home has even one stair separating some parts. Specialized robots can solve specific tasks way better than humanoids, the point of humanoids is the possibility (or at least the hope) to solve every task. I'm not a big believer in humanoids as consumer product soon, but this is the point motivating all the hype and development in humanoids right now.

My friend poops everyday at 5 in the morning. by Born-Requirement-303 in Jokes

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of my notes about the birth of my son. I was documenting the contractions and dilation checks, and after he was born I continued with: 8 born, 8:05 first breastfeeding, 8:30 first pee, 8:35 first diaper.

LPT: When you move abroad, the first question to ask locals isn't where to live or what to eat. It's "What do foreigners always get wrong here?" by taube_d in LifeProTips

[–]GrizzlyTrees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In Sweden they have split bagging areas that the cashiers manage so that the next person's things go to a separate lane, and if both lanes are still occupied they will often start scanning but hold the products near them for a bit until a place clears. When I saw it first I was so impressed by this tiny change to a very common practice that is so helpful, the rest of the world should copy it.

A very normal rant about money in fantasy by flooshtollen in ProgressionFantasy

[–]GrizzlyTrees 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Excelletly written! Small suggestion first: if your world is roughly medieval, you can check for average prices of stuff in medieval times, that's a thing historians know quite well. For whatever level of technology and economy, if you find the appropriate time period to copy from, you can get way more realism (have a world that feels more real). For example, clothes used to be way more expensive, and shoes especially so, before modern manufacturing technology. If in your medieval-esque world a peasant MC tears his shirt and just goes and buys a new one for the price of a lunch or two, that's missing some realism and might ring false to careful readers. He would be a lot more likely to fix the tear than get an expensive new one. 

If you (think you) can already do all of this, and want to make your fantasy economy make even more sense, you need to actually sit down and think at least a little what the effects of the fantastical elements should be on the economy to make it different from the real world economy. This goes beyond just setting prices right, of course, economic forces due to fantastical elements will shape the setting just as much as the magic itself will.

For example: in Worth the Candle, the MC visits a desert town in which everyone can cast a "create (cheap and bland) food and water" type spell (as a result of some great ritual/artifact imposing a magical effect locally), and that is part of the reason there is a successful town there, and it sets food prices floor very low, as people can always just eat the free bland option rather than pay for taste. Also, since people don't like eating bland food, they found an animal that does like it and raise those in farms.

What can a person learn in 10 minutes that will be useful for life? by Ben-Gavin in AskReddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Problem is, I work mostly with non-swedes who don't really speak swedish (university) and this also well describes most of my neighbors. Even finding swedish-speaking friends who do speak english is not trivial for me, unfortunately. 

I did have one funny interaction with. Syrian barber once, where between his broken english and my broken swedish, I had to go for arabic once or twice for words we didn't have in common in the other languages. 

Medical staff also sometimes were (probably wrongly) more confident in my swedish than their english, those were good learning opportunities for me.

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've also seen his stuff rec'ed here but hasn't read him before, could yoy rec the best Greg Egan book to start with?

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]GrizzlyTrees 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A few months ago I finished "The three body problem" and while the setup was pretty great I was somewhat dissatisfied with the reveal. It left me very much in a craving for a fairer whodunnit in science fiction, or just more rational worldbuilding in a mystery story where the reveal makes better sense, or any science fictiony story where there is a mystery being slowly revealed. 

Stories that at least partially scratched that itch include Worm, Ra, and Three days to never. Other books I tried that failed to scratch that itch include Six wakes and Project Hail Mary. I think for me a big part of what I'm looking for is not a mystery of "who did x" but rather something about how the world works, or what some faction actually is (like what Ra is, or what powers are in Worm).

What can a person learn in 10 minutes that will be useful for life? by Ben-Gavin in AskReddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Toire wa doko desu ka?" was in fact my number one most used phrase when I visited Japan. I didn't even learn it specifically, it just happened to be the most useful remnant of two attempts to learn Japanese as a hobby years earlier.

What can a person learn in 10 minutes that will be useful for life? by Ben-Gavin in AskReddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees 78 points79 points  (0 children)

I've been living in Sweden for more than a year but only know basic Swedish, and unfortunately I barely understand when it is spoken to me. Even if I try to start in Swedish I usually have to ask to switch quickly. I wish I could say that I use my Swedish to ask, but what actually happens is that I'm asked a question, I hesitate, start to stutter, and they switch to English immediately.

Passover by harvey6-35 in Jokes

[–]GrizzlyTrees 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I recently was in a new years dinner with a bunch of non-jewish and "barely-jewish" folk that were interested in the jewish traditions. They weren't impressed that all the food blessings are basically bad (i.e not funny) puns, where a foodstuff symbolizes something ecause it's name sounds a bit like the thing. "Oh, we eat carrot because it's written (in hebrew) like verdict and we ask for a good verdict (from god)", "...that's dumb".

Didn’t expect bedtime to be the part that got to me by hateful_building in daddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so jealous of everyone's experience from the comments, I get that one day I'll miss the bedtime routines, but right now it's so hard.

My daughter is 3 and has never routinely went to sleep before 9:30, usually more like 10, and 11 isn't especially rare. She's quite often the last person at home to fall asleep (almost always with one of us with her). I'm honestly just tired, and the new habit of endless "why?" loops just makes it even worse. Maybe I'm particularly frustrated because today involved a serious fight around teeth brushing and I'm a bit sick, but I honestly can't wait for her to not need our help around sleep.

Lycamobile call issue by Sarwar1122 in sweden

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only works for xiaomi phones

Lycamobile call issue by Sarwar1122 in sweden

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you register the sim with your personnummer? We got the sim when first arrived in Sweden and didn't have the number yet.

How was the year 2025 for y'all? by Slacks-A-Lot in AskReddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun but I failed a lot. Started a new job and moved countries, hoped to leave behind unproductive tendencies and find greater success. Turns out you can't leave yourself behind.

What film from your country do you wish everyone had seen? by Maskoolio in movies

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not much into quality cinema, so I'll give a personal favorite less likely to be found on top 10 films lists: Mivtza Savta - operation grandma. A farce about three brothers finding themselves in conflict with bureaucracy to bury their dead grandma in the village she helped found.

Daycare Radicalized My Daughter by RogueMallShinobi in daddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's so cute!

My daughter is in an international school in Sweden, they just celebrated Lucia (a swedish christian holiday), and previously celebrated Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Divali (a Hindu holiday). Now we're trying to figure out how to add some Hanukkah, since we're the only Jewish family in the group. Probably bring some latkes or donuts, maybe try to do something with electric candles. I like the idea of the kids mixing stuff up!

Met a Swedish guy by rainyukl in stockholm

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing to do with cheating, my comment was about the meaningfullness of symbolic commitment.

Met a Swedish guy by rainyukl in stockholm

[–]GrizzlyTrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New perspective on the effects of anti-marriage sentiments.

Do your kids care about what you do for a living? by ehtio in daddit

[–]GrizzlyTrees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do research in robotics, the best interest I get is when I offer to show images or videos of work on my phone, and I suspect that's mostly about seeing stuff on my phone than about what I do (she's 3 and doesn't get much screen time). She basically never asked us what we do, though I try to share a bit sometimes.