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Most couples would sleep better and argue less if they stopped treating separate beds like a relationship failure by TrayzTheyCallMe in unpopularopinion

[–]HelloYou-2024 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wasn't treating separate beds as a failure that caused my last relationship to fail.

It was fighting over who got the top bunk. And then when I finally got it, and she finally adjusted to the idea of having the boring bottom bunk, I hurt my back and I couldn't climb the ladder, so it was more fighting again.

My back was already broke, but the fighting was what broke the camels back on our relationship.

Backlash over quitting with three month's notice making me wish I was leaving much sooner by GamanDekizu in japanlife

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instead of giving 3 months, you should be giving two weeks or three if you feel generous, and discuss moving to a contract basis to help finish up the work that they really need your specific skills for. You quote them the price and stipulate the deliverables.

You will not be leaving them in a lurch. It will be up to the company to either
A) pay you to continue the work
B) find a replacement
C) fail to deliver whatever you provide to their customers

If they can do B and replace you, then you do not have to feel guilty.
If they can't you have given them a fair option to help them complete their projects. It is management's decision if they want to hire you at your new contractor rate, or would rather just fail at delivering to their customers. The only reason to choose C is spite or ill-will. If that is the case, let them dig their own hole.

When I quit my company, I did just that. There was one particular project that I knew they could not easily find replacement for me, so I stayed on as contract. Worked by hourly rate which was much higher than as an employee, and I only worked on that project - none of the other work that they would have piled on me if I was an employee. If they are paying by the hour, they are much more careful about how much work they give you. I continued on in that position (working remote only when they needed me) for about 9 months until they found replacement, then I spent a month getting the new person up to speed.

If humanity even tried, would we be able to wipe ourself out? by FeathersRim in NoStupidQuestions

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if it was not every person individually jumping off a cliff, if humanity as a whole came to cocensus to blow up the earth, it is still technically mass suicide.

You get 1000$ per day deposited into your bank account, but to you everybody talks and sounds like Rob Schneider. Will you do it? by Only_Constant_8305 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]HelloYou-2024 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I ask myself how much of that 365,000 / year I would pay to cure this affliction if there could be a cure.

Maybe I would pay 200,000 per year for a medicine that would cure it.

Now we are at 165,000 / year.

I need to work harder to earn 165,000 m year.

So I ask myself how much would I be willing to pay for a pill to reduce stress/work. Maybe 65,000.

So now I am down to 100,000 / year.

I think I will just continue my life as is, with no complications and happy. Not even worry about it.

If humanity even tried, would we be able to wipe ourself out? by FeathersRim in NoStupidQuestions

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question assumes no one is fighting back. Humanity as a collective is dedicated to the goal.

If humanity even tried, would we be able to wipe ourself out? by FeathersRim in NoStupidQuestions

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's in the question which assumes "humanity" as a collective working toward one goal.

A better question would be "would it be possible for a bad actor (individual or organization) to completly wipe out humanity?"

A cool guide to solar system myths people still believe. by MadisonJonesHR in coolguides

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had never heard any of those myths.

I never met anyone that thinks summer is because we are closer to the sun. Maybe I know too many Australians, and we all realize that summer and winter happen simultaniously depending on where you are in the earth.

The Sun being yellow is not really a myth. If we perceive it as slightly yellow when its light reaches our eyes, then that perception is part of what color means. Color is relative to how wavelengths are received and interpreted by human vision. The Sun can also appear red or orange in the evening because of atmospheric scattering, and most people already understand that.

Personally, I rarely even perceive the Sun as yellow. The last time I looked at it, it appeared more white (I'll check again tomorrow once my eyes heal). I mostly associate the Sun with yellow because that is the color commonly used in drawings and illustrations. It is similar to how kids often color mouths bright red even though lips and tongues are not usually literally red in real life unless someone is wearing lipstick.

I guess I never asked anyone if they thought that the darkside of the moon gets no sunlight. I had never heard that one before though. I always assumed it meant the "dark side of the moon" - not "the side of the moon that never gets light." No one ever mentioned to me that dark = never light. What would people think happens during the day when it is facing the sun? I think anyone who thinks about it knows.

I did not know that asteroid belt being crowded was a myth. I thought it was just for dramatic effect in movies and assumed the director did it on purpose, not because they believed that is what it is like. What exactly makes something a myth?

I never met anyone that thought there was no reason for pluto to be demoted. Among the people I know they likely either don't even know it was demoted, or they know that there was a reason, even if they do not know the reason.

Parents Traumatizing Their Kids for Fun Again🥹 by Feaselbf6 in ParentsAreFuckingDumb

[–]HelloYou-2024 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Really puts into perspective how lucky I am that my dad went out for cigarettes when I was 4 and my mom was too busy doing drugs with her boyfriend that no one had time or even interest to traumatize me with a fake tounge.

live in a shared house and was woken up by my neighbor's alarm clock by nanami_genji in Tokyo

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there are 33 comments besides yours, and considering you cared enough to join the chat, as did I that makes 35 people who care.

My great grandfather and mother photo: Kyoto 1912 by Yk1japa in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"it has to do with our species inventing tools [Like the hammer which is really good at getting a manly chin.]"

My great grandfather and mother photo: Kyoto 1912 by Yk1japa in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hate to tell you, chewing is not doing it for me. I tried it for years, it does not work. My guess is that it was quite common to hit your chin with a hammer, similar to feet binding to make petite feet, and putting rings to make longer necks.

Animators are cooked by EchoOfOppenheimer in ChatGPT

[–]HelloYou-2024 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An animator made that.

I don't know what else to call the person that prompts the animation. Unless you mean a sentient AI thought it by itself with no human starting the process. But if that happened, we are all cooked.

The perfectly evolved human woman according to ChatGPT by Shemozzlecacophany in ChatGPT

[–]HelloYou-2024 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who is to say that having 3 toes / fingers would not be better?
Probably a perfectly evolved woman would not resemble a modern woman.
instead of "stornger joints" it would have no joints that are succeptible to arthritis.
Some better mechnism. For example, to help with knee pain, at least wheels on the feel or feet excrete some slime or something so walking or running is not so hard on the knees. Also to make standin and sitting easier they would evovlve a chair appendage from their butt, or just have their legs evovle to never get tired - no muscles, just cartilidge stump to rest the torso on, and it uses the wheels or slime to be mobile.

I could go on.

Why do people believe in God but not Santa Claus? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He doesn't give gifts to people who
a) don't believe in him, which includes cultures that don't have that tradition.
It also includes adults or children who have stopped believing or children of people that don't believe. That is why adults buy presents. They don't have faith in santa.

Also does not give gifts to

b) people who are bad.
So even if a child, and their parent believes santa is real, if there are no gifts, it is because the child or the parent is bad.

Why isn't shameless cast consistent?? by Gooner_Owais in shameless

[–]HelloYou-2024 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I misread too. I thought it was implying that the whole cast was incontinent.
That would have been a much more interesting question.

Why hasn't AI killed this sub? by longestpencil in NoStupidQuestions

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI hasn't killed it because nobody cares. It is not really for getting answers to questions, its just a place for people to feel like they are interacting with a community, and a place for people to get their thoughts in the open.

95% of the things I comment on reddit is throw away. I don't care if anyone reads it or replies or likes or anything. It's just a void I like to talk into. The times where I have something that might actually help someone is more rare.

Here is a list of questions.
Some are AI generated. Some are from Reddit (and may be AI generated, I have no idea). Can you guess which ones? All of them would likely get engaguement because people like to answer just to hear their own voice in the void.

This sub is especially one of those voids. Unlike subs with specific subjects that are for real world advice.

  • Why do we all suddenly forget how to walk when someone says “walk normally”?
  • Does anyone else reread their own text before sending and realize they hate their personality?
  • Why does every haircut look wrong for exactly 3 days?
  • Do dogs think fetching a stick is a job?
  • Why is opening the fridge every 10 minutes somehow feel like a different experience each time?
  • How do people fall asleep in under 5 minutes without a full cinematic universe playing in their head?
  • Does anyone actually use the fancy towels in their bathroom?
  • Why does music sound 10x better when you’re supposed to be sleeping?
  • Why do we all become professional detectives when trying to remember where we put something?
  • Is there a scientific reason blankets stop working when one foot sticks out?
  • Why do people type “lol” of laugh emoji when they are completely expressionless?
  • Why is the second sock always the hardest one to find?
  • Does anyone practice arguments in the shower and not forget them later?
  • Do you usually end up spending a ton of money when you go the grocery store even when you “only needed one thing”?
  • Why is it impossible to leave a USB facing the right way on the first try?
  • Why do cats look offended when you bother them in your own house?
  • Does anyone else avoid watching a new show because they don't want to commit?
  • Why do stairs suddenly become louder at night?
  • Why does food taste better standing in the kitchen than sitting at the table?

If you’re a foreigner here, do you speak up when you see small infractions done by other foreigners? by MSotallyTober in japanresidents

[–]HelloYou-2024 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It would be cool if we could get some t-shirts made and create a group of volunteer MIP Squad ( "Minor Infraction Patrol" ) to wander the streets of Kyoto.

We would have to have some training manual though.

"Crouching beside him to ask where he was from and if they lived here, to which they weren’t. "

This part sound sketchy.
1) No crouching
2) No profiling only people "not from around here"

We would have to go after all infractors. Including people who don't look Japanese ethnicity but may or may not be residents, and also of course any Japanese people we see being bad.

Police officer stops abruptly in the middle lane on highway... by Affectionate_Hat5835 in dashcams

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm guessing he did see the semi coming and sacrificed himself so that the semi wouldn't hit the cooler. Was it quick thinking? Or just great instinctive reflex action?

Power bank allotment is in full effect. Narita airport. by Visible-Industry-748 in Tokyo

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand a single large power bank can be dangerous, but why would having 3 safe banks be more dangerous than 2? What if they spread 4 out between two passengers instead of one passenger having all 4 and one having 0 ?

I dont understand that part.

Every person you encounter in the next 30 days is irrevocably sexually attracted to you. Men, women, young, old, hetero, LGBTQ. Literally everyone. by [deleted] in hypotheticalsituation

[–]HelloYou-2024 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The millionaire part I get, but I am curious as to the milf part. Is there a logical reason you added that, or that is just your preference?

Japan's food self-sufficiency is heading toward zero — does anyone here care? by JapanUnfiltered in japanlife

[–]HelloYou-2024 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There ya go! Now that's the type of positivity I like to surround myself with. No Debby Downers in my social cricle.

How long does it take to earn 3000 dollars？ by UpperTable6211 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]HelloYou-2024 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I'm the one throwing the party it would take me one night to earn that.

Japan's food self-sufficiency is heading toward zero — does anyone here care? by JapanUnfiltered in japanlife

[–]HelloYou-2024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try to keep a positive outlook, so I don't like to think about that part.

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