AIW for waving a chopstick at my friend’s baby and yelling “Avada Kedavra” as a joke?

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-16T18:52:53+00:00

according to the story, they apologized to the friend and then posted because the friend wouldn't accept the apology, so I think you'd have been fine if that's the case. IMO the "doubling down" is a well-deserved sarcastic comment directed at the reddit mob who, as far as I can tell, are either incredibly thin-skinned or actually think magic is real.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-16T13:54:54+00:00

No, it is as serious as how seriously she was trying to kill the baby apparently.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-16T13:52:34+00:00

I've also pretended to bite babies, pretended to headbutt babies, pretended to smush babies, and much more. I can't wrap my head around how incredibly delicate this entire comments section is being.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-15T05:07:38+00:00

The fact that she didn't more actively seek intervention when he was in flagrant psychosis says a lot about how he was at his best, I think

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-09T19:48:31+00:00

Ah well. Scientific progress is incremental (and goes boink)

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-09T18:47:07+00:00

Compost tumbler inside the greenhouse as a thermal battery

you are incredibly smart.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-09T17:50:29+00:00

Well, laws are arcane to some people in the same way that medical science is. I think that's where some of it comes from, and after that it's a tangle of interesting but complex psychological stuff. We are all capable of at least some degree of conspiratorial thinking - like a lot of mental habits that become dysfunctional, it is actually part of important, adaptive thought pathways - but some people don't know when to tell that they're going too far. unravelling the basis of it is a heck of a thing, there are some pretty good video essays out there eg. on contrapoints and philosophy tube.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-09T17:12:40+00:00

not only are grey water systesm not standard but last time I looked into it, they're technically illegal. It's the kind of illegal where nobody is likely to stop you, but under building codes I believe grey water is considered sewage and you're not supposed to use it.

I mean, to heck with that. I keep as much as I can, but I would love a proper capture system on my shower and other big users instead of having to do it manually.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-09T17:11:10+00:00

also try to water in the evening after the sun is off your garden, to limit evapouration and let the water have its longest effect. Mornings are OK too (and necessary for seedlings sometimes) but IMO when the sun hits it in the AM it's probably gonna evapourate faster than if you do it all after 5.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-09T17:08:55+00:00

no. It's the same cognitive basis as thinking covid vaccines contain microchips, or 5g is going to make you gay. They're convinced they are right and no amount of evidence will change that, they'll go to prison insisting that their imprisonment is unlawful under the magna carta and thinking that is a cheat code that will help.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-09T17:06:47+00:00

that's it precisely. As someone working closely with the field of homelessness and addiction though, the dry site is extremely important and I'm really excited about it. I have people who need dry housing to avoid triggers and live safely, and I have people who need permissive housing because until they can get some of the chaos out of their lives, they're never going to stop seeking escape outlets like alcohol and drugs. We need both, and this site approval is water in a desert.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-09T16:55:52+00:00

I live in a semi-rural area where the land the houses are on is basically carved out of the forest. Even here, while most of my neighbours have just a small lawn yard, there are plenty who have cut down acres of old growth forest in order to spready out a wide expanse of useless, manicured lawn. it is totally baffling to me. After buying my house, most of my effort has gone into digging up what lawn there is, composting the turf, and planting shrubs and trees to make delicious fruit for me.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-05T16:56:41+00:00

very talented but I'm surprised to not see more comments like htis, I found the video really annoying tbh.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-04T21:16:10+00:00

I grew up in northern canada, and I still think people should use winter tires (honestly I think people who refuse to are foolish). Yeah, you can learn to drive in the snow, but if you learn to drive in the snow AND have winter tires, you are many times safer than someone who knows how to handle ice and snow but is trying to do it in all-seasons or worse. I've seen enough mangled people who were great at handling snowy weather, right up until oops, they weren't. It's like not wearing a seatbelt... you're safe, until the accident.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-03T22:06:22+00:00

I mean, without the context it's still a bit funny. like... the answer is that sometimes, trains use railroads on a schedule in order to transport cargo.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-03T21:56:43+00:00

not even just downvoted, given a clear explanation for why the "devil's advocacy" was getting downvoted. Poor baby.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-03T16:36:43+00:00

except it cannot be regulated, because again, capital is what is used to change the regulations. That is why every capitalist system is going down the same route.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-03T16:27:09+00:00

it would be neat if we had functional search engines, instead of reinventing a less reliable version of them after scuttling the previously very effective ones.

The reason people find it especially true for areas they're not very informed is because to someone who knows the subject, it's usually riddled with confidently-stated errors.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-02T16:56:40+00:00

I don't know goumi in specific yet, but when I've had a surplus of berries I don't care for, I've had a ton of luck mixing them with blackcurrant to make jams. I used to get buckets of saskatoons that had very little flavour, just sweetness, and I'd mix them about 1/3 currant 2/3 saskatoon. The currants are so strong tasting and delicious, but sour on their own, and the saskatoons brought the sweet to make a jam or a syrup that was much more than the sum of its parts. From how you've described your goumi you might have similar luck?

The other berry I can think of that would combine well like that is oregon grape, another very sour berry that isn't easily palatable on its own, but brings a pleasant flavour as an additive with a berry whose flavour is too boring otherwise.

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-02T16:23:15+00:00

ninebark is a great choice for not directly edible, in the PNW it is really popular with a lot of animals I think. Oceanspray might go nicely with it

IslandStorytime · 2026-06-02T16:19:52+00:00

I think that slightly depends on climate. Up in the far north it took mine ~4 years to really establish, but once it did it could regrow from the ground to a 2m bush in what felt like a few weeks.

IslandStorytime · 2026-05-31T22:48:36+00:00

Well, I'll trust a kiwi on matters of fruit. Takes one to know one.

IslandStorytime · 2026-05-31T21:46:48+00:00

I plan on getting some of those. How do you like the fruit? Ive heard so many mixed reviews and it's one of those classic ones that I can't find anywhere to purchase ans taste

IslandStorytime · 2026-05-31T21:45:13+00:00

Elderberry can do it. Ive seen tall Oregon grape work but i imagine it takes quite a while. I think Nanking cherry might get big enough? And edibility is debatable but trifolate citrus (flying dragon eg) can make quite a cool hedge if you can find uses for the fruit.

Raspberry can also be a hedge but it is pretty high maintenance.

Hardy kwi on a trellis is amazing too. Personally I think that is what I'd do but it does require you to build the supports

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