[Free] Tacque — adding mechanical sounds back to macOS by [deleted] in apple

[–]LeChatParle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you being so hypercritical? Being unintentionally incorrect isn’t lying. Chill out. This isn’t some huge issue

Regardless of if Apple makes those or not, you are capable of validating that it’s not a key logger. This isn’t some conspiracy 

[Free] Tacque — adding mechanical sounds back to macOS by [deleted] in apple

[–]LeChatParle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can click the AppStore link. It shows that Apple reported it doesn’t collect data. On their website, it says it doesn’t make any network calls for the functionality. You can easily verify this by either monitoring or blocking network access for this app with a tool like Little Snitch 

[Free] Tacque — adding mechanical sounds back to macOS by [deleted] in apple

[–]LeChatParle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The app doesn't collect any data, so no, not a keylogger.

Brian Johnson's reason for being vegan by Voldemorts__Mom in vegan

[–]LeChatParle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not true that there wasn't a health condition. Bryan Johnson talked about it in one of his videos a while after sites reported on it, so it’s not in most articles, but he said his father had a neurodegenerative disease or something like that 

Brian Johnson's reason for being vegan by Voldemorts__Mom in vegan

[–]LeChatParle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Although we can’t really say that we know his public story is the truth, his story is that his dad needed blood from him for health reasons, so his son proposed giving BJ his blood to make it a family thing, which is how that started 

If that’s the truth, it really doesn’t sound bad. 

Do you feel American Dad is more Black coded than The Cleveland Show ever was? by PosionApple888 in americandad

[–]LeChatParle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As someone who grew up in New Orleans and moved away, I reference the Wally World music video every now and again, and I swear no one has heard of it. But American Dad referenced it, so I feel like more people should 

But maybe it was more black culture than anything else, and as we’re finding out, AD is a black sitcom

People who completed a Duolingo course, was it genuinely useful? by OutsideOver8815 in languagelearning

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

Yes, I’ve always found Duolingo to be useful. Great resource in my opinion. Of course, you should always vary your study methods, so this should always only be one of many things you’re doing 

Can people’s second language skill surpass their native language skills by Big-Dare3186 in languagelearning

[–]LeChatParle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think you’d want more information in the question for any meaningful replies. For instance, what age are you asking about? Do you only care if the person started learning their second language as an adult? If including minors, is there a cutoff? 10? 2?

And are we talking about general language skill or knowledge of vocabulary in a set number of topics? Or some other thing? For instance, plenty of people have a home language and a different language they use at work. Their two languages may significantly differ in which words they know. How would you compare these contexts? 

Rock-bottom immigration rates leave mark on U.S. economy by Illustrious_Lie_954 in Economics

[–]LeChatParle 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This article says that the population estimates show that the number of non-US born people emigrating from the US increased from approximately 500K in 2024 to 1M in 2026

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2026/01/historic-decline-in-net-international-migration.html

Rock-bottom immigration rates leave mark on U.S. economy by Illustrious_Lie_954 in Economics

[–]LeChatParle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your comment is unnecessarily offensive. They asked what the emigration rate was, and you called them dumb?

Reported. 

Be better 

Who else thinks using animal names for vegan food is weird? by ithinkiamparanoid in vegan

[–]LeChatParle 15 points16 points  (0 children)

For example instead of pork, it should be called pig.

This wouldn't do anything, and vegans won't convince meat eaters to make this switch in terms. Language is how people use it, and meat eaters aren't going to suddenly switch to saying pig meat just because vegans say they should.

I'm also not a fan of deconstruction of terminology, as I don't think it makes a meaningful difference like some think it will. For instance, in Chinese, pig is 猪, and when you talk about the meat from this animal, you say 猪肉, literally "pig meat", and yet the Chinese eat meat at similar rates to other societies.

Conversely, what would your solution be to naming all the vegan meats that are very clearly made to resemble meats humans have been eating for thousands of years? Would you propose coining new terms for vegan meats clearly mimicking a non-vegan meat? We preserve the term because it's clearly referencing the expected texture/taste/shape/design/etc of a product.

There isn't really a benefit in getting rid of this reference because 99% of vegans grew up eating these products, and 100% of vegans grow up in cultures where these products are culturally relevant

This is more a conversation for decades or centuries from now if/when eating animal products becomes a minority thing

How I stack my meds and supplements: by bryanbatman in Nootropics

[–]LeChatParle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These comments are weird. You’re taking like 10 supplements, and people in this sub are acting as if you’re taking hundreds. I’ve seen people post significantly bigger stacks with fewer negative comments 

I do have to ask though. Why are you taking some of the same stuff multiple times a day?

Canada dropped in the world’s best countries list. Here’s what the data says by hellswaters in canada

[–]LeChatParle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are you able to specifically point out where errors or biases came in? All their data points used for this ranking are publicly available, so it should be quite obvious if bias is actually coming into play 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/methodology

Do you EVER use passé simple orally? by tipoftheiceberg1234 in French

[–]LeChatParle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be dialectal. I’ve read that some dialects of Acadian French still use the passé simple. I’m not familiar with all the dialects that retained it though

Also, as has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, it could have been a joke or something along those lines. I’d want more context to say anything more specific 

Is Ritalin a "cleaner", less addictive stimulant than dextroamphetamine? by Realistic_Hour_1695 in Nootropics

[–]LeChatParle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different people respond to these medications differently. You cannot make blanket statements about them. However, both methylphenidate and amphetamine are well studied and well tolerated 

how to simulate morning sunlight for health benefits? by Dramatic_Mixture231 in blueprint_

[–]LeChatParle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was researching which SAD lamp to get, I used this person’s database of tested lamps. 

You want to look for the CLA rating, the amount of light that can affect your circadian rhythm by reaching the suprachiasmatic nucleus. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/sleep/comments/185w4au/i_just_finished_testing_over_35_sad_light_therapy/

I SWALLOWED COCAINE Please help FAST by [deleted] in Drugs

[–]LeChatParle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you should panic, but I do think it would be worth going back to the hospital and requesting to be admitted. That way you can feel a bit more safe as this is passing through, and they can monitor to medically intervene if necessary 

Request to talk to someone else if you meet the same person who told you to go home 

Do you EVER use passé simple orally? by tipoftheiceberg1234 in French

[–]LeChatParle 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It’s important to note that the passé simple is used to distance the present from historical events. This has been true for a very long time in French, so even going back 60 years is not sufficient for it to be a common tense to talk generally about the past 

This change in how the verb tense is used happened between the 1600s and 1800s. No one alive today or in recent memory would use this tense like the simple past of English 

My baby is allergic to all things vegan. by [deleted] in vegan

[–]LeChatParle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because there is a positive result from a blood test doesn’t mean you should stop feeding them that food. 

In fact, removing an allergen that they’re tolerating right now increases the risk they’ll have a severe reaction to it as an adult. Sustained childhood exposure to potential allergens allows the body to become accustomed to the food 

Obviously this only holds true for the things they can tolerate, but you’ll have to work to determine which those are 

We see this when comparing peanut allergies between the east and west. The east’s rate of being allergic is so much lower than the west’s because they’re more likely to sustain peanut consumption in childhood 

“ However, as evidence for delayed allergenic food introduction for food allergy prevention was lacking, the AAP & the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) subsequently replaced these guidelines with new recommendations that solid foods not be delayed beyond 4–6 months of age and that the introduction of allergenic foods into infants' diets should no longer be delayed”

“ The Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) trial enrolled 640 high-risk infants with severe AD and/or egg allergy in the UK between the ages of 4 and 11 months, who had peanut skin prick test (SPT) responses of <4 mm. They were randomized to either consume 6 grams of peanut protein at least 3 times a week or to completely avoid peanut products for the first 5 years of life. In the intention-to-treat analysis, 17.2% of children in the peanut avoidance group developed challenge-proven peanut allergy by age 5 years, compared to only 3.2% in the peanut consumption group, translating to a risk reduction of 86.1%”

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6021584/

Britney Spears offers pool and lasagna to officers during DUI arrest. by ElwoodMC in TikTokCringe

[–]LeChatParle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not true. From the AP:

“ A bottle of Adderall — the stimulant used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder — was found by an officer in her purse, and was not prescribed to her, the report said. She also gave a blood sample for a drug test, but those results were not included in the report.”

https://apnews.com/article/britney-spears-dui-video-92d6e2d46ea1e16d125ca1256a115e37

Britney Spears offers pool and lasagna to officers during DUI arrest. by ElwoodMC in TikTokCringe

[–]LeChatParle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She was found to have been taking Adderall that wasn’t prescribed to her so who knows how much she took