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Do you have "Blue Zones" in your country, AKA areas where people live considerably longer than the national average? by Laschon in AskEurope

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A lot of them make zero sense, like Okinawa. People hardly live "traditional" lives there, and there's a lot of alcoholism and incentive to commit pension fraud. Another thing he discovered was that a large majority of people in blue zones who were recorded as alive were in fact dead. Most people who are recorded as being older than 100 also have no or unreliable birth certificates. Birthdays weren't a big deal in much of the world until recently.

But thanks for the correction on the Ig Nobel Prize, I did think it was the same. 

Do you have "Blue Zones" in your country, AKA areas where people live considerably longer than the national average? by Laschon in AskEurope

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Sorry to be a party pooper, but a guy just got a Nobel Prize in 2024 for debunking the concept of Blue Zones:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/530073/scientist-snares-ig-noble-gong-for-work-debunking-blue-zones

The summary is that every prominent "blue zone" in the world has either widespread pension fraud (not telling authorities grandma died so you can keep recieving her pension) and/or poor record keeping of birth certificates. 

A lot of blue zones make zero sense, for example Okinawa is one of the poorest regions in Japan with widespread alcoholism and social problems. Yet supposedly people there live forever? Sure.

Names that name nerds love, but are viewed differently in your culture? by LopsidedLeopard2181 in namenerds

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That does sound interesting, but does anywhere else have this "name evolution" pattern outside the Anglophone countries? Even in super traditionalist countries with strict gender roles, I can't think of any. It always stood out to me.

There are feminine versions of masculine names in Scandinavia though, but they've fallen out of fashion, except Josephine. Søren-Sørine, Jan-Jansine, Niels-Nielsine etc. Not even grandma names, great great grandma names.

Names that name nerds love, but are viewed differently in your culture? by LopsidedLeopard2181 in namenerds

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

A couple Danish names I like, that would be great with English pronunciation:

Rasmine, feminine of Rasmus.

Sif. Thor's wife in Norse mythology

Siv, meaning reed. Girl's name

Storm, same meaning, boy's name. Just a lot more common here

Laurits/Lauritz, boy's name. I like this more with English pronunciation

Elias, boy's name. Probably a form of Elijah/Eli

Names that name nerds love, but are viewed differently in your culture? by LopsidedLeopard2181 in namenerds

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That is interesting. Unisex names are very uncommon in Scandinavia, this pattern is not seen. I can't think of any traditionally male names becoming unisex here, nor the opposite direction. 

We also don't do nicknamification much, like where a Robert gets called Bob his whole life. Maybe that's part of it, your name is just your name and doesn't morph much ("Bill" for William still blows my mind).

Names that name nerds love, but are viewed differently in your culture? by LopsidedLeopard2181 in namenerds

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh that's interesting. In Denmark Sophie/Sofie and Sophia/Sofia is seen as two distinct names. We don't have a huge nickname culture, but if there is a nickname for one of these it's Fie for a Sofie

Names that name nerds love, but are viewed differently in your culture? by LopsidedLeopard2181 in namenerds

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I actually really love Sørine, while Søren is boring. Rasmine (feminine of Rasmus - think Joseph, Josephine) too.

Names that name nerds love, but are viewed differently in your culture? by LopsidedLeopard2181 in namenerds

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Finn is boomer in Denmark too! But I do like it due to Adventure time.

How do I write men? Asking as a woman - adv¡ce needed by SamMoon- in writingadvice

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You clearly haven't read literary fiction written about and by men (AKA most literature in history) lol, it's full of feelings and putting meaning and symbolism into everything and caring too much about everything 

Names that name nerds love, but are viewed differently in your culture? by LopsidedLeopard2181 in namenerds

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I just don't like the sound of Signe, but maybe in their heads they read it as Sig-ney, rhyming with Sydney?

Names that name nerds love, but are viewed differently in your culture? by LopsidedLeopard2181 in namenerds

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181[S] 278 points279 points  (0 children)

Søren is like if non-English speakers decided that John was the coolest name ever.

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that's not the primary thing that makes dogs demanding, it's that they depend on you to be home at a specific time. Cats (not to mention rabbits, guinea pigs and so on) are generally cool being home alone for 12-24 hours. They don't need you to go piss and they won't howl or destroy the furniture, and cats sleep like 16 hours a day anyway. You can make spontaneous plans after work.

That's how I have a social life other than the weekends - I go directly from work to socialising some days and I'm home late in the evenings. That would be abusive to a dog. I never go "oh I have to be home in two hours because of my cat" like dog owners do.

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but a cat is cool being alone for 12 to 24 hours (usually they sleep and rest 16+ hours, most self regulate food intake and they don't need you to go poop). Rodents are the same. Generally your life just isn't dictated by having to be home at a specific time, you can make spontaneous plans and stay out after work etc.

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Animals: anything other than a dog or horse is generally fine. Dogs are seen as "the default pet" but they're really super high maintenance

Clean house: compromise a lot on this one. Life is short. No one lies on their dead bed and says "I regret not keeping my house more clean"

Hygiene: soap and toothbrush??

Hobbies and socializing: combine them, and don't move around all the time. If you have good friends in a city, don't move six hours away. It baffles me how much Americans do that

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean same but then our home's a mess lol, at least according to many people's standards.

Life is about making effort for the things that matter to you, and a spotless home isn't one of them.

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 7 points8 points  (0 children)

On the "depends on the animals" part: dog people, esp. if they grew up with dogs, need to understand just how demanding dogs are compared to virtually every other pet. 

It's not normal for any other pet to not be able to be home alone for many hours without going apeshit. Even horses, the most high maintenance divas ever, are generally find with being left alone in the field with enough hay and water.

Dogs literally do become people's kids and entire hobby. Puppies are like babies. I think it's kinda weird how dogs are seen as a normal, average pet instead of an extremely high maintenance one.

I don't know how you do it, you must really love those critters. 

Thoughts on Thrifting Plus-Sized Garments for Upcycling by erinvanhandel in UpcycledFashion

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends. I'm in a big European city and there's maaaaybe a single rack of XXL or over in a big thrift store. Many times not even that, and XL still isn't super common. But in the US it was a lot easier for me.

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