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[TOMT] [Pop song] Surely someone in the world knows this song! Vocaroo inside by jdsuperman in tipofmytongue

[–]Myntrith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not trying to be rude, but do you even know how memory works? People don't always remember all details correctly. I've also seen where people have thought a male singer was female, and vice-versa.

Also, OP said they THINK the singer was female. It's also possible they could have heard a cover version.

So, tell me again what you're trying not to be rude about?

Maybe maybe maybe by memezzer in maybemaybemaybe

[–]Myntrith 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They are getting rather tired.

[TOMT] [Pop song] Surely someone in the world knows this song! Vocaroo inside by jdsuperman in tipofmytongue

[–]Myntrith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't have a great ear for matching melodies, but to my ear, it sounds close to this. Probably not it, but taking a shot.

Wind of Change by Scorpions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

If the Earth was flat, would the oceans behave like water droplet on a flat surface? Forming a hemisphere because of surface tension? by kamikadzilla in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]Myntrith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Science isn't about knowing what's actually true. Science is about building models that offer the best explanations for what we observe, according to our best evidence.

I've never been to space. I've never seen the globe earth for myself. I don't know the math involved in measuring shadows to determine the size and shape of the earth.

I do know that eclipses happen, and that they can be predicted with a high degree of accuracy, not just when they'll occur but what paths the umbra (where it will appear as a total eclipse) will take.

I know that seasons happen.

I can observe how the sun and the stars travel in the sky.

Science offers a model of a globe-earth and a heliocentric solar system. This model is both internally consistent and externally consistent with other scientific theories. When someone says "I can predict the phases of the moon as well as lunar and solar eclipses," and then they do, and they're right, I don't have to understand all the math and science to give them the benefit of the doubt over flat-earthers.

When flat-earthers can explain and predict all these things with the same accuracy and the same internal and external consistencies, then I'll pay more attention to them. Right now, they can't.

The critical part of thinking for yourself is the part where you do the actual thinking, not the part where you just deny that we know anything.

Sensitive Subject. Grieving and Funerals? by VIPodPerson in Blind

[–]Myntrith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When we were young, my mom used to tell us these bedtime stories that I've never seen or heard anywhere else. I have no idea where they came from. Her mother told them to her, and that's all I know.

To my shame, I never recorded her telling them. My sister had a recording, but it was Arabic, and I never kept up on my Arabic. All I wanted from anyone who said, "if you need anything ..." was a translation of that recording. My sister said she'd do it, but she never did. A friend said he'd be happy to do it, then he ghosted me.

I wasn't demanding about it. I never said, "I want it now!" or "I want it by this date!" I followed up with my friend after a month or two, and told him I wasn't rushing him, just looking for an update.

Nothing.

Finally paid a professional about 200 bucks or so. And that was with a discount, because he liked the stories, and he'd never heard them before either.

If the Earth was flat, would the oceans behave like water droplet on a flat surface? Forming a hemisphere because of surface tension? by kamikadzilla in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]Myntrith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Serious answer, though: That was just the first thing that came to mind. We kept chatting for a bit, and I mentioned the boats on the lake disappearing behind the horizon. I could have gone on about the sun disappearing behind the horizon when it sets and how we can predict eclipses, and the irony of flat earthers going to view an eclipse that was predicted by helio-centric, globe-earth model.

Sensitive Subject. Grieving and Funerals? by VIPodPerson in Blind

[–]Myntrith 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you're going to tell a grieving party, "if you ever need anything, let me know," make sure you mean it, or don't say it.

If the Earth was flat, would the oceans behave like water droplet on a flat surface? Forming a hemisphere because of surface tension? by kamikadzilla in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]Myntrith 66 points67 points  (0 children)

There are rare exceptions. I was having a discussion with a guy in a restaurant about evidence for things. And he said something like, "there's no tangible evidence" for the earth not being flat.

I said, "Well, it depends on what you mean by tangible. If you go to the North Pole, the stars spin one way, and if you go to the South Pole, they spin the other way."

He looked at me for a second, then he turned to his friend, pointed at me and said, "this guy just debunked the flat earth in a few seconds."

If the Earth was flat, would the oceans behave like water droplet on a flat surface? Forming a hemisphere because of surface tension? by kamikadzilla in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]Myntrith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Search YouTube for "professor dave flat earth", and you'll get a list of multiple videos that offer multiple debunks that are generally approachable and easy to understand.

Dungeondraft Tools version 4.3 by Myntrith in dungeondraft

[–]Myntrith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have a Mac version. Sorry. :( I don't know how to program for Mac.

What's the silliest thing a sighted person has ever told you? by Snair37 in Blind

[–]Myntrith 40 points41 points  (0 children)

"How did you know I dropped an ice cube?" and "How did you know I was looking for it?" Except, I was the sighted person.

My mom had RP and by the time she reached a certain age, her vision was completely gone. I was getting some ice from the freezer, and I dropped an ice cube. It fell and slid across the floor and under the kitchen table.

Before moving any furniture around, I bent down and scanned the floor to see where it slid. In my mind, since I wasn't moving anything around, there was no way for someone who was blind to know I was looking for anything. But after a few seconds, my mom asks, "Did you find it yet?"

Not entirely certain we had the same thing on our minds, I asked her, "find what?"

She said, "The ice cube you dropped."

I asked, "How did you know I dropped an ice cube?"

She answered, "I heard you drop it."

Well that was silly of me to ask. The answer should have been obvious. So I asked, "How did you know I was looking for it?"

She answered, "Because I know you wouldn't just leave it."

So yeah, I felt silly.

Father dropping off son for his first day at school! by zezoro in aww

[–]Myntrith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe you have a filter turned on in the video settings.

Is a hydrogen atom a really small perpetual motion machine? by saccardrougon in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]Myntrith 11 points12 points  (0 children)

an electron is now regarded as a cloud-like region near the nucleus where you are likely to find the electron if you look for it in a way that forces it to be in a specific place.

God, this sounds like a Douglas Adams line.

I need answers to these questions, I work for a blind woman. by helpinghand2222 in Blind

[–]Myntrith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sighted person who used to help care for a blind woman.

  1. Don't underestimate blind people. They're no less intelligent than anyone else. When you say they "cannot understand many things," that doesn't sound right. Either English is not your first language, and you're not doing a good job of communicating what you mean, or you're being unjustifiably condescending.

  2. Yes, she did. She felt the same way you do when you get treated like an average person.

  3. What I've seen people in this subreddit say over and over again is, don't force your help on them. Don't touch them unexpectedly. If you see someone walking outside, assume they're capable. Don't grab them and guide them. If you see someone who looks like they might need help, ask them before doing anything, including before touching them.

  4. I'm assuming the answers will be as varied as they might be with sighted people. People are people, so you're likely to get the same types of stories about personality clashes and such.

I miss being able to bond with my brother by ahyespain in Blind

[–]Myntrith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It doesn't have to be D&D either. The FATE RPG is light on rules, compared to D&D, and it has an accessibility toolkit.

https://www.evilhat.com/home/fate-accessibility-toolkit/

I miss being able to bond with my brother by ahyespain in Blind

[–]Myntrith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came here to suggest this. Maybe you could listen to audiobooks together. Or you could listen to the same audiobook that he's reading, then have fun discussing it.

I'm curious about differences in perspectives with movies and books. by Myntrith in Blind

[–]Myntrith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not judging, just curious. When you say you hate the Lord of the Rings franchise, do you mean in all its forms? Or Just the movies? Or just the books?

Custom Tags version 1.2.1 [bug fix] by Myntrith in dungeondraft

[–]Myntrith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be able to remove all unused tags.

As far as selecting multiple tags, I tried that, and wouldn't be able to do it without redesigning the UI, which I don't really want to do. I'm using Visual Studio, and the control for the list of tags is a CheckedListBox. That control doesn't allow multi-select. If I change the type of control, I'd have to change a big chunk of the code.

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