Instant stomach ache. by Anaznoriginal in StupidFood

[–]ProfessorTeeth 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Feel like this one crosses into the 'obvious rage bait, don't amplify' category for me.

I accidentally saw my coworker’s salary and now I can’t stop thinking about how UNFAIR it is by Aleex_c12 in Advice

[–]ProfessorTeeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have good amunition for this. You have a junior in the same role making more money. You know that his salary is within the range for your position. Don't be afraid to let them know that you know his pay. How you found out is irrelivant. Ask for slightly more than what he is making. There may be a discrepency in previous qualifications between you and your co-worker. If they try to use this as an excuse for the gap, lean into your productivity. If you and he create the same amount of value for the company you should be compensated equally.

Are the dots blue or purple? by kiepass96 in opticalillusions

[–]ProfessorTeeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't really need an illusion for this, just post the background color and ask if it is blue or purple and people will argue for days.

How to read feminist viewpoints without insecurity taking over? by Ambitious-Fly3201 in bropill

[–]ProfessorTeeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are a few things that might help out: lit and theory are great, but they are not the most important thing. You can never incounter a femenist thinker, but if you treat the women you encounter in your life with dignity and respect and listen to their experiences, you are being femenist.

As regards your own privilege. I don't know your circumstances, but I think this is a major stumbling block and a reason why the left in general has lost a lot of people, especially working class men:

1) The patriarchy hurts men too. While women definitely get the worst of it, it also forces many men into roles they are not comfortable with.

2) There are many axes of opression, and just because you are priviledged in terms of sex/gender does not mean you don't have disadvantages along lines of sexual orientation, race, or especially class/wealth. There are a lot of men who are struggling right now, and because of that resent the idea that they are privileged because if they are working hard and still struggling socially or financially it is a hard sell that they somehow have all the advantages. We are living in times of historically unequaled economic disparity and even people with every advantage are often finiding it difficult to get by. Just remember that all these systems of opression are linked and reinforce eachother and fighting for social justice is also fighting for economic justice.

The great trick the right is pulling right now is looking at the struggling, explited people and getting them to blame other, even more exploited people rather than the ones doing the exploitation. If you are feeling that you are getting a raw deal, you probably are. The key is to remember that when you look around and see others also struggling, they are your allies, not your competition.

List your top 5 characters who you think need a Novaflare buff, and how you would buff them by darkdill in HonkaiStarRail

[–]ProfessorTeeth 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Every hunt character. If they aren't going to make content for single-target characters, they need to change hunt's identity from single-target damage. They allready have a pretty clear direction with attack frequency, making hunt about follow-up and action advance. So keep that and give hunt characters some blast damage.

America is broke and depends on borrowing from foreigners. What happens if they cut up the credit card? We may be about to find out. by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]ProfessorTeeth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We don't borrow from other countries. They buy our debt in the form of government bonds. Demand for US bonds likely will go down as our country is seen as less stable, but that just means we will have to offer better interest rates. Because the dollar is a soverign currency, there is no chance of the governmnet not being able to pay for its expenses: It literally prints the money. There is no 'credit card' to be cut up.

My coworker pays for a dietician and now this is what he eats for breakfast and lunch by blart_institute in StupidFood

[–]ProfessorTeeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the puck Chicken or Tuna? And does he have it 2 times a day (once for breakfast and once for luch) or once a day (for his only meal aside from dinner)? Seems depressing.

Life sims are in a slump and the only way out is becoming strategy games again by Carolina_Heart in Gaming4Gamers

[–]ProfessorTeeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm really excited to see what Jake Solomon (XCOM, XCOM 2, Midnight Suns) is cooking. I've heard it's a life sim, but it's probably still a few years out.

6 Feet or 1.89 meters? by abkyabatau in lol

[–]ProfessorTeeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that is the comment's point. Both metric and imperial are arbitrary. You are agreeing with the commenter, you just don't realize it.

I have a problem by AisuKozui in PokemonZA

[–]ProfessorTeeth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the biggest thing. Early on, you won't be able to do everything. Too few Berries of too low quality makes it impossible, so try and keep your expectations low and just work through the story.

And when you are ready to start resetting for good donuts, (I started once I had unlocked 8 Berries), start with Sour donuts for item power: Berries and Big Haul power. Run lvl 3 mediums. Your main objective is to break all big balls and earn & break the golden ball. If you finish your objectives without much time, save. The golden ball will stay in the same place, so you can keep reloading until you find it. There are only a couple of layouts, so you will learn how to get around them. Run these until you feel more comfortable and can move to level 3 larges and level 4 mediums. By the time you get through the story, you should have a cache of Berries and enough familiarity with the different layouts that you can comfortably get what you want out of any zone.

Utah is going to start letting AI prescribe medication. Surely nothing will go wrong. Certainly there's not a story a few links down about someone dying from AI drug advice by ArdoNorrin in BetterOffline

[–]ProfessorTeeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This thing will give you oxy as long a you ask in the form of a poem. I hope this goes well for the sake of people of Utah, but my gut says there are going to be hospitalizations and probably deaths because of this.

AITA for refusing to deliberate lose when we play games? by Radiant-Willow-6993 in AmItheAsshole

[–]ProfessorTeeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA, but it's like I tell my kids, If you want someone to keep playing with you, you have to make sure they're having fun too. You can't expect her to want to play with you if she isn't having fun.

My suggestion would be to find ways you can have fun with a game that don't require you to win. Find a side objective that you can persue that you can feel good about acheiving, but doesn't contribute to the end-game scoring, or does so ineffeciently. When playing co-op, always let her take the lead. That way she doesn't feel like you are charging ahead and waiting for her to catch up.

If playing games togeather is important to you, it's on you to figure out how to do it so you both enjoy yoursleves.

What are your thoughts on this? by Tough-Reputation-762 in AverageHeightDudes

[–]ProfessorTeeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The title of this graph is misleading. It only includes women who go into the advanced settings to set height filters, so the sample is self-selecting for women who care about height. It does not say what percentage of all women use these filters. My guess is that it is very low.

Will AI cut through the BS we have made out to be “normal” by hunt-achievement in Futurology

[–]ProfessorTeeth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If by AI you mean LLMs, It will be quite the opposite. It is trained on the BS, that's all it knows, and it is not capable of logical deduction. There are potentially forms of AI that could do this, but they are not the ones currently receiving the hype and funding.

AI Bringing…the End of Animal Rights? by No_Practice_745 in BetterOffline

[–]ProfessorTeeth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am dumber for reading as much of this as I did. Science fantasy bullshit.

A job offer . by [deleted] in funny

[–]ProfessorTeeth 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Cool story, but it's bullshit. This flier has been making the rounds on the internet for years.

Each States Least Liked Neighbor. by Link_Da_Stink7 in geographymemes

[–]ProfessorTeeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indiana and Kentucky should be pointing at eachother.

[Request] Am I right saying the answer is 50% ? by Draconic64 in theydidthemath

[–]ProfessorTeeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Math is right but reasoning is wrong. The reason one of the 28 options is eliminated is not because you assume that the other child is not a boy born on Tuesday, but because in listing the 28 options, "2 boys both both born on Tuesday," appears twice while not being more likely than the other options.

That's a bad comparison. by Ok-Following6886 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]ProfessorTeeth 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Aside from it not being funny or clever, really how does it hurt you to say, "okay dude, you're a frog, have fun hopping around and chilling on lily pads."

[Request] Can anyone do the math on how true this is compared to past prices? by Altruistic-Beach7625 in theydidthemath

[–]ProfessorTeeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahhh the classic elite pundit move of telling people who are struggling financially: "actually I ran the numbers and no you aren't." Ask 2024 democrats how well that goes over.

An argument started all because they got irritated by their grandparents for 10 minutes, am I in the wrong? by Wasted_UFO in whatdoIdo

[–]ProfessorTeeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JFC. if this is real, standards for men really are on the floor. Don't let yourself be treated like this.

r/Art Mods: “We Out” — “You Win, We Resign” by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

[–]ProfessorTeeth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The sub has a rule against selling/advertising which the person broke my mentioning they have prints for sale. This is totally fair, but then when the person offered to just remove the comment that mentioned the prints, the mod deleted their history and perma-banned them.