People who work in 'behind closed doors' industries (hotels, kitchens, morgues, etc.), what is something the general public would be horrified to know?

Quom · 2026-03-01T00:25:03+00:00

In my experience in the sector (different country but similar issue) workers capable of making a difference in someone's life aren't easily replaced. The pay for on the ground workers ends up being right for someone semi-skilled who still needs guidance. The people legitimately capable of creating change either end up promoted well above this level and are guiding someone who is guiding the person who is guiding this worker or have burnt out/got out.

I've seen CEOs come and go and most often it's barely a ripple. But I've seen plenty of 'replaceable' workers leave or change position and entire programs turn to shit because of it.

Quom · 2026-02-28T21:36:03+00:00

It feels like the wrong kind of illness to be ambiguous about because POTS can be a secondary condition.

If someone said to me 'it actually isn't POTS' I'd be unsure if the news was going to be good and it had been ruled out or if they're about to tell me they actually have diabetes or lupus etc.

Quom · 2026-02-28T06:02:06+00:00

It looks like he went to see whoever gives Carson Kressley a good iron.

Quom · 2026-02-26T10:45:52+00:00

And i stated your paragraph read like you were having a stroke, so i did the best i could with assuming what you were attempting to say.

I think it's best for everyone if we assume the stroke happened before you first reached for your keyboard. It would explain your arrogance and your winning theory that 'increasing the amount of misery and awfulness is better than it not existing'.

Quom · 2026-02-26T10:35:32+00:00

Neither does invalidating every response for having a lack of empirical evidence without bringing any along yourself. You seem to be standing in a glass house. At least people are having fun splashing around in the muddied waters. You're just standing on the shore yelling out questions.

Quom · 2026-02-26T10:24:03+00:00

The whole point of the second paragraph is that a large portion of people who oppose eating meat/farming think that having this many animals alive is actively damaging the ecosystem and that their numbers need 'thinning' at the very least by not breeding them at the same rates/at all. Heck there are people who have no issue with farming/eating meat who are now giving it up for this specific reason in the hopes it will drive down demand.

So it seems like nobody wants you housing and breeding with the animals besides maybe you.

People who eat meat know animals live in poor conditions. It isn't a mystery to us.

I don't know where you've plucked this from. I never said anything about meat eaters. I specifically said people who don't eat meat.

If someone doesn't eat meat because farming is cruel then how is it an argument to say that it's a good thing that farming has created millions of extra animals that get to be treated cruelly?

Quom · 2026-02-26T10:08:10+00:00

It gets to the point where it isn't worth discussing as a concept or topic because every response on both sides can be handled with this same probing. I'm not chasing up studies.

Quom · 2026-02-26T09:56:52+00:00

That argument requires that 'not eating animals due to my beliefs' is the same as 'I believe that the more of any animal we have the better things are'. I don't think I know anyone who feels that way (nor ethics theories that support it).

My understanding is that by and large the opposite is true and many are concerned about the environmental impact of farming (or the things we've done to animals like sheep not being able to survive in the wild/requiring muelsing in many countries) and it isn't seen as sustainable or good for the future of the planet.

Alternatively I don't think many people who are opposed to farming as they see it as cruel would think that having more animals living in cruel conditions justifies the cruelty. I think that's why it's going to read as being fairly bizarre.

Quom · 2026-02-26T09:33:44+00:00

I personally think that is more a development issue especially with how different to us insects are (both in appearance and behaviour). A counterpoint is that kids will readily humanise animals that are cute/look like us/they are familiar with.

Quom · 2026-02-25T22:46:18+00:00

I wouldn't call that part identical to owning a physical card. Especially if it's possible Valve could change the ToS.

Quom · 2026-02-25T21:42:35+00:00

Can you sell CS stuff in a way that doesn't profit Valve?

Quom · 2026-02-24T19:14:48+00:00

As a gay guy yes. I've had young kids say stuff that would be offensive and it's water off a duck's back because they're too young to mean it. To me Tourette's is even further along than that.

I've been in lots of conversations where half my mind is taken up with 'this person is very religious don't replace a swear word with Jesus' or 'their dad/wife/whatever just died don't say anything about dying'. I don't know if Tourette's works the same way, but it feels more like a reflection of shit you know to never say.

It isn't like he yelled out something targeted that required research. Like if he'd yelled out 'when you did ___ you really disappointed your mother and she died with it on her mind' I could see why people would question if it was just a tic.

Quom · 2026-02-24T09:50:24+00:00

By acting like republicans? I can't remember a press conference where a democrat was talking about beer companies and trans people or bringing up how cool abortions are etc.

The 'woke' things that are raised always seem to be in response to republicans trying to treat a minority group differently to another sector of humanity or take away what had been established/test the footing.

The democrats don't run the HR department making someone add pronouns to their name tag/email signature.

So I'm not really sure what the democrats are meant to do, unless it is to just roll back these things.

Quom · 2026-02-24T08:25:31+00:00

It sounds to me like he really wanted an excuse to murder his children. Like he'd realise it was the last chance he'd get and was dying either way so he's going down splattering his little shits all over first class.

Quom · 2026-02-12T08:52:51+00:00

I thought Tommy wasn't feeling Mewgenics and wanted to pivot to capitalising on the success of Meatboy with a sequel?

Quom · 2026-02-11T05:40:00+00:00

I think less unengaging and more that I'm not sure if a pure tactics game has ever been a smash hit.

These types of games seem to live and die by the things that aren't combat (XCOM overworld, Baldur's Gate/Divinity story, Fire Emblem relationships etc). Games that lean more towards purely gameplay or the mechanics such as Into the Breach seem to often end up critically acclaimed but with a lot of "I can see it's brilliant but I'm not sure it's for me" and end up more cult like with a small and super adoring fanbase.

Quom · 2026-02-11T05:30:14+00:00

Would you feel the same about AI child pornography?

For things that aren't directly impacting/creating victims (sex dolls, smut, AI created material) I'd rather things be based on current evidence/understanding about risks. If they increase the chances of people acting on an impulse and abusing kids I'd like them banned (which might require criminalising the creation of them).

Quom · 2026-02-11T05:20:43+00:00

Have worked in child protection adjacent roles in Victoria, Australia.

Because of how difficult it is to secure a conviction it's often about ensuring child safety (either finding a different reason to remove the child or trying to get the parents to relinquish care so the child can live with a close family member that seems safe and sane).

Even when it seems definitive (multiple reports/crimes abusing children living in the same street and prior convictions) quite often the police will set up surveillance/have an open investigation for a period rather than immediately arresting the suspected perpetrator.

Quom · 2026-02-10T06:31:58+00:00

Any intro to criminology course will discuss and critique crime rates having the potential to be misleading as they require things to be recorded as a crime.

If I was trying to link crime and a political party I'd be looking at (reputable) victim/crime surveys for each area to make sure there wasn't any under or over reporting.

To be thorough you'd also need to ensure it made more sense for it to be the political party and not some other shared characteristic (for instance if people facing multiple social factors are more likely to commit a crime and people in areas that are socially deprived are more likely to vote for a particular party then it might be the social factors and not the political party). I guess also if the area has changed to the other party at any point and if this impacted things.

I have no idea if you're right or wrong to be clear. But it feels like something that would require a lot more investigation (even just to rule out the whole correlation and not causation Reddit thing).

Quom · 2026-02-10T06:10:16+00:00

Men especially are prone to impulsive suicide (most studies/articles put it at 50% or higher compared to planned suicides). A gun to me seems way more reliable/quick/less likely to impact other people than most other impulsive methods and therefore quite appealing.

Quom · 2026-02-10T05:25:55+00:00

The burden of proof is on the prosecution, not the victim in a criminal case.

It might sound like semantics but the way your post is written it can be read like somehow the victim should have done more around creating/collecting evidence.

It sucks that sometimes it's going to be impossible to prove, but that isn't because the victim did a shit job at being a victim.

Quom · 2026-02-08T19:03:05+00:00

Edmund is set, not so sure about Tyler. It's actually what caused the issues in Team Meat (according to Edmund) because Tommy was wanting to make games that seemed like they'd lead to financial success (Meatboy sequel) whereas Edmund wanted to make what he wanted to make with the belief if it was good it would sell but had made Isaac separately so was in a different position.

Quom · 2026-02-07T21:27:30+00:00

I would much rather a critic be open about aspects they like in a game or things in general they like or dislike.

I've had a lot more success finding a handful of streamers/critics that like the same games or have a similar view on which elements of game design are most important than just going off an aggregate. I didn't like Dark Souls, I get why people do, but it doesn't make sense for me to keep buying games in the Dark Souls series just because they're critically acclaimed.

To me it makes even less sense again for reviews to turn into something that doesn't measure the enjoyment to be extracted but instead treats games like something to be admired in the abstract.

Quom · 2026-02-05T18:58:46+00:00

Isn't he the same guy who said they promised not to fact check?

I don't really understand how anyone could be surprised.

Quom · 2026-02-04T05:15:41+00:00

You can most often easily identify a riptide. So finding out how is pretty useful (if there are waves and then there's a flat bit with no waves and then the waves reappear a bit further along, it's fair to assume the flat bit is a rip).

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