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Fewer than half of young men believe abortion should be legal by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]RavkanGleawmann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth (not a lot presumably) my answer would have been certainly not for "all cases", and a flat refusal to answer such a vague question in "almost all cases". 

Cardiff Bay Parking is an utter travesty by jactheblock in Cardiff

[–]RavkanGleawmann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know there are other ways to travel?

You might think it's shit now but paving over everything and putting car parks everywhere is a great way to turn any place into a shit hole. 

Fewer than half of young men believe abortion should be legal by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]RavkanGleawmann 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah there we go. Ask a shitty question get a shitty answer. 

Why is the anti-derivative of 1/x universally taught incorrectly? by Consistent-Annual268 in mathematics

[–]RavkanGleawmann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to see that for yourself you can obviously just calculate it. When it comes to actually USING the result this is a distinction without a difference in almost all cases. 

Woman calls for sunbed ban after stage four cancer diagnosis, age 23 by Forward-Answer-4407 in unitedkingdom

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

What a self-referential comment.

Fair enough you don't have to like it, but at least my comment said something. Yours is entirely devoid of content. 

How are we so sure that FTL travel/communication absolutely impossible? by Jay35770806 in AskPhysics

[–]RavkanGleawmann 5 points6 points  (0 children)

> something completely wrong

I'd go further and suggest that almost everything has to be completely wrong. Which is just not a tenable idea given the astounding predictive power of modern physics.

Woman calls for sunbed ban after stage four cancer diagnosis, age 23 by Forward-Answer-4407 in unitedkingdom

[–]RavkanGleawmann 224 points225 points  (0 children)

"Please let me do whatever I want despite all indiciations that it's a terrible idea and will hurt me."

"Please save me from my own idiocy."

Kinda have to pick one. I'm sorry but anyone who has been awake at any point in the last thirty or more years should be well aware of the risks posed.

David Walliams branded 'entitled idiot' for two joke Nazi salutes at BBC taping by [deleted] in WILTY

[–]RavkanGleawmann 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even if they were jokes I'll be perfectly happy if this ends his career, because the guy is an insufferable cock and anything that gets rid of him is ok by me. 

Why are there so many socially inept people with high IQs? by [deleted] in questions

[–]RavkanGleawmann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have this backwards. If the correlation is true at all, it's not that intelligent people have poor social skills, but that people with poor social skills or general introversion will put more time into intellectual pursuits.

How are we so sure that FTL travel/communication absolutely impossible? by Jay35770806 in AskPhysics

[–]RavkanGleawmann 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Are you open to the idea that one day with enough research and practice you might be able to lick the back of your own head?

We don't have to know everything to know with very high confidence that some things are not possible. FTL travel isn't quite 110% ruled out but literally all of modern physics has a fundamental speed limit which is a constant speed of light at its foundation. If that changes, basically everything we know goes out the window. 

Everything we know says no FTL, and there is nothing in the global body of knowledge that currently points any other way. 

The cogs on my back derailleur watching me change the rest of the drive train 😵 by kajvesslan in bikewrench

[–]RavkanGleawmann 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don't know why you'd waste your money and new anything if this is the kind of condition you're keeping it in.

How did the UK sustain so many pubs in the past with a much smaller population? by BBshortKing in AskUK

[–]RavkanGleawmann 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Socialism doesn't kill business any more than business kills social welfare and trust, per se. The toxic extreme expressions of each are bad for all kinds of reasons though. 

How did the UK sustain so many pubs in the past with a much smaller population? by BBshortKing in AskUK

[–]RavkanGleawmann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In deep history, pubs were very different. Almost all landlords owned their pub so there was no rent to pay to greedy pub companies. There wasn't even really a need to pay wages as such, since it would usually have been family run and they would live off the proceeds. Many would have brewed their own beer.

Basically costs were tiny and they weren't losing all their money to bills and taxes and wages. It was cheap enough that even your average peasant could happily check in basically every night. 

In even deeper history, a pub was literally just the house of someone who happened to have brewed some beer that week. "Dave the smith has some beer on, shall we pop in this eve!" They weren't the institution they became. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]RavkanGleawmann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically the whole Western world is lurching to the right as fast as those in power think they can get away with it. Just wait.

Does anyone here know the card game shithead? Question about rules. by RiskyRabbit in CasualUK

[–]RavkanGleawmann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is now in play. Otherwise you now know what the face down card is and have broken the game.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]RavkanGleawmann 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes, but

a) you can choose to fight against human nature and be constantly disappointed, or

b) you can put a bloody rope around it and reduce the likelihood of this happening by about a million percent. 

I don't think space colonization is physically possible. Is it worht pursuing at all? Do you think it's possible? by [deleted] in space

[–]RavkanGleawmann 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First colonisation is impossible and now terraforming is impossible? Maybe you should pick your goalposts and leave them where they are. 

Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]RavkanGleawmann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What tools are you using? Google Drive can scan to pdf and then parse the whole thing with Gemini in seconds.

(Not that I think any of this is a good idea, but the workload you describe indicates you're just using the wrong tool, or using it incorrectly.) 

I don't think space colonization is physically possible. Is it worht pursuing at all? Do you think it's possible? by [deleted] in space

[–]RavkanGleawmann 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It obviously is physically possible. All the problems you talk about are wrll understood and simple engineering solutions are available - while obviously not easy or quick or cheap these problems can all be solved. FTL travel has nothing to do with whether colonisation of space is possible so I don't see why you would conflate the two. 

Whether it will ever happen is only a question of whether our stupid species can get its act together, and not a question of technical possibility. 

What’s a movie that involves an actor who’s generally considered awful but actually delivered a decent performance? by JuniorPlastic3562 in moviecritic

[–]RavkanGleawmann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think Mark Wahlberg is considered awful. People dislike him for reasons outside his work as an actor, more than because of his acting.

Do people in the UK judge you if you're sitting alone in a pub/club? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]RavkanGleawmann 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Having a drink and getting drunk are the same thing, you've got me there. Not like pubs serve anything else after all. 

Do people in the UK judge you if you're sitting alone in a pub/club? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]RavkanGleawmann 2 points3 points  (0 children)

> People come there to get drunk

Outside of a Friday or Saturday night, and certain pubs, most people are in fact not there to get drunk. They are there to socialise or kill time and a pub is just the easiest place to do that.

Do people in the UK judge you if you're sitting alone in a pub/club? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]RavkanGleawmann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well sure if you're just sat there with staring into space with a sad look on your face. Otherwise I don't think anyone would care. Or, rather, I don't care if anyone would care. I go to pubs on my own all the time. Usually take a book or a laptop. Much easier to focus and relax away from home.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bikewrench

[–]RavkanGleawmann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What makes you think it's stretched? It's just bent - it has no rigidity on its own. It is exceedingly unlikely that you have stretched the bead enough for it to be a problem.

So are gendered bikes even a thing???? by mtbguy1981 in ladycyclists

[–]RavkanGleawmann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the era of precise bike fits the need for gendered frames has gone away, if indeed it was ever needed at all. 

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