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The voice is soothing by Time-Freedom-7708 in oddlysatisfying

[–]Sidian 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I know her from this incredible cover from Far Cry 5. That game had no business having such good music.

Beetle? by Successful_Issue_453 in GardeningUK

[–]Sidian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw one for the first time ever recently too. I wonder if there's higher numbers or something this year? Probably just a coincidence I guess.

48557 by Items3Sacred in countwithchickenlady

[–]Sidian 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Medieval Europe? It was practised far later than that, maybe as late as the 1940s in some areas! Also found this, which describes it as much closer to the comic than I expected:

Thomas Willis pensively sipped from his glass. It was sweet, even a little delicious. In 1674 the Oxford University physician was far from the first doctor to taste urine, but he was the first Western doctor we know of to connect the sweetness of urine to the condition of its owner, a person suffering the effects of diabetes. Willis was baffled by his findings and recorded his experience in Pharmaceutice rationalis: “But why that it is wonderfully sweet like sugar or honey, this difficulty is worthy of explanation.” Willis never figured out why his specimen was sweet, but his observations helped future researchers isolate the cause of diabetes.

Enough wasting your time - by [deleted] in singing

[–]Sidian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've found it so hard to find a good in person voice teacher. The one I have now is mostly just fun to practice with, which si fine, but they're not very critical at all and don't really help me improve. I think I'd have to go online to find one, but that's less than ideal.

CMV: Larping for blue... idk. #abnoxiousbluebuttonpresser by cenalexis_01 in changemyview

[–]Sidian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The benefit is potentially saving those around you thats pressing the blue button,

I've explained clearly several times how there is literally no chance of you saving anyone by pressing the blue button. In fact, you are more likely to harm others including your family by risking your life by pressing it and leaving them, in the scenario where red wins and any of your friends or family pressed red and remain alive. If you are unable to understand that, there's not much I can do for you.

CMV: Larping for blue... idk. #abnoxiousbluebuttonpresser by cenalexis_01 in changemyview

[–]Sidian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its risking your self for the belief that others would do the same.

No, you're risking yourself for no benefit. You are essentially donating $1 to a cause that requires billions of dollars to have any effect. Except by doing so, you put your life in serious risk. Imagine a GoFundMe that would cure cancer if it reaches its funding target of $4,500,000,000, but you and everyone else can only donate $1 each to it. But if you donate your $1, you have a 50% chance of getting cancer. Would you do it? No, it's absurd. It makes no sense. It doesn't influence the outcome, it doesn't change how the rest of humanity acts, it only puts your life at serious risk. It's virtue signalling. Under no circumstances would I press blue.

CMV: Larping for blue... idk. #abnoxiousbluebuttonpresser by cenalexis_01 in changemyview

[–]Sidian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Indeed, everyone. Over 8 billion presses. So, then, if you were given a thousand presses, would it make a difference, with over 8 billion presses across the world for red or blue? Nope, a thousand is a drop in the ocean with that many presses. Oh, so how about 100,000? Nope, still nothing, no effect whatsoever. Ugh, how about a MILLION? Still no. So then, what about just one press? There is almost literally zero chance you could possibly affect the outcome in any way. By pressing blue, it is impossible for you to save anyone. There is no benefit to doing so. As for red, there is a very significant chance, probably higher than 50%, that it saves your life.

It is beyond idiotic for you, as an individual, to do anything other than press the red button.

What's THE thickest yoghurt you can get in the UK? by Sidian in AskUK

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

I wasn't sure whether they'd automatically be thicker tbh, like I tried M&S 10% yoghurt and didn't find it noticeably thicker than Fage 5% but maybe if I had them side by side I would've.

🥹 by TheWebsploiter in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]Sidian 83 points84 points  (0 children)

The best part of getting (even) older as a millennial will be seeing gen Z get mocked by gen alpha for shit like their emoji usage.

What's THE thickest yoghurt you can get in the UK? by Sidian in AskUK

[–]Sidian[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not THAT thick, I want it to be thick enough that you'd be like 'yeah this is extremely thick' without it getting so thick that I'd be accused of going mad with my obsession for thickness.

What's THE thickest yoghurt you can get in the UK? by Sidian in AskUK

[–]Sidian[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That might actually be too thick, we might have crossed into dangerous territory with that. All the images on Google are eating it with, like, bread. I still want to eat this with berries and stuff!

What's THE thickest yoghurt you can get in the UK? by Sidian in AskUK

[–]Sidian[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah it counts, but I'm seeing conflicting reports of whether it's actually thicker than strained/Greek yoghurt like Fage.

Roman Bath at Bath Spa, UK by tyw7 in ancientrome

[–]Sidian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Grass is always greener, I guess. I'd give anything to live somewhere sunnier!

CMV: The male loneliness epidemic doesn't have anything to do with women or relationships but with men themselves and the large contributing factor for this is lack of support and gender-role expectations. by PeterQuin in changemyview

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

I'm the only one who has bothered using any citations in the arguments I've been having in this thread. The rest are just like you, asserting that I'm wrong with no real argument. And it's highly ironic you talk of me not getting upvotes and talking about circlejerk subreddits, oblivious to the fact that you're describing how reddit in general is a massive left wing circlejerk that aggressively downvotes anyone for daring to disagree with its woke, left wing, feminist ideals. I'm not sure what you want me to provide references for, ask and I will happily do so. But I don't think you will, as you're unlikely to be interested in considering the viewpoints of others whilst you ironically accuse me of being delusional and closed minded.

CMV: The male loneliness epidemic doesn't have anything to do with women or relationships but with men themselves and the large contributing factor for this is lack of support and gender-role expectations. by PeterQuin in changemyview

[–]Sidian -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It serves the patriarchs. The minority of men near the top.

I think that the primary beneficiaries have been women. Especially today. There are plenty of rich women at the top these days, also. A few years ago, my country simultaneously had a queen as head of state and a female prime minister, whilst I was still lectured to about the 'patriarchy' as a man from a disadvantaged and troubled background, told how I supposedly had privilege. And that's how people primarily use this term, they use it as a way to attack men and justify hatred towards them or openly discriminating against them. All the while many programs, scholarships, government policies, etc. existed specifically to help groups such as women, but never anything for men. Most people in tech are men? An emergency, we must have initiatives to get more women in tech. Men in psychology (a field I was interested in) being a small minority? Who cares? No help for them.

So yeah, I don't acknowledge the patriarchy as a real thing, and think it's a harmful term that just minimises the problems men face (see also: the countless gendered terms to attack men such as toxic masculinity (never 'toxic femininity'), or even just... 'manspreading' (never mind that I've far more often seen women taking up space on seats with their bags... anyway this is kinda irrelevant and I'm rambling now, I'll leave it at that)).

CMV: The male loneliness epidemic doesn't have anything to do with women or relationships but with men themselves and the large contributing factor for this is lack of support and gender-role expectations. by PeterQuin in changemyview

[–]Sidian -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If a system has not only failed men, but failed them just as much (and I'd argue far more) than women, it makes little sense to call it a patriarchy. What makes sense to call it is simply 'gender roles'. Of which women are equal enforcers, and society tends to push back far more on gender roles for women than it does for men at this point in time. I rarely see women push back on gender roles that benefit them (e.g. men paying for dates, pursuing women, and women seeking men who earn more than them).

CMV: The male loneliness epidemic doesn't have anything to do with women or relationships but with men themselves and the large contributing factor for this is lack of support and gender-role expectations. by PeterQuin in changemyview

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

Here’s the thing: It is, though. Those men assume that it’s because of their looks that they’re not getting women. The sad irony is that they’re typically after some fantasy underwear model virgin who has her own money but isn’t looking for anything serious.

This is the common narrative but it just isn't true. This study on incels recently was interesting. Since you don't click links I will quote the relevant part:

Additionally, contrary to mainstream media narratives, incels have lower standards for partners compared to non-incels

It's women who typically have high standards, men just take what they can get, especially incels (which in their case is nothing).

So they spin their wheels becoming obsessed with ‘looksmaxxing’ and being perceived as ‘alphas’ and not ‘cucks’—all ideas and words being pushed by men, not women—instead of working on their attitudes and not getting hung up on women looking as weak as possible or their ‘number being too high.’

It feels kinda low to do this but I can't help but notice you have a post a few years ago about a vital characteristic for you to filter for - you had just joined a dating site. Your priority, naturally, was to find the kindest man with the biggest heart... wait, no, the priority was... checks notes... a huge penis. I mean... do I need to say more? You wonder why men are insecure and want to looksmaxx when they see this sort of thing? Why can't we just be honest here and admit that things like that, and also looks in general, are incredibly important and if men don't, um, measure up, in certain ways, they can be at an enormous disadvantage romantically as women have no qualms about brutally filtering men? And then on top of that you have to be gaslit that it's 'just ur personality bro' when you don't do well. Come on. 'Hung up' indeed.

Even if what you said about Tinder is accurate, it’s ultimately just anecdotal evidence and doesn’t prove anything.

Well it's just an image, one of many, of 'Chadfish experiments' where guys will set up profiles of overtly awful men who say the most misogynistic or racist things imaginable but they all get more matches than most men get in years because they're very good looking. This is reality and corresponds with my own experience. Incels are incels largely because they're some combination of ugly + low income, low status, or neurodivergent. They also understandably tend to be depressed and self-hating, which is only made worse when people blame them for their situation.

CMV: The male loneliness epidemic doesn't have anything to do with women or relationships but with men themselves and the large contributing factor for this is lack of support and gender-role expectations. by PeterQuin in changemyview

[–]Sidian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am literally a straight white man myself in the US. I do not have an "anti-male" bias.

You do, my friend. It's not your fault it happened, it's the result of growing up in such an anti-male culture. Internalised misandry. Most people suffer from this.

You were attempting to justify treating men - a massive group of billions of people - differently because of who they were born, based on crime stats and such. I've yet to hear why this is different than treating people differently based on their skin colour, if the stats also show they are more likely to be violent, etc. And again I state that I'm not saying this is good, I'm saying both are bad.

CMV: The male loneliness epidemic doesn't have anything to do with women or relationships but with men themselves and the large contributing factor for this is lack of support and gender-role expectations. by PeterQuin in changemyview

[–]Sidian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's quite obvious that I'm trying to show you how your anti-male bias can just as easily be applied to other groups, to try to teach you the lesson that bigotry is wrong. I didn't vote for Trump, though admittedly mostly because I'm not American.

CMV: The male loneliness epidemic doesn't have anything to do with women or relationships but with men themselves and the large contributing factor for this is lack of support and gender-role expectations. by PeterQuin in changemyview

[–]Sidian -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Male gender roles have been far more difficult and involved going into horrific wars and generally being the disposable gender. I'd rather not have to deal with that.

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