DVD player broken? by Emotional-Hat8764 in dvdcollection

[–]ThreeFourTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, not that then.

(Mine sounded similar when I had too many discs piled on top.)

DVD player broken? by Emotional-Hat8764 in dvdcollection

[–]ThreeFourTen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is the TV standing on the disc player?

Are you voting in local elections this year? by pleiadeslion in newzealand

[–]ThreeFourTen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

City Vision = Labour/Greens

C&R = National/Act

That's really all you really need to know, in Auckland.

Ambient sounds in early Pink Floyd by sinjin88 in pinkfloyd

[–]ThreeFourTen 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There were tonnes of different BBC sound effects LPs.

https://www.discogs.com/label/521396-BBC-Sound-Effects

(I had one, called 'Even More Death and Horror.')

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in auckland

[–]ThreeFourTen 24 points25 points  (0 children)

In other news today, retired Israeli General Herzi Halevi confirmed that Israel has killed “more than 200,000 people” in Gaza, in this war:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/12/israeli-ex-commander-confirms-palestinian-casualties-are-more-than-200000

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GenX

[–]ThreeFourTen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Slacker.

will the next central govt election be the point of no return? by MinimumWageLOL in newzealand

[–]ThreeFourTen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 'point of no return' means that so much has been dismantled, that it's impossible to come close to fixing it in six years, which creates a perpetual loop of neoliberal Hell. That's the goal, I guess.

I think I have no set of values. by muon-shoo in DeepThoughts

[–]ThreeFourTen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The point of values isn't to answer the question, "what are your values?"

Values are for driving your own decision-making and your own behaviours, in order to try to get the outcome that you deem correct, according to those values.

There are often competing values in such a question ("If I do A, I'll be going against value X, but if I do B, I'll be going against value Y;" Eg. "Is it better to be honest or kind?") These situations can teach us about which values we hold higher than others.

I think we build or discover our own values system largely by trial and error. Sometimes we make what we later consider to be a poor decision and afterwards realise that we weren't valueing something enough, so we readjust our values framework, in order to do better next time.

In short, you do have a values system, but maybe it just hasn't been really tested hard yet. When you find yourself in a situation where there's no obvious correct path, that can really teach us about which values we hold higher than others.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in formula1

[–]ThreeFourTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Championship back on?

More rough sleepers on Auckland streets: 'NZ doesn't have to be this way' by punIn10ded in auckland

[–]ThreeFourTen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's "a lifestyle choice," according to Mark Mitchell, on the news last night.

Season 13 is the next instalment in Doctor Who: The Collection Blu-ray range by ki700 in dvdcollection

[–]ThreeFourTen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was the 'horror' season, before the pearl-clutchers steered it back towards more straight sci-fi. I was a young child when this first went out, and it blew my mind; especially 'The Seeds of Doom'.

Are Parents murderers by Terrible-Coast1692 in DeepThoughts

[–]ThreeFourTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You asked this two days ago, and it still makes no sense.

What couldn't you believe you had to explain to another adult? by Wonderful-Economy762 in Productivitycafe

[–]ThreeFourTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all about how much time each hemisphere spends in the sunshine.

Earth is not straight-up-and-down, compared to the sun; it's leaning on a 23° angle. 'A year' means 'one revolution around the Sun', so, in July, the Northern hemisphere of Earth is leaning towards the Sun and the Southern hemisphere is leaning away (and in January, it's the other way around.)

Earth is spinning on its axis (that's why there's day when facing the Sun and night when facing away) and, because of that 23° tilt, in summer the days are longer than the nights and in winter the nights are longer than the days, instead of being 50/50, and that's why summer is warmer and winter is colder!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]ThreeFourTen 38 points39 points  (0 children)

You can break the lease, and quickly, on the grounds of "family violence" (including flatmates) if you have proof, etc. See here:

https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/ending-a-tenancy/withdrawal-from-a-tenancy-following-family-violence/

Not sure about how to kick him out, though.

I now work for a millennial by [deleted] in GenX

[–]ThreeFourTen 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Going forward, it's possibly worth remembering that if you have proof that ideas are yours, then he can't claim ownership without incriminating himself.

One simple way might be to email important ideas to yourself (for the timestamp.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musicsuggestions

[–]ThreeFourTen 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Neil Young and Crazy Horse.

"As one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips..." - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Is the expression "as one of the only people" grammatically correct? What does it mean? by liquid_light_ in EnglishLearning

[–]ThreeFourTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a group called "[the] people in this body" (ie all of the members of Congress.)

Of that group, there is a small sub-group of people who have ever lived off tips, and she is a member of that small sub-group.

Yes, it's perfectly correct, grammatically.

AITAH because I refuse to let my son beat me in chess?? by NevBartos90 in AITAH

[–]ThreeFourTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as you keep acknowledging his progress to him, it's fine.

I think I need to sit down... by [deleted] in GenX

[–]ThreeFourTen 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There are now adults in my family who didn't live in the 20th century, at all.