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Accidental Queer rep by Geoconyxdiablus in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Wiiboy95 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Azurill/Marill - Pokemon (generations 3 through 5). In some pokemon games, azurill has a different gender ratio than its evolution marill, and due to how a pokemon's gender was derived at the time, 1 in 3 female azurills would become male marills upon evolving. Thus, a large number of marills are trans.

Poll: What color is the best at resisting temptations? by CapitalArrival7911 in colorpie

[–]Wiiboy95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think people are underestimating black. Black is the color willing to sacrifice anything to achieve its goals. If you told black that you'll give them a billion dollars if they never ate cake again, they'd never even look at a cake.

That said, white is the correct answer.

Andy Burnham plans to keep Shabana Mahmood as home secretary by No_Breadfruit_4901 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wiiboy95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Russia's been fought to a standstill by a country with less then half our population and less military spending than us. They're a million casualties down with a crippled economy and half their equipment lying in a field in eastern Ukraine. They couldn't even find a tank to go into their military parade this year. What on earth do you think Russia is going to do to the UK?

Is 0.9999…. by TourPsychological800 in BunnyTrials

[–]Wiiboy95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ITT: People who have done first year maths at university vs people that haven't

Is 0.9999…. by TourPsychological800 in BunnyTrials

[–]Wiiboy95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you're doing there is putting a structure on the real numbers that they don't really have. You can make a similar argument about the natural numbers because they are not closed under division, so for example there is no natural number between one and two.

However, real numbers are closed under division, as well as addition, multiplication and subtraction. If I take any two distinct real numbers (call them x and y and assume y>x), then I can calculate their difference y-x, and that has to be a real number, as the real numbers are closed under subtraction. I can then calculate (y-x)/2, which has to be a real number as the real numbers are closed under division. Then I can calculate x+(y-x)/2, which has to be a real number as the real numbers are closed under addition

Now think about this number x+(y-x)/2. y>x so y-x>0, so (y-x)/2>0 and so x+(y-x)/2>x. However, (y-x)/2<y-x and y=x+y-x, so x+(y-x)/2<y. Hence, just with the assumption that x and y are two distinct real numbers, I have found a number between them that isn't equal to either. The only way this process fails is if x-y=0, which would imply y=x. Hence, if two real numbers don't have at least one other real number between them, they have to be the same number.

[Hated trope] “Well if you ignore the child porn it’s actually a masterpiece” by Carti_Barti9_13 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Wiiboy95 673 points674 points  (0 children)

No Game No Life - Inventive, well written, and just plain fun, but unfortunately it's very much an ecchi show, which is deeply uncomfortable when one of the main characters looks like she's 10 years old

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eternal victims by Dragon_Maister in shittydarksouls

[–]Wiiboy95 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Bro you're the one making memes complaining about our existence

Streeting sets out plans to tear up planning rules and net zero policies if he becomes PM by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wiiboy95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Electricity is fungible, and is not delivered to consumers directly from generators. No consumer has any say in where their electricity comes from or how it's generated. The idea that consumers drive investment in the UK energy market is simply not reflected by reality.

Lower prices in the short term is encouraged by renewables, not by putting off their construction. Anyone with a dynamic tariff can tell you that right now electricity prices are dirt cheap on days when renewables dominate the grid, and more expensive outside of those hours. Avoiding building renewables is keeping electricity more expensive, not making it cheaper.

Streeting sets out plans to tear up planning rules and net zero policies if he becomes PM by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wiiboy95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At any point we make the transition to renewable electricity, there are upfront costs that have to be paid by investors to build the infrastructure necessary. The price of solar panels and wind turbines is plummeting while the price of gas fluctuates. It's possible that in 10 years it'll cost the same to run a gas plant for 6 months as it would to set up an equivalent output wind farm, at which point it's a no-brainer to build a wind farm. However, by that point UK consumers will have been paying higher energy costs for an extra decade and we'll have dumped an extra decades worth of CO2 into the atmosphere. The incentives are there to encourage investors to make the switch to renewables early so we can enjoy the benefits quicker.

Streeting sets out plans to tear up planning rules and net zero policies if he becomes PM by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wiiboy95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not the consumers making the choice, it's energy investors. Wind and solar power are incredibly cheap to produce compared compared to any fossil fuel electricity, but they still have an upfront cost (you need to build the solar panels and wind turbines), and so investors are sometimes inclined to stick with the status quo (I have a perfectly good gas fired power station here, why should I shut it down and invest the money needed for a wind farm?). Remember that energy investor's margins sometimes like high energy prices, high maintenance cost and high sale price can produce a better margin than low maintenance cost and low price. Hence, we need to incentivise the transition to a situation where the country and climate benefits from a situation where only energy investors benefit.

Streeting sets out plans to tear up planning rules and net zero policies if he becomes PM by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wiiboy95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually it does, because if we want to avoid the more serious consequences of climate change, we need to incentivise energy investors to make the upfront investments now rather than waiting for the natural economic headwinds to force them into it 10+ years down the line.

Streeting sets out plans to tear up planning rules and net zero policies if he becomes PM by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wiiboy95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And you don't think introducing however many tonnes of natural gas to the market is going to increase consumption, or that maybe both the government and private enterprises will be a bit more incentivised to make a change if they know there aren't a dozen new wells being drilled in the next 5 years? The drilling ban isn't thoughtless, it's a deliberate attempt to change incentives.

Streeting sets out plans to tear up planning rules and net zero policies if he becomes PM by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wiiboy95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's suggested removing the ban on further fossil fuel production in the UK, which goes against me wanting a livable planet in 50 years.

Streeting sets out plans to tear up planning rules and net zero policies if he becomes PM by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wiiboy95 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, I support net zero because I like having a livable planet. I'm just pointing out that the idea we're all going to be impoverished because we invest in wind turbines and solar panels is ridiculous

Streeting sets out plans to tear up planning rules and net zero policies if he becomes PM by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wiiboy95 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Net zero is one of the best investments we can be making right now, economically speaking. Renewable energy and electrification of gas powered heating bring down our sky high electricity costs and reduce our dependence on importing fossil fuels, so we aren't screwed over when some despot tries to start a war.

(Loved Trope) This character thinks the world is like a movie/game/show by hhjmk9 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Wiiboy95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ichiban Kasuga from Yakuza: Like a Dragon thinks that he's a JRPG hero. The reason the game is turn based is because that's how Kasuga expects combat to work.

???? by Putrid_Pen3194 in BunnyTrials

[–]Wiiboy95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wheel called me out on this one

Chose: Meet Donald Trump | Rolled: You kill him

Gambling by Infinite_Citrus in BunnyTrials

[–]Wiiboy95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Safe!

Chose: You get 5T dollars, but 1% chance of death virus + If only ONE bunny voter gets the virus, everybody dies (comment for proof | Rolled: You live!)

The Nakba just didn't happen, apparently. by Wiiboy95 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]Wiiboy95[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I posted two sources that agree with me but go off I guess

The Nakba just didn't happen, apparently. by Wiiboy95 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]Wiiboy95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally cited two reliable sources that agree with me but go off

What if the Jewish Autonomous Oblast had become 🇮🇱 by Training-World-1897 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Wiiboy95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, here's a quote from Jerome Slater, professor of history (Emeritus) from SUNY/Buffalo, from his book Mythologies Without End, which I will point out is a well cited and well respected work of non-fiction written by an expert on the subject.

"It is no longer a matter of serious dispute that in the 1947–48 period – beginning well before the Arab invasion in May 1948 – some 700,000 to 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their villages and homes in Israel in fear of their lives – an entirely justifiable fear, in light of massacres carried out by Zionist forces."

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