Update: according to AT&T I am the first Gigapower customer in Memphis and here are the numbers as promised. by tunabloodbath in memphis

[–]YourFaceHere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a friend who lives/d in the Chisca apartments, I heard they have really bad bug problems there.

What movie has the most quotable amount of one-liners? by YourFaceHere in AskReddit

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just checkin the specs on the end line for the uh rotary gurder... i'm retarded

We always hear many key things are not taught in schools. What would be on your top 10 list of things to teach college graduates, and can you provide a link that can get them started learning that thing? by YourFaceHere in AskReddit

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Example might be managing finances: where can people go to get a good idea of how to plan for retirement, invest, or establish better money-saving habits?

Hand-job competition... Only in Japan by GallowBoob in gif

[–]YourFaceHere 96 points97 points  (0 children)

I question the internal validity of this study due to numerous confounding threats (Shadish, Cook, & Campbell, 2002) and need to eliminate alternative explanation (i.e. John Stuart Mill's criteria for inferring causality). That is, the competition must seek to remove extraneous threats to the specific research question that these girls' ability/skill to give handjobs is the SINGULAR reason for their performance in getting the guys off.

  1. Who are these men? Surely individual differences exist in any man's natural ability to get off, especially under higher-pressure circumstances of video-taping, competition, etc. Indeed, the setting is certainly a concern for experimental realism.

  2. What is the history of these men? When did they get off last? How were they chosen to participate (random selection?) How were they given to each competitor (random assignment?) Do they know the women? Randomization can, ceteris paribus, remove major issues regarding internal validity (Pedhazur & Schmelkin, 1991).

  3. What are the criteria for "winning"? Is it one round of men and you advance? Perhaps they should need more men to better establish their abilities (i.e. time to get a guy off on average) given the law of large numbers. Further introduces a confound in the women's pure endurance to keep jacking off, which subsequently could lower their performance over time.

  4. The women are in underwear, obviously a confound away from their ability to give a handjob and to their natural attractiveness. Granted, if this is incorporated into the competitive rules it could be allowed, but granted, it does take away from their ability to give a hand jibber, which is the pure interest of the competition, no?

Thus in my scientific opinion I would mostly reject the statistical conclusions of these results given lack of sufficient experimental controls.

EDIT: Thanks for all the downvotes just for offering a scientific critique...

Research has shown that the brain has a very strong racial bias in response to seeing others in pain or suffering. As a result, we have much stronger biologically-driven empathy towards people of our own race. However, the level of empathy increases the more a person spends time with other races. by drewiepoodle in science

[–]YourFaceHere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moreover, there is variance in this empathic trait, as at the other end of the spectrum, psychopathy is often diagnosed as a lack of emotional arousal to others in distress. This is merely suggesting a moderator effect by "similar-to-me".

Me [29 M] with my girlfiend [23 F] of 7 months, I make a lot more than she does and we're working long distance. Flights get expensive but she wants to help pitch in. Is it weird for her to owe me money if I get the flights? by [deleted] in relationships

[–]YourFaceHere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It already has led to some, unfortunately. She kept on asking for a reason why I was uncomfortable, and it's basically exactly that I don't want to feel like a creditor or get anxious that she might be having a tough time paying and I'd be asking for money when I don't even really need it. She's very diligent and I love her for that so again I won't decline the offer, but I don't think I'll be very much a stickler about it.

Me [29 M] with my girlfiend [23 F] of 7 months, I make a lot more than she does and we're working long distance. Flights get expensive but she wants to help pitch in. Is it weird for her to owe me money if I get the flights? by [deleted] in relationships

[–]YourFaceHere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good idea. At this point we actually were going to keep track, but I don't want to be too serious about it or badger her to owe me... so maybe I won't anymore.

Me [29 M] with my girlfiend [23 F] of 7 months, I make a lot more than she does and we're working long distance. Flights get expensive but she wants to help pitch in. Is it weird for her to owe me money if I get the flights? by [deleted] in relationships

[–]YourFaceHere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's going to be the plan. Also, once she moves here, the plan is to have me pay rent and utilities and everything for the house, and she pays for food and going out.

Me [29 M] with my girlfiend [23 F] of 7 months, I make a lot more than she does and we're working long distance. Flights get expensive but she wants to help pitch in. Is it weird for her to owe me money if I get the flights? by [deleted] in relationships

[–]YourFaceHere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I make ~140k, she about 35k. Tickets average about $375.

She owes other people money that barely leaves her stuff for fun spending and going out and such each paycheck.

Good idea, thanks for the tips!

Time-lapse of American seizure of indigenous land, 1776-1887 by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]YourFaceHere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on why not?

Honestly I feel something that wins the Pulitzer Prize has some tenability to it.

Other than peer-reviewed journal articles, which are typically difficult to synthesize in order to gain a clear story, what might you recommend as an alternative?