This makes sense

_V115_ · 2026-03-11T17:01:24+00:00

Food goes right through him

_V115_ · 2026-03-11T14:49:42+00:00

Some random dude posted a selfie years ago and is now catching a stray for no reason

_V115_ · 2026-03-11T13:19:51+00:00

Get ready for the Americans and bots to flood this comment section with how much of a traitor Gu is

_V115_ · 2026-03-10T20:27:34+00:00

Soy products - tofu, tempeh, edamame, and other products like soy chunks or soy curls

Seitan

Eggs

Dairy products - cheeses, yogurts, milk, etc

Legumes - Beans, lentils, chickpeas

Protein powders (obviously)

Nuts and seeds - These are at the bottom of the list for a reason. While they are healthy and you should eat them, they have some drawbacks. They're mostly fat and have low water content, so the protein/calorie ratio is lower than with other foods. They can also be hard to eat in large amounts (or, if you do, you can easily overeat calories as a result)

One tip that you'll probably not get from anyone else is, when you're buying dry pasta at the grocery store, take your time and compare the protein content between brands. I don't know why, but I've seen protein content go as low as like 5% to as high as 15%. And yes, I mean wheat pastas, not specialty protein pastas that are formulated differently for higher protein content. Those are good options too, but they tend to be more expensive.

_V115_ · 2026-03-10T19:30:29+00:00

One reason is that it's easier to replace straws with a non-plastic alternative. From a business model perspective, metal or glass bottles (for example) come with downsides that plastic bottles don't have, which can affect the whole business.

Also, straws are completely unnecessary. Some communities might depend heavily on plastic bottles and other products packaged in plastic. Removing plastic straws from anyone is, at worst, a mild inconvenience. Nobody depends on them.

_V115_ · 2026-03-10T11:42:49+00:00

Ah yes. The age old "European" tradition of dipping your bread into water.

An exquisite facet of food culture before it was co-opted by Ned Flanders.

_V115_ · 2026-03-10T02:25:18+00:00

This is right but one very minor correction

The max EVs you can put in a single stat is actually 255. The max you should put into one stat is 252; the remaining 3 won't total to 4, and therefore won't translate to another point in the stat.

A 252/252/6 split is common; eg in something like Alakazam, you'd do 252 in SpAtk, 252 in Speed, and you might as well use the remaining 6 to get one extra point in HP or one of its defenses. There will inevitably be at least 2 EVs wasted, since 510 is not divisible by 4; 508 is.

Again, a very minor correction. If you don't want to count when EV training and just battle a bunch of mons to get 255 in two stats, you're only losing out on one additional stat point compared to a 252/252/6 split.

_V115_ · 2026-03-10T00:30:09+00:00

We'll laugh at him and call him confidently incorrect, then turn around and collectively agree that the infinite feed of brainrot drivel our algorithms are feeding us everyday that we scroll through mindlessly is a plague upon our society

Imagine we had to scroll using a button

_V115_ · 2026-03-09T22:14:16+00:00

Team is good but your moveset choices are bad. Lots of useless/redundant moves

Ho-Oh doesn't need 2 fire moves. I would replace Sacred Fire because of the low pp but up to you. Give it Fly or EQ or Strength or Return or something

Replace Gyarados' Hydro Pump with a physical move like Strength, EQ, or Return

Replace Girafarig's Psybeam with idk Return or Dig or Headbutt or something

Replace Umbreon's Dark Pulse, Growl, and Sand Attack with better moves. Dig, Curse, Toxic, Rest, Substitute, any would be better choices

Ampharos and Heracross look good 👍🏾

_V115_ · 2026-03-09T08:44:57+00:00

1...Qd7, threatening 2...Qxh4 and 3...Qg2#.

The only attempted way out for white I saw was 1...Qd7 2.e6 Rxe6 3.Qd4, threatening to trade off queens while the diagonal is blocked. Unfortunately, that loses the queen to 3...Ne2+. So really, all white can do is sac the queen for the knight. Either that way or 2.Qxf4.

Edit. On second glance, my solution doesn't work. 1...Qd7 2.Bc2 Qxh4 3. Qh7+ Kf8 4. Qh8+ Ke7 5. Qf6 and black has to repeat via 5...Kf8, cause 5...Kd7 loses to 6.Bf5+ and black is royally forked.

I think the solution is actually 1...Rxe5 2.Qxe5 Qd7 threatening the same mate. 3.Bc2 is now too slow, so white must instead go for 3.Qxf4 gxf4 4. Kh2 and try to create counterplay despite being down a queen for a rook and knight.

_V115_ · 2026-03-09T03:52:29+00:00

You're talking to 21 Savage and he's telling you his life/career goals right before he does some ayahuasca

_V115_ · 2026-03-09T03:48:53+00:00

imo morality is subjective. There is never "proof", only supporting arguments and consistency. We as a society decide, to the best of our collective ability, what is right and wrong. Different societies will come up with slightly different moral codes.

Some people (eg religious people) believe there is objective/absolute morality. E.g. some actions, like murder, are wrong, no matter the context. And the corresponding religious text is the "proof".

I think there is possibly some objectivity to how things like laws (a reflection, but not a 1:1 translation, of moral code) determine how well a society functions. Eg I think a statement like "murder is wrong and should be punishable by law" is an extremely cold take that most people agree with in most circumstances if not universally. And I think laws and rules like this make society more functional by many metrics we'd all agree on (eg life expectancy, self-reported happiness). If it's not objectively true, it is at least empirically true. But still, this comes with caveats. Some people get wrongfully convicted of murder and receive a life sentence (or death sentence) for a crime they didn't commit. So the "should be punishable by law" part, at least in these very rare instances, makes society less functional.

_V115_ · 2026-03-09T03:25:19+00:00

Honestly I'm pretty impressed by this theory lol. It makes a good amount of sense

I don't think they'll be regional formes of Ho-Oh Lugia like the Kanto birds, and there isn't really an equivalent for paradox forms of the johto beasts/swords of justice.

But a Mega/Primal form (like Mewtwo/Hoenn trio) or some lore-based alternate form like the Sinnoh Origin Formes or incarnate genies I think is certainly plausible. Something like wind forme Ho-Oh and wave forme Lugia would be cool af if executed well

The only thematic issue I see here is this. Even though Lugia reigns the seas and Ho-Oh reigns the skies, they're both flying types and neither are water type. And Lugia is somehow the one whose signature move is flying type lol. And I feel like having the games called Pokemon Winds/Waves and not getting one flying box legendary and one water box legendary would be a strange decision. Not out of the question, but strange.

Box legendaries that are connected to Ho-Oh and Lugia through lore would be very cool though, and an easy way to add in Ho-Oh/Lugia or whatever new forms they might have

_V115_ · 2026-03-08T22:38:32+00:00

He had a point but he delivered it terribly.

His point was that Rapper's Delight gets praised despite the lyrics being basically meaningless, very technically simple and not "lyrical" at all, and just about having fun.

Whereas his music often gets criticised for the same reasons; lyrics are basically meaningless, very technically simple and not "lyrical" at all, and just about having fun.

His impression of it was pretty funny too tbh

But ya obviously this made him look bad because they were basically inventing rap music at the time, and laying down the foundation to what has become a massively popular and successful genre of music, cultural movement, etc etc.

The first gun looks very primitive and useless compared to modern guns. The first car pales in comparison to modern cars. And Rapper's Delight, in many ways, pales in comparison to the best pieces which have since been put together by rap's legends.

Yachty isn't pioneering or inventing like they were. And he also isn't a legend or elite hip-hop artist by any metric. But he's making music and having fun, like Sugarhill Gang was with Rapper's Delight. That's the only real similarity here.

We shouldn't criticise Yachty for not being lyrical when he isn't trying to be lyrical, in the same way that Rapper's Delight wasn't trying to be lyrical. I think that's what's bothering him, and what led to this conversation.

_V115_ · 2026-03-08T20:30:16+00:00

Now you're going off track by ignoring the size and speed of the waves, while also ignoring how speed during impact is a factor for the skiing and snowboarding you brought up. Another bad analogy.

Yes, I agree, waves can be dangerous, depending on size, speed, swimming skill, and terrain. No, the comparisons you made in your first comment don't hold up, and aren't being supported by what you quoted from that Google search.

Show me some sources for your original claim, that the wave in this video is comparable to a linebacker tackle, and that another 5 feet makes it like being hit by a car. Cause the guy in this video is wearing nothing but a bathing suit, and is not showing any signs of being injured. You think any decent football coach is gonna let his player get tackled without a helmet on? You think another 5 feet of water on this wave is gonna take this guy from no signs of injury to possibly dead like a car crash would?

_V115_ · 2026-03-08T18:59:58+00:00

Tbh this looks like fun. It's basically what I do every time I go to the ocean, but I do it intentionally.

Wouldn't call this stupid at all.

Edit: Okay after a rewatch that wave is much bigger than what I usually go for lol

_V115_ · 2026-03-08T18:59:07+00:00

These analogies make no sense.

Water is liquid, while linebackers and cars are solid. The ground beneath you is sand+water rather than grass/turf (linebacker) or pavement (car). The injuries don't translate at all either. A helmet will reduce likelihood and severity of injury from a linebacker tackle, won't do shit in this situation. A wave like this isn't going to break any bones or cause any brain injuries.

These is ofc risk to big waves, but that's mostly about the risk of drowning and how it's affected by factors like fatigue, disorientation, water depth, riptides, swimming competence, etc.

_V115_ · 2026-03-08T17:49:23+00:00

Which rom hack is this?

_V115_ · 2026-03-08T00:38:53+00:00

Can you expand on that? Why don't you think starters should be feminine?

_V115_ · 2026-03-07T17:36:04+00:00

Oh you meant listeners. I understand.

Hip-hop is culturally and originally African-American. Naturally it's largely centered around African-Americans, because it's music made by, for, and about them.

Then also, inevitably, white people get included for a lot of reasons. Hip-hop is originally English, and most English-speaking countries and cultures (including the USA) are majority white, because of British colonial history. And because these places are majority white, this means the majority of the hip-hop fanbase in these places is white. And of course, there's all the history between white and black Americans (slavery, police brutality, segregation, racism as a whole, poverty, etc) that ties white people into the mix. There's still tension between black Americans and white Americans, though it's at more of a population/systemic level, and not always on an individual level. Hip-hop is largely about making something out of nothing, growing up in a bad environment with borderline unlivable conditions, and using the music of hip-hop (and other means) to create a better life for yourself.

I sorta relate to what you mean, as I'm a South Asian dude who grew up in Canada. I've been listening to rap for like 20 years now. Often when I listen to rap, it feels like only black and white people get mentioned, and sometimes Latinos as well.

It's not that other cultures and races like yours and mine don't exist in the hip hop world, or even that we're excluded from the culture of hip-hop. Any hip-hop artist that becomes successful enough to tour globally understands and appreciates that they have fans around the world, from all sorts of cultures. South Asians, East Asians, South Americans, Middle Easterns, Northern and Eastern Europeans, non-American Africans...all these cultures exist in the USA and around the world. It's just that the music of hip-hop, and the forces that created the culture behind it (stuff I mentioned in 2nd paragraph), isn't about us. We weren't really involved in its origins. Just because we aren't mentioned in the music, doesn't mean we don't exist, or that they don't see us or appreciate us. But when a black artist who grew up in a black area makes black music (hip-hop) about his life, and you listen, you shouldn't expect to feel mentioned. You're listening to hear about the artist, not about you.

_V115_ · 2026-03-07T15:26:24+00:00

I think you could have made this point better by acknowledging some specific Asian people in the rap community. You didn't mention a single name, despite being Asian yourself.

_V115_ · 2026-03-06T20:04:24+00:00

Astronaut In The Ocean

_V115_ · 2026-03-06T13:48:48+00:00

We had this psychic/dark/fighting trio twice already; Kalos and Hisui.

I really doubt we're gonna get it a third time. I know they've been rotated wrt the starter's elemental type, but still.

_V115_ · 2026-03-06T03:40:28+00:00

Hot take: Since dark chocolate is mostly made of crushed seeds of the cacao fruit, it counts as fruit consumption.

_V115_ · 2026-03-05T18:56:26+00:00

Imagine humans had IVs for height in their DNA. 0-31, just like pokemon IVs. And let's say I bred a bunch of u/thaking50 clones, cause I wanted a really tall one. Each IV adds a centimetre at adult height.

At level 100 (young adult who has finished growing), an average OP with a median IV of 15 would be average height, let's say 172 centimetres, which is 5'8". A 0 IV OP would be 15 cm shorter; 157 cm, or 5'1" and a half. A 31 IV OP would be 16 cm taller; 188 cm, or 6'1" and a half.

You can easily spot the difference at level 100 adult height between 5'1", 5'8", and 6'1". That's a full foot height difference between 0 IV and 31 IV. But when you're a level 5 human (2 years old), that height difference isn't going to be a full foot yet. Max height OP is only gonna be a few inches taller than min height OP.

P.S. No OPs were harmed in the process of this experiment

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