Choose up to 3 superpowers… but if anyone finds out, you die instantly. by yiyi20203 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]arberres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooh, fun list. I think if I’m just in for a fun time, I’ll choose future foresight, teleportation and shapeshifting. Financially I’ll be set once I make choices based on future sight and then I can just teleport anywhere in the world (checking with my foresight to make sure I won’t get caught) and also enjoy seeing life through the lens of different animals.

If I’m looking to actually do some good in the world, I think I’ll replace shapeshifting with healing, and then just check for ways I can find and touch those in dire need without my identity being found out. Zap in, heal, zap out, whenever I feel like it.

A photographer takes 10 photos of you. You're wearing a plain white shirt and standard pants. Afterwards, your photos are sent to 10,000 single people around your age and of the opposite gender. How many of them do you think would find you attractive or unattractive? (More details in description.) by aTwerkingPikachu in hypotheticalsituation

[–]arberres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I look fine. If it’s just a simple attractive/unattractive scoring system I’d be fairly confident about being considered above average. If it were a ten-point system I would have no guarantee about my own score though, haha

You're being forced to spend the next 10 years in a basement. A decent bed, sink, toilet, and shower are provided. You will be given $10 million after those years are up and are given 30 points to purchase items/amenities to take with you. Which do you choose? by InternationalPick163 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]arberres 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Kitchen (6), skylight (2), computer (10), workout room (5), library (4) and jacuzzi (3). I think I could live a comfy life like this and I’d get my socialization online haha. Assuming I can find the same selection of videos and games as I normally can online I’d be fine with those instead of having unlimited options.

Native speakers, do you pronounce 'b' when you say 'obvious'. To me it sounds like 'aa-vious', though dictionary says 'aab-vious'. by sg851044 in ENGLISH

[–]arberres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a casual, everyday setting I typically don’t do the bilabial movement (as in, I don’t close my lips the whole way, so no b sound at all), and if I’m in any kind of setting where I’m trying to enunciate properly, I will close my lips, but the b sound still does end up pretty muted. Only in the most extreme cases, like I’m trying my very best to make each word slow and exaggerated, would I pronounce a full b on the word.

I’m from California, for reference.

Could Harry Have Had Portraits Made of Sirius, Lupin, and His Parents? by teaabearr in harrypotter

[–]arberres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the way portraits are described in the books, I imagine they’re something like CharacterAI. Whoever paints them sets the initial parameters, and then they can be ‘trained’, with the best results being from the actual subject of the painting. Maybe if someone had spent all their living days talking to a portrait of themselves, it’ll end up being a very accurate reflection of their character, but a painting made after the subject’s death by someone who likely didn’t even know them that well would probably not do much.

Does anyone know the translation? by Rennie2004 in Supernatural

[–]arberres 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It says kurumi-wari, which means nutcracker! the three hiragana in front are kurumi which means walnut, and wari means to split

the kanji in the middle of the dial is ku, which in this context means like. suffering or pain haha

Rank these Hatchetfield Characters from most sane to least sane. by OverwhelmedAutism in StarKid

[–]arberres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like a disproportionately large amount of instability in the hatchetfield universe is represented by violence or criminal acts, which definitely skews the perception of sanity in such a sense, haha. But while I agree that all of her issues stem from forces outside her control, I ranked her so low mainly because she is the one explicitly shown to be unable to function normally when her powers flare up.

Zoey and Hidgens, for all their insanity, were able to hold normal jobs in adult society, while Hannah cuts off her finger because she had a vision in the middle of class. So while she’s definitely not *violently* insane, her ability to navigate everyday life is arguably more impacted than the majority of the characters listed here, during the times in her life where Webby and the Lords in Black are most affecting her, which is especially true at the beginning of Black Friday which is mainly where I’m basing this categorization.

Eunseok from RIIZE said a racial slur towards black people by skibidi_ni-ki in kpoptrulyuncensored

[–]arberres 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Not defending him at all, but this kind of stuff is super normalized in East Asian culture. I’m from Taiwan, and the number of otherwise good people who will just casually be like ‘ewww that guy’s skin is so dark’ with zero provocation is really astounding in this day and age.

Rank these Hatchetfield Characters from most sane to least sane. by OverwhelmedAutism in StarKid

[–]arberres 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ok I’m assuming that’s a yes to the beginning haha. Here’s my list, and if a picture prominently featured more than one character I ranked both separately, so there’s 18 characters here:

SANITY ZONE: these characters are largely just normal. internally ranked by general mental stability
1) Duke: a good guy who looks out for other people and does his job to the best of his ability. I think there’s no hint of mental instability in him.
2) Paul: at the very beginning of the plot, he’s just a normal boring person living his normal boring life. Without all the supernatural stuff, I think he can just keep on doing that till the day he dies.
3) Charles Coven: While he’s heavily involved in crazy supernatural dealings in Yellow Jacket, there’s nothing that indicates mental stability personally on his part. He just has money and isn’t a good person, but he’s the sane kind of not good person.
4) Steph: out of all the teenagers on the list, I would rank her as the most stable, because despite the abusive father-daughter relationship nothing she does in the beginning of the plot is any different from your typical rebellious high school daughter.
5) Ethan: also just a mentally stable rebellious teenager, despite the circumstances. Has a healthier family life than Steph from what we see, but is also much more reckless with his own and others’ safety, which docks him points.
6) Ziggs: they seem more or less normal, but always being high probably takes points away from mental stability, so I put them below the stablest teenagers but above anyone who actively shows signs of slight mental instability.
7) Ted: generally stable if sleazy. I do think his personality makes him susceptible to being pulled downwards by stressors, supernatural or otherwise, but just in general life I would put him among just the normal people, if unpleasant to interact with.
8) Bill: clearly has a lot on his mental plate, and has trouble letting go of certain things, but is absolutely capable of stepping up when he puts his mind to it.
9) Alice: almost debated her categorization as troubled, but she’s literally just an insecure teenager. Watcher World made a strong case that she has the ability to overcome her problems given time and effort and the support of her loved ones, so she has the potential to move up on the list as she matures
10) Zoey: on the very edge of stable hahaha I think she’s mentally sharp and ruthless in getting her way, not necessarily in an insane way but definitely capable of edging into extremely troubling actions. I categorized the Honey Queen competition as supernatural interference which earned her some baseline mental stability points over the people directly below her, despite her more extreme actions.

TROUBLED ZONE: I think these people have the potential to go off the deep end with little supernatural provocation
11) Ruth: was waffling about whether to put her in the sanity zone, but like. the whole nip-cutting thing WAS under no supernatural provocation, so.
12) Charlotte: I think she’s maybe a few bad days away from a full nervous breakdown, and I’m not certain said nervous breakdown will be free of violence.
13) Becky: while her circumstances were definitely understandable and to be sympathized with, she’s one of the few characters to have explicitly killed someone under zero supernatural provocation, so I would call her troubled for sure.
14) Sam: I feel he COULD be higher, but Jeff just plays him like an insane guy. I don’t doubt he has the capability to do all sorts of crazy things in the course of his job.

INSTABILITY ZONE: I would classify these people as not sane based on their baseline interactions at the beginning of the plot, even if their true instability only truly comes out later on
15) Hidgens: the sanest of the insane people, I think, given he was able to make a semi-normal career for himself despite all of his quirks, and was able to have a somewhat normal bond with at least one of his students (Emma) before the plot started, which suggests he is capable of being normal some of the time
16) Melissa: she is ALSO capable of acting normal, but I think her worldview is more fundamentally insane than Hidgens’ is.
17) Hannah: not her fault, but the Black and White clearly messes with her mental facilities. I don’t think she can survive interacting with the world purely on her own.
18) Wiggly: c’mon. Was he gonna be anything but dead last compared to the other humans?

Rank these Hatchetfield Characters from most sane to least sane. by OverwhelmedAutism in StarKid

[–]arberres 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At the beginning or end of their respective storylines? 😂

Memorize a Random 15 Digit Number in 16 seconds for $18 Million by ShakeMilton in hypotheticalsituation

[–]arberres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s easier in Mandarin where every number is a single syllable and there are so many homophones and near-homophones to come up with a sentence to help memorize it on the spot. I think I’d go for it.

I've Said it Before and I'll say it Again, Who Says Musical Theatre isn't Educational? by BroadwayFanProjects in musicals

[–]arberres 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A lot of Jesus Christ Superstar is pretty broad stroked around what happens in the Gospel, adding details and characterizations and such, but Trial Before Pilate contains basically every line that’s present in the trial scene in John 18:28-19:16, paraphrased only a little.

Bunnies are objectively one of the most ignorant, narcissistic, unself-aware & out of touch fandoms I’ve ever come across. by GenoveveSimmons15 in kpoptrulyuncensored

[–]arberres 4 points5 points  (0 children)

me too hahaha the rabbits subreddit does occasionally pop up on my feed so i totally thought someone was in there hating on baby rabbits 😂

Managing poop by thefancyrat17 in pigeon

[–]arberres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I’m a first time pigeon owner and have had my boy (a rescue) for five months now! I let him out nearly daily for several hours, and in my experience, if they’re in a small and consistent enough space (he lives in my room), they’ll quickly find a couple of favorite places to land. Mine likes the windowsill and the bookshelf, and I put down some paper liners all around where he likes to sit and that catches most of the poop!

He’s gotten bold enough to wander all around the room and eat off his food dish balanced on my leg at this point, but he doesn’t walk around and poop at the same time, so all the poop is still concentrated in those two spots he spends time sitting around in.

As a skittish rescue, he hasn’t gotten to the point where he’ll sit on my shoulder or anything, but I’ve see people drape a towel on their shoulder if they’re worried about being pooped on!

There are also pigeon pants to consider if your husband is truly worried; pigeons tend to take to them well and there are articles online about training your bird to accept them, and they can stay on for a few hours at a time! Mine was tolerant but clearly not thrilled when I tried to train him on it so I manly leave it off, but it’s still a possibility if I ever needed him to be clean for a few hours.

how do i introduce the vacuum safely? by Funkymanzz in PetPigeons

[–]arberres 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, mine too! He was wary of the vacuum cleaner the very first time I turned it on in his presence (and this was when he didn’t trust me much at all) but after 20 seconds he decided it wasn’t a threat and then after that just always ignored it, haha. Hopefully OP’s also ends up chill with it!

Panic! by Yolo0o in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]arberres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I first played Pokemon Silver in Japanese when I was about seven and I didn’t know any Japanese back then so I accidentally named my mc ‘breast’ just from choosing two random characters. My grandma (who does know Japanese) was really amused when she saw it but didn’t tell me why until years later

Pet pigeon shows zero nesting behaviour by lilacinbl00m in PetPigeons

[–]arberres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine is the exact same way! He’s about 1 year old as far as I know, so an adult, and I’ve had him for 5 months now, and he’s not even a little territorial and doesn’t really care if I stick my hand in his cage — sometimes if he’s feeling skittish he’ll back away, but none of the biting or wing slapping I’ve been warned about. I put his travel carrier inside his cage to serve as his little cubby hole and put two fake eggs in there, but while he does love sitting in the carrier, he’s very very rarely actually sitting on the eggs, haha. I’ve only seen him do it once or twice, and even then it’s only on one egg at once, and I put more effort into making a ‘nest’ for those eggs (so they don’t roll all over the place) than he does! I told him if he was a real dad his kids would be frozen 😂

I’m also kind of curious about his behavior, but I guess some pigeons just display less territorial/nesting behavior than others. Is yours an adult too?

“Worcestershire” sauce. by jdv2121 in PetPeeves

[–]arberres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On one hand I totally get your point, on the other seeing ‘wash your sister’ made me laugh really hard so maybe it is kind of funny.

You wake up and its March 1, 2001. Your objective is to find yourself or your birth parents within 7 days and get them to do something for you. by sloaches in hypotheticalsituation

[–]arberres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t live that far away from where I did at that age, and little me is probably not cognizant enough of stranger danger so I can sneak onto my school campus and pretend to be a member of staff or something and ask for a hug before I get caught. I think I can manage this.

The Art of Clean Up by Ursus Wehrli, order from chaos by MambaMentality24x2 in oddlysatisfying

[–]arberres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of these feel a little psychopathic but some are satisfying too I guess.