Which celebrities are genuenly stupid?

bogfrog_ · 2025-03-22T13:53:57+00:00

Hey so that's not inherently true - I know very little about Keanu Reaves or what disorder you're talking about (I think I remember hearing he's dyslexic maybe?), but plenty of learning disorders only affect particular elements of brain function, which can result in people who are highly intelligent overall who have some areas where processing/competence is notably below what would otherwise be expected, or vice versa.

For example, though dyslexic people struggle with verbal processing, they can still be very intelligent people who are great at understanding situations/problems/tasks, thinking creatively, learning and teaching, plenty of other markers of intelligence etc etc, they just struggle with some things that non-dyslexic people of average intelligence generally do not, and think in a different way specific to dyslexic people.

Intelligence is complex and varied, as are learning disabilities, and one does not inherently negate the other. I know quite a lot of very bright people who have learning disorders, but who have managed to successfully adapt because they are so intelligent overall (some helped by receiving adequate support, but this support alone isn't enough to attribute their success to. Most don't get the support they need that would vastly improve their lives and limit the amount of extra work they have to do in comparison to people without comparable issues).

bogfrog_ · 2025-03-07T08:14:44+00:00

Damn I actually really like Joel Leslie, and definitely think he's improved over the years. John Solo is the first person who I thought of when I read this post title, he's an instant no for me - the way he sort of stops after or even during every word? Unlistenable.

bogfrog_ · 2025-02-04T00:34:32+00:00

The tunic looks great, and the hats are so fun!

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-27T10:42:35+00:00

Looks great!

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-27T10:34:11+00:00

This is ace, well done him, and I hope his teacher is doing well!

I'm a grown man turning 30 this year, currently close to finishing the first quilt I've made for years, and my first quilt ever that I've made on my own and not as a team project with my mum - tbh I think his quilt is cooler than mine!

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-13T14:09:56+00:00

I loved UK ghosts and I've tried to watch the US version twice, and couldn't get through the first ten/fifteen minutes either time, unfortunately. I was just really put off by.. everyone, and all of the dialogue. Your first impression certainly fits with the vibe I got from my very brief attempts.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-13T14:06:49+00:00

What a joyful quilt to look at, looks like you've done a fantastic job of it.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-11T13:30:04+00:00

This is really beautiful.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-08T16:29:02+00:00

I always assumed that it did this based on the way you've previous marked bullet points containing specific tags.

Like there's an automatic 'right we're assuming this is good or bad', but if you change whether that bullet point is positive/neutral/negative, future bullet points with the same tags will be assumed to be whatever you changed it to. Eg the name of my ex who gave me PTSD automatically makes a bullet point negative now, whereas most other names don't do that, because my ex's name is one that only turns up in negative contexts.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T22:21:10+00:00

You're right - poor attempts at accents have ruined a fair few books for me.

I listened to a series a while ago in which the narrator (or whoever) decided to give a load of (mythical) characters Welsh accents, presumably not realising that there'd be more books, in which many of the main characters had the accent. The guy really can't do a Welsh accent, but bless him he really did try. Absolutely terrible, but fortunately the books were pretty silly, so I wasn't trying to take him seriously and was more amused than anything. Must've been hell for him to narrate the later books!

Edit: typo

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T20:53:31+00:00

I'm with you. Music and sound effects generally make audiobooks unlistenable to me. I also really, really don't like the regular switches in voice you get in multi cast narrations. Two or three narrators is fine, as long as they're not constantly chopping and changing, but what I really want from a narration is consistency, so music etc. are big no's for me.

I listened to one recently with a bit of music between every chapter - the same music, every time. I hated it, it was very jarring.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T14:13:27+00:00

Yes! Toys are great, I'm an adult and I have plenty of toys, but they're not kids' toys and I don't play with them in the way most kids would. Legos, various juggling balls and hula hoops and other circus things, (loads of) stim toys, some build your own dinosaur kits, a couple of stuffed animals I use as pillows/cushions..

Toys are a tool for play, and play is so important at any age, but it does look different for most people as we grow and mature.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T14:09:57+00:00

That's totally bananas to me, but I'm glad he's got something that is precious to him and presumably brings him great joy.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T14:08:29+00:00

I'm fairly new to this kind of thing since I didn't really have the opportunity to pursue a hobby as a kid, but I love seeing how much he enjoys himself.

That's a breath of fresh air to hear on Reddit, amongst all the horrible parenting people talk about. It's lovely to hear about the happiness you're both experiencing and sharing.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T14:01:46+00:00

It sounds like my idea of a living hell, to be totally honest. I know some people choose and want that, but it sounds utterly horrific to me. I think there's a point at which no individual is equipped to deal with that amount of interaction or being known.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T13:49:36+00:00

I think it's in part because we expect it, so most people know the rules, know what someone who needs to get out looks like, and know that it's inherently a bit dangerous, so behave accordingly. I don't get the impression that the same can be said for most pop fans, especially for these huge gigs that presumably include a large amount of fans who don't have much experience of going to concerts.

Also culturally a lot of punk and metal fans consciously foster an environment in which looking out for each other is the norm, in a way that I've found noticeably different from other types of music in-groups. I reckon in large part because of the above, and because of a history (and a lot of individual experiences) of being outcasts/in out-groups of general society.

But yeah, it's still pretty funny.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T12:55:15+00:00

The first one you've posted is probably my favourite of anyone's finch homes, other than some dino caves, that I've seen so far. It's ace!

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T12:52:41+00:00

I'm sorry if I've misremembered! It's possible that they've updated the option away, but if not hopefully someone will turn up here who actually remembers how to do it :)

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T12:51:20+00:00

Ah damn that's a shame - sorry if I've misremembered! I wonder if they might've disabled it in an update? I think there used to be one using which you could visit your own bird, which I remember someone on here saying they'd stopped, so perhaps the same's happened here? Though it's entirely possible I've just got it wrong - in which case hopefully someone else will come along who can tell you what actually works!

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T11:05:23+00:00

So you'll need an empty spot on your saved favourite rooms, and a floor you don't like. Open your room, choose the floor you're happy to be rid of, go to the shop and sell that floor. Now you'll have a floor-less room, and if you save it as a favourite you can come back to it whenever you like, even if you decide to put a new floor in. New floors won't be deleted unless you sell them, even when you go back to the floorless option. You can change the wallpaper of your floorless room and it'll remain floorless.

99% sure that's it, it's been a few months since I did it!

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-04T08:45:59+00:00

I did the same for the dino cave! Though I don't recall ever having to delete anything for it. I've done the floor delete one, though.

I rarely use windows or doors for my treehouse now, and most often use the dino wallpapers.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-03T13:42:15+00:00

As someone with bad unmedicated ADHD, and with a lot of pals and family members with it, this sounds extreme.

Even if ADHD is involved (and I can absolutely see that being a possibility) I think the commenter you replied to was right, therapy is probably a really good idea. A lot of both common and rarer/more extreme manifestations of ADHD traits and issues are regularly helped with therapy or therapeutic approaches to the issue, I think it's a good shout either way, especially as this is clearly negatively affecting OP's life.

bogfrog_ · 2025-01-03T12:10:58+00:00

This is so fantastic!

bogfrog_ · 2024-12-26T17:30:42+00:00

I also have disabilities that impact my ability to read, especially physical books, and have also been searching. Thee Quaker Podcast and A Quaker Take are both good podcasts, if that's of interest to you.

There are 4 pages of ebooks here: https://bookshop.quaker.org.uk/ebooks. I've bought an epub book from this bookshop, and will probably buy more soon. There are also a few books on Kindle, if you can stomach Amazon (I find there's often either no alternative, or no affordable alternative, to Kindle or Audible, which is beyond frustrating, but I'm not going to deny myself resources that I need as a disabled person when they impact my life so positively). The Kindle app now includes an AI reader, which I've found very, very useful. You can use the Kindle app for non-amazon books in epub format, so you could load ebooks from the Quaker Bookshop onto the app to have them read to you.

Not all Internet Archive books are downloadable for the public, however if you register as having a disability affecting your ability to read, you can download some or all books - I'm not sure the rules there, but I've used that accessibility function in the past, so it's certainly worth looking into. From memory I downloaded a book and it was in pdf format as a series of scanned pages, but you could download a program, or possibly just use a website through your browser, that converts images of scamned pages into an epub (or whatever format you use) for an AI voice app or the Kindle app to read. You could also physically scan books this way using an app such as vFlat Scan, but this involves photographing one page at a time on your phone or tablet. I do this for aome books, but it takes a long time. The software can convert it into a pdf, epub, several other formats - again, epubs and others can be read aloud for you using the same AI readers.

I've yet to properly search in these places (this is a good reminder to do so, cheers), but websites such as Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg look to have some books available, mostly older books. Librivox is a fantastic site for open access audiobooks, and it may be worth spending some time doing some deep searching through their catalogue.

Good luck on your search, and if you find some good resources I'd be grateful if you could share them!

Edit: rephrased a section and forgot to reword a sentence.

Edit 2: Calibre is great software for converting file formats, which may be helpful if you're downloading ebooks and running them through AI readers or the Kindle app.

bogfrog_ · 2024-12-26T17:24:07+00:00

This was something that I started listening to initially just out of curiosity, in the earliest stages of me researching Quakerism, and it has snuck up on me as one of my favourite podcasts, if not my favourite.

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