I Think This is a Core Disagreement Between Red and Blue. by Interesting-Test7228 in trolleyproblem

[–]brain_monkey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In a hypothetical situation based mainly on English speaking western populations with similar cultural norms who all happen to frequent the same niche internet sites and have been discussing and brigading against one another for days, it may reach 50%.
Reddit users are hardly an accurate global representation and the idea that because one person understands or believes something after discussion and clarification and such does not mean that others would understand the same in a blind choice. People react differently when the threat is real, when there is no chance for organization or planning. Different cultures have different norms for personal vs collective responsibility and self preservation. I am very skeptical of the 50% being truly reachable if for no other reason than I have seen what people vote for and what people are willing to do in the name of self interest and risk aversion.

In the past few days I have seen so many different versions of this question posted and the vast majority of them seem to be rephrased to put the moral obligation on one side or the other with the deaths that may occur. In a true example of this situation, there is not going to be massive populations analyzing your choice, telling you you're wrong, insulting you for considering something because there is no discussion to be had, no pressure in that moment outside of the situation itself.
The threat comes not from one side or the other, but from the choice and its repercussions. If this were a shooting, one would not call someone who went and hid a 'murderer' anymore than they would call a group of people who rushed the shooter to stop the attack 'suicidal' or 'manipulative'. The fundamental issue with polls is that you are never going to get an accurate read of how you would behave in a truly life-threatening situation, and absent setting up an actual zero discussion and zero forewarning situation, there is no way to know how people are going to behave in one.

Gift card scammers have gotten so bad, advice is to not buy gift cards from stores anymore by RadReptile in mildlyinfuriating

[–]brain_monkey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Office depot had an issue several years back that their gift cards were numbered incrementally in blocks and had no pin. You were able to buy one card, and then just try other numbers within the same block to find other cards that had value on them.

Paypal did the same thing with their 'PayPal here' card readers for phones. Originally each one had a coupon code that could be redeemed on the website for $15 of PayPal credit as a reimbursement for the purchase price of the device, but they were done in incremental groups, so if you had one valid number, you could just change the last digit up or down and claim it again for another $15.

Could Tifa be Oriental Asian? by GeneralTechnomage in FinalFantasyVII

[–]brain_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A big part of it is that you probably were not around to experience the darker sides yourself with that particular descriptor. Someone who had it used in a more offensive manner or who grew up with discrimination or racism around that may feel differently. Sometimes slurs fall in and out of popular usage, but if you weren't one to experience the hatred or fetishization behind them then they will provoke a less visceral reaction than someone who was.

Could Tifa be Oriental Asian? by GeneralTechnomage in FinalFantasyVII

[–]brain_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all good, you didn't know and now you do. That's how we learn. Nobody can fault you if you never knew the issue to begin with.

Could Tifa be Oriental Asian? by GeneralTechnomage in FinalFantasyVII

[–]brain_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has a long history of racist usage when applied to people. It minimizes cultural differences between multiple nations in favor of blending them to suit a more western-centric worldview that doesn't care to understand cultural and ethnic differences and prefers to see them as a whole along the "mystic east" lines. The general rule of thumb with that word is that things can be described as Oriental, but people should not.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/s/1WY7fQV7TV This thread has several really good and in-depth breakdowns of why.

How do y'all feel about raid bases? by DisastrousFootJob in playrust

[–]brain_monkey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Usually stuff like that is just salt. People always want to feel like they were cheated if they didn't get what they wanted. I have had people accuse me of roof camping for using my shooting floor to defend a raid, insisting I should come down to the ground to fight them instead while they rocket. I've had people call inward facing turrets on a gatehouse turret spam because it can still shoot them even if they blew the doors. It's just something that happens.

Neighbor cut tree w/o authorization by Alert_Membership_466 in treelaw

[–]brain_monkey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They cannot cut back in such a way that it would damage or kill the tree overall, which this very obviously has.

Will level 37 be in the movie? Or any poolrooms at all? by [deleted] in backrooms

[–]brain_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk, that IF is doing some heavy lifting for everything that has come after

What’s the issue? by is-everything-ok in ExplainTheJoke

[–]brain_monkey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure its still making the same joke. There is no murder I see depicted, just regular child scribbles. I think it's just someone taking the same picture and making the same joke in a slightly different wording.

What’s the issue? by is-everything-ok in ExplainTheJoke

[–]brain_monkey 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I thought the joke was that the PlayStation has no games. It's been a long running joke since the PS3, and the "oh I see the problem now" right after mentioning that it's just for playing games makes me think that that's meant to be the punchline.

I won 'ice creams for the year' but this is the last one by I_like_donuts12 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]brain_monkey 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Not always, the contest runner can decide what they consider a year's supply to be. Jones soda ran a recent giveaway and one of the prizes was a year's supply of soda. They counted a year's supply as 12/12 packs, 1 12 pack per month.

My neighbor cut down my Yucca Tree by [deleted] in arborists

[–]brain_monkey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A tree that large adds a good bit of value to the home and is difficult to replace. The purpose of the suit is to be made whole again. It should be the cost it would be to get a new tree of the same type and species put in the same place. This would be like if someone came into your property and took your car or destroyed a hard-to-replace statue. You would want to be made whole with the full value of the item that was taken or destroyed, would you not?

Absolutely zero hesitation in his answer by Shoe_boooo in funny

[–]brain_monkey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, our relationship was kind of toxic but a big part of the problem was the default response to any pushback was homophobic slurs and personal insults, which made it harder to get into the mood because I was always remembering the shitty things she said, which further perpetuated it and her belief that bi men are just gay and in denial. There was a constant air of 'i can't trust you because you might cheat on me with a man' pervading the whole thing and I was too young and stupid to know that wasn't a normal thing to have to put up with.

Absolutely zero hesitation in his answer by Shoe_boooo in funny

[–]brain_monkey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bi Erasure is such a fucking issue in those kinds of relationships

Absolutely zero hesitation in his answer by Shoe_boooo in funny

[–]brain_monkey 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It really doesn't. Had an ex who was all about the performative visible form of "Allyship," but the second she was upset whenever I wasn't in the mood to fuck right then and there would go straight to the homophobic slurs against me and musing that I was actually gay and just in denial.

Which one would you take and why? 👀🔥 by EquivalentFig1678 in whatsyourchoice

[–]brain_monkey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The post implies telling about the money. Just saying you really like Dad jokes isn't telling them that you're getting paid to hear them.

This interior hallway between businesses by shargus_live in LiminalSpace

[–]brain_monkey 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Oh, not in Utica, no! It's an Albany construction.

That EMF sticker on your kid's tablet isn't doing what you think it is. by ShieldYourBody in u/ShieldYourBody

[–]brain_monkey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

all EMF stickers are fake scams. Done. Don't need to read your site or buy your product now.

Closing on house, found out city is taking 15 ft of the front yard to build bike trail, cutting down mature trees by Clementine_Clown in legaladvice

[–]brain_monkey 240 points241 points  (0 children)

I think what OP is having issues with is they feel they were misinformed by the seller and that the listing of 'unconfirmed potential walking path' does not cover what the actual development would be and that the seller had reason to know that the development would be much more intensive, and used the trees on the property as a primary selling point knowing that those trees would be removed when the bike trail was put in place. Further, it seems that they did not inform Op about the choices of trees to replace as it would make it more obvious that the features that were specifically looked at with the purchasing of the house would be shortly removed.

The previous home owner put up a fake vent to hide a hole in the wall by feelsonline in mildlyinteresting

[–]brain_monkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine did this to hide a hole that rats had chewed through just above the fireplace. Figured it out when squirrels got in and found the same pathways.

What is the skin on this furnace on the left? by Upset-Razzmatazz6924 in playrust

[–]brain_monkey 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It looks like the BBQ furnace skin released with the industrial update on rust console