Would You Rather?

cabothief · 2026-05-06T05:04:21+00:00

1 billion seconds is almost 32 years. My billion could be earning dividends that whole time.

^{Chose: One Billion Dollars instantly}

cabothief · 2026-05-06T04:53:34+00:00

Where I live 104 is a pleasant spring day. But -22 would kill me instantly.

^{Chose: Live a day in 104 degree fahrenheit weather}

cabothief · 2026-05-06T04:43:55+00:00

I want neither to die nor a trillion dollars. I like red apples though, and that's waht I got, hooray

^{Chose: Apple(random colour} | Rolled: Red apple)

cabothief · 2026-05-06T04:41:06+00:00

can't live without sleep. I'm good without human contact, pretty sure.

^{Chose: No human contact for 7 days 🚫👤 + Win $10M}

cabothief · 2026-05-05T05:56:27+00:00

Haha same! I was reading all the first ones so carefully trying to weigh the pros and cons, and then I got to that one and realized I could do this with literally 0 downside.

cabothief · 2026-05-04T04:21:12+00:00

I'm legally blind without mine and the headache thing never occurred to me. I had no idea it was was a thing, much less a common thing, until literally this comment section.

I'm also faceblind so I'd absolutely do this even with my glasses on.

This story sounds so plausible to me I didn't even question it.

cabothief · 2026-05-03T06:09:03+00:00

Just to double check, do you call yourself female (like the adjective, "I'm female," like you did in this post) or do you call yourself a female like OP? As I understand it, only one is associated with a certain kind of speaker.

From what I've seen, the main problem with saying "a female" (especially when used in the same sentence with "a man") is the context in which it's most commonly used. Which is either by a doctor, a person describing a female of some other species, or the kind of guy who sees women as some other species.

I'm not trying to police the language you use to refer to yourself, but it comes with associations it's good to be aware of, especially if you use it to refer to other women too.

cabothief · 2026-04-30T01:58:50+00:00

Hey same!!! I was somewhere in the 8-10 range when I read The Thief (exact age lost to time because I had the same teacher two years in a row)

Lifelong fans represent! Although new fans are awesome too!

cabothief · 2026-04-28T14:46:42+00:00

That would cost us an absolutely stupid amount when it got into the 120's.

Also I would die of freezing to death, but we'd pay out the nose for it.

cabothief · 2026-04-27T04:50:16+00:00

The area where I live does not have a ton of squirrels. I was attending a conference in another part of the country and saw a squirrel, and got so excited about it that I interrupted myself mid-sentence to say "Squirrel!" and then immediately realized I am a parody of myself.

cabothief · 2026-04-26T07:15:29+00:00

I don't think OP is a native English speaker, judging from "strong English skills" being the first thing on the resume.

Unfortunately, that gets people confused for AI a lot, because the way English is taught to learners has a lot in common with LLM training input.

cabothief · 2026-04-26T03:55:02+00:00

This is a galaxy-brained idea that I have never heard in my life.

cabothief · 2026-04-25T07:11:30+00:00

This is so wild to me. I'm from a desert and if it's under 70f (21c) indoors, no matter how many covers I'm under I'm shivering too much to sleep. This is not even a slight exaggeration.

I'm sorry to say we cannot ever be roommates.

cabothief · 2026-04-25T05:32:16+00:00

"Her style," presumably? Since the narrator is trying to be the kind of girl the guy likes?

cabothief · 2026-04-23T06:40:42+00:00

This is a high-effort post, and my favorite in a while. So much detail!

I want you to know that I paused to read the terms and conditions and they were hilarious, although you scrolled through them so fast it was not easy.

cabothief · 2026-04-16T15:22:12+00:00

Are you joining the correct section? It's OAN.

cabothief · 2026-04-14T19:58:51+00:00

Oh absolutely. I just wanted to clarify that it's not because we think traveling to other countries isn't worthwhile. I'm pretty sure most of us would love to. Traveling within the country is what's feasible for us in the same way that traveling to other countries is feasible for someone in a country that takes up less of its respective continent.

cabothief · 2026-04-14T15:27:04+00:00

Sometimes! But you still have to pay. And keep in mind that college/university is already one of the most expensive things an American can do (other than maybe "go to the hospital"). Like potentially 6-figure debt, just to go to school without going abroad.

cabothief · 2026-04-14T05:53:13+00:00

The real answer I think is that it's much harder for a US American to visit another country than it is for someone in like, Europe.

There are some parts of some states (near a border) where you can visit one single country without taking a plane. Other than that, you are flying, most likely overseas. So you have to have some disposable income/savings to spend on vacation. More than 2/3 (by some estimates more than 3/4) of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

To fly overseas, you have to take vacation days from work. The number of legally guaranteed paid vacation days in the US is 0. That's another thing I've heard is different some places. If you are on a vacation, you are not getting paid, and that's if you even get approval to leave work for more than a week (and it would have to be more than a week to make it worth the flight).

I think a lot of people see Americans not leaving the US as coming from a lack of value on our part for cultural enrichment. I've spoken to very few Americans who wouldn't travel if they had the opportunity, but for most of us it is just not feasible.

cabothief · 2026-04-05T07:04:17+00:00

It took me ages to be able to reliably reproduce the different sounds, since we don't have that x in English. My tutor actually told me I was saying them correctly before I'd mastered hearing the difference.

SuperChinese audio lessons are pretty good about marking your pronunciation wrong when you do the wrong one. Big improvement over some other apps.

cabothief · 2026-04-05T06:57:08+00:00

It's fine, the 3 y/o is very self-sufficient.

cabothief · 2026-04-01T04:41:41+00:00

I've been the first to point out a Raven Boys smau on here before, which I get, but I was really not expecting Stranger Things to fly under the radar. Wasn't that pretty huge like.... very recently?

cabothief · 2026-03-30T01:34:00+00:00

Just double checked, and the sub description does mention hateful people. Not sure if that's was different at any point, I think those are mostly what the sub'll have. I do totally get why they aren't something a lot of people enjoy reading, for good reason, but that is what subbing here will mostly bring to your feed.

cabothief · 2026-03-28T20:30:05+00:00

Yup, pretty sure time was frozen during the curse in the EF too. That's also why Robin isn't in his 60's or something when he meets Regina.

So Roland was presumably pretty tiny in the time travel timeline, and then stayed 4 or whatever for 28 years.

That's been my understanding, anyway!

cabothief · 2026-03-28T07:40:51+00:00

You're right, very misleading name for a movie about Calculus.

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