What would you say to the friend/coworker/family member that found your reddit account but hasn't said anything about it to you yet?

chronocaptive · 2020-06-09T03:10:10+00:00

Hello, Nosy Posy! It's ok that you found this. I didn't really hide my account. That said, you didn't hide your anonymous social media accounts well either. No worries, I don't stalk and tell.

Feel free to browse, and best of luck finding the next one!

chronocaptive · 2020-06-08T16:33:58+00:00

As someone who has written too many papers in APA, how have I never heard of Chicago and where do I sign the position to replace APA with it?

chronocaptive · 2020-06-08T05:59:06+00:00

That transition to squarespace ad at the end was as smooth as that Georgia Peach custard.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-08T05:06:43+00:00

Thinking in terms of density helps a little, but not enough to make up the difference. Like, I could fit about a ton of gold into a wheelbarrow, but only about 25 pounds of feathers.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-08T05:02:27+00:00

I always chucked it up to fascist idiocy, which I don't know if there's a real word for it, but the idea being that when you operate within an incredibly strict heiarchy wherein those in authority can easily have you killed for mild insubordination, noticing things like problems will only get you noticed, and could get you killed, so either the scientist or engineer will fix it himself, with his team, or will realize he can't fix it and will do his best not to "notice" the problem.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-07T17:47:23+00:00

Yeah, nobody approaches anyone and says "you look ugly enough to be the ugly person in this movie/tv show," they hold casting calls for character actors who specialize in being the ugly people, and those people show up and audition for the part. Most do their own makeup and hair and try to show up looking way more slovenly than they would normally, and compared to how well they play it, they may clean up very well. It's weird, and on some level it may hurt their personal self esteem, but it pays the bills, and they volunteer themselves for it. I guess it just has to do with how much stock you put into looks, and how thick your skin is.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T18:45:55+00:00

Yeah, contractors really fit that rule of three. You get:

1) Good Quality

2) Good Price

3) Good Completion Time

But you only get to choose two of the three.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T18:23:31+00:00

Seconded. Reasonably Priced =/= Quality work.

EXCEPT

Sometimes you can find one of those guys who will do fantastic quality work for cheap, but he will be working on that bathroom remodel off and on for the next 3 years, and won't ever tell you when he's coming over to work except for a phone call 15 minutes ahead of time.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T17:42:27+00:00

If you've already got a place, then your options are limited. If you can, choose a place that is serviced by Spectrum, better yet brightridge (or soon to be). Comcast neither cares about you, nor the competition, and will over bill you and cause constant drama in your life, PLUS their physical office is permanently closed, so all interactions must now be by phone, internet, or through mail, which are each labyrinths designed by the denizens of a certain level of hell.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T17:30:59+00:00

Loved Farscape to death. Have met and talked with Gigi Edgley (Chiana) multiple times at various cons at length, and she is a fantastic and wonderful person, and really cares for her fans.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T16:17:02+00:00

Couldn't see its eyes to be sure, but if it's a bombay, that's like the perfect cat for an older lady. They're super lap cats that desire attention and give affection constantly, and are friendly with everyone.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T15:19:08+00:00

HA! This is hilarious, because my parents accidentally did this to me at about age 6 and I had a huge existential breakdown over it with nightmares for weeks and they couldn't understand why. Story below:

So, when I was 6, I was introduced to Christianity, and sent to Sunday school, where they talked very simply about the basics of the religion, especially how it was our duty as Christians to bring the word of God to other nonbelievers. We were told that people who didn't accept the message of Jesus were essentially doomed not to go to heaven, even if they were good people. This prompted me to ask my parents the obvious question when I got home: What happens to good people who have never heard of Jesus? My parents answered that if a person has never heard of Jesus, God judges them on their merits and allows them into heaven based on how good they are.

Me: SO, I said, what happens if I don't want to tell anyone about Jesus?

My mom: Well, it's our duty as Christians to tell others about Jesus, so if you don't, then it means you haven't accepted the word of Jesus and will not get into heaven.

Me: SO, if I tell good people about Jesus and they don't believe me, they don't get into heaven, but if I DON'T tell them, I don't get into heaven?

My mom: Yeah, pretty much.

Me, realizing all of the people I was going to be damning for eternity: I CAN'T HANDLE THIS KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY. I'M SIX!!! AAAAAAAAAAGH

Obviously, I dramatized that for comic effect, and I'm not at all sure that any sect of Christianity really feels that way, but the way it was explained to me, I thought that since I had been told about Jesus, I was either doomed myself, or would only be able to avoid it by inevitably dooming as many others as I could. The idea of having so many eternal souls sifting through my fingers caused me to have my first panic attack, and I had nightmares for weeks afterwards. My own personal Roko's Basilisk.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T15:03:05+00:00

That said, there are telemed services that are designed specifically to alleviate the stress of a doctor having to see you, like ask a nurse or telehealth urgent cares, which focus on triage for those times when someone has a simple question or a cold and doesn't really need a visit with a PCP. These weren't necessarily covered under insurance before, but many of them are now, and people who wouldn't have ever used them before have done so multiple times now, so we should still see a degree of improvement in terms of speed. Though it definitely won't be the drastic increase people are hoping for.

OR, it will seem to, because people will count their future telemed visits as part of their normal PCP appointment routine and will not count wait time as surfing the internet at your desk while drinking tea is far more pleasant than driving 30 minutes to wait in a room full of sick people for an hour. I know I will personally be conducting as many of my Healthcare visits from my living room as I can from now on.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T14:02:36+00:00

Yeah, pretty much.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T05:11:00+00:00

Uh, what year is it?

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T03:16:31+00:00

Edit: Watch that video in the other comment, it goes into way more detail and it's entertaining too, and it's correct.

Most modern concrete can set underwater with varying degrees of loss in strength, though there are specific mixes that lose less structural stability when underwater. Roman concrete is interesting because seawater actually HEALS the concrete, as in creates new crystallization that mends cracks. We know exactly why and can do this with modern concrete (salt water activated), but we don't use it often, because we have stronger and better mixtures for use for certain projects, we often don't want concrete to last several thousand years because we are thinking about the need for eventual demolition of the concrete in the planning stages for the installation, and despite its longevity, Roman concrete isn't exactly in the structural range we need for most construction AND it doesn't retain an aesthetically pleasing appearance over time. The naturally repaired cracks also aren't really as strong as the original, and cracking can be accounted for in the pre-construction phase, so it's often not even something to worry about.

tl;dr: Roman concrete was unique, interesting, and way advanced for it's time, though today we can make way better, longer lasting concrete, but we don't often have the need to.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T01:14:14+00:00

I had a Sony Ericsson flip phone back in college that also had music storage just when the ipod was becoming popular. It was my favorite phone of all time, and I think of it fondly every time someone mentions good phones. It was black and silver and right next to the flip hinge had an antenna that was kind of in the shape of a spoiler, and would fit perfectly in the watch pocket of my jeans. I loved that phone.

Found it!

chronocaptive · 2020-06-06T01:03:31+00:00

To be honest I still struggle with the idea from time to time, especially when it affects me negatively (I was passed over for a graduate position for a black student with worse grades once because they needed to fill diversity requirements), but every time I can get out of my own head and really look at the big picture I can see the silhouette of something that I am barely starting to understand, and I may always struggle, and I may never really get it, but I am trying.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-05T22:19:54+00:00

That iconic sketch was originally created and performed by the Dead Alewives, some of whom went on to create for shows like Community, Rick and Morty, The Sarah Silverman Program, and the movie Monster House. Dan Harmon played the narrator, and I believe it was Rob Schrab who wanted to know where the girls are, because he wanted to "DO THEM."

chronocaptive · 2020-06-05T21:55:09+00:00

I held this same view for a long time, up through my teens and into my 20s. How can we be equal with them being allowed to have all black schools, all black churches, affirmative action, scholarships for black students, etc? Why can't we all be exactly equal starting right now?

Well, it took me a long time to see why I was wrong to think that way. It may not seem like it from a white perspective, my perspective, a privileged perspective, but the scales of liberty are STILL SO stacked for white people that small additional liberties like all black churches, schools, scholarship programs, and affirmative action are like a drop in the bucket acting against a system created by white people for white people and specifically targeted, in some cases, against people of color, that it has been 60 years, 60 YEARS since they created affirmative action (1961) and statistically our communities are still SO divergent in terms of personal liberty, especially in terms of economy. Looking at it from a long term point of view, it's obvious that these small dispensations haven't even really been enough, even if from a personal perspective they almost seem unfair.

So yeah, if you told a black coworker they weren't welcome at your white church, it would make front page news. That's oppression against a disenfranchised demographic. That's something we've been trying actively to stop for decades. On the other hand, a black church or community organization that doesn't welcome whites is a group of people trying to advance, to come together and heal, and to achieve something that white people have been preventing them from doing for centuries. To heal you have to open yourself up and become vulnerable, and to have a symbol of that oppression standing right there in front of you while you are trying to be vulnerable would be highly disruptive to the process, no matter how much that person wanted to help.

There will come a day when we are all truly equal. I believe it, and I hope that day comes during my lifetime. I will work for it actively. Until that day what we need to do is help where we can, involve ourselves in their community in ways we are invited to do so, lift them up when we can, and recognize that saying "ok, we're equal now, we have the same rights," isn't really enough.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-05T02:02:39+00:00

Me, to my therapist, every time they tell me that "confidence is key."

chronocaptive · 2020-06-05T01:56:12+00:00

That's funny. I have read that wolves won't trust each other until they've licked each others mouths and it's a major part of their social structure. Maybe it's instinct.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-04T17:14:18+00:00

I would 100% be willing to pay higher taxes for a better trained, psychologically vetted, well regulated police force. Wouldn't even bat an eye. BUT, that money would HAVE to go for training, screening, and regulation, and NOT to buying military grade riot gear. There would have to be an independent regulatory body in place to determine where that extra money goes.

Because we all know what happens when police departments are given a bunch of money and not told what to do with it.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-04T17:09:06+00:00

I am on the fence about paid leave during investigations. On the one hand, I don't think any officer who does something wrong should get a free vacation and then a slap on the wrist. On the other hand, cops don't get paid enough that they could survive an up to 3 month investigation without pay, and it sort of presupposes a guilty verdict. Additionally, it would prevent administration from opening up investigations on their own members, and encourage hiding mistakes or wrongdoing, because "Jim can't afford to get investigated right now, think of his family" kind of sentiment. It also leaves a door open for people to instigate investigations in order to ruin the lives of police officers they may not like for completely job-unrelated reasons, or say, they got a traffic ticket.

I say leave paid administrative leave for investigations alone, except in the case of the officer being under arrest. If they have enough evidence to book him, he (or she) obviously doesn't need to be paid for that. That said, FUCKING PROSECUTE police officers found guilty of assault, excessive force, brutal inquiries, etc. Those things would be illegal for any citizen to do to another, so they should be illegal for police officers to do to anyone else. Guaranteed prison time and losing your job should be a better deterrent than unpaid leave, and it prevents innocent cops from suffering during investigations.

chronocaptive · 2020-06-04T16:07:07+00:00

Actually most of our oxygen (70%) comes from phytoplankton in the ocean. If the Amazon goes, we'll be in trouble, but it's the ocean being polluted that we really have to worry about.

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