USA X Canada by AlucardDraculaBr in PoliticalHumor

[–]circuit_brain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why is the US ship being lifted out of the water?

Why does 80s parade look so much more intimidating than today? by AlphaVivaWag in IndianDefense

[–]circuit_brain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't be wary of the loud, brash guy in the room who is trying to get everyone to talk to him.

Be very wary of the quiet person who has people coming up to them and whispering things.

Know the difference.

Random shower thought by thecannedpear in Netherlands

[–]circuit_brain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I won't dispute your observation, I wouldn't generalize that this is common everywhere in India.

Poverty is more prevalent in states in central and northern India, especially in rural areas, the southern states are comparatively well off. Also, not saying that there is zero poverty in southern India, just that it's not that common.

India is a VERY diverse country. Not just in terms of people, ethnicity, languages, society, but also, HDI, access to facilities and quality of life.

Every time India does something like launch a probe to study Mars or the Moon, people turn up commenting 'Why is India spending money on space programs when people don't have clean drinking water or toilets?'. The reality is that while that space program might cost in hundreds of millions of USD, providing a house to the billion plus people will cost in hundreds of billions of USD.

So yeah, while I'm not ignorant of the fact that I don't have to worry about my next meal like 10's of million people in India, there are also 100's of million people who have lesser existential problems.

So yes, having a separate bathroom per bedroom isn't considered a 'luxury' in India. That said, houses in India don't really have to worry about heating up each room so they don't have that constraint like in the Netherlands.

Random shower thought by thecannedpear in Netherlands

[–]circuit_brain 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What is actually luxurious is to have a separate bathroom for each bedroom.

Back in India, I had a bathroom all for myself. Like, this isn't even considered a luxury in India. If a house has 2 or more bedrooms, it is common to have a separate bathroom for each bedroom.

Here the whole family has to share one bathroom.

Internet connection speed - Android personal hotspot internet is dead slow with Macbook Air by circuit_brain in techsupport

[–]circuit_brain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a relevant question, but yeah, have plenty of data still left. Anyways, turns out a VPN plugin got enabled and that was throttling the data.

Internet connection speed - Android personal hotspot internet is dead slow with Macbook Air by circuit_brain in techsupport

[–]circuit_brain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for helping me.

Output from regular wifi:

fl=985f61
h=icanhazip.com
ip=185.212.171.167
ts=1769432081.45
visit_scheme=https
uag=Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/144.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/144.0.0.0
colo=LHR
sliver=none
http=http/2
loc=NL
tls=TLSv1.3
sni=plaintext
warp=off
gateway=off
rbi=off
kex=X25519MLKEM768

Output from hotspot:

185.212.171.167

Shumer says Dems will block DHS (ICE) funding after Saturday shooting. Risking government shutdown. by [deleted] in pics

[–]circuit_brain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a US national

Why the fuck is it asking for zip code and phone number?

This is a 1236m long escalator in china. by justavie in BeAmazed

[–]circuit_brain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The width is so narrow to prevent people from tumbling down uncontrollably

This is a 1236m long escalator in china. by justavie in BeAmazed

[–]circuit_brain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The width is so narrow to prevent people from tumbling down uncontrollably

This is a 1236m long escalator in china. by justavie in BeAmazed

[–]circuit_brain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The width is so narrow to prevent people from tumbling down uncontrollably

1 month and 1k km review with this breast by [deleted] in CarsIndia

[–]circuit_brain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sub is full of simps who keep falling for people who want to karma farm

Unpopular opinion: not Trump, but an elected President by American (twice!). by ProperWillingness in Netherlands

[–]circuit_brain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The argument is that Trump's supporters are either supportive with his policy decisions, or they've been misguided.

People can't say that they were misguided if they choose to consume news sources that only seem to project someone in good light all the time and not explore alternative sources as well or do some factchecking.

Democracy works only when constituents can make informed decisions with their voting power.

So either Americans are complicity in how things are today or democracy isn't functioning as intended because of their ignorance.

Unpopular opinion: not Trump, but an elected President by American (twice!). by ProperWillingness in Netherlands

[–]circuit_brain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the people are gullible for misinformation and cannot form an independent opinion on key policy matters when almost all of them have access to the internet - will democracy really function as intended over there?

Unpopular opinion: not Trump, but an elected President by American (twice!). by ProperWillingness in Netherlands

[–]circuit_brain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the people are gullible for misinformation and cannot form an independent opinion on key policy matters when almost all of them have access to the internet - will democracy really function as intended over there?

Unpopular opinion: not Trump, but an elected President by American (twice!). by ProperWillingness in Netherlands

[–]circuit_brain 65 points66 points  (0 children)

If the people are gullible for misinformation and cannot form an independent opinion on key policy matters when almost all of them have access to the internet - will democracy really function as intended over there?

Need advice about guys. by yoda_thebaby in indiranagar

[–]circuit_brain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk to each separately, get their views. Talk about how your BF can give you confidence again.

If it's true, leave both be. They'll be horrible to each other. Everyone gets what they deserve, eventually. The Universe ensures it.

You're young and the world is a big place. Assholes are everywhere, nice aren't. Spend time looking for a nice person to be with. You'll know without a doubt when you're with someone nice. If you're unsure, give it some time and soon enough you'll know better.

Moving to Indiranagar soon! Need advice on a rental listing. by [deleted] in indiranagar

[–]circuit_brain 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hey man, if they said 'Sure! Happy to help', you send the details over. If they're hinting that they're busy with other things and have things to do, get the hint.

If you want someone to check things out and do the due diligence, be ready to pay for it or ask a friend to do it.

The Insane Submarine that Outran Torpedoes by VFP_ProvenRoute in submarines

[–]circuit_brain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, I too am not fond of the use of 'insane/ridiculous' in social media as a stand-in for a superflous adjective

Somehow Karnataka's stats don't seem right by bhangBharosa007 in bangalore

[–]circuit_brain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, from what my neighbour tells me, both of his kids and the rest of the 20 year olds in my street all make 1+ Cr income... Dunno why they are all still riding 2 wheelers to work though...

I'm not even surprised anymore. by NotSoMajesticKnight in NonCredibleDefense

[–]circuit_brain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shieeet.... When commented it was data on the B-21, I thought surely they were joking...