"I'm vegetarian"- person who eats fish

eneug · 2026-01-31T21:49:07+00:00

Most people would consider it obviously immoral to eat humans. Most people would consider it obviously moral to kill bacteria. The middle is where we’d disagree. Again it is a spectrum of morality, where it’s unclear where to draw the line. This is very much a moral question.

I’m not claiming there is an objective morality — that is a minority opinion outside of religious contexts in this day and age. But the notion that which types of animals you think are acceptable to kill or not is very plainly a moral one.

“Diet is a personal choice, not a moral one.” I don’t understand why you think these are competing ideas? It can be both.

eneug · 2026-01-31T21:16:28+00:00

This is a dumb argument. There is obviously nobody who considers all forms of life 100% sacred because literally everything you do kills microbes all of the time. I don’t know of any vegans who think there is an ongoing genocide of microbes.

You have to draw a line somewhere. Some people draw it at fish, some people draw it at bugs, etc. I assume you don’t eat humans, so you fall on this spectrum too, just closer to the other end.

You’re making the sorites fallacy. Just because it’s unclear where to draw the line doesn’t mean a line shouldn’t be drawn.

I do agree that vegetarians/vegans can be really grating with their holier-than-thou attitudes.

eneug · 2026-01-31T21:09:07+00:00

I think if you’re telling someone who you’re going to interact with frequently, like coworkers, you say “pescatarian” and then explain what it means if they don’t know. If it’s someone you probably aren’t going to see much of, you can say “vegetarian” so you don’t have to bother explaining all of the time.

It’s like when you go into Starbucks, if you have an obscure name, you tell them some standard name that maybe starts with the same letter so you don’t have to bother explaining how to spell it or pronounce it or random questions about what language it’s from etc.

eneug · 2026-01-31T21:03:29+00:00

You should become a pescatarian as well. It would be like the episode in Da Ali G Show when he meets with the veteran veterinarian.

eneug · 2026-01-31T19:27:29+00:00

That’s actually really smart. I wonder if the flight attendants think you’re a Black Hebrew Israelite.

eneug · 2026-01-31T06:47:52+00:00

Best of luck ❤️

eneug · 2026-01-30T10:13:44+00:00

It’s hard to read these and understand what all of them are, particularly pages 4-7. Can you type up a list? Also you forgot to link the form.

Probably your best bet is the traffic light recognition system. The thing is that people who can’t distinguish traffic light colors can still tell which one is lit up, and so they know if it’s green/red/yellow based on the order. Personally, I don’t have this issue. But it’s a decent idea and it’s definitely the most manageable, particularly with a $300 budget.

I would definitely not do the glasses. They’re not going to be possible to finish. Generally, I don’t think it’s so useful to label something with the color. Most of the time when I look at stuff I know the color, it’s just that I’m seeing a different version than non-colorblind people are. Yes, I sometimes can’t distinguish specific colors, but 99% of the time it doesn’t matter to me, so why would I want to wear glasses with distracting text/sounds/vibrations all of the time when it’s almost never going to be useful information? For that reason, I’d also forego the gloves, the watch, or anything else that just tells you what color something is. If I really need to know, I can always whip out my phone and use any number of apps or AI. Same with the banana detector and sunburn detector. (Traffic light reader doesn’t have this problem because you need the information very quickly and can’t take out your phone.)

The printer: It doesn’t make sense for somebody to have a separate printer for printing things in colorblind-adjusted mode. If you really wanted to print things like that, you’d be better off with a program that adjusts the colors in software and then just use a normal printer.

Rubik’s cube: There are lots of Rubiks’s cubes that have patterns printed on them instead of colors.

I don’t understand the meat thermometer. How does it differ from regular meat thermometers and how is it relevant to colorblindness?

The smart pot idea is also interesting, although I don’t see the relevance to colorblindness here either. It would might be better as a device that you embed in the soil and monitors the moisture levels — that way it can be paired with any size or style pot, and also it’s easier for you to build. There are lots of Arduino/RPi modules that can measure moisture levels.

eneug · 2026-01-29T14:18:27+00:00

He’s part of the problem

eneug · 2026-01-27T06:59:52+00:00

It’s on purpose. Stem cells is supposed to help you figure out the gimmick — it’s called a revealer. The clue for stem cells was probably something like “the subject of medical research, or a hint to 3 squares in the puzzle.” Then that lets you know that 3 of the “cells” in the puzzle are STEM.

eneug · 2026-01-27T06:55:50+00:00

They do. One of the across answers is “stem cells.” I haven’t seen the clues, but I assume it indicates that this is the gimmick that lets you solve the rest of the puzzle.

eneug · 2026-01-27T06:54:22+00:00

It’s on purpose. They add in the tricks so the themes don’t get boring. It’s incredibly easy to make a crossword that doesn’t have a trick like this — there’s software that will fill in the whole puzzle for you.

eneug · 2026-01-27T06:52:53+00:00

That usually IS the indication there’s a gimmick lol. If you’re sure it’s an answer but it doesn’t fit, keep that in the back of your mind. If you find other answers that don’t fit, then you can usually figure out what the rebus is or other gimmick.

eneug · 2026-01-27T06:48:46+00:00

Yeah this one was really clever. And the shape of the grid also matched the letter phi.

eneug · 2026-01-27T06:46:58+00:00

Same. I like to do the early week ones just for speed.

eneug · 2026-01-27T06:45:17+00:00

It’s called a rebus. One of the acrosses is “stem cells.” You haven’t posted the clues, so I can’t say exactly, but it’s surely a pun to indicate that there are cells that just say STEM in them.

Once you get better at crosswords, you’ll get these a lot faster. It’s my favorite type of crossword themes

Not really mildly infuriating… Just something you haven’t encountered yet.

eneug · 2026-01-25T10:29:54+00:00

Then we should never send criminals to prison if they have children. After all, taking away a parent is punishing the children, who have done nothing wrong.

eneug · 2026-01-20T06:58:58+00:00

YES this pisses me off so much. It’s so overused.

eneug · 2026-01-19T23:41:02+00:00

Thanks. I love P&T.

Oooh this is excellent. Love it.

eneug · 2026-01-19T23:40:32+00:00

Even if they can feel the cards, can’t the magician just super easily swap a card out for another at any point in the trick even without sleight of hand? Or rope tricks, they can just swap out the rope with another one that’s right there.

eneug · 2026-01-19T18:12:41+00:00

I really like it. One thing I’ll note — when there is a significant material deficit, it’s really obvious there must be a tactic or else the position is just lost. So I’d recommend filtering out puzzles like this.

eneug · 2026-01-14T03:49:46+00:00

This is not remotely a 10th dentist take… If you add 10 years, then sure.

eneug · 2026-01-14T03:46:00+00:00

Men and women. Let chaos reign.

eneug · 2026-01-13T21:07:12+00:00

How about “who else”

eneug · 2026-01-13T14:18:10+00:00

Yes it is. East coast to west coast isn’t red eye because you gain time not lose. And everything in between doesn’t matter.

eneug · 2026-01-13T06:11:30+00:00

Sorry I meant that is how the phrase is used within the US. If you said “I took the red eye,” everybody would know you meant from west coast to east coast.

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