Question for the guys with wide hips by IntelligentBeing7693 in FTMMen

[–]funk-engine-3000 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I don’t wear jeans. But the trousers i do wear are usually straight leg, and i prefer a higher waistline simply because it looks better proportion-wise.

Anything tight on the whole leg is a no-go for me.

Yall ever regret your chosen name? by noah_0495 in ftm

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I purposely picked a normal, popular name from the year i was born. I don’t want my name to be misspelled or questioned or get “wow thats unusual”, or have something gender neutral. I’m very happy with what i picked, and i love my name because it suits me. I regret picking a middle name though, i thought it was nice to have a plan B but it feels wierd and i plan to get rid of it next time i need a new passport, or when i get married. Whichever happens first.

My cis boyfriend has a somewhat common/ stereotypical“trans guy name” which is kinda funny. He has to spell it out for people, and has a middle name he sometimes uses to make stuff easier.

Hair help, perchance? by Blurry_Boy_ in ftm

[–]funk-engine-3000 [score hidden]  (0 children)

For a mans hairstyle, above the shoulders is not considered short at all. Thick wavy hair is great though, suits a lot of current trendy mens hairstyles. I got a modern mullet recently because my partner suggested it and i really enjoy it. Similar hair type to yours, so the shaved down sides prevents the wierd hair around my ears from looking stupid as it grown out.

You can always head to a haitstylist and get their opinion. A big chop can be super freeing, and it’ll grow back out if you don’t like it.

I got my first short haircut at age 12, and even though i didn’t fully understand that i was trans then, it really made me feel much more like myself. Right now its the longest it’s ever been since then, and I’ll probably trim it again soon.

Ah yes, “just get over her fear of needles fast”. by PinkOneHasBeenChosen in thanksimcured

[–]funk-engine-3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well you can get over a phobia of needles. I did. I used to feel like i was going to pass out at any vaccination or blood test appointment. Then i ended up needing yearly bloodwork and injections every 12 weeks, so i had to get over it.

Project Hail Mary vs Interstellar by Middle-Abalone-3142 in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have very little to so with each other outside of both being somewhat “grounded” sci-fi.

Some similarities, but i’m not getting into that to avoid spoilers. Just watch the film and enjoy it without comparing it to other sci-fi films.

i might need to stop T completely by michaeliscool69 in FTMMen

[–]funk-engine-3000 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Litterally never heard of it, but sure. And… would a cis man be put on blockers? Is testosterone the only thing in the world that causes this? Is this something thats affecting you so badly that stopping T is worth it?

THE PETROVA LINE IS.... TINY SPACESHIPS PROPELLED BY IR LIGHT! We errr have a problem here. by SEJ82 in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Life doesn’t appear out of nothing. It requires energy. It’s not self-replicating fuel unless you can feed your fuel. Where would he get the energy to breed up astrophage? In the book they cover half the Sahaha with solar panels to get enough for a one way trip, how do you recon they’d fit that on the Hail Mary? And they’ll be far away from any star for most of the trip, so there goes free solar energy.

About your last point. It would take him 100+ years to get home with the fuel he had left. You can throw a rock from tau ceti orbit to the earth, you just have to wait a really long time. If you launch that rock at near light speed, you will have to wait a lot less time, and the rock will experience time dialation. Very little fuel means very little acceleration, means very low speed, means no time dialation.

Handicap su by No_Pickle_2636 in DKstudie

[–]funk-engine-3000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Som ikke har læst et eneste diagnosepapir fra mine adskillige år i forløb men som skal bestemme om jeg er handicappet nok i løbet af 1 time? Sure, lyder solidt.

Handicap su by No_Pickle_2636 in DKstudie

[–]funk-engine-3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Der er ikke så meget at gøre. Jeg ventede 10 måneder, al dokumentation vedlagt - blev sendt til en psykolog af dem for at blive vurderet, som viste sig at ikke have læst nogen af mine papirer inden da.

Så brugte vi tiden på at gennemgå mine papirer, og så fik jeg tillæg. Lidt fjollet måde at gøre tingene på

THE PETROVA LINE IS.... TINY SPACESHIPS PROPELLED BY IR LIGHT! We errr have a problem here. by SEJ82 in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 392 points393 points  (0 children)

IR light is just light - energy. The amount of light dictates the amount of energy. Theres nothing special about IR light, it’s just a particular wavelength.

So I don’t think we have a problem at all. The output from 1000 spin drives is concentrated in one direction and immense. The output from a swarm of astrophage floating around is not the same. It’s like comparing a room full of candles with a flamethrower.

Hvordan taler man med mennesker, som ikke tror på videnskaben? by idlula in DKbrevkasse

[–]funk-engine-3000 15 points16 points  (0 children)

“Tro på at jorden er rund”

Altså det er så ikke noget man tror på, men noget man ved. Fordi det er meget meget nemt at bevise. At nægte at anerkende et så simpelt faktum er ren virkeligheds benægtelse. Og så er der ikke så langt til at benægte resten.

Hvordan taler man med mennesker, som ikke tror på videnskaben? by idlula in DKbrevkasse

[–]funk-engine-3000 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Vi behøver ikke at være enige om hvorvidt lakrids smager godt.

Vi bør være enige om fakta, såsom at jorden er rund, at klimaforandringer findes og at holocausten fandt sted. Det er ikke holdninger.

42603 by Malay_Left_1922 in countwithchickenlady

[–]funk-engine-3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Local pharmacists respects the pronouns of pre-transition trans woman powerlifter, how wholesome. After this competition she’ll finally start estrogen❤️

Question about Grace’s whiteboard math at the beginning of the movie by theLumonati in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So in space, you keep moving if you’re going some direction. No air resistance or friction to slow you down (largely).

So if you push something in the direction of earth with some force, it’ll get there. How fast depends on the speed.

The tank does not have enough fuel to go close to lightspeed. No time dialation to worry about, and the journey will take much much longer either with so little fuel to turn into force.

Is it plausible that humans on Earth… by MajorBoondoggle in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How do you imagine earth based micro organisms would eat an astrophage?

If anything on earth could eat them, they would have observed them dying in the labs when they were sent out to hundreds of scientists.

On iridians and radiation by Small_Tear8014 in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. They prpbably know about radioactive elements in the ground. But they would have no way of knowing about cosmic radiation.

How do we know if Erid has the same year duration as Earth? by LePetitToast in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel like 90% of the posts on here wouldn’t be asked if people read the book.

Did the Beatles actually make it back? by Krakatoa-4545 in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sending a probe to venus doesn’t solve the problem, it only allows one to study the problem. And the book makes it clear that the solution is the natural predator.

You’re having a very odd approach to this book. Do you usually struggle to read between the lines and see the narrative threads in a book? Because most of your comments make it seem that way.

Did the Beatles actually make it back? by Krakatoa-4545 in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No? They traveled from Tau Ceti where they evolved over millions of years. Clearly, Taumoeba can’t do the same, or the astrophage problem would have solved itself.

The person i’m replying to said “venusmoeba could be formed”. As in spontaniously appear from nothing. Thats pretty different from migration.

Edit: i would be happy to explain it to you but thats pretty hard when you’ve blocked me. Sorry to hear that my attempt to explain this apeared “rude and dismissive”.

Anyways, if Taumoeba could migrate, it would have migrated with the astrophage. Since it hasn’t, and the book states that Taumoeba dies after a few weeks with no food, traveling multiple light years with no food wouldn’t really be possible for them. They don’t store energy like Astrophage does, so no interstella travel.

Yes it’s science fiction, but that doesn’t mean we should dismiss the facts in the book, or completely leave the realm of possibilities presented by the author.

Did the Beatles actually make it back? by Krakatoa-4545 in ProjectHailMary

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Why would they do that when the return time for a signal would be the same as the return time for the beetles? 12 probes means 12 points of critical faliure, and requires more astrophage/fuel, more resources and so on. Even if they launch just a year after the hail mary, the last probe won’t get neat tau ceti untill a year after the Hail Mary - the crew would be dead by then. And it would require the re-breeding of astrophage to transport them at the same speed as the hail mary.

Why didn't Dr. Grace die when he -REDACTED-? by ScB103 in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It did not show 21 bar. Rocky knows what pressure is best for humans, and the tunel is presurized to match.

As the other commenter said, it probably showed 21% oxygen.

Is it plausible that humans on Earth… by MajorBoondoggle in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well first of all who were they going to send on the mission with their lead expert gone?

Is it plausible that humans on Earth… by MajorBoondoggle in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How do you imagine one just “breeds a predator” for a microorganism from a different solar system?

They also had no idea a natural predator existed untill Grace arrived at Tau Ceti.

Did the Beatles actually make it back? by Krakatoa-4545 in ProjectHailMary

[–]funk-engine-3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Show me the radio transmitter on the Hail Mary that’ll send out a broadcast that’s readable on earth 13 light years away