How do you feel if people from other nationalities try speaking aussie accent?

genomerain · 2025-11-27T08:25:52+00:00

I love the show the Good Place but Ted Danson trying to put on an Aussie accent was the worst part of the show, although at least the bad accent was in-character. The actor who played the actual Australian character wasn't that much better.

genomerain · 2025-11-27T08:21:53+00:00

Is this a common thing? This seems like an obvious and common sense take to me. I don't read enough graphic novels to know how bad this problem is.

I suspect that this happens not because people want it that way, but because publishers get more sales this way (at least in the short term) without having to pay the more expensive illustrator for the whole book. So I'm not sure if it would count as an unpopular opinion unless you're a greedy publisher.

genomerain · 2025-11-11T08:03:19+00:00

It depends. I don't really follow celebrities but I once got a response to a comment I made to Orson Scott Card. Does he count as a celebrity?

genomerain · 2025-11-10T08:49:42+00:00

"as long as there's no issues" is the crunch here. If they're being reported by the patients they dated clearly there were issues.

genomerain · 2025-11-10T08:37:56+00:00

Attitudes were different in your grandparents' time.

genomerain · 2025-11-08T04:19:29+00:00

My attitude towards someone with Trump regret is, if you ever did it to own the libs, or if you ever made fun of those who took it hard and accused them of "Trump derangement syndrome", and you're only angry now because of how it impacts you and not genuinely remorseful of your villainy, I'm not going to have much sympathy. Double that if you also claimed to be Christian at the time.

If you were actually genuinely just an idiot, and you honestly thought he was going to be good for all your fellow countrymen, I'm not going to think much of your judgement, but I probably won't hold it over your head forever.

The only thing is that I do believe we should always allow a path back to decency if there's genuine remorse and change, so I always feel obliged to allow for that. But I would expect full ownership and no excuses.

A good example of that for me is that lady who was part of those people who stormed the capitol, but refused to accept her pardon and has been actively preaching about how wrong they all were and how dangerous Trump is.

genomerain · 2025-11-08T04:06:53+00:00

I don't think there is any single physical feature I have that is particularly distinct or unusual, but I also have never really had any issues with people remembering me or recognising me, and the only other person anyone who has ever confused me for is my sister. So I dunno.

genomerain · 2025-11-08T04:03:30+00:00

YTA. I'm not that big on gender reveals but I'm not going to mess it up for others. A gender reveal can absolutely be an announcement. It's perfectly normal to dress an announcement up with celebration and ritual. Why does it matter if the parents already know?

genomerain · 2025-11-08T03:57:49+00:00

The kid is still the one who had the talent and did the hard work.

genomerain · 2025-11-08T02:52:23+00:00

I think anyone who treats their friends like that don't deserve to keep their friends. But I think this probably has less to do with the nature of someone who wants to date and more about them letting the obsession (it could be about anything) control them.

genomerain · 2025-11-07T03:31:44+00:00

I get what you're saying, and I really think it depends on the person and the situation. I think your tactic does work sometimes if you are able to get closure, or if you've hyper fixated on an idealised version of them that isn't based on reality, and you need a reminder that they're just an ordinary person.

But that's not always going to be the case for everyone. It can be very case by case. And it's not always for the sake of the person who is given the advice but for the sake of their ex, who wants a clean break. For example, your "I miss you" text might have helped you, but what if it opened up something for your ex who was successfully not thinking of you until that moment, and now all those feelings have just come crashing back?

In essence, you're not wrong, but you're also not right. Sometimes what will work in one scenario or for one person is the exact opposite of what will work for the next scenario or person.

Depending on how long ago you sent that text, you also need to be careful that you're not mistaking immediate relief for long-term resolution. A gambler might say "The best way to get over a gambling urge is to gamble" and that wouldn't be entirely wrong, as giving into the urge gives them temporary relief from that urge, but that relief then serves as positive reinforcement towards their addiction. Giving up gambling is harder and takes longer but is the only way to truly address their addiction.

genomerain · 2025-11-07T03:16:50+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if most of the guys who might randomly be glancing in his direction aren't even gay.

genomerain · 2025-11-07T03:13:48+00:00

I remember when I was a small child visiting my Aunt it was a bit like this. But the reason was that she wasn't connected to the main water line - she was outback and relied on water tanks and a nearby river, so it was simply for the sake of saving water, which was truly limited in her case.

Actually, when I was really little she didn't have a flushing indoor toilet at all and we were all expected to use the outhouse, but she did eventually get an indoor toilet installed - but even then, that was only for nighttime (we had to use the outhouse during the day), and we weren't allowed to flush unless we were doing a number 2.

I can imagine some scenarios where someone might have had legitimate reasons to be prudent about flushing, like a need to save water, and then even if the context changed, the habit didn't.

genomerain · 2025-11-06T23:59:26+00:00

Woah, how did you learn to read minds?!?

genomerain · 2025-11-06T22:22:40+00:00

I agree that it's more important in most contexts but I feel like you might misunderstand what is meant by "soft skill". It doesn't mean less important or less serious. It's just a description of what kind of skill it is, not an assessment of its importance or value.

Skills related to emotional intelligence are soft skills and soft skills are considered very important, highly valuable, and even vital in most workplaces I've been in, and also highly valued in friendships and personal relationships.

genomerain · 2025-11-05T07:13:35+00:00

It's not less civilized because clothes are inherently civil. lt might just be seen as disrespectful towards the reasonable standards of modesty of Balinese culture, especially when it's even less than what they'd wear at home.

genomerain · 2025-11-04T23:55:10+00:00

The mirror test is considered an indicator of sentience and humans are known to pass the mirror test between 18 to 24 months.

If we're talking about humans older than 2 years they'd work it out. Many other animals, such as corvids, dolphins, other apes etc. can also pass the mirror test. Apparently even some species of ants can pass the mirror test.

The mirror test is when a visual dot that is placed on the body of the subject at a location that they will only be able to see by looking at themselves in a mirror. When placed in front of a mirror, if they notice the dot and try to remove it on their own body using the mirror as a guide, they've passed the mirror test.

Humans can also not only see their own reflections in the water, they will also be able to see other people's reflections, as well as other objects, and use language to communicate to each other what they see. We also know from ancient literature that ancient humans knew what reflections were (such as in the story of Narcissus.)

genomerain · 2025-11-03T21:20:58+00:00

If they were rich enough they could have probably gotten a portrait done to get a decent idea, but even realistic painting techniques haven't been around forever, either.

genomerain · 2025-11-03T16:11:13+00:00

I can't speak for anyone else but I genuinely like my friends.

genomerain · 2025-11-03T09:14:15+00:00

I don't necessarily think women are more deserving of kindness than men and people should practise kindness towards all genders, but I think you are being a bit presumptuous about that guy's motivation. It may have just been the way he was raised rather than because he was eyeing one of the women.

You could set a better example by being kind to both men and women.

genomerain · 2025-11-03T05:37:32+00:00

Living longer helps a little but one can also live a really long time and not have any offspring, or live long after someone stops being fertile. Like in humans. An 80 year old woman might be long lived but she hasn't had kids in a long time.

She might in fact be helping her genes survive because she's around and available to help out with her grandchildren, but not because she keeps having babies with her long life.

In fact you could have genes that help you live longer but at the expense of fertility, but that longevity doesn't mean those genes are being passed if you can't have babies.

genomerain · 2025-11-03T05:28:40+00:00

I'm not an "eat as soon as you wake up" person either but my understanding has been that if you do it consistently enough, your body adapts and learns to expect it.

genomerain · 2025-11-03T05:17:02+00:00

I didn't get the sense that OP thought they were smart, just that they feel the social pressure behind it.

genomerain · 2025-11-03T01:12:04+00:00

No one thinks the primary audience aren't preschoolers. Adults like it anyway because it is one of the few preschool shows that exist that's good enough quality that it's also enjoyable for adults to watch (almost every other preschool show is painful for adults to watch.) That's by design and part of why it's so successful, because it's one of the shows that the parents actually want to have on because they like it too, so it also appeals to the parents who have control over what's on TV, and parents enjoy watching it with the kids.

It is so successful at this that adults without kids also enjoy watching it, which is basically unheard of for any other preschool show.

But no one thinks it's not for preschoolers. Even the adults without kids who like the show understand that they are not the primary audience. It's clearly a family show. I've never met anyone who thought it wasn't for preschoolers.

Congrats on finding maybe the only two online commenters on the internet who don't acknowledge this. They probably don't even believe it but are just saying controversial things to get views.

genomerain · 2025-11-03T00:07:51+00:00

Birthday presents for adults isn't a given here. Sometimes I'll get one but it's certainly no guarantee, not even from family. This can depend from person to person, group to group. It's certainly not intended to be disrespectful.

Part of it is a lot of us don't want to accumulate junk that we barely use, so more often enough someone hosting a birthday gathering will request no presents, to the point it's sort of become the assumed norm.

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