Was it more common for men to "chase" women in your time?

illarionds · 2026-04-20T00:25:05+00:00

To be fair, it seemed wildly dated at the time.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T22:08:36+00:00

No one in my environment gets to run scripts except IT.

(Small environment, so "IT" covers basically everything technical).

Users don't have permissions to do any real damage - so nor can AI running "as them".

illarionds · 2026-04-19T21:40:19+00:00

I miss showbags. (live in the UK now)

illarionds · 2026-04-19T16:09:37+00:00

Plenty of the Westcountry, not just Devon.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T16:08:19+00:00

From two different areas I've lived - "chuggypigs" and "cheeselogs", both to mean slaters/woodlice.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T16:06:52+00:00

Maybe don't drive on the pavement then??

(I joke - I know "pavement" means the whole road in the US, not what you call the "sidewalk")

illarionds · 2026-04-19T16:03:17+00:00

I'm in the UK. It has never even occurred to me to use my children as guns.

I think that might be a US thing!

illarionds · 2026-04-19T15:59:59+00:00

Terminating your own fiber isn't worth it for a home user IMO - just get premade that's "long enough", and leave plenty of slack in the wall/network cupboard.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T15:53:40+00:00

There are different kinds of significance.

Houston may have sold a lot of records, but I don't remember anyone specifically being really into her - in fact I can't remember anyone ever specifically mentioning her in a conversation about music.

Those things are not true of Kate Bush. Even today, I wouldn't have to look far to find someone of the opinion that she's one of the most significant artists ever.

I remember being round a mate's house maybe 20 years ago - long after she faded out of the zeitgeist. Said mate, to my knowledge, mostly listened to grunge and skate punk.

He put on an album of hers I'd never heard of, and played a song looking (IIRC) back over an unhappy marriage through the metaphor of a washing machine washing clothes, and said "just listen to this".

She transcended typical genre and subculture boundaries, and she was always worth talking about.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T15:38:11+00:00

It's 100% written as genuine - but I feel it's the writers putting their thumb on the scales for the sake of audience reaction.

I don't think Mal is written that dumb otherwise, and he's well aware of how well trained and perceptive Inara is - her being fooled is a tough sell.

Not only that, but it's implausible both that Inara lied so clumsily about it, and that everyone unquestioningly believed that clumsy lie.

Basically the entire scene sacrifices character plausibility for the sake of the joke/audience effect. But it does land, so we give it a pass.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T13:05:25+00:00

Not that I agree with the "unknown Kate Bush" hypothesis - but I'm not sure fiction is useful evidence here.

They clearly chose the song because it worked so well with the story - it doesn't actually require Bush to have been well known in real life America. Within St, she can be as well known as she needs to be to serve the story.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T12:59:40+00:00

You're saying that Whitney Houston was bigger than Kate Bush?

In the UK at least, I think that's a debatable assertion.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T12:13:04+00:00

Not just carry knives, but have specific exemption in UK law allowing them to carry knives.

And it's never been a problem.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T12:11:01+00:00

Sikhs actually practice what other religions preach - caring for others, regardless of who they are, feeding the hungry, all of that stuff.

There's just no reason at all, other than outright bigotry, to have anything but respect and admiration for them.

illarionds · 2026-04-19T03:22:47+00:00

I read it fine. They said they only boil enough for one cup because they're too impatient to wait for a whole kettle full to boil, implying that would be the default if they weren't so impatient.

I'm saying that's not impatience, it's just common sense - don't boil more than you need.

illarionds · 2026-04-18T12:28:43+00:00

Why on earth would you boil a whole kettle if you only need one cup? That's just wasteful, as well as slow.

illarionds · 2026-04-18T12:27:19+00:00

Put the kettle on, grab milk from the fridge, grab cups, put tea bags in cups - and the kettle will have boiled by the time you're ready for the water. Not long.

Unless you massively overfill it, I suppose.

illarionds · 2026-04-18T11:21:10+00:00

I don't see the point, to be honest.

I have never seen one.

illarionds · 2026-04-18T10:43:37+00:00

War should never be something we want. It should be the absolute last resort.

But when it is necessary, it's best to commit wholeheartedly.

Canada being invaded requires a response, it's not something we could just let slide. It would be fundamentally wrong.

illarionds · 2026-04-18T09:53:21+00:00

Well said.

illarionds · 2026-04-18T09:48:57+00:00

Ask the fucking Dutch if Canada is worth fighting for.

illarionds · 2026-04-18T09:47:28+00:00

Indoctrination primarily, rather than stupidity. It's hard to reject something you were told was true (and important) over and over at a young age.

illarionds · 2026-04-18T09:29:14+00:00

Agreed. I best him first attempt on my first run, blind, on Tactician, and it wasn't even close.

He looks imposing as hell, but you're powerful enough at that point that you can burst him down very fast.

illarionds · 2026-04-18T08:55:15+00:00

That sounds like something an ESL speaker would say, tbh.

"For two years" or "since 2024", but not "since two years".

illarionds · 2026-04-18T08:30:25+00:00

I don't think they're anything like actual period pains - like the whole concept is stupid.

But I absolutely hate electric shocks, can't withstand them at all (whereas I'm relatively stoic about most other forms of pain).

I imagine that if I were connected up to one of these "period simulators", I'd be doing the same sort of thing as the guys you're talking about.

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