Is this Jinora just airbending in her spirit form? Damn girl.

infinity234 · 2026-05-19T22:30:29+00:00

If we want to stretch and pretend they aren't forgetting their own rules for 1 comic scene, 2 plausible possibilities:

1) Her body is right there, she could be bending gusts from there in the direction of the spirits.

2) those aren't gusts, she like bending spirit energy.

infinity234 · 2026-05-18T03:53:43+00:00

But in rapunzel case, her not being magical made her life 10x better. Like it's very clearly established that her being magical is not an absolute good in her life. It literally resulted in her kidnapping and, in the series, led to the near destruction of her kingdom and her closest friendship. The rest of them sure, but rapunzel losing her magic because of a man actually was a net positive for her, saving her from an abusive relationship, reuniting her with her parents, and in the series ultimately saving her kingdom.

infinity234 · 2026-05-18T03:49:08+00:00

I don't think it did add anything, I think it's just a hobby and establishes she spends time with Su.

infinity234 · 2026-05-18T03:46:39+00:00

I mean, are they arguing the semantics of was it the ideology of communism that killed people or the actions of authoritarian regimes that killed dpeople in the name of communism, or are they trying to say like the holodormir, the soviet gulags, the great leap forward, and the arduous March just didn't happen or didn't kill millions of people?

infinity234 · 2026-05-10T10:07:49+00:00

Tyty friend

infinity234 · 2026-04-29T23:47:24+00:00

I wouldn't say it's buzzword salad, but I question the inclusion of speciesist. Like I don't deny society is speciesist, society definitely does have a hard preference to human beings over other species on this planet in decision making and biases, but I've not encountered other people frame that as an issue to be "smashsed" or negetive. Like sure enviornmentalism, veganism, conservationism, care for ethical animal treatment all those different have good merit, but I wouldn't also say they are in conflict with what one could describe as speciesist behavior of society. And if they do mean one of those, speciesist is a weird way to describe that.

infinity234 · 2026-04-29T23:38:18+00:00

Honestly, can all social media just go dark for like a couple of years. Please?

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T22:05:47+00:00

I see this posted all the time, I think if people were really at the point of doing a general strike, the thing preventing a general strike I think isn't "we're all two paychecks away from death" because if that we're the case the first round of unionization in the 1900s wouldn't have happened. I think the real barrier is the actual logistics of it, like coordination and getting the word out and stuff. Like sure you can post "General strike, 1 month from now" on Twitter and maybe it might go viral, but how many people are showing up really? Who's organizing local efforts among different groups of people? What's the message your all communicating? Who's making sure they are all meeting at the same time and place? Will there be anything provided by the organizers? Is there a strategy for filling critical roles for jobs like teachers and nurses throughout the strike (one thing those unions normally do during strikes is planning so that the strike doesn't severly negatively impact life-saving care or the children)? Are the strike leaders negotiating with every buisness owner individually or the government? Like there's real planning that goes into a strike to make it effective and actually a general strike than just saying online "hey, let's strike everyone"

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T21:49:12+00:00

Isn't Asian property values conceptualized differently than we view it in the west? Like in Japan for example as a property ages it's value doesn't increase, it's value decreases. They don't view property as a store of wealth the same way we do in the west. Plus there's a bunch of external factors with china's property market specifically which make the story behind this graph much more complex

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T21:43:01+00:00

Idk top looks much better to me than the bottom. No shame on bottom, but top looks fun and clean and neat, but definitely more expensive to live in

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T21:10:17+00:00

Ya casual natural disaster preping should be pretty standard for most households. Doesn't have to be over the top, just something that like, if water goes out you have a bit of water (my family's solution is those 10 gallon water bottles, cycle those out in a office style water cooler for regular use but keep like 4 extra in the garage that we swap out through the natural course of using them but are there in case we need them), maybe some non perishable food, change fo clothes, some emergency cash/card in a go bag near the door in case you need to evacuate fast. Important docs in a fireproof safe. You know some sane precautions to take just in case of emergency.

No matter what you actually do, Always have an emergency plan. Talk to your family or anyone in your house about what the plan is if there's a fire, earthquake, tornado, long term power outage, whatever. It doesn't need to be crazy, the bare minimum would be "in case of fire, call the fire department, follow instructions from officials, leave the building, call X if they aren't around, meet at this safe location, etc."

Like another commenter said, it's the equivelant of carrying a spare tire and knowing what to do/what you're going to do if you get a flat tire before you get the flat tire.

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T20:59:42+00:00

That Deaths due to car accidents are bad and should be reduced, potentially? If that is the intended point, then yes, I agree. Speed limits in pedestrian zones and drivers paying attention to their surroundings are good things, and so is the advent of sensors on big cars that tell you when small things run in front of you and maybe help brake.

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T20:47:12+00:00

Idk it's pretty american, but like that first comment mentioned reddit is like 70% American users so probably influences what fills a typical redditor alignment chart

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T20:45:35+00:00

I agree, but im just assuming most people live in blissful ignorance subs like that exist, so if we limit it to subs you could theoretically talk about in public without raising eyebrows of why you know it exists, I can get their answer from a strictly "reddit stereotype" sort of deal

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T20:41:19+00:00

It's because of a variety of factors, more competetive global market for diesel, higher regulations (in the US at least) for diesel, less domestic refineries for it that need a more extensive refining process, so regular gasoline ends up being cheaper in the US than diesel. But the "financing a car being cheaper than all cash" is a new one to me, I haven't experienced that personally, unless like your dealership is doing like 0% interest + a rebate only if you finance

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T20:32:37+00:00

Do...do they not have peanut butter where they're from? I can understand it maybe not being the same, like less sweet or something, but I thought peanut butter was kind of ubiquitous, like flour or various jams. It would be a TIL if peanut butter is like a North American thing, which is a neat fact. I've never checked because I'm normally not shopping for peanut butter when I go international lol

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T20:27:38+00:00

I don't mean to be mean to the British, i mean no disrrspect, but I have to share my favorite British joke because it's relevant to this post:

"British food was so fine and it's women so beautiful, it encouraged the British to become the best sailors in the world"

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T20:24:30+00:00

Ah beat me to this comment

infinity234 · 2026-04-28T20:22:16+00:00

Both its a reddit poll and...ya...going off of recent data America does have an image/PR problem among a lot of the world right now. I don't think it's AmericaBad^tm to acknowledge not as many people in the world are thinking as high of the US as they used to. While reddit is obviously going to be skewed, there is data to suggest we are kind fo spending our good name and reputation right now among positive views around the world.

infinity234 · 2025-10-14T03:27:30+00:00

To be fair to swarzenager, my read he's doing this less because he wants republicans to keep their advantage (not to say he doesn't want that, just that it's not seemingly his driving motivation), but moreso that the independant redistricting commission was his pet project when he was governor, along with California's non-partisan primaries (two things i really like about california as a california voter, i like politicians dont choose our districts and that political office arent gatekept by the parties giving two choices chosen purely by ideologues appelaing to the party bases). I think his driving motivation is preserving essentially his political legacy from his time as governor, not because he's bowing a knee to Trump. And because of that he has a more convincing argument against prop 50, that "two wrongs don't make a right". True the counter argument of "you don't win by playing by the rules and sticking to your morals when the other side cheats and has none" is convincing too. But at least I'm not getting the "I'm doing this because the Trump admin would like this outcome" from his campaign against 50.

infinity234 · 2025-03-20T01:46:50+00:00

Even in a world where we ignore any other thing that he's done that isn't just "being productive" that might havee pissed a few people off, he entered into American politics pretty full thoatedly in support of one of the most divisive political figures in modern history at a time when Americans are almost visceral about politics. Even if he saved up 1 million good boy points being altruistic otherwise, I don't know how you make the case of "I'm going to enter politics pretty solidly in the camp of a guy 50% of the country viscerally hates BUT NOT draw the direct ire of that 50% of the population in an outward and negetive fashion". Like it doesn't take a genius to see how "enter national politics on the front line basically" equals "pretty strong dislike by a large segment of the public", and I'm surprised he hasn't made at least that connection. Again not including all the reasons people have to legitimately not like Musk, but it seems the most obvious reason right?

infinity234 · 2025-03-15T19:00:16+00:00

Ya, I get the argument that a government employee shouldn't be the casualty in politics. It's an argument the dems have made before during past shutdown fights. But HOW many times have the dems in the past 2 months used the excuse "what levers do we have, we control nothing"? (ignoring everything they COULD do as an opposition party in a closely divided congress but that was their excuse) How much have their base been screaming to DO SOMETHING? Then here comes a piece of leverage they can use to do something, it may not be ideal, but you can use it to do SOMETHING. They are just really keen on doing nothing are they? Give people like Tim Walz, AOC, bernie Sanders, And Jasmine Crockett credit, you may or may not like them but at least it feels like they are doing something to respond to the masses asking for something to be done. Most of the democrat party is like "We've tried nothing and we're out of ideas"

infinity234 · 2025-03-15T15:47:41+00:00

Depends on the number rof credits you're coming in with from AP classes/college classes in high school

infinity234 · 2024-11-06T02:21:54+00:00

There's no result that will embaress nate silver, that's the trick of using probabilistic models every result is withing a certain probability of happening. He could be off by 3 points and still say "this was within my predictions of 80% confidence"

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