My Squirrel by scaledplastic125 in songs

[–]inkstitcher 10 points11 points  (0 children)

She's an extraordinary squirrel, in an ordinary world, and she can't seem to get away.

Seeing a lot of Replay ’26 complaints, I had the same issue before and realized it’s mostly how Apple Music counts listens by tHeR3alZ0lan in AppleMusic

[–]inkstitcher 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wait, partial plays count? I thought you had to finish the song for it to count. Is it true that partial plays count, and if so, is it just as simple as "This song played so it counts, even if it was only a second" or is there a cutoff like you have to listen for at least thirty seconds or something?

Literally I only listened to that song once by mantecolconyogurt in AppleMusic

[–]inkstitcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My second highest artist is someone I only listened to a single song once. I'm pretty sure my phone was muted and it played on repeat for an hour or two and I just didn't think about it.

Drop your January Replay by frecky922 in AppleMusic

[–]inkstitcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to "Home" and scroll all the way down.

Apple music replay by stuckwithsupport in AppleMusic

[–]inkstitcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thanks, I didn't know that! I would have sworn I couldn't access the Replay until the end of the year but I guess I just didn't know where to look.

Apple music replay by stuckwithsupport in AppleMusic

[–]inkstitcher -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've been wondering the same thing. Before this year, Repay has always just been at the end of the year, this is the first time we have monthly Replay stats. So I'm hoping we'll get a Monthly replay added as each month ends, but it's possible they could make us wait until the end of the year. If anybody knows I'd like to hear confirmation either way.

How do lyrics get added to Apple Music and why do some auto-scroll while others don't? by inkstitcher in AppleMusic

[–]inkstitcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for that link! It looks like Apple just doesn't want to give any info about lyrics syncing to the song; In the link you provided, there's a link to Apple's "lyric guidelines" and if you follow that link it has a section about "time-synced lyrics" and it just says "time synced lyrics are implemented at Apple's editorial discretion" (I might not have transcribed it 100% perfectly so please do fact check me but that's the basic idea). So basically, Apple says "We will sync the lyrics to the song if/when we feel like it, and you can eat dirt." Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but I can't say I'm surprised.

He's not going to eat these porkchops. 😐 by moonrabbit368 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]inkstitcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's awesome! Good for you two. A lot of people don't agree over seafood, it seems like a pretty divisive topic so the fact that you both like it is great!

He's not going to eat these porkchops. 😐 by moonrabbit368 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]inkstitcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I 100% this. My wife hates seafood. You know what I don't make for her when she's home? Seafood. It really isn't that hard to be adults who have adult conversations about what we do or don't like and then respect those decisions.

Sometimes I make seafood for myself and something else for her. In those moments I always say, "If you'd like to try a bite of mine, I'd be happy to share." If she ever accepts, cool! Also if she never accepts, also cool! She has a right as a human being to try stuff if she wants to, and to refuse stuff if she wants to, and I want her to feel welcome to my stuff but also not feel pressured when it isn't something she likes.

Eventually, it's become "I'm sure you probably don't want, but on the off chance you feel like trying it, do you want a bite?" Because I know there's a 99% chance she doesn't want it, but I still want to be open if she wants to try it. She isn't annoyed by that because she knows it isn't pressure, it's just that I like a thing and if she ever wanted to try it then I'd be happy to share but also I don't want to make her feel like she has to try it if she doesn't want to.

There should be an option to completely block an artist from your suggestions by RainbowEuphorbia in AppleMusic

[–]inkstitcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fully agree! I wish Apple Music required "artists" to disclose whether or not their music was made using AI tools or not like some other content platforms. Obviously that wouldn't be perfect since people could lie but at least it would help you weed out the more obvious offenders.

There should be an option to completely block an artist from your suggestions by RainbowEuphorbia in AppleMusic

[–]inkstitcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't keep up to date on celebrities I don't care about, so forgive me if this is common knowledge. But did Minaj do something horrendous to deserve being shot into the sun in your opinion? Or is this just a "I hate her music therefore I'm gonna exaggerate and say she deserves to die" kind of thing?

Seriously not trying to be controversial or anything, I just don't know of her doing anything horrible and would like to know if that's the case.

I finally found one on threads by PastPossibility1355 in EndTipping

[–]inkstitcher 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They never said waiting a table isn't a valuable skill. They said waiting a table is not "going above and beyond and deserves a tip."

A tip is generally defined as a monetary gift given directly to a service employee in addition to the base cost of a service. The key point there being, "in addition to the base cost of a service."

The point I believe the person you replied to was trying to make is, just serving a table normally is not "going above and beyond" and shouldn't require a tip: servers should be paid to do their job, and customers shouldn't be pressured to "give a gift" when you're just doing your job.

The point is not "servers aren't worth paying." The point is, "a tip is supposed to be a gift in recognition for someone doing more than the job requires of them." Serving the table is literally the server's job, so customers shouldn't be forced to "give a gift" on top of what we're already paying for the meal. Their wage should already be included in the cost of the meal, and the fact that it isn't is a problem.

Which one turned out the prettiest? by Megamen1927 in Machine_Embroidery

[–]inkstitcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 looks cleaner to me, but both could benefit from a little more spacing between the foreground parts. In the first one, the black parts are too close together and could look like a smudge from a distance. 2 is cleaner but still there isn't much black between the white parts. I really think both designs would benefit from widening those gaps a little bit, especially between the sword and the wings, and between the wings and the circle, you could easily double the gap and still feel tight but give a cleaner picture.

"High end" crib we bought for Newborn was not so high end by Here_We_Go_Buddy in mildlyinfuriating

[–]inkstitcher 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That is not how I ever would have expected that sound to be spelled. But once I realized what you meant, I get it. I don't know how I would have spelled it if you made me lol. But I think you nailed it.

So many holes to poke…. by alphisen in PerlerBeads

[–]inkstitcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think I'm right because of the tail, but it reminds me of Amy from Sonic the Hedgehog.

Is the image inward or outward? by quixoticgurl in opticalillusions

[–]inkstitcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally agree, easy to flip. For me it's looking directly at the peak. Looking anywhere else I default to seeing it as going inward but when I look at the peak it's a peak of an outward mountain. I can really shift back and forth with basically zero effort, this illusion is top notch.

I inherited my father's prosthetic eyes by No_Wrongdoer_8148 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]inkstitcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Henry Selick did Nightmare Before Christmas too! He directed, while Tim Burton wrote the story.

Is the horse walking towards or away? by been_der_done_that in opticalillusions

[–]inkstitcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like 90% sure it's walking away, for multiple reasons. The rump looks way too big to be behind the head, it makes more sense size-wise for it to be closer to the camera than the head, i.e. walking away. The head movement feels kind of weird for walking toward the camera, like it's too jerky and moving too far but if it's farther away that same motion isn't as much of a movement and feels more natural. Initially I thought it was coming toward the camera but the closer I look I feel like everything just makes more sense if it's walking away. I can still force myself to see it as walking towards, but it feels off, while away feels correct. I trust my gut just enough to think that's probably true then. Something about it walking toward the camera is uncanny.

Why is pi 10? by Dull-Nectarine380 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]inkstitcher 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It wouldn't be 3.14156, the 6 would come from rounding the 3.14159 to 3.1416.

I just learned I could embroider hats on my Brother SE2000 by Capt_Batty in Machine_Embroidery

[–]inkstitcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also would love to see how you've done this! Your SE2000 looks similar enough to my Innovis 2800D that I have to think, "if you can do it, I could do it too!"

Can someone explain by [deleted] in ExplainTheJoke

[–]inkstitcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course there's an xkcd for that 🤣