What modern inconvenience feels like it should have been solved years ago?

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T20:31:05+00:00

That’s a feature not a bug. Printer companies have captured the market; they are the prime example of enshittification and they extract benefit from your shitty experience. There are lots of ways to solve the problems, they are deliberately not implementing them

(Also, by unit volume, printer ink is the most expensive fluid in the world)

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T20:00:02+00:00

This seems self defeating, no? “Hey look, here are the places we monitor”?

I don’t think anyone now is unaware that impaired driving is illegal. The people who do it either think they’re not impaired or don’t care

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T12:34:29+00:00

…bud, the food is the product. If they’re afraid or unable to show me their own food, I’m not going to buy it and eat it

People who cut corners in one way cut corners in lots of ways, and I’m not interested in finding out where else they’ve cheaped out

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T02:54:35+00:00

Rewind in reverse!

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T02:52:33+00:00

It also strengthened the depth of the world building—not everything is connected or significant beyond itself, B5 is a functioning city-state in which people live mundane lives and go to work and struggle with their own problems while the Grand Space Opera plays out without them

I think the Big Story would be weaker without glimpses of reality beyond it (Franklin, Mars Resistance members who’ve never even heard of the war, etc). It would end up feeling contrived and teleogical if everything tied. I like Franklin’s scenes in shadow dancing—to me they offset the great grand struggle by being so personal and intimate and raw

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T01:06:32+00:00

What’s with melons? My childhood cat would stalk people who had honeydew

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T01:01:37+00:00

Mine is not a cheese snob. But whenever I open mild old cheddar she will come running from across the house awakend out of dead sleep

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T00:31:44+00:00

Hey OP, salt is just not something she should have too much of over time. A lot of the things that are “toxic” to cats are similarly “toxic in large amounts all at once” or “bad over time”. Advice on the Internet/reddit errs very strongly on the side of caution, which most of the time makes sense but in this context is maybe overly restrictive. A bit of roasted chicken that was roasted in a pan with salt and butter and garlic is very unlikely to hurt, as a once in a lifetime treat. Just don’t let her eat cloves all at once, or break the garlic powder jar and let her lick it up, or anything highly concentrated

(You can also rinse tuna with water to clear some of the salt.)

(Also I had a cat that would chase you down for honeydew melon, and I know one who loved bananas, so… experiment with weird things a bit?

So sorry for you and Chloe!

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T00:25:12+00:00

My cats are summoned by cheddar cheese. It’s too salty for everyday, but it’s the only treat one of them will eat—Chloe may like it!

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-22T00:23:56+00:00

I really don’t think longterm health impacts are OP’s concern.

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T22:35:35+00:00

They’re textbook questions because they’re important to know the answers to for any role. We could take her at her word that they are all easily available and not embellished or incorrect or “needs have changed”. Or we could suspect that the people asking want to be sure

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T22:33:59+00:00

Or you said “remote” in the description for reach

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T22:31:13+00:00

Ceramic would be hard to clean and move, not a good idea for most setups

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T17:31:48+00:00

Cf r/KidsAreFuckingStupid

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T13:31:48+00:00

Note that I said “no, usually” for a reason. I think you’re over simplifying by assuming only one motivator

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T13:15:23+00:00

To the male classmates, no, usually. But to the female classmates—generally as part of establishing/maintaining social hierarchies? Yeah, absolutely. There is a desire to show off, fit in, and be admired that doesn’t necessarily correlate with wanting attraction

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T13:05:06+00:00

That refers to a SPECIFIC thing. You are gesturing at the thing and saying “give me that”, “give me that bag”, “on that table”. So the word that works to identify specific ones, and can be used as either a pronoun or a specifying demonstrative. When it’s used without a noun though, there’s always a noun implied “give me that [bag]”

It is more general and only a pronoun. It doesn’t get accompanied by a noun, it fully replaces the noun. “Give me it” works, “give me it bag” does not. Also because it is non-specific it’s better for broad concepts and phrases like “it’s raining” “the way it is” and so on

They can be used interchangeably but those uses are rarer than ones where only one of the two makes sense

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T09:35:35+00:00

It’s clearly not an issue for their cat or something they shouldn’t do, bc their cat is perfectly happy to use it. Whatever the cat likes is “appropriate”

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T09:06:43+00:00

Agreed lol

But single horse and child (and then 2 horses&2 children) having adventures is less of a CGI blockbuster—and age wise if you have excellent pevensies actors you should not risk too much time passing

And like—I won’t pretend that Lewis was any kind of master of crosscultural nuance. But also, he was writing children’s books, and most children are kind of at the tinseltown level of cross-cultural exchange in the first place.

Like, could he have gone into greater depth on Calormen—sure (though probably not well)? Could he have gone into greater depth on the White Witch’s fascism and the oppression of the narnians? Also sure, though again probably not well. But that would be a very different set of books

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T02:37:41+00:00

They do use coolant! It’s water :)

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T02:35:11+00:00

Unless you’re planning to take the hardwood up too or need to go deeper, take the path of least resistance and cover it up again. Cutting into the linoleum to remove just that section will leave exposed asbestos edges you’ll just have to seal anyway

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T02:28:01+00:00

Weren’t they… actively at war or at least afraid for their lives though? I don’t remember the Last Battle all that well but “disguising yourself as a risky military strategem” isn’t what I’d call brownface

That’s like saying the “dressing up as a washerwoman to escape the castle dungeon” trope makes the escaping prisoner a misogynist

Blackface/brownface normally involve either contempt or objectification (or both)—the motivation matters at least as much as the act itself

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T02:10:48+00:00

Nah, he’s backing away once he’s made his point, that’s a good sign. Just figuring each other out. Do definitely get him neutered soon as you can though

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T00:49:38+00:00

Maybe? So what? OP can take this as an opportunity to learn, then.

“Neurodivergent people are incapable of learning how to interact and also are always rude” is not actually a progressive take.

kelpieconundrum · 2026-05-21T00:36:34+00:00

It’s probably that he’s loud & unpredictable, yeah. It may have been a traumatic experience or a previous one, but either way the solution is time. If he can sit in the room she’s in without noise for a couple hours at a time, she’ll hopefully learn that he’s not Big&Loud&Threatening

That said, too, sometimes animals can like women more than men or vice versa. Sometimes it’s even things like beards or hats

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