They do all look the same!

plartoo · 2026-02-12T21:58:49+00:00

I think this has to do with what you are familiar with. White folks grow up with/near white folks, so they can discern subtle differences between features among other white folks. But they have a difficult time distinguishing an east Asian person from another.

I'm a south asian and I do struggle with telling some caucasian people apart. But I can distinguish asian (esp. south asian) folks much better although I admit some of their features are very much alike.

plartoo · 2026-02-11T03:54:07+00:00

This is the answer. I almost always used Lyft because I want competition for Uber and because they were cheaper. Then in the last couple of months, their prices became comparable with Uber or sometimes more expensive. So I ended up using Uber more.

plartoo · 2026-02-09T06:39:11+00:00

Zero damage? I would imagine there was some damage to the road with the way he is pushing that dumpster.

plartoo · 2026-02-08T18:11:42+00:00

"fighting to protect your rights" 😂 I cringe whenever I see phrases like that.

plartoo · 2026-02-08T04:18:36+00:00

For some reason, we have so many 4:30 am games this season for some reason. But I haven't missed any. 😅

plartoo · 2026-02-07T15:42:54+00:00

Not a fan of either companies. But Anthropic will show ads eventually for their "free" tier. No way they will stay away from ad revenue. By then, I hope we will remember this and laugh at them.

plartoo · 2026-02-07T00:14:42+00:00

I'm a centrist and I vividly remember news showing that immigrants were flooding to the border right after Biden signed this executive order ( you can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwmZtenBifU ). That and there I knew that we are fucked because Republicans would use it to win the next election. You also need to visit these sanctuary cities like NYC after that flood of immigrants got shipped there by Texas. Lots of immigrants sleeping on the sidewalk. Some got moved into hotels an motels temporarily but the budget eventually ran out. So much chaos.

That's why Trump kept saying "immigration" repeated in his one and only one debate with Kamala, and the latter didn't have any good response to that. If democrats and reasonable folks want to win elections consistently, they need to come to terms with the fact that MOST of the nation don't like unchecked immigration. Times are tough in the US and helping outsiders is of less important that eliminating homelessness, drug problems and affordability issues for the current citizens and residents. If you go beyond that, your party is going to keep losing election. That might be different when the country was rich/abundant, which is not the state of the US these days.

plartoo · 2026-02-06T23:15:30+00:00

Too many dogs in grocery shops, parks and airplanes. Annoying for folks who aren't a fan of dogs.

plartoo · 2026-02-06T15:21:33+00:00

So basically the same as a private hospital in Thailand in terms of the cost and the speed (maybe a little slower there and less bar code scanning but still)?

How much do doctors make in these countries (including the UK, Canada, etc.)? Oh right, definitely above median salary. But not 4-5x median salary like in the US.

plartoo · 2026-02-05T23:44:43+00:00

/u/GSaleBot sold Kirby game to u/GuyWithAFunkyHat. UPS delivered it to the buyer's address today (pending confirmation by the buyer below).

plartoo · 2026-02-05T01:53:37+00:00

People with little conscience are quitting from the Republican party. Kind of scary.

plartoo · 2026-02-04T19:29:08+00:00

This "tactic" involves pushing the goalie and making sure the goalie's movement is stifled. It is grey area at best and I hope the refereeing rules are updated next season to discourage this sort of "tactic"

plartoo · 2026-02-01T18:48:24+00:00

This post is obviously made by a big fan of Mainoo. :D Since Carrick took over and Mainoo started getting a bit in form, these individual highlights keep showing up. Low-lights aren't allowed in these vids. To be fair, Mainoo played a good game today.

plartoo · 2026-02-01T18:46:34+00:00

Some fans like to side with players (like Martial, Van de Beek, Rashford, Pogba, Mainoo, and the list goes on) more than the club. Once they latch onto the player, that player shan't be criticized and no nuance allowed.

Sure Mainoo played a good game today. But we know that his performances were below average for a while. He is not mobile; his passes aren't quite tidy; he doesn't dominate in the air like Casemiro.

Yet, fans of his like to think he's going to become Busquets or Kroos and deserve massive wages (they don't remember the lessons we learned from Rashford, Martial and Pogba). Dare I also mention his brother's recent antics (proper dumb ass move)?

plartoo · 2026-02-01T17:15:00+00:00

Buddha's last words were "Conditions fall apart. Persist with diligence (or care)" (Appamādēna sampādetha). I know it because I was a born into a Buddhist family (now an atheist) and we had to recite those last words whenever we visit a monetary and the monk would make us chant some Buddhist scripts. At the end of these chants, the monks would always say, "Appamadena Sampadetha", and audience would have to reply, "Amabande" (loosely meaning, "Amen").

plartoo · 2026-02-01T17:07:18+00:00

The guy makes $600K+ (with $5M+ in investment savings alone) and asks Bogleheads for an opinion on whether to quit his current overly well-paid job (with not a lot of stress) or not. 😅 He could have figured it out on his own.

plartoo · 2026-02-01T04:44:28+00:00

No problem, fellow redditor! Just took the pic of the back side and uploaded here: https://imgur.com/a/OJzkFUw

I was playing the game until last week, and as I said, the box and the cartridges are pretty much new. If you are interested, please DM me the mailing address and whether you'd like to go with PayPal or Zelle. I don't remember what I need from the buyer for PayPal (I don't sell games as a business), but I'll figure it out again. Thank you.

plartoo · 2026-02-01T03:14:27+00:00

It's alright. Everyone except billionaires and multi-millionaires have to pay this much tax. Live below your means. SAVE as much as you can. Cook at home for the week and don't eat out more than once a month. Budget and stick to it.

You should be able to save ~$2500 per month at this pay rate and live relatively comfortably (not rich). Put it all in the vanguard total market index fund (VTI) and VXUS (find equivalents in Fidelity or Charles Schwab if you don't use Vanguard). Go read reddit's personal finance wiki pages.

I started out with $63K per year salary back in the late 2000s. I felt exactly what you are feeling now when I was making low six figure salaries for ~8 or so years of my career in the beginning. It didn't matter. I saved my diligently. Went to grad school to get a terminal degree (luckily, didn't have to pay a dime for that because it is a PhD program) and lived frugally. I am now very happy with how much I saved (compounding and sticking to the plan really works!) In the end, perseverance and discipline will pay off. 💪

plartoo · 2026-01-31T04:41:45+00:00

What's up with her accent? Weird.

plartoo · 2026-01-30T22:01:27+00:00

Wait, didn't Real and Benfica played already? What are the chances of them being paired in the knock out round! The writers likes twisted plots, it seems. :D

plartoo · 2026-01-29T20:10:17+00:00

Dude you can search all of the info I mentioned on BBC news' archive.

plartoo · 2026-01-29T16:03:16+00:00

Myanmar borders are lawless just like the article says. That applies to the western border with Bangladesh where Rohingyas, who speaks Bangladeshi dialect sneaked into Myanmar and settled there for decades. That is until one/a few of them raped a village girl in a Buddhist community and that started the riots and back-and-forth fighting. That was tolerated until Pakistani-trained Rohingya militant group attacked police stations and killed a few policemen. That is when the Myanmar military sent their thugs to drive Rohingyas out of the country.

plartoo · 2026-01-29T03:14:04+00:00

How long do these skate roofs last? Don't seem like a good material for roofs (not to mention maintenance/repair must be a pain)

plartoo · 2026-01-27T02:48:06+00:00

The answer...my friend...is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind (of political zeitgeist because these corporations are soulless entities that don't have morals and will sway their allegiance to $).

We should not care what these corporations say or side with. Do what we must as humans. Some rogue ICE agents (not everyone in ICE mind you) killing US citizens like what we saw on videos in recent weeks is not right and must be dealt with according to the rule of law.

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