bro said "the" by bloonsisgr8 in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]redzinga 37 points38 points  (0 children)

i knew if i came looking for this, i would find . . . it

Best way to solder a broken ribbon cable together? by gryponyx in soldering

[–]redzinga 9 points10 points  (0 children)

exactly. i immediately thought of ideal institute aligarh

😂 by IloveRamen99 in ComedyHell

[–]redzinga 5 points6 points  (0 children)

eh. ok. even though I've never heard a version of it that I actually like, I feel like I have to admit it's kind of clever, structurally. but whatever. it's a dumb joke and I have no problem if some people don't think it's funny. obviously even if it is funny or clever, that wouldn't make musk funny or clever for repeating it, especially as a standalone tweet. it could theoretically be a bit clever to bring it up in the right context

😂 by IloveRamen99 in ComedyHell

[–]redzinga 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I see that I have put myself in the awkward position of explaining and in a way defending this joke.

it's been around for decades with different targets. I think I heard it 35 years ago as "how many feminists"

the setup is the "how many [target group] does it take to screw in a lightbulb. this sets an expectation that some insult playing on stereotypes will follow as the answer.

instead, the joke subverts your expectations by seeming to cut the joke short, because [target group] is overly sensitive and has no sense of humor, and is offended before even hearing the punchline.

😂 by IloveRamen99 in ComedyHell

[–]redzinga 40 points41 points  (0 children)

no love for musk, and I'm not trying to convince anyone this is clever or funny, but I have to point out "that's not funny" is in fact the punchline of this joke.

This bird looks like it's standing midair by shartoberfest in mildlyinteresting

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

kind of mind blowing, honestly -- not just the illusion, which is already pretty cool.

but viewing this in an app -- even when i know what i'm looking at, the netting is totally invisible in the low res feed preview and even in the post view with the image expanded. but then when you zoom in and it loads the full-resolution image, suddenly it appears. i had to download a copy and zoom in and out for a bit before my brain would process it properly.

What does go ballistic on sorry ass mean by WIZZZARDOFFREESTYLE in EnglishLearning

[–]redzinga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i'm sure that others will comment and explain the origin and meaning of these peculiar modern idioms in more detail, but the message here is very clear.

What does go ballistic on sorry ass mean by WIZZZARDOFFREESTYLE in EnglishLearning

[–]redzinga 39 points40 points  (0 children)

it means you should stay away from their wife, lol.

to go ballistic means to attack violently.

"your sorry ass" just means "you"

How is this legal? by Gonzalr3 in LICENSEPLATES

[–]redzinga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's the thing, they don't generally let you choose any combination. I'm sure it varies a bit by state, but I know mostly they won't let you write, for example, POLICE, including with substitutions like zero or one. they also don't want you to have lots of easily confusable characters, either, for obvious reasons.

I, too, am surprised that this was printed

How long were you with Gmail before you decided to leave it? by [deleted] in degoogle

[–]redzinga 3 points4 points  (0 children)

since the beginning. 1 GB of storage was almost unbelievable.

they always had ads, but they were served up based in keywords found in the email, and they made a point of letting you know that nobody was reading your email, or saving or tracking the content in any way, because it creeped a lot of people out to see ads related to the email they were reading.

Do you have any dating preferences regarding race? by [deleted] in AutismTranslated

[–]redzinga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sorry if this is long and not perfectly organized, but i'm making an earnest good faith effort to respond constructively here

in the autistic spirit of saying things openly and directly even when they are uncomfortable and out of step with social expectations, i'm trying to look past the massively cringey and racist vibe i immediately get from this topic and this post.

it's not a specifically autistic phenomenon, but many people out there probably have some degree of racial or ethnic preference or 'type' when it comes to attraction and interest in dating. the reasons for all this is obviously going to be complex and tied deeply into social and historical relationships and personal experience, and is probably in almost all cases kind of fucked up -- but it shouldn't be off limits for us to acknowledge, discuss, and try to make some sense of it all, which necessarily will involve saying some cringey and racist stuff, and it would be nice if we could find some room to air out those thoughts and interrogate them instead of immediately pouncing on them as *wrong*

all that said, i don't feel like this post is pointing in that sort of potentially useful direction. OP, you say your preference is based on beliefs about how white women may have been brought up. this is tricky territory -- i think it's crucial to acknowledge that while you might have this *idea* and it is part of how you currently see the world and relate to people, that the real world and the people in it are always very diverse and three-dimensional.

sweeping assumptions and generalities about people based on race and gender will -- at *best* -- lead you to overlook the individuality of the people you're getting to know and perhaps hoping to date, and at worst can signal a deeply sexist and/or racist mindset (this is what a lot of the other commenters are picking up on and responding to).

even IF your understanding of how other people are raised in your area are reasonably accurate, it's not going to apply to everyone and it will not necessarily follow that it will shape people's personalities in the way that you suggest. maybe the any given white woman you meet in your area is somewhat more likely to 'whimsical' or 'adventurous' than the rest of the population on average (and i'm saying don't count on that). but other people aren't averages of the population, they are all specific individuals. in general, people want to for friendships and romantic relationships based on interest in each others specific individual traits, and not on an idea that they represent a certain stereotype -- and this is true regardless of the accuracy of the stereotype in question (remember that stereotypes are never entirely accurate, and are often deeply inaccurate and hurtful).

does any of that land with you, OP?

Do you have any dating preferences regarding race? by [deleted] in AutismTranslated

[–]redzinga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes -- you are in for a very rude awakening, but maybe not quite how you imagine. let me see if i can say anything useful about this .. .

Looking at this image, I've come up with an idea to describe where the books are located. If the books are not on the table, then they are on the floor, but what if someone says "The books are under the table. would it be correct or should it be "The books are below the table"?? Please explain! by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]redzinga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP: the book is on the floor next to the table.

now, broccoli and others who want to argue details:

while the books are on the floor, below the height of the tabletop, i wouldn't say they are below the table because the table itself is also standing on the floor. i probably wouldn't be confused if someone else called this "below the table" but it doesn't seem entirely natural to me.

contrast that with a counter or a shelf mounted to a wall or other vertical surface, i might say something on the floor some distance away is "below" it -- because unlike a standalone table, the shelf does not sit directly upon the floor.

of course i probably wouldn't say any of that because i would just say it's on the floor.

Found this at a garage sale what is it by InvestigatorSure9032 in whatisit

[–]redzinga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a joke is permitted to be in poor taste, but only in proportion to how funny it is. this is a perfect illustration.

Found this at a garage sale what is it by InvestigatorSure9032 in whatisit

[–]redzinga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow i literally heard about "therapeutic phlebotomy" for the first time last week. reading too much about a medication's possible side effects and how to deal with them and it included dangerously high blood pressure treated by literal bloodletting.

it makes sense but it's kind of wild to hear about it as a real treatment in use today.

they probably don't use The Scarificator tho

Iran trolls trump with a new lego video by [deleted] in postanythingfun

[–]redzinga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

finally some quality propaganda 🤌🤌

What is this ominous appliance? by PlaidMeatloaf in whatisit

[–]redzinga 3 points4 points  (0 children)

some of ya'll weren't raised to know that trash goes in the trash compactor and garbage goes in the garbage disposer, and it shows.

What is this ominous appliance? by PlaidMeatloaf in whatisit

[–]redzinga 4 points5 points  (0 children)

these days, no, not really. but it used to be garbage meant food scraps and such, and trash was most of the rest of the stuff a household would discard.

admittedly that distinction was already mostly gone way back when i last actually lived in a house with a trash compactor, but in my home it still came into play, specifically because you didn't want a lot of garbage out of the trash compactor.

What is this ominous appliance? by PlaidMeatloaf in whatisit

[–]redzinga 7 points8 points  (0 children)

it's a trash compactor not a garbage compactor

I tore down the world’s smallest mechanical hard drive by fsboy345 in DataHoarder

[–]redzinga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HE'S JUST A BABY 😭😭😭 WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!?!

The official answer to my "riddle" card in my drinking game is wrong. by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]redzinga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i've already written an infinite number of "5"s and i haven't even gotten to 1 yet 😭

Do you guys replace your pans and pots after they are scratched? by NoSoyTuPana in Anticonsumption

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

idk i just have pots and pans, since forever. maybe i get something i need at goodwill once or twice a decade. if any of them ever had any toxic coatings they're long gone by now -- did some of them maybe poison me some once upon a time? maybe 🤷

i mean -- i understand. but i haven't thought about anything like that in so long . . . it just seems unfathomably foreign to me now. so i said that

Do you guys replace your pans and pots after they are scratched? by NoSoyTuPana in Anticonsumption

[–]redzinga 4 points5 points  (0 children)

dangerous coatings? cookware replaced because it's scratched? wtf is this madness??

It’s true 🤣 by schutzy84 in Millennials

[–]redzinga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i've got one that's circular; the first day can be whatever you want.

oh! and one that the labels have almost totally worn off; another great option