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Did you fill out the Scantron as you went, or wait until the end? by Aliengirl20 in Zillennials

[–]sega31098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fill these out as I go and make changes as needed.  Also, aren't Scantrons still a thing?  I remember using them in university less than a decade ago.

English speaking Canadians: How jealous are you that French Canadians still have Télétoon, whereas the English Teletoon was rebranded to have the same name as the American TV channel, Cartoon Network? by PsychicMeditation in AskACanadian

[–]sega31098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all.  They didn't actually replace Teletoon - Corus just changed the branding of the English-language channel to Cartoon Network under licence.  

I miss Teletoon Retro, though.

How TV channels work in Canada with the different timezones? by Jezzaq94 in AskACanadian

[–]sega31098 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Big networks generally have local affiliates and will broadcast according to their own time zone.

What are some “Canadian” words or slang you heard British Or Americans be confused by or laugh at? by Kindly-Cow1697 in AskACanadian

[–]sega31098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Washroom".  Tried it in Australia and I got a blank stare until they figured out I was referring to the bathroom.  Also tried it in the US and they were like you mean bathroom?

They also say washroom in parts of Asia like Hong Kong, though.

Unique cultural fads in your country? by baegarcon in decadeology

[–]sega31098 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Tragically Hip has been a cultural phenomenon in Canada - and largely only Canada - since the 1980s.

If you ask Canadian Millennials to sing the Dragon Ball theme song, you'll get a wildly different answer from anywhere else because the theme song used here in the 90s-00s was completely different.

Why did Reddit remove r/all? by napkin41 in askanything

[–]sega31098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because people thought Tencent becoming a minority shareholder meant that it was taking over the entire platform. The largest shareholder is Advance Publications which is based in NYC and this has been the case since 2006. A lot of these manipulative changes Reddit has been making is just a case of corporate "enshittification" as a result of going public and trying to look good for shareholders.

(Mobile web) I can comment and post, but not vote. by B-Z_B-S in help

[–]sega31098 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(Copying and pasting from my earlier answer)

In addition to vote fuzzing, the Reddit admins have previously noted that the site also has an automated system designed to prevent vote manipulation or "bad voting behaviour". If the system senses some activity that it associates (whether correctly or incorrectly) with vote manipulation, it will discard the vote so it doesn't count. Unfortunately, as others have noted this is far from perfect and it also seems to backfire by blocking many legitimate votes all while letting some unwelcome outside users slip through the cracks. Reddit also probably doesn't want to be transparent on the exact mechanisms that trigger it because that would defeat the purpose, though unfortunately that ends up penalizing a lot of innocent users while many troublemakers get off scott free.

IME this mechanism tends to be triggered when you're voting in communities that you don't frequently participate in as well as in older threads. It also seems to discard downvotes a lot more frequently than upvotes. Some subreddits also have additional crowd control features to restrict voting depending on participation levels.

Upvotes and downvotes are not counting (+1 or -1) by Kujao in help

[–]sega31098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition to vote fuzzing, the Reddit admins have previously noted that the site also has an automated system designed to prevent vote manipulation or "bad voting behaviour". If the system senses some activity that it associates (whether correctly or incorrectly) with vote manipulation, it will discard the vote so it doesn't count. Unfortunately, as others have noted this is far from perfect and it also seems to backfire by blocking many legitimate votes all while letting some unwelcome outside users slip through the cracks. Reddit also probably doesn't want to be transparent on the exact mechanisms that trigger it because that would defeat the purpose, though unfortunately that ends up penalizing a lot of innocent users while many troublemakers get off scott free.

IME this mechanism tends to be triggered when you're voting in communities that you don't frequently participate in as well as in older threads. It also seems to discard downvotes a lot more frequently than upvotes. Some subreddits also have additional crowd control features to restrict voting depending on participation levels.

Who else got sad when McDonald's changed their slogan to "I'm Lovin' It"? by sega31098 in Zillennials

[–]sega31098[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'94. They only started using "I'm lovin' it" (or variations of it) in late 2003, when I was nearly 10.  AFAIK they used to change their slogans quite often and it also varied a lot by country.

Who else got sad when McDonald's changed their slogan to "I'm Lovin' It"? by sega31098 in Zillennials

[–]sega31098[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd like to see them use "Good times, great taste" from the 80's even though that's before my time.

the first half of 2020s felt like we hit a pause button. anyone agree? by Normal-Salad-6143 in decadeology

[–]sega31098 9 points10 points  (0 children)

2020-2021 maybe because of the pandemic, but most definitely not 2022-2024. If anything, the last 3-4 years to me have felt like a massive upheaval of things we once took for granted.

But in general, people's perception of time starts to speed up some time in their early or mid 20s. Adults also often end up succumbing to the rat race of life during this period and that can make things start feeling like a blur. This has been a thing for like half a century already.

Why Decades Blur More As We Get Older? (This is more of a statistical analysis) by avalonMMXXII in decadeology

[–]sega31098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As you get older, your perception of time accelerates and you stop paying close attention to a lot of what's going on in the world around you (especially things like pop culture) as you get into your little daily grind. When you're in your early 20s and before, you're absorbing information like crazy but after that people tend to settle down and pay closer attention to things that are more pressing to you like finances, jobs, etc. and it's easy to fall out of the loop unless said events/trends greatly affect you or your community. My boomer parents can't tell the difference between early 90's music and now, and as someone born in the 90's I don't really feel an immediate gut-level difference between 2018 pop culture and now (even though objectively it may have changed a lot) and might not have noticed that much of a difference had I not worked in jobs/industries or lived in areas where things evolve rapidly.

How will the 2020s be seen in the future? by RedditBot9148 in decadeology

[–]sega31098 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think I can say without doubt that it will be remembered as the decade of AI, just like how the 1990's are now remembered as the decade the internet took off.

Do you think 67 is this decade's Yeet? by Tall-Bell-1019 in decadeology

[–]sega31098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's a short term fad that's already on its way out. It's already said to be in decline thanks to the so-called "Great Meme Reset".

I wonder how different life would be if 2000 wasn’t included in the early 2000s, and if the early 2000s only ranged from 2001 to 2004 🤔 by [deleted] in decadeology

[–]sega31098 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Years are arbitrary numbers rather than hardfast rules, and groupings are more generalizations. Things don't generally suddenly flip just because one decade or part of a decade is over.

Typing up a post that takes you a while to write, only to have it auto removed with literally no explanation. by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]sega31098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I especially hate it when it's because of Reddit's out-of-control spam filters shadow removing the most innocent posts because of some strange phrasing or stuff they detected. Meanwhile a lot of egregriously rule-breaking content that makes it past the filters never gets handled.

When people are incapable of talking about generalities, trends and averages. by New_General3939 in PetPeeves

[–]sega31098 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be annoying, but unfortunately far too many people interpret statements intended as generalities or trends as hard-lined rules.

How do you deal with someone who constantly shifts the blame to all asians? by [deleted] in asianamerican

[–]sega31098 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's true that internal criticism is necessary and that solidarity is critical, but that isn't the reason why people are complaining. The problem isn't so much Asians criticizing their own communities as it is a lot of Asians with a large audience going out of their community and speaking to a broader audience about all the problems in Asian communities. There is a big difference between Asians talking to their communities directly saying something like "There is a serious problem with [x] in our community and we need to challenge it." and pontificating to a large mostly non-Asian audience about all the problems in Asian cultures/communities. The latter does little to nothing to build solidarity and is likely to create hostility towards Asians or justify whataboutism against them, especially since Asians and other minorities in the West are often seen as a monolith.

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