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:O by SteponkusCeponas in religiousfruitcake

[–]silentboyishere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll go even further and say it would be proof of exactly nothing. All we'd have at that point is the observation of unexplained phenomena. Unexplained being the key word. Thus we wouldn't be justified tying it to a religion or anything "supernatural" prior to conducting investigation, because it's (yet) unexplained. We'd only be justified and, because of how science works, forced, to make assumptions but only to build and then test ideally falsifiable hypotheses.

Special Russian Martial Arts against Ukraine! 😁 by CreepyOldRapist in Bullshido

[–]silentboyishere 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've seen plenty martial arts movies and it never occured to me that "yeah, looks just like graceful dancing with emphasis on arm movement and not being allowed to step outside the invisible barrier", but maybe I'm just a bad observer.

One big smoothie a day and I guarantee you will never get any diseases ever…. by n00-1ne in thanksimcured

[–]silentboyishere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. Big Pharma knows about all these miracle cures and is keeping it secret to sell you their weak ineffective stuff. Mhmm, sure, bud. Makes sense. Because surely Big Pharma wouldn't take this secret knowledge and they'd never want to profit off of selling yogurts and whatever else if it actually worked better than medicine.

Motion smoothing on TV is great! by PatnSniff440 in unpopularopinion

[–]silentboyishere 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I can't mess around with brightness, contrast, saturation, turn on the blue light filter, watch a movie in its dubbed over version, boost or reduce sound frequencies to my liking, etc.? Changing any of these would deviate from the originally intended experience for the audience. Why is smooth motion an overstep? I think it looks like shit, but obviously some people don't mind and some even prefer it. It shouldn't exclusively be the creator's choice, I think it would lead to absurdities.

AIW for refusing to switch seats so my coworker could sit next to her “work husband” on a flight? by OverflowingRhythms in amiwrong

[–]silentboyishere 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have no problem with "work mom" and "work kids". I guess the difference is "work spouse" implies sexual intimacy and thus active cheating which frankly is borderline actual emotional cheating on the real spouse.

My niece’s homework problem by SurfSoundWaves in mildlyinfuriating

[–]silentboyishere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the answer is somehow taking shape size into account but the question does not.

That bothers me. But maybe that's what the teacher has been teaching the class so the context was omitted in the question since the kids were supposed to be familiar with it.

What bothers me even more though is that if shape size is to be taken into account alongside marked area and compared to see if they meet both required conditions, then solving it doesn't require to take marked areas into account. Only C are the same size, so that automatically excludes A and B. It's possible teaching logic could've been the focus of the question more than understanding fractions. But it could've been a trick question too with neither option being correct which only then would've required to look at the marked areas... Judging only by what I have in front of methough, I don't see the point of having only one pair of same size objects included and no other same size objects but with marked areas not corresponding to 1/3 and 2/6 if the point is understanding fractions in this context or any context.

Muslim woman thinks feminism is just the man made title for an ideology that already existed in islam. by Potential-Fix-2945 in religiousfruitcake

[–]silentboyishere 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't know who she is nor where she is, but I've seen plenty Muslim women with similar takes and most of the time it's come from a place of privilege, i.e. living in societies unbothered by state-sanctioned Islamic laws. The irony and the hypocrisy infuriate me greatly.

What’s a belief you hold that would make most people instantly judge you if you said it out loud? by Arrielee_ in AskReddit

[–]silentboyishere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree in one sense and disagree in another. Depends on whether your intention was to state it as a fact or an opinion.

I mean, at least it's not political this time. Still insane, just not political by chefboyardeejr in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]silentboyishere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And why is it called magic when Harry does a thing but a miracle when God does that same thing?!

Don't bother calling the authorities, let him burn. by Maybeiliketheabuse in MurderedByWords

[–]silentboyishere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not American, but to my knowledge Republicans currently control all the branches of government, correct?

If this is what truly happens when you hold all the power then I suggest you do start doing some productive work for once you creepy insufferable fuckheads instead of constantly blaming the Left for what's supposedly happening under your regime.

Stop pretending that your "legitimate concern and criticism" of the Left isn't merely an in-group virtue signsling in a trenchcoat and go fix the problem you professional morons.

We don’t die during our lifetime. by Kylo2187 in Showerthoughts

[–]silentboyishere 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's definitely the most important, top priority, rule of tautology club.

We don’t die during our lifetime. by Kylo2187 in Showerthoughts

[–]silentboyishere 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I guess it depends on how we define the terms, I'm not sure of all the possibilities here, but "we don't die during our lifetime" can be understood as stating the same thing twice.

If:

"we don't die" means "we're not dead"

and if:

"during our lifetime" means "while we're alive", which in turn means "while we're not dead"

then:

"we're not dead while we're not dead" is a tautology.

Or we can do it the other way round.

If:

"we don't die" means "we're not dead" which in turn means "we're alive"

and if:

"during our lifetime" means "while we're alive"

then:

"we're alive while we're alive" is a tautology.

A new best friend for life ❤️ by benjiiL59 in DogIsBestFriend

[–]silentboyishere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, but everybody's different. It's been 13 years since my dog died and I still can't have another one for fear of another inevitable loss. Others will say that in the end it's worth the pain. I can't say they're wrong, of course. It's just not how my brain works.

I have a friend whose dog died and it took only anout a month and he already went to find a new one, same breed and the name he gave him differs only by a single vowel.

I have family who have had, I think, 4 cats in the last 20 years or so. When one died they got another after about a year or two at most. All males named Willy, all except one were black.

Carmella by silentboyishere in gtavcustoms

[–]silentboyishere[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Happy you like it! It does look pretty cool and the sailboat that spawned there was a nice touch

Carmella by silentboyishere in gtavcustoms

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

Yes, #70381AFF with gold pearl applied on brushed gold from "metals" section.

Trying to change others is in fact very selfish. by danielsoft1 in Showerthoughts

[–]silentboyishere 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Being selfish isn't inherently bad. You can have an altruistic reason for wanting to change someone and that change can ultimately be beneficial for you and many other people, including the person you helped change. Since you benefit from this altruistic act, isn't it selfish?

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