blackbrook @ blackbrook @mander.xyz

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Outrage bait?

The experiments with the little coat and top hat, on the other hand, were a complete failure.

That would work great on cars too, all we need is all the roads to be as smooth and even as steel rails.

Yeah what makes spitting in your child's face not ok, is kind of orthogonal to strictness.

Everyone should get decide what battles they want to fight. Putting your own battles onto a child is not ok.

Accepting a social norm is a healthy approach for things you don't give a crap about, like say, your hair style or length, and not turning it into a unnecessarily big thing.

I hear that in Butter's voice.

I didn't mean that you can't tell the difference between any two things if they aren't side by side. Yes I do recognize, when I play music through my laptop speakers, the sound is not nearly as nice as through my nice floor speakers. But when I use $30 earbuds, I'm not particularly aware of what I'm missing by not using my $100 pair. If I compared them side by side, yes. It's the same for a lot of things, like wine or whiskey.

Those are texture elements, not flavor elements. Surface area could affect flavor but surface area is the same once you chew it up.

Here's a factor that seems to be underappreciated. Those differences are a lot less important when you aren't comparing side by side. Just because you can hear or taste the difference between a thing and a more expensive version doesn't mean you will really appreciate that difference later. Diminishing returns does play into this, and the small differences between two things at a high level is often too small for your memory to even capture.

And even when it comes to the bigger differences, how it affects enjoyment has a large psychological component, in how much satisfaction do you get just knowing you are using something excellent, and does it bother you knowing what you are experiencing could be better.

I have nice quality speakers and headphones, but sometimes I'm lazy and will listen to a piece of music through my crappy laptop or phone speakers. I still enjoy that music. And if that was all I had access to, I'd still enjoy the hell out of music. I'm not about to give away or stop using my nice speakers, but I'm not convinced they make me happier in any significant way.

The shapes explain a texture difference, why would one be tastier, or stale?

I'd worry more about disappointing your future self than your parents.

Also don't expect to do it well the first time. Skills take practice to develop. Practice with those tools before you apply them to expensive materials for the thing you really want to make.

how the warm work? does it have heating built in? or does it blend some mix from hot and cold water pipes? do you have to run it for a half minute to get the temperature right?

This. I think this person has just shown that it's really important to set boundaries with them, and not worry if they like it.

I put a slice of cucumber over its eye when I go sleep.

I just assumed they meant to say "human fellow."

I had to look it up, but using overhaul with the meaning of overtake is apparently valid. It sounds odd to me, and I've never actually heard it used that way, but Merriam-Webster validates it.

There's all sorts of inappropriate ways to use a toaster where the failure mode is fire. Making toast in bed, under the covers? Catch fire. In a puddle of gasoline? Catch fire. Seriously, WTC toasters?

Just like his heart, except that was too long ago to remember.

I guess I'll find out. I have wondered if any of these are just scams.