Going to school in NJ, I had a teacher whose first name was “Dawn” and she hated it. I didn’t understand, I thought it was a pretty name.

But then I grew up, left the state, and wondered why everyone referred to the morning as “don.” That’s when it all clicked (or, you could say, it dawned on me.) Other states don’t pronounce the “aw” part, making “Dawn” and “Don” sound the same. In New Jersey, they are distinct. Now I see why having that name could be upsetting.

their stringent criteria on what traits it’s valid for a woman to have makes it obvious that they only care about hurting trans women.

Now now, that’s simply not true. They care about hurting all women, not only trans women!

It’s a shame how saying “Ask your doctor before taking health advice you find online” is considered controversial now.

Oh great, more health advice from unqualified randos online.

Not everyone’s bodies have the same needs and people should be cautious about blindly following whatever advice someone confidently suggests. If you want to shower less, please talk to a doctor/dermatologist first.

My sensitive skin has a maybe 36 hour limit without washing before it gets distractingly itchy. There’s no way this advice could work for everyone.

Just be careful out there, people.

Is it because the French term for shower is “douche”?

Interesting. I’m a language nerd and that made me curious.

Plugging “jiho” into Google Translate and selecting “Detect Language” doesn’t give me anything Slavic.

But if I try “jiho” specifically from Czech, Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Bosnian, or Bulgarian, they all translate to English “south.” (Trying “jiho” with Albanian, however, translates to English “yes.”) But none of those options were provided when it tried to “detect” the language? Wtf.

It gets weirder. If I type “south” and translate it into any of the above languages, not a single one responds with “jiho.” The closest I see is an option under “more translations” for Czech, which provides “jih.”

I know translation is a tricky business, but how does any of this make sense? Google’s got enough power, capitol, and access to information to be able to figure this stuff out. Or is this just what enshittification looks like when it’s applied to translation services?

(Side note: I’m open to suggestions for other translation sites. The more information they provide, the better.)

Huh? I’m referring to the idea that being face-to-face (ie, making straight eye contact) with a predator would naturally make someone feel tense. Ergo, it could make sense for eye contact to cause discomfort. Who said anything about making predators not wanting to eat someone?

After seeing this comment, my autistic discomfort with direct eye-contact now feels justified.

Which is why it’s a good idea for those who order glasses online to still visit an optician for a fitting/adjustment. Everyone’s ears are different and not all frames are going to fit the same way. Millimeters make a huge difference when at the scale of your eyeball, and there are tools and techniques that optician can use with your lenses and frames that could improve your quality of vision (usually for free, in my experience.)

Edit: I meant optician, whoops

they highlighted all the good uses llms can help students with such as test quizzes

Wait, what? Using your brain is the entire point of most tests and quizzes.

Outsourcing them to LLMs sounds like brainrot manifesting.

Funny, because as a little kid who wanted to do everything “the right way” and who got in trouble when I didn’t “follow directions,” I also got in trouble for helping kids that didn’t know/pay attention to given directions. Apparently that’s called “bossy” and it’s wrong?

Truth is: there is no right choice. It depends entirely on the authority figure around at the moment and whatever preconceived notions they have about you. Hell yeah I have a problem with authority. If they followed rules as consistently as they expect those in their charge to, I’d actually have respect for them.

I think making an honest attempt to reduce the harm you do to living beings is better than nothing

It sounds like you get it. That’s the real vegan philosophy: regardless of one’s reason for choosing the lifestyle, the point isn’t to be perfect - it’s to do the best you can to reduce harm. Sometimes we have no choice - car tires require gelatin, a prescribed medicine may contain lactose, and of course all the animals that might get hurt incidentally through production or transportation of food plants. None of us can perfectly control everything, but there are a lot of things that we can make choices about. Those are the choices that matter.

To be fair, that sounds like something a legit person would argue. Veganism as a topic is strongly influenced by Poe’s Law - people are bound to think you’re serious, because they’ve heard stupider things being argued in sincerity.

I’ve been asked which ingredient in butter comes from an animal. I’ve been offered chicken, and had to gently respond that chickens aren’t plants. I’ve been told that plants scream on an ultrasonic level when they’re cut and therefore eating plants is just as bad as eating animals (so much to unpack there.) And almost everyime, I wished I could’ve responded, “Dude, I’m just trying to eat my lunch,” but ended up having to educate people between each bite.

It’s just too hard to out-stupid reality sometimes.

Lmao. Oh no, the pixels in the shape of a ham hock are suffering!

I’m vegetarian but I don’t even like playing vegetarian Sims. I mean, it’s cool to be included, but I already have to navigate menus to find specific foods IRL. I don’t want to have to do it in a game.

I am just like the above poster. I have no tattoos for the same reasons. But sometimes, I think about getting some kind of simple picture(s) with just bold black lines put on my left arm. That way, I can change it up if I feel like it. Also, I’ll always have something to color when I’m bored.

Hear hear! I couldn’t have put it better myself.

If it makes you feel any better, you’re not the only one who misunderstood. It was funny to get myself corrected by reading the comment chain.

If you have to travel for extended periods of time, it’s not a bad idea. It does take a little extra time for your mail to get to you (since it’s being shipped twice.) If that isn’t a problem, I can’t think of any reason it wouldn’t work for travel nurses.

Sigh, I was worried they’d be getting targeted.

I wish I had more to add. But I’m just tired.

I’m curious if credit unions participate in this. I can’t find any information about it.