I think that fear is just one of the many responses humans like to stimulate. Spicy foods and deep massages? Fancy pain. Fireworks and laser shows? Fancy lights and colors. I wonder if it ties into the ability to remember that we survived the painful stimulus long enough to enjoy the aftermath, so we’re more likely to seek out that stimulus in the future? High risk = high reward kind of thing.

Also brings this to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus

*longer

*upside

(Sorry? Lol)

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This.

I hear where you’re coming from. I can’t even begin to imagine how tired you are after all these hardships. The fact that you’re still writing civil replies to the other person is commendable.

I would like to respectfully say that universal healthcare would have eliminated the need to navigate insurance denials and out of pocket maximums. If we add a more robust social safety net to the equation, you may also not have to worry about childcare and having to stretch yourself thin with work… Would eliminating these battles really not have brought qualitative changes (for the better) for your family?

What is the best way to get the latest Flash player is required for video playback of the day of the day of the day

… I have never written anything about Flash player or video playback, what the hell autocomplete?!

Since this is now a “share your favorite AMV” thread, my humble contribution: Hold Me Now set to Princess Tutu: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9197GTl1ASg

Before kid: Reading, astronomy, cross-fit, nail polish, coloring, playing the Sims, cross-stitching, DnD.

After kid: Sleeping, DnD, cross-stitching, and a little tiny bit of astronomy (involves bargaining with spouse).

Physical Chemistry. First semester of first year of university. I couldn’t understand anything that our 80+ year old professor was mumbling, and the slides he used were terrible (full of abréviations, diagrams missing steps, etc.) Although I was getting solid grades in all my other courses, I failed the first PhysChem midterm with something like 23%. I resigned myself to my fate and sheepishly told my mom (I was still living home at the time and parents were paying for my studies). She got a mad glint in her eyes, and asked for all the course materials. By next week, she had completely reworked the material and came up with new tables and diagrams to help explain the concepts. I was amazed at how simple it all really was. For example, atomic bonds aren’t static but can “wiggle” around in several ways, and we can even calculate fairly easily the amount of energy required for each wiggle.

London?

Thank you for reminding me of it! I looked into it a couple years ago but it wasn’t available in Canada. Now there are a few stores that ship internationally and there are much less network compatibility issues. Excellent news!

Hello and hey. I don’t usually think of myself as “a woman on the internet” because I’ve basically grown up with it. I don’t make any particular efforts to advertise it but I’m not against casually mentioning it. I’ve never had a bad experience on Reddit due to my gender, likely because I gravitated towards niche subs where gender was irrelevant to the discussion anyway.

International Women’s Day was widely celebrated in my native country, but much less so where I now live. I don’t really mind, because I don’t like the whole politically-correct celebrations that feel hollow and forced (“You’re a woman so, uh, here are some flowers! Women like flowers, right? Right???”) anyway I had a great day at work with my favorite team, then a nice evening at home with some D&D. I just wish I had time to walk my dog - that’s one of my goals for tomorrow.

I switch phones when they become unusable, so about 4 years in my experience. That’s plenty for me, especially since I buy older (cheaper) models. Also, I’m rough on my phones so I outfit them with heavy-duty cases from day one.

My previous phone was a LG Stylo 3. It lasted 5 years, albeit with greatly decreased battery capacity. I was just thinking of ordering a replacement battery when it suddenly bricked itself while charging… first time I ever lost a phone unexpectedly. Before it I had a Samsung Note 2 - its charging port started failing but I still managed to backup everything by hotwiring the battery.

I really wish we could repair phones more easily and cost-effectively. I just can’t accept that something that costs ~500 CAD is “temporary”, technological changes be damned.

The longer you press, the longer it gets?

Atoms are mostly empty space, can anything truly touch something else, etc etc

On a related note (heh) walking and dancing are also controlled by different brain areas. One of my neighbours has episodes of neurologic muscle spasms that can make her unable to even stand… So when it happens she starts shimmying sideways, or doing little hops. She’s absolutely adorable.

My mom introduced me to avocado toast. She’s a boomer, I’m a millenial…

Government worker here too, can confirm our system runs on COBOL. The wizards who can program it have infinite job security.