Our thinking can be so twisted by religion. Imagine someone long ago wants to build a really tall tower. Nobody knows engineering, material science, etc. They just start stacking rocks on top of each other like they do when they made short buildings. Eventually it’s so tall and heavy that it’s no longer stable, one side sinks into the ground, and the whole thing falls over. And what’s their takeaway? Is it about learning from their mistake and trying again? No, it’s “God is punishing your hubris!” Religion just poisons the mind.

If it’s not causing any issues, don’t worry about it. If it seems to be causing a dependency or increased anxiety around sleeping alone, then maybe it’s not a good idea. There doesn’t seem to be any consensus among psychologists. Some like it, some hate it. So the best you’re going to be able to do is keep track of how it affects you both and change things up if it becomes a problem.

You’ve posted an article at a paywalled website. It appears to also be paywalled at archive.org. If you don’t want to get downvoted, provide some way to read the article for those of us who don’t subscribe to the atlantic.

I don’t know if these bills would help, but there is a need for something to be done. The daughter of a friend of mine was raped by a Lyft driver a few years ago. Going home from a party, she didn’t want to drive because she had been drinking. She thought Lyft was the safer option. It wasn’t.

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One of my favorite games is trying to get the best price on a game I want. My backlog is a few years long at this point, so I don’t need to buy any new games. But if I can find one I want for 90% off or more, I usually buy it anyways.

Good to know. Also an easy problem to fix. Just use phenol free paper.

Huy Fong Sriracha. Just don’t even bother buying any other bottle of “sriracha” sauce. It’s not worth it. Your disappointment will be immeasurable and your day will be ruined.

Ukrainian flag - not political. Russian flag - political.

Israeli flag - not political. Palestinian flag - political.

I think that’s the point of the lawsuit. You can’t claim you’re “completely apolitical and non-biased” when you actually support one side of a conflict and punish your employees who support the other side.

A fact that I hadn’t realized. TIL.

I mean, orange was right there…

1. Decide you want game
2. Add it to wish list
3. Seam tells you it’s for sale 80% off
4. Buy game
5. Wait till you feel like playing that genre and no other games you want to play even more are sitting unplayed in your backlog
6. Play “unplayed” game

Why is this a problem?

If one of our billionaires decided to dress up like a bat and beat up thugs it would be an improvement. Instead we get a dozen Lex Luthors and no batman.

For real. Who would have guessed the most realistic prediction from Star Trek was talking directly to the computer. Whereas the least realistic one is that a post-scarcity society would benefit average people.

Dr Borus? Is that you?

From Old World Blues in case you’re wondering.

hmm. I see. By plugging in only one side you’re creating a 120v cattle prod. Yeah, that would be hazardous.

Explain why, please. I’m not an electrician, but as I understand it, when you install an electrical socket the same three wires in the romex cable provide power for both plugs. Effectively each of the holes in the top plug is bonded to the same hole in the bottom plug. So why would connecting them with an external wire cause a problem? Even if two outlets are right next to each other, and one has reversed polarity, you’d just be connecting neutral to neutral and hot to hot. I don’t understand why it’s a fire hazard.

edit: last two sentences are wrong. If one plug has reversed polarity and one doesn’t you’d be connecting two wires from hot to neutral, and that would probably just blow a fuse.