ValiantDust

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Catholics also have patron saints for nearly everything from infants to ice skaters that they pray to but that are totally not gods because there is only one god. I mean, yeah, their second most important prayer is directed at the Virgin Mary, but that doesn't mean they worship her or anything.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What happens to people who rent out an apartment in the house they are living in? This is not uncommon, where I live. Grandma lives in a small separate apartment in the house, she dies, the apartment is rented out. Sometimes a child moves in later or the parents move in and a child takes over the house.
If these people risk losing a part of the house by letting someone else rent it, my guess is that they would just stop renting it in order to be able to leave the whole house to their children. Which would leave even less homes on the renting market and a bigger share to big corporations.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

I mean, the fact that most animals don't understand long distance running is what made humans apex predators. So joke's on you, animals!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Self-care always makes me feel better. I prepare something nice to drink–tea, wine, beer, depending on my mood—and a tasty snack, then put on one of my favourite audiobooks or TV shows and treat myself to a hot bath or foot bath with a relaxing bath essence.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 6 months ago (13 children)

I'm pretty sure my washing machine is the thing that saves me most time. Washing by hand is fucking hard work and very time consuming. I would neither have the time nor the physical endurance to keep all my clothes and household items in a state acceptable to society.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 6 months ago (9 children)

But are you gonna return something for this method??? You said you'd return an integer, yet there is no return statement!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wow, yours looks much more difficult than mine. I just had red balls coming out on top and having to leave at the bottom. Guess I'll try another one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's better, but very far away from good. My comment and the other one mentioning the same thing are already the ones with the most downvotes in this thread. So thanks to the downvoters for proving my point, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (12 children)

Anything slightly "feminist". You know, like pointing out that women do the majority of unpaid care work. Or saying it's not nice to objectify women. Or sometimes mentioning the word women will do it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm afraid I'm not following. The solution to what?

Edit: Sorry, I misread your comment.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Not only more readable than A and B but I would argue it's also easier to remember who did what a few sentences or paragraphs earlier since Alice and Bob invoke slightly less generic mental images than A and B. For example one is a woman and the other one is a man, maybe even some person or character you know.

And now that I'm thinking about it, the different gender also makes it easier to keep track of who does what because different pronouns are used (at least in English and many other languages).

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There was a trial against members of the NSU, a German extremist-right terrorist organisation, a few years ago and the lawyers representing them were named Sturm (storm), Heer (army) and Stahl (steel). In combination they sound like something a Nazi came up with to make them sound powerful and strong.

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