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pleasestopasking

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  • What are some things people think are cool but really arent?

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  • Drinking. It's one of the more damaging drugs but it's completely normalized because it's legal. Even people who don't have drinking problems per se, Ares still harming their health way more than they realize.

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  • reduced the size of the roads just for them

    Reducing the size of roads actually makes it better for everyone. It reduces the rate of traffic fatalities by reducing speed. It's especially important for pedestrians and anyone in a car that's not a giant fucking truck or SUV.

  • What's something you grieved for "too long"?

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  • I am so sorry, I can't imagine how devastating that must have been. You didn't fail anything, you did the best you could to help someone who had already made up their mind. I hope you find some help and services.

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  • My friend-breakups have been a thousand times more devastating than any romantic breakup.

  • Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?

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  • I'm with ya. I was shocked to learn that there are people who don't use it. Keyboard typing with your thumbs feels like Blackberry energy.

  • Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?

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  • Swipe typing is the cursive of smartphones. I love it, it's so much faster than regular typing (for me at least). I didn't realize how uncommon it is until several people commented on me using it.

  • Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?

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  • There are people who don't have an inner monologue, they just think in abstraction. I have a friend who is like this. She tried to explain it to me and I just couldn't even comprehend what a paradigm shift it is from how I thought all brains at a basic level worked.

    It's like when I learned that some people actually see images when they "picture something in your mind's eye." Had no idea that was literal.

  • Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?

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  • I think this is finally being corrected, but for decades kids have been taught "whole word reading" rather than phonics. The basic idea is that instead of learning how to sound out words, they should look at the first letter and guess what they think the word might be based on context/pictures. The proponents of this method claim kids will memorize words as "whole words" and eventually be able to read.

    So, they can't actually read. But they know how to look like they can read.

    When you can't read it's not enjoyable, so you read less. When you read less you come across fewer words, which you don't really know how to decode anyway because you were never taught.

    Anyway these kids are now adults, and even the ones who are smart still struggle with spelling and reading.

    Check out the podcast Sold a Story, really interesting investigation on this topic.

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    What’s your ultimate unpopular opinion?

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  • Hard agree on Pepsi is better than Coke

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  • I think they mean outed as queer, not outed as queerphobic. Like doing queerphobic shit and someone knows you're queer and in denial or using it to try to lock your closet door, they think those people should be outed as such.

    If someone is queerphobic but straight, what are you outing them as?

    At least that's how I understood the comment.

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  • Not if you sort by controversial

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  • Yeah, a really surprising effect of finally getting diagnosed with ADHD and starting meds is that I'm actually able to emotionally regulate and self-soothe. A lifetime of depression and anxiety could have been managed so much more easily.

    Also I find it odd that people say "ADHD is over diagnosed" but everyone I know that has an ADHD diagnosis had to FIGHT to even be screened for it. I think there's definitely more self-diagnosis than there used to be and a decent amount of that is bullshit, but I don't think it's particularly easy to get an official ADHD diagnosis.

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  • Yeah at the very least, they could easily make it a requirement to pass a written test at every renewal. Hell, they could do it as an online test you can do it home before you come in, I don't even care if people "cheat." Make it open book. Then at least people would have to flip through the book every few years which is better than nothing.

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  • I agree about people not caring about anyone else, and I think it's gotten worse since covid.

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  • Everyone should have to retake the driving test (both written and practical) every five years. And if you don't pass on the first try or are in a crash where you are found at fault, it should be bumped up to every year for the following five years.

    People drive dangerously because they've forgotten rules, or rules have changed, or they've had a physical or cognitive decline. And yet we're like "yep, you took a test once decades ago, good to go."

    Dangerous driving kills so many people.

  • I would like to find an illustrator for a book I've written. How do I do that without resorting to Reddit or Facebook?

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  • Might have trouble finding skilled artists who are okay with the pay, though

  • If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man?

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  • Semi-related, you can buy anything at an Olive Garden. Like, anything. Art off the wall, the chair you're sitting in, the cheese grater. They will sell it to you if you ask.

  • You'll know Lemmy has really caught on when search results for "Lemmy" are more about it than the Motorhead guy.

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  • Be the content you want to see in the world.

  • If you could add, remove, or alter one single bodily function, what would it be?

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  • On/off switch