We’re social animals with big brains. Other great apes, elephants, whales, even some birds like parrots and corvids mature slower.

We rely less on our instincts and more on what we learn from the previous generations, and that takes time.

Well, I know how I’m starting and ending all my emails now

There was actually a numberphile of this like 2 days ago. https://youtu.be/47qEMTMKRdA

“You are what you eat”. If someone only consumes fascist propaganda right-wing media, then they will become more fascist right-winged.

To OOP: You might not be able to turn off their TV. But you should share unbiased or left-leaning articles, shows, news, etc. And try to get them to “eat” a more balanced diet.

Hormones can play a role as well. Anecdotally, my wife’s hair during pregnancy became fuller and less brittle. Duckduckgo “pregnancy hair”. A monthly cycle, being on hormonal birth control, etc. will likely have some effect. I definitely agree that genetics does play a bigger role, but claiming that gender/sex plays no role is definitely incorrect.

I like how OOP gets the name wrong also. Shane not Shawn. It really makes it feel extra condescending.

Eh, English probably isn’t his native language. I try to be pretty forgiving spelling and grammar on the Internet.

What? No. The divisibility of the side lengths have nothing to do with this.

The problem is what’s the smallest square that can contain 17 identical squares. If there were 16 squares it would be simply 4x4.

RIP Coding Blocks. I listened to them for years but they are on a permanent hiatus.

Similar vibe, but I think about this scene/meme a lot as well.

Likewise, Don Draper is being an asshole in the scene. But, in reality most people don’t think about you.

They could say something that offended you. They are going to forget about it. So there is no need to be upset, chances are they forgot about it.

You could say something dumb or embarrassing. People are going to forget almost immediately.

The War On Drugs is mostly a racist political policy from Nixon to prevent minorities and hippies voting.

Alcohol is hard to control and too closely tied to many social occasions.

I tried to convince my mom Diablo 2 was good because the goal is to defeat the devil.

Who dies at mutter?

I’m sure there’s lots of cases where it could be deadly without good enunciation.

I used to do that. But then I realized it was faster to redownload than copy over from my HDD. I have gigabit fiber internet though.

Edit: I had a really crappy HDD though

It’s interesting that it flipped around 2010. If you zoomed into just the last 15 years it would look negatively correlated.

Agnostic Vampire: Foolish hunter, I am far more powerful than you. You have no chance at success.

Hunter: Yeah, I really don’t know. You look really strong but I’m really strong too.

Agnostic Vampire: Ahhh!!! Your uncertainty weakens me!

Hunter: Oh wow, this feels like a trap. Now I’m even more uncertain.

Agnostic Vampire: Ahhhhh!!!

I was taught about it in high school history 15 years ago in a deep red state. I had to Google it to remember any details about it though. It was definitely taught as a complete failure that made the Great Depression worse and started a trade war.

They upload a ton to YouTube, but it’s mostly on their shorts channel. I’m sure they upload to TikTok and stuff also.

I’m an exmo. Gender and sex is doctrinally binary, I always wondered how intersex children would be treated. Thanks for sharing. There were lots of things that made me leave, but I always disagreed with the church’s stance on LGBTQI+ issues.

You’ve convinced me a little bit. Some of those flags do look good. Definitely not every flag though.