Doomscrolling checkpoint.

[andrewd18@hachyderm.io]

@structuredsucc Despite the polished and risk averse nature of modern movies, movies are still an art form and you can learn just as much about the craft from the bad ones as you can from the good ones.

Watch more bad movies!

[icil@app.wafrn.net]

@structuredsucc@mastodon.social

When a roller coaster's track goes upside down it's not always called a loop. The actual term is "inversion" which encompasses a wide variety of loops, rolls, and combinations thereof (for example a "cobra roll" is two half loops connected by a pair of twists in opposite directions such that the track looks like the outline of a cobra's head).
Bonus fact: the distinctive clacking noise as one gets pulled up its lift hill is not caused by the chain itself, but rather a ratchet besides it designed to catch the ride vehicle so it doesn't fall back down and crash into something in the event of a malfunction.

[dulcemaria@toot.community]

@structuredsucc most women poop during vaginal childbirth and the nurse usually just wipes it away without comment

[thevoidtlmb@social.vivaldi.net]

@structuredsucc You don’t juggle with arms raised outstretched and the objects forming a perfect arc only above your head.

[bunny_jane@plush.city]

@structuredsucc "Gundam" isn't a generic word for giant robot!

Its like a brand name, like Ferrari. Most mecha in the Gundam anime franchise aren't even Gundams.

The generic term for a mech from the Gundam franchise is "mobile suit," and statistically the most common mobile suit is a Zaku. They made so many of those things.

[uair@autistics.life]

@structuredsucc

My special interest is power, and the means people use to hold it over other people. What just about everybody I've met gets wrong is that religion and marketing/propaganda are the same thing, a means to trick people into giving up their power. Everybody wants to see religion as a net positive and will fight like hell to avoid seeing that it's not. And thus the cycle of abuse continues. A religious upbringing is hard core child abuse. So is genital mutilation, while I'm at it. Why the everloving fuck is that barbaric shit legal anywhere?!?!?

"Give me a boy until he is seven and I will show you the man."--Jesuit saying

[dtauvdiodr@c.im]

@structuredsucc the machine behind me in zoom is real

[maggiejk@zeroes.ca]

@structuredsucc Cats are not aloof, they just have high standards and strict boundaries.

[gemelen@mammut.moe]

@structuredsucc
Black tea isn't black but red in Chinese language and in accepted classification, where black tea also exists but is a different type.

[bel_tamtu@meemu.org]

@structuredsucc While lots of fans don't have this problem, some folks into The Murderbot Diaries and the Murderbot show refer to Murderbot/SecUnit with he/him (and occasionally she/her) pronouns. Its pronouns are it/its. The story is very clear on this. It even uses them self-referentially. It's also meant entirely neutrally. Yes it's "dehumanizing" but bots don't want to be human, it is not demeaning or indicative that it isn't a person.

[bel_tamtu@meemu.org]

@structuredsucc I come across people using the wrong pronouns for it all the time, so.

[c_reider@sonomu.club]

@structuredsucc the basic bitch answer to this is that wasps and bees are completely different animals. so don't blame a bee when a wasp is investigating you (it's probably just looking to see if you got any tasty bugs hiding on your body, so chill out also)

[lydiaschoch@mastodon.social]

@structuredsucc Carrots are not actually good for rabbits (in large quantities) due to their high sugar content. A little bit of carrot is okay, though.

[ruenahcmohr@infosec.exchange]

@structuredsucc damnit people pick up on it, this year i'm on a quest to construct 1 different robot every week!!!!

[structuredsucc@mastodon.social]

@lydiaschoch

I've heard about that! It's wild from a human perspective, considering that they are one of the lowest sugar foods in our diets lol

[structuredsucc@mastodon.social]

@c_reider

Completely agree! Bees are the helpful, friendly joy bringer, imo. Wasps are just flying anger needles

Also, ants are really closely related to wasps! If you see flying ants and you compare them to wasps, you can definitely see the similarities

[structuredsucc@mastodon.social]

@gemelen

Wait wait! Wait! Like in colour? Like black tea is actually visibly red or is it ONLY a classification thing?

[structuredsucc@mastodon.social]

@bunny_jane

It's the Kleenex effect all over again!

People use the brand name as if it's a generic, and it can even end up with the brand name losing trademark!

[structuredsucc@mastodon.social]

@DulceMaria

And it's normal, healthy, and completely okay! No one should feel ashamed about it

[gemelen@mammut.moe]

@structuredsucc
When you brew what's called a black tea in the Western countries it is a liquid of red-adjacent colours, isn't it?

In Chinese it is literally named "red" tea, thus it is classified as a red tea when the Chinese tea categorization is used (which is common in loose leaf specialty tea circles). But in the West it is known as black.

However, in Chinese there is another category of "black" (or "dark") teas, liquor of which is way darker and at times doesn't pass through the light.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tea
vs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermented_tea