Sad about this one tbh. Didn’t really seem op in my pubs but maybe it was too good in the pro scene.

*You can only teleport out to where you teleported in from.

Does this mean you get dropped into outer space if you stay inside for more than checks notes ~4 minutes?

Is it feasible? Sure. The limit on this kind of calculation is basically how much detail do we need to add to the environment (i.e., can we make the model) and how high resolution does the sound wave need to be (can we calculate it given finite compute resources).

To get something that roughly sounds like a rock? Not difficult to model or calculate, if we make some reasonable assumptions.

The sound of a wet towel thrown in the water during a hailstorm? Uhhh that’s a tough one.

Simulating sound uses classical mechanics governed by the wave equation, which is well-understood. In terms of CPU power, the calculation to propagate a simple sound wave (wavelet) could probably have been done on a TI-89 calculator from high school.

These comics seem to age surprisingly well.

It’s a Christmas present to him but even more of one for everybody else!

The idea is checking out with more than a basket of goods is really inconvenient. And I agree, it’s much slower and there’s no space for it.

Paladin: It works because I just feel really strongly about it.

The more we know about this, the better. Depressing as it may be, learning about these means eventually we may be able to revive them.

It all depends on what you mean by affect. Two em waves in the same space will have a different overall amplitude at any frequency.

If you mean as in the overall color of light, that will change based on how much/what frequency waves are combined. Think about adding a bit of black sand to a jar of white sand – from a distance it will appear grey but the actual colors of individual grains of sand (frequency of “individual” em waves) won’t change.

For wifi, data transmission is via phase modulation of the em wave, so the signal is resilient against adding different frequencies/amplitudes but may suffer if the same frequency is transmitted at a different phase.

If you’re not afraid of the legal system why not slap a Disney logo on there too?

Why do you think the organic label for food means nothing?

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2012/03/22/organic-101-what-usda-organic-label-means

Birth rate decreasing isn’t a problem, it’s a symptom of declining quality of life/access to resources.

Instead of unsustainably adding more people maybe we should worry about the damage an obsession with growth+profit does to the climate and social structure.

Oh yeah the hate speech is legal, it’s just the hanging of the sign on public property that isn’t.

If the account is not at roughly the same mmr it seems reasonable to count it as a smurf

“All those moments will be lost in time, like tears… in rain”

Lol definitely working as intended

Surprised to see wd not on this list

Texas had a budget surplus too. They decided to give it to people who own real estate.

Thanks for the response.

I have no wish to hurt your feelings. Much the opposite, people should absolutely support each other. However, I think you may be projecting some negativity that you experienced onto these terms. The language isn’t the problem, it’s the context.

You say to use “harmful” instead of toxic, because “harmful” isn’t descriptive. The words are synonyms, friend.

You say “gender expectations” is somehow better defined than “masculinity”? I’m sorry, but these refer to totally different things and “gender” is obviously less specific than “masculine”. You literally just posted part of a definition for “toxic masculinity” yourself, showing that it is a well-defined term.

I think you are saying that you feel “toxic masculinity” confers a negative feeling about masculinity in general. I disagree. It refers to specific, harmful behaviors that are only associated with masculinity by mistake.

Unfortunately, there is a danger to dropping these terms as you suggest. The danger is that the related problems are not discussed.

Lastly, I will say that in your example well-researched racism still very much counts as racism. Please do not think that this kind of example encourages people to discuss with you. It does not.

I have no problem with these terms. Toxic masculinity is a descriptive term for a harmful set of behaviors. It’s good to have descriptive terms. Someone who generalizes “toxic masculinity” to all male behavior is just wrong, and would be with or without the term.

Connecting the term “patriarchy” to the double standards you listed seems unnatural. Perhaps your circle uses double standards to describe male/female oppression; in such a case, I agree that that should change and I hope it does for you.

Feminism is about achieving gender equality by advancing women’s rights. So yes, there is a good reason for the “fem” part of the word and it’s probably not truly egalitarian.

Men suffer from discrimination and gendered role enforcement too, but while feminists may be sympathetic (they are fighting many of the same gendered problems) “feminism” is not a men’s lib/men’s rights movement. There are plenty of reasons for men to be feminists, though. Biased gender roles cause harm to both men and women.