Annoying Questions I'd Like Answered...

[Count Arioch the 28th]

Well I went to the doctor, and it turns out it's an infection. So she lanced and drained it - resulting in a syringe full of ugly puss. I should have taken a photo with my phone to show everyone!

And now I'm on antibiotics and good painkillers, and magnesium sulphate-glycerol paste. That initial lancing really helped though, already I can sit down again.

Glad to hear you're on the mend.

[Zinegata]

Why do people put Apple stickers on their PC laptops ?

Because they are Mac owners that resent the fact that they were assigned a work laptop that has Windows on it. Because, you know, Macs are totally super cool and only empty-headed nitwits would ever choose a PC over a Mac. Mind you, the cost of a Mac would easily be double or triple that of a PC, and none of the software that they need to do their jobs actually runs on a Mac, but those are only minor details.

For some reason artists working for Ad Agencies always use Macs. Something about special editting software that's only available on the Mac.

[Count Arioch the 28th]

I got a question:

Why do so many people condemn "woolseyisms" in translation?

(Link: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Woolseyism )

Doesn't every culture have sayings and expressions and slang terms that sound ludicrous to every other culture? I don't get why it's so vital to translate things word for word (especially in the case of completely dissimilar languages like Japanese to English).

[Prak]

I suppose I don't mind it so much in translating dialogue, but when they make rice balls into donuts, it's a bit insulting, I think.

edit: ok, so I guess that's more Americanitis than Woolseyism, but, they're kind of linked...

[virgil]

What always confused me is the condemnation I see so many have towards English dubs. I've seen some bad ones, and I can understand preferring subtitles for those; but the others I know refuse to watch anything but, even for something like Cowboy Bebop.

[Prak]

I actually tend to prefer dubs, for home watching, at least, because I tend to be doing other stuff while watching movies and tv, so having to read subtitles is a bit disruptive.

[Koumei]

I was once Wapanese before that was a term. I was all hardcore about subs over dubs, but to be fair, I remembered the Sailor Moon dub and had recently watched the sub. It's unfair to use Sailor Moon as an example of what happens when animu is dubbed, what with it being one of the worst cases, but yeah.

Then I chilled out and stopped treating it as a crusade and more as a hobby and sometimes would prefer to watch the dub. And then I saw Hellsing, which is better as a dub, because they imported authentic English (and Irish) voices.

Update on my arse: overnight it swelled back up to the previous size, so today the doctor decided that tomorrow I'm going in for surgery. She's a surgeon so there was no need to make an appointment over at some hospital. So tomorrow I get my arse sliced up. Fun.

[Username17]

Ass stabbings are often the solution to problems.

-Username17

[CatharzGodfoot]

Koumei:
That sort of cyst is often caused by continuous irritation of the area. If you have anything that keeps rubbing your tail bone (a tag in your clothes, the chair you sit in, the way you sit in your chair, etc), try to fix or get rid of it.

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Relevant youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JixbzFjv_cU

Even more relevant youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLiyglcRcCA

[Sir Neil]

What always confused me is the condemnation I see so many have towards English dubs. I've seen some bad ones, and I can understand preferring subtitles for those; but the others I know refuse to watch anything but, even for something like Cowboy Bebop.

I don't mind dubbed cartoons, but when it comes to movies, hearing the actors' real voice and tone is important to me.

[Koumei]

Catharz: it was probably the fact that for eight weeks I was sleeping on a pair of beanbags on a cold floor in a living room that quite possibly contains more dust than the desert of your choice.

Anyway, I went in today and the doctor felt enough draining had occurred that surgery is no longer needed. Instead, she put more of that magic draining cream on and some more dressings, and I just need to go in daily for a while to get the dressings changed.

[Maj]

Do either potassium or iodine have a blood-clotting/"thickening" effect?

[Parthenon]

Can someone help me understand what the hell this writer is going on about when in this article they say:

In order for any rational person to act, one must accept the principle of first user. The first one to make use of anything previously unowned becomes the exclusive owner of that thing. This includes not only our bodies but also the space our bodies occupy.

Any attempt to argue the contrary would bring the arguer into immediate self-contradiction. In the very act of arguing, the arguer not only acknowledges his own right to exclusive use over his body and the space it occupies but also that the person he is arguing with has the same right. The act of trying to convince someone of anything acknowledges not only the other person's ability to agree or disagree, but his right to exclusive self-ownership, because the person must have ownership over his own body to even engage in the act of agreement or disagreement. In argumentation there is also an implied preference for nonviolence. Were that not the case, they would not bother arguing at all, but proceed to kill each other.

I ... don't understand this. They seem to have a ridiculous, unlimited argument that they claim is backed up by basic ideas such as some objects occupy spaces and that people can have opinions, and then extend that so far as to be ridiculous.

[Username17]

The folks at Mises have an epistemology that rejects sense data and cannot be falsified by contradiction from real world events. It's... astonishingly useless.

But yes, they are seriously saying that if you think that you have a right to speak with your mouth that this magically extends to you having a right to plant a flag on The Moon and own the Moon.

Th best answer to all Mises arguments is "You are fucking kidding, right?" because incredulity is literally the only thing they will engage with. Merely showing them incontrovertible real world evidence that they are totally wrong will not move them, because they do not believe in evidence or facts.

-Username17

[Surgo]

People are still using the Descartes epistemology in 2010? Jesus.

[Ganbare Gincun]

The best answer to all Mises arguments is "You are fucking kidding, right?" because incredulity is literally the only thing they will engage with. Merely showing them incontrovertible real world evidence that they are totally wrong will not move them, because they do not believe in evidence or facts.

<insert Fox News joke here>

[PoliteNewb]

Can someone help me understand what the hell this writer is going on about when in this article they say:

In order for any rational person to act, one must accept the principle of first user. The first one to make use of anything previously unowned becomes the exclusive owner of that thing. This includes not only our bodies but also the space our bodies occupy.

Any attempt to argue the contrary would bring the arguer into immediate self-contradiction. In the very act of arguing, the arguer not only acknowledges his own right to exclusive use over his body and the space it occupies but also that the person he is arguing with has the same right. The act of trying to convince someone of anything acknowledges not only the other person's ability to agree or disagree, but his right to exclusive self-ownership, because the person must have ownership over his own body to even engage in the act of agreement or disagreement. In argumentation there is also an implied preference for nonviolence. Were that not the case, they would not bother arguing at all, but proceed to kill each other.

I ... don't understand this. They seem to have a ridiculous, unlimited argument that they claim is backed up by basic ideas such as some objects occupy spaces and that people can have opinions, and then extend that so far as to be ridiculous.

Seriously, that's just crazy. I mean, by this guy's logic, if the person was first in the intersection, it's their right to sit there all day and obstruct traffic like a douchebag if they want. After all, they were first, right?

I actually tried to look at the argument the article was making for removing all traffic regulations...am I misreading, or are they seriously suggesting that all traffic on all roads should slow/stop at EVERY intersection to make sure it's safe to go through, and telepathically determine who has right of way in the case of multiple simultaneous cars?

[Koumei]

Right, it's fucking cold here. Seriously, I'm not getting out of bed until the early afternoon because I barely have the energy to not die, let alone move, and that's wearing full clothes (including jumper) in bed.

So, a few questions:

1. Is it possible that Australia having fucking stupid and random weather means that global warming is working differently here and Victoria is seriously getting colder Winter/Spring each year?

If so, this is a problem. If not, I support burning off every source of carbon I can find. Including people if need be.

2. Is there a way to reduce cold-sensitivity in the long-term? I know getting shitfaced makes you feel warmer (because the (warm) blood vessels are closer to the skin (which actually feels the heat)), but makes you actually colder (because the (warm) blood vessels are closer to the skin, which is where heat is lost). I am willing to at least consider any options, up to and including getting nerve damage.

[cthulhu]

Become fatter. (Note: Not a joke or an insult)

Also: http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/67/1/438

[Sarandosil]

Having lost 40 pounds in the past few months, I can at least attest that it works in the other direction. The hot water handle on my bath gets turned up higher than it used to.

[Username17]

A more energetic system does send Arctic and Antarctic weather patterns farther, thereby dropping more cold fronts in some places. I genuinely have no idea what parts of Australia (if any) fit that paradigm.

-Username17

[Blasted]

A more energetic system does send Arctic and Antarctic weather patterns farther, thereby dropping more cold fronts in some places. I genuinely have no idea what parts of Australia (if any) fit that paradigm.

-Username17

Pretty much where Koumei lives fits that

However, the CSIRO has a nice site on climate predictions:
http://climatechangeinaustralia.com.au/

the victorian dept. of environment has a site as well:
http://www.climatechange.vic.gov.au/Gre ... 2E027?open

[Koumei]

I decided to just buy a heater. I can keep it at bedside and either have it set to "comfortable" 24/7 or, upon waking up, set it to "INFERNOVAPOCALYPSE" and shortly thereafter slide out of bed due to excessive heat, then be active.

[Maj]

So I mentioned that I'm looking at houses, and I just have to ask...

I already have issues with people putting wall-to-wall carpeting over wood floors - that's at least understandable. But what on earth is it with people who put laminate floors on top of hardwood?

[ckafrica]

It's a sign of the apocalypse I believe