My daughter is 4 and is trying to read as much as she can despite not really being able to on her own. Because of that, I try to help her out as much as possible, which isn't a ton because of time. Maybe 15 minutes a night, similar to you.

She has a better time with her other language, Japanese, as that's easier phonetically and she doesn't have to grapple with kanji yet. All letters are come with vowel sounds, with only one exception. I can't help her much on that though, and her mother (the native speaker) also barely has time.

To be completely fair, I don't think it matters. Skeleton, nervous system, fleshy muscle, organs; if it's coming at you without it first being inside a person, that's going to be a little bit scary.

Y'know, fair point. Lol

God, that picture is creepier than everything I've seen all October. Really suits the depressing article.

Be the change you want in the world, there is probably some KDE theming option that'll give you the look you desire.

...oh and I just came to the realization there is probably a way to make a SNES like UI and now it's time to research...

That's something people do consider, have common metrics like consumer price index and real wage growth. Unemployment is certainly not as important, though without basic income, it matters-- unfortunately it's often misleading.

I'll admit it mattered when I graduated into almost 10% unemployment under Bush's recession and couldn't get a job... just, I feel like that only went down because of underemployment. Taking worse jobs, higher hours, etc, made that number look better without actually improving lives.

If we get things back on track, maybe we can have a better metric. But it'll take a really big progressive swap; corporate liberals prefer this metric still because they don't have to do anything significant to make the numbers look better.

That happens pretty often with my partner. She'll be all "I have the door open for 2.3 seconds, did he run away?!" and search for an hour.

Thing is, our cat is very afraid of the outside; he just likes to hide out in cupboards and closets a lot. I seem to be the only one who can find him though.

Los Angeles has had an unrelenting heatwave for most of spooktober. It's been exceedingly hard to get into the spirit with highs hitting 40C/105F (or higher in the valley oof).

How? There's so many good sources of fiber. What do people eat?

Or maybe even then, a supplement might help. But I have a good amount of fiber with most meals so idk...

I looked it up and entirely get it now. It's like 35g to 40g of fiber, which is like a whole loaf of whole wheat bread, lol.

I meet the guideline still, albeit only on days I prep overnight oats. Chia seeds and flaxseed are key, truly a fiber bomb. Otherwise, even my lovely 100% whole wheat sandwich just now was only maybe 6g, tops. Lol

Reminds me of a penis mug I wanted to order like a decade ago. I wonder if that company still exists... LookHuman I think?

...and a quick search suggests yes, kinda. They got bought. Their shop page doesn't have mugs but the Amazon store does. Exactly what I remember, they even have butts: https://www.amazon.com/LookHUMAN-Kawaii-Pastel-Pattern-Ceramic/dp/B073Z281NK

He took no time to say he denounces it, too. It's only "quiet" in the sense that he won the whole room over, tons of clapping, by the end of his conversation with Tommy, lol.

I actually did do a little reading and they're just using SVG files. You can probably even import old sprite assets into inkscape. If I get the motivation and make a theme, I'll share it with the world. Lol

Ironically, I can't really get into detailed discussion right now because I'm literally walking to my social psych class I teach, lol.

To the first point though, take a step back and understand that more recent studies have shown empathy to be the normative state of humans. Humans, like most pack animals, need strong intuition and empathy to survive with both their own tribe and others.

That has limitations, of course, as we're most empathetic to people we identify with or find similarities to. People fight for their kin, not necessarily their neighbor.

I recall a study... I forget the name (author name sounds like Nier) but they found that folks even cooperated more when wearing similar sports paraphernalia, even bridging racial divides. The stakes weren't huge; just signing a petition, but you can't necessarily ask for more from an academic paper.

As to the point of being on offense, that's probably outside the realm of social psych but I'll try with what I know. I know helping behaviors tend to get stronger when people feel they have the agency to do so. Studies are quite a bit more tame than taking arms or something, but the Good Samaritan study kinda shows this. People running late aren't willing to help someone clearly in need, but people running early are. Imagine the parallel to society-- who has the money, the time, and the energy to help?

Edit: the comment on walking to class is real and not a flex, btw. T-minus 15 min now, though it's only undergrad and we're teaching love and friendship today, which is totally unrelated, lol.

Agreed. Many Research 1 schools are all standing and have cut costs to accommodate, but there was never a ton of money in academia anyway-- at least, not without strings attached. Tenured faculty usually get classes bought out with research funding, but without it, they can still be retained with teaching a full schedule (that does screw people who normally fill those, though, like graduate students and adjuncts!).

On the upside, at least most researchers I know are used to working on a shoestring budget. That said, I mourn the death of NCES, and other research arms of the department of education, since they made up a big part of the educational research I've done before myself. That's longitudinal work lost that can't be fixed with a new administration.

It's more concerning when someone with the force gets drunk and starts moving stuff randomly 'cause it's funny.

Just grateful there isn't a white Vaporeon challenge then, lol.

I like that one, too. But now I want to see if I can make it look like Earthbound or FFVI. Lol

I had the pleasure to first time it blind and, well, I may have cried a little. Lol

I think I've mentioned this before, but I feel traumatized doing the professor oak challenge in that era... White 2, specifically, some 'mons are just extremely rare. I say this, fully anticipating doing a Silver/Gold run soon to buff my Gen V living dex.

Speaking of, I'm currently going after the 492 Pokemon in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky, which uses a living dex. Same era, I suggest you give it a go sometime-- it's got quite a cult following for a reason.