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I would think it would be just as weird to collectively switch to matronymic last names as a society. It would make more sense to me if couples just decided which name they liked better and went with that, be it coming from the man or woman. So a more even split of that sort of pattern is what I mean.

In drug tests, they want to make sure you aren't diluting the sample for drug testing lol. Very common practice when getting a new job. They let you wash your hands after they take the sample. It's just awkward and embarrassing with your piss hands in the interim lol.

I think it varies with culture, but from my understanding, usually they take the first name of the two hyphens for their own marriage.

So you have John Doe and Jane Smith. They hyphenate their names as Doe-Smith and the children do as well.

Say they have a daughter Sally Doe-Smith who meets Tim Johnson-Star. So they marry and hyphenate their names as Johnson-Doe. Both Smith and Star get dropped.

Yes, in examples like this, it still ends up as getting rid of the maternal aspect of the lineage in the very end...but the point is still that both parties are keeping part of and changing another part of their names. It's not an all or nothing total switch of identity. The lineage is male, but the here and now is an equal compromise of identity.

The awkward thing is I always tend to accidentally get piss on my hands and on the outside of the cup and then you have to hand it to the worker in shame after trying to clean it with the shitty 1 ply toilet paper and them telling you that you aren't allowed to wash your hands

Yeah I've always thought it was weird that women are supposed to give up their identity to a man to be married. I'm not really sure why hyphenated names aren't as popular in the western world or why people don't occasionally chose to take the woman's name. I know that women don't have to change their names, but then often you'll have the kids as the same name as the father anyway but not the mother. So I've heard many women say that they did it so their kids would share their last name.

Hell, I don't even like my father. But my name is who I am and I like it.

If you don't feel like you need to take notes, then I wouldn't worry about it. Once you leave school, there's not necessarily a need for it. For me they are generally just reminders, like you stated.

The majority of my notes are placed in Google Keep. I know that Lemmy hates Google, but it's really convenient for me...since they are online I can access them from any device. And the app version sometimes comes pre-installed on my devices anyway.

If I only need to remember one simple, time sensitive item...then yes I often use a reminder app to notify me like you do too.

But here are some scenarios where I take notes in my notes app:

1. Grocery lists. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to the store for only like 1 or 2 items and completely forgot to buy what I came in for lol

2. Requests at work. Often, a task that is requested of me will be done over a landline phone. So I pull out my cell phone and take a quick note of the task to help me remember and make sure it is done correctly

3. Semi-ordered lists of multiple tasks I intend to do. For example, suppose I am expecting family to come over one weekend. I'll have various notes that help remind me what I need to do and when. Things like different types of cleaning tasks, getting snacks, etc.

In my home, I also have a handwritten notepad of passwords to my accounts written in a cryptic partially pictogram cypher lol. If someone manages to find and figure them out, have fun with those accounts lol.

At work, I also often write notes directly onto my workbench itself in pencil! My workbench is a contaminated space, so I don't necessarily have my phone out. I use my phone to take notes while talking on the nom-conatimated landline. But at my workbench itself I write directly onto my workspace lmao. It probably looks a bit unprofessional, but I don't think it stands out too much and is easy to erase when done! The first time someone showed me that you could easily do this, my mind was blown lol. At work, I write workbench notes all the time lmao.

I hear you there. BUT the only time I think resolutions beyond 1080p actually do make sense is in a computer monitor. When you sit super close to something like that, lower resolutions are more obvious. I have a 23 inch 1080p monitor that I use in my setup. To me, text and whatnot has always felt a bit "blurry" and dissatisfying compared to my 13 inch 1080p laptop screen at the same viewing distance.

On a TV setup, the average person sits much too far away to notice a difference in 1080p vs 4k. You have to be sitting only a few inches away to notice, like in a computer setup. At that level, it really DOES make a difference imo. So in that regard, companies like Apple seemed to understand this when they have different resolutions for their "retina displays" depending on their products. At least, that's how it was like 10 years or so ago with them. Idk how they do things now.

Viewing distance is the important bit in the "resolution wars"...not simply increased resolution for the sake of it.

There is always nuance in everything. Didn't mean to imply that there wasn't. Actually, my mom was a cheater. But she cheated on her abusive husband that she was afraid to leave. So I didn't consider it to be immoral. In fact, I was amused when I found out.

In a majority of cheating cases, that's not how it all plays out. So a majority of times cheating is incredibly immoral and hurtful to the other person. Occasionally it isn't, but that isn't the majority of cases.

There are so many heinous people do because of their primal sexual drives that everything just seems so bizarre to me. I have never had the ability to experience such desires that are supposed to be instincts that everyone does. So it's really odd as an outsider to see what sex does to people.

1. Causes them to cheat on others. Why? Why harm people instead of breaking up like you said.

2. Causes them to r**e others. Why? Why can't you just masturbate? Why do you have to harm others to get this?

3. Causes them to murder others out of jealousy. Why?

As an alien, I only see the downsides to sex. It's honestly saddening how common these are.

I'm with you there. I've only tried it a few times tbh and I'm 30. Didn't understand it. It was simply wet, awkward, and unpleasant and I didn't understand what I was supposed to be doing anyway.

Conceptually, I understand why people want and desire sex. For most people, it's a basic human instinct that exists because of a species's drive to further its own existence. But kissing? You're at the wrong end there. I don't get the appeal.

Agreed. And in the same vein...people who are unkind to others for no discernible reason. I've heard people give the excuse that they were just "stressed out" or "XYZ unrelated thing happened so I was upset".

Almost never in my entire life have I ever understood putting down innocent people because something was going on in my life. It's the absolute lowest form of the low to me. But people taking their anger out on innocent people is so fucking common that it's so fucking frustrating.

Sounds pretty productive! Good on you! Sucks about the cold tho.