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I used to like Dilbert

I took a self defense class once that covered attackers with a knife. Most of the class was around defending against attacks on the belly, the instructor said it was the most obvious target. That makes sense too, it’s high lethality, hurts like a bastard, isn’t protected by bones, and it’s in easy reach for most people.

In the context of fencing, I’d have to guess there’s two things at play. First, if you’re much shorter than your opponent, I’d guess the belly is roughly the same height as where you’ve been practicing striking people anyway. Second, if your opponent is especially tall, then strikes against the belly are further away from his perspective (his eyes are up here), and that might put them at a disadvantage.

I don’t know much about fencing, so correct me where I’m wrong, but I imagine the belly is the physically lowest legal target to score a point? I’d think that technically anybody would be disadvantaged to defend the lowest point, but their height makes it more pronounced. If you’re 5’2" your belly is something like two feet below your eyes, but if you’re 6’3" it’s like three feet. That’s a pretty significant difference.

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You take a four panel comic, have one line stand up, two panels with two lines standing up, and one panel with two lines perpendicular to each other. Congratulations! It’s a joke about miscarriage

Well, the severity of the threat depends on context. The school bully is more likely to beat you up, but if it’s a gang or prison situation your life is in serious danger

But I guess in the context of the comic it doesn’t really matter, only that the kid isn’t getting stitches because he ain’t no snitch

If anyone needs help with the joke, “snitches get stitches” is a phrase that usually means an informant is likely to get stabbed

It’s important to spare the trees’ feelings after cutting them down

It gets really good in season 8. You have to watch the first seven seasons though, or else you won’t appreciate a handful of references that are essentially cameos which contribute nothing to the plot.

It falls off a cliff in season 9 though

That’s okay, just don’t let it happen again

Disney just announced yesterday that they were investing a billion dollars into OpenAI. I have a hard time believing any AI company is respecting copyright because infringement is their business model. This sort of reads like “the competition’s product is worse than ours.”

It’s hard to know who to root for in a battle between giant AI firms and equally giant entertainment companies.

You’re allowed to root for nobody. Sometimes everyone sucks.

It does though, Maslow’s just being a dick

If you have no curtains, then it’s covered by Tier 2: Safety. Your nest isn’t secure if anybody can just look into it.

If you have curtains but don’t like them, it’s covered by Tier 4: Esteem. If you don’t like your curtains and they make you feel bad, it affects your self worth. Doubly so if you’re concerned your neighbours might think they’re shabby and judge you for it (this is another issue to unpack in therapy)

Also, although the pyramid is a popular way to express it, Maslow himself never used a pyramid to describe the hierarchy.

Now that I’ve ruined it by over-explaining: It was a funny comic, I laughed.

Well, it is and it isn’t
Understanding the date labels on your food

If the product has a shelf life of less than 90 days, it must have either a best before or packed on date with specific rules about how it’s formatted. If it has a shelf life greater than 90 days, the best before date is optional. Also a best before date has no guarantee that the product isn’t spoiled, but also may be perfectly safe to consume well beyond the best before date.

To further muddy the waters, there are actual expiration dates which must be included on very specific products. Mostly medical diets, meal replacements, and infant formula. This means that best before dates are not expiration dates, although most people use the term interchangeably. Indeed, even this article does because alcohol would have a best before date and the article is quoted as saying it’s expiring.

Anyway, apart from actual “expiration dates” which are serious business, best before dates do seem to be largely based on vibes and woo-woo

Edit: And you know what else, this all Canadian regulations. I have no idea how that impacts an imported product. I’m assuming an import has to follow our regulations in order to be sold, but hey, anything goes in business

Sometimes the best-by date refers to the packaging instead of the product. Plastic bottles in particular degrade with time and give you a whole bunch of microplastics.

Most booze shouldn’t go bad if properly stored, but exceptions might occur for lighter beverages like beer and coolers.

Aside, I think the best-by date is largely a scam and if it benefits anyone it’s either the manufacturer or grocer. I wonder how much perfectly edible food my family’s thrown away because someone saw a date that made them feel funny

My interpretation is that everyone has a void inside them and that seeking external validation is fruitless. The path to happiness is instead radical self acceptance

Nobody actually looks unhappy in this comic, but everyone’s attempt to fill the void still leaves them with a void

My professor tried to teach us that one too, but a classmate came up with an unforgettable mnemonic. Very cursed

The professor hadn’t heard that one before

In this case, you could upload it to YouTube where it will be taken down and seen by a whole no people

Tax breaks for tech bros

My pet theory: Radicalize the disenfranchised to incite domestic terrorism and further OpenAI’s political goals.

God, I hope not

This is presumably a goose down jacket, it’s essentially stuffed with goose feathers

It’s either that or fisting