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[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

Why is the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come usually portrayed as silent in A Christmas Carol?

 

[EmperorNorton1]

Because the sleep of death is eternal silence.

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

Would theorizing about what a person is like in real life be considered an attack on their personal life?

 

[Fairfax]

Random question of the day:

Would theorizing about what a person is like in real life be considered an attack on their personal life?

Surely that depends on what you're theorizing and what you're basing it on.

 

[Idea]

If it’s just your own private thoughts, I would say no, it’s entirely natural (heck, it’s kind of inevitable) to form some idea of who other people may be based on the information you have about them, no matter how little information that may be. People do it just at a glance, and these impressions tend to be sticky (this is why first impressions are so important).

If it’s with other people though, it depends on a number of things, the most important I think being what you are theorizing about and for. Like if you’re trying to theorize on where they may live so you can get to them, I think that would be a pretty clear case of an attack. Negatively speculating about someone during a sensitive situation is a case that would be more of a grey area, assuming of course you are at all trying to be truthful.

As a general rule of thumb though, no, I don’t think theorizing about what someone is like is something that could sensibly be considering an attack on them. Even if that speculation is negative, provided said speculation isn’t outright malicious in intent.

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

Do you have any cats? If so, how do you deal with them waking you up in the middle of the night/early in the morning?

 

[Onmyoji]

I never had any cats. And this is the question I was also curious about lol

 

[Idea]

Nope. I’ve had a bunny, a canary, a fish, a pair of mice, a turtle and two dogs. But no cat.

 

[Sorin]

I used to have cats! They used to lay on my head until I woke up to feed them, but I got better at ignoring them. That helped a lot.

 

[Hellspyre]

Xbox or PlayStation? Well I own one and not the other so I’ll say PlayStation

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Xbox or PlayStation? Well I own one and not the other so I’ll say PlayStation

Thank you for answering the question, but please quote a previously answered question if you're going to answer it in the future. Thank you.

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

Do people who behaved heinously as children and teenagers ever look back on that period of their life when they're adults and regret having acted that way?

 

[Onmyoji]

Some of them do, but not everyone

 

[Kaiju Cat]

Random question of the day:

Do you have any cats? If so, how do you deal with them waking you up in the middle of the night/early in the morning?

I have two Siberian fur boys I just ignore them having their Tom and Jerry moment at certain times at night by that I mean the infamous zoomies. You can’t ignore gg the oldest when he’s screaming and stomping around it’s either for who knows what or he’s hungry.

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

Who's one actor/actress who disappeared from Hollywood that you would like to make a comeback?

 

[Sorin]

My old answer would've been Brendan Fraiser, but it looks like he's coming back!

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

Is misandry just as bad as misogyny?

 

[Sorin]

Absolutely, yes. There is no excuse for either.

 

[Idea]

Yep, no reason why it wouldn't be.

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

Would you say some child actors are better when they're at their youngest or do they get better as they grow up?

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

No answers yesterday. What a shame.

Random question of the day:

Why are people able to die from diabetes/complications from diabetes?

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

No answers yesterday either. What a shame.

Random question of the day:

Should "dude" and "bro" be considered gender neutral terms?

 

[Idea]

Maybe in the plural, in the singular I think there are equivalents (sis for bro, I don't know what it would be for dude). Even then, I think that should be seen as gender-neutral only if it is commonly used to refer to groups irrespective of gender.

 

[PyroOvalord]

Only if it's a common sentiment shared within a friend group..

 

[MxKit]

Only if both the person using it and the person/people it's being used on agree that it is being done in a way that isn't attempting to gender the latter.

Most of the time, though? No, it's not inherently gender neutral. Those words are gendered male, its just considered more acceptable for people to use male-gendered terms when addressing women, nonbinary people, or mixed-gender groups, which I don't particularly like. (And when it's men calling me "dude" or "bro" out of nowhere I become very, very tempted to call them "sis" or "gal" or w/e in return. They're much less likely to be cool with that. I don't do it, but... come on.)