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Giving directions in time rather than physical distance is the norm pretty much everywhere and I'm not sure why so many people think that's unique to their area (or to themselves, even).
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cinci zoo sniper posted:What's a Michigan left? You can't make a left turn because it's forbidden by the intersection design, so you go past the road you want a few hundred feet and make a u-turn, then come back the other direction and now you're making a right turn.
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Jun 30, 2017 16:10
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Mr. Belpit posted:Giving directions in time rather than physical distance is the norm pretty much everywhere and I'm not sure why so many people think that's unique to their area (or to themselves, even).
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Jun 30, 2017 16:10
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cinci zoo sniper posted:What's a Michigan left? It's a U-Turn built into the median. I think I've seen them in Florida as well. Mr. Belpit posted:Giving directions in time rather than physical distance is the norm pretty much everywhere and I'm not sure why so many people think that's unique to their area (or to themselves, even). A lot of these are just general Midwestern things (pop not soda) or something everyone complains about as if it's unique (construction all the time, although Michigan roads are pretty loving horrible). Henchman of Santa has a new favorite as of 16:18 on Jun 30, 2017 |
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Jun 30, 2017 16:16
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Mr. Belpit posted:Giving directions in time rather than physical distance is the norm pretty much everywhere and I'm not sure why so many people think that's unique to their area (or to themselves, even). I've had distances described to me in money in Russia.
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Jun 30, 2017 17:26
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cinci zoo sniper posted:What's a Michigan left? about 1/20th of a pie chart apparently.
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Jun 30, 2017 17:40
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Ensign Expendable posted:I've had distances described to me in money in Russia. Fuel? Tolls? Bribes?
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Jun 30, 2017 18:18
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I was trawling through freep for the freep thread and feel into a deep dark rightwing rabbit hole. At the very bottom of this hole I found a shining artifact, a cube. But it is no any cube. I remember having seen it before, but can't remember if it was here. In any case, I have to share this cube, the CW2 cube. http://i.imgur.com/vIU8HBe.jpg
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Jun 30, 2017 20:17
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Platystemon posted:Fuel? Tolls? Bribes? All of the above
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Jun 30, 2017 20:29
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Fathis Munk posted:I was trawling through freep for the freep thread and feel into a deep dark rightwing rabbit hole. At the very bottom of this hole I found a shining artifact, a cube. Boy D&D character generation got weird. And racist.
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Jun 30, 2017 20:30
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Mr. Belpit posted:Giving directions in time rather than physical distance is the norm pretty much everywhere and I'm not sure why so many people think that's unique to their area (or to themselves, even). Nope, not the norm unless you're talking about "a minute" or "a few minutes". Otherwise it's gonna be x # of blocks if you're in a city or however many miles if you're on a highway. Who the gently caress says follow I-5 for 6hrs then take exit whatever?
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Jun 30, 2017 22:37
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Inspector 34 posted:Nope, not the norm unless you're talking about "a minute" or "a few minutes". Otherwise it's gonna be x # of blocks if you're in a city or however many miles if you're on a highway. Who the gently caress says follow I-5 for 6hrs then take exit whatever? No one, because nothing of interest along I‐5 is six hours from anything else of interest.
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Jun 30, 2017 22:41
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I want to apologize, I did not mean to come off like an rear end in a top hat with that post, what I meant was that in my experience at least, most people do not use time in giving directions because there are way too many variables that can affect your trip. Maybe traffic is hosed or you drive like a maniac or something. Most people say take the 3rd right or the 1st left or take freeway whatever until the proper exit. If anybody ever gave me directions in terms of time I'd probably ask them to be more specific.
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Jun 30, 2017 22:58
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Inspector 34 posted:I want to apologize, I did not mean to come off like an rear end in a top hat with that post, what I meant was that in my experience at least, most people do not use time in giving directions because there are way too many variables that can affect your trip. Maybe traffic is hosed or you drive like a maniac or something. Most people say take the 3rd right or the 1st left or take freeway whatever until the proper exit. If anybody ever gave me directions in terms of time I'd probably ask them to be more specific. See, it's weird, because you should be right, re: the variables that affect the time, but I use it as a general "close enough" figure. I tend to use the "time as distance" descriptor when I'm talking about a place the other person hasn't been to and/or can't picture. For ex. My boyfriend used to live 2 hours down the turnpike (there were maybe 2 times I got stuck in bad traffic and it was closer to 3 hours, but the other uncounted times I visited him it clocked in at 2 hours almost on the dot seemingly no matter how fast or slow I drove), or my sister goes to school an hour south of Buffalo, it's about a 7 hour drive from here. I don't use it to give directions to another person, but it's a ballpark figure of how long a trip to go see/visit who/whatever would take.
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Jul 1, 2017 02:12
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ranbo das posted:Boy D&D character generation got weird. And racist. It was always racist... 
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Jul 1, 2017 03:17
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Absurd Alhazred posted:It was always racist... Sexist too. 1st ed D&D female characters had a lower strength cap than males. Just because.
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Jul 1, 2017 03:41
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Hey, the drow have some good ones, totally not racist.
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Jul 1, 2017 15:55
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steinrokkan posted:Hey, the drow have some good ones, totally not racist. #NotAllDrow
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Jul 1, 2017 17:18
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steinrokkan posted:Hey, the drow have some good ones, totally not racist. There's one good one, and you know he's good because he's supernaturally racist against orcs.
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Jul 1, 2017 18:03
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Absurd Alhazred posted:There's one good one, and you know he's good because he's supernaturally racist against orcs.
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Jul 1, 2017 18:11
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cinci zoo sniper posted:drat this is very spicy. I am known as Absurd with the Hot Takes.
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Jul 1, 2017 18:40
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I am known as Absurd with the Hot Takes. You explore new viewpoints. As an explorer I dub you Absurd Ibn Battuta.
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Jul 1, 2017 20:23
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Sexist too. 1st ed D&D female characters had a lower strength cap than males. Just because.
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Jul 1, 2017 20:29
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Strudel Man posted:What could they possibly have been thinking? Am I misreading your lovely graph or does it imply that (some) female athletes aren't actually female?
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Jul 1, 2017 20:41
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Just that the "elite female athlete" sample pool is different from the general female pool, rather than a subset of it.
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Jul 1, 2017 20:45
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But it's not a subset, otherwise the strongest female athlete and strongest female would be the same value.
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Jul 1, 2017 20:47
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Praseodymi posted:But it's not a subset, otherwise the strongest female athlete and strongest female would be the same value. Strudel Man posted:Just that the "elite female athlete" sample pool is different from the general female pool, rather than a subset of it.
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Jul 1, 2017 20:49
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Misread your post, sorry. Doesn't make your graph any more relevant.
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Jul 1, 2017 20:52
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Strudel Man posted:What could they possibly have been thinking?
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Jul 1, 2017 21:04
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Strudel Man posted:hand-grip forces of young adult men 
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Jul 1, 2017 21:12
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Strudel Man posted:What could they possibly have been thinking? I don't know if my fantasy game about wizards fighting werebears needs to have the scientific literature in hand grip represented in one of the major game mechanics.
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Jul 1, 2017 21:34
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Dienes posted:I don't know if my fantasy game about wizards fighting werebears needs to have the scientific literature in hand grip represented in one of the major game mechanics. +5 to jerking off against orcs.
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Jul 1, 2017 21:40
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Female characters having the same stats is cool ⁊ good game mechanics, but I don’t know that “female characters have a lower strength cap” is the strongest example of sexism.
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Jul 1, 2017 21:44
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From a game mechanics perspective, I think a balanced diversity of choices is actually better than just "everyone's the same."  IIRC, female characters got -1 strength and +1 constitution compared to male.
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Jul 1, 2017 21:49
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Strudel Man posted:From a game mechanics perspective, I think a balanced diversity of choices is actually better than just "everyone's the same."
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Jul 1, 2017 21:50
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Strudel Man posted:From a game mechanics perspective, I think a balanced diversity of choices is actually better than just "everyone's the same." for a lot of people, it may seem like you're a huge dumbass. but really, you are expanding the myriad tapestry of human experiences. wouldn't it be boring if everybody wasn't a huge dumbass?
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Jul 1, 2017 21:54
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It's very important to me that my fantasy game about killing imaginary creatures in an imaginary world accurately represents that men have a higher maximum hand-grip force than women. Anything else would ruin my immersion.
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Jul 1, 2017 21:58
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Strudel Man posted:From a game mechanics perspective, I think a balanced diversity of choices is actually better than just "everyone's the same." hm yes I'm sure that's what you were concerned about when you posted that
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Jul 1, 2017 22:00
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vyelkin posted:It's very important to me that my fantasy game about killing imaginary creatures in an imaginary world accurately represents that men have a higher maximum hand-grip force than women. Anything else would ruin my immersion. What was that boardgame with some rectal diceroll thing again?
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cinci zoo sniper posted:What was that boardgame with some rectal diceroll thing again? FATAL
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