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In all fairness you judged me correctly I used to work in the McDonalds round the corner from Supermacs in Galway in the late 1990s, we had to remove name tags, trays and chairs after 7pm each night. We had a lot of McDonald's chairs in our student house.
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Jan 24, 2022 22:11
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learnincurve posted:I…. This is the most boomer thing to be this upset about.
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Jan 24, 2022 22:50
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how does someone design table height with a white man in mind
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Jan 24, 2022 22:59
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Who What Now posted:This is the most boomer thing to be this upset about. It's the most gen X thing to be annoyed about. Just another in a long line of "hold up wait a second that's not sane or normal" moments we get to experience as adults. For example "really? you used to do 70mph round this bend with us in the car and absolutely insisted wasn't too fast when we got scared?"
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Jan 24, 2022 23:08
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slightly taller tables are violence.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:08
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Earwicker posted:how does someone design table height with a white man in mind Table top should be cock height of standing white man.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:08
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I think it's more a bias thing than a boomer thing, but stuff being designed only with men in mind is pretty common. From an ergonomics perspective, it really sucks to be a short or average height woman. Even height adjustable stuff is too tall: https://mobile.twitter.com/claritahall/status/1479910558535196674
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Jan 24, 2022 23:29
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Table top should be cock height of standing white man.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:30
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learnincurve posted:It's the most gen X thing to be annoyed about. There is nothing insane about a table a tiny bit taller than you like
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Jan 24, 2022 23:34
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5er posted:That is really, really, really loving gross. No this is gross https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10427117/Las-Vegas-cops-jailed-innocent-black-man-SIX-DAYS-white-suspect.html
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Jan 24, 2022 23:44
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Cheesus posted:Limp.or erect? Either/or. Cock should be able to rest on table top while balls dangle below the edge.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:48
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I listened to a podcast years ago (radiolab maybe?) About the military often designing things for the "average man" then running into problems because finding an ideal average man is really difficult and not really any easier than finding someone of exact proportions somewhere else on the spectrum. This problem of course gets amplified when you forget that non-men exist too.
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Jan 25, 2022 02:12
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5er posted:That is really, really, really loving gross. lol at having a bunch of cspam gang tags and being anti dorner
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Jan 25, 2022 03:07
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eSporks posted:I listened to a podcast years ago (radiolab maybe?) About the military often designing things for the "average man" then running into problems because finding an ideal average man is really difficult and not really any easier than finding someone of exact proportions somewhere else on the spectrum. I had unisex anti-fragmentation underwear issued, really not good for either men or women.
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Jan 25, 2022 05:38
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Do you fragment your underwear often?
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Jan 25, 2022 06:15
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Fragmentation? In my underwear? It's more common than you think.
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Jan 25, 2022 06:23
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It finally happened. I heard my mom complain that schools are teaching cursive anymore.
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Jan 25, 2022 06:59
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Lots of IEDs in Afghanistan innit
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Jan 25, 2022 07:03
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We had a piece of gear that had multiple sizes, one size listed as "asian small"
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Jan 25, 2022 07:06
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CPL593H posted:It finally happened. Lol. I remember being told every year we had to learn cursive soon, we'd have to use it all the time in high school/university, and by the time we get there everything's typed.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Lol. I remember being told every year we had to learn cursive soon, we'd have to use it all the time in high school/university, and by the time we get there everything's typed. LOL - pwned.
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Who What Now posted:There is nothing insane about a table a tiny bit taller than you like It’s 5 inches higher than a usual table and it’s in my house. What’s an order of magnitude more upsetting is realising that my mother had to deal with this for 20 years, presumably while being told don’t be silly it’s only a tiny bit taller than you like, which the real issue for me here. This is just one more uh uh ok women have to deal with, like when my 5 ft tall daughter did her internship at Mercedes Benz and she had to buy her own overalls instead of being given the branded ones because “we don’t have them that small” and then had to keep asking them to hand her down things or help her reach up because every single thing in the workshop was fixed static at average man’s height.
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Jan 25, 2022 08:54
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eSporks posted:I listened to a podcast years ago (radiolab maybe?) About the military often designing things for the "average man" then running into problems because finding an ideal average man is really difficult and not really any easier than finding someone of exact proportions somewhere else on the spectrum. This is a very long read but it’s fascinating. Basically in 1926 the US airforce measured hundreds of men, designed their planes round the exact average and it all went wrong. https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages.html
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Jan 25, 2022 08:58
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Yeah, I was going to say it’s the plane story
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CaptainSarcastic posted:LOL - pwned. The real fun thing is that aside from some extremely occasional and quarter-assed attempted at 'linked print' or something they never even actually tried to teach us cursive. I think the actual teachers all knew where it was going.
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Jan 25, 2022 10:51
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learnincurve posted:This is a very long read but it’s fascinating. Basically in 1926 the US airforce measured hundreds of men, designed their planes round the exact average and it all went wrong. I liked the part where when the same thing happened with measuring the avg woman the conclusion was that women were out of shape and lazy. Take that ya dumb broads.
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Jan 25, 2022 11:02
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learnincurve posted:It's the most gen X thing to be annoyed about. Why are you trying to make GenX a thing with this? And with two things that have absolutely nothing in common to merit that kind of comparison?
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Jan 25, 2022 11:06
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learnincurve posted:All those Christmases where my dad would have chuckled to himself as he watched us eat at a table for giants. This is really hilarious and completely worth buying a huge table for.
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Jan 25, 2022 11:36
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learnincurve posted:It’s 5 inches higher than a usual table and it’s in my house. Then throw the table out. Look, as someone who has back problems partially because I have to use tables that feel like they're made for hobbits and bashing my forehead open on doorframes and ceiling fans I can sympathize about short people problems but that's just something we have to deal with. Now, things like your dad being a misogynistic rear end in a top hat to your mom instead of finding solutions to make her comfortable or the poor working conditions and mistreatment by employer and coworkers your daughter had to go through are the real problems. People not helping and respecting others are the real problems, not cabinets being too tall (and yes I realize the hypocrisy of saying this while razzing you on a dead gay comedy forum). Who What Now fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Jan 25, 2022 |
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You better believe Jo Brand found herself absolutely under attack by the press in 2015 after calling out microagressions. It’s not about the table If the world is designed around you then this world becomes “normal” and you can’t really see what the problem is because it’s always been fine for you, or worse, can see the problem and will knowingly fight tooth and nail to prevent yourself for suffering any mild inconvenience, and at that point you may as well go pick up your red hat and start squawking on Facebook about how your way of life is under attack from woke feminazis. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...s-for-you-video
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Jan 25, 2022 15:06
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Is it because the 3000 £ bbq that lived in a garage was rusty?
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learnincurve posted:You better believe Jo Brand found herself absolutely under attack by the press in 2015 after calling out microagressions. It’s not about the table The thing is though, you are complaining about the table specifically because it's not normal.
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learnincurve posted:You better believe Jo Brand found herself absolutely under attack by the press in 2015 after calling out microagressions. It’s not about the table so what’s ur therapist say about how u hate ur dad
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Jan 25, 2022 15:42
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learnincurve posted:You better believe Jo Brand found herself absolutely under attack by the press in 2015 after calling out microagressions. It’s not about the table I'm a gigantically tall queer person, the world is absolutely not designed around me.
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Jan 25, 2022 15:58
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table goon should simply cut the last few inches off the table legs. If it's an extremely fanciful one with beauteous feet or curved legs or whatever kind of fancy limy poo poo you guys have, then bone up on woodworking and figure out a way to cut out material from somewhere else and put them back on in a way that still looks good. Depending how it's built you can take slices from the upper part or cut and splice the middle. still asinine to buy the big dick table when it's unsuitable for your family
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Jan 25, 2022 15:59
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chop the table goon, hacking up the table will help you chop out toxicity namaste
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Jan 25, 2022 16:01
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The weird thing is it would also have been too tall for him. An regular-proportioned guy 2" higher than average would want a table maybe 1" higher than average (because leg height doesn't count). Unless he had really weird proportions, 5" higher would be more appropriate for a 6'8" guy. Or the McDonald's standard it's being measured against could be artificially low, maybe to accommodate wheelchair users? I also don't get, though, if you always hated it and thought it was so abusive and sadistic, why would you keep it and put it in your house? Anne Whateley fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Jan 25, 2022 |
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i like nice words
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SniperWoreConverse posted:chop the table goon, hacking up the table will help you chop out toxicity This is praxis
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Anne Whateley posted:Or the McDonald's standard it's being measured against could be artificially low, maybe to accommodate wheelchair users? The last time I ate inside a McDonald's my knees were pressed painfully between the booth and bottom of the table.
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Anne Whateley posted:I also don't get, though, if you always hated it and thought it was so abusive and sadistic, why would you keep it and put it in your house? Because there's an emotional component to figuring out whether to keep or get rid of all the poo poo your parents accumulated. Some poo poo is easier to get rid of than others, and some you get attached to the thought that you should keep it, even if it has no value to you. You keep it 'for them'.
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