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RandoMcGuvins @kbin.social
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We need to either rework the the upvote/downvote system or to get rid of it completely. It's not fulfilling its task anymore.
  • Is that what you want, a conversation to end with a block? I thought this whole post and your further comments have been about active vs passive engagement.

    I don't think you've said anything that deserves a block. I disagree with what you've said and how you've said it. However, not once personally attacked or insulted me.

  • We need to either rework the the upvote/downvote system or to get rid of it completely. It's not fulfilling its task anymore.
  • Too bad spectators like you are only here to downvote in disagreement, not giving any input.

    A downvote is an input to the conversation, that's the point of the downvote. Not everyone wants to write an essay or argue with someone. Also what's the point of reiterating someone's else point, that's what the upvote is for.

    You try to boost your score, everyone can see it, almost no one else do that. Have you tried not upvoting yourself?

    Was my last comment boosted? You replied within ~10mins. But you're not wrong upvoting your own comment is a reddit hangover of having your own post automatically self upvoted. I still think it's a sane default. It's not about boosting my comments for visibility and rep points. Why would I upvote the only comment on a comment chain for visibility? If I was concerned about rep points, I would be commenting and posting more.

    You almost always post/coment with an antagonistic approach. You're also so abrasive with how you communicate that it almost asks people "verbally" spar with you. I'm not just talking about this thread.

    I think, I understand that you see all of this just as a conversation. I also respect that you don't downvote other people's comment that you disagree with. But dam everytime I see you, you're almost asking anyone to argue with you.

  • We need to either rework the the upvote/downvote system or to get rid of it completely. It's not fulfilling its task anymore.
  • I don't downvote you on sight only anything I disagree with. I don't follow you but I do see you on our shared mags. I call you controversial as you're almost always taking an abrasive and antagonistic approach. Not always with what you're saying but also how you say it.

    Yes I upvote my own comment. I think that's a sane default kbin should have along with notifications on.

    Edit: You make these great thread titles but how you further express your ideas isn't great.

  • We need to either rework the the upvote/downvote system or to get rid of it completely. It's not fulfilling its task anymore.
  • Dam, every page of my mags have you on it saying something controversial. What's going on? Looks like you've still got the reddit mentality of trying be the loudest.

    Only having a report option will drown the very limited mods we do have. A lot of the communities are new and still finding their voice.

  • It’s Time to End the Tyranny of Ultra-Processed Food
  • The 2nd article goes into more details

    "Ultra-processing degrades the internal structure or “food matrix,” the complex internal structure that not only holds the corn together, but influences the bio-availability of the nutrients, how our bodies use the food and whether we feel full after eating it."
    ...
    "But the process also appears to accelerate the speed at which our digestive tracts absorb glucose and other nutrients from food, causing greater spikes in blood sugar and insulin levels, studies show."
    ...
    “"Extrusion cooking at very drastic pressures and temperatures is a kind of predigestion of your food,” said Anthony Fardet, a nutrition scientist at the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment who studies the effects of food processing on health."
    Source

    I also agree that a study of 20 adults is absurd.

  • Can you become clumsier over time?
  • I'm late 30s. I've slowed down a lot since my 20s. Reflexes aren't anywhere near as sharp, I use to have very quick hands and reflexes. As far as memory, I'm still good at remembering things that I care about but it's far from the steel trap it use to be. For stuff that's not things that I care about I have to write it down, I'm still pretty good but I forget stuff now.

  • Eggs benedict with bacon and mushrooms
  • There's a lot of extras there that wouldn't make it an eggs benedict. I think eggs florentine is basically eggs benedict with spinach but without the the bacon/ham. This is also how I would make it at home, I like that it's not swimming in hollandaise and has greens so you can pretend to be healthy. I'd be so happy to eat this for breaky!

  • The worst pebkac you've ever faced ?
  • I did a great pebkac. I got a new fridge so I used my IR heat gun to test temps. It was high, way to high. Got service guy out under warranty. I showed him the issue. Deadpanned he takes the IR heat gun out of my hands, moves it closer to the fridge and says "you're too far away. It's pickup up the air temp from outside the fridge.". Sure enough it read perfect temps when it was closer.

    Thankfully the door alarm speaker was faulty so it wasn't a completely wasted trip.