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You've convinced me to try it a bit longer. It's really well animated, and I'm attached to the characters, so I'll try to be content with the fact that it's not going to get political.

I didn't realize it was shounen. I used to really enjoy the genre, but I think it's because I've seen and read so many things now that none of them are introducing me to new concepts anymore. I can still recognize a given entry as good by having cool characters or nice animation or whatever, but I can't stay interested very long because it's like I've seen it before. Like, I think the MCU is fine, but largely uninteresting. (I got really hyped about Killmonger though!)

Your counterexample is possibly the last Japanese thing I really enjoyed because it had these conflicting ideologies and delved into issues like human rights and international relations.

It just seems like a lot of people don't realize that, based on how they phrase their concerns. I wanted to put the idea out for consideration without calling out anyone specifically as I feel that's needlessly hostile. I think the less direct approach allows people to decide for themselves whether I'm talking about them, without feeling they need to respond to an accusation.

I use a liquid because I wash exclusively at 30C, and it's my understanding that powders don't diffuse into the water well at such low temperatures. Can you elaborate on the cleaning efficiency and microplastics? Mine comes in a cardboard carton the way milk does, so I wonder whether it would carry the same issue. (I don't think it would be legal to tell us to sort it as paper if it has a secret plastic lining.)

I do use powder for my dishes though, so I can share a tip. Get a large plastic or metal box with a decent lid so you can pour the powder in and keep it nice and dry so it doesn't clump. It makes it very comfortable to be able to scoop from such a large surface area rather than using the spout on the box.

I feel like everyone who's against image/text generation on the grounds of artists' financial wellbeing is actually against capitalism rather than AI.

I don't think that's the case, but trees in general are sadly not common in American landscaping, at least in my experience with urban areas. You tend to see newer (90's+) homes with very small trees that suggest the idea of nature without providing any shade or other benefits. I keep hearing about people buying older houses with big lovely trees and having them immediately cut down because it's disturbing the driveway or they're afraid of it falling in a storm. I think insurance costs may have something to do with these concerns, but it's really sad regardless.

In California they're constantly giving out these little saplings that will grow into very functional and deep-rooted shade trees, but no one wants them because they aren't pretty and drop needles.

that's probably in areas where such a yard is the only safe space for wildlife and people don't live with nature as a daily part of their lives.

I think this is the case. In urban areas you get the rats and such nesting directly in people's homes because there's nowhere else for them to be, thanks to the absolute miles of pavement. When I've lived in more rural areas you would see a lot of animals all the time, but everyone was pretty much minding their own business. I think habitat destruction is the real problem.

Too much glucose is a great way to get diabetes.

Littering your yard with food attracts things like rats, raccoons, squirrels, etc, which destroy property and infrastructure, spread disease, and cause injury to people and pets. I'm not saying I'm against fruit trees, but I do understand people who are. It's a legitimate concern. Some areas even have things like boars or bears which are extremely dangerous.

I'm also curious with the way you can sue people in the US what would happen if someone becomes sick after eating one of your fruits. I imagine it varies by state.

In what way is Steam a monopoly?

Seeing Proton on the list so many times got me thinking. We let Google take over all of our services, and then they got worse and worse. Is there some system in place to stop Proton enshittifying once they've taken over the internet? Especially in light of the CEO apparently being an asswad.

I've often thought that maybe time is like color or weight. Electromagnetic radiation exists, but color only exists as an idea in our heads, how we're perceiving and interpreting what does actually exist. Our weight is variable based on our mass and gravitational effects in our environment, rather than being an actual property that describes us. Is what you're saying about time potentially being an emergent property of entropy the same deal? Are color and weight emergent? (I'm asking both about the actual wording and also how analogous the ideas are.)