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@Corfiot @cassidyclown @alyx which is probably why the stuff that stuck with me in school is the stuff i was actually interested in and looked into more on my own time, or weird little things that popped up along the way that were the direct result of me asking questions or doing something weird on an assignment.

the only reason i know any specifics about wars or just a lot of history stuff in general is because of sabaton lmao. i now know all about the swiss guard and the sack of rome because of this one song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaTn3oRPtzg

@Corfiot @cassidyclown @alyx i am one of those fucking weird people that just have a lot of random knowledge about weird shit. like, now i know how toothpaste made for sensitive teeth works xD or i know the numbers of all of my teeth because it's the easiest way to tell the dentist what tooth you're having problems with.

tbh the only way i know anything at all is just weird situations that arise and i either have to learn about something to overcome an issue or i just get curious and go on a knowledge adventure xD

@ROYALTY yeah this is your player character eating the finger, not a hypothetical situation in real life where you'd have to eat your own finger :) all that happens is you have a penalty of negative 1 while using that hand. that means if you wield a greatsword and have a +10 modifier on your attack roll, if you eat a finger it'll just go down to a +9, doesn't really matter what finger it is.

@alyx @Corfiot @cassidyclown one mile is 5280 feet, and the only reason why i know that off the top of my head is because i've had to look it up so many god damn times xD if i asked any of my friends i don't think they would know the answer.

i definitely agree, that's what i like about the metric system, it's all in factors of ten so it makes it super easy.

the reason i've looked up how many feet are in a mile so many times i can't remember, but it's probably because of d&d and trying to figure out the distance of things in regards to rules for spells, travel, etcetera so i can hone in on making things work correctly for the rest of the world to make it seem more realistic (d&d is almost solely measured in feet otherwise i'd be doing something else). i feel like most people probably don't need to know how many feet are in a mile, and if they do need to know, then they can easily find out or they'll already know because they work in a field where that knowledge is common.

i feel like for the most part though, people won't need it, because if you're measuring something in miles or kilometers it's a long distance and it's going to be pretty ballpark-y either way. if you're measuring, like, a race track in kilometers you wouldn't really need to know how many meters it is, and likewise for miles. a 3.3 mile race track is just that, we don't really need to know how many feet or yards it is.

a yard is roughly the size of a meter btw, just a tiny bit shorter, just in case you didn't know! it can help me visualize how long a meter is when i just think of it being about 3 feet.

for those of you that play #dnd or just #ttrpg in general i've got a question.

if you had a +10 on your attack roll and found out that you could eat one of your fingers in order to learn a language you see or hear, would you trade a -1 to that attack roll in order to learn a language that nobody else in the party knows that could provide useful for the current setting?

if people used decimeters for measuring height or distance or really anything maybe i'd be happier with metric system, but they don't. what's the point of having something if you don't really use it? for what it's worth i still like it more overall but imperial definitely does have its benefits.

>My precise measurement would be 6 feet, 3 and a half inches. Which sucks to say or type.

6'3.5" easy.
"six foot three point five" or "six foot three and a half" for speaking. it's not that bad. it's even easier if you just say a whole number, because you can simple it more to "six four" and people will know that you are six feet and four inches tall. even if you're just saying the number of your height in centimeters that's still taking one word off and sometimes syllables.

last time i had my height officially measured i was 5'9 3/4" but i always just say i'm 5'10" because it's close enough anyway and the effect of gravity on your height could be that big of a difference anyway (it can be as much as an inch difference). it is much easier for me to just ballpark saying i'm 5'10" ("five ten") than saying i'm 177cm ("one seven seven" or god forbid "one hundred seventy seven").

if we could use meters and decimeters in the same way, perhaps i could say i am 1 meter and 8 decimeters, which could be written as 1'8" although, then it would be unsuitably less precise for measuring height imo. feet/inches is a pretty good sweet spot of convenience and accuracy.

i believe the clothing world tends to use inches as well. why, i'm not sure, but that's standard there for measurements. maybe it has something to do with the fact that it ISN'T as precise as centimeters, so there can be a little bit of wiggle room if things weren't measured perfectly or if someone bends the wrong way, etcetera.

it seems like most of the world uses a mix of both depending on the application and that's just dandy with me.

@alyx i'm not a cook either but i've heard from some cook friends that it's better, although they never told me why. it seems to be the general consensus though. my guess is that it would probably be something related to portion sizes of ingredients.

@Corfiot the only time i want to get a root canal is if i'm in like, unbearable pain and just need to move on with my life. if i get a horrible tinge every time one tooth hits something cold, it's something i can manage.

thankfully, they won't ever do something to you that you don't agree to. i like to take my time on these things because i've had pretty hellish experiences before just trusting whatever doctors say.

@alyx @cassidyclown i did always dislike how there's not really anything in between cm and meters. it's either a measurement smaller than an inch or one 3x a foot. sure there is decimeter but nobody fucking uses it.

for measuring height, even though it isn't as precise, i still think feet+inches is better than just centimeters.

when you get into longer distances or very precise measurements though, it's probably better to use metric. we already do the latter, because there isn't an imperial unit smaller than an inch. bullets, cables, things like that are measured in mm.

@picandor dory pog

my dentist was recommending a root canal for a tooth i recently had a relatively large filling in because i was having some pain due to sensitivity.

i was pretty wary about it, i didn't think the pain was bad enough to warrant a root canal even though it's been ongoing for a couple months now... something just felt a little bit off with that recommendation, especially because it has happened before and went away eventually.

then today, something just popped into my head. i've been using a different kind of toothpaste: prescribed high fluoride toothpaste to strengthen my teeth, for a while now.

paying more attention, i realized that ALL of my teeth were sensitive, not just the one that had the filling (although that was the most sensitive so it was taking center stage).

the toothpaste i was using beforehand was specifically meant for sensitive teeth, because my teeth have always been pretty sensitive. i just didn't realize that because i've used that toothpaste for years.

apparently the prescribed toothpaste also has an ingredient in it that some people are allergic to (namely people with autoimmune disorders, hello there!) and makes their teeth even more sensitive, so while it is strengthening them it is also causing some pain.

fuckin' crazy, man. i've never been a fan of how many "professionals" immediately jump to the most destructive thing possible. they want results and they want them fast, not to actually get the patient what they need on an individual level.

all of the students at the dentist school i visit to get work done are always pretty good at recommending things that aren't going to be particularly damaging. it's just the dude with the medical degree who has been in the field for 30+ years saying it should happen and since the students are under them, they're inclined to agree.

anyway, i have another appointment on wednesday so i'm going to bring it up and see what they say. if anything, the prescription toothpaste is definitely not meant to be used for sensitive teeth, so i'll be curious to see if they have any idea if there's one that is actually meant for that.

@LukeAlmighty isn't 25 just the age where it becomes a lot harder to learn new things/take in new info?

with all the twitter shit going on, tumblr could explode in popularity again if they changed up a couple things and did a little bit of marketing

@fluffy hey

@fluffy if I were a girl maybe, but as a guy I know that 90% of the time I'd be standing there awkwardly rubbing my cock