I think the words normal and abnormal have unavoidable connotations of good and bad. Common and rare are better.
It bothers me that people with dwarfism on television (and maybe universally, I don't know), say "average height" when referring to people who are a normal height. Try and exchange negative connotations with positive ones if you want but don't try to do it the other way around. It comes off as insecure and stupid. Not to mention inaccurate. Six feet is a normal height but not an average one.
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You know what I found out last night? Apparently each jalapeño varies in terms of its heat: even jalapeños from the same vine can vary by a significant factor.
I wonder if anyone's ever tries to kill someone by tying them up near some water and then dropping a huge chunk of Ceasium into the water.
that would be a terrible idea.
I just pictured a Batman villain doing it.
Like a disgruntled science teacher, trying to show the world that science can do awesome stuff like explosions.
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i bought some refined chemical grade capsaicin at one point
and it was like, it had kind of a shitty industrial flavor and was suspended in a really viscous oil, but was wicked hot. like a drop or two would spice up a cauldron of soup pretty well
so i thought i'd buy a little portable spritzer/ atomizer and emulsify it with some water and use it on food
so the first time i try it, i spray a few squirts and the oils atomize and basically bounce off the food and make this choking miasma filling the room around me
blinded, tears running down my face, gagging
yep, i maced myself
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if you said burritos you'd be a bit closer
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I don't know what PantsB is trying to say in the sexuality thread, and I think it is because I keep getting distracted by the image meme
tl;dr version (wall of text because I'm getting annoyed at work and needed a reset)
The study of sexuality is an extremely subjective field, and there's a lot of confirmation bias because it is so subjective, those people who conduct the surveys are largely not dispassionate observers and there's a natural tendency towards Normal=good so to show that non-hetero/unusual sexuality doesn't deserve stigma I will show that its normal.
Except that your point that those studying sexuality are pushing the idea that "everyone is bi" is a crock of shit. The field has had huge issues with going to the other way, to the point of bisexual erasure.
I think the words normal and abnormal have unavoidable connotations of good and bad. Common and rare are better.
It bothers me that people with dwarfism on television (and maybe universally, I don't know), say "average height" when referring to people who are a normal height. Try and exchange negative connotations with positive ones if you want but don't try to do it the other way around. It comes off as insecure and stupid. Not to mention inaccurate. Six feet is a normal height but not an average one.
I don't really see a difference between the usage of average and normal in this situation.
You know what I found out last night? Apparently each jalapeño varies in terms of its heat: even jalapeños from the same vine can vary by a significant factor.
i bought some refined chemical grade capsaicin at one point
and it was like, it had kind of a shitty industrial flavor and was suspended in a really viscous oil, but was wicked hot. like a drop or two would spice up a cauldron of soup pretty well
so i thought i'd buy a little portable spritzer/ atomizer and emulsify it with some water and use it on food
so the first time i try it, i spray a few squirts and the oils atomize and basically bounce off the food and make this choking miasma filling the room around me
blinded, tears running down my face, gagging
yep, i maced myself
hahahahahahahahahahahahhaah!
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You know what I found out last night? Apparently each jalapeño varies in terms of its heat: even jalapeños from the same vine can vary by a significant factor.
This goes for any pepper. Really it goes for the flavor of any fruit or vegetable.
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i bought some refined chemical grade capsaicin at one point
and it was like, it had kind of a shitty industrial flavor and was suspended in a really viscous oil, but was wicked hot. like a drop or two would spice up a cauldron of soup pretty well
so i thought i'd buy a little portable spritzer/ atomizer and emulsify it with some water and use it on food
so the first time i try it, i spray a few squirts and the oils atomize and basically bounce off the food and make this choking miasma filling the room around me
blinded, tears running down my face, gagging
yep, i maced myself
Hahaha
I mean, uh, that sounds like it was an unpleasant experience.
i bought some refined chemical grade capsaicin at one point
and it was like, it had kind of a shitty industrial flavor and was suspended in a really viscous oil, but was wicked hot. like a drop or two would spice up a cauldron of soup pretty well
so i thought i'd buy a little portable spritzer/ atomizer and emulsify it with some water and use it on food
so the first time i try it, i spray a few squirts and the oils atomize and basically bounce off the food and make this choking miasma filling the room around me
I think the words normal and abnormal have unavoidable connotations of good and bad. Common and rare are better.
Or beneficial vs. harmful.
wait what?
Damn straight people.
i have no idea what feral is trying to say unless it's just glibly asserting that things should never be assessed as to how common they are and only assessed as to whether or not they are harmful
i don't think he's saying this, though, because feral is a smart dude and this would be a silly thing to assert
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I think the words normal and abnormal have unavoidable connotations of good and bad. Common and rare are better.
It bothers me that people with dwarfism on television (and maybe universally, I don't know), say "average height" when referring to people who are a normal height. Try and exchange negative connotations with positive ones if you want but don't try to do it the other way around. It comes off as insecure and stupid. Not to mention inaccurate. Six feet is a normal height but not an average one.
I typically refer to my height as average (5 8). Attaching normal to a height seems way more offensive to me than average.
You know what I found out last night? Apparently each jalapeño varies in terms of its heat: even jalapeños from the same vine can vary by a significant factor.
This goes for any pepper. Really it goes for the flavor of any fruit or vegetable.
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Or am I a crazy person?
Goddamnit, Jeep! You have to destroy THAT beacon first!
IT WILL DRIVE THE QULAAR CRAZY!
Not only do I leave his beacon for last, I then rush the console to launch Ironclad before he can tell me to. Then I watch the cutscene and as it exits he tells me to launch it.
I think the words normal and abnormal have unavoidable connotations of good and bad. Common and rare are better.
It bothers me that people with dwarfism on television (and maybe universally, I don't know), say "average height" when referring to people who are a normal height. Try and exchange negative connotations with positive ones if you want but don't try to do it the other way around. It comes off as insecure and stupid. Not to mention inaccurate. Six feet is a normal height but not an average one.
I typically refer to my height as average (5 8). Attaching normal to a height seems way more offensive to me than average.
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It bothers me that people with dwarfism on television (and maybe universally, I don't know), say "average height" when referring to people who are a normal height. Try and exchange negative connotations with positive ones if you want but don't try to do it the other way around. It comes off as insecure and stupid. Not to mention inaccurate. Six feet is a normal height but not an average one.
that would be a terrible idea.
Ah yes. the American form of Talibans.
I just pictured a Batman villain doing it.
Like a disgruntled science teacher, trying to show the world that science can do awesome stuff like explosions.
and it was like, it had kind of a shitty industrial flavor and was suspended in a really viscous oil, but was wicked hot. like a drop or two would spice up a cauldron of soup pretty well
so i thought i'd buy a little portable spritzer/ atomizer and emulsify it with some water and use it on food
so the first time i try it, i spray a few squirts and the oils atomize and basically bounce off the food and make this choking miasma filling the room around me
blinded, tears running down my face, gagging
yep, i maced myself
Except that your point that those studying sexuality are pushing the idea that "everyone is bi" is a crock of shit. The field has had huge issues with going to the other way, to the point of bisexual erasure.
what what?
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I don't really see a difference between the usage of average and normal in this situation.
That kinda makes sense though doesn't it?
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I mean, uh, that sounds like it was an unpleasant experience.
oh god will i am laughing so hard at this
i have no idea what feral is trying to say unless it's just glibly asserting that things should never be assessed as to how common they are and only assessed as to whether or not they are harmful
i don't think he's saying this, though, because feral is a smart dude and this would be a silly thing to assert
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I typically refer to my height as average (5 8). Attaching normal to a height seems way more offensive to me than average.
EDIT: I may have missed the point there.
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Really it goes for anything that grows.
isn't that suspended in some sort of horrible organic solvent?
Not only do I leave his beacon for last, I then rush the console to launch Ironclad before he can tell me to. Then I watch the cutscene and as it exits he tells me to launch it.
It's the simple pleasures in life.
"average" only works as a quantitative concept
there's not really, say, an "average" gender
there are two "common" genders though
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:edit: You too nexus, this is why we can't have nice things.
Is it all the pornography and lotion near the kitchen?
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