parennoob (u/parennoob)

parennoob commented on Toilet paper is only available if you scan the train station QR code twitter.com/Amy_23_Cheng/... · Posted by u/DyslexicAtheist

kuschku · 6 years ago

I don’t actually like bidets or similar solutions, as they don’t clean as thoroughly as wet wipes IMO.

Personally I just always carry wet wipes, and always use them, and always have. Can’t live without them, and can’t imagine how others can tbh.

parennoob · 6 years ago

> as they don’t clean as thoroughly as wet wipes IMO

Once you have a bidet, your regular TP is equivalent to a wet wipe.

If you're using the ones that are almost cloth-like strength, those really shouldn't be flushed down most sewage systems, even if they're marked as supposedly "flushable": https://www.today.com/series/one-small-thing/are-flushable-w...

parennoob commented on Toilet paper is only available if you scan the train station QR code twitter.com/Amy_23_Cheng/... · Posted by u/DyslexicAtheist

UncleEntity · 6 years ago

If people were required to give the full back story of every trivial absurdity they encountered "in the wild" the world would turn into a very boring place.

parennoob · 6 years ago

This isn't entirely a trivial absurdity. One of the biggest things I hear about traveling in China (and Japan) is that you're expected to carry your own toilet paper everywhere.

An analogy would be – someone from a non-tipping country complains about the fact that some restaurants in the US have a "compulsory gratuity" of 20% for larger parties. Sure, somewhat outrageous, but less so if you consider that tipping 15-20% is the norm in the US anyway.

parennoob commented on Toilet paper is only available if you scan the train station QR code twitter.com/Amy_23_Cheng/... · Posted by u/DyslexicAtheist

parennoob · 6 years ago

As an aside: Toilet paper is an ancient, inefficient, and doubtfully hygienic way of cleaning your backside in the modern world.

Start using bidets instead of this nonsense. The TP can still be used for drying purposes.

parennoob commented on We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline problem in engineering hiring blog.interviewing.io/we-r... · Posted by u/leeny

speeder · 6 years ago

I am Brazillian, mixed race, my dad family is from europe, my dad has green eyes, and I can apply for EU citizenship.

My mother family is mixed of black and native american.

Almost every single time I faced discrimination, was because I was "white", for example open hostility by 100% black people assuming that I was "white" and evil or something, or when I was informed I should not apply for affirmative action because I was too white looking, or many, many times I was called racist as soon people saw a picture of me during some argument or another.

To me it is obvious that further segregation and racism, is not the answer to segregation and racism.

parennoob · 6 years ago

I can't even pass as white, and I'm still excluded from most diversity programs because my race (South Asian) is overrepresented in tech.

However, overrepresentation in tech in Silicon Valley does not necessary translate into societal privilege, or even extend to all places in the US. Like sure, Google's CEO is Indian, but the entire upper layer of management at the company I work at (and a lot of other companies in Middle America) is 100% golf-playing white males with no way to break in. So I'm kinda SOL both in the diversity programs in Silicon Valley / more progressive tech places as well as the golf-and-whisky club at work.

Would like to hear solutions or experiences from other brown South Asians working outside Silicon Valley.

parennoob commented on Blue Apron falls 9% on fourth day as a public company techcrunch.com/2017/07/05... · Posted by u/janober

famousactress · 8 years ago

Absolutely. See: How Blockbuster Video Destroyed Netflix (sorry, having trouble digging up the link to that article)

[Edit: But FWIW, I do buy that Blue Apron is fucked.. competition just isn't the reason]

parennoob · 8 years ago

Blockbuster and Netflix did not sell perishable goods.

Now I could buy the argument that the supermarket chains just won't be able to attract the appropriate talent to deliver an experience rivaling that of Blue Apron (or Amazon, if they decided to get into this market tomorrow via Whole Foods).

parennoob commented on Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich nytimes.com/2017/06/10/op... · Posted by u/lorenzfx

korrachs · 8 years ago

I was wondering how long it would take for the attack on the solidarity of the precariat:

>The rhetoric of “We are the 99 percent” has in fact been dangerously self-serving, allowing people with healthy six-figure incomes to convince themselves that they are somehow in the same economic boat as ordinary Americans, and that it is just the so-called super rich who are to blame for inequality.

7 months after the election is actually quite long.

Here is what makes me in a $300k a year household and the $30k household on the other end of town the same:

>Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse.

The rich cannot be ruined. I can. If I was to be fired from my job it would be a minor disaster, if I was to get an incurable disease I would slide down the income scale without a break.

I would happily pay 80% taxes if I knew that when I needed it most the welfare state would have my back, but I know that it won't. The rentiers have shown time and time again they would rather destroy the economy than allow everyone to have the luxury of stability.

That is why I am a socialist and I know I'm not the only one.

parennoob · 8 years ago

> I would happily pay 80% taxes if I knew that when I needed it most the welfare state would have my back, but I know that it won't.

This crucial point of yours seems to have been missed by the author of the article. I wonder if that has something to do with them being from the UK, which has nationalized healthcare and some sort of a welfare state.

parennoob commented on Millennials are killing chains like Buffalo Wild Wings and Applebee's businessinsider.com/mille... · Posted by u/ryan_j_naughton

Arainach · 8 years ago

Millennials are simultaneously not buying houses because we spend too much eating out (http://time.com/money/4778942/avocados-millennials-home-buyi...) and killing off chains by not eating out enough. At some point businesses need to stop blaming everything on the "millennials" bogeyman and accept responsibility for not adapting to modern trends.

Fundamentally, I can get a far better meal by any metric - price, quality of food, flavor, often more than one of the above - pretty much anywhere other than casual dining chains like Applebees/Buffalo Wild Wings. If I'm going to dedicate the time and money to sitting down and going out, I'd like something better than two microwaved steaks and a platter of mozzarella sticks for $25.

parennoob · 8 years ago

Also these places aren't good at the things they (sometimes) claim to specialize in. The wings at Buffalo Wild Wings are not better than the wings at a random bar.

Maybe millenials care about these things because we want value for our money and don't want to spend it solely on the basis of Super Bowl advertisements?