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Lol same vibe. Like wiggling eyebrows everywhere. “…is this… problematic…??”

Nah that’s in-group jargon. In social justice circles “performative” implies superficial behavior without proper motives. For example, Nike changing their logo to a rainbow variant during pride month to sell more shoes would be “performative support” of queer culture.

In this context, I would guess it’s tongue-in-cheek, self-aware humor, since such a broad stroke would be pretty obviously unfair to many gender-nonconformist folks (as if their preferred aesthetic is all just a ruse to get laid). It’s more likely they’re celebrating the trend of non-binary aesthetics, just doing it in a humorous way.

FWIW this is a common post-regime debate. Visit Berlin to see a number of creative solutions.

Oh gosh, that’s a big one! Oh. Oh no.

Pew! Pew!

Haha, I see where you’re coming from. It’s a fairly old and ongoing debate: the importance of classical humanities in the curricula of primary and secondary education. To illustrate, at one point children were not only taught literature from the Greco-Roman period, but also the languages they were written in.

In fact, that’s one of the key reasons for all the institutional Greek and Latin usage you see in higher ed. That was the tradition. These were languages only the educated knew. The effects of that on society were mixed, in my opinion. Fast-forwarding to today, the recent trend has been to prioritize knowledge more relevant to the modern era, including STEM subjects and practical trade-related skills.

That’s the reason for the lingering notion, among older generations especially, that classical works are foundational knowledge, a common intellectual inheritance that everyone should know. While I’m more used to thinking this way, and can probably make some convincing arguments for it, I recognize that in many ways and for many individuals, it fails the test of relevance. So maybe it really is for the best that it’s only taught in the optional extension of higher ed.

Yes, zero expectation from me to read that book, but if you ever become curious, mythologies are often short, fun, and memorable stories to read. And once familiar with them, you’ll see references to them basically everywhere, including the names of blockbuster films and spaceships, like the Apollo.

Thank you so much for this! I’ve already made a few playlists based on the user rankings and reviews.

The OP caught my attention because a big concern of mine with the genre was the association of some of it with WS, so the wiki not mentioning it at all freaked me out a little.

To explain a bit, most of my family members are Norwegian-Americans, and while none of them have WS leanings that I know of, they’re still mostly living around other Scandis. I’ve noticed a lot of hate groups have sprung up in those places, and a lot of metal bands are either Scandinavian or reference norse mythology. I just have some phobia to any potential WS shit, since they have more than once caught me unaware. I was finally convinced to give metal a chance by an Indian-American coworker and an African-American partner, both huge metal heads, who insisted that was not what the music was about.

Thank you again for the resource. Some of these reviews are hugely informative of context and influences.

You’re good. I upvoted. People downvoting are leery of anti-intellectualism (and not without good reason).

But I don’t see that in your comment. You simply didn’t know something, and you didn’t get mad when corrected. You acknowledged you just didn’t know yet.

In addition, your guess that the majority who recognize the name associate it with something from pop culture rather than classical mythology is likely accurate. Those who were taught this in school, or who had the resources at hand to teach themselves — public libraries, internet access, free time, etc — often forget that in most of the world knowledge remains a privilege, whereas the right to pay for entertainment is nearly always guaranteed.

If you’d like to read some of these stories, along with commentary about them, I would recommend A Guide to Mythology by Helen Clark, which is public domain and thus free. You can listen to it for free as well.

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Tbf, if you’ve ever watched a turtle attempt to right itself, you might forgive it the time needed to psyche itself up for the task.

The first rule seems likely to work. The second guarantees no property will ever be renovated.

That’s great. And glad youre pressing landlord. They’re very likely obligated to cover expenses related to this, but I understand landlords are shitheads and a PITA.

Just to be clear, re: MW+kettle example, typical GFCI won’t prevent that overload. Circuit breaker should trip. There is a similar component that does both (AFCI) but it’s more expensive and shouldn’t be needed if your breaker is functioning correctly. Adding GFCI is usually inexpensive enough to justify but is only meant to protect against faults, not overloads.

Damn that’s convenient!

Yes, the simplest adapter style is a chunky wall wart, usually cheapest. Otherwise inline modules are common. For either, you just plug them in between the plug and its outlet and press the “reset” button. 15-amp 125v example from a common US supermarket ($14).

And if by extender you mean the multi-outlet strip extenders: yes, the adapter+extender would isolate the fault to just that strip. If ground fault occurs, everything on that strip turns off. You can also find power strips with built-in GFCI.

The only additional consideration re: which GFCI adapters you will need are

1. Voltage and amperage rating: you can just copy the rating of the outlet’s breaker

…or, if it’s just handling one appliance, take a picture of the power specification, usually a sticker on the back of the appliance, which should give you minimum amperage rating of GFCI

2. Socket type: if you’re in the US, likely all type B or maybe one or two type I (large 220V appliances) from this chart:

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