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New comment by bear141 in "Modern decor may be straining people's brains"

bear141 — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:18:10 +0000

They make it hard to find what you want on purpose in hopes you will be distracted and buy other crap along the way. I think it must work on most consumers.

I have the same reaction to it as you.

New comment by bear141 in "Modern Decor May Be Straining People's Brains"

bear141 — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:16:13 +0000

I see where you are coming from and I think this is an interesting observation. Especially when talking about companies and people moving apartments every year.

I grew up in a house full of the clutter that you describe as comforting, but for me it felt smothering. I recently inherited the house I grew up in and now have it set up much less cluttered. I don’t plan to live anywhere else anytime soon, but for me the lack of clutter and clear spaces are much more comforting.

I am definitely not a fan of crazy colors or patterns or bad lighting either though.

New comment by bear141 in "Map of Metal"

bear141 — Thu, 21 May 2026 03:34:58 +0000

Definitely. Stooges were more proto-punk but their influence on metal and everything else is undeniable. Like the others, Iggy is a god as well.

New comment by bear141 in "Map of Metal"

bear141 — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:38:40 +0000

Punk is for politics and Metal is for Partying.

New comment by bear141 in "Map of Metal"

bear141 — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:37:02 +0000

If there’s no bug infested dreadlocks then it ain’t sludge!

Except Dixie Dave. Eyes crossed from Jim beam and cough syrup works too.

New comment by bear141 in "Map of Metal"

bear141 — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:25:23 +0000

Doom, stoner doom, stoner sludge.

Bands like Sleep, OM, Electric Wizard, Weedeater, Dopesmoker, Satans Satyrs, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Salems Pot, Acid Witch… there’s so so many.

Also heavier bands that are more stoner/psych than metal like All Them Witches, Mars Red Sky, Dead Meadow, Aunt Cynthia’s Cabin, all rip too.

New comment by bear141 in "Map of Metal"

bear141 — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:17:00 +0000

That’s interesting. Somehow my brain never really put that together. He was obviously ripping heavy blues and innovated more than anyone before and arguably since. Thanks for adding him into my mental Metal flow chart.

For me I would always say that somewhere between 68-71 metal was being cooked up by Black Sabbath in Birmingham, Motörhead in London, Pentagram in Virginia, and Blue Cheer in San Francisco. Obviously Hendrix’s influence would be most obvious with the latter.

New comment by bear141 in "Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer"

bear141 — Sun, 10 May 2026 17:25:49 +0000

I am completely against the outrage and drama cycle of all media. But as a matter of fact, this is clearly what drives views in today’s world so it’s nice when someone consistently getting millions of views at least chooses to support something good once in a while.

I much prefer channels that don’t use this way of gaining views, but they, because of that, don’t gain nearly as many views.

I have no skin in this game, but it’s pretty clear what the majority of viewers want.

New comment by bear141 in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

bear141 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 03:38:34 +0000

I don’t think I’ve read a Reddit thread in the last few years that didn’t devolve into politics on the highest upvoted comments fairly quickly.

New comment by bear141 in "Treasure hunter freed from jail after refusing to turn over shipwreck gold"

bear141 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:32:35 +0000

The “system” is comprised of normal people. These normal people are vastly more concerned about furthering their own career,ie “Winning”. No one should trust this system to ever find any real justice. It is a joke.

New comment by bear141 in "Willingness to look stupid"

bear141 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:14:18 +0000

Reading this makes me think of the effect of doing something you do all the time, and are pretty great at, but when someone is watching you, you inevitably make a stupid mistake.

It also makes me think of certain people that attain the level of fame where everything they do is praised, whether it is objectively good or not.

New comment by bear141 in "All it takes is for one to work out"

bear141 — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:14:13 +0000

The defeatist attitude in the reply’s to this comment are unreal. Try hard or don’t. It’s up to you. At least with the one way you might have a chance.

New comment by bear141 in "All it takes is for one to work out"

bear141 — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:12:13 +0000

What is the other way of going about things? Assuming you will fail and never trying?

New comment by bear141 in "All it takes is for one to work out"

bear141 — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:55:57 +0000

You can choose to think that op meant only the most insanely rich billionaires. I thought they meant their actual experiences with peers. Cut out the outliers and be realistic and I think it’s easier to understand the point without the extremism. The range of what people consider success is quite large.

New comment by bear141 in "250MWh 'Sand Battery' to start construction in Finland"

bear141 — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:59:05 +0000

Do they actually pay less in taxes because of this? I’m not arguing. That is great and I would appreciate if you could provide a source for me to read.

New comment by bear141 in "Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through Sherlock Holmes"

bear141 — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:23:52 +0000

Do you mean therapy is designed to teach outcasts how to fit better into the machine? I would agree with that, and while I hate that it is partly true and reject anything like this for myself in general, individual happiness sometimes correlates with greasing your wheels to be a better subject.

New comment by bear141 in "Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through Sherlock Holmes"

bear141 — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:19:34 +0000

Oh I was oversimplifying for sure and like most things in life it is very dependent on who you are and what type of therapist you have(lcsw,psychiatrist,psychologist,practicing RN, etc), also just the views and opinions of the people involved will vary greatly on the outcome.

I’ve had plenty of bad experiences which exacerbated my hopelessness but overall I feel I’ve found help when I most needed it.

I think the introductory things in almost any form of therapy will help people, after that it gets much more complicated and it’s up to the individual to find something that fits or decide it’s not for them.

New comment by bear141 in "Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through Sherlock Holmes"

bear141 — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:15:04 +0000

You are definitely right about the financial barriers. I’ve struggled to find one every time I have switched or lost a certain insurance coverage too so there is a shortage even if you can afford them.

I’m inclined to think chatGPT would probably be good enough for therapy basics and could help people that have never encountered them, but would probably become much worse after needing any specialized help. Online platforms like BetterHelp are complete trash and just make the therapist and the person feel hopeless.

New comment by bear141 in "Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through Sherlock Holmes"

bear141 — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:25:43 +0000

I used to think that therapists were ridiculous. But after having one for six or seven years now, I realize that it’s literally just someone you pay to help you be the happiest and best version of yourself. Maybe everyone doesn’t need that, but I don’t think anyone is inherently always the best version of themselves. What’s the point of not trying to be a little better?

New comment by bear141 in "Heretic: Automatic censorship removal for language models"

bear141 — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:03:50 +0000

How exactly do you think these insane people are able to spend that much time and also have enough of an audience to sway anything?