They even have the same fix - just post somewhere quietly that it’s “entertainment”

To anyone trying - if you plan to use a daycare, get on their enrollment wait lists now. Those things are multiple years long! (In the US, at least)

“Don’t feed the trolls” can be good advice; I recently (one or two comments back!) made such a suggestion myself.

But it seems like there are times when we have to engage. Trollish behavior is behind phenomenons like fake news, incel culture, etc. - clearly those need addressed wherever they come up. The correct response seems to be situational.

No, this is giving up and letting them have their way with the system until they’re done. Which they’ll never be - they don’t age out because they keep bringing in new good ol’ boys.

They need to be replaced. One by one, step by step, the same way they got in.

Given that it’s the same brain interpreting information from two different eyeballs, I’d suspect this is down to minute differences either between them (such as adjusting for darkness while testing as Kratzkopf suggested), or in their relative position.

It’s interesting, but I don’t think it really gets at the question of differing perceptions between people.

As someone with hair loss: it also protects surprisingly well from bumps and scrapes, as well as being warmer than you’d think!

Isn’t The Amazing Race (reality show) inspired by Around the World in 80 Days?

I feel like both are a little bit niche here - most people interested in science fiction will have heard of them, and people into literature in general; but I’m not sure beyond that.

That does suggest a slightly different tactic might be in order:

No upvotes. No downvotes. No attention at all.

It is trolling at this point. Don’t feed it.

Yeah, I like it a lot better with an outside ruleset

Look, I got no beef with someone who can’t spell “emotional intelligence”. My problem is with people who refuse to learn it

Oh, that’s clever!

Decades of cheaply made food that doesn’t trigger your body’s “full” response

Happy to recommend! Been looking forward to it since I grabbed it on the winter sale; had to finish a Factorio run first :p

The one that’s choking the world economy because total output went down 20%

What is it that keeps the underground pockets of helium in place, anyway? Just craptons of stone?

Honestly? Oil usage. Everyone knows it’s bad, and the only people really in a position to do anything about have a vested interest in leaving things as is.

This sounds exactly like Asbestos.

I’ve just started The Necromancer’s Tale, which lets you explore a minor noble’s fall from grace into (I think) lichdom. Just came out last summer. The art style is what you might expect from a small, ambitious studio; the writing so far is rather good.

…are there statistics on that?

Right, you used their name to discredit their argument. It was an excellent, succinct, pure example of an ad hominem attack.

An excellent ad hominem!