PeriodicallyPedantic

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PeriodicallyPedantic , to Programmer Humor in Derisking a project 1 year out

That's not agile.

It's not bad, it's just not agile. Agile exists for projects where that simply isn't possible. Its sacrificing a bit of potential best-case productivity to ensure you don't get worst-case productivity.

PeriodicallyPedantic , to Programmer Humor in Derisking a project 1 year out

The problem is that people realized that they could sell agile training to middle management if they changed it to be about making middle managers feel empowered and giving progress visibility to upper management.

PeriodicallyPedantic OP , to Showerthoughts in It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response

But in those cases, isn't fear supposed to be balanced by some reward? Competing instincts/motivations?

PeriodicallyPedantic OP , to Showerthoughts in It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response

But specifically fear instincts seems strange. It makes sense to us because we're us, but look at it more clinically: we seek out to stimulate the instinct that keeps us safe. That means that it'd doing the exact opposite of its purpose. If we seek to stimulate our fear, that means we seek to put ourselves in situations where fear is a reasonable response, which is exactly what fear was evolved to prevent.
How did this behavior develop, and how did we survive once it did?

PeriodicallyPedantic OP , to Showerthoughts in It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response

That's still a pretty messed up pass time if you're not anthropomorphizing. It's a crazy way to have evolved.

PeriodicallyPedantic OP , to Showerthoughts in It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response

I like that "safe space" theory, that seems very plausible.

It's still a bit messed up though, because that part of our brain can't distinguish between play fear and real fear, so we get "rewarded" for both which seems like a very risky move, evolutionary.

I can imagine the aliens being like

How did they survive to become the apex species?

Although with all the brinkmanship and poor threat analysis we've exhibiting now on a global scale, perhaps we won't survive as the apex species for long, so 🤷

PeriodicallyPedantic OP , to Showerthoughts in It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response

HOW DARE YOU 😉

PeriodicallyPedantic OP , to Showerthoughts in It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response

I imagine that'd be just as fucked up to aliens:

Their brain injects feelgood drugs to reward them for being scared??? and they got addicted?!?!

PeriodicallyPedantic OP , to Showerthoughts in It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response

Im gonna edit my post because everyone is too hung up on extreme sports.
Horror movies also fall under the same category of thing. It's not about the risk, it's about triggering fear response. I just picked extreme sports because I couldn't fit the whole premise in the title

PeriodicallyPedantic OP , to Showerthoughts in It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response

Maybe I'll edit my post because you're not the first person who misunderstood. I'm specifically talking about thrill seeking, not extreme sports specifically. I couldn't fit the whole premise in the title so I just picked an example 😭

PeriodicallyPedantic OP , to Showerthoughts in It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response

Extreme sports was more supposed to be an example. Horror movies are the same.

People go out of their way to feel scared, what would aliens think of that?

PeriodicallyPedantic , to memes in The cycle of pants continues

Name one time lubricant didn't improve a situation 😌

PeriodicallyPedantic , to memes in The cycle of pants continues

No way, this stuff is just chef kiss, no notes.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/81310255-fb60-4cfe-9986-d146404a0594.webp

PeriodicallyPedantic , to memes in The cycle of pants continues

Baggy legs, fitted (but not tight) around the hips and ass. Perfect for all genders 😌

PeriodicallyPedantic , to memes in The cycle of pants continues

Same dude.

I splurged on some "nice" sweat pants, and that's pretty much all I wear for fall/winter/spring, when I have to leave the house. Cargo shorts for summer.

It used to be PJs all day every day, but those nice sweats were a game changer.

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