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  • abysmalpoptart@lemmy.worldtoGreentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon dates a 19 y/o
    28·
    10 hours ago

    Just for a little context, the minimum age being ((your age / 2)+7) is meant to be “this is the minimum age of someone you can date without it being creepy” (i believe it originated from the TV show how i met your mother)

    If you were born in 1994 you are either 30 or 31. Let’s call it 30 for easy math.

    30/2 = 15 15+7=22

    So anyone who is 22 or older fits the minimum age concept, which is anyone born in approx 2002/2003 or earlier. If you decided to include that, the extra 4-5 years does increase the dating pool quite a bit.

    I’m not telling you who to date, just giving a little context to the math since that’s what was brought up in the original comment.

    Edit: Lots of folks chiming in with some really good insight about the history of the math. Thank you all for that!

    Although the historical accounts seem to be math for the “ideal age” in a (probably female) partner and not “minimum age before it’s creepy” as it was presented in HIMYM, it’s really interesting to see how that equation has been used for over 100 years!

  • abysmalpoptart@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Micro-retirementEnglish
    19·
    2 months ago

    I think it’s probably a typo caused by AI and a lack of editing. As i understood it, a micro retirement is taking between several months and a year long sabbatical after 1-2 years of working, which is a bit more interesting than 1-2 weeks. So basically, it’s working 1 year and taking a break from work for 1 year (whatever that entails, personal project, travel, possibly doing nothing at all).

  • abysmalpoptart@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you like the taste of vinegar? Does anyone?
    61·
    6 months ago

    Something not a lot of people are talking about is why the different vinegars are so different.

    Vinegar has similar properties to alcohol. My understanding is that they’re made similarly. For example, white vinegar is basically like grain alcohol. It’s… Unpleasant.

    Balsamic though? Similar to wine. Pretty great, and so many variations

    Malt vinegar? Beer. Pretty tasty.

    Same deal with apple cider and rice vinegars

    But yeah, plain white vinegar is not great

  • abysmalpoptart@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*
    101·
    9 months ago

    In my opinion, outside of some specific songs, strumming pattern will end up being your personal touch. You’ll strum in a certain way, and as long as the chord progression is right, it’ll sound correct. More attention will be paid when you’re playing individual notes. The rest is really up to you, and that’s probably going to seem frustrating at first, but it’s really liberating once you’ve been playing for a while.

    My personal recommendation is to learn stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin in its entirety. There are a lot of unusual chords, barre chords, techniques, etc in that one song. Additionally, you’ll need to either practice hybrid picking or finger picking. When you finally learn it completely, almost any other song will seem easy to learn. I learned it in my first few months playing guitar (20 years ago) and I’m so happy that i did, i still find it pretty easy to pick up most other songs, but also find myself playing it from time to time.