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Re:Sizing chaos on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:56PM (#47067563)
In my experience with womens clothing having pockets does not mean they are very practical for phones. Phones are heavy and they can drag pants or skirt/dress down if they are stretchier or don't have a tight waistband which is most of them. If the pocket goes too far down or is too loose or too big the phone ends up too far down and jiggles around which is quite annoying and uncomfortable. Or in items like jeans where the pocket is well designed the phone still sticks out of the top and yet when I bend my knee it jams into my hip in a weird way or I cant sit down with it in my pocket. I am 5'1 so I may just be hitting some size limitations but carrying around a phone in a purse or sticking it into the waistband of tighter pants can be more comfortable than trying to use pockets.
Re:Sizing chaos on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:42PM (#47067451)
That's what sizing guides are theoretically for, if you add more sizing systems it gets even more confusing. I don't think the issue is as bad as the post portrays it though. Its true that sizes can be all over the place but like I am size small woman's and if I buy small most of the time it will fit or at least somewhat fit. I am not a standard model size either as I need things that are for more hourglass figure rather than straight but that just requires being selective about which styles to buy. A medium also usually fits if I need something looser. I double check the reviews if its online or try it on in person and as long as its not something that requires precise measurements its usually fine. For things like jeans I shop in person and try things on from a few sizes or just know approximate size I am or rely on reviews. Many items these days are stretchy and even when they don't fit perfectly they are wearable or you can return them, its not that complicated. I do only shop a few brands or from in person stores or I can often approximate sizing from how big something looks or by looking at review photos.

The pockets thing is similar, not having pockets is annoying but its not that big of a deal. I rather buy something cute without pockets than search for something with some. If it has them great, if it doesnt oh well I will just use my purse. Barely anything fits in pockets anyways and I have a feeling other women feel similarly which is why many of us buy things whether or not they have pockets.

Re:TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe on Saturday February 07, 2026 @05:59AM (#46922863)
It's not just different videos, Tiktok is much better at recommending videos by very small creators and people with no followers. On Instagram or Facebook if you don't already have a large following you most likely wont get any views at all no matter how well your video matches the platform. YouTube often pushes big creators that already made it big while Tiktok allows me to discover new and niche ones.
Wow, I was not expecting to be taken to such an interesting website on my first click: http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/ This site has an underground cave directory by state, cave virtual tours with photos, cave type descriptions, cave photography tips and much more. I may just use this website to plan my next road trip and explore some caves.
Tiktok and Reddit give completely different experiences. Tiktok has good video content but I love Reddit for its extensive comment sections where people can write paragraphs upon paragraphs on various topics with links and explanations. There are so many posts with long discussions and opinions on every topic imaginable.

My attempts at commenting on Tiktok with anything informative have failed as the super short comment limit makes explaining anything very frustrating. Tiktok just doesn't have a commenting culture and most people stick to emojis and a few word comments which aren't conductive to interesting discussions.

Maybe you have just been lucky. I am in Amerina and have gotten poor quality items before from Amazon. I now try to check everything I buy from there and avoid the site altogether if I can. Some examples of bad products I have gotten are cheap usb cables which did not work, phone cases which peeled after 2 weeks of use and a coffee mug with a blurry poor picture printed on it. I have also found many very suspicious products that are very underpriced and have all 5 star reviews which get an F on fakespot.
Re:Why Evernote failed to realize its potential on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:35AM (#19561770)
For me taking notes on my phone is usually as easy as clicking on an app, clicking new page and then typing. I have never had any problems with crashing, synching, notifications or opening the app that you mention. I find it much easier and better than taking notes on paper.

My handwriting is terrible and I can type faster on my phone than handwrite things. I have become significantly more organized since transitioning all my note taking and ideas to my phone rather than handwriting on some notebook where it will be forgotten and likely illegible.

Re:Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3B valuation on Thursday February 07, 2019 @10:20PM (#19111242)
One issue is that reddit is not just one big social space. In addition to the front page and the main subreddits, it made up of many different small, but often quite active communities. People who used to form interest groups on various forums, random fan websites and blogs have moved to interest based subreddits instead. A lot of these communities wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for reddit making it so easy to create a subreddit on any topic possible.

While everyone on Digg or MySpace could easily move to reddit or facebook, it is much harder for a subreddit centered around say gardening, astrophotography, headphones or a tv show to just jump to a new website. I do hope that these communities won't be lost when reddit does end up losing its charm and popularity.

I don't think so. I joined facebook back when it was 'cool', but it's not just my generation that are now adults that are on there. My parents, my friends parents, adults in their 50/60s+ have all joined facebook and are very active despite not being on there when it was only used by college students. Part of the reason why many younger people are no longer as active on Facebook is because anyone from their boss to their aunt to their grandma is now likely to see their posts.
Re:Letter of Recommendation: Women’s Clothing on Saturday November 10, 2018 @02:39PM (#18423075)
I am a busty woman and the darts on shirts cut for boobs are the best thing to ever have on shirts. Regular loose tops without any darts tent out on me and make my petite frame look like a lumpy wide square. Should I not be able to find blouses that don't gape at the buttons or sit properly just because I have larger than average chest?

Darts actually allow me to wear blouses and tops that follow my shape and curves properly. I don't see why they would be an issue for smaller busted women? The darts allow the fabric to follow your body rather than just drape straight. I see those types of shirts being modeled and worn on smaller busted women all the time and they seem to look good. If you look at expensive fitted blouses they all have darts since they make the shirt fit the body rather than just drape loosely and straight on everyone . Women follow all shapes and sizes and its important to have all styles avaliable so that everyone can find something that works well.

Re:The iPhone Franchise on Thursday September 13, 2018 @04:02PM (#17981990)
I am a woman and I don't think the ability to fit a phone in a jean pocket determines best phone dimensions. Most of my pants don't even have front pockets and even large phones fit perfectly well in my purse. I much prefer having a large phone screen to a small phone that can uncomfortably fit into only few items of clothing I regularly wear.
Why would they stop using algorithmic news feeds when those bring in way more clicks and ad revenue than RSS style feeds? I just don't see it changing ever now that sites can tailor their pages for each viewer to maximize their profits and keep people on their site.
I believe at least one of the reasons why those are given more attention is because they are more likely to affect younger people and they seem more preventable. As opposed to cancer and heart disease which are more likely to kill older people and often develop over a lifetime.
I agree, I don't believe that someones search habits are indicative of their sexuality. Just because a woman watches lesbian videos or a man views gay porn does not mean that they are gay. Maybe they could be slightly bi-curious but still have no interest in a relationship with the same sex. And how do they even know that the searcher is a man? Lots of straight women watch gay porn and that obviously does not make them gay.
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Re:“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @01:41PM (#14351587)
I find that feature very helpful. If a track I like is no longer available and I enjoy it enough to want to download it, I can always go somewhere where it is available and buy it/download it. Much better than it just randomly disappearing and then having to remember what track could possibly be missing out of my 100+ song playlist.
Re:We Need More Alternatives to Facebook on Monday April 17, 2017 @04:52AM (#14129898)
I can't see how reddit can possibly become competition for Facebook, they work on two completely different levels and cater to different circles of people. Facebook is about following your real life friends, local events, brands and interacting with people that you know. Reddit is a pseudo anonymous forum where people interact within communities based on interests and topics and reach out to as many people as possible. Even with the introduction of profiles, reddit can't exactly replace Facebook since Facebook is tied to your real life identity, your actual friends and family rather than random Internet people and that aspect of it is what makes it popular and hard to get away from. Even if some functions of them overlap, I just don't see how they could directly compete with one another.

You are likely not going to post photos of your family dinner to Reddit because that would be extremely boring to anyone not within your family or friends circle. On the other hand, it wouldn't make much sense to post a link to a blog post on a complicated programming or science topic to Facebook and expect to get much discussion on it unless you happen to be friends with lots of people knowledgeable on that topic. They are two different platforms with different purposes. Unless one or the other drastically changes their entire interface and function, I doubt one will compete with the other any time soon.

Re:Amazon Planning a Microsoft Office Killer on Monday April 03, 2017 @06:57PM (#14028024)
Google docs is still way slower for me than Microsoft Word. I can open a 200 page work document in word with table of contents, comments, etc. and make changes to it with no problem. Opening and working on my 18 page google doc file where I write my notes is so much slower and more annoying in comparison. Not to mention all the features that the Google programs lack in comparison to Word.
I wouldn't be so sure that people who use it don't bother to use anything else. I use the default Samsung browser because it's simple, clean and just tends to work for my better for me than chrome, especially since I don't tend to use it very often. For other apps, I prefer google or third party apps over Samsung any day. I try to stay away and disable most of the Samsung apps that come on my phone since most of them just work poorly and tend to be very annoying.
Hackers news is only intellectually stimulating if you are a developer, programmer or work in start up. It doesn't really have that much interesting discussions beyond that.