boydster
@boydster@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on 1 week ago:
It’s not coming through for me for some reason. Can you try restarting it?
Kidding, of course, congrats on your “Hello, World”
- Comment on Why aren't people harassing marketers? 2 weeks ago:
I think you’re doing it exactly right. The three things I try to remember: 1) Do what you can, 2) When you can, 3) For as long as you can.
Some stuff is out of my wheelhouse, it’s not something I can not or will not do. Sometimes I have other obligations I need to keep in order to honor commitments I’ve made or help those in my circle that need it. And sometimes, I need to rest so I can be my best for those other stages. All of that is OK. Do what you can, when you can, as long as you can. Exceeding those boundaries is a recipe for trouble. Others will help plug holes once they see something is already happening and your community support system will self-reinforce and grow over time.
- Comment on Dr. Fisher is at risk of head crabs 2 weeks ago:
He never even saw it coming
- Comment on What do you call the beleif that gods are just higher beings on other planes of existence? 3 weeks ago:
Deistic (believing in a god or gods without a necessary religious component) but not theistic. Or pagan, which is just believing in higher beings (or singular being) that are not Abrahamic. There’s probably other words that fit the bill, too.
- Comment on How would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person? 5 weeks ago:
Nerd reddit
- Comment on It's true... 1 month ago:
This feels like a Mitch Hedberg quote, I think he’d appreciate it
- Comment on Does being a ‘hero’ mean you are a perfect person? 1 month ago:
The theme song from Mighty Mouse gives the description of a hero that I subscribe to. A hero is someone who is there to save the day when someone really needs saving. Anyone can be a hero if they answer the call when fate provides them the need for one.
Mister Trouble never hangs around When he hears this Mighty sound. "Here I come to save the day" That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way. Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right Mighty Mouse will join the fight. On the sea or on the land, He gets the situation well in hand So though we are in danger, we never despair Cause we know that where there's danger he is there! (He is there, on the land, on the sea, in the air!) We're not worrying at all We're just listening for his call “Here I come, to save the day!” That means that Mighty Mouse Is on the way! We're not worrying at all We're just listening for his call “Here I come, to save the day!” That means that Mighty Mouse Is on the way! source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/mightymouselyrics.html
- Comment on Mmmm... Yeah. It checks out. 1 month ago:
May I present to you: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty-spotted_cat
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 months ago:
The scrolls tell of a new geohot that will come along and jailbreak again to save us all…
- Comment on Everyone wants a turn 2 months ago:
Well now we need the Möbius snail-exercise wheel to make this a reality
- Comment on How can it be crystal clear your president is a child rapist and every one just carries on? Scary stuff friends. 3 months ago:
Why do i need to convince a bunch of lemmings that shit is bad in the US? That is laughable. We all fucking know already.
- Comment on How can it be crystal clear your president is a child rapist and every one just carries on? Scary stuff friends. 3 months ago:
It’s like you can’t read, but I know you can because you can write well enough, so I guess it’s that you either didn’t read or lack the tools to comprehend?
When will you be attempting your first political assassination? Who will be your target? Don’t go all American on me now, you’re a big strong Aussie after all, right? You got some MAGA-types down your way, when’s the next attack planned? Or are you going after the US Embassy to really send a message? Do tell…
- Comment on How can it be crystal clear your president is a child rapist and every one just carries on? Scary stuff friends. 3 months ago:
I’m not denying reality. I’m mad and I want to make things better. So I work within my personal sphere of influence to lead by example and show the people around me what being kind, caring, interested, and engaged looks like in real life. I talk about the scary things I see or read about happening, along with the historical correlations when I recognize them and have the opportunity, with anyone and everyone that wants to discuss it, and frequently in spaces where others can overhear the conversation.
I think there are lots of people taking a similar approach. Talking to people around you in person is a lot more effective than doing it on the internet.
I’m not saying you’re doing the thing I’m about to mention, to be clear, but it feels adjacent to it, so I’m throwing it out there for the lemmyverse at large. I think it’s kinda shitty to see all the “why aren’t Americans doing anything” comments and posts. It would be astronomically stupid to post openly online about any serious resistance efforts. Most of us just want to live our lives, raise our families, and teach our children how to grow into honest and caring adults when they grow up. Being a lone wolf in a revolution that hasn’t yet materialized does not help any of us accomplish those goals, and it hurts the chances of a real popular uprising once a critical mass is achieved because it gives the gestapo something to point to and say “See, we’re actually needed for safety and not fascist pigs.” I can’t go fix this problem by myself any other way than the one I am doing right now, and I’m doing the hell out of it.
But it makes me sad, and a little bit depressed, probably like you are feeling too based on your post, to see such an apparent dearth of true patriotism reflected in our ruling class and to further see it echoed by the ruled class with stupid signs and idolatrous Trump flags alongside American flags that the flyer clearly has no real connection to other than as a cult symbol. Always remember how hard moneyed interests in the US attacked our education system, and never forgive the people that have made it a multi generational effort to ensure American children grew up without a true understanding of how government works nor the stakes at hand.
And now, with our society operating with a 6th grade reading level, the ruling class is performing their next trick: fooling the undereducated into allowing the rulers to take over and own everything as they see fit. After all, running things is very complicated and the instruction manuals are written at a much higher reading level than we can really understand entirely, you see. They fucked us, they are fucking us, and they continue to fuck us, while removing our collective ability to spread awareness of the perpetual enfuckening and how it has developed.
It’s just a whole thing, man. Fuck me. I’m trying, I’m doing my best, others are too, the constant reminder that I’m not doing enough is a bit much, and I’m not in a position where I can just declare myself a plumber with an affinity for he color green and see how my new career works out. In fact, that would probably make me less effective to the resistance efforts. You know?
- Comment on Hope you like math 3 months ago:
I fucking love this
- Comment on kingdom come 4 months ago:
“Fruiting bodies,” even
- Comment on What are the privacy risks of exposing IP adresses? 4 months ago:
Shit I have to change mine
- Comment on Japan breaks world internet speed records with 1.02 million GB per second data transfer over 1,118 miles 4 months ago:
I double checked the math and came up with a larger number. Like, easily twice as big. But, that tends to happen a lot when I measure things.
- Comment on Dots! 4 months ago:
The best way to tell precisely how spicy your rock is, is to taste it. That’s just basic science, if you ask me.
- Comment on I heard that lemmy will downvote anything. This is literally just a can of fucking anti-beans 5 months ago:
Disgusting
- Comment on How to make friends 5 months ago:
There’s nothing I love more than a well-explained joke
- Comment on What's the best way to respond to a family member who says the COVID vaccines are being used to depopulate? 5 months ago:
“It couldn’t hurt to get a second opinion, at least, right?”
- Comment on Do people suffering from trichotillomania ever go after the nose or ear hair? 5 months ago:
Yes. And beard hair, too.
- Comment on On trees... 5 months ago:
Impossible. If there were no such thing as fish, how could bees be fish?
- Comment on Has the use of a comma instead of the word "and" in English news headlines always been a thing? 6 months ago:
Upvoted purely for the use of the Oxford comma.
- Comment on Poisonous Frogs with Ants in their Pants 6 months ago:
TIL… Thank you, kind stranger, for making me curious enough to look further
Researchers have determined that a fugu’s tetrodotoxin comes from eating other animals infested with tetrodotoxin-laden bacteria, to which the fish develops insensitivity over time.[10] Whether tetrodotoxin is sequestered from or produced by symbiotic bacteria is still debated.[11] As such, efforts have been made in research and aquaculture to allow farmers to produce safe fugu. Farmers now produce poison-free fugu by keeping the fish away from the bacteria – see § Aquaculture below.[10]
- Comment on Trump Insists Abrego Garcia Has ‘MS-13’ Tattoo Despite Evidence of Altering 6 months ago:
This may be hard to believe, but he is, in fact, a profoundly stupid person.
- Comment on What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country? 6 months ago:
Ok, sorry, I read it differently when I first commented. Asking for proof of eligibility to work in the US with a reasonable timeline to furnish documents definitely seems like it makes sense like others said, but I’ll admit this isn’t my area of expertise by a long shot in terms of hiring protocols and my initial comment was from entirely the wrong perspective to address your dilemma.
- Comment on What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country? 6 months ago:
“May not”?? What is that even supposed to mean? Were they Applying While Brown or something? Talking with an accent?
It sounds an awful lot like this isn’t something to stick your nose in and you should do your job, to me.
- Comment on Pelicans will literally try to eat anything 6 months ago:
“Bite me, lmao, ok that tickles”
- Comment on it's making the frickin frogs gay 6 months ago:
DHMO can cut a person into 60 pieces is what I take away from that statement, and that’s yet another reason to keep this dangerous chemical under very strict lock and key