actionjbone

@actionjbone@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How wil people react if Trump is right about Tariffs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  He is not.

  A tariff is a tax that increases the price of imported goods.

  Tariffs are used to push people toward domestic alternatives to imported goods.

  However, today, there are no domestic alternatives to most important goods.

  So, all it’s doing is increasing the burden on the average person.

  Companies are not going to invest in domestic production. They are going to spend that money lobbying to have tarriffs removed. Because guess what? Once tariffs go away, consumer prices are not going to go back to what they used to be. Instead, megacorps are going to pocket the difference as profit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨am i insane?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That does sound like potential bipolar disorder.

  Either way, there are medications that should be able to help with your symptoms.

  Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨am i insane?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not true that you can’t be given a diagnosis.

  It’s good that you’ll be speaking to a psychiatrist, because those could be signs of certain disorders. For example, you could have bipolar disorder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you could add, remove, or alter one single bodily function, what would it be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I would eliminate the ability for humans to reproduce.

  Have you SEEN people?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s sus

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What exercises should i do at the gym to correct winged scapula and rounded shoulders?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In addition to exercises, remember to focus on your posture when sitting, standing, and walking. Stronger muscles won’t help if your posture is still bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how tf do you warm up plates?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They use a salamander. (A broiler.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't there mass protests in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What next election?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans, How do you pour soda into a cup with ice without the soda going flat?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I noticed your username, blocking you preemptively.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s an acceptable gender neutral replacement for “techbro”?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  By their nature, techbros are exclusionary toward women/other genders.

  So, no gender-neutral term is necessary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the number one reason why we do not have peace on earth like on other planets?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, for one thing, Earth has people, and as far as we know every other planet doesn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it OK for a baby's head to be rolled all the way back on its neck?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What you need to do is take a sharp knife, remove the head, then stitch it back on in place more snuggly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a name for when stupid people accuse you of their faults? Is that projection?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, that’s projection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a mysterious force secretly changed EVERY clock worldwide one minute forward, how long would it take until people notice, and how would people/governments react?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Since we’re speaking in pure hypotheticals here:

  I would just go back and fix the clocks. Every single one of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is it wrong/selfish to cut contact with my trump-supporting father?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Speaking as someone who did similar:

  You will never be able to make him understand why you’re cutting off contact. You may not see that now. Spork knows, I didn’t for a few years. But it’s true, if you try to explain he will simply try to debate or he’ll push you off as immature.

  To save your own sanity, all you can do is cut ties completely.

  Other people here may offer differing advice. Some of them haven’t been through this situation, so they can’t know the torment you’re going through.

  I can only speak from my experience.

  Cutting them off was the best thing I did for my mental health. Cutting them off was not easy. I still think of them sometimes, of what might have been. But I’m comfortable with my decision, I’m confident I made the right one. Through plenty of evidence-based psychology, I now understand the reasons.

  Getting back to your first question: sometimes, it’s good to be selfish for the right reasons. Maintaining your own health and well-being? That’s the right reason.

  Your father’s desire to hurt people is far more selfish than making him discuss something. But if you make him discuss it, he will only act threatened and refuse to see your point of view.

  You will only begin to heal once you cut him out of your life. I don’t say that lightly.

  Again, if someone hasn’t lived through a situation like this and had to make the same hard decisions, they can’t understand. So don’t be afraid of the naysayers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Regarding a US Government Shutdown: What's stopping Musk from continuing to fund DOGE with his own money and continuing to tear apart the government while all the federal workers are put on leave?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly, they are hoping for a violent revolt from the people, because that means they can call the military in to murder civilians

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Regarding a US Government Shutdown: What's stopping Musk from continuing to fund DOGE with his own money and continuing to tear apart the government while all the federal workers are put on leave?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s something. By which I mean it’s not nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Regarding a US Government Shutdown: What's stopping Musk from continuing to fund DOGE with his own money and continuing to tear apart the government while all the federal workers are put on leave?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is, there are no good options.

  The coup perpetrators aren’t doing it for federal money (at the moment), and they would be happy to have more of the money not be spent.

  At the same time, Democrats can’t see idly and do nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can I actually do with 64 GB or RAM?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Only 5?

  Or did you forget to type a zero or two?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the 1985 movie Teen Wolf, when Scott Howard turned into a teen wolf, would he have had a human penis or a wolf penis?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  🤨

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why the Epic Games Store was hated during it's early existence?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But tell us how you really feel period

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why the Epic Games Store was hated during it's early existence?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I never even bothered to make an Epic account to get the free games. I have so many games on Steam and GOG already, and I do most of my gaming with a Steam Link on my TV.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why the Epic Games Store was hated during it's early existence?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, it’s still hated.

  Epic couldn’t make a superior product, so instead they bribed lots of game developers to make things Epic exclusive.

  On top of that, even after being around for years, the Epic software is missing tons of features that Steam has had for years.

  Epic bleeds obscene amounts of money to build a separate set of infrastructure, rather than actually trying to improve things for gamers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the 1985 movie Teen Wolf, when Scott Howard turned into a teen wolf, would he have had a human penis or a wolf penis?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A werewolf is a cursed hybrid creature, so most likely he had a hybrid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im watching an episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, filmed in black and white. In this scene a guest is showing glass making. What is going on with the film to make these black areas by the flame?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just assumed it was for Mr. Rogers’ well-documented crack habit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im watching an episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, filmed in black and white. In this scene a guest is showing glass making. What is going on with the film to make these black areas by the flame?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not wrong. I was simplifying, and your description is more technical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im watching an episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, filmed in black and white. In this scene a guest is showing glass making. What is going on with the film to make these black areas by the flame?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The camera is overwhelmed by the extremely bright light of the flames.

  It’s a limitation of the recording systems they had.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Aphantasia exist for senses other than vision?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically: no, because aphantasia specifically relates to visualization.

  But there are other, similar issues with other names.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what if another country staged a coup in the US and deposed trump?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Based on recent events, I’d say South Africa. Because the afrikaners are still bitter about our role in ending their apartheid state, and a significant portion of the United States is racist enough to encourage it to happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is it called Lemmy 🤔?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The point is, why is anything named anything?