actionjbone
@actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 5 days ago:
What next election?
- Comment on Americans, How do you pour soda into a cup with ice without the soda going flat? 1 week ago:
I noticed your username, blocking you preemptively.
- Comment on What’s an acceptable gender neutral replacement for “techbro”? 2 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? 2 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? 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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? 4 weeks 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? 4 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks ago:
🤨
- Comment on Why the Epic Games Store was hated during it's early existence? 5 weeks ago:
But tell us how you really feel period
- Comment on Why the Epic Games Store was hated during it's early existence? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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 🤔? 1 month ago:
The point is, why is anything named anything?
- Comment on Why are dwarf planets not considered planets but dwarf stars are considered stars? 1 month ago:
It is due to the inconsistency of language, rather than properties of the objects.
- Comment on Why is it called Lemmy 🤔? 1 month ago:
Why are you called Aurora?
- Comment on Why do I laugh in my dream? 1 month ago:
Clowns, obviously.
- Comment on What is something that keeps you up at night? 1 month ago:
My cat. He has no qualms about interrupting my sleep if he wants to play or cuddle.
- Comment on Every time my wife pees, she flips the lid up. Every time I pee, I flip it down. Never been discussed. Dare I say anything and break the spell? 1 month ago:
Keep the toilet, ditch the wife.
- Comment on Do tarrifs affect cross border employment? 1 month ago:
That actually depends on whether it is, technically, the same company. Often, an American company will have a subsidiary, a partner company, or joint venture co-owned by a local company. Especially in the insurance industry, there’s a lot of financial regulation that requires how a company operates.
- Comment on Do tarrifs affect cross border employment? 1 month ago:
Yup. That’s the short answer. I hope the context made it easier to understand why.