eronth

@eronth@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At what point do you stop calling the years "two thousand and X" and start calling them "twenty X"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know that’s what they try to teach you in math in school, but absolutely nobody does it that way in practice, making it just wrong to teach it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Trump wins the election thru fraud how can the democrats refute it and prove they won? Or will it just be like another Jan 6 and four years of whining like Trump?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He doesn’t need to name a successor. His followers just need to be convinced that he named one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do phone manufacturers use in-display fingerprint readers instead of fingerprint readers on the power button?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes! I’m so sad they’ve moved away from this. I could pull out my phone AND unlock it in the same grab.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Now everyone will have an easy reference table at hand!"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I’m vaguely remembering something similar. I have these faint whispers of a memory of my teacher forgetting (or probably, “forgetting”) to cover something on the wall during a memorization test.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a stupid question?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Once someone asked if Stephen and Stephen were pronounced the same. Presumably they meant “Steven” for one of those, but the question as written was dumb.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Planning to propose in a few months, what should I look for in a good value engagement ring?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but a lot of people come to the agreement that they’ll get married without an official proposal date getting set.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If presidential immunity is absolute..⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ultra-right wing groups slowly taking over various branches of the government because roughly 30% of the population will always vote for them, no matter what.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would just keep working. UBI should be unlocking the ability for us to pursue our passions, hobbies, and mental/physical health. If I just gotta work anyways, I choose my current job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What side do you open a banana from?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Literally just pinch the bottom nub and it’s open.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a more politically and ideologically diverse alternative for Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, kinda. It’s a go-to for white nationalist types to complain about a lack of diversity in opinions when they really mean they’re mad everyone hates bigotry. They feel that all conversation is biased simply because the people don’t seem to want to be haters as much as they are. So it’s not really that they want more diversity, it’s that they want the conversations to be diverse enough to accept their views.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone speak hairdresser? I need help communicating.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I usually clarify that it’s been a very long time and I want it all gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does the day-to-day work of not wearing shoes in the house?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you wearing shoes without socks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some websites have a "Continue Reading" button?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve also assumed the same. There’s no way it’s a rare enough edge case not to be impactful

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honda's commercials saying they are going to be carbon neutral by 2050. What?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Carbon neutral means you try to “offset” your carbon. It’s half scam, half helpful. The idea is if your company produces an unavoidable amount of carbon, you offset this by supporting Carbon-free solutions elsewhere making your net production “neutral”. It’s a scam because sometimes the offset is stuff that was never going to produce carbon, and also because using other areas to claim “neutral” causes a weird double count. Carbon neutral is less good of a solution than carbon free, but it’s a step in the right direction.

  However, target year of 2050?? Fucking what? That’s not something to brag about, that’s painfully and embarrassingly slow. That’s embarrassingly slow to be carbon free, much less carbon neutral.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Free trial has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Why did I wait the full 30 seconds to make my next wish? Once I had the full realization of the cosmos in my mind, it’s time to make a better wish #2.