Noel_Skum
@Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich? 1 day ago:
Sri Lankans (of all varieties - complicated history) have elected a left leaning coalition. It’s very unusual the majority of every “section” of Sri Lanka to throw their support behind the same candidate / party (again - historical reasons.)
Here’s a BBC link. It appears to be reasonably factual as I understand it and is a good synopsis:
- Comment on Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich? 1 day ago:
The incredibly recent Sri Lankan election enters the chat… and feels sad at being ignored.
- Comment on Anon thinks the French are posers 2 days ago:
I was not aware of that - I assumed the terminology arose purely from the 1789 French National Assembly’s seating arrangement and had no precedent. I’ll dig into Wikipedia in a bit.
I’m sure the day of the mountainers will come again - I just hope they grasp the opportunity when it happens.
- Comment on Anon thinks the French are posers 2 days ago:
Did you see the yellow jackets marching with their rolling barbecue fitted on the city’s tram line? Magnificent bastards.
- Comment on Anon thinks the French are posers 2 days ago:
I think they might’ve been referring to the left-right political spectrum. I believe the terminology comes from the seating layout of their post-revolution government.
- Comment on Anon thinks the French are posers 2 days ago:
Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon? The son of an Irish immigrant? He’s not the kind of guy who’d let facts get in the way of an opinion so we’re probably pretty solid saying that in front of him. If he did run his mouth, then I got your back, blud.
- Comment on is that real? 3 days ago:
That’s certainly one opinion - which you’re more than entitled to hold. Personally I don’t get the connotations that you do. I see it as a subversion of Musk’s overt sycophancy vis a vis Trump’s (completely unwarranted) strong man persona clothed in a parody of a TradCon nuclear family. It’s art - there’s often more than one interpretation. Sometimes deliberately so.
- Comment on Horse denier 4 days ago:
Ketamine hallucinations?
- Comment on According to the Wall Street Journal, "Wicked" Parts One and Two cost $320 million ($160 million per film). Both parts were shot back-to-back. 5 days ago:
I’m not a fan in the slightest but someone else said that the stage production omits a lot of stuff from what is written in the books. If that is true then there’s a possibility that the film(s) could be an expanded version… but it’s probably just a cash grab.
- Comment on How a post on Reddit accidentally kickstarted the revival of Angus Steakhouse 5 days ago:
I’ve lived in London a couple of times and always assumed Aberdeen Angus Steakhouses were a money laundering operation or a front for other criminal enterprises. There seemed to be lots of places and very few customers.
- Comment on Why is the word "expat" a thing? 5 days ago:
To be an immigrant you must first be an emigrant. Emigrants leave their country, immigrants join a country.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 6 days ago:
Thanks for all that info and the recommendation. I’ll give it a go.
- Comment on Habits of Insects 6 days ago:
I’m thinking this too… let’s hope Renaissance mk2 only takes a few years to blossom - but my confidence is not high.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 1 week ago:
That looks pretty good - might investigate if I can use it without WiFi, i.e. just using mobile data.
I’m a bit weird as I’ve never had any IT training but have been using all types of computers for about 40-ish years. Back in the day I had a psion 5mx running epoc OS. To transfer a Word (Not to be confused with MS’s Word) file I had to convert it to .txt or .rtf and then save it to a compact flash 8mb memory card. Remove that card from the psion, plug in the CF card reader to my iBook (dual boot OS 9.1.2 and Mac OS X) and import the text. For some reason these files were always read only so then you open a new Jotter file and copy and paste the text over. Absolute ballache. Easy file transfer is a holy grail of digital living.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 1 week ago:
I use the cable to charge my phone. Am I the only person still doing this?
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 1 week ago:
I just plug a cable from my iPhone to my Linux mint laptop and view/transfer what photos I want through my file browser… seems real easy.
- Comment on I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there. 1 week ago:
I only mention it as for the last forty years or so every time that someone has said left or right I’ve twitched my hands to work out which one I hold a pen(cil) with. Takes less than half a second and I don’t need to look at them either. It’s not unique not immediately knowing which is which. Live with it.
- Comment on I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there. 1 week ago:
Do you “write” with your “right” hand? That’s how I remember.
- Comment on US Democracy 1 week ago:
Whilst things do appear quite bleak across a lot of the European continent right now at least with a parliament that’s receptive to multiple parties there is a hope that one could quickly rise-up from the ashes of those defeated should the AfD (? + others) lurch the country far from the centre in the not too distant future. My confidence isn’t that high, but it is a possibility.
- Comment on US Democracy 1 week ago:
Nice. I was hoping it might look a bit like this. Thanks for researching / posting.
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 2 weeks ago:
If over half of your active voters want to kill people as part of a national policy then you’re probably fucked beyond repair as a people and a nation. My condolences.
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 2 weeks ago:
Regardless of your views on the Orange Grifter / Gift from God (delete as applicable) this question is fundamentally flawed. “How do we build bridges, find common ground and begin to win over our fellow US citizens who have, in my opinion, made a poor and misinformed political choice that could have terrible consequences for them, our country and the world at large?” might be a more appropriate opener. I understand you’re upset, scared, desolate etc but your language comes off as belligerent and aggressive. Perhaps soften your tone and be more receptive to others’ concerns. For the record, I’ve got no flies on this turd as I’m not from the US, nor do I live there. Good luck.
- Comment on US Democracy 2 weeks ago:
Someone downvoted you for spitting facts? Interesting. The two US parties are both right of centre, which gives an immediate imbalance. Small parties can have some bearing on their senior partners policies, like you say. I’m assuming Germany has local elections, mayoral elections etc. surely some of the smaller, more niche parties, pick up seats in those if they happen. Trends identified by smaller parties will get picked up by bigger parties, so they serve their worth there, too.
- Comment on US Democracy 2 weeks ago:
I think us non-USians are alluding to the clusterfuck of only having an either/or choice. That’s not how democracy works in most democratic places. There’s only ever two runners and riders that stand any real chance of winning over there. Most people would call that a fixed race.
- Comment on US Democracy 2 weeks ago:
Funny and true. I like it.
- Comment on Why do Republicans bring up Kamala's "lies"/shortcomings as a way to claim Trump is better? 2 weeks ago:
Seems reasonable. After I posted I realised that “Donald and Harris” would be a meaningless word-soup in my head for a few seconds if you’d gone with that instead.
- Comment on Why do Republicans bring up Kamala's "lies"/shortcomings as a way to claim Trump is better? 2 weeks ago:
Just out of curiosity is there any reason, you’re aware of, that you went for “Trump and Kamala” as opposed to “Trump and Harris” when you wrote your post? I’ve got no clowns in this circus so it’s a genuine question.
- Comment on When someone brings your old comments 4 weeks ago:
Thought I was back on 9g*g for a hot minute…
- Comment on Why are peole hating on .world? 1 month ago:
Thanks for taking your time to interact here. I appreciate it. Enjoy your scrolling…
- Comment on Why are peole hating on .world? 1 month ago:
My wrong take of sh.it.just.works’s name is that it’s for people who neither care nor know how the fediverse works or what it even is - people who just want to consume and occasionally randomly interact.