Noel_Skum
@Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA? 41 minutes ago:
You’re familiar with market towns in the UK? A bit like one of those but with hours and hours of agricultural land all around it. A solitary high street in the middle of nowhere.
N.B. I’m not USian so don’t know what I’m on about…
- Comment on Is it normal for people to ask where you are from online? 1 week ago:
Yeah - back in the day A/S/L was asked so you had a rough idea of the type of person you were talking (typing) with…
37/M/India v 15/F/US would give you a very rough idea of the demographic the other person belonged to - and might shape your conversation differently.
- Comment on quick health tip 2 weeks ago:
I see people add milk, I see people add cream - is butter that different?
- Comment on Anon needs to spend less time on 4chan 1 month ago:
I was talking to a black guy from the US one day at a sailing club. He said that a lot of his ancestors had had a bad experience the first time they’d been on a boat; so water based activities weren’t that popular… I thought about it for a second or two and then we both started laughing. History is brutal.
- Comment on Max pulling THIS shit every time I finish watching Last Week Tonight 1 month ago:
One possible answer is that there is only one country on this planet that equates gun ownership with politics - from a global point of view it wouldn’t make sense to have an algorithm that connects fire arms to a particular political slant.
- Comment on BACK OFF FELLAS, SHE'S MINE 1 month ago:
If she is in Toronto then smoking weed from a bong is no more illegal than drinking a beer from a glass - if that was your worry about the visible paraphernalia.
- Comment on my dreams in colour 2 months ago:
For their personalities?
- Comment on Old photos in real life 2 months ago:
Yeah, this is
cringea shitpost - Comment on How come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach? 2 months ago:
Mainly it’s because not a single human being in Mesoamérica spoke any form of Spanish before, uh, the Spaniards turned-up. (And began committing their genocide)
The question was asking why Castilian was taught, as opposed to any other dialect/form of Spanish that is spoken in geographically proximous states to the US.
- Comment on How come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach? 2 months ago:
You may want to reread the question as your answer makes zero sense.
- Comment on What’s a movie nobody can convince you is good? 2 months ago:
2012
- Comment on Come one come all, it's time to unblock !conservative@lemmy.world and bring your best memes of conservatives! 2 months ago:
This is peak US politics. No wonder y’all seem to be so fucked…
Having said that, best of luck with the community.
- Comment on Facepalm on multiple levels 2 months ago:
I think it’s the “3rd term” bit specifically that is anti-USian, directly going against the two term limit written in the… constitution (?)
- Comment on From now on, I wish to be addressed as Lt. Commodre Squid 3 months ago:
I’ve never encountered “Engr” before and don’t know where it comes from but “Eur Ing” is for Engineers in the European Federation of National Engineering Associations. You can have this title on a UK passport - well, until very recently you could. May have changed.
- Comment on Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them? 3 months ago:
I was mainly referring to almost all of the American continent(s), lots of Africa, China and a few other places too. I didn’t think I’d mentioned Europe.
- Comment on Should I avoid communities on lemmy.ml? 3 months ago:
Personally, I don’t think so. Like you point out if the Marxist Leninist instance has content you enjoy then why would you avoid it? - perhaps just don’t get into overtly political discussions / arguments.
You don’t have to be trans to visit or use a trans instance, non-anarchists can be on the anarchist instances, but do remember where you are and, most importantly, that you’re a guest/visitor and try to act accordingly. The same advice goes for .world
I’ve had no problems wherever I’ve gone - so far.
- Comment on Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them? 3 months ago:
UK household electricity is pretty spicy compared to many other places - it has more safety features as a result. (3 pinned fused plug, socket switches etc)
- Comment on How much of my body language should signal I'm actually a Ninja? 3 months ago:
As the river flow
I hide Ninja deep below
When man sinks… he know.
- Comment on Apple Intelligence rolled back after doing dumb stuff... | Fireship [4:57] 4 months ago:
But is this not a great step forward for A.I. ?
Jumping to incorrect conclusions after scanning the internet quickly. It’s getting more like humans day by day…
- Comment on fight fire with napalm 4 months ago:
You can sell the house - it’s just not so straight forward for the buyer to get a mortgage.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
I have zero training in this field but once read a paper on this. I think it essentially said that ganja was ok (?) on its on but for people with “brewing psychosis” it could trigger/enable that breakdown.
The other problem might be that simply thinking about the possibility of an episode will freak you out - the existential dread would be very draining.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Me too - I can live happily with the fact that not everyone thinks like me; but I still want to know what the other people are thinking.
- Comment on downloaded rednote and this a frequent emote in the comments 4 months ago:
It’s called a Comb Over and somebody actually patented it.
- Comment on Believe and be saved! 4 months ago:
He’ll always remind me of this: McDonald’s rap
- Comment on *cough cough* GOLLUM *cough cough* 4 months ago:
There’s a guy, a South African, who, in my opinion has too much of a say in another country’s (the US’) politics. He bought Twitter, works with electric cars, space rockets, brain chips etc.
His name escapes me. Sorry to offend you.
- Comment on *cough cough* GOLLUM *cough cough* 4 months ago:
I can’t say for sure, but I have no reason to doubt that.
- Comment on *cough cough* GOLLUM *cough cough* 4 months ago:
Him, his brother, Canadian benzo king, that uppity African-American with several baby mommas, orange deity, Yaxley-Fucking-Lennon et al. almost make me want to be anti cis white male… but then I realise that would make me more, not less, like them.
Kids, if you’re reading this, trust me when I say that if these guys are your heroes then you’ve fucked up already - but it’s never too late to save yourself. Good luck.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 4 months ago:
I think you’re correct that (some / many) people see the tiniest chink in your armour and go for the juggler (jugular vein - clown 🤡 joke) to compound your misery to make themselves feel/look “strong”.
And, yes, in abusive relationships I believe a husband is more likely to hurt and damage his wife with his fists whereas a wife would be more likely to hurt and damage her husband with words - generally speaking. It’s tragic either way…
- Comment on If me and a bunch of my lemmy friends got on a yacht. Went into international waters what could we get away with legally and what would still be illegal? 4 months ago:
I remember trying to listen to Radio Caroline under my duvet on an am portable radio as a kid. This film is loosely based on their story. Great cast. Absolute junk film - one of only four films (in any language) I’ve ever switched off before the end… but that’s just my opinion. I hope you enjoy it.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 4 months ago:
I’ve thought about this a lot myself. I’m 12-15 friends/acquaintances down due to them deciding to step out of life in their twenties or thirties. On paper none of them seemed to be in too bad a way and yet…
There’s obviously the problem that having and discussing emotions is for girls and gays only (/s), but there must be more to it than that.
I think there’s an expectation (where I live) that men should be strong and stoic at all times - but, honestly, many of us are fragile little flowers, some of the time, but it’s seen (erroneously) as weakness.
In my experience most men are happy to talk about: “big screen tv’s, blunts, 40’s and bitches” to NSFW quote
but they can’t open up about emotions and feelings.