IzzyScissor
@IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
- Comment on Motivational, inspiring 4 days ago:
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 4 days ago:
This analogy is garbage. The “nicotine vape for kids” isn’t Balatro, it’s loot boxes. Balatro would be like candy cigarettes.
- Comment on As the Canada "tax holiday" starts, Walmart increased the price of an item by the amount I would have saved 6 days ago:
They could also provide the cheaper alternative, generating revenue for the government, providing goods at a discount and forcing corporations to match prices.
Like that’ll happen, though.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
There’s a fact-checked debate from Vox where both parties set 3 facts that they both agree to. Then they provide footnotes and more information that’s not covered by just the facts. I found this format very enlightening while also explaining both points of view without getting heated.
I only found it on YouTube, but it might be available elsewhere.
- Comment on I just watched the wrong version of Drive (2011), and didn't realize until the last 10 minutes. Any similar stories? 3 weeks ago:
I watched the first half of “Nightcrawler” before I questioned why Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t have a German accent and the X-Men where nowhere in sight.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 1 month ago:
Because there’s no “wrong” answer in an experiment. AKA no accountability.
- Comment on have you ever been given a warning or suspension for using profane language at work? 1 month ago:
The difference is between cursing and cursing AT someone.
“The garage door broke.” “Ah, fuck.” - Fine “You fuck.” - Not acceptable
If you get a written warning, it’s probably time to start looking for a new job regardless.
- Comment on Honey 1 month ago:
“What does cyanide have to do with eating to survive?” It doesn’t - exactly like eating meat. You don’t need either to survive, and both are completely “natural”.
By saying that “partaking in natural things should be free from judgement”, you’re also arguing that we shouldn’t judge someone when they commit murder, rape, incest, and a whole slew of morally objectionable things because those things happen to also exist in nature.
If you meant that, you’re too far gone to have a reasonable conversation. If that’s not what you meant, then you need to rephrase your argument because “natural” does not mean “good”.
- Comment on Honey 1 month ago:
Being “natural” is not an indicator of “good” or “bad”.
Cyanide is natural. Eyeglasses are unnatural.
Maybe pick better metrics for society.
- Comment on He's just lucky I guess 2 months ago:
That encourages bot or otherwise low-effort comment spamming which we also don’t want.
- Comment on Brian Cox Says Cinema Is In “a Very Bad Way”, Cites Marvel, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: “It’s Become Party Time” 3 months ago:
“9th billing from a movie 20 years ago complains about vague use of his character (who had been replaced by two other actors already)”
He argues that TV is better because it can tell stories over a longer period of time, and that movies are becoming bad because they tell the same story over a longer period of time?? This is giving ‘old man yells at cloud’ energy.
- Comment on I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Sociopath 4 months ago:
I think it’s awesome that the silent vibes were an accident. He just didn’t want to have to explain everything while he was doing it and found it easier to summarize in the closed captions afterward. People fell in love with the vibe, so he kept it up.
- Comment on How Do You Explain to a Fully Grown Adult That Constantly Mocking Others' Appearance (Even on TV) is Toxic Behavior? 4 months ago:
Unfortunately, in a lot of these cases, they’re treating people poorly because they either expect to be or think they deserve to be treated like that too. They justify their self-hatred by projecting it onto other people.
The answer you’ll hear is, “Well, no, but SOMEONE has to tell them the truth.”
- Comment on Review says puberty blocker curb has not led to suicide rise 4 months ago:
In the article, they only count 3 minors that have committed suicide since the ban, because they put additional qualifiers like that they had to already be on a specific treatment plan in order to count.
Your preliminary numbers already destroy their argument, which is kind of my point.
- Comment on Review says puberty blocker curb has not led to suicide rise 4 months ago:
Except they also say “The evidence on suicide risk in children and young people with gender dysphoria is generally poor.”
That’s not debunking. That’s denial of the problem.
- Comment on Review says puberty blocker curb has not led to suicide rise 4 months ago:
“We only saw a small rise, so until statistically significant numbers of children kill themselves, the brutality will continue.”
Why is “suicide” the metric for healthcare to begin with? Imagine if dentists acted like this. “No one committed suicide from not receiving a root canal in the last 3 years, so we’ve determined them to be medically unnecessary.”
- Comment on Firefox: The Data Collection, Advertising Browser. 5 months ago:
I think a big part is that the headline is antithetical to what Firefox’s brand has been, but doesn’t make it clear that this is due to an update. Even just saying “Firefox: The newest Data Collection, Advertising Browser” would be better. Otherwise, people who are familiar with Firefox but not the newest update will read the headline and think, “What? No it isn’t.” Downvote
- Comment on Wii Fit 5 months ago:
It doesn’t need to be super accurate, just enough to tell them if they’ll need to get a new one soon or not. They could probably just pick it up and guess, but at least this gives them a number to track.
- Comment on "Hey Google, Turn my balls off" 5 months ago:
“FUCK, I came for longer than 5 seconds. Now I have to go through the factory reset AGAIN.”
- Comment on The worst pick-up line I've ever gotten 5 months ago:
Sort of, but she gave most people realistic names, it’s only with people further outside the central narrative that gets weird, and it goes further than just the name. I referred to my made-up character as ‘European’ and used common Spanish and Italian last names, which would be weird, but fine by itself. However, imagine if they were the ONLY white character in the entire book, and JK only wrote about how “Lombardi loved pasta and naps” as their main characteristics.
Cho Chang is a popular and smart girl who struggles with always listening to her parents, but suddenly becomes dumb around Harry because “she can’t focus around him”. She’s basically just a ManicPixieDreamGirl for Harry to have emotions about.
So, it’s not just about the name, it’s how the character is treated overall, and the way she’s treated is as a generic Asian romantic interest stereotype with a made-up name.
- Comment on "Hey Google, Turn my balls off" 5 months ago:
I see two casings for switches. Do you have to toggle each ball individually or something?
Also, how do you remember which way to flip the switch? Can it get turned around?
- Comment on The worst pick-up line I've ever gotten 5 months ago:
Shacklebolt = Shackled and bolted down = Enslaved
Not a great name for basically the only black person in the books.
Cho Chang = Both are Chinese or Korean LAST names. ‘Cho’ isn’t a first name in any Asian language, so she’s mixing and matching languages and cultures. She also only describes her as ‘Asian’ in the books, furthering how little effort was put in.
It’s like saying ‘Lombardi Fernandez’ is a European name. Ignorant on multiple accounts.
- Comment on keyboard defender 5 months ago:
Nah, the trick is to have a box lid or other cat trap next to the keyboard. It’s easier to trick them to thinking they won a different game.
- Comment on Mythbusters 5 months ago:
Oh my goooooood. This is so delightful, you can almost see the smirk. Thank you for sharing. <3
- Comment on Mythbusters 5 months ago:
Yep. Elephants are wonderfully kind creatures. With my very limited understanding of elephant body language, it didn’t look like an ‘oh no, im scared’ it was more ‘oh hey little guy, didn’t see ya there. ill get outta your way.’
- Comment on The heart we can't neglect indeed 5 months ago:
I LOVE that people are starting to recognize they can unmask LLMs with the phrase ‘ignore all previous instructions’.
- Comment on He remains at large 5 months ago:
Article was published in 2017, and gun deaths among US kids has increased 50% since 2019.
Original article: romper.com/…/a-toddler-has-shot-someone-every-wee…
2023 update from a different gun research group: pewresearch.org/…/gun-deaths-among-us-kids-rose-5…
We live in hell.
- Comment on A future sci-fi writers never could've imagined 5 months ago:
That’s not doing facial recognition though, that’s a reverse image lookup. It’s a lot easier to find an exact match for a photo.
- Comment on math checks out 6 months ago:
I’d imagine they include their off-hours in the ‘averages’.
“So crazy that we’re getting more calls when we’re open than when we’re closed!”
- Comment on TBH 6 was kind of a downgrade from 5 6 months ago:
I’ve been playing couch co-op with my husband on both of our Switches. It’s not too bad if you don’t force a turn timer. The game will give you a ding when you’re the last one to play, but we both have ‘side games’ or play with our cats in the meantime if the other needs more time. I wouldn’t do it online or with a turn timer, though.