GaMEChld

@GaMEChld@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do too. But I blame Reddit for that, not the users.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You may disagree with the net effect of the decision, but the decision is not hard to understand. The people that are doing it are placing a larger value on harming Reddit as a platform to hopefully force corrective change or encourage movement to competing platforms. You place a larger value on preserving knowledge.

  You say you get pissed. My question is do you get pissed at the person who deleted it, or do you get pissed at Reddit for alienating it’s own users to the point of deleting their own comments?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feeling insecure about going to a 'girlie pop' concert as a 30 year old man, am i overthinking it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Take an edible and have a good time. No one cares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Diablo 2, corpse explosion!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just went onto reddit to a intrest subreddit which happens to be NSFW and i got this, fuck reddit im glad i quit it.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I still kinda feel like every one of those examples was success based on accessibility and ease of use. Connectivity issues? Inaccessible. Facebook was cleaner and more user friendly. I never had a MySpace because it just seemed more daunting to me for whatever reason. Facebook seemed cleaner and standardized in ways, so to me, it felt more accessible.

  Steam and Newell comes to mind, about how piracy is an accessibility and distribution problem.

  And no, I didn’t mean to invalidate your stance because you didn’t develop something, more that I too am not a developer so I couldn’t speak to your point about how easy it would be to have Reddit be Usenet based and still have the same level of proliferation. My apologies for being unclear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I concur. When I learned I wasn’t allowed to speak there, I simply blocked it and moved on. They can have whatever rules they want. No one is obligated to be there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Families took safety into their own hands by painting yellow cross walks. Now, the city of Los Angeles is removing them.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Signage is definitely important. You can’t just throw shit down on the pavement and have it be treated as a sign itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hand cranked and twisted⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, now I’m wondering why I never wondered where the abbreviation came from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just went onto reddit to a intrest subreddit which happens to be NSFW and i got this, fuck reddit im glad i quit it.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean you were asking why people use Reddit, I answered. Accessibility. It’s easy to go to Reddit.com, some website you hear about in passing. Anytime large numbers of people flock to some platform is because they made it easy and attractive to use.

  Like, couldn’t I just ask, why didn’t you create this Usenet based reddit killer yourself?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨linus tech tip⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Guess my break is over then, how convenient!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨linus tech tip⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I miss the beard. I feel like I watch less since he shaved, but that just might be a coincidence as my ADHD makes me binge different content in spurts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just went onto reddit to a intrest subreddit which happens to be NSFW and i got this, fuck reddit im glad i quit it.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People don’t know how to use Usenet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pretty woman stepping on you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The funny thing is I’d prefer the stepping, and not in a sexual way. My back always hurts and a good walk across my back is always bliss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is true, but I felt like I already learned that lesson shaving my face, ya know the classic chin up position to make the neck skin taught. But you right it’s far far more important down there. Way more room for error.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe atypical, but I wouldn’t call it weird like it was wrong or something. Though I’m not entirely sure what there is to show. I feel like you kinda just have to get the hang of it yourself. The risks and fears are not irrational. No one wants to knick down there. But the concept is pretty straight forward.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming Subscriptions May Get Tougher to Cancel⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, fair! Didn’t think of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming Subscriptions May Get Tougher to Cancel⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If companies make cancelling a pain, you can use Privacy.com to make virtual cards that are easy to disable or limit as you see fit. Downside is it’s basically debit passthrough, so no credit card points or protection, but still can be handy situationally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I do. I have a nice temperature control pouring kettle. But I imagine that unless a person is into tea or a coffee enthusiast, most Americans are probably fine with a drip coffee machine and a microwave is fairly fast at boiling a mug too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Man I went to a very affluent school and no one gave a shit about what sneakers we had. Unless you had Heeley’s of course. ZOOM!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox is cancelling Rare's 'Everwild' and ZeniMax's new MMORPG IP as part of broader cuts — with 'Perfect Dark' impacted as well⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, Perfect Dark was awesome!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ROFL so instead of taking me directly to these supposed job postings, you link me random Internet garbage that says they exist with the same credibility that you have. Which is none.

  Meanwhile friends of mine have protested and not gotten paid anything. But they are probably Illuminati.

  Mount Rushmore was a cover up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Where do I get one of these paid protest jobs? Do I need to be on the Illuminati Newsletter?

  Fifty Five Iron Penned

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[US] How do I find and vote for primaries and local positions in my state?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Another idea to add to the pile, Google your county’s “board of elections” and I think you’ll probably find some resources and where the finalized ballots will be ahead of the election date.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or even overcompensating in the other direction in order to avoid the appearance of favoritism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to a family member who says the COVID vaccines are being used to depopulate?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Get the vaccine. Best response.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you remember to, please report back, more data is always good!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did briefly mention that, yes, straws definitely help! I would recommend them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, I wish. As far as I know, this isn’t a well documented thing, my PCP was kinda like, “huh, that’s interesting, I wonder how many people are dehydrated because of that.”

  The only reason I discovered this is cuz my girlfriend knows me very very well and she suspected there was something off. So she asked me probing questions until we discovered I’m literally drinking incorrectly.

  So the best I can do is give you a couple of different ways to drink and see if you notice any difference in how easy or difficult it is to comfortably drink without ingesting air.

  So first thing we did was have me drink from a bottle. Any bottle where you can form a full seal around the opening with your mouth. Tilt back and let the fluid fill your mouth as much as possible before starting to swallow. That should mean a very minimal amount of air in the first gulp, and no additional air in each subsequent gulp because it’s sealed.

  Contrast that with drinking from a normal glass, and you may find that you’re gulping down air as you’re drinking with each gulp. In that case, a straw will probably prevent you from doing that.

  But really drinking from a bottle really illustrated the mechanical difference to me and made me realize my hatred for drinking was definitely born of a physical discomfort which was ultimately from a poor technique.

  And after I thought about it, I was like ya know, no one really ever taught us how to drink did they? We all just figure it out, and assume we all learned the same lessons.

  This might have all been the biggest factor in me never really being into drinking alcohol, because the very concept always sounded like a chore to me.

  Anyway, I hope that helps!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I only recently found out I have literal bad technique when it comes to drinking fluids, end up inadvertently swallowing too much air which makes it an unpleasant experience. Combined with ADHD and I’m a poster child for dehydration. Not that I experience much issues, but my skin is definitely dry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone use a phone without a protective case?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to but now I’m using a very thin case from Latercase. I’d say cases are the norm.