BigBenis
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- Comment on I am so scared of nuclear war, how do I cope with it? 1 day ago:
It’s certainly plausible to survive the initial bombings by taking adequate shelter, you may even be able to stock up enough provisions to survive for several months. The problem is what follows.
Nuclear winter is hypothesized to change the climate to the point where growing food is impossible, potentially for several years. Any animals you can hunt before they eventually succumb to starvation will have been poisoned by the fallout, their meat contaminated.
The fallout will spread across the globe, making the air you breathe toxic, either by radiation poisoning or by any number of harmful construction materials such as asbestos which is now particleized and floating freely.
If by some miracle you do still cling to life by this point, you will either be completely alone or surrounded by people just as desperate to survive as you are. Only in fiction do either of those situations end well.
- Comment on I am so scared of nuclear war, how do I cope with it? 2 days ago:
Yeah, the heightened potential for nuclear annihilation is terrifying but there’s frankly nothing you can do to survive it. Even if you somehow lived though the bombings, there’s no corner of the globe where starvation nor irradiation would not reach. The Earth would be uninhabitable and death would be certain for most land animals.
It’s a tragic way to die and for the human race to cease to be. But it’s only death and that’s certain to happen one way or another. There are countless other ways you could die that are both within and beyond your control. Many are far more likely to happen than nuclear war. Do you fret about being killed in an accident every time you step into a car?
I know it’s a lot easier said than done but try to live in the now rather than the future. Plan for tomorrow but recognize that, unlike the present, the future is not guaranteed. Don’t take the present for granted, go do things that bring you fulfillment now because ultimately that is the only time that you have control over.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
In summary: Image
- Comment on Priorities 6 days ago:
Oh wow, that’s actually a really neat fact and explains a lot. TIL!
- Comment on Priorities 6 days ago:
The idea that you’re “supposed” to spend $X on a ring is absurd. Are you getting engaged to show off your wealth or to commit to a relationship? What does spending excessive amounts of money on a trinket have anything to do with the latter?
- Comment on Priorities 6 days ago:
I wouldn’t call myself frugal by any means, I generally support people spending their money on nice things that they find value in so long as they’re not living beyond their means.
That being said, IMHO dropping $5k on a ring makes you a god damn idiot.
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 1 week ago:
I never pre-order. I broke that rule exactly once and pre-ordered No Man’s Sky, boy did they make a fool out of me. Never again.
There are plenty of games I play that are on early access, the qualifier is whether the game is in a playable state and is fun to play (by account of online reviews or friend’s recommendations).
- Comment on surely your hobby can't be that expensive 2 weeks ago:
Another idea could be to see if local small businesses would be willing to sell your wares! I’ve seen stuff like handmade earrings and trinkets for sale at the register at small coffee shops in my town, plenty of other businesses also have paintings and photographs by local artists on the walls for sale. I have no insight on those agreements are made but I’d imagine they would ask for a commission.
- Comment on surely your hobby can't be that expensive 2 weeks ago:
You may have already looked into it and I’m not sure what the farmer’s market scene is where you are but I often see small scale makers selling wares at mine!
- Comment on surely your hobby can't be that expensive 2 weeks ago:
“Turn your hobby into a business!”, they said. “It’ll be fun!”, they said.
- Comment on Thanks, Google. Very cool. 2 weeks ago:
My EV charging app sent me a wrapped-style email the other day. Full of stuff like the station that I used most often. It’s too much.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 4 weeks ago:
The fundamental argument here is that it’s not the system which incentivizes abusers that is the problem but rather the abusers who exploit the system. Sure, we can have another working class revolution, keep capitalism around and build institutions that keep exploitation in check but given enough time those with capital and the power that it represents will chip away at those institutions, continuing the cycle and harming people in the process.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
This doesn’t bother me. It would bother me if 220 * 2 = 540. The equation in this meme should be something like 11 * 11= 121.
- Comment on How do you sleep at night? Please respond with a number 4 weeks ago:
47 Six pack is back.
Dayum, good for you!
- Comment on wow, I just found out that Donald Trump has been awarded inaugural FIFA Peace Prize 4 weeks ago:
Nobel should award Obama the inaugural Nobel World Cup. Trump would absolutely lose his shit.
- Comment on Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲 4 weeks ago:
Bees. So long as I stay on their good side they’re chill and they’ll protect me from the other options that want to eat me.
- Comment on Haha, Russia 🤏 5 weeks ago:
To be fair, it’s still at least 25% the size of the continental US, which isn’t insignificant. But that’s far from being about the same size as Africa as the projection depicts, not to mention only ~20% of it is even remotely hospitable.
- Comment on Screw your zodiac sign, tell me.. 1 month ago:
Holy shit! #6 unlocked some deep memories that have been hidden away deep in my subconscious for at least 20 years.
- Comment on Is it gay to have pleasurable sex with your wife? 1 month ago:
They perceive any act in service to anybody but themselves as weakness. People say they’re like this because they’re afraid of being seen as feminine and that may be true for some but I think many others just want to live in a world where they have no accountability and can take whatever they want while being praised by the people around them for the scraps they leave behind.
- Comment on Deep throat 1 month ago:
At this point I feel like it’s totally plausible that the real reason he’s fighting so hard to keep the Epstein files locked away is not because they implicate him in the sex trafficking of underaged children but rather they reveal that he engaged in gay sex with his now political rivals.
- Comment on grindr dump (in post body) 1 month ago:
As a human being, human beings are the worst. If it wasn’t for our tendency to completely dominate our environments, I don’t know why the world would put up with us.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I’ve been happy with Tidal. Their library is extensive, you get better sound quality and it’s cheaper than Spotify. No podcasts or audiobooks but I use different services for those anyway.
- Comment on US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment 2 months ago:
Microsoft are a bunch of pussies also release the Epstein files!
- Comment on Anon is forever alone 2 months ago:
My advice is to get off the internet and get involved with your community. Go to social events, not with the intent of finding somebody to date but with the intent of making friends and connections. Show up as yourself, don’t try to be somebody you aren’t in an attempt to impress, that’ll only mislead people.
Our society treats dating like job interviews, you get an hour tops to make a good impression on a total stranger. It works for some people who are naturally attractive whether it’s their looks or charisma and because that works for those people other people try to emulate that and get frustrated that it doesn’t work for them. Even if it does, that attraction is often superficial because it’s based on a false version of themselves.
In my experience it’s much easier for attraction to grow naturally between people who interact regularly and is more likely to last when those people are showing up as themselves from the beginning.
- Comment on Manic Stew 2 months ago:
Dissociative Banana Bread
- Comment on Fucking math... 2 months ago:
That’s a neat trick but also 4% of 75 = (1% of 75) * 4 = 0.75 * 4 = 1.5 * 2 = 3
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 2 months ago:
I’m resisting the urge to jump to conclusions, however I can’t help but observe that objectively there seems to be a common denominator in your situation. Either way, it sucks that that’s been your experience and I hope things change for the better for you.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 2 months ago:
It doesn’t feel unique to Lemmy to me. I’m seeing higher levels of hostility in just about any environment broad enough to include left and right wingers
- Comment on Lasagnaius 2 months ago:
Indian foodius
- Comment on Has this ever happened to you? 2 months ago:
It wouldn’t bother me if somebody wanted to bring a friend on a date. However, I would communicate that it would change the dynamic into a “hangout” over a traditional “date” for me. The difference being that a date carries romantic intent and a hangout is for the sake of connecting with others without romantic expectations. Also, a hangout means everybody pays for themselves.
This takes the pressure off by lowering the stakes since it’s now just a casual hangout between peers. It also has the benefit of making the third not feel excluded as a third wheel but a welcome part of the group.
