TexasDrunk

@TexasDrunk@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Needs to Imagine More for Its Female Characters⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to speak to this a bit because I enjoy a lot of flawed things, SNW included. I also don’t spend time complaining about entertainment I don’t like because if I don’t like it I just don’t talk about it at all. I used to spend that energy but it got old.

  Side story: A friend of mine is a huge Wheel of Time fan. He has reread the books dozens of times. He started a book club where we worked at the time just to have someone to discuss them with (which i joined). This was in the days leading up to the final 3 coming out, so quite a while ago. It’s flawed. 90% of the plot could have been fixed by saying “then they actually talked to each other”. Women characters weren’t generally treated with care. Hell, dudes weren’t either in a lot of cases. When Brandon Sanderson took over the character voices changed. And I have bitched about all the issues with the books. But only because I really enjoyed them.

  So when I come out and complain about yet another Spock romance, how the women aren’t being treated right, reversing the polarity of the jammy dodger flow (oh, that’s Doctor Who), Trelane vs Q, or whatever else it’s because I genuinely like Trek. I don’t talk about DS9 or the later seasons of Discovery because they’re just not my cup of tea. I’m going to let the people who like them have their own conversation without my negative opinion tainting the conversation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many hands long do they get?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha, yeah. I wasn’t thinking about it. It’ll just stay as a list starting with 400 then.

  You’re awesome for letting me know for next time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many hands long do they get?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
  400. But don’t be fooled. Between brain, bones, and waste you’ll only get shut 200 double quarter pounders out of them. A little more if you add beef or pork fat to make them juicy.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't fit in⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  As a former bar back and then bartender at a restaurant, maybe cocaine. We did a lot of that with the kitchen staff after hours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea but I like to imagine hundreds of editors rushing out every time there’s a prominent death to be the first to change it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISO 26300⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using free software (both free as in freedom and free as in beer) off and on since I discovered slackware in the 90s, but I’ll be the first to admit I’m not plugged into the scene. I’m not plugged into most scenes except possibly rock and Americana music, and I know all the gross shit that happened there. Rock music especially. And that may actually be why I tend to avoid getting plugged in.

  But I went through the whole report. I’m sad to find out someone with such lofty ideals in one area is so scummy. A lot of that just sounds like typical neckbeard idiocy dialed up to maximum. And if he were just any neckbeard or incel on the street everyone could just dismiss him. But he’s a prominent figure that represents a movement spouting gross and harmful shit. It has nothing to do with the validity of the movement, nor does it remove the value of free software, but him being a keynote speaker everywhere and being so involved makes things feel dirty.

  I don’t know. I didn’t take my medication today so I’m scattered. I just hate when people doing important or influential work are gross people, especially if they have harmful attitudes towards minors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISO 26300⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had no idea. With all of the things I have to follow on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis some things are just going to fall through the cracks. “Minor public figure holds reprehensible views” won’t generally hit my radar. “Major public figure did something reprehensible” may not hit my radar depending on how busy or drunk I am in a given week, which will leave me wondering why people hate them years later.

  I’m not saying this as a criticism of you. You brought it up which is super valuable. There’s just so much shit to keep up with that I always appreciate context because I have other things going on and rarely have any idea what reprehensible thing a particular person has said or done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose wisely lemmings⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rusty Shackleford is just the name he uses to order Pizza with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, that’s fair! Not everything speaks to everyone. World would be terribly boring if it did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With the exception of the words “somewhat overrated”, I agree with this 100%. I have probably ~1000 hours in bg3 and just shy of 100 in expedition 33.

  I wish I could play Expedition 33 for the first time again. It’s amazing. And it is very much a work of art.

  With BG3 I can play it for the first time again by making different choices, adding mods, and choosing different classes. It’s a very fun video game with a lot of choices.

  I’d highly recommend both. If someone is searching to fill between 40 and 100 hours (I like side quests, ok?) then Expedition 33 is absolutely amazing. If someone were looking to spend a couple of years before they have the money for another game then I can absolutely recommend BG3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Right in the feels⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All great options. I’ll throw in two here. Cocaine and Able by Amigo the Devil and Broken Window Serenade by Whiskey Myers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you look for a relationship if it feels like a compromise?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is exhausting. I’ve been in a relationship where my partner had no one but me. I don’t consider myself super outgoing but I have plenty of friends that I enjoy spending time with. I like playing music on the weekends. I like going to do things, sometimes last minute. I got fat and depressed because she just wanted to sit at home and for me to sit home with her.

  It soured me on relationships for a bit. The next one was the opposite. She wanted to be out every night and didn’t understand I had to work. She never ever wanted to just hang at the house. It was also exhausting.

  I’m open to a relationship if the person has similar patterns or doesn’t want me next to them 24/7. I can handle if they’re an independent person, but currently everything feels like either far too much or far too little so I’ve been doing my own thing for a while. I’ve got someone that I’m casual with. It’s perfect for now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AWS CEO says AI replacing junior staff is 'dumbest idea'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Next quarter? Who gives a shit! This quarter is all there is!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨advertisement⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Years of drinking destroyed mine, and it’s all my fault. I would also try it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well that didn't work out as planned⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this another US thing where employers require you to purchase the vehicle before you can work for them?

  Not bus drivers, but some truckers are owner/operators.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Refreshing to occasionally see an honestly written obituary⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh shit, I read it wrong! I stand by it though. They were all Lyle’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Refreshing to occasionally see an honestly written obituary⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They weren’t Dennis’ children. They were Lyle’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PARTY TIME⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  White trash me: what’s the issue?

  Same, buddy. We used to do this, except it was three quarters lemonade and a quarter whatever cheap liquor everyone brought. So you’d have whiskey, both light and dark rum, vodka (lots of vodka) tequila, gin if one specific guy showed up… Pretty much anything cheap.

  Trash cans are not safe to drink out of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon shares a family moment⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it had been a joke the father could have said something like “Time flies when you’re a fairy”.

  I know that wasn’t your point, but your first line made me realize that. It’s still fucked up, but if you have a good relationship and know what the person is ok with that could absolutely be mistaken for a bad joke. Instead he just said something idiotic.

  I don’t participate (feels kind of gross), but I’ve seen people joke with each other using slurs about the other. But I’m not the language police I’m not going to tell people what they can and can’t say. But this wasn’t even something that could accidentally be mistaken as a joke. This was just someone looking for a way to respond with a slur.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, no, this time Star Trek will be woke. I can tell by the trailer. It’s never been woke before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Political Views⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s how I stay young. I’ve been 29 for years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alexa, how do I remove cooties?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That was the Death Caps. They’re a bit more survivable than Destroying Angel, but I wouldn’t want to eat either of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Houston Pastor convicted in $3.6M fraud case returns to Church after prison release. "It's such a blessing to have our visionary pastor back at church. We are so excited."⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Stop giving out my secrets, L. Ron.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alexa, how do I remove cooties?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I love reading about Death Cap mushrooms and their cousin, Destroying Angel. By the time symptoms appear, you’ve already got irreversible damage. Specifically for Destroying Angel, as of 2016 there was about a 50 percent survival rate, but by 2023 that number had jumped to 85-90%. There’s no antidote. Mostly treatment is to hydrate the absolute fuck out of you so that you’re peeing out the toxin and pumping you full of electrolytes. The key to survival is detecting it as soon as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨W.a.m.d.i.i.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Full of whiskey.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American ambassador to Italy refuses to live in the official US residence in Rome. Instead, he stays on his super yacht moored 60 miles from the capital⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I had no idea what that was so I had to look. Unfortunately I’ve never been on the toy collectable train. I have a couple of those vinyl bobblehead things (their name escapes me) that were given to me and a couple of tabletop minis I painted but that’s the closest I ever came.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And nothing of value was lost⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, how long did it take the cops to get there? Because .42 is crazy fucking high. It can absolutely kill you it’s so high. She would have had to have more than 10 drinks in an hour for that. That’s about two thirds of a fifth between the time it was called in and when the cops got there.

  I’m not saying it’s not doable. I’m saying if she did that she was trying to die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American ambassador to Italy refuses to live in the official US residence in Rome. Instead, he stays on his super yacht moored 60 miles from the capital⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I get it. I really do. And I hate it because I like cowboy hats. They’re comfy and offer nice sun protection. The smaller brimmed ones look pretty good with most of the things I wear. It’s just that 90% of the people wearing one are scumbags. Worse, the biggest scumbags that wear them always look fucking stupid in them because they have no idea how to shape them for their face.

  It’s a good rule of thumb. They ruined my punisher T-shirts. They ruined my cowboy hats. They ruined Norse runes. Next they’ll ruin my rainbow bracelets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Easy mistake to make⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that a thing now? I don’t keep up. I’m ready to cut it clean again. Not because of any coded thing, but because it’s hot as fuck. But I have to keep it a few more days, then I need to find the time to get it cut.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's a keeper⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, it was very serious. Big red flag. He should hit a lawyer, delete a gym, and social media up.