nickiwest
@nickiwest@lemmy.world
- Comment on Are you people all bots? 5 days ago:
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- Comment on I was there... 6 days ago:
It was fine to have my landline listed, because I didn’t have it with me in my pocket all day.
I would not want my cell number to be published. Mostly because I already get enough spam messages.
- Comment on Are you people all bots? 6 days ago:
Anyone who thinks I’m a bot can bite my shiny metal ass.
- Comment on dating 1 week ago:
An empty bio and one-word replies sounds like someone who’s not worth talking to. I don’t think that’s your failure.
- Comment on dating 1 week ago:
In my experience with three different UU congregations, they can be pretty varied.
My former city had one that was Protestant-lite, one that was nearly neopagan, and one that was so insular that I felt unwelcome as a visitor.
- Comment on dating 1 week ago:
An unsolicited photo of something random might not be something everyone responds to. I wouldn’t necessarily send a response.
So if she doesn’t respond, it doesn’t definitively mean she doesn’t want to talk to you. Maybe try again with something that actually indicates that you’re looking for a response. Like … ask a question about something you know you have in common.
Did you finish the reading for class? I think the part about ABC could be interpreted to apply to XYZ. What do you think?
You said you like comedians. Have you seen the new Marcello Hernandez special on Netflix?
Make it something that could turn into an actual conversation if she answers you.
- Comment on Do not recommend. 1 month ago:
Apparently not.
I had some friends in undergrad who tried several of the recipes, and they said it was a huge waste of time. (These guys were honors students in science majors, so I wouldn’t chalk it up to user error in all cases.)
- Comment on Why isint lemmy more popular? 1 month ago:
Lemmy currently feels a lot like reddit used to in the beginning, when posts came from real people who just wanted to share ideas about things they cared about. I’d rather keep it as is than see it grow into the bloated bot farm of garbage and advertising that reddit has become.
- Comment on Insulin 1 month ago:
I don’t think I ever had insurance in the US where checking into the hospital for any amount of time would cost less than $800 out of pocket.
- Comment on Anon finds a bot 2 months ago:
I haven’t found a useful Reddit result that is less than two years old. Bot answers don’t provide the same value as actual human expertise. Go figure.
- Comment on FOX BREAKING NEWS ALERT! 2 months ago:
Sad, but true.
- Comment on Edible Wood 2 months ago:
Be careful with that advice. Yew is highly toxic.
- Comment on 3-bean soup 2 months ago:
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 2 months ago:
Not currently teaching in a “US hole.” I’ve been teaching in South America for 5 years and I have never noticed an analog clock in a public place here.
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 2 months ago:
I’m from the US, but I’m currently a teacher in South America. Kids here are even worse at reading analog clocks than my students in the US were.
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 2 months ago:
Teacher here.
I’m pretty certain that the only place where my students ever encounter an analog clock is at school. But teaching how to read analog clocks is required in our math education standards, so I have one and I use it, even though I think there are other, more relevant places to put our academic focus.
I’m 45 years old. I’m pretty sure we only ever had one analog clock in our house when I was growing up in the '80s, and that was my grandpa’s alarm clock. The only places I’ve been where only analog clocks were available have been schools. Even our local bank in my small town changed to a digital clock on its sign outside.
Unfortunately, education systems are dictated by legislators, who are often old and out-of-touch. So I doubt we’ll see a change in the education requirements any time soon. But, just like how keyboarding has replaced cursive in the classrooms, it will eventually come.
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 2 months ago:
My uncle was a factory worker and a daily regular at his favorite local bar for more than 30 years.
My mom wouldn’t allow me to go inside the bar (because drinking alcohol is a sin, you know). But in the '80s and '90s, before cell phones, I knew exactly where to find him after school if I needed anything.
Unfortunately, 30+ years of excessive drinking caused a lot of really serious health problems that caught up to him when he was in his 50s. The owners and staff sent a huge flower arrangement and all came to his funeral.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 3 months ago:
I also always access .world through my VPN.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 3 months ago:
I’m still here at .world because every time I think I’ve identified a better instance to go to where people seem to like it, I see someone else who recommends blocking it.
I definitely see the appeal of (and need for) blocking individuals, but I think that instances are too big and varied to neatly paint everyone with the same brush.
- Comment on Republican? Democrat? There is a third option: 3 months ago:
This is the most reasonable course of action. Some things can’t be unseen.
- Comment on Autism has been announced! 3 months ago:
If MAGA is going to insist that late-night comedy hosts be 100% factually accurate, then I think the least the next Democratic government should do is require partisan propaganda to be labeled as such.
This goes for both sides. MSNBC, NewsMax, HuffPost, Fox News, all need disclaimers for opinion and partisan content.
- Comment on Dinner is ready! 3 months ago:
Mine, too! (Also Korean and Lebanese.) What an excellent range of options.
I would miss Mexican food, but I’d make do.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 months ago:
I remember having to steal magic spells from enemies. It really turned me off from the game.
I was glad to see FFIX go back to a more traditional system.
- Comment on 4 months ago:
This is basically what I got too.
- Comment on Practical Magic 4 months ago:
I have to assume that any witch selling curses on Etsy doesn’t believe in the Rule of Three.
I wonder how many really identify as witches and actually cast the spells people pay them for.
- Comment on don't trust cowboys or people doing cowboy voices 4 months ago:
You’ll have to add a couple of instances of “dang ol’” on your own to make that work.
- Comment on It Turns Out, Steam’s Adult Content Ban Has Been Plotted For A Year And Is Spearheaded By One Of Project 2025’s Leading Voices 5 months ago:
This. Times 1000.
Kids aren’t born with internet-connected devices in their hands. Adults give devices to them and then walk out of the room.
Would you let the average internet poster or YouTuber babysit your kid? Because that’s literally what you’re doing.
I grew up in the '80s and '90s. My mom did her best to pay attention to the shows/movies I was watching, the books I was reading, the music I was listening to. And up until I was about 13, it was all very tightly controlled. It’s still possible to have that kind of oversight, but it’s more work than a lot of parents are willing to do.
I live outside the US now, and most of my elementary-school students have parents who very tightly control their screen time and actively monitor their usage. The kids have sports training, dance classes, and other activities that get them out in the world. It’s very, very different from the kids I used to teach in the US.
- Comment on It Turns Out, Steam’s Adult Content Ban Has Been Plotted For A Year And Is Spearheaded By One Of Project 2025’s Leading Voices 5 months ago:
Donald Trump: I’ve never heard of Project 2025. I don’t know what it is. I’m not a part of it.
Also Donald Trump: Appoints Project 2025 authors to high positions in his administration, signs a ton of Project 2025 policies as EOs on Day 1.
- Comment on If you turn the Chicago Bulls logo upside down, it looks like a robot is doing a crab. 6 months ago:
That was my first thought as well.
- Comment on Jell-OH MY GOD! 6 months ago:
That was my immediate thought.
(Anyone reading this who doesn’t understand, please trust me when I say that you don’t want to. You can’t unsee that, even 25+ years later.)
