nickiwest
@nickiwest@lemmy.world
- Comment on i don't care 1 day ago:
I don’t like a thing about the city, and I hate the countryside too.
Thanks for that blast from the past! I haven’t thought about that song in at least a decade.
- Comment on i don't care 1 day ago:
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 day ago:
Yes, I’m aware of the original point behind the game. It’s still a bad game.
It’s also a bad educational game, because almost nobody learns the lesson it intends to teach.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 day ago:
Monopoly is the absolute worst. Almost everyone I know grew up with a copy of it in their house, and almost every family made changes to the rules because it’s such a terrible game. Yet somehow it’s a “classic.”
- Comment on Mint 1 week ago:
They get picked before they’re ripe, which means their flavor isn’t very good.
- Comment on Depluralize 1 week ago:
Old Dolphin
Fish Me If You Can
Gnat Atlas
Kangaroo Beverly Hill
Racehorse of Dream
- Comment on That kid was the WORST 1 week ago:
14-year-old me would also be very disappointed that I’m no longer religious. She would be afraid for me because I have gay and trans friends.
Poor little Nicki. She was brainwashed and didn’t know better. Fortunately, she got better after her first semester at university.
- Comment on That kid was the WORST 1 week ago:
I think a lot of people view strangers that way, as obstacles to be avoided. You’re just more honest about it than most of us are.
It’s pretty obvious to me when I walk down the street in my city that most people have that view of anyone they perceive to be of a lower social class.
- Comment on Just animal noises 1 week ago:
Elementary teacher here. I can corroborate that everything is somehow sticky at school, too.
- Comment on How to stop a parent from jumping into the nearest religious rabbit-hole to cope with a divorce? 1 month ago:
My parents got divorced in 1981. My mom was raised Pentecostal (the Tammy Faye Bakker kind, not the long skirts kind), and she was intermittently ultra-involved in the church.
During one of those times (in the mid-'90s), she came to the understanding that she could never remarry because the only “biblically acceptable” reason for divorce was unfaithfulness. Since that wasn’t why she and my dad got divorced, dating anyone else would be considered adultery. So she swore off dating.
To be fair, I don’t know if this is something that came from the church or something she came up with on her own. I just remember thinking it was pretty ridiculous.
So whether it’s official church doctrine or not, I do think that the more extreme the church, the more extreme the rules are.
- Comment on "Science isn't political!" 1 month ago:
But you’re talking about US policy, so the actual metric is that it shouldn’t go in the food supply unless the benefits to corporations outweigh the costs.
- Comment on Game over 2 months ago:
I live in a country where ground bay leaf is a very common spice to use. It’s just another powdered spice in a jar or a bag like cinnamon or curry.
- Comment on The script is mysterious and important. 2 months ago:
Just tagging on to add that if you haven’t read the novella I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, it’s worth your time.
It has been adapted to film three times that I know of. The first was The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price. Matheson was so upset with the finished product that he refused to allow his name on the film even though he wrote the original screenplay. The second was The Omega Man with Charlton Heston, which has its flaws but is still the best adaptation IMO.
I had high hopes for the Will Smith film in 2007, but the creatures and the ending were entirely wrong.
The original story is great, but it’s such a slow burn with a mindfuck ending that I have given up hope of ever seeing an accurate portrayal on film. It would have to be something on the level of a passion project from Peter Jackson or Guillermo del Toro, from a director who loved the source material enough not to change it significantly.
- Comment on Well, shit 2 months ago:
Thanks, I hate it.
- Comment on Is spreading. 2 months ago:
I did it last year, and I’ve been very happy with the results.
I’m reasonably tech-savvy for a user. I can follow instructions, but I don’t understand the super technical stuff. I watched a few YouTube videos and read a few tutorials, and it was all pretty easy.
The system updates are easier than Windows. I don’t have to understand what a kernel is; I just have to click the update button.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
Managers and tech billionaires
- Comment on Are you people all bots? 3 months ago:
40% Iron 40% Osmium 40% Chromium 40% Dolomite 40% Platinum 40% Titanium 40% Zinc 0.04% Nickel impurity
- Comment on I was there... 3 months 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? 3 months ago:
Anyone who thinks I’m a bot can bite my shiny metal ass.
- Comment on dating 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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. 5 months 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? 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 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! 6 months ago:
Sad, but true.
- Comment on Edible Wood 6 months ago:
Be careful with that advice. Yew is highly toxic.
- Comment on 3-bean soup 6 months ago:
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 6 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.
