nickiwest

@nickiwest@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Loosing my religion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  My step-siblings were not allowed to watch or play Pokemon in the late '90s because “they are demons that people catch and carry around with them.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Loosing my religion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  My mom recently changed to a non-denominational church because the local Assembly of God (the church she raised me in) is somehow getting it wrong.

  Her new pastor has a degree from Liberty University. I am intimately familiar with the teachings of the A/G. I honestly don’t even want to know what the new church is telling her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A perpetual subscription is obviously a more stable source of income for corporations than a one-time purchase of a software package.

  Adobe figured that out more than a decade ago. I’m surprised that it has taken the legacy media companies this long to hop on that particular bandwagon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨brand new sentence⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is my take on it, too. The kinds of things these guys are doing seem to cater to the male gaze.

  Developmentally, it’s pretty normal for adolescents to style themselves to impress their same-sex peers for a while before they start trying to attract romantic partners. Maybe these guys are in a state of arrested development, maybe they’re gay … but definitely they’re very troubled if they think hammering their facial bones is a good idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ngl it gets you pretty buzzed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. Thanks for mentioning this. I had no idea.

  I found this study published in the journal of the American Academy of Neurology just last year. The results are kind of horrifying. And it’s not only aspartame – they made similar connections with other low-calorie sweeteners.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hello 911, it's me again⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Turns out, that last 8 inches is really important.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This place is a prison⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I assumed it’s because the tenured faculty come in to do their research with a pocket flask.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i don't care⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This might help for context.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They get picked before they’re ripe, which means their flavor isn’t very good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depluralize⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Old Dolphin

  Fish Me If You Can

  Gnat Atlas

  Kangaroo Beverly Hill

  Racehorse of Dream

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That kid was the WORST⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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!"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I hate it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is spreading.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Managers and tech billionaires

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you people all bots?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone who thinks I’m a bot can bite my shiny metal ass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨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.)