Blemgo

@Blemgo@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember the Nega-Wojak.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  First of all, when learning about helping those with suicidal thoughts, one of the first thngs you learn is that trying to tell them that their departure will hurt those around you will drive them even more into suicide due to the added pressure.

  Secondly, by not hearing someone fully out, all you do is cementing yours and the other’s opinions. If you really want to change things, listen to the other and try to reason with the other on why their reasoning is faulty.

  I do apologize if my post was a bit emotionally loaded, since it is a topic that hits very close to home, as someone with a past of suicidal thoughts. And I know how much it hurts to lose someone. Yes one has to remember that someone suffering from depression does not think sane. The main thing one should always do is make the other feel heard, because they will think that no one does. Show them that they are not alone against their own thoughts, because they will think they are. Signal to them that you are an ally for them, as they will think everyone is a threat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember the Nega-Wojak.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree and cannot condone this statement, as it inevitably harms those you are trying to save. It denies them of their feelings in favor or preserving the status quo, which brought them to that situation in the first place. It is selfish at best and manipulative cult-like behaviour at worst.

  Suicide has been labeled wrong because it harms the society the individual lives in. The surrounding community will lose one contributing member and gain only pain from the loss.

  However one has no right to decide over the lives of others, and there are fates worse than a quick death. If you want to help, accept that people have those thoughts, because they are natural, as we can only bear torment for a certain amount of time. Don’t punish them for wanting to have peace, help them to get peace in some other way, if possible.

  Suicide is bad, but not wrong. What is wrong is not helping others who are hurting in any way one can.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sick Day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you thought of this old picture?:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If these mother fuckers are trying to make me pay for Healthcare to talk to fucking ChatGPT I swear to god ChatGPT is going to write me so many scripts for opioids its won't be funny.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Uncommon speech patterns and behaviours. People with ASD are more likely to be suspected to be lying when they are telling the truth, due to avoidance of eye contact, lower stress threshold, talking about unnecessary tangents that seem unrelated to the topic and uncommon stress reactions like fawning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reminder that even if you're dead you can still be useful⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, as weird as this movie and its premise was, it’s a very interesting and recommendable watch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do Linux distros and BSDs recommend using the command line to set up bootable USBs because most machines should be able to do it without additional software?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I agree that dd can be easily used, it still is a dumb command (as in its only purpose is to write and nothing else), which can result in some issues regarding validating the integrity of the installation, at least for a beginner.

  Furthermore, it can be disastrous if you don’t pay attention to what you type in, as it will happily overwrite anything you type in.

  Also, I don’t think that dd alone should be used as a backup, as it might result in inconsistent backups. The best simple backup system, no matter whether you are a beginner or an expert, are snapshots, and maybe using dd to backup those to an external drive to be sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do Linux distros and BSDs recommend using the command line to set up bootable USBs because most machines should be able to do it without additional software?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree that once learning how to use dd programs like BalenaEtcher sort of become more clutter than anything else.

  Still, something I would always prefer over dd is Ventoy, simply because not only allows me to easily make an ISO bootable, but allow multiple ISOs to be easily bootable on the same USB stick. I hope it never becomes abandonware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yesterday in Kroger (a supermarket for you non-Americans) I saw a bunch of cans of potato salad. Why would someone buy canned potato salad?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Both are authentic, with the vinegar variant being the Bavarian/Swabian variant. Not sure where the mayo variant came from however.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prequel dialogue⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you sure that a dinosaur laid a chicken egg? Or did a chicken hatch from a dinosaur egg? When does a dinosaur end being a dinosaur and begin being a chicken anyways?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm glad my meat didn't go to waste.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Funnily enough, some prions like those responsible for CWD will not be killed via cooking, but the infected material has to be incinerated to get rid of it.