Alsjemenou

@Alsjemenou@lemy.nl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem when people quit smoking years later they get lung cancer or some sorts of cancer? Like alcoholic's quit drinking and usually die of something they'd die of while drinking?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Still a (much) lower percentage than smokers.

  Yes you can ironically get lung cancer after you’ve quit smoking. But more people stay healthy for longer when they quit.

  And yes high alcohol consumption is devastating. Any amount is carcinogenic, there is no safe lower limit. Drinking heavily as an adult is a serious health risk, with lasting impact. Not drinking is always healthier than drinking. Quitting is always beneficial.

  The stories of people dying of lung cancer after quitting and liver failure after quitting drinking, are mostly told by people that smoke and drink, as an excuse to not have to quit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mood⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  1. I have a terrible rash that’s finally getting better now that i have proper meds for it.

  2. My sister in law calls my cat mimi, while it’s actually mini, i just never correct her. Because I know that my car couldn’t care less.

  3. I chew on ice cream

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To quote a movie: Why is it when a person in the military dies we feel some sympathy for, but if someone killed a mayor or senator everyone loses their minds?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When it comes to people we don’t have direct ties with.

  It is true that elected officials represent people, they were chosen to do so. Losing your representation is actually kind of a big deal, and it should be a big deal.

  A soldiers job is to avoid death while it’s on their heels. It’s heroic, it’s hard, it’s a complicated profession with a lot of moral dilemmas. You’re only on the good side if you win.

  We’re constantly bombarded by the propaganda that we’re on the good side. And weeping over its defenders in the military is a great public way of communicating that you also believe this is the good side.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨poverty is a choice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alpha AF⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The horseshoe theory of heterosexuality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This was a great website and I still miss it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Before that we watched Faces of Death videotapes. I don’t know what it is about that morbid curiosity in your later teens… Grew out of ot though. I just couldn’t stomach it. Barely ever checked out rotten.com.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm 600 elo on chess dot com, what should I do to improve now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  first, Learn the London as white and modern defence with e3 as black. Or take a pick at an opening for both sides. Do not play anything else. Do not try to learn a hundred moves in a hundred openings, stick to one. Just one.

  Actually study the opening. (just keep on playing it in the meantime.) Take advantage of common mistakes.

  Second, When behind: keep playing the entire game. Do not quit. Do not give up. Do not surrender. Your opponents most likely do not know any endgame tactics.

  When ahead: Get rid of everything, exchange everywhere, every opportunity to trade, take it. Get to the endgame asap.

  Third: Puzzle. Puzzle. Puzzle.

  Fourth: Watch high level commentary on high level games a lot.

  Fifth. Analyse yourself. What did you miss? Where was the game turned around?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it safe to use a non-gaming computer for light gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you don’t trust it, put a condom around it. It’ll be safest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The math of infinite quarterly progress towards the nearest wall⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The image description is immaculate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd like to change my last name and want suggestions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Star

  Sharp

  Shale

  Spark

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do some rich people date "poor" people?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to work so you can’t be available. They don’t have to work so they can’t be available.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lol⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  thanks 💀 lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What belongs to who when it comes to wealthy families?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sorry, but that’s not usual.

  And the ultra wealthy don’t have to care about money, they don’t buy things. Others do that for them. They get styled. They have managed collections. Private bankers. Private financial advisors. Private funds. They don’t live like us. They don’t think like us. They don’t exist in the same spaces as us. They are nothing like us. It’s a complete and utter alternate existence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is chess the most frustrating game to lose in?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a fact. Losing in chess always makes you feel incredibly stupid because the moves are always incredibly obvious in hindsight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is AI dialogue so fucking bad?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Congratulations for figuring out that the AI hype is dumb bullshit. Welcome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  people who disagree with universities, the media, corporations and Hollywood and think they are original free thinkers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would like to play a calm game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it takes a certain type of thinking muscle not everyone enjoys stretching.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The internet was set up by people who all deeply, deeply, deeply believed in the idea that in a pool of ideas the best will rise to the top. That pure freedom leads to the best humanity has to offer. It was the time of Richard Dawkins memes and evolutionary thinking. Dawkins, and all the new atheïsts, presented it like this was the way nature actually worked and that we should set up the internet accordingly.

  All websites from twitter to reddit to even Lemmy has been set up in this manner… And whenever Lemmy when it gets popular, will suffer the same fate as all other publicly upvoted popularity aggregators. It’s all based on the same principles.

  We’ve figured out that freedom of expression can only exist when there are strict rules around it and the enforcement that comes with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would like to play a calm game⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

  It’s a short game, less than an hour, but fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would like to play a calm game⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just came here to suggest this. It’s a great game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is poo?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  baby don’t flush me…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  starts crying

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  /r/violet08

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would the next pres of USA have to do to gain back trust for America? Hold a televised event saying the last person was just a fuck up?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a downfall, you guys haven’t even reached the lowest point yet. You already talk about getting back up. This is what’s great about America. But the real answer is: Trump isn’t alone and was openly racist, misogynistic, dumb and indecent about it all. It’s the fact that he was able to even start considering a career in politics that needs to be addressed.

  Showering the world with gifts and promises isn’t going to change anything. If we’re all just waiting for the next fucker to arrive. You have to do something far more substantial like giving up veto rights, or something stupid like that. Which would be completely idiotically desperate lost-the-war type of concessions in peace time.

  The fact of the matter is that this isn’t going to happen and all the world can hope for is that things calm down and the internal temsions in the country come to a conclusion the world can support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s the difference between communism and socialism?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Capitalism is the private ownership of the means of production. Socialism is the public ownership of the means of production. Communism is the freedom of the means of production.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone actually have a plan after Trump and clean up? Try as he might he's not in there forever. Can we be allies again with old ones while trying to stregthen ties with new one?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can pretty much guarantee there are no plans.

  I don’t see the US getting kicked out of anything, unless they actively start attacking allies. This isn’t the first time they did shit like this. Anyone with any knowledge of history will understand that what happened was pretty tame. Incredibly stupid and reckless has been the MO for most of US actions abroad.

  The US has made enemies for life out of some groups and will suffer many terrorist attacks. The US has again damaged its own reputation in a lot of areas. There will be a very big movement away from American companies. And lastly American culture is no longer particularly seen as fashionable/marketable/leading.

  The world will simply move on as it must. The US and its citizens can’t be removed from the map. History can’t be erased. Apologies won’t do anything. Turning America around, towards a more inclusive, equal, just, society is the only thing that can ever hope to help return to good relations. Otherwise its relations will only ever lean on capitalistic relevance to the oligarchy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Utroba Cave in Bulgaria⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your moms so fat her entrance is in Bulgaria

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. You can put this one on your resume

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was it better then or now?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just asking the question is poison for the mind.

  Try making this picture for blacks or asians or any non western, non white, non heteronormative, non male performing person.

  The only way this picture makes sense is that you as a white man want to go back to the times where your oppression wasn’t questioned, while hiding behind the idea that screens are somehow worse than white oppression.