Lost_My_Mind
@Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 18 hours ago:
If wages rise in conjunction, I don’t see any issue.
Soooooo…you see the issue, right?
- Comment on I don't know who The Rizzler is and Im not interested. 1 day ago:
That’s fair. Rowdy Roddy Piper did an interview in the late 90s where he talked about how in the 80s Jesse Ventura tried to organize a union, but it failed to materialize. He then said he has no medical coverage, no retirement fund, nothing. When the interviewer asked why he didn’t self fund a retirement fund, Piper said “Look at me. I’m a broken down old man. Do you really think I’m going to make it 65, when they’d allow me to cash out a policy like that? I don’t. I’ll be dead before I reach 65, and not by my own choice with what I’ve done to my body.”
And he was right. He died at age 63.
If you try to watch any wrestling program from the 1980s, every wrestling fan inevitably plays the saddest game ever. It’s called “How many of the people on this show are still alive?” And the answer ALWAYS vastly is outweighed by the ones who have died. There is a scary amount of wrestlers who die before age 40. It surpasses football, basketball, hockey, soccer, baseball, and rugby COMBINED by a very large margin.
So I absolutely get your point. Personally I cannot watch any match with Chris Beniot. Every match he does a flying headbutt. He gets on the top turnbuckle, which means his feet are 6 feet off the ground. His head is around 10 feet off the ground, and then he dives forward, with his face being the first thing that connects with his opponents head, and Beniot actually did that shit legit. He had a concussion every single night of his life for over 15 years.
And people want to say that he was in control of himself when he did those murders. He had the brain consistency of a 93 year old woman with dementia. Thats not me being outlandish. Those are the medical reports. So every time I see him doing the flying headbutt, I think “That right there is 0.02% of what contributed to the murders.” And I can no longer watch his matches.
How Ric Flair is still alive, I’ll never know. He may actually be living proof that the devil not only exists, but also grants deals with the devil.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
I just wish we’d have neither inflation nor deflation.
Candy bars used to be $0.50 when I was a kid. That would probably equal the buying power of $1.25 today. But candy bars are like $2, and about half the size.
I just want it to be still $0.50, and not get smaller.
- Comment on Oh the 20s... 1 day ago:
There is a theory out there that the world actually ended in 1999. Everything we’ve experienced since is all a simulation.
Then I stopped to think about the theory for 3 seconds, and realize this must have been someone who was high. Still though, that’s wild. That would mean 9/11 never happened. That would mean Brexit never happened. That would mean that the KFC double down never happened.
And I’m very ok with those tragedies being fiction.
- Comment on I don't know who The Rizzler is and Im not interested. 1 day ago:
I miss those magazines. I love absurdity, and I’d beg my mom to buy them for me. She wouldn’t and said they were trash, and not real.
I know. Thats why I want them. I don’t want real news. I never asked her to buy a newspaper. I want to read how Bigfoot was caught bathing in a bird bath in northern Canada. Yes, I was 7, and knew the difference between this and reality. But I love absurd fake shit.
I spent the 90s watching pro wrestling where an undead wizard faught his own long lost brother, who was thought to be dead decades ago after the undead wizard burned his whole family alive inside the family owned funeral home. Turns out his brother was kept locked in a basement to hide his scars, and now wears a mask to hide his disfigured face. And somehow, because he was burned alive as a child, he now is able to summon fire, which is just as plausible as his brother being able to summon lightning.
I know most of you don’t watch pro wrestling. I get that it’s not for everyone. BUT! After reading that summery of an actual decades long storyline, if you EVER ask a fan of pro wrestling if they know it’s “fake”, you’re even dumber than you think we are.
Point is, I love these magazines, but at some point they gave up. They couldn’t be more absurd than real life.
Absurdity is dead.
- Comment on I don't know who The Rizzler is and Im not interested. 1 day ago:
Yes, but are you bout it bout it and rowdy rowdy? Are you all that AND a bag of chips? Or are a salty scrub?
- Comment on You know... they have a point 1 day ago:
The tooth fairy is the sketchiest of the childhood figures. I mean Santa is kind of sketchy with his big brother surveilance of little children.
Jesus is just a magical wizard who becomes a zombie.
The devil never seems to have much of a motivation beyond “do evil shit, and make one sided deals”.
But the tooth fairy??? What the fuck is she doing??? Running around the world paying money for childrens teeth. What the hell is that all about??? Is it a sex thing?? Is this some sort of cult ritual? Are childrens teeth currency in her world???
Thats the problem with these characters. Their motivation is never clearly defined. I remember my mom telling me about santa when I was 5, and I asked why this stranger was ok to come into our home late at night. But I can’t accept 1 piece of candy on the street, even though every halloween we get a full bucket of candy.
Life did not make sense to me as a kid. Doesn’t make sense as an adult. I live in 2025 where government officials are publically doing nazi salutes, and The Onion reports plausible news.
I don’t get life.
- Comment on How are people supposed to have secure/private communications in the digital era? 3 days ago:
You could do what I do. Say all the things. Contradictory things. I never say anything. But what I say is the truth, so I can always fall back and say I told you so. And you’d never know what it is, because I’ve said too much, and nothing at all. Where is the cookie man in our time of vegitables? Now where did I put that corn? I gave it to Dr Katz, medicine woman. I jaywalked just last week! No babies were harmed in the filming of this movie. I don’t know the muffin man, stop asking! Where was I? Where were YOU??? I never had corn in my life. Batman is just a muscular version of Ted Turner. Now have fun deciding what to make of any of this. I never said that.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
The one time I went camping, it just felt like I was cosplaying as a homeless person.
Luckily no bears ate me.
- Comment on Yay for kitties 4 days ago:
I know the second cat. I mean, not the individual cat, but I know exactly what that cat is all about. If you try to pull your finger away, she will dig her claws in, and say “No. Your finger stays here. You don’t get to decide when you leave. I decide. Now stay just where you are.”
- Comment on 8BitDo no longer shipping to US from China due to Trump tariffs 5 days ago:
Dude…the line was crossed like 7 years ago when ICE agents just started raiding innocent peoples homes, and kidnapping them in unmarked vans.
THIS is so far past the line we csn’t even see the line. The line is a dot from here.
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 5 days ago:
This has all the makings of a romcom. One day you’ll meet a woman who has multiple cracked cups, but the lids are fine.
- Comment on I will step on you and spill your food, my small friend 6 days ago:
Dog: HI!
- Comment on is walking away the best way to deal with a work clique? 6 days ago:
Have you considered breaking one of their arms, and telling them next time you’re taking an eye?
I mean, there’s a chance you’ll get fired and/or arrested, BUT!! If you can get through it, nobody messes with the psychopath at work! Hooch is crazy!
- Comment on Instead of Orange Man doing Tariffs would it not have been better for him to talk about shopping locally and so forth. And giving more tax breaks to companies that stay and sell in the US? 1 week ago:
No, it’s made me hard core about just NOT buying at all.
- Comment on Instead of Orange Man doing Tariffs would it not have been better for him to talk about shopping locally and so forth. And giving more tax breaks to companies that stay and sell in the US? 1 week ago:
He only has concepts of a plan.
His words, not mine.
- Comment on Instead of Orange Man doing Tariffs would it not have been better for him to talk about shopping locally and so forth. And giving more tax breaks to companies that stay and sell in the US? 1 week ago:
Well, he sure is shitting.
- Comment on Are we all suffering from "future shock" in 2025? 1 week ago:
I use general reactions of society. If you see things like protests, societial movements, riots, demonstrations, ect, it may not be an exact number, but in general if people are mad enough to take to the streets, we know those issues are on the rise.
And if everything is mostly calm, you know those issues aren’t the dominant issues of the day.
It also is harder because the internet has changed society. Now issues can grow and gain exposure to a global audience instantly. So it’s no longer grassroots movements. Thats what made the million man march so impressive. A million black men, marching in suits, because they knew if they didn’t dress up they would be mocked as thugs, all without the media to help them, all organized this way exclusively through word of mouth. And they had a million men march with them.
It wouldn’t be so impressive today. Now you can just post a thing online, the whole world sees it. Nobody gives a shit about clothing, and the march would be a petition online. And nobody would care.
- Comment on Are we all suffering from "future shock" in 2025? 1 week ago:
I think it depends where you place the starting point. It’s certainly less racist than the 1800s, or even the 1940s. But if you only measure your own lifetime (so call it starting at the early 1980s), I think it did dip in the late 90s, and stayed in the dip until about 2008. Then it came soaring back to 1980s levels.
And now it feels like it’s rising, being used as a tool of fascism.
- Comment on Reminder if you're leaving Discord for this Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators) 1 week ago:
Right??? Could you imagine buying a house from SEARS??? And at a reasonable price too!!!
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 1 week ago:
Never played multiplayer. I don’t remember any dead marines in the first level, but it HAS been 30+ years. So, maybe my memory is lacking.
And I SAID that he’s wearing armor on the promo/box art. I already.
The menu I remember was seeing first person perspective running through a level, while a bunch of menu choices fell from the top of the screen until you chose one.
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 1 week ago:
They’re still distinct enough that no one would confuse them.
I’ve only played the original doom, from the early 90s. In that gsme your only view of your character is a little head in the hud. This head does not have armor on. You only see a human face. The promo/box shows the armor, so I’m not saying he isn’t wearing it. I’m just saying you don’t see yourself in game wearing it.
I’ve never played halo.
All that being said, the photo in this post shows both master chief and doom guy. I have no idea which is which. 50/50 chance I get it right.
- Comment on Reminder if you're leaving Discord for this Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators) 1 week ago:
Woolworths and Sears certainly will never not be the most dominant retail spaces in the United States. They’re gokng to live forever!
(I feel like most people here are too young ho even fully grasp the sarcasm on full display in my comment)
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 week ago:
It doesn’t HAVE to cost so much. The wedding doesn’t cost a lot.
The ceremony and the party are what cost a lot.
But you can go down to city hall, in plain clothes, pay a small fine, fill out some paperwork, bada bing bada boom, married.
But good luck getting 99% of women to give up their dream wedding for a city hall wedding with 1 city appointed witness, and no guests.
- Comment on 34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached? 1 week ago:
You’re asking why the politicians don’t reach out to the 34%. Meanwhile for the past 10 years politicians have been ranting about dead people voting. A statistic that is blatently false, and has NEVER shown any significant amount of votes coming from dead people. They did find some confusion when old people voted early by mail, but died before election day. But those numbers were a rounding error at best.
So maybe these politicians are thinking “Well we can’t reach the non-voters because they’re dead!”
And then they go on fox news and argue about frogs being gay, or whatever bullshit to distract from actual issues.
- Comment on What do office workers actually do? 1 week ago:
They do the work in the office. Just like work from home works in the home.
And a florist works in the…floor.
- Comment on is this something only introverts struggle with? 2 weeks ago:
Followed by putting duct tape over their mouths!
…and some clothespins on their nipples…
What? I’m kinky.
- Comment on Is having sex with squirrels bad for environment? 2 weeks ago:
…what?
- Comment on I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device gatekeeps my gender 2 weeks ago:
Unclear if on topic, or foot fetish.
- Comment on I will eat these nachos myself. 2 weeks ago:
So are these mushrooms that get you high, or mushrooms that you put on pizza?