Badabinski

@Badabinski@kbin.earth

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deleting my certified banger of a comment on WomensStuff because I respect the rule⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Comments are the primary form of interaction on link aggregation sites. Most mod actions are performed against comments, not posts. The other way makes more sense to me, but who would want to post and then be unable to respond?

  I feel that women should have an easily discovered place where they can talk about shit that is difficult to talk about online. Having the community show up in the All feed is the very best way to make it discoverable.

  Like, if it's that important, there could be a !WomensStuffOpen that mirrors the other community but is open to comments from men. That feels fair and inclusive without taking away from women having a space for themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deleting my certified banger of a comment on WomensStuff because I respect the rule⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking exactly. Like, I blocked the community because I almost posted there several times without realizing. I didn't want to make extra work for the mods there, so I hit the block button. That's it, that's all it takes. The community should be public so women can easily find it. Blocking a community isn't an inherently negative thing, you should block stuff that isn't relevant to you. If you're good at remembering that you shouldn't post there and like to read the posts, then don't block it.

  Would people be as upset if it was a community for gay men? I obviously can't know, but I don't think there'd be this much furor. Why is this so emotionally challenging for some people to accept? I can guess, but I won't do so here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The next time you hear someone say they're just vibing in life without a job, just look at this image.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  God fuck our coffee. I finally got an espresso machine somewhat recently just so I could have lattes like the ones I had in Europe. A good latte should not need sugar! Espresso should be yummy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Gamers Nexus] The ASUS Dumpster Fire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it was a very foolish thing to do now that I know more. I was still a bit of a dumb kid though, and you'd think that their instructions would include something to that effect. Still, I wasn't really upset at them for that. I was mad because I spent months trying to get any form of support and simply could not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Gamers Nexus] The ASUS Dumpster Fire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I bricked an Asus laptop 15 years ago because their instructions on performing a BIOS update didn't include anything about what filesystem to use on the flash drive with the update file. I used NTFS (which was obviously a mistake in retrospect) and completely bricked the machine.

  I tried calling their support line 30 times and never once got to talk to a human. I eventually just gave up on that laptop and replaced it with a Mac. I've been intensely sceptical of Asus products ever since then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Olympic casual GigaChad⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your eye is still open under that flap though, no? I dabbled in Olympic pistol shooting back when I was doing across-the-course service rifle, and I was told to always keep both eyes open by the dude teaching me. Same for service rifle (and later palma). I always found that closing one of your eyes fucks up your focusing. If you don't have the little flappy dealy, you just do your best to defocus/deprioritize the view out of your non-dominant eye. I actually went for quite a while without any sort of cover because it helped me avoid cross firing (which is probably more of an issue with across-the-course than with Olympic pistol).

  You're absolutely right about the lack of spectacles though. This guy is one hell of a marksman.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We need this level of energy. All the time...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn't this just a research grant? Plus, it's like, 11 million dollars. That's a shitton of money, but also an inconsequential amount of money when compared to the dogfuck tire fire that is the US healthcare system.

  Like, I am regularly filled with rage at the stupid ways the US and various states waste money that could have paid for meals, houses, or hospital beds. I hate how we don't take care of people who need help. I hate that we all have to live in a place where rage like this is normal and accepted and reinforced, because it means we're all suffering under so much shit and all we can do is get angry. This video just makes me feel sad because it looks like a trauma response. I can empathize with and try to understand trauma, but I can't encourage it.

  I just don't think a concept study for a train on the moon is the cause for our problems. I don't think it even represents the cause for our problems, because at least it's trying to look forward and consider/solve issues that humans will eventually face.