rumschlumpel

@rumschlumpel@feddit.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone get this?⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Edit: Ugh, autocorrect changed “with” to “without” so I fixed it. I hate it when my machine silently changes the entire meaning of my sentence to its exact opposite!

  Shit like this is why I never use autocorrect. I’d rather have a few typos that a completely butchered sentence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Bad Beer That’s an Incredible Beverage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We don’t really have lower-alcohol beer here (except for Guinness and Kilkenny, but they’re expensive), so my go-to is non-alcoholic beer. Usually relatively cheap and suitably weak-tasting, if I want to get buzzed I get a spirit as a chaser.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Bad Beer That’s an Incredible Beverage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The author’s main point seems to be that 4.2% ABV is usually a much better choice than the >5% of most craft beers. But there are other beers with low ABV, there are even non-alcoholic craft beers. e.g. Guinness Stout and Kilkenny Irish Rad Ale have about the same ABV.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starmer bans Labour councillors from doing deals with Polanski’s Green Party⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is saying “LINO” (“Labour in name only”) a thing yet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do young people still say words like "taped"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I didn’t know that! I only went off the carbon content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do young people still say words like "taped"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  IMO, steel should get a pass. The atomic element of iron still makes up ~98% of most steels, and when you look at the history of smithing the difference between iron and steel can get pretty hard to tell at times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do young people still say words like "taped"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Aren’t they still using adhesive tape?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is chess the most frustrating game to lose in?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The worst games to lose in are those where you bet money you don’t have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1 in 5 Brits think AI layoffs could trigger civil unrest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems low. If AI layoffs lead to mass unemployment, obviously there’s going to be social unrest. And yeah, obviously AI isn’t going to lead to mass prosperity if governments continue to refuse to implement some kind of basic income.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you telling me they don't?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Users, not posters. People who regularly post might well be 80 people, reddit had an even worse ratio.

  Popular posts still get >1k votes on Lemmy, so unless most of them are bots or sockpuppets that proves that there are more than 80 people who consume Lemmy content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you telling me they don't?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not how the fediverse works, posts don’t get “promoted”. The standard is usually chronological sorting, because there aren’t quite enough posts to make sorting by popularity productive for longer sessions of scrolling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anybody actually work from 09:00 to 17:00⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True, it’s usually 7,5h work days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anybody actually work from 09:00 to 17:00⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Where do you live? In Germany it’s common to work only 8 hours on a work day. I’ve had jobs in software development where you had flexible enough times that you could choose to work 9-17:00, though flexible times isn’t quite what “9 to 5 job” implies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mint⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like this really depends on the local climate, or maybe we just don’t the right type of mint here. All the actual weeds (i.e. plants that we don’t want to grow) seem to shake down mint for its lunch money.

  A garden full of mint would be julep heaven!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a celebrity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Good for him if true. Let’s hope he keeps up whatever he’s doing to stay “kinda chill”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a celebrity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  IMO he’s a super talented producer, even if some of his samples are recognizable if you listen to the original songs. He should never have been allowed in front of a microphone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a celebrity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  At that point, he had already publicly endorsed Trump several times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a celebrity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  4chan and Nazis, name a more iconic duo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there an optimal angle when using a urinal?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d say aim at the back wall, but way down so it still hits the wall at an angle. And don’t pull back your foreskin, pulling it back makes the stream harder and thus results in more splashback (I assume this isn’t useful advice if you’re circumcised). But TBH I don’t like urinals, when possible I use a stall and sit down unless it’s obviously dirty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon carpools⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Or maybe it’s just cultural differences. TBH I’m not quite clear on how “Dutch” the guy in OP’s story is or where this even takes place, but AFAIK this would be completely normal behavior among friends and acquaintances in the Netherlands. Keeping at it outside of NL does seem kinda autistic, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All canals? Many canals are ship routes, you can’t drive a barge through 3 foot deep canals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I pretend to care about the lives in Gaza and Palestine?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt that caring about Palestinians is mainstream enough to make it worthwhile to pretend. If you can’t make yourself care, just STFU.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Times have changes sadly⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They AI people imagined was a lot more competent than LLMs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would you put in a time capsule?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A collection of satirical images depicting the annoying orange.

  An extremely ridiculous selfie.

  Some good smut.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a stoic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  how tf do you pronounce ‘stoike’

  Is OOP literally adding a vowel for no reason at the end?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explain Stalking to me. I have ex gf's I run into different times at the same stores. Some I keep running into store after store. Just coincidence. At what point is it stalking or something?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Intent matters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy Air ☢️⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  FFS, no one ever argues that we should replace nuclear energy with fossils, except for the damn fossil fuel companies that are apparently running most governments. Why even bring it up?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we have alcohol advertisements. We don't allow cigarettes to advertise⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely is when you’re shopping in Germany.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we have alcohol advertisements. We don't allow cigarettes to advertise⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  corruption

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is this box??⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Living quarters or offices for construction workers?