SolarMonkey
@SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net
- Comment on Zero 4 days ago:
Yeah that’s super fair. I mean I chose the book. 😅
- Comment on Zero 4 days ago:
I listened to a book about the history of the number zero years ago. I thought it would be boring enough to fall asleep to. It fucking sounds boring. It still sounds boring, ask these years later.
Either I’m a bigger nerd than I thought or the history of zero is actually super interesting and I’m super unsure which, tbh.
- Comment on Dont worry everyone, this is just an example. Rick Astley has not given us up. 4 weeks ago:
I think that’s the one inverted color pic that is still widely recognizable by basically everyone, while not being someone particularly famous in a widely applicable way (Einstein and Marilyn Monroe are the only other two I can think of with iconic enough single-frame images to be able to be likewise recognized, but I’m open to other examples!)
- Comment on Nice try guy 4 weeks ago:
Yeah because the economy is totally great right now and finding work that pays the bills is super easy!
— things said by people who are out of touch
Even when the economy was good, it took months to find new employment if you have to have any sort of standard (like minimum income above the minimum wage threshold). Most people right now can’t afford to be out of work for months.
Maybe your area was good, maybe your skill set is in demand, maybe you have zero standards or requirements to support your family, whatever it is, your experience is not at all the standard, and it’s much more likely you just have survivor bias. That’s when you say “it was easy for me, it should be easy for everyone!” While everyone else is struggling.
- Comment on Sunning 5 weeks ago:
At least they don’t have to worry about sunburn because that can’t possibly be a comfortable or easy position to maintain for long periods of time…
Imagine a sunburned anal sphincter… shudder
- Comment on We've increased our subscription from $9.99 to $29.99 a month 5 weeks ago:
One of the later red dwarf episodes has this. The ship gets upgraded to m-corp, and as registered crew lister is the only one impacted.
- Comment on Moap 5 weeks ago:
Featured in the… super amazing movie Waterworld (1995)
- Comment on Poll: What's the cross-over between fans of Trek and solarpunk? 5 weeks ago:
If you haven’t already, you should check out some of the communities over on slrpnk.net, we’ve got stuff from urban development to farming to transport to aesthetics :)
- Comment on Costco Increases Pay to Over $30 an Hour for Most Store Workers 1 month ago:
I’m glad Costco has leadership that seemingly understands the value and responsibility of loyalty, and is taking the union seriously.
A rising tide in this case lifts all ships. I hope the union gets a good contract.
- Comment on Putting the die in diet 1 month ago:
Not a veggie in sight, so your whole digestive motility was based on alcoholic diarrhea. (Been there…)
So fashionable to shit yourself in public in white dresses.
- Comment on Shopping 1 month ago:
Not if this was during the stretch where masks were super hard to get and everyone had to figure something out for themselves…
- Comment on This one is going to be controversial 1 month ago:
I’m a fan of pineapple, red onion, and black olive.
It sounds weird, but it’s an absolute win.
- Comment on Capcom is experimenting with generative AI to help generate the “hundreds of thousands of ideas needed for game development" 1 month ago:
On the subject of existing asset use… I played yonder: the cloud catcher chronicles, and I am fairly certain the sound for rain in that game is actually the sound of something gently sizzling in a pan.
It’s super close, but -just- wrong enough for me to notice. And then be mildly bothered by it for the next 40 hours of playtime.
- Comment on Disappointed. Immeasurably. 1 month ago:
Air fryers are nothing but small convection ovens with fancy pre-sets. I’m a bit mystified that people think you can’t use them for anything other than greasy breaded foods.
My air fryer has a thermometer probe attachment and came with roast pans because it’s made to do everything, including whole chickens, roasts, or steak. (It’s roughly the size of a microwave)
- Comment on Has anyone attempted to create a Fediverse-based Character AI like service? 1 month ago:
I also hate it. And the fediverse in general is super against it. And I’m super here for that.
- Comment on Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination 1 month ago:
Haha well I guess at least you get an excuse for something you (hopefully) enjoy.
No disability is fun, and for what it’s worth I’m sorry that it’s a thing you have to find a way to manage. I imagine it’s rough. I have my own disabilities that… we get by, eh?
Thanks for answering my questions though, I’ve not met anyone in that position, but it will absolutely factor into how I interact with people in the future, so thank you for being open :)
- Comment on Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination 1 month ago:
Nice, do you do that just to help keep it in check, or do you have other methods?
- Comment on Has anyone attempted to create a Fediverse-based Character AI like service? 1 month ago:
Same tbh. But we do have some normies who stumbled in by chance, and I’m sure there are people who see these small communities as a ripe exploitation vector (during the Reddit exodus everyone was super concerned with how to monetize shit, for example)
But yeah for the most part nobody really wants that.
- Comment on Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination 1 month ago:
How ironic.
But really tho, people with high iron are good for blood donation because a lot of people are low and they more readily pass the screening tests for donation.
- Comment on Has anyone attempted to create a Fediverse-based Character AI like service? 1 month ago:
I don’t think anyone here really wants that.
- Comment on Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination 1 month ago:
Do you donate blood to do this or…?
- Comment on Lubricate first pls 1 month ago:
Huh… I struggled to understand him when I was a kid, but I just watched a compilation clip of his lines, and as an adult it’s perfectly intelligible.
(I’m in no way southern; I’m from the part of the Midwest where the accent can only be described as “generic Midwest”)
- Comment on Anon makes a troubling connection 2 months ago:
I don’t follow furry fetish stuff personally, so never.
- Comment on Anon makes a troubling connection 2 months ago:
Considering that 100% is a portion, I’ll agree with you.
- Comment on Anon makes a troubling connection 2 months ago:
That’s a fair point until you realize that humans are a lot smarter than rabbits.
- Comment on USA Air Force issues new guide regarding acceptable phrases to be used when on duty 2 months ago:
“When the fuck do they expect me to do this?” Being replaced by “maybe I should work later” is top tier military satire.
No fucking chance of working late voluntarily. Not paid for it. Only do when told to.
- Comment on Anons make the worst game ever 2 months ago:
Not only drowns it out but also over-writes all the subtitles as soon as they pop up!
- Comment on Anons make the worst game ever 2 months ago:
I don’t recall what game it was, but probably ff7 remake…
If you die in prolonged battles you can choose where to resume even though you can’t actually save there. Last checkpoint, before starting the combat at all, or before the current phase of battle for multi-phase fights.
This was ridiculously helpful for a few things, where you had some difficult non-boss thing that drained your health (if this was your first play through) and then that led directly to a boss fight.
I played super fast and loose with saves in that one thanks to the auto save.
- Comment on The Hot Dog Class 2 months ago:
They are both calzones.
- Comment on I don't have to check the price because I know I can't afford it. 2 months ago:
I think it probably is, yeah.
