superkret
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- Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 1 day ago:
to rebuild our position of authority and influence in the global stage
…it’s definitely doable in our lifetimes.Nope. It would take 20 years to rebuild the soft power, connections and goodwill the US has now lost.
But in 20 years, China will have taken over the role the US used to have on the world stage.
They aren’t even the less moral option anymore. - Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 1 day ago:
During my lifetime, the view people have of the US has completely changed.
It used to be “When I grow up, I want to move there.” and “Oh, you went to the US on vacation? AWESOME”.
Now it’s “Why the fuck would you go there, are you stupid?” - Comment on Get ya every time 3 days ago:
It was closer to 3 - 1 during the first two Indochina wars, and 1 - 3 (in the other direction) during the third.
(The US weren’t the only enemy) - Comment on What's your "this is totally fine and I'm going to have a great time" FPS? 4 days ago:
25FPS and 480 pixels vertically is enough for me to get sucked in and forget the world around me.
Which is nice cause that way I can play open world RPGs like Kingdom Come on an old laptop. - Comment on What's the difference between a hostage and a prisoner? 5 days ago:
People imprisoned by legitimate, lawful governments are prisoners, never hostages, because the government wouldn’t arrest people without legal basis.
Terrorist groups can never take prisoners, only hostages, because they have no legal basis and no legitimacy.
That’s the framing this headline is going for.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
He flew in his private jet!
- Comment on Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs 6 days ago:
Exercise still does a lot in the long term. Just 3x30 minutes of moderate exercise per week would make you lose 10 pounds in a year while eating the same as before
- Comment on If you became a millionaire woman in your early 30s, how would your Friday would look like? From the morning until the time you close your eyes to sleep. Only straight answers, no bs. 6 days ago:
A millionaire? I’d work my nine to five job and live in a 2 bedroom house in a suburb.
- Comment on Kid is having such bad luck 1 week ago:
That’s what reaching Nirvana is.
- Comment on Kid is having such bad luck 1 week ago:
Fun fact: In traditional Buddhist lore, women can’t reach Nirvana.
Instead, if they collect enough good karma, they are reborn as a man. - Comment on Deny it? 1 week ago:
The fumes when you mix Nitric Acid and Dinitrogen Tetroxide
- Comment on Deny it? 1 week ago:
Of course not. Bricks can’t ask for anything.
- Comment on Deny it? 1 week ago:
Then you can still provide valuable living space for all kinds of insects, or smash a combine harvester’s machinery.
- Comment on Ain't no way in hell... 1 week ago:
but some days thats not feasible.
Wat. Some days it isn’t feasible to have your windshield free from ice while you’re driving???
If your car doesn’t have a function to pre-heat it, you can buy a pre-heater for not very much money.
You can buy a windshield cover to put on in the evening for even less money.
Or put 2-3 hot water bottles on the dash first thing in the morning. That’s enough to melt the ice on the windshield. - Comment on Deny it? 1 week ago:
Be the brick that’s thrown through a cop car’s window, not the one that’s part of a prison wall.
- Comment on Incoming!! 1 week ago:
No. Snow can vary in weight a lot.
- Comment on Taking one for the team... 1 week ago:
As much as you can eat
- Comment on Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs 1 week ago:
Nice. When I’m at the top I can treat myself to a shot of alcohol-free beer!
- Comment on Anon finds a new way to get protein 1 week ago:
No, it was definitely the spam.
- Comment on Anon finds a new way to get protein 1 week ago:
Anon will pee rocks soon.
- Comment on Looks legit, but can it actually be a real thing? 1 week ago:
I trained my phone’s face ID on my junk. It’s a bit awkward during business meetings, though.
- Comment on 'tis the season 1 week ago:
Covid was among the top 10 causes of death for 2024.
- Comment on Can I lose a beer belly working out one day a week? 1 week ago:
I’m tracking progress by trying on various old pants that have stopped fitting me one after another in the past, and the waistline is shrinking fast.
I eat on a regular schedule, but I’m also at a big caloric deficit. There’s no way to do that without getting hungry.
“Starvation mode” is a myth, by the way. Or rather, your body enters it whenever you’re losing weight. But it can’t sustain its weight when you stay active and eating little.
Don’t worry, as long as I can ride my bicycle for hours on end, concentrate at my job, and stay healthy, I know I’m doing fine. I’ll reconsider my approach when I’m starting to feel weak, or getting brain fog. - Comment on America calls for aid 1 week ago:
Oh Say Can You See
By The Dawn’s Early Light
What So Proudly We Hailed
In The Twilight’s Last Gleaming
Bacon Stripes and Burger Buns
Through The Ravenous Night
On The Ramparts We Ate
Its Fat Glisteningly Streaming - Comment on Just day dreaming when this struck me 1 week ago:
I’m so FUCKING tired of second-hand memes pre-censored to pass another site’s algorithm.
Wouldn’t want to get demonetized on lemmy now, would we?
- Comment on She would be proud 1 week ago:
Spoiler: She squirted over it, too.
- Comment on Only 5-6 more decades left of my shift on planet earth 1 week ago:
Does this look like a community for sh tposts?
- Comment on Sadge 1 week ago:
He wasn’t very bright
- Comment on Sadge 1 week ago:
His son will be lighter next year
- Comment on Can I lose a beer belly working out one day a week? 1 week ago:
No. I’m currently in the process of losing my beer belly.
It’s going really well, here’s what I do:- only drink water, nothing with alcohol or calories
- no snacks or sweets
- whey shake for breakfast, small lunch (sandwich) and a normal-sized supper.
- walk 30 miles per week, generally stay physically active, commute by bicycle.
The good thing is that it works without counting calories or weighing myself.
The bad thing is that I’m hungry half the day, but I figure that’s my body burning fat, so I even kinda enjoy it.
I expect my belly to be gone by midsummer. There’s a FUCKTON of calories stored in a beer belly. A few situps won’t change much.