LH0ezVT
@LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on What makes a man? 18 hours ago:
Dipole? Kinky!
I am old-fashioned, I just use my trusty quarter wave monopole. No need to get fancy, at the end of the day any good standing wave does the job if you get in resonance.
Honestly, even a shortened monopole is perfectly fine. Take your time to tune it to the signal properly, and it’ll work.
- Comment on Well damn. Glad he's dead. 4 days ago:
Okay: it criticized the corporate bullshit machine, how it promotes short-term thinking, and how it turns hopeful, creative people into burned out cynics. Yes, it had flaws, it overused the “work, amiright” trope and it liked to kick downwards, for instance. But at its core it was a sarcastic criticism of capitalism and our broken society that resonated with lots of people. Even if it never spelled such things out.
Doesn’t excuse the author being a racist asshole, of course.
- Comment on DOGE cut 20% of APHIS the agency that protects U.S. agriculture and now the screwworm parasite that wipes out livestock has returned to the U.S 1 week ago:
Meh. Beef is pretty expensive to create in terms of raw resources and work. Much cheaper to just turn the cattle feed into human food.
- Comment on Title 1 week ago:
But they don’t allow siege cannons and mortars in stadiums :(
Those damn woke are taking our guns away, it is not even modern football without artillery.
- Comment on Just me and my cement truck 1 week ago:
As is tradition.
- Comment on Anon is incompatible 1 week ago:
And then everyone clapped, of course.
- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 2 weeks ago:
so they didn’t know they would be killing people? That the war was unjust? Have they paid attention to any war the US was in before signing up for the least moral army in the world?
Exactly my point. Propaganda and group pressure are strong factors. Army recruiters don’t exactly go around showing you videos of war crimes. This does not absolve anyone from making their own decisions, of course. And once you are in, getting out is hard, and you are actively pressured against it.
yeah they run for congress
they do not “believe they did the right thing”
Aren’t those two statements contradicting each other? The guy you quote seems to believe he was doing nothing wrong.
My statements may be a bit generalising, but I would bet a surprisingly large chunk of people who are part of war crimes and abuse do not believe they were in the wrong. Now, why they do this is a good question, maybe it is the mind trying to protect itself, maybe they are really the kind of psychopaths that are usually kept in check by society.
the gas chambers famously weren’t ok after, but a complete mess
I would love to see some sources for that, because from all the anecdotes I have heard, many people who were actively involved in the Nazi genocides were mostly concerned about persecution.
no abuse similar to abu ghraib or the concentration camps is known to me
A statement I would have expected more from a .ml user.
- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 2 weeks ago:
That is certainly some experience, and a good life lesson. I just want to remark, if my best friends disappeared for a week, I would assume they just wanted to disappear for a week, and had their reasons to not tell me. Doesn’t mean I don’t care about them.
- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 2 weeks ago:
Obviously, people online and even good irl friends cannot replace professional therapy.
I’ve seen both, the “social default” of having a somewhat ok relationship with one’s parents, and people in certain circles who tend to assume that there must be at least some difficulties.
- Comment on Anon is an introvert 2 weeks ago:
This is all from my experience as someone who moved to the countryside as a kid, so, feel free to disregard anything that does not match your situation. I am writing this in the hope that it’s useful, but knowing that it might not apply. I have never lived in Denmark, and if the people are similar to Frisians, I can imagine how it is.
I am not sure if I misunderstood you or not. I am born in this country as well, as are my parents and their parents, we all look clearly European, speak the regional dialect and so on. But we made the mistake of moving from a city to a village about 60km away. That already means we count as foreigners in the minds of many people.
If your family does not have ties to the village you are in, or at least to the neighbouring villages, you are a foreigner. Of course, it is mostly old and grumpy people, but it is what it is, sadly. It’s even more stupid than the “normal” racism.
As for joining clubs and such, there isn’t a lot of interesting clubs in my area and those that seem interesting are at least an hour away
No, my point was this: if you want to be part of the “in group”, join the local club. Even if you don’t like it, if you think the people are stupid or if you are not interested in the topic. The goal is not to find new friends, the goal is to be seen as “Nangijala from the tennis club” and not “Nangijala who just moved here, 20 years ago”. Even then, some particularly stupid people will barely tolerate you, be prepared that they’ll still do some things without you because your parents did not go to the same primary school.
Then, of course, there is the whole idea about not having the same interest. Narrow-minded people are narrow-minded, and with the local club or tradition, the goal is to be part of the group. It’s fine to have weird interests, as long as you have some things other people and you can connect on.
but I’m not going partying with people who are “functional” alcoholics
Your mileage may vary, and certainly, things are moving in the right direction even compared to 10, 20 years ago. Over here, heavy drinking is quite socially accepted, because many people are unable to have a genuine conversation or be interesting while sober. A few permille of beer, and they will be more accepting, open, and “funny”. Unfortunately, it is the great social lubricant, and some people never learned to enjoy company while sober. I also don’t really see the point in that, I am not against alcohol and the effects of a beer or three in good company, but I’ve seen it being pushed to another level in village festivities.
- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 2 weeks ago:
That is a bit of a hen-egg question, isnt it? Do people in certain circles see their parents negatively because the circles echo such thoughts, or because such circles attract people like that? I have no definite answer, tbh.
Maybe it is because those circles make it easier to speak about such things?
Maybe because someone who experienced hardships themselves might turn to more “left” ideas to avoid this happening to others?
I personally am very grateful to my parents, they sacrificed a lot of potential happiness for their children. And yes, they are flawed human beings in a flawed world, who make mistakes, have some issues of themselves and so on. But psychology is messy, fuzzy, and hard to wrap in nice logical statements.
- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 2 weeks ago:
Unfortunately, the people that most deserve it are the ones that have zero issues.
The ones who tried to survive in something that turned out much different than what they thought or what they were sold are the ones who get fucked up by it.
I guarantee you the people behind Abu Ghraib are sleeping well and believe they did the right thing.
- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 2 weeks ago:
“Society” hates you? Then suicide would only be a net gain if you cared about everyone’s feelings equally. Fuck the bigoted mouthbreathers that would cheer to see you dead, every day you survive despite the odds is a tiny middle finger.
Pissing in Jeff Bezos’ morning coffee would probably make him unhappy as well, yet I’d gladly do it and not feel bad about it. Respect and tolerance are an opt-in thing. If someine denies it to others, they don’t deserve it themselves
- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 2 weeks ago:
Fair, but I believe it is different to do this as. a job, with strangers, and to experience it with close people. Still sucks.
- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 2 weeks ago:
I think in the bubbles that we are in, including Lemmy, people with bad parents are overrepresented. Simply because of sexual minorities, progressive or radical ideas, or just plain old not conforming to the norm in terms of behaviour and character.
Plenty of people never had an issue with their parents, but also, plenty of people never had to tell their parents that they are homosexual, think their political beliefs are stupid, and have ADHD, for instance.
Plus, I would say that lonely people tend to flock together, likewise, people with no strong family ties probably end up using the internet more.
- Comment on Anon is an introvert 2 weeks ago:
As someone from the northern European countryside, you’ll never fully fit in. You need to have at least several generations of
incestfamily ties to be seen as a true native. Best you can hope for is “they’re alright for outsiders, I guess”.What helps, if you want to fit in better, is joining the usual clubs. At my place, that meant (for men at least) things like voluntary firefighters, men’s choir, and tennis/football clubs. Also, show up on traditional festivities and events, and be prepared to drink. Functional alcoholics are suspicious of people who don’t drink with them, so if you cannot or don’t want to keep up with them, excuse yourself early and say you need to drive/take care of your kids/work tomorrow early.
Actually, half of that advice goes for any context, not just rednecks.
- Comment on Fit girls role call 2 weeks ago:
From what I heard, greater control and better orgasms?
- Comment on Anon carpools 4 weeks ago:
Ik hoor stroopwafels?!
- Comment on Anon carpools 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, right? With current energy prices, price of decent coffee and so on, that coffee is at least 70 ct.
- Comment on Doomer 4 weeks ago:
And whatever nature managed to adapt and survive the winter would probably be killed off by the warming afterwards. Yeah.
- Comment on Doomer 4 weeks ago:
Yes, for a few decades. And then we’d go straight into warming again.
The only solution: a new nuclear war every 50 or so years. Solar radiation management is for suckers, real men use nukes!
- Comment on Doomer 4 weeks ago:
Nah, global warming is on much larger scales than nuclear winter. Well get a few years or decades of winter and then a quick rebound to warming. Even worse than just the warming, because at least that happens gradually and gives nature and people time to adapt.
- Comment on DNAddy 4 weeks ago:
At the end of the day, nothing is really beyond any doubt. Witnesses can imagine things, cops can be bribed, judges can have a newborn kid and maybe slept 3h last night
- Comment on I only date virgins 4 weeks ago:
Is dick polymer biodegradable? If so, maybe we can tackle the whole microplastic issue as well!
- Comment on I only date virgins 4 weeks ago:
But she’s fun art barbecues!
- Comment on of course it's by choice why would you even ask 5 weeks ago:
Didn’t say who made that choice
- Comment on We're so back 5 weeks ago:
Absolutely. We are on a 3-10 year delay, but we get the same bullshit. Remember when QAnon made its way over?
- Comment on We're so back 5 weeks ago:
As a fellow European, I wish I didn’t have to know who MTG is, but sadly I do. I also wish that I never heard of HCQ, homeopathy, and the relations between Semitic religions and space-based laser weapons, but here we are
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
The fucking guy found the jackpot, and complains the gold coins have the wrong shape. A woman that is apparently both hot, and financially responsible? Fuck yes.
Besides, it is an easy filter: if you don’t want someone who thinks splitting the bill ist just and fair, you’ll likely find out at the first date (and vice versa). If your date strongly disagrees with your ideas, don’t proceed, tick it off as a nice evening and move on.
- Comment on Built a transmitter controller for a fox hunt 1 month ago:
Oh, that is cool! I’d probably go for something more fancy, but hey, it does the job.
For antennas, Id probably go with wood or aluminium (depending on what is on hand) and brass tubes from the hardware store. If you want it to be small, a HB9CV is pretty easy too