InputZero

@InputZero@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These gender reveals are getting rather ridiculous..⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even worse they had a device that could safely move the berilium spheres without the risk of them falling which would prevent the demon core from going prompt critical but no… Louis Slotin thought so highly of himself he literally couldn’t think that he could make a mistake and accidentally killed himself. Let that be the lesson that no one is mistakeproof.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The internet kind of sucks right now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Discord’s complete lack of indexing. Although it’s definitely not impossible to scrape data from Discord it would take more resources than say reddit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay young one, we have a few things to get through.

  First, you should feel whatever you do feel. It’s not as embarrassing to have your parents help you than you might think. You’re in your early 20s, which means most of your life experience comes from when you were a child and embarrassing parents were a social death sentence. You’re an adult now and to a lot of older adults stuff like that becomes insignificant compared to other things. That said if you feel embarrassed, you feel embarrassed, there is no should to feelings.

  Two, I suggest you tell your Dad that you appreciate what he’s trying to do, and that you’ll go on the date (because I think you should). You need to tell him that doing this without keeping you in the loop made you feel uncomfortable. He’s trying to help and it comes from a good place but the execution was a little off.

  Third, go easy on yourself. Finding a partner is not easy, and at your age you’re going to make mistakes, big ones but that’s okay. That’s what living is. Just make sure you don’t an STI or you or someone else pregnant. Unless future you is trying to have a kid, in which case good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MD = oMega Dumbass⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But if they’re not listening, you just gotta call them stupid weirdos and make them feel uncomfortable in public. Make their friends laugh at them, make it seem like your side is having more fun. The fear of being excluded will eventually pull them over, willingly or not.

  I’m glad that you’re engaging with the topic, but that suggestion won’t help. Publicly embarrassing someone who is holding onto an emotional belief like ‘I can never trust the companies that make vaccines.’ just pushes them to double down. Vaccine hesitancy and how to address it is a well studied topic and any form of attack just pushes the person into defense mode.

  The best solution is actually compassion from those the vaccine hesitant most love and trust. Vaccine hesitancy begins with a lack of trust in the medical profession. Which may or may not be well founded, the medical community has some bad people in it.

  Regardless, saying to your loved one “Okay you don’t trust the scientists, but you do trust me, and I trust the science on this one.” Is much more effective than arguing or publicly embarrassing someone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And nothing of value was lost⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On the vehicular manslaughter sure, on drunk driving charges, I should hope not. Sure this time a Nazi scumbag who deserves to die was killed, but next time it might be someone wholely innocent. Just because we hate the victim doesn’t mean what she did was reckless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's a keeper⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Me neither, it implies that dating is just basic stats. Which no, because dating preferences aren’t independent variables. If you score low with a potential partner on a particular quality that doesn’t mean they’ve rejected you, unless that quality is a deal breaker. They are variable’s that are dependent to and from other variables, how are you with pets, are you pursuing a life goal you have set out for yourself, how are your relationships with others, ect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon witnesses excellent security⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just pick up the phone and harass someone but to also have someone to press a lawsuit against if things go really wrong. With free software the liability typically ends at the user which means all they can do is fire the employee and eat the loss. Suppose now corporate paid for it, well now there is a contract and a party that can be sued.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm doing my part!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bingo! Well said.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mr. fatass and his fat ass⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If a healthy pet is fat, it’s the owners fault. Their owners control their food, assuming that the pet doesn’t have a condition, the owner has control over their pets weight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨call of the void⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Resume by Dorothy Parker.

  Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren’t lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.

  There are not many ways to kill one’s self that don’t usually end up a botched suicide attempt. Pills are a painful and horrible way to go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is sweat there different?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Poe’s law still applies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is sweat there different?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You forgot the /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon remembers moot⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh absolutely, Trump is the embodiment of the stereotype of an American. He is everything wrong with the United States of America distilled down and wrapped up in a cheap suit. He is such a characture of an American that finally some Americans are looking at themselves in the mirror and saying maybe we are this. Unfortunately half of the people who do would rather embrace the things Trump represents than face the uncomfortable truth that they’re wrong, grow, and admit maybe the problem is coming from inside their house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon pitches a new game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That and everything now needs to be “disruptive”. An idea doesn’t see the light of day in a tech board room without explaining how it’s going to disrupt the market and create space for itself. So unless the game is pitched as a killer of whatever the competition has it won’t move forward. It’s the whole silicon valley mindset of move fast and break things in action.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is the Sandwich Man⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I read this as if Eminem had said it. Keep it trashy you psychopath.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon misses the classic design⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also wayyy more cost effective when you’re transporting them. For the Allies, because they relied so heavily on supply lines every cubic foot of space on a ship or truck was important. Carrying a grenade on a stick to the front means not carrying three more grenades. I’m sure four grenades are more lethal than one grenade that a soldier might be able to throw a little bit further.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon discovers cigarettes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not worth going back! I’m trying to quit, my advice to you don’t think about the high. Think about how expensive it is, how gross it smells, how much time it takes from your day, how much easier it is to breathe. The high is fleeting, the damage to your body is permanent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weapons trafficking⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was also the 90s. To anyone who didn’t live it I can not overstate how many benefits the McCallister adults had. Not even from the government just the world. The Soviet Union had just collapsed, China hadn’t risen yet and Europe had just finally recovered from WWII. America was at the end of being uncontested internationally for 50 years and had another decade to go before it all starts to crumble. Being middle class in the United States meant you had a good paying job, not the single bread winner jobs of decades before but wayyy better than what most people are offered now. It was a very different time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forbidden Tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d have to constantly test. Just because a lines worker tested that the line is dead five seconds ago doesn’t mean some idiot just plugged one of these in.

  They can work, you just need to disconnect your house first then use it. It’s also a good way to burn your house down. If something on the same circuit as the generator pulls more current than the wires in the walls are designed to take, because there’s no breaker in the way anymore it can catch fire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where there's a violence there's a way⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Another way to put it. Violence isn’t the first answer, but it is the last.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comfy cozy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow your ignorance is astonishing. I’m not even an American and I can tell you that just because there was a Democrat in the Whitehouse doesn’t mean he controls the election. It’s written pretty plainly that the states are responsible for the election. The federal government just sets out requirements, so Biden had very little effect on the voter lists. State governors have much more influence on who votes and yes, voting did get harder between 2020 and 2024.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You just want a break sometimes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve finally found a job that I like and the answer is with a lot of courage and a bit of privilege. First and foremost is the privilege part. If you have the privilege of being able to be unemployed for a few months and not die then you can do this, if you’re on the edge of poverty then you can’t afford to. Just another way privilege is a positive feedback cycle. Anyway, with the warning out first, then find the courage to change jobs every few years until you find a place where you say to yourself, “Yeah I can stay here for a long while.”

  It’s a lot easier to do when you’re young, but if you have the privilege of being able to go through the unemployment of being between jobs then all you need to do is have the courage to leave your job and look for a better one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A completely useful compulsion I have.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll bring chaos into your house rumba!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon needs medical attention⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A second degree burn can require medical attention if it’s in a painful location, if there are complications from healing or if it is a lot of skin. A second or even first degree burn can be life threatening depending on how much has been burnt. Aka, use your best judgement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨women are the devil⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The news media

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Full Circle⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a respectful xenophobia though. Like, it’s just as bad but entirely Japanese in flavor. If I had to make a ham fisted metaphor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets outed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If their music is too loud to hear the fire alarm or other alarms. There were places that I worked that hearing an alarm would save your life. When I was a supervisor I should have said no ear buds, but that’s a bit ridiculous. So I only got on a person’s case if they had both in, a compromise. This way the teen sweeping can listen to their music and hear a hazard alarm if it happens. Workplace safety is important.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets outed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Teenagers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  His name is Jimmy McMillan and he’s the leader of the Rent is Too Damn High party. Interestingly enough, Mr. McMillan has not paid rent for 45 years. That said, he’s maintained that it was how high his disabled children’s rent is as why he’s chosen to make himself a political platform. For a vet with disabled children he’s pretty active.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes you’re over thinking this. A woman lawyer is just a lawyer. Same how a male lawyer is just a lawyer. Unless the gender of the person is important, leave it out of their job title. Use the word actor to describe both men and women who act. Flight attendant for men and women, or receptionist, or any other word. The vast majority of time you can leave their gender out of the description and it’s fine.