insomniac_lemon
@insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe
- Comment on 2016-2020 vibes at the start of this quarter century 5 days ago:
I am tired of Earth. These people.
I am tired of being caught in the grief of their economy.
- Comment on Vibes based cooking 1 week ago:
According to the label? I just checked most of it (GV, McCormick) has no info whatsoever.
The exceptions are spice mixes (rotisserie chicken, old bay) and a single expired bottle of Durkee celery seed (maybe their other spices are like this, but afaik this is the only one we have).
Best I can do is try different spices when sautéing vegetables.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
I need the most cynical take you have…
Hans Moleman (from The Simpsons) standing inside a cracked phone-booth
…nooooh, that’s too cynical.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
In fact, those same pastimes are still available today.
That is glossing over a lot of context, a big one being that club membership is down (that’s a big point of Bowling Alone). I would not be surprised if many clubs relocated or shut down due to low membership, especially after raising membership fees. Or y’know that they were already a middleclass thing, thus canaries.
Pubs are also going to rely on prices, but the most social ones likely are accessible by free public transit or are located in a walkable/mixed-use area (particularly cities designed before+not-bulldozed-for cars).
I don’t think this is about awareness, especially when most people have less friends and less (or no) social engagement.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
See Bowling Alone.
Personally (and from a US shut-in perspective!) I’d take it further: the social contract is broken. When society has been molded to almost exclusively generate money, the closest to winning there is when you’re broke is trying to spend the least amount of money possible which surely will be solitaire confinement.
I don’t think there’s any easy fix, moving to a better area is an individual thing yet is also the core issue when it comes to transportation+rent+cost-of-living.
- Comment on Life, huh 1 month ago:
- Comment on I don't have a purpose in life and feel like a robot. This cannot be good for my mental health, but I don't know how or what to change. How do I change? 1 month ago:
I am similar, though for me I’d say it’s more of a personality disorder (SzPD) which also makes socialization a dilemma (it’s a term). Though I live somewhere without much to do (+no public transportation), particularly because I have no interest in driving.
Though I lack skills/money, plus have untreated health issues and likely depression.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
valid criticism*
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- Comment on okay.. 1 month ago:
Is this supposed to be self-deprecating or did you forget to switch accounts?
- Comment on The greater good 1 month ago:
I would take this deal.
- Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 1 month ago:
I would go with cereal water. It’s what it is, and something it can be used for.
- Comment on Why do I tend to reply in the same amount of time it took my friends to? 1 month ago:
It’s probably that you have a similar or even shared microbiome. Similar living conditions, or maybe your vibes/rythms just sync up over time.
- Comment on What video game company/developer/publisher loves shitting on it's fans? 1 month ago:
Nintendo has increasingly become a problem over the last decade
Of the other related videos, one by Knowledge Husk (7FWyhlS3kvc) points to the CEOs being an issue and that they just had one (1) good CEO: Iwata (particularly because he was a computer scientist who was pro-consumer).
Now I doubt Nintendo was fully non-evil in 2002-2015 (considering Nintendo actions with 2010s-era Youtube) but I’m sure it was probably the better side of Nintendo.
- Comment on Why do people with lots of 'karma points' tend to be nothing but egotistical assholes? 1 month ago:
I am on Lemmy, OP is not:
https://kbin.melroy.org/u/Pyrin - Comment on What video game company/developer/publisher loves shitting on it's fans? 1 month ago:
Nintendo.
Not just crushing fan games, but also issues with the Smash bros community, pricing and availability, eshops shutting down (+needing to buy those games again on new consoles or it’s not even available at start), stick drift, fan content policy, also Youtube strikes/claims (both newer for specific reasons and an entire era for let’s plays in general). 20 years of content removed from Gmod.
And no this isn’t about Japanese law, they choose to be this way.
For actual specifics (and more issues) 2 videos: UKD_wnB9AMU and xgKY9hmbfgo
- Comment on Why do people with lots of 'karma points' tend to be nothing but egotistical assholes? 1 month ago:
I check a lot of those boxes but have never had many points on most websites. The difference I think is that I don’t often make posts/threads (comments alone usually don’t get as many views/points, posts may get thousands of points).
Those with the most points often make posts multiple times an hour (often a dozen posts in a day) particularly if they become “known” for some theme/gimmick (which may add to ego). Also at that point they likely have parasocial users backing up their ego and buffoonery.
I don’t know if any of those “no life” people are behind this or not. I suspect people posting like this, especially when it is blog-like (their job, some other interaction) are likely normal outgoing people who just have their phone with them to post whenever they have a spare moment. It may even be a similar archetype to “influencer” (one unlikely to show their face) especially if they are saving many things ahead of time to post later. That, and the inevitable monetization even if it’s just gifts/favors from strangers.
- Comment on Why do people with lots of 'karma points' tend to be nothing but egotistical assholes? 1 month ago:
If you go to their instance you’ll see that is does list it in users’ profiles (Reputation points).
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Why are you the way that you are?
(And why is your account is all tech and now… this?)
- Comment on Why hasn't Lemmy.World moved up from Lemmy 0.19.3 to Lemmy 0.19.7 yet? 1 month ago:
Just to add, there seems to be some issue with thumbnails on
.cafe, from the admin:Yes, there’s clearly some problem with the change introduced in lemmy 0.19.7 where thumbnail generation was changed to force a smaller size (and potentially something else). Still not entirely sure which part - lemmy or pict-rs - is misbehaving, but working on both fronts trying to find the culprit. Nothing so far, unfortunately
- Comment on Extended lungs 1 month ago:
You got scammed, bro. 4-stroke lungs are a much better deal. (uni-directional breathing, air sacs before/after lungs. birds, crocodiles, dinosaurs)
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
The problem I have is that preventing euthanasia does not mean there will be a significant effort to reduce the desire for it in the first place. If anything, I would say there are also perverse incentives (particularly in the US) for not allowing people to have that choice (also leaving isn’t really viable for many suffering either). Ideally using those choices would push a government for some changes… although I know it probably would not fix malice, greed, or incompetence etc.
Personally I would take a chance to test (physical, cheap) brain preservation if it were an option (esp. if I could set some revival conditions/scenarios). I know there would be no guarantee, though it is the tiniest step up from non-existence and I do think it should make some difference in the tone.
- Comment on flouride 1 month ago:
I mean you can buy it here in a normal store. So I’m not sure if you mean a dentist can’t use/sell it, or if you’re thinking about the nano forms of it.
- Comment on flouride 1 month ago:
For other toothpaste that still strengthens enamel, there is toothpaste with hydroxyapatite (which can be ingested, at least that specific ingredient). Though it is probably more expensive.
- Comment on flouride 1 month ago:
It could likely be replaced with hydroxyapatite instead (it also can be used to remove lead and other things from water, which makes searching about being added to municipal water difficult). Good for not only teeth, also bones.
I also wonder if adding other vitamins would make more sense (just enough to stop deficiencies) if we’re talking about health outcomes, though the first idea I had with vitamin C came up with results of that messing with the chlorine in the water.
- Comment on What do you create? 1 month ago:
Me: “If I make a new mascot platformer with vertex colors, maybe someone would get me out of here? What are the chances and outcomes? Would I even have enough time to make something decent with current conditions?”
Blender, Godot 4, player controller in Nim-lang via gdext-nim, and on top of the 3 hats I need to learn I don’t have many viable ideas.
Also somewhat related to the social isolation thread in showerthoughts, I live on the edge of nowhere and don’t even want to drive.
