ArmoredThirteen
@ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
- Comment on Why do some Americans "feel ashamed" for being American even when it's not their fault? 15 hours ago:
I feel deeply embarrassed about being from the US. It’s like hanging out with a group of friends out of necessity, later realizing they were all assholes, and trying to come to terms with the fact you spent so many years with them. I love outside the US now and I’m even more embarrassed to be from the US. Every time there’s some culture shock my takeaway is either “wow how did I normalize this broken aspect of the US” or “I wish I was from somewhere that didn’t do those things to that person’s country”.
I also feel embarrassed and guilty over getting out of the US. I worked in tech and now I’m living off tech savings to start a life outside the US. I left my friends behind many of them are struggling financially, I left my community behind many of which are actively homeless, I chose to leave. Sure I’m leaving in part because my trans ass is on the chopping block but I see a lot of trans people fight harder instead of flee. I fought for so many years though and I couldn’t keep doing it so I left. The US did this to my community, made me confront choices I never wanted to make, I’m disgusted by having paid taxes to the war machine, and I justify working in tech as a way out of there but really I feel guilty over choosing to buy into that side of the US too so I could secure personal safety.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
Ah, this is me, but the functions are protests and I don’t stop at just half naked
- Comment on What did I forget? 1 day ago:
Subtracting it’s normalized negentropy from 1
- Comment on A screenshot that is the old evidence of my first ever attempt at a game. 2 days ago:
Hell yeah! My first game was a text only java program where you killed skeletons and dragons, gained levels, and movement was done by typing a wasd key then hitting enter lol. You still making games at all?
- Comment on Are you even old enough to remember number 1? 4 weeks ago:
My first phone was like 18 but also I didn’t get a cellphone until I was nearly 30
- Comment on Same... 4 weeks ago:
Well ridged is a word that can mean that and sounds nearly identical, probably does sound identical in some dialects. Could be you heard someone use ridged and mixed the two
- Comment on rich 4 weeks ago:
Someone please help me what’s that comic where one person is asked what they’re going to do with their newly found wealth and the guy is like “I’m going to have sex with children”? I don’t want to type these words into a search engine
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Amusingly I decided to see what my local grocery store has and found this:
TIL Sweden calls it hamburger cheese (I just moved here from the US). I’m pretty sure in the US someone would get shot for trying to take America out of the name though
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
I’m going to continue to die on this hill: American cheese slices typically have cheddar cheese as the very first ingredient. They are made of real cheese, dairy, and an emulsifier. Basically think of a cheese sauce with a higher melt temp but nobody seems to claim fondue is fake cheese.
Are they good though? That’s subjective, I think they go great on burgers and ramen. Are they plastic or use fake cheese? No. If you want to be accurate while high horsing about it you could call them watered down congealed cheese though
- Comment on "I used to be with it" 5 weeks ago:
I had a pack like that, tried to use them last year and every one of them failed to burn. Must have hit their shelf life somewhere along the way
- Comment on What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life? 5 weeks ago:
What’s your problem? Let people enjoy stuff that has no effect on your life. You sound miserable internally and to be around, maybe go reflect on yourself a bit
- Comment on Manic Stew 5 weeks ago:
Dysphoria Salad, hell yeah
- Comment on Yummers! 1 month ago:
Avoid the green ones, they’re not ripe yet
- Comment on professional night training 1 month ago:
I love the completely different reactions of the two in the background
- Comment on The Streets Are Alive With The Sound Of Anarchy 1 month ago:
Just in case anyone doesn’t know the reference: youtu.be/dmFgAMTEg0E
- Comment on Gonna be late 2 months ago:
School actually, only 10 minutes late 💪
- Comment on Gonna be late 2 months ago:
Fuck I’m literally doing this right now
- Comment on 2 months ago:
This it?
- Comment on Who could have predicted this? 2 months ago:
The articles for windows 10 aren’t going to be great either once the security updates stop
- Comment on Creative way to boost your business 2 months ago:
If I knew then everything I know now, the pain, the emotional turmoil, having to discover my body on my own, how incredibly frustrating it is to feel useless during recovery, I’d still have done it. Even if I didn’t know I’d have as positive an outcome as I have had I’d still have taken that chance. My body was so wrong to me I was going to end up dead if it wasn’t changed. Everything is better now I’m so happy to have the body I do
- Comment on I'd also add that 2 months ago:
My favorite part about Chicago being elitist over ketchup is that they add vinegar, sweetness, and tomato to their dogs. If only there was a way to get all that in a single condiment lol
Seattle makes the best dog I’ll die on that hill. Cream cheese, onion, sauerkraut (all optional), an enormous array of do it yourself condiments, and some stoned dude who won’t judge you for having preferences
- Comment on Creative way to boost your business 2 months ago:
Sure does work, and here you go my hole story: lemmy.zip/post/39222527
- Comment on Creative way to boost your business 2 months ago:
I was able to discuss desired outcomes but there’s no guarantee on these things. Plus the first surgery is more about getting everything in place and functional then people can go in later to pretty it up if that’s wanted. From what I experienced each surgeon has really specific skills and you shop based on that then let the chosen one go to town on the bits. The things I was most invested in had more to do with certain functionality than looks so that’s where my discussions were focused. Now that I’m here though I wouldn’t change a thing I think having a camel toe from hell is hilarious so it gets to stay
- Comment on Creative way to boost your business 2 months ago:
Damn wish I could find something like this. I’m mtf post surgery. For whatever reason my doctor blessed me with a camel toe big enough to punch time cards
- Comment on happy friday 2 months ago:
Find a surface that doesn’t matter if it gets messy, grab a bunch of paper and notebooks, a couple packs of cheap oil pastels, some glitter paint, water colors etc, then take 5g of mushrooms. Did that for my last birthday. I was covered in pigments and oils absolutely thrilled out of my mind. Was one of the most fun and brain relaxing things I’ve done
- Comment on I got a little somethin for you 3 months ago:
Also some hobbies can help in all kinds of ways! Harmonica for mouth control, rock climbing for finger strength and endurance, Rubik’s cube for finger dexterity, that kind of stuff
- Comment on human geography 3 months ago:
That’s an incredibly difficult map to decipher
- Comment on Be Fast. Be Spontaneous. Don't Suck. Get Paid. 3 months ago:
Honestly sounds fun but I’d want to vibe check with a coffee first lol
- Comment on So Long to Tech's Dream Job: It’s the shut up and grind era, tech workers said, as Apple, Google, Meta and other giants age into large bureaucracies. 3 months ago:
I worked for Unity until recently. They have spent the last four years shifting from what they used to be into a beurocratic stress factory. I started at the tail end of them clinging to what they used to be and I was sold on that kind of work culture. Half dozen mass layoffs, two new CEOs, and most the old guard deciding to retire or find greener pasture, the place is a shell now.
Everyone left was scared and depressed or thinking they’d be the chosen few by sucking up. The team I was in was one of the last holdouts but hiring freezes and budget cuts meant every one of us that left was a lost headcount. When I left we were nearly 1/3 smaller and everyone remaining had to pick up all that slack plus new work.
Working there used to be vibrant and fun. Creatives and tech coming together to make a tool we were proud of. It rotted from the top down.
- Comment on Le Penguini 3 months ago:
Doesn’t ‘ant’ mean not and ‘arc’ is without? So it’s really closer to ‘without penguins’ and ‘not without penguins’
