dukeofdummies

@dukeofdummies@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any non-zero possibility Musk was not doing a Hitler Salute?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s twice, it’s not a random twitch or awkward wave. He sieg heiled the front and the back

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Same⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m always a huge fan of Deep Rock Galactic, Moonring, Rimworld

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help me out: which looks better for the Duck - the neck tie or the bow tie?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, both ties are too high, definitely prefer the bow tie though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨James Lee - How I Broke up with Adobe [An animator with 850K subscribers talks about using Adobe alternatives and switching to Linux]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … I don’t know what to say.

  Here’s a guy that seems to finally start following some of your worldviews. Starts preaching a bit of your gospel, and your first reaction seems to be.

  “You’re too slow. You’re clearly fake because a true linux and open source user would’ve sacrificed themselves to a pipeline that did not work for them.”

  Why can’t you just be happy and smug right now that a creator has moved away from corporate and into the open source realm?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨James Lee - How I Broke up with Adobe [An animator with 850K subscribers talks about using Adobe alternatives and switching to Linux]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because now this stuff is in a better working state.

  Linux now supports most video games (successfully played elden ring, drg, and Balatro this weekend) open office is far more reliable.

  The options now WORK

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with male loneliness?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t even think it’s an exclusively male thing. It’s just getting harder and harder to meet people and mingle. Men are just feeling it harder and sooner.

  It’s harder to meet people now. I think part of it is:

  1. That people used to be bored. You would make entertainment where you could find it, and two bored people can rapidly get entertained. Now you have a phone that makes you not bored, and de-incentivizes face to face interaction.

  2. There used to be more places where people interacted. Masons, elk lodge, unions, they would often serve alcohol at events, for dirt cheap. They were known as third places, somewhere other than work and home. One thing I hear from a lot of smokers is that the smoking areas are where people hang out to talk, and they do. It’s where conversations happen at a club. It gives you something to do when you’re not talking, a reason to stand somewhere close to people, and a perfect excuse to jump into a conversation. It’s kinda infuriating that it also shaves two minutes off your life -_-.

  3. People have less time. Younger generations are working multiple jobs, gigs with unpredictable hours, often times having commutes of an hour which turns a 9 to 5 into an 8 to 6, and spending all their vacation hours on the shit that has to be done on a weekday like the DMV or the like. How are you supposed to make a friend when schedules differ so much that a spreadsheet is required to make it work?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon goes to therapy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly it was only 4 years ago. But Iowa does feel like that sometimes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IMDb's Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh god it’s a live action remake??? This is depressing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IMDb's Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  yeah 28 Years Later I could see potential with. the rest I’m kinda… meh.

  Although there have been titles that surprised me the last few years. Puss in boots 2 in particular. I expected nothing from that and found an amazing gem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon goes to therapy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus Christ, that tops the worst thing I’ve ever heard a therapist say.

  I heard a tale about a therapist in Iowa who after talking about issues with anxiety recommended eating brains shaped foods like, broccoli and walnuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alec Baldwin's Rust Case Is Over, Prosecutor Drops Manslaughter Appeal⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ordinarily I would agree, but there are a few issues with that.

  For one, he’s not just an actor. He’s also credited as one of the 13 producers and co-producers. That producer hat does not disappear once the director yells action. That alone should open up a door for all 13 of these guys to get charges applied if they ignored warnings about safety. Not saying it’s an open and shut case, hell maybe he’s only producer in name for bragging rights and never attended a meeting, it’s a valid argument he can make. But I think it definitely opens the door.

  Secondly, the amount of star power he has does give him some power in this film. If people are complaining about safety and he’s domineering over people going “Shut up! I need filming done in 3 months so I can move to x film, give me the gun lets go”. He’s culpable in my eyes. He actively silenced and ignored concerns in that hypothetical and proceeded to roll the dice himself. Again no idea if that happened but it would absolutely open the door for charges.

  The fact that the case is being dropped suggests that maybe they thought they had a case in these two veins, but ultimately couldn’t make the argument to a reliable degree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Improve your Wi-Fi with this one trick⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, that was my first thought… but would there be a measurable difference?

  I mean lets be clear, with a fan you’re adding like 8 mph to something going 299,792,458 meters per second. You won’t notice anything.

  But like, vacuum vs glass vs glass moving half the speed of light, could be an interesting what if. Relativity is always where my mind glosses over in physics.