zaperberry

@zaperberry@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insulin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If somebody needs to pay for their insulin with a credit card, chances are they’re already not very well off.

  So, start with a baseline mediocre life due to financial constraints. Oh wait, you’re also diabetic. So let’s drop that quality of life further. Now you’re $800 in debt, plus interest. Chances are you’re not paying the balance off next month, and if you’re not paying off the balance then you’re probably using credit to pay for your next batch. Now you’re in a cycle of paying off your debt, similar to payday loans. Your “disposable” income is now shrinking each month. You sacrifice meals, and you don’t do anything enjoyable because most things cost money, but you need your medicine to live. Eventually you end up so deep in the hole that you either have to sell what you have (i.e your home, if you even own one), or claim bankruptcy - which as a low income earner will limit your potential to pick yourself up even further. But wait! You still need to buy your insulin, and now nobody will lend to you. Now you’ve lost the value you’ve built throughout your life AND the debt keeps piling up.

  Death sure sounds like an enticing option now. What’s the point of living if it’s in misery? You very well may rather be homeless for the rest of your life (while still being diabetic but not being able to afford your medicine), but I’d rather die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dunno⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not understanding the logic doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

  We created math and devised a method to ensure that equations can be solved in a way that leads everybody to the same result. If you don’t use the rule, you don’t get the same answer as someone who does. In this circumstance, yes, you do teach by nailing down a strict rule as it’s foundational to the language (math) that we’ve created.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All downhill from there⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey I don’t have cats so it might be a bit different, but I’ve had a few dogs over the years and I figure it would be similar. Your cats probably associate the carriers with going to the vet which it sounds like they’re not a fan of. Their thought process is probably carrier = vet = no thank you.

  Have you tried to put them into the carrier without actually taking them to the vet? Drop some treats in there, let them explore it at their own pace, close it for a minute or two, and then either reward or praise them after release? Keep progressing to the point that treats are no longer required to lure them and they enter on their own, but still reward them on release. Rinse and repeat (and repeat and repeat and repeat). Over time they may change their attitude towards the carrier their mindset may turn into carrier = treats and praise.

  If they’re not food motivated you may have to use alternate bait such as toys or nip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low quality cropping will officially launch on Lemmy in 2025⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would pay a premium ticket price to get a lay down seat at the back of the plane and have no food service in that zone. That gets rid of the food sales loss, for which I have never paid for anyway, as I’d be paying a higher ticket price. I guess at that point there is still a concern regarding a mess, since I can bring my own snacks, but it’s not like I would be getting some memory foam mattress with Egyptian cotton sheets with the way airlines would implement this anyway. I’d get a long pleather cushion with maybe a standard pillow.

  It would be worse than what I got in the Navy, slightly, but still better than any shit airplane seat I’ve sat in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are the blatant anti-competitive practices of Apple just…allowed? How is this even possible?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How is it allowed? That’s the American way, baby!

  How is it possible? People buying Apple products. Their walled garden seems to be a point of pride amongst many users. Not many people actually need Apple products, it’s a choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say thanks⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And the fact that he’s sitting down could be taken as poking fun at people with mobility issues

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say thanks⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is eyeliner a specifically queer thing now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI will replace us all... trust me⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most people would see it that way, yes.

  You can see the AI’s process though. It split the query into two parts: [a red ball balancing on] a [white ball with a blue ball on top]. So it threw a blue ball onto a white ball, then balanced a red on top. I’m guessing sentence formatting would help.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nets⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Orange PVC pipes are used plenty in my neck of the woods. I see them regularly used for fire suppression system piping.