Onomatopoeia
@Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
- Comment on Is this a meme or is it a show specific joke? 2 hours ago:
I get what you’re saying, fully.
But it was a real flash-in-the-pan (Not Flash and the Pan). Both had a few quick hits and fell off rather fast.
Also, I own Sports, and have since it first came out (on cassette no less!).
Sigh, I’m old.
- Comment on Is this a meme or is it a show specific joke? 3 hours ago:
It may have charted, but I don’t know anyone that though it was any good.
- Comment on I consistently wear out the same spot in the seat of my work pants 22 hours ago:
And they build more stretch into the pants.
- Comment on I consistently wear out the same spot in the seat of my work pants 22 hours ago:
That’s them, thanks.
They are tough as hell
- Comment on I consistently wear out the same spot in the seat of my work pants 22 hours ago:
Dang, and already use Carhartt.
I have a friend like you, he has the same problem. Isn’t it Carhartt that has the “firehose” material pants? He found those were a lot tougher.
You can patch from the inside using the same patches as for the knees, but you gotta catch it as soon as it starts.
Mine wear out in the crotch not long after I patch the knees. My pair of firehose pants are still going.
- Comment on Do you agree with this Moldovan girl describing her experiences living in Canada that there's still a big difference between Europeans and Americans regarding their willingness to compliment others? 1 day ago:
Anecdotes to describe hundreds of millions of people.
- Comment on Should I actually be prepping right now out of fear of hackers? 1 day ago:
Why would you need gas masks? What analysis demonstrates there’s a risk that such things would address?
Respond to clear risks that have strong analytical backing and urgency. Don’t let your own fear drive decisions.
For example, when driving I don’t worry about a large truck 2 miles ahead of me, but rather the vehicles close to me, and I keep an eye on vehicles a little farther ahead and behind me.
I do try to keep vehicles filled, but that’s as much for convenience and risk aversion: I’ve had to do a longer drive at the drop of a hat, and sit in traffic for bad weather or accidents.
- Comment on Should I actually be prepping right now out of fear of hackers? 1 day ago:
Listen to username1
I think what most people misunderstand is that we’re always “smoothing the curves”. Under usual circumstances those curves are daily or weekly curves. Under atypical circumstances those curves become unpredictable or larger/longer.
So smooth the curves that you can in a reasonable way.
- Comment on Should I actually be prepping right now out of fear of hackers? 1 day ago:
Life is going on like normal, just extremely uncomfortable.
So well put. So many people need to hear this.
- Comment on How come everybody want to appear as a dead person in the Law and Order franchise? Why not a person who has lines and character? 2 days ago:
They do? Is this a subject of conversation lately that I missed?
- Comment on I have to say that while I don't generally agree with Gen Z on much, we are well past time for a driver update to take 15 fucking steps 2 days ago:
Wow, when did Apple fuck up app uninstall? That was such a big deal to be able to just trash an app.
- Comment on Why do they ask questions they already know the answer to? 3 days ago:
It’s been several decades, about 20 different dentists.
I still bleed.
- Comment on lol 4 days ago:
Hahahaha
- Comment on I support this 6 days ago:
Yep.
I hate that removing the smaller carts means I have to drag around a big cart.
I work from a shopping list - I don’t buy what’s not on the list.
- Comment on How soon do you get there? 1 week ago:
Only because US train system is biased toward freight.
Not complaining, it is what it is.
That said, I don’t see any pragmatic way to build passenger high-speed rail across the US. Every state would want it to run for them - otherwise they won’t support it. Then every city, etc.
- Comment on What should I do if my girlfriend doesn’t listen? 1 week ago:
Next!
People are like busses - there’ll be another one in a few minutes. And maybe that one will be going the same direction
- Comment on Blue skies ahead 1 week ago:
The girl can sing. That’s what I find compelling.
Sorry you’re so ate up with whatever makes you write such things.
People you despise are living rent-free in your head.
- Comment on Is it a good idea to take your physical dvd's and cd's or whatever and make a digital backup? 1 week ago:
As everyone else has said, make digital copies and treat the originals as backup.
Optical disks do eventually fail. Keeping them in a cool, dark place helps.
Sun (UV) makes the plastic brittle, heat cycling degrades the plastic too.
Also, digital stuff degrades too - storage needs to be on systems that can manage digital degradation.Certain modern Linux file systems (BTFRS, ZFS) have mechanisms to prevent data loss.
- Comment on Russia moves to allow registration of cars stolen in Western countries 1 week ago:
Well, yea, what’s their manufacturing look like? The Lada?
- Comment on Microsoft's Canada timezone troubles leave admins fixing calendars, pretending they're in Bogota 1 week ago:
Wow.
Amazes me how absurd that is.
- Comment on Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by cyber-attack. Millions of euros worth of food had to be thrown away. Some US military bases possibly impacted by the same attack. 1 week ago:
Right?
Think maybe THIS will get all these places (any that have been hacked) to start taking isolation and security seriously?
- Comment on How I have better social interactions? 2 weeks ago:
It’s a great place to start when people are confounded by the basic concept of how we relate.
I’d add (as a next step), anything by Leil Lowndes. She does a great job of expanding on his ideas.
- Comment on Do rich people only wear designer clothes? Like, every piece? 2 weeks ago:
And the prices of those yachts doesn’t take into account the cost of ownership - slip fees, fuel, maintenance, etc.
Owning it costs a lot more, which is true of so many things.
- Comment on Is "On your left" the best thing to say when passing someone on a trail? 2 weeks ago:
From the skiing world, this is a norm.
Problem is we instinctively turn to the left unless we intentionally counteract it.
I’ve been on both sides of this, so I’m as guilty as anyone.
- Comment on Is there a scanner where i can put a handful of photos in and it will scan one by one without messing up the pictures? 2 weeks ago:
They exist, not cheap though, about $300.
- Comment on Why does the microwave button have a "popcorn" button when every microwave popcorn brand says "DO NOT USE THE POPCORN BUTTON"? 3 weeks ago:
Because microwave popcorn sucks? Haha
- Comment on Cat experiment 3 weeks ago:
Or land
- Comment on What should computer monitoring software actually let you control? 3 weeks ago:
Ah, yes, you like shit to break and have no ability to manage systems.
- Comment on Why don't people do Documentaries about the average person instead of someone who was in the news or pop culture? Like their neighbor or something. 4 weeks ago:
I love to play golf, ball or disc.
But to watch either one? Boring as fuck.
Though watching someone throw an incredible disc shot or hit a ball perfectly is amazing (especially disc). I really enjoy a great disc shot, it’s a thing of beauty, whether it’s mine or somekne else’s shot.
- Comment on Does the net positive of Eugenics out weigh the negative? How so? 4 weeks ago:
- Define Eugenics