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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I expect it’s just a taste thing; water tastes fine but, like, it could taste more interesting if we added a bit of sugar or flavor to it (I was a huge justice fan).

  For my own end, it was an easy way to keep my emotions/mood simulated or engaged against my depression that was low effort and easy to supply; that said, I switched entirely to water last year and, now fully comfortable drinking nothing but water and being fairly averse – previously –, I can’t say the previous reasons really make that much of a difference for me, now. Maybe it’s just having drank to my non-water content, already, but drinking nothing but water’s been pretty great and removes low-key health fears I always had.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon considers LASIK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally fair; thanks for just mentioning them. First I’ve heard of them, even.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon considers LASIK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh; are they more a commercial product or generally covered by eye insurance?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon visits a guy's house⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have it on have but some theorize it’s to recreate the endorphin rush they get when you play with them and it’s momentarily out of sight. Having to find it is part of the fun; of course, they’re unable to find it, now…

  Dunno how universally that’s held but I did read it, one time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Faculty, any day⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Void, yes; absolute perfection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to save money⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, I’m also stateside and, while I knew enough to know not to do it with abandon, I’ve torrented without a VPN at least a handful of times and never got anything from my ISPs in two decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recession indicator⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To save you what turned into a whole year for me, – if you have anyone else who can help you – tag team applying. I only started to see consistent interviews once my husband started helping and we started not only flooding every listing we could but, also, routinely applying before a lot of people got to them.

  Good luck; one of the worst years of my life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There he goes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For real; have no idea what the caffeine amount was (very well could’ve been far less than both if you) but I took an edible with caffeine, once.

  Tried it once, before, and barely noticed anything so I popped a second one, this time around.

  Naturally, forgot I’d taken anything and only vaguely became aware, an hour later, than my heart was pounding. Trying to figure out why your heart is thundering out of your chest while stoned to Hell is probably not high on the Most Effective list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 for me⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually 20; been doing 5, lately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My password is not accepted because it is too long⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …wut? Really?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know that I agree that breadboxes were solely used in times/cases where the risk of mice getting to the bread was present but I get your reasoning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, you originally said, “the real reason,” but have just listed three different equal reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Awooo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This means that even in left-leaning communities like Lemmy, we’re seeing a majority of individuals speak out and very clearly say “This does not offend me.”

  Has that been by people who are mentally disabled, though?

  And that leftist spaces struggle with meaningfully engagement with systems of ablism has been a point of contention for…decades, now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Understanding your target audience when marketing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Understanding your target audience when marketing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched a recap of that on YouTube, one time; sleezebag is right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything is political; how much you notice really is just a metric of how much a particular subject effects you.

  This is such a great example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon indulges⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, there are still obvious health benefits; you’re going to get vitamins from OJ a can of soda will never give you. But, yeah, there are definitely, additionally, health detriments, as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah; when those lines are horizontal – though –, you may want to worry. But vertically, usually not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨French culture⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the end, it’s all subjective but – if you’ll hear me out – thogh doesn’t alter the current spelling very much while maintaining a linguistic heritage (as the “thogh” spelling was also likewise used, during Middle English); also, the number of words ending in just the “o” vowel is less common, I feel, and will probably look doubly foreign to a native English speaker due to the consonant digraph (though, again, subjective; maybe not).

  However, – additionally – saving “oght” for “thought” is giving that letter combination a sound already covered in English by another letter combination: “aught” (e.g. caught, fraught, taught, …thaught…?).

  Finally, a single “f” for “tough” could work (certainly, there are examples) but we miss out on employing the Germanic linguistic tendency to indicate a short vowel sound with a double consonant, inherited by words such as “ball”, “fall”, “doll”, “call”, or “puff” (of course, there’s plenty of exceptions (“get”, “bet”, “mat”, etc.) but, so long as we’re making changes, firming up an existing rule (and avoiding the brief uncertainty of whether or not the reader is dealing with a prefix) would, arguably, be useful).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨French culture⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Thogh thaughts are tuff,” in a more blessèd timeline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least 4,500 Americans per year die from hydroxyl acid exposure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably because that’s what some had been told they would be taking before entering the slaughterhouse; but just a guess, on my part.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Religions have some of the wackiest rules⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

  The same was in the beginning with God.

  All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made."

  is generally interpreted to mean that Jesus was there from the beginning. Or, to quote the Nicene Creed,

  begotten and not made, consubstantial with the Father

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I Remember Everything (in My Ass)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you, Mario!

  But our princess is in another cavity!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not unintentionally correct…because that was my very intentional point.

  In spite of car manufacturers claiming seatbelts and air bags were unnecessary, the sheer number of resulting deaths caused us to actually do something about it. I don’t look at the lack of driver’s licenses as anything approaching a rosy past. I will never be sympathetic to the argument that a lack of common sense safety regulations which saves lives somehow grants us more freedom (other than to abdicate all of your freedoms instantaneously via early death, which overwhelmingly impacts the poor and marginalized); sorry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like all the car crashes that now require us to get a driver’s license…; can’t mow down the government if you’re trained on the rules of the road!

  People can’t just use tools that impact the lives of others outside themselves in peace; smdh…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z's safe space - Sick of Musk and Zuckerberg, Gen Zers are flocking to Tumblr⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s funny because, while not a 1-for-1 cultural fit, Mastodon’s site structure has felt much closer to Tumblr’s. I feel like the reason Twitter people keep saying Mastodon’s insufficient (while, eventually, flocking to BlueSky) is that BlueSky offers a more similar UX, in terms of shunting you along algorithmically. I don’t think there’s any issue with Mastodon’s UI (other than maybe PixelFed, I think it’s the closest Fediverse project to other mainstream social media UI) but I suspect the UX isn’t quite right for people expecting Twitter.

  However, I, as a Tumblr transplant, felt right at home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was reading an article where he claimed he wasn’t as hardline, as some, and his immigration policies were actually motivated by the guaranteed safety to everyone when we follow the rules (he gave the example of a migrant nearly dying from falling down a ravine during zir trek).

  …

  Anyway, color me surprised~

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Associating this man is an insult to the mentally disabled, actually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dual-booting was how I first got into Linux; it truly leaves open the ability to keep everything you’re worried about not having.

  What’s the VPN?