GalacticGrapefruit
@GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world
- Comment on Walmart wants a fucking review of this common ass jug of milk. Go ahead shitposters, review the fucking milk. 1 day ago:
They turn the frickin’ frogs gay.
- Comment on The Future is Now! 1 day ago:
This one’s real, Kotaku did an article on it.
- Comment on The Future is Now! 1 day ago:
- Comment on Walmart wants a fucking review of this common ass jug of milk. Go ahead shitposters, review the fucking milk. 1 day ago:
I’d like it better if its entire existence couldn’t literally be a prop in a dystopia novel. Ruthlessly exploiting malnourished cows and their calves, watered down to pad profits, jugged in plastic, extorting ungodly amounts of land and water resources, sold by a corporation that has a bigger bottom line than most sovereign nations, sold to the impoverished and brainwashed masses that fuel the very destruction of the only planet we fucking have.
That, and it’s 2%. Whole milk or no milk, and I will die on that hill.
- Comment on 2 days ago:
Nature is, unfortunately, nsfl.
- Comment on If Trump reformed the gov so much he made himself a King. What recourse would americans have? How would we fight at considering all gadgets and armed forces would be his? 6 days ago:
I would like to point to the sheer number of times that a ‘bunch of hillbillies with guns’ trounced the fuck out of our military just through sheer endurance, stealth, and decentralization.
- Comment on If Trump reformed the gov so much he made himself a King. What recourse would americans have? How would we fight at considering all gadgets and armed forces would be his? 6 days ago:
Two ideas; One, never fight a land war in Asia. Similarly, never fight a land war in America. Second, the American military is infamously bad at asymmetrical warfare and vulnerable to sabotage.
Couple that with an entire administration that has decided to make loyalty to the Führer the most important job qualification, and a shit ton of pissed off competent vets who still know how to fly a fighter jet or drive a tank, it would probably be more evenly matched than most Americans think.
- Comment on America 6 days ago:
Literally this. I was never in the military, and I’m glad they literally can’t draft me unless they lower a lot of requirements really fast. But 24-hour time is just so much more sensible. There’s no “AM or PM?” follow-up question, no guesswork. It just makes sense.
If they made metric time, I’d adopt that shit in a heartbeat.
- Comment on Catch 22 vs. Rosenhan 1 week ago:
It’s why objective testing parameters are so damn important.
- Comment on Catch 22 vs. Rosenhan 1 week ago:
Damn right we do.
- Comment on A true ally 1 week ago:
We need more people like this on the planet.
- Comment on What's in a name? 1 week ago:
I’m gonna get one as a pet and name it Wedgie.
- Comment on No fear! 1 week ago:
Worst crash I ever had on a bike was during a commute to work. It was winter and it was dark in the morning, and the bridge over the river had gotten icy. I hit my brake and slid, went straight into the retaining wall on the embankment, headfirst over my handlebars. I’m fucking lucky I was wearing my helmet.
Ended up putting a decorative bandage over the scuff on the helmet shell where I would have split my head open. It looked gnarly. I got a new helmet first thing as soon as I got my next paycheck. Kept it on a shelf for a while.
- Comment on No fear! 1 week ago:
I’ve been hit by cars before on my bicycle. Six times.
You know what it was, every single time? The driver was turning right, and looking for oncoming traffic from the left. I tried to cross, and didn’t know they hadn’t seen me. Ran over my front tire, or just knocked me over.
I’m damn lucky those were all extremely slow speed collisions and they stopped as soon as they heard me scream. But honestly? Fuck cars. I shouldn’t have been forced to cross at the sidewalk to begin with. And they should have been looking for pedestrians anyway.
- Comment on No fear! 1 week ago:
Flag football was meant to replace tackle football. Rather than stopping the ball being based on takedowns, the players wear a belt with flags on their hips. If an opposing player yanks a flag off the belt, that’s where the stop is counted.
Oh, but nooooo, it’s not manly and powerful and warrior-like enough. So it never really got popular outside of high school gym class.
- Comment on you ot' a bloody loisense for that bottle o watta innit? 1 week ago:
Please understand, I’m trying to interact in good faith here.
- Comment on you ot' a bloody loisense for that bottle o watta innit? 1 week ago:
Asking as an American, from my understanding, it’s supposed to be a lighthearted tease. No one’s serious or malicious about a Southern English accent on this side of the pond.
That said, having coached friends in the UK on American accents before for theater and voice acting and other things, I do have a legitimate question. Understand, I hope this is of no offense to you. But why is it the only two accents most Brits can do are Texan and Boston?
- Comment on Always intern at a job before deciding on a career 1 week ago:
Hyphen.
Hyphen.
HYPHEN.
- Comment on I'm thinking of gifting this to my dad 1 week ago:
PSA about reproductive health and fish odors
A vagina with a fishy odor, lasting more than two days, is a sign of an infection. This is especially true if the color of your vaginal discharge is slightly yellow or green, like boogers. The shirt is saying, “Your hygiene habits or sexual habits have led to a decrease in your health, you should see to your own issues before you critique mine.”
- Comment on Sometimes I use ChatGPT to generate the stories that I would write but can't. Does anyone have tips on writing better after using ChatGPT for generating stories? 2 weeks ago:
You can absolutely find a D&D group online. r/LFG is a good place to look. So is the Roll20.net website, and the Avrae.io Discord server.
- Comment on Sometimes I use ChatGPT to generate the stories that I would write but can't. Does anyone have tips on writing better after using ChatGPT for generating stories? 2 weeks ago:
I’d say so. Improv comedy groups are hard to find, but you know what isn’t? A Dungeons and Dragons group.
Many people who play D&D are writers themselves. Maybe not famous or published, but it’s a narratively creative exercise. Older and more experienced DMs will happily help you learn how to write a character that is interesting and unique. And as you play, you’ll get a feel for how to write a story that you like.
- Comment on Sometimes I use ChatGPT to generate the stories that I would write but can't. Does anyone have tips on writing better after using ChatGPT for generating stories? 2 weeks ago:
This is going to sound counterintuitive, but try writing fanfiction.
Fanfics aren’t necessarily the gorgeous polished final works you’d expect to find on a book store shelf. But what they can do is help put you into a certain mindset.
- How to write in character. You already know these characters very very well: their limits, their fears, their challenges, all of it.
- How to describe a place you can see. You know the setting where these characters move and work and live. Taking the time to describe familiar places gives you enough exercise to try describing unfamiliar places.
- How to move the plot. Is this too complicated for one episode? Then it might not be a short story, it might be a long one. Learning when to keep things simple and when to make them intricate.
- Comment on How to stop a parent from jumping into the nearest religious rabbit-hole to cope with a divorce? 2 weeks ago:
Ex-cult member here.
The only thing that snaps someone out of that spiral is an internal realization. There’s nothing we as outsiders can really do directly. Engaging with their version of reality (Christian evangelicals specifically) feeds into the prosecution complex and perpetual victimhood that validates their position. It’s a self-defeating tactic to confront them directly.
Focus on positive, normal, consistent interactions. Share your regular, everyday triumphs. If your lifestyle comes up in conversation, express being satisfied with it. Decline going to church with them. Don’t debate their stances on doctrine if you share a root faith.
And above all, unless they are actively abusing you, don’t abandon them. That’ll seal them in and you’ll never get them back.
- Comment on How would you actually tax the ultra wealthy? 2 weeks ago:
Like the French.
- Comment on *wet snapping sound* 2 weeks ago:
And he was still playing lacrosse?!?!
- Comment on *wet snapping sound* 2 weeks ago:
I don’t have that engine. But holy fuck, I forgot that was even possible. 😨
- Comment on Doesn't happen here much but it does elsewhere. 2 weeks ago:
Literally Monarchy 2.0. “I’ll do anything for my king!” “We’ve found that ensuring brand loyalty in our core demographic is essential to maintaining our bottom line.”
- Comment on Anon takes a writing workshop 2 weeks ago:
“Sell themselves better.”
I dunno if my asexual is showing, but why would someone need to treat their heart like a commodity to find love?
- Comment on The unAbomber. Otherwise, I agree. 2 weeks ago:
A clock that only needs to be right once.
- Comment on "Science isn't political!" 2 weeks ago:
As an individual to whom the r-slur applies, I think that this word also applies to RFK Jr.