CompactFlax
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- Comment on Is it even feasebal to find 12 people who have not been screwed over by insurance for the Luigi trial? 7 hours ago:
That’s also an outlook that needs to change. The billionaires want to keep you just happy enough and just nihilistic enough that you don’t revolt.
- Comment on Is it even feasebal to find 12 people who have not been screwed over by insurance for the Luigi trial? 7 hours ago:
Very good point. That’s the “it couldn’t happen to me” attitude which is just ignorant.
- Comment on Is it even feasebal to find 12 people who have not been screwed over by insurance for the Luigi trial? 17 hours ago:
Feasible
The number of people who think that healthcare in the USA is just about perfect is evidently quite high - or the situation would change. So, it probably is easier than you think. There’s a lot of healthy people out there.
- Comment on Is laying on your stomach every once in a while good for you? 17 hours ago:
Sure.
- Comment on Is laying on your stomach every once in a while good for you? 21 hours ago:
If it feels good you’re fine. It felt freaking awesome when I was recovering from a herniated disc as prescribed by a physiotherapist. Lying that way is at least as effective as “decompression” from a chiroquacker. I can’t imagine why it would be harmful.
If you’re scrolling and your neck isn’t supported your neck muscles will not thank you.
- Comment on Trump Family’s Crypto Empire Collapses: Nearly $1 Billion Wiped Out as World Liberty and Memecoins Crash 1 day ago:
I don’t believe for a second his family is holding the bag.
- Comment on why 2 days ago:
Mark Twain also struggled with language
To continue with the German genders: a tree is male, its buds are female, its leaves are neuter; horses are sexless, dogs are male, cats are female—tomcats included, of course; a person’s mouth, neck, bosom, elbows, fingers, nails, feet, and body are of the male sex, and his head is male or neuter according to the word selected to signify it, and NOT according to the sex of the individual who wears it—for in Germany all the women either male heads or sexless ones; a person’s nose, lips, shoulders, breast, hands, and toes are of the female sex; and his hair, ears, eyes, chin, legs, knees, heart, and conscience haven’t any sex at all. The inventor of the language probably got what he knew about a conscience from hearsay.
- Comment on Have you noticed the new way of promoting horrible food by telling you it has lots of protein 3 days ago:
“Zero carb!” - a ton of artificial sweetener and fats. Makes up for the carbs twice over with fat, leading to pretty high caloric density
“Source of protein! - has some protein in it, perhaps more than another product in the category, but protein still is probably less than 50% of the carb content by mass, and also has fat. Never mind the quality or bioavailability of the protein.
Protein is starting to enter the zeitgeist as something that is helpful for muscle maintenance during weight loss and for helping with satiety. But like anything, if you don’t pay attention, reading the ad copy not going to help reach your goals.
- Comment on The President of the United States of America 3 days ago:
They don’t put the name tags on everything in the retirement home because the residents are so important. It’s because they forget.
Living in Florida might make you think it’s normal though what with all the retirees.
- Comment on Is there an optimal home/apartment size that most people would be happy with? 1 week ago:
I think there’s reasonable high and low bounds as you say, but i think there’s a lot of factors as others have said. Income, culture, and cost of living are big factors. If you live in the USA and basically need to do a weekly shop at Costco for a family of 4 you need a lot more space than a single person who is able to eat out for nearly every meal in a dense urban area with affordable and moderately healthy street food (so a tiny hot plate suffices as a kitchen). But a family of 4 living in an urban area with lots of shops might do the groceries on the way home from work several times a week and then the refrigerator doesn’t need to be enormous.
Lifestyle plays into it as well. If you have a serious hobby you need space for it - whether it’s sewing, machining, fitness, or gaming. If you live on a rural property, you need space to keep chickens and a lawn tractor and a lot more necessities than someone in a flat in London.
- Comment on No one else in the world matters but me 1 week ago:
Found the American.
Don’t tell him that in some countries it’s illegal to undertake!
- Comment on Libraries are cool 1 week ago:
Op provides the other reason that libraries may not want you to read a book and return it (other than putting it in the wrong place, which occurs). Libraries may be collecting data on usage.
- Comment on Yes, I definitely do see the irony of this being posted to X 1 week ago:
Twitter peaked around 2012 I think.
- Comment on Regulations restricting pay disclosure? 2 weeks ago:
It’s not laws that prevent disclosure. It’s laws that require it
states that do not currently mandate salary disclosure in job postings
other states with active pay transparency laws will not be considered at this time
- Comment on ‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school 2 weeks ago:
I sure said a lot of stupid rude shit when I was at school too.
I guess the difference is that I learned more about the world, matured, and stopped saying rude stuff and apologised a few people.
- Comment on What US Tech Did to Ireland: The country is alarmingly reliant on Meta, Google and Apple. 2 weeks ago:
What the Irish government did (to drive the economy forward without thinking about long term impacts to services and reliance on robber barons)
- Comment on Hertfordshire police admit unlawful arrest of couple in school WhatsApp row – report 2 weeks ago:
I don’t doubt it (the ages of the parents are a pretty reliable sign) but I would expect to have more of a paper trail before police are involved - which would serve to justify the arrest. But it wasn’t there.
- Comment on Hertfordshire police admit unlawful arrest of couple in school WhatsApp row – report 2 weeks ago:
Advocating for your kids now illegal in England
Allen had reportedly communicated to the school in May 2024 regarding the recruitment of a new headteacher but his queries were rejected.
The school’s governors then wrote to the parent body about “inflammatory and defamatory” comments on social media, warning that the school would take action against anyone who caused “disharmony”.
The Times said Allen and Levine communicated disbelief about the warnings on a private WhatsApp group, with the school subsequently banning them from entering its premises. After their ban, the pair said they emailed the school “regularly” about the needs of their daughter, who is disabled.
- Comment on What types of cleaning products do you *really* need to clean the bathroom? 3 weeks ago:
I’m not convinced you need specific toilet bowl cleaner if you clean it regularly; a lot of them are really strong chemicals that are unnecessary, but it does depend on your situation and the water you’ve got etc. Loose stools may need more attention.
A bit of all purpose cleaner really is all you need imo. But a it hard water you’ll need to up it to something containing a (preferably buffered) acid to remove soap scum and hard water deposits.
Vinegar has its place but I find it almost universally disappointing when cleaning. In particular, it’s not got any surfactants or ability to bind to dirt or grease.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 3 weeks ago:
Part of the world is the outside, without external stimulus of music or a screen.
I can consume all those things without music playing steadily in my ears, and I would venture to say I prefer to enjoy arts, history, geography, literature, science, philosophy, film, games etc. without steady noise being pumped into my skull. Sometimes I do it while conversing with another person or several people.
At other times, I can listen to music. But I don’t complain that life has lost its lustre because my phone can’t play my music!
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 3 weeks ago:
That’s, erm, life m8.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 3 weeks ago:
If listening to birds chirping and wind blowing through trees while you’re out for a walk is “no stimuli” you have a problem.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 3 weeks ago:
Don’t tell this guy about the times before the ubiquity of iPods and later phones.
OP, might I suggest a “music” detox? Spend a month without the need for headphone delivered dopamine.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 3 weeks ago:
I’m running my tractor or lawnmower
Speed running hearing loss. Typically, people crank the audio levels to hear it over the equipment. Get some work-rated hearing protection muffs and wear the earbuds inside that.
However I’d argue that hearing protection combined with additional noise is a good way to lose situational awareness.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 3 weeks ago:
This resonates with me. If I’m listening to music, I want to do it with intention. Pop music is made to be background noise in an already noisy environment. Just sit down and listen for a change. The whole album.
- Comment on NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’ 3 weeks ago:
The people who can’t tell the difference are the ones who use it without intending it to be a joke. 4chan “jokes” leak into the real world now, without being jokes.
- Comment on pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned" 3 weeks ago:
Yup.
- Comment on And now I'm reminded I have two of these to repair. 3 weeks ago:
Parts?
Anyhow, they have a 10 year lifetime. You can’t repair it.
- Comment on ...will continue until... 3 weeks ago:
Alternate corporate solution: they add carts, equipped with driver and horses. They all share the mud equally, and the managers wonder why they’re still not progressing.
The mythical man-month.
- Comment on Whatever happened to pickup artists? Did they evolve into alpha males or ascend to a higher plane? 4 weeks ago:
They’re still in the online space but they’re not pick up artists, they’re tinder profile experts or whatever they call themselves.