starlinguk
@starlinguk@lemmy.world
- Comment on How do I beat the roaches in this house? 2 days ago:
Depends. If you’re in a tropical area they could just be part of the local wildlife.
- Comment on Is it better to: [A] watch videos content on a flagship/midrange smartphone that you already have, OR [B] get a cheap tablet (say, around $200 USD) to watch videos? 6 days ago:
Do you have a laptop? I use my old work laptop to watch movies. Bonus: adblocker.
- Comment on Wife has COVID and I've had a lung infection for almost 2-weeks. Should I worry? (background in post, mods read the first bit!) 1 week ago:
The newer versions are just as bad as the old ones (and more contagious AND you’re immune for just a few months after catching them). Vaccinations just make them less bad.
Test again. It can take a while for them to work.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I’m not conflating anything. I know her. She’s smart. I know a lot of scientists, plenty of them are dumb as a box of frogs.
She was persuaded by a friend to go to a particular church and she was brainwashed in no time.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 1 week ago:
TomTom did this too. You paid them a life time fee and then they decided you had to start paying an additional fee every month.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I know a very smart lady (university professor, STEM) who voted for him. Church bubble.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I don’t find Germans reserved at all. Maybe it’s because I live in BW? I see spontaneous conversations between strangers all the time. On the train, sitting on a bench in town, during a hike, even on a parking lot (like today, a lady started a conversation about my Brandenburg license plate).
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Try all the sausages. Seriously. Every butcher has a different recipe. Whenever I’m somewhere in Germany I haven’t been before, I try a local Bratwurst.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Damn it.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 1 week ago:
- Comment on I hope you like TICKS 2 weeks ago:
Hopefully there will be a Lyme vaccine next year.
Around half of the people don’t get the bull’s eye, by the way. I wish more doctors realised this.
- Comment on Getting a little nature 2 weeks ago:
People forget that animals rely on feeders because said people have removed the fucking food from nature.
- Comment on California is debating whether or not to remove the bike lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. During the public hearing, a politician was driving his car 2 weeks ago:
Your handle is definitely appropriate.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 2 weeks ago:
Yup. Because she didn’t use the money she got to treat people properly.
- Comment on I did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some. 2 weeks ago:
So how do you drive?
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 2 weeks ago:
Guys, ‘suffering is good’ is literally a Christian thing. Mother Theresa used it as an excuse not to treat people because ‘suffering brings you closer to God’.
It’s bullshit, of course. It was made up as an excuse for treating people badly and (surprise!) making more money that way.
But that’s where OP gets the idea from. Religious indoctrination.
- Comment on Does putting clothes in the closet protect them from dust, or is the dust in there too? 2 weeks ago:
The dehumidifier will heat up the room, the AC will have to run more, and your electricity bill will be an absolute doozy.
- Comment on I have a question on how and when coal actually formed. 2 weeks ago:
There is no formation process. Coal exists because there were NO microbes to rot organic materials down. Coal stopped forming when microbes arrived on the scene.
- Comment on Unneccessary long context menus on YouTube Music 2 weeks ago:
And then it will be somewhere completely illogical. Like, the theme settings are under ‘privacy’ or some such nonsense.
- Comment on Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now 2 weeks ago:
They will just put them back. Your stuff isn’t really deleted.
- Comment on Are there any AI services that don't work on stolen data? 3 weeks ago:
Yes. Just not publicly available ones.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 3 weeks ago:
Blow!
- Comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s explanation for socializing with Jeffrey Epstein 3 weeks ago:
He is a Doomsday cultist.
- Comment on Can any scientists confirm this important fact? 3 weeks ago:
Bullshit.
- Comment on Can any scientists confirm this important fact? 3 weeks ago:
My cat played fetch, just like a dog. Cats like playing.
I hate it when people just assume stuff about cats, treat them that way, and then say stuff like ‘cats are so aloof and they only like me because I feed them.’
Meanwhile, my neighbour’s cat loves my family even though we don’t feed her, because we snuggle her. The person who feeds her just chucks her outside when she gets home. And then she comes to us for scritches.
- Comment on Can any scientists confirm this important fact? 3 weeks ago:
Cats meow at other cats besides their mother too. It’s a complete myth that they don’t.
- Comment on TIL that Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) is the bearest of all bears – "ursus" means bear, and "arctos" also means bear, so the scientific name translates to "Bear bear bear" 4 weeks ago:
And the north star, which is part of the big bear (plough) constellation is called Arcturus.
- Comment on the eyes have it 4 weeks ago:
Iirc, for some unknown reason, they’re very similar to human eyes.
- Comment on How do you reconcile staying sane while keeping yourself up-to-date with the news? 4 weeks ago:
This is absolute bullshit. People know WAY too little. Not too much. Which is why they vote for people who will destroy the world.
- Comment on How to get a new line in a post, but not two? 4 weeks ago:
But then you have to hunt for the backslash. Two spaces is easier.