RegularJoe
@RegularJoe@lemmy.world
🎲 Role player, Game master.
- Comment on C.I.A. Officer Found With Gold Bars Said to Have Created Fake Spy Program 1 week ago:
- Comment on Simple inexpensive entertainment for kids 2 weeks ago:
Kukla, Fran and Ollie.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to [deleted] | 23 comments
- Comment on Have a Tootsie Roll, Fatso! 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for the added information!
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to [deleted] | 24 comments
- Comment on Hail power! 2 weeks ago:
High Voltage
Powerage
Flick of the Switch
Power Up
- Comment on What does non-gui mean ? 2 weeks ago:
GUI - graphical user interface, like a window.
Non-gui, lacking a window, like running a command in a terminal (or command prompt).
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to [deleted] | 18 comments
- Comment on Need to clean my keyboard 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on How do I type an apostrophe and use print screen on a European Spanish keyboard? 4 weeks ago:
Power toys and remap it?
- Comment on Many mythology seem to share a concept of spirits is there a reason for that? 5 weeks ago:
Your question is broader than you think.
For one culture to have an idea and share it to others isn’t uncommon. Pyramids are in Egypt and Mesoamerica. Giants exist in many cultural myths (see en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_giants_in_mythology_an…) as are ghosts (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghosts).
You see, an idea that’s communicated is a meme.
" A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. "
If you’re considering spirit as a soul
planksip.org/the-concept-of-the-soul-in-ancient-p…
TL;DR: So, why does it exist across cultures? It’s a meme.
- Comment on Is Roots really that controversial that it needs to be banned? Haven't watched the movie cause I quit pot and haven't read the book but isn't it like historical or something? 5 weeks ago:
“Roots” was among the first widely read works of fiction to offer a detailed account of the Middle Passage, the horrific transatlantic journey to America endured by enslaved Africans between the 16th and 19th centuries.
“Prior to its release, the impact of slavery was easy to diminish or deny by those that benefited the most from that system,” said Annastasia Williams, bookshop director at The Bottom bookstore and cultural organization.
- Comment on What if programmers rewrote the English language? 1 month ago:
#include <grammar>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int programmer;
if (programmer > -1) { cout << "Programmers be owning your language. "; }
cout << “Plonk! Fnord!”;
return 0; }
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- Comment on Child’s school updated the uniform policy 1 month ago:
I’d ask what mental health counseling will be for those affected. “Blue can make people feel sad or distant because it can sometimes seem cold.”
verywellmind.com/the-color-psychology-of-blue-279…
See also
psychologies.co.uk/the-psychology-of-colour-blue/
colorpsychology.org/…/sad-colors-which-colors-mak…
neurolaunch.com/what-color-represents-depression-…
neurolaunch.com/what-color-represents-depression-…
Ask how many days a week counselors will be available and how long the sessions will be.
- Comment on idk what to say for this one folks 1 month ago:
Kirk hears defeat?
- Comment on It's 9PM, any word from Iran? 2 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
All I said was Taco Tuesday. It is Tuesday. Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
There’s Meatless Monday, Taco Tuesday, Spaghetti Wednesday, Fish on Friday, etc.
When I grew up there was a company that said “Wednesday was Prince Spaghetti day”.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_spaghetti
I did not say anything about chicken.
Although I do have fond memories of Sunday fried chicken.
- Comment on Is Oman neutral from the war? 2 months ago:
It appears to be trying to walk the role of mediator.
Iran and Oman are reportedly drafting a protocol to monitor ship transit through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, citing an official.
wionews.com/…/iran-and-oman-draft-protocol-to-mon…
Oman grapples with its national identity as a neutral mediator after Iran’s attacks
theglobeandmail.com/…/article-oman-neutral-mediat…
For Oman, the Strait of Hormuz is a windfall and a burden
- Comment on Everyone knows hot air rises. So, do we gain or lose weight when we burp or fart? 2 months ago:
- Comment on Is the "Gen z stare" a real thing? 2 months ago:
Here’s a quote from that article
Galvin says the facial expression is a subtle cue from a digital-native generation raised on screens, fast content and online communication. “For many Gen Zers, constant eye contact doesn’t always signal attentiveness the way it might for older colleagues,” he explains. “What a Boomer or Gen X manager may perceive as checked-out might actually be Gen Z’s version of active listening.”
Sujay Saha, president of Cortico-X agrees. “Gen Z entered the workforce in an era defined by screens, social distancing and remote communication, and companies must now close the experience gap with empathy-focused onboarding and support, not judgment,” he told me.
- Comment on Is the "Gen z stare" a real thing? 2 months ago:
Forbes has an article from a Ph.D. who claims it’s real.
The ‘Gen Z Stare’: What It Means And Why Employers Can’t Afford To Ignore It
By Bryan Robinson, Ph.D., Senior Contributor. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance.
Jul 16, 2025, 06:43pm EDT Jul 21, 2025, 04:07pm EDT
forbes.com/…/the-gen-z-stare-what-it-means-and-wh…
He was born in 1945 according to Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_E._Robinson
That puts him in the Silent Generation, as Boomers don’t start until 1946.
- Comment on SOLIPSISM SATURDAY! 2 months ago:
If none of us exist, how are you getting upvotes?
- Comment on What is hubris as an adjective? 2 months ago:
“Hubristic”, but “Cocksure” is more fun to say.
- Comment on So, how's it hanging? 2 months ago:
A shitposter is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he posts precisely when he means to.
- Comment on So, how's it hanging? 2 months ago:
In case you lack context, an I-65 sign near Nashville fell onto a semi-truck on Jan. 26. (Photo: TDOT)
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- Comment on Why do we eat dessert? 2 months ago:
It starts with libations and food offerings.
Sweets were fed to the gods in ancient Mesopotamia and ancient India[7] and other ancient civilizations.[8] Herodotus mentions that Persian meals featured many desserts, and were more varied in their sweet offerings than the main dishes
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert#History
The Romans continued the practice.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_cuisine#Desse…
back to the main dessert article:
Europeans began to manufacture sugar in the Middle Ages, and more sweet desserts became available.[14] Even then sugar was so expensive usually only the wealthy could indulge on special occasions. The first apple pie recipe was published in 1381;[15] The earliest documentation of the term cupcake was in “Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats” in 1828 in Eliza Leslie’s Receipts cookbook.[16]
And then there’s this guy:
Evidence for the domestication of the cacao tree exists as early as 5300 BP in South America, in present-day southeast Ecuador by the Mayo-Chinchipe culture, before it was introduced to Mesoamerica.[8] It is unknown when chocolate was first consumed as opposed to other cacao-based drinks, and there is evidence the Olmecs, the earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization, fermented the sweet pulp surrounding the cacao beans into an alcoholic beverage.[9][10]
Chocolate was extremely important to several Mesoamerican societies,[11] and cacao was considered a gift from the gods by the Mayans and the Aztecs.[12][13]
- Submitted 3 months ago to [deleted] | 20 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
"Obese children grow faster, so they tend to be taller than their healthy-weight peers. "
