daannii
@daannii@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 16 hours ago:
I love waterbeds.
I’d have one right now if they didn’t weigh a ton and bow floors and also get holes in them easy and also have to be heated or you can get hyperthermia.
I mean. Common. Sleeping on water. It’s like falling asleep on a float trip but not ending up 5 miles down the river with 2nd degree sunburn.
I briefly had a hybrid waterbed that someone just gave me for free. I met this person at a gas station.
But it didn’t have a heater and I had to replace some of the tubes which were hard to find and not cheap. And also a pain to deal with. But maybe one day I’ll have one again.
I still think a hybrid design could work. Needs tweaked. Plus I like being cold when I sleep. Just not as cold as sleeping on a non heated waterbed in the winter cause that’s rough.
Man I miss waterbeds.
I feel privileged to be an 80s kid so I had the chance to experience them.
- Comment on In France, to slow down traffic, they have these fake children by the side of the road 1 day ago:
What will happen is people will tune them out. And real children too.
- Comment on I mean does anybody really know how to play Chess? 1 day ago:
I “know” how to play chess but when I try to play against a computer I constantly get reminded I can’t move my piece there because I would be putting myself in check.
Pretty sure I’ve only won 2 chess games in my life. … Against someone at my level.
- Comment on Indeed 1 day ago:
It’s a disruption of feedback.
Feedback is actually what causes the perception of ownership of action.
Artificially causing an action will make it feel like it wasn’t initiated by self even if it sort of was.
Something similar happens with schizophrenia audio hallucinations and alien hand syndrome.
Even though the action is initiated by the person it feels foreign.
Every process in the brain is loop. Input and output.
When the second one is impaired (whichever that would be given the situation) there is a loss of “ownership”.
- Comment on In a alternative universe a wife said no to her husbands request 4 days ago:
That doesn’t sound cleanable. Just invest in legit one that can be cleaned. But I guess teenagers can’t buy sex toys.
Honestly there should be some sex toys available to teenagers.
Like smaller vibrators. Fleshlights. Cause anything too big could be too risky for kids.
But I feel like teenage libido should be acknowledged and they should be given options.
- Comment on Do you struggle with reaching nirvana via basic bitch meditation? I have a better way, friend 5 days ago:
And magazines. Books. Remember how people used to keep books by the toilet and I was always thinking. Ewwwww
Who does that?
but if a friend hands me their phone to show me something I never worry if the last time they went to the bathroom they were holding it.
- Comment on Do you struggle with reaching nirvana via basic bitch meditation? I have a better way, friend 5 days ago:
Didn’t some native Americans have vision quests that were basically putting the body into a state of exhaustion, starvation, and dehydration?
- Do you struggle with reaching nirvana via basic bitch meditation? I have a better way, friendlemmy.world ↗Submitted 6 days ago to [deleted] | 38 comments
- Submitted 1 week ago to [deleted] | 8 comments
- Comment on WOMEN. 1 week ago:
There is no emotional difference between the sexes.
except that men in many cultures only express anger and violence because they are told that being sad or talking to someone about feeling overwhelmed means they are weak.
There is a ton of experimental research on emotional reactions from men and women.
Here is what we know.
Men suppress facial expression. But experience the same heightened emotions from viewing unpleasant images or videos.People who suppress facial expression the most have larger body reactions.
For example. A few ways emotion is measured is increased heat rate. Pupil dilation. Sweating.
Men are more likely to supress facial changes but show increased body stress. Faster heart rate. More sweating. Pupil dilation.
And those changes last longer even after the stimulus is removed (unpleasant video).
Women who suppress show similar patterns.
What we know is this.
Men and women both respond emotionally equally. But men’s intentional suppression of face expressions actually makes them more reactive. And this reactiveness lasts longer.
This is not a biological difference but a social one.
Also fyi Every human cognitive decision is governed by "emotion’. Emotion is now we know to approach or avoid something. Including thoughts.
It feels right. Good. Pleasant. Or wrong. Incorrect. Bad.
No one is exempt from emotions as these are the root cause of motivated behaviors.
When you eat a sandwich. Emotion drove you to it. It felt good and reliving to eat when you were hungry.
It feels good to take a piss.
So it’s absolutely silly when someone says someone else is more emotional.
Nope. What you mean is women express empathy more.
Does it mean men are less empathetic? No. Women just express it more.
Men are told empathy is a sign of weakness. This is toxic masculinity. And it’s bad for men and women.
Also. Those body effects I mentioned. Those are stress responses.
Having longer and more extreme stress responses leads to cardiovascular damage.
Hm. Is that why men die earlier than women from heart disease?
There is evidence that’s a factor. Scientific research evidence.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
10% delusional.
Like 30%.
40 in some places.
- Comment on "Farms use more water than Al data centers" OK, I'll go without Al and you can go without food and we'll see who lasts longer 1 week ago:
What powers data centers ?
oh that’s right. Power plants.
Power plants that now use 10x the water and produce 10x the pollution than previous levels.
It’s not just direct pollution and water use. They use way more water than they report through their demand on local power plants.
And what they can’t get from power plants they make up for by burning natural gas or diesel in generators.
- Comment on Stories to laugh about later 1 week ago:
I had watched this self defense video or clip from probably the local news. Idk. I remember it was orientation for women’s self defense.
I was laying on the floor watching TV and my 1 year older cousin came over and pinned me to the floor. Like straddled me. (We both were girls btw but she was a little bigger than me and sometimes did this sort of thing to exert dominance) Anywho. I remembered the move from the show which was like you being your legs up so that your feet come in front of their neck and then pull your legs back down which flips them backwards.
But see I’m not skilled.
I was able to get my legs up and my feet to get in front of her body to pull her upper body backwards. But only barely. So was more like my legs pulled back down harder and faster than I wanted.
Slammed her so hard and she hit her head on the hard floor really loud. I felt bad. Cause she was just playing around and I had almost knocked her out.
I wonder if she still remembers that. I remember she was super surprised I pulled that off. Usually it was like slapping fighting when she would do this stuff.
She wasn’t a bully or anything. Just teasing. Being goofy really.
I still feel bad about it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Do you like ai data centers and the havoc and destruction they are doing to the world?
Probably not ,right ?
We have to Be mindful that using AI generated images is a small part (but a part) of how data centers are using up resources and expanding.
It’s true that mass surveillance is the big guzzler. But even personal use of AI generators is the bad option.
I too used image generation for political messages. Art is power. And you can easily make statements with generated images . I made an exception for political art because I thought that was different. The intent was different than blatant theft of other artist’s work, like a lot of other AI slop is. So it wasn’t as bad right ?
But then I became more aware of the situation we are in.
More aware of the scourge of AI data centers. And what impacts they are having.
And it’s just not worth it to make these images.
Data theft is only part of the problem. Continuing to use and promote AI media is encouraging dead-internet and normalizing something that we all need to reject.
As a last note. Lemmy users , (not everyone but generally) are anti AI . Very much against AI generated images. So you will never get upvotes even if it’s clever, the message is good, or any other positive quality. It won’t beat out the disdain for AI for most users.
- Comment on Their name is Spike. 2 weeks ago:
Ever see the underside of these on a fishtank side?
I did once at a fish pet store.
I remember it looking like a hundred tiny suction cups.
But I can’t seem to find a good photo. This was the best I could find. Check out a real one if you get a chance.
- Comment on Whales are Chinese 2 weeks ago:
I saw a decent video on this recently. Here it is. youtu.be/Hm9ADZ28Wgo
- Comment on Be The Sunshine ☀️ 2 weeks ago:
When did I say I camp in the left lane?
You assume this because I said I’m not a hostile driver ?
That says a lot about you.
- Comment on Be The Sunshine ☀️ 2 weeks ago:
Unpopular opinion. But my experience has been that the people who have road rage the worst, are incredibly hostile, aggressive, reckless, and dangerous drivers.
they are always riding other drivers ass. Cutting them off. Refusing to let other drivers in. Whipping around fast any time anyone in front of them isn’t going 10 miles over the speed limit. Just the worst drivers.
They cause accidents too. I know two such guys. They both have a long history of car accidents. Whereas I, a non hostile friendly driver, have none. And I’m 40.
It’s because I don’t drive like an jackass.If I see someone trying to merge. I make room for them.
I don’t drive right up behind people. I don’t honk if they are going a little below the speed limit. I mean there are speed cams all over cities.
It’s normal for people to be a little conservative with speed to not get those $150 tickets.
I also don’t assume people are intentionally trying to fuck up my day. No one drives perfect 24/7. We all miss our turn. Occasionally forget to check before merging. People make mistakes. Getting angry is not productive or helpful.
I don’t get mad at people for messing up one time. You know? But if they are driving aggressively and putting other people at risk I sometimes do use some passive aggressive methods to block them in so they can’t swerve like a maniac around other cars and cause an accident.
It’s pretty rare that I do that but I have. This comes from my opinions on anti-social behavior in society needing to be discouraged. You may or may not agree with my stance on this.
One time I did it, it was apparently an unmarked cop car. They kept using the shoulder to weave in and out of slow traffic. Very aggressively. Forcing themselves between cars. Not waiting for gaps.
So I slightly pulled to the right to block them from using the shoulder to keep doing it. Then they flashed their lights at me. I’m certain they were not on a cop mission. Just an asshole entitled cop. Otherwise he would have just drove on the shoulder with his lights on.
Being a cop doesn’t mean you get to drive where you put other people at risk because you think you shouldn’t have to sit in traffic. Everyone has places they need to get to. That’s why we are all in cars driving.
- Comment on The Definition of Non-Judgemental 2 weeks ago:
I never said the authors didn’t discuss this. I was explaining it to people less familiar with this issue.
- Comment on The Definition of Non-Judgemental 2 weeks ago:
Imagine for a moment that you have never seen a photo of yourself , ever. Or anyone who is a human.
Your whole life you grew up in a white room with other animals like you in cages.
The problem with using 2d images in animal research is that it is assumed that animals understand what photos are.
But they probably don’t. Or at least they don’t rely on them or interpret them like we do. From a young age we watch tv. Read picture books. Look at photos albums. Even draw each other.
Animals don’t have those experiences. Especially lab animals. They don’t even have the experience of seeing billboards or posters.
This is a huge problem in forming any type of conclusions from animal research like this.
It’s not impossible. But their perception is not like a humans.
They don’t see a photograph of a bird and recognize it’s their kind they are looking at.
They probably just think it’s a screen or paper. Or something like that.
Because 2d is unnatural. They likely have limited ability to understand it’s a representation.
Even humans can struggle with this (I can explain this more if someone asks).
How do birds identify each other?
Sounds they make ? Location? Movements ?
I’m not sure exactly but I doubt it’s solely visual face recognition.
Even dogs use smell more than visual face recognition.
- Comment on Fuck yeah 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Fuck yeah 2 weeks ago:
I told a buddy of mine with chickens that parrots love beak rubs. And I would get chickens do too.
Next time I saw him be told me his buddies were calling him the chicken whisperer cause now all the chickens come up to him for beak rubs.
Chickens are pretty cool too. Honestly I have a soft spot for most birds.
- Comment on Fuck yeah 3 weeks ago:
I even made it out of soft corduroy. I hoped the ridges would feel like feathers. Idk. I couldn’t find any guides online for how to make your parrot a sex doll.
Maybe some progress on the topic has been made since my last attempt.
- Comment on Fuck yeah 3 weeks ago:
I have thought of fostering. But now I have two cats.
But if I’m ever in a long term place with the space, I would definitely consider taking in rescue birds.Im rather fond of birds. I used to make JoJo toys and play areas. And helped him groom his pin feathers.
I even taught him a few tricks.
But they are very complex animals. And they need room to fly. When I had jo I worked from home and had a huge living room and a long hallway. So he was rarely in his cage and would fly up and down the hallway.
He had play areas by the window. Top of his cage. And one next to my work station.
They need a lot of stimulation. And social interactions.
- Comment on Fuck yeah 3 weeks ago:
I used to have a parrot. A male. After he was a few years old he realized my hand was warm. Very warm. And nicely curved.
And he hunched down while I was holding him and wiggles his little butt on my hand.
I realized what was going on. But I didn’t want him to do this on me because 1. It made me feel gross. 2. I worried it would make him confused about our relationship.
He only ever did it a few times but when he did. I would gently remove him from my hand and put him on his perch.
So he knew he wasn’t in trouble. But that I wasn’t going to let him use my hand.
I get online. Of course. See what other people are saying.
Some were saying it’s fine. Let the bird rub one out on your hand/shoulder…wherever.
Some said they disciplined the birds by squirting them with water when they did it.
Now I feel like masturbating is natural. Especially for an isolated animal. I mean. Common. Let them have that.
But I don’t think I should be involved.
So I got this idea from watching a documentary about Real Dolls.
So I made my parrot a fabric stuffed bird companion. Same size as him. Same colors.
But he never touched it. I spent like 4 hours hand stitching that parrot sex doll for him.
But the heart wants what the heart wants.
I removed the bespoke stuffed parrot from his play area after about a month.
I never saw him rub his rump on anything else. I felt kinda bad that he couldn’t have that small pleasure for himself but it is what it is.
He would get rather aggressive during mating season so I really hoped he would figure out how to relieve his own tension.
He only lived about 6 years and died from a heart problem. His species usually lives around 35.
Miss my little JoJo. He was the most interesting pet I’ve ever had. But probably wont get another parrot. They are not really domesticated animals.
So I actually found a pic of the bird and the sex doll bird. Image
- Comment on Where are we heading? 3 weeks ago:
I think there has been some efforts to clean it but in India , so I’m told, there are some cultural ideas about polluting and littering that are difficult to get people to address.
And also it’s common to bury people in the river. So it’s full of decomposing bodies too.
I grew up near the Mississippi River and that river is almost as dirty as this one.
I was told as a kid that at one time it was crystal clear.
It’s hard to imagine.
Now it’s muddy and gross and you can’t eat anything from it. And if you swim in it, you should probably get a tetnus booster.
Sad to see some of the largest rivers in the world completely destroyed.
- Comment on AI generated image of average Reddit meet up 3 weeks ago:
I did regular reddit meetups about 6 years ago. Did them for 3 years.
They were started by me (a woman) and two other women redditors.
Us 3 were the first meetup. We posted a photo in the local city.
Next meetup was about half gals, half men. Maybe 20 people.
We have a pic. Since my and my friend who posted the first photo- accounts are perma banned I can’t seem to find it.
Well.
Here is what I found on my imgur looking for it.Oh also I visited Amsterdam once. And just so happened to be a reddit meetup. So I went with some dude I met at the hostel. His name was Trey. He was douchey but okay company, I guess.
Met some cool Canadian guy though that I’m still friends with on fb.
Anywho. Plenty of chicks there too. Near 50/50.
Women seem to be more up for social gatherings. I think maybe that’s why the meetings stay fairly balanced.
- Comment on The Prime Minister of Canada having his usual $45,000 morning breakfast 3 weeks ago:
You could have made this in Photoshop though. Or some other image software.
People don’t care if it’s perfect if the joke is decent.
- Comment on there's a Costco at the other end 3 weeks ago:
Probably put a data center in it.
- Comment on Where are we heading? 3 weeks ago:
