toadjones79
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- Comment on Saint > Pope 11 hours ago:
Excellent writeup. Thank you.
- Comment on Saint > Pope 1 day ago:
*Textbook economic collapse.
Literally exactly what all economic textbooks say would happen if you did what he did.
Which is why I think it was all on purpose. They are driving the market up and down predictably. Stocks keep surging every time there is a “leaked” rumor that he will pause tariffs.
- Comment on Has anyone ever clicked on a reference url from OpenAI that didn't 404? 2 days ago:
I’ve only had a couple of them not work. But I always ask for links to save on data. I think it has to do with what you are researching. Which is hard to predict.
- Comment on Olè 2 days ago:
I absolutely love this.
- Comment on I think Doordash is changing its delivery fee after you go to check out 4 days ago:
I WORKED… TWELVE… HOURS…
ALL… I NEED… IS WINGSTOP!
ALL… I NEED… IS WINGSTOP!
F-ING DRIVE!
- Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time. 5 days ago:
I’m not at that level of need right now. I think I will be satisfied browsing information on the topic for now. But seriously, thank you. That is very kind.
- Comment on OMG no please don’t call me. 5 days ago:
I’m a xennial and I feel the exact opposite. Although I do choose chat over other methods in some situations.
- Comment on It really is just reddit <3 5 days ago:
Yeah, I completely agree. Except I feel like posting the automod screenshots should be the expected norm, not something that pokes the bear. That just seems like accountability to me.
I am no fan of American conservatives. But that doesn’t mean I can’t take criticism about all aspects of politics and consider the different viewpoints. Like you said, unacceptable for a news community to do this.
- Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time. 5 days ago:
I recognize this as English.
I’ll have to look into everything you said here. I may be old, but I’m always game to learn new tricks. Thanks.
- Comment on Should I continue with exercise if I didn't get enough sleep? 6 days ago:
Repeated days without enough sleep is the real problem. It catches up on you. Sleep debt is cumulative over a week or more.
- Comment on It really is just reddit <3 6 days ago:
Yeah. That’s why I still give it an upvote. Mods shouldn’t be deciding what information we get to process in a news community. News and data is new and data. This optional truth is getting out of hand in every political direction.
- Comment on It really is just reddit <3 6 days ago:
Doing the good work here. Balanced and fair reporting in a see if dishonesty. (No, this isn’t sarcasm)
Thanks!
- Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time. 1 week ago:
How do you patch to remove ads?
- Comment on You can only use one for the rest of your life, which you choosing? 1 week ago:
This!
- Comment on If you're still on Lemmy... 1 week ago:
But old people like me quote cliches with wreckless abandoned. And don’t feel guilty about at all.
- Comment on If you're still on Lemmy... 1 week ago:
It’s me, I’m the problem… (Sorry I’m old and couldn’t help it)
- Comment on The pipeline 1 week ago:
Alpha male is the easiest way a person can say they either had shitty parents or they ignored everything they were taught to be shitty all by themselves.
- Comment on Who can I ask or where can I find help in moving to a new country? 2 weeks ago:
I would suggest considering completing the licensing before moving. I have seen just way too many times when people jumped the line in similar ways and it ended up biting them in the rear eventually.
You may end up wanting to return in a couple of decades. Or it could streamline something if you move again to another country. Or you could end up being needed while traveling. Or being offered a position that needs that license for some online work without ever moving back. You could have a death or illness in the family that forces you to return. Or any of a million other reasons that you would want that, and not getting it now could mean eliminating options in the future. I knew a guy who’s wife was a doctor in another Mexico for years before immigrating to the US, and she had to start over from scratch. Just something to consider.
- Comment on It happens... 2 weeks ago:
As a dad I can say you better think twice kids!
- Comment on How do I stop having expectations at the workplace? 3 weeks ago:
For me, deciding that everyone around me is an incompetent imbecile has been quite freeing. I don’t care what anyone thinks of me. I am always pleasantly surprised when they do a good job. And I am extra vigilant, take responsibility for the safety of those around me at all times.
- Comment on Has a patent office ever refused to grant a patent to something on the grounds it was too obscene? 3 weeks ago:
I have no idea. It may have even be n a false claim. But I do believe the government can pay claim to a patent if it wants to. Like, if you invented a new kind of bomb, like say you figured out how to make a device that could create a decent amount of antimatter in a second row two, specifically loaded into a warhead, I’m pretty sure the government would take that from you and all your research. And it would be illegal to publish the design.
But I’m no lawyer and am merely guessing.
- Comment on Has a patent office ever refused to grant a patent to something on the grounds it was too obscene? 3 weeks ago:
I knew of someone who had a patent for a device that attached to a forklift to aid in large scale floor remodeling (scraped up old vinyl flooring). The US military used Eminent Domain to steal that patent and use it for military operations (still just remodeling old floors, not even for combat operations).
I don’t know any more specifics about it. (I have a feeling there were more details that would have made that more understandable). Just that they can take a patent if they feel they need to.
- Comment on Sometimes I wish it was real 3 weeks ago:
I am religious, and for me he’ll is sort of where we already are. Like, heaven is more a concept of achievement, like being healthy and balanced. Hell is the regret for what could have been, and was always open to you.
As far as the political Christianity that has overtaken republican politics, I think most of it is what Jesus was talking about when He said nothing angers God more than claiming you are a follower of Christ for the vanity. They (the Republican party) do not represent the teachings of Christ in any way at all. Not one part of their platform was taught or encouraged by Christ. (Except a very misunderstood adaptation of race politics that ignores Christ’s actual words regarding it).
- Comment on Cheers lads 3 weeks ago:
Long story. But basically I took a few of my friend’s friends out on rented snowmobiles at night and we all shared a bottle of jägermeister. My friend was a 30 year old mother of two with a husband in jail for violating a restraining order she had on him. Her two friend had recently had a threesome with her. (I chose not to have sex with her months before despite her throwing herself at my 18 yo self). This resulted in them getting into an argument, and I decided we should all leave. On the way back, mistakes were made (the two stopped suddenly in the middle of the trail to argue and I overcorrected to avoid them) and she fell off and hit her head. The two dicks sped off leaving me alone in the woods with an unconscious woman, who’s brain resorted to animalistic screams and flailing arms, holding her head/neck at an angle so she didn’t stop breathing. Some time later we were found, then the cops and paramedics arrived. I was sober by then, so didn’t go to jail. But she got life flighted half a state away and spent a month in the hospital.
I sort of changed my life after this. I don’t really think of this as the moment it all changed. Rather it is other events (finding a belief in God and wanting to become a better person as a result) that precipitated those changes. But truth be told, I probably would have continued to go downhill if not for this incident. Typing that all out made me realize just how messed up my life was back then.
- Comment on Cheers lads 3 weeks ago:
A very long time ago I was a stupid young man. I got a little drunk and ended up putting my friend into a coma for a week (on snowmobiles). That was the last drop I ever drank. It’s been over 25 years, but I will never forget how invincible I felt, and how foolish that feeling feels every time I think back on it. Don’t mess around with this shit. Like ever.
- Comment on What vacuum should I buy for 66% carpets in 140sqft condo? Sub $500 4 weeks ago:
Shark Vertex. I landed in the AZ2002 a couple of years ago and it has worked extremely well for our home. Same carpet percentage, and we have a dog. Poodle, which has hair instead of fur, but we still end up with a lot of hair from regular grooming.
- Comment on Think about it 4 weeks ago:
Fairly common knowledge. Even portrayed in movies like Kuru and Seven Years in Tibet. Unfortunately the whole thing has been wrapped up in lots of misinformation. The Tibetans have both accused China of atrocities and claimed that they didn’t happen. Outsiders looking in on this could argue that they were trying to appease the Chinese to maintain the paltry religious autonomy granted by the Seventeen Point Agreement. Here is a link to a PDF from the Tibetan Bureau in Geneva listing their atrocities. It is worth noting that even these claims are impossible to verify. The Chinese government has worked tirelessly to scrub the world knowledge base, and most search companies are more than willing to cooperate with such large governments with huge resources. Additionally, sensationalism is equally attractive, meaning it is easy and tempting to over report and exaggerate war crimes.
But the simple fact remains that May Zedong openly opposed religion and claimed that his annexation of Tibet was a “liberation” from what he called “religious oppression.”
- Comment on Think about it 4 weeks ago:
It’s not even true. Like not even close. The Chinese liberation army forcing Tibetan children to murder their parents to “liberate” them from “religious oppression” is one example.
- Comment on What are some of the most realistic fictional movies ever made? 4 weeks ago:
I got called to Minnesota to serve two years as an LDS missionary back in 2000. I absolutely loved the place. But my first day was I was stationed in Brainerd MN, and my apartment was on the edge of a frozen lake. I took a picture of it, and colored in the old brick BBQ to look like a wood chipper with feet sticking out of the top, and a large red stain across the ice, and sent it to my sister. That picture sat in her cubicle for years after that. I can’t think of that scene without thinking of it.
- Comment on If you could add, remove, or alter one single bodily function, what would it be? 4 weeks ago:
Haha. Not what I meant but I guess it works too.