blarghly

@blarghly@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's been a tough month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  updoot for boobies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stand-Up Comedian Teaches Introverts How to Talk to Strangers (aka how the average lemmy user talks to strangers)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the world should offer asylum to whoever wants it, and then withdrawl all military aid and just let them have at it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨asked my parents to give these guys the green light. now there’s nothing holding them back anymore. i’m so excited, lol.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I’m jealous. Prob woulda got laid a lot more in high school if my folks were that cool

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨asked my parents to give these guys the green light. now there’s nothing holding them back anymore. i’m so excited, lol.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds like your folks know you’re gonna get dp’d.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨asked my parents to give these guys the green light. now there’s nothing holding them back anymore. i’m so excited, lol.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this about you getting dp’d? I feel like it is weird that you’re involving your parents, but you do you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats a good etiquette to show you are doing a U turn in a left turn, so the cars behind you know?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are in the left turn lane at a standstill waiting for oncoming traffic to clear, the turn signal is doing very little for cars behind you. It is to indicate to oncoming traffic that you might pull out in front of them.

  If you come up behind someone and are frustrated that they are not turning as quickly as you would like, the main resolution to this problem is for you to take a deep breath. At most, they are increasing your commute time by a matter of seconds.

  If someone not turning when you want them to is almost causing accidents, then you probably need to slow down. Other people in this thread are talking about how the U turner is at fault for being unpredictable - and sure, it is very nice when all drivers are predictable all the time. But that doesn’t really matter if you get in a collision. Sure, a judge might say the other driver was in the wrong - but it will still suck to hear it with a totalled car, endless insurance headaches, and a broken arm. Assuming you don’t want that outcome, it is your job to drive such that you are prepared for people behaving in ways you don’t expect. And that means leaving enough time distance between yourself and a stopped car so that you don’t rear end them if they continue being stationary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spring break on a budget⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Updoot for butt

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big if true 🚨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Tbf, it’s easy to get distracted by all the mods people have made. They’re a lot of fun, but take a lot of time, and I’ve heard when you finish Sex 1 you have to do a ton of grinding which makes engaging in the original gameplay a lot more difficult. I, personally, plan to never get to the endgame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I refuse to let my 45 visa-free days in Vietnam run out without getting DP'ed for the first time.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Just get dp’d by two randos, but make sure the guys you are into hear about it. Then they’ll get jealous and dp you themselves!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teen's sad last words before he's shot dead as 'girl lured him & wanted revenge'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is obviously fucked up.

  But also, this sounds like a conservative misogynist incel’s validation wet dream. So I feel like it is important to point out that this is a single incident, no one has been convicted, we don’t have all the facts, and the biggest driving factors in this incident are broad social trends like poverty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon needs a good response⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You clearly need to improve your communication skills

  /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon needs a good response⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Or both. It could be both. Really, its usually both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is classy and fancy being called "Old Money aesthetic"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Because people wanna know how to look classy and fancy, and they know that “old money” is snootier than “new money”, and they wanna emulate the snootiest of snoots. So influencers give some generic “dress fancy” advice and then call it “old money” so that people will give a shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is classy and fancy being called "Old Money aesthetic"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  New Money cares that you have a LV bag.

  Old Money only cares if you don’t have it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  AI chatbots can be good for, like, therapy, if you are reasonably self aware. You can talk about your feelings, your life circumstances, and the chatbot can make some fairly generic suggestions or ask some fairly generic followup questions, and these can help you reflect and come up with your own solutions - kind of like playing with Tarot cards or something. Or they might help you roleplay some kind of event or situation, and that can be helpful.

  But anyone saying that a chatbot is anything like an actual romantic partner is either lying for sensationalist hype or, quite frankly, insane. I don’t know about the specific chatbots in the article, but every chatbot I’ve talked to is very clearly a chatbot. If not immediately, then after a couple dozen messages. They forget things. They repeat themselves. Everything they “do” is a trope in the genre of fiction they inhabit. They can be fun to fuck around with - its a decent way to make personalized porn. But as an actual companion - no. This does not exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I actually find a job that isn't retail?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Door to door construction sales. There are lots of companies that do thinks like install new windows or solar panels. They pay people to go around, knock on doors, and see if people are interested in their product. Technically the job title is “lead generator”. And these companies are always hiring for these positions, since, to be honest, it is pretty shit work. You walk around all day in the hot sun, knocking on peoples doors and having those doors slammed in your face. Base pay isn’t great, and you make your real money in comissions, which are rare, since you are cold calling.

  But it is regular hours, exercise and sunshine, practice keeping a positive attitude and meeting people. And as soon as you get hired, you can start applying for other, better jobs in sales.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I actually find a job that isn't retail?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. “Bring your own tools” is a pretty common policy in a lot of blue collar work. The company might technically provide the tools you need - but they will typically provide the cheapest, shittiest versions. So the workers will bring their own tools, which are higher quality. And since they are personally owned, they are less likely to get broken or “walk away”. And since everyone is bringing their own tools, the guy at the job site who is supposed to bring the tools gets lackadaisical about that part of his job.

  So you show up as the new guy, first day on the job, and they say

  “where’s your hammer?”

  “I dunno, I thought you guys had hammers”

  “Joe, we have any hammers?”

  “We got some at the office”

  And now you’re just gonna stand around all day not doing shit, feeling embarassed that you don’t have a hammer. And then you go to the hardware store and buy a hammer after work that day, so Joe is able to continue slacking off at his job of remembering to bring the hammers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do I almost never see people flying drones?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not. I can appeciate cool drone footy as much as the next guy, but they are fucking annoyin when flying around

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FUCK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  joke is smol pp

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why the world doesn't have a backup plan for the oil crisis?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Because of that, every society that places capitalism above all else, will eventually implode.

  This is literally just religious nut end-times doomerism.

  Also, your explaination literally doesn’t apply in this situation, since the people most impacted by the blockade are the petro-states of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Iraq. With the exception of Iraq, all of these countries are monarchies, with the royal families having significant control over oil production and benefitting from its profits. These are not publicly traded corporations with CEOs only concerned about next quarter’s bonus. They aren’t even socialist technocrats given a mandate to do what is best for the good of the people now and in the future. They are individuals who will be directly impacted by this blockade, who are looking not only to the benefit of oil weath in their own lives, but in the lives of their families far into the future. If anyone would have an incentive to take the long view, it would be petro-state monarchs who are, I must point out, not capitalists.

  So, no, this is not an example of the failures of capitalism. The far more obvious rationale is that (1) the future is hard to predict and (2) people are bad at planning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's say hypothetically I wanted to leave the US permanently;⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well then it looks like you need to start convincing people to move to Norway

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's say hypothetically I wanted to leave the US permanently;⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All non-norwegian speakers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tell me you're upset⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  self-exploitation of others

  wat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's say hypothetically I wanted to leave the US permanently;⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? No one is making vids in simple norwegian and throwing them up on YT for the ad revenue?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A true ally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can do this in work related environments also. Not seeing a problem

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A true ally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ???

  Suggesting potential matches for people is extremely common. Especially among people who are already friendly. If you are afraid of being accused of sexual harassment for trying to set up two friends… you need to touch grass

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A true ally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I def thought the same

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is my sister likely to be aroace? we think so but we would like a good starting point to help her on her journey.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hot take - the recent surge in aromantic and asexual people is more a result of increasing levels of anxiety in society, rather than being driven by inherent personality traits. While some people doubtless have greater or lesser innate sexual or romantic drives, the increase we are seeing, especially in young people, is due repression of sexual or romantic desires in their psyche due to social anxieties around being vulnerable and comminicative with others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I was in the market for a good used car, which car would be the best to outrun the cops?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Trash bag full of gaseoline - the WORKING MAN’S fuel transport!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨didnt do it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Based on the friend I have who is an autistic poly climber girl who keeps inviting me to blues dance nights… yes