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@medem@lemmy.wtf

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally I understand it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No matter how old I get, I still find it weird thinking, even for a nanosecond, that for me to exist my parents and grandparents had to do THAT kind of thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here's a fun game.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Little Dick Sunshine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The absolute WORST⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was once in the plane and I asked the flight attendant to please bring me some water. I wanted to swallow an Omega 3 gel cap. Thinking she wouldn’t be long (I didn’t fly often back then), I put it in my mouth. It was only a couple of minutes, but the flavour of that thing dissolving is still on my top 5 of the most disgusting things I’ve ever tasted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OK what is your Roman name?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Shortbreadius

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interesting and very true⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You misspelled ‘a composite portrait of all human rights-respecting Israhelli politicians’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was watching Farenheit 9/11 the other day. I quickly realised that, with the Orange Maggot’s ominous shadow casting over every other bad president anywhere ever, it has been very easy (for people not living in Iraq and Afghanistan) to forget what a giant, bloody, stinky asshole this ‘man’ was and how much damage he caused.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, shit.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …which would make it about 99,9999999% their fault for giving a new employee write access to the DB.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hello girl!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that Ninel Siliconde?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨T-Rex Burger⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨T-Rex Burger⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of ‘why do Americans eat like they have free universal health care?’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The regrets of life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Amen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The regrets of life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In that case, maybe he should cumtribute indeed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The regrets of life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I still can’t forgive myself for not having asked a chick for her number after I had a good dance with her at a party…25 years ago. She was very pretty, exactly my kind of woman, at least physically, which is presumably why I was afraid to ask. It made me realise that I absolutely prefer to deal with the pain of rejection than to deal with the resentment and self-loathing of not having asked a woman out, asked for her number or even just talked to her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spain’s economy is the envy of Europe, but the plight of its strawberry pickers tells another story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just typical capitalism. In order to achieve anything that looks like amazing growth/innovation/pricing, you MUST f*** someone in the butt (typically those at the very bottom of the hierarchy).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Legitimate question: what may be the actual reason for this concentration? Is it weather? Natural resources? Is it political? On a related note: what is the reason that Canada as a whole bas so few people? It is still mindblowing for me that the entire country has less people than each of the world’s top 3 metropolitan areas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indonesian palm oil workers allegedly face rights abuses—poverty wages, gender bias, and unsafe work conditions—while supplying major brands like Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo, and others.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m legit sorry that I have to be this cynical…

  …but are we really surprised that Nestlé, Unilever and Pepsico don’t care about ethical supply chains ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hygiene⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Still baffles me how many people are convinced that you can ‘wipe properly/thoroughly/enough’. It’s exactly for that reason that I avoid sitting down in public transportation. Anyone who either possesses the instinct of not wanting to smell like shit and/or has had the ‘privilege’ of cleaning someone else’s butt (say, a small child or an adult in need of special care) knows that the words ‘wiping’ and ‘hygiene’ can only be used in the same phrase if there’s also the words ‘wet’ and/or ‘wash’ and/or ‘soap’ in it. Otherwise…of course your f****g chair stinks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bird based storage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of IP over avian carriers ☺

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨its painful each time (┬┬﹏┬┬)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, the only way I’ve been able to make sense of what happened is thinking that he might have been interested in me, correctly sensed I’d never be, and didn’t want to be hurt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨its painful each time (┬┬﹏┬┬)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Once I was in the train, minding my own business, reading an unusual, interesting book. The guy seating in front of me noticed it and we started talking. It turned out, we live in the same city. We both were relatively new there.

  FF a week. We went out to get some burgers. Talked about basically everything. We had what could only qualify as a wonderful time together. Chatted for hours, even talked about travelling together to a country I know relatively well and he’d like to visit.

  Where I live, split checks are custom. I always hated them, so thinking (wrongly, as it’d turn out) we’d see each other again very soon, I paid for the whole bill.

  Before going home, I even cited Casablanca’s well known ‘beginning of a long friendship’ line.

  Never heard from him after that. When I tried to reach out, only a half-hearted bs ‘oh sorry, I’m so bad at replying texts’ came.

  Never saw him again.

  Really shattered my confidence in people, and myself.

  Angus, if you’re out there. WTF man. Why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This guy predicted the future!🤯⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This idiotic ‘administration’ is a porn parody of itself.

  “Trumpin’ Donald: America Fist”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We don't have⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love Lemmy.

  Here we are, in this holy year of our lord 2025

  Wondering if cats have post-nut clarity

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We don't have⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Try Guix instead :)

  Big, welcoming community; Fully libre distribution; Time-tested Scheme (Guile) instead of that stupid nix stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We don't have⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We do. ‘Spring fever’ is very real. What’s less clear is why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Faculty, any day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate the fact that they made ‘The Descent 2’. Totally (and unnecessarily) killed the ambiguous ending of the original.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Faculty, any day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I seriously doubt that it would count as ‘shittty’, but it wasn’t very well received and is not widely known either, for me rather a kind of comfort movie I’ll defend till the edges of the earth: the Cohen brothers’ ‘A Serious Man’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘True Detective’ Creator Says ‘I Have Another Story’ for Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson to Return: ‘We’ve Talked About Doing It. I Think the Guys Are Open to It’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My thoughts exactly. I really hope they don’t mess that up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you explain why you find the suggestion so outrageous ? I’m not advocating a 35 year old woman dating a 15 year old boy. I’m only saying that biology matters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the one thing that’s hardly ever mentioned in the whole age gap debate, though I would add that there are constellations that are creepy by default. Being a 35+ old man, I feel that I’m at kind of a landmark age where dating someone 20 years younger than me would be gross, let alone illegal in most jurisdictions, so the ‘it depends on your behaviour and intentions’ argument doesn’t really hold. In contrast, I can very much imagine dating a 55 year old woman - and no, it’s not a MILF fetish. So in the end BOTH the intentions/behaviour AND Gender AND actual age gap do matter IMHO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does noise from different nearby sources 'add up'? Or do the different sources cancel each other out? In any case, please provide a formula and an example⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a very good, comprehensive and comprehensible answer. Thank you!