FrChazzz

@FrChazzz@lemmus.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Killing ownership is the method, killing the secondary market is the objective.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen the something similar on Mastodon. It’s become colonized by some of the worst of Twitter’s offal. A lot of them moved over to Bluesky, but I’ve seen a return since that platform’s shittiness finally emerged. Negative and fear-mongering news posts as well as entitled snark. It’s still better than the alternatives, but I’m starting to think that maybe the algorithms were only part of the overall problem… But at least I have the means to moderate what I see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They're Lying To You. Get The Truth Out.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Bug Brother

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Need a fact check if they actually do blur his neck scrotum⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As Walter Isaacson says in his Jobs biography: “Some stories are too good to fact-check.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You'll own nothing and you'll be happy"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thing is, if “digital” actually meant “own” we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. Is this one of those things where the old “block chain” could be helpful? Like, a mechanism for actual digital ownership where one can have reasonable assurance that the thing one has downloaded actually belongs to them? That, so long as there’s a unique key, one can access that digital item whenever one desires–AND can transfer that to someone else by way of sale or trade?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Turns out Boomers did have participation trophies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Came here to basically say this. Who was the one handing out those participation trophies, Bill?! WHO?! Because it sure as shit wasn’t Brandon and Ashley!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Operation enduring algae⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it’s like the slime in Ghostbusters 2. If we play Jackie Wilson real loud it’ll stop being so aggressive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Demon slayer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Plenty of Episcopal and Methodist parishes in the US favor neo-Gothic architecture (Kansas is one of the more prominent places for this, believe it or not) and, Episcopal clergy are known for wearing clerical collars (as are Lutherans, some Methodists and, increasingly, Presbyterian). Lutherans tend to prefer the “pastor” designation (though in the Episcopal Church, women priests will go by this out of an aversion to being called “Mother”). I’d assume that the image on the left is likely not an image of the aforementioned cleric. And while the story might be fake, it sounds more like this is a story of sexual assault/abuse where someone in authority is taking advantage of someone compromised by mental illness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Over on Mastodon I’ve referred to it as “Algaltraz”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨💤 😴 💤⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t there a study just published last month or so that showed that the blue light from phones is super over-blown? I know I just read this…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's a no⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what it is, but in my experience, Hawai’i driving is just so much better than anywhere else I’ve lived–especially when it comes to this exact scenario. When there’s a lane closure, most people just… get over. Give a shaka, get a shaka, done. When you do have someone blast past everyone to try and merge at the last possible minute people just… let them in. Might get stink eye for do it. Maybe “one finger shaka.” But it’s either some tourist who doesn’t know better and we all feel smug knowing that they have to go back to where they came from or it’s someone in a genuine hurry and just let em go.

  I think it’s partly due to Hawai’i having a more collectivist mindset. Everybody is just trying to get to where they need to be, everyone kind of understands that traffic can suck and so no one is too concerned with “being on time” (again, my experience). Plus there aren’t any billboards on the roads (at least not that I’ve seen) and you pretty much have something pretty to look at the whole time you’re in traffic. Lower speed limits too. It’s peaceful. You rarely hear someone honk. Though I will say that I’ve noticed drivers getting more aggressive as more local kine people move away.

  I went back to Florida a few years ago to visit my mom while she still lived there and it was miserable to drive anywhere. I got the sense that no one wanted to be where they were–they didn’t want to be in their car so they raced off to work, where they also did not want to be, so they raced home, where they also did not want to be; all in Florida where I feel like most people who live there don’t want to be tbh. I used to be an angry and impatient driver. In Hawai’i I’m like one grandpa. I stay in slow lane and drive the speed limit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be The Sunshine ☀️⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Duality of Man

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is incompatible⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use LocalSend ALL THE TIME between my Linux machines and my iOS devices. It’s faster than AirDrop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays World of Warcraft⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m old, so my first MMO was Everquest. I only did “hunt-and-peck” style typing using my index fingers prior to this. Within a month I was a skilled typist out of necessity.

  Everquest also taught me that I have to keep very clear of WoW because I realize that if I ever started chasing that dragon, I’d wind up homeless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing to see here⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  AWWW SNAP!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Washington man arrested for allegedly throwing rock at seal in Maui⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally. Not trying to defend the guy, just sharing the story. Just seems super convenient. Why not tell the people yelling at you that you’re trying to protect the turtles? Why are we only now hearing about this? Seems like the sort of story one of my kids would come up with to try and get themselves off the hook.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Washington man arrested for allegedly throwing rock at seal in Maui⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Swimming pool. Surrounded by seals trained to throw rocks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Washington man arrested for allegedly throwing rock at seal in Maui⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ll let Pele sort out how to pronounce that name!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Washington man arrested for allegedly throwing rock at seal in Maui⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “NOAA, huh? You guys give the weather report. You can’t do nothing to me!” spits

  “You know what NOAA stands for? No Assholes Abided!” firefight ensues

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Washington man arrested for allegedly throwing rock at seal in Maui⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There was that story of da guy who killed one on Moloka’i. Was like last year, two years, yeah? Never found em. Local guy I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Washington man arrested for allegedly throwing rock at seal in Maui⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Eh, get cracks!”

  Saw that the local guy is also not having any charges pressed against him for this. Love to see it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Washington man arrested for allegedly throwing rock at seal in Maui⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I live on O’ahu and I’ll never forget the first time I encountered a monk seal while surfing. It was near sunset and I was kind of off by myself, away from the rest of the crowd. I heard a sound of heavy breathing from behind me and I thought that maybe someone was paddling up. Nope, it was a seal.

  At first my brain couldn’t make sense of it. I grew up in Florida and so immediately thought it was a manatee (for some reason I thought monk seals were like sea lion size or something smaller and leaner), but I knew this was impossible. Then it yawned and I saw its sizable teeth and realized what it was. It was funny because it was about that time that it realized I was looking at it and it had this “oh shit!” look in its eyes. We gave each other a cautious side-eye just before it went back underwater and swam away.

  These things are big. What would possess someone to think they can approach one is beyond me. A couple years ago there was a story of a lady out swimming in Waikiki and she apparently wandered into an area where a recently born seal was on the beach. The mother messed her up, iirc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Washington man arrested for allegedly throwing rock at seal in Maui⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  His defense attorney is saying that the dude was trying to scare away the seal because he thought it was hurting some sea turtles. Story is here. Found this when I was looking for yesterday’s story quoting the dude as saying “I can afford the fines” when he was confronted by some local people.

  Not sure I buy this. But, we’ll see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dammit!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, the Days of the Truman Show memes are upon us!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m laughing because I grew up in the ghetto and I saw plenty houses painted in both this color and a few in this manner. My mom would always say “free paint!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks about Truman⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They do actually nearly kill him in the movie. Paul Giamatti’s character protests about this and refuses to cooperate when Ed Harris’ character wants a full-blown hurricane at sea to try and get Truman to comply

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks about Truman⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s also been raised to perceive the world as Christof (Christophe? Kristof? Ed Harris’ character) designed it. So ubiquitous product placement would not have felt strange to him, or even people overly talking about a product, because he’d have nothing to compare this behavior to. Not until he began to suspect things, which is when he confronts his wife (“who the hell are you talking to?”)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We dunking on England again⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know, loading up some spaghetti on a piece of garlic bread is pretty delicious

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We dunking on England again⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Somewhere, many years back, I read that an alternative to British beans on toast is spaghetti-os on toast. I have no idea if this is true, but I have to say: it has always sounded delicious, but I’ve never bothered to try and make it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did the Crocodile Hunter die? Was he aggervating sting rays. I watched and messed with them in the gulf. But not one has ever try to sting me. Was he piising them off that much?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I recall, he was trying to film an interaction with another animal (maybe a shark), completely missing the stingray below him, which I believe was camouflaged. It came out of nowhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ecosia has Planted 250 MILLION Trees⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve started using Ecosia after years of using DuckDuckGo. I find that the results are better. DDG has been slipping (and I used NoAI version), giving me way too many LLM-generated sites and putting the actual stuff I want way down the list (or on the second page). I haven’t had the same issues with Ecosia. It’s not perfect, but I’ve become a fan.