DagwoodIII
@DagwoodIII@piefed.social
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
If you've made it a point to listen to every interview Mr. Fry has done, I'm sure he would tell you to stop and do something more useful.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Stephen Fry claims to have lost 100 pounds by walking and listening to audio books.
He made a list of all the books he wanted to read, then committed two hours a day to walking. He'd listen to the books while strolling.
- Comment on Have you watched masterpiece named "Happy"? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Have you watched masterpiece named "Happy"? 1 week ago:
'Black Sails.' Not quite as whimsical, but it's a kind of prequel to 'Treasure Island' with Long John Silver learning how to be a pirate. Plenty of sex, violence, intrigue, and sex.
- Comment on PSA: WASH YOUR HANDS 1 week ago:
I'd recommend the physical book.
The author does some nice tricks with the typography that you'd miss with the audio version.
- Comment on What are some good "frugal" movie viewing setups? (Recommendations) 1 week ago:
Have you checked the local thrift stores?
You can get a good older model TV that works fine at a low cost. Many folks get rid of perfectly usable sets because they want the newest model.
- Comment on PSA: WASH YOUR HANDS 1 week ago:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/filth-irvine-welsh/8805998?ean=9780393318685&next=t
Lovely fiction about the vilest cop in the world, partially narrated by his tapeworm.
- Comment on Help. 1 week ago:
People always had private property.
- Comment on Help. 1 week ago:
Back in pre-agriculture days, humans would sit around every night by the fire and interact with the rest of the tribe. That's what we spent 99% of human history doing. Farming isolated us from the tribe and put every family in their own house. Then the Industrial Age gave the family distractions like newspapers, radios, and movies. Currently we've got a phone to distract us all the time.
- Comment on Nice argument. 1 week ago:
[off topic?]
Great novel / movie. The 7% Solution. Sherlock Holmes' cocaine addiction is out of control, and he requires the assistance of Drs. Watson and Freud to get clean.
- Comment on Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans 3 weeks ago:
"Adjusted for inflation" is a lie.
Think of it this way. $1 million in 1960 would buy you a couple of mansions, a fleet of nice cars, and you'd have enough left to put into investments that would give you income for life.
$11 million today won't buy the nicest house on the block.
- Comment on Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans 3 weeks ago:
Also, the inflation for luxuries leaves regular inflation in the dust.
Back around 1960, $5,000.00 a year was a sold, middle class income. A Jaguar sportscar was about $6,000 and a Rolls was about $25,000.
Even if you spend the money to get a First Class airline ticket, you know that there are plenty of private planes out there.
Harlan Ellison wrote an essay about 'fuck you money,' the amount he needed to have in the bank so he could tell the studios to fuck off. Back in the day he could go six months on $1,000.
- Comment on How did you decide what you generally wanted to do with your life? 3 weeks ago:
I found this book when I was almost 30 and it changed my life.
"Discover What You Are Best At" by Linda Gail.
It's a series of self tests you can complete in a few hours and a list of the jobs that use those skills.
If you have a job that you don't hate, you've solved a lot of life's problems.
- Comment on Do you think it's an ok idea for me to get a cat in my scenario? (details inside) 4 weeks ago:
Check around where you live.
There are shelters that need cats boarded. I suggest you try caring for a few and see how it feels before you commit.
My opinion.
- Comment on Why do females got to be so hard to talk or flirt with? 4 weeks ago:
Talk to people besides the women you want to date.
Old people love to talk to strangers; it was something they did before cell phones came around.
Take some acting classes and or volunteer at the local community theater. Acting is talking, and actors love to chatter.
Get a hobby that appeals to all sorts of people. Gardening/riding a bike/soft ball/football/whatever. It actually helps to have something to talk about, and there are clubs full of people who do that activity.
- Comment on Does the ping between your eyes and brain increase when you're tired? 4 weeks ago:
You always see at the same speed. Your reaction time slows down.
Think of it this way. You step on a Lego and it hurts instantly. Doesn't matter if you're sleepy or drunk or wide awake. You feel it right away. Same with seeing; it's instantaneous.
- Comment on What would happen to the US if it denaturalised and deported all non-whites? 4 weeks ago:
The funniest thing about your question is defining 'non-whites.'
Back in the day, any Black ancestor made a person Black; that was so slave owners could sell their children by slave mothers. Thomas Jefferson had a slave wife/concubine/rape victim named Sally Hemmings. She was likely his legal wife's half sister. Sally's granddaughter was 1/8th of less African, but it was considered a scandal when she ran off and passed as White.
The longer any family has been in America, the more likely it is that they are 'non-white.'
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Read a book called "Stand On Zanzibar" by John Brunner. Written in 1969 and set in the early 21st century.
Scary how much the author got exactly right.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Think of it this way.
The 1950's was the "Rock and Roll" era.
The 1970's was 'Disco.'
The 2000's were 'the 2000s'
Bell bottoms and acid washed jeans lasted a few years, and I've been seeing guys with their pants below the butt for decades.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Facts don't matter to them.
They'll tell you Obama was President on 9/11.
- Comment on What is the difference between a platonic and a romantic relationship? 4 weeks ago:
In a platonic relationship sex/romance is out of the question.
That's the definition I was taught.
- Comment on What's the equivalent of rose coloured glasses for always seeing something in a negative perspective? 5 weeks ago:
In terms of clichés, I'd go with 'they see the glass as half empty.'
Not exact, but close enough
- Comment on Do movie actors or actress keep the skills they learned? Like no one would screw with Keanu after seeing all the John Wick films? And if they did would they just be fucked from the start? 5 weeks ago:
It's like any other skill. If you keep it up you'll remain proficient and if you don't it'll eventually fade away.
- Comment on Indeed 5 weeks ago:
[off topic?]
All the body parts were arguing over who was the most important. The Brain said that she was, but the Hands pointed out that they did all the work. The Heart and the Lungs said they were the most vital, but the Stomach pointed out that without food, they'd all be dead. It went on and on until the Asshole spoke up. "Why shouldn't I be in charge?"
Everyone had a good laugh and the Asshole got mad. She shut down. A week went by and the Brain was dizzy, the Heart was pounding, the Lungs were panting, and the Hands were shaking. Finally everybody agreed to let the Asshole be the one in charge.
And the moral of the story is that any Asshole can be the boss.
- Comment on You know what they say 1 month ago:
You're preaching to the horse's mouth!
[stole that one from 'Angel' TV show. Spoken by Harmony, the dumbest vampire.]
- Comment on You know what they say 1 month ago:
Don't burn your bridges until the chickens hatch!
- Comment on [1860 Posting] MADAM WYNN Breaks Silence on Slavery Debate 1 month ago:
Change is slow. It takes decades of evolution to gestate a revolution.
- Comment on Our dancers have infinite curves 1 month ago:
[off topic]
"The Whore Of Mensa" A private eye goes up against a escort service that provides lonely men with intellectual conversations.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/12/16/the-whore-of-mensa
- Comment on Is possible to learn to swim, just by reading a lot about it? 1 month ago:
No. You have to go into the water first to learn how to relax and float. Then you can learn a good technique.
- Comment on Is possible to learn to swim, just by reading a lot about it? 1 month ago:
In the immortal words of Mike Tyson, "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face."
No matter how much you study, landing in the water will change everything.