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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨gaming⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  A million years ago in gamer years, a buddy of mine and I were playing an online coop game of Castle Crashers (I think, it’s been awhile, might’ve actually been something else). Neither of us are really “gamers” and definitely not online gamers, we just thought it was cool you could play with random people. Also, we were drinking alcohol that night, so the best decisions were not made.

  Long story short: We did not realize that there was voice chat in the co-op of this game. So, we were basically drunk assholes, playing horribly, and talking about a bunch of inappropriate and very personal topics. At different points in the evening, we both joked that we had this sense that the other player(s) were trying to communicate with us and once or twice we were like, it’s almost like they can hear us.

  Then as we were winding down for the night, I hit some button randomly that enabled the audio feed in for voice chat, and the words coming out of that child’s mouth on the other end would have made a whore blush. I guess they could hear every word we said throughout the night, maybe the mic on my laptop was enabled by default, or maybe someone hit the wrong button at some point. I felt kinda bad, we definitely talked about age inappropriate stuff and I know at points it must’ve seemed like we were trolling the other players.

  So, if that was you about 10 - 15 years ago, I’m sorry. I didn’t say the N-word, use any slurs, or trash talk any minorities, although as gay dudes it might’ve sounded like we were homophobes. I dunno. It’s been a long time. But I’m still sorry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨breakfast⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  What the hell is their fascination with raw milk?

  Where I live in the USA, it’s become a trendy thing amongst rural conservatives. If someone is talking about how they switched to raw milk, it’s almost a guarantee they are MAGA supporters. Which is wild, because when I was growing up, it was almost the complete opposite. Raw milk was a “hippy” thing for fringe, counter-culture liberals.

  My clearly biased opinion is that in this part of the US, drinking raw milk is at least partially a way to virtue signal and participate in the counter-culture. And when you think about it, drinking raw milk kind of actually makes sense in this context. It appeals to a lot of conservatives’ cultural beliefs – anti-science / mistrust of science, “rules for thee but not for me”, and appeal to convention. Scientists are wrong. Nobody can tell me what I’m allowed to do. People drank raw milk for thousands of years and survived just fine.

  Speculative opinion aside: The people I’ve met over the years who seek out raw milk have mentioned a number of different reasons.

  Some say it tastes better than pasteurized milk. Some claim that raw milk is more nutritious than pasteurized because the heating process destroys or binds proteins, vitamins, immunity boosting components, etc in milk. Some do it because it’s quicker or cheaper than a trip to the store (because they know the farmer, farmer lives close or delivers because farm is a friend/family member), and they’re supporting local producers instead of giant conglomerates. Also, pretty uniformly, they’ll claim that with modern practices, there’s very little risk of getting sick if you’re careful, and not riskier than buying pasteurized stuff from the store.

  And let me explicitly state this because some people on Lemmy seem to have reading comprehension issues: These are not my opinions and I’m not saying they are accurate, I do not drink raw milk, and I don’t condone it, particularly if you’re feeding it to unsuspecting people and children.

  Anecdotally, it seems like a good solid chunk of these folks eventually get sick enough or frequently enough from drinking raw milk that it’s very common to find out 4 or 5 years down the line that they no longer drink raw milk. And that’s just the ones who admit it, because I would not be surprised if it’s even more common than I think – a lot of people are too stubborn to switch back or too prideful to admit they were wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I might teach a class about this and have the lesson get steadily worse and worse.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t see a link, but I’m wondering if the etymology mentions the words shitify and shitification which, at least in my personal experience, pre-date the term enshitification by a decade or two.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good luck!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Oops I crapped on the ceiling again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I know what I'm doing the next time I'm near a Whole Foods >:3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t believe it’s not butt air.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I know what I'm doing the next time I'm near a Whole Foods >:3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Honey, this vegan cheese smells exquisite, nutty notes with eggy undertones and a cloying bile-like putrescent sheen with a, is that bacon, yes a bacon finish. Amazing how far food technology has come.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, shit.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is literally true and I know it because I came here to say it and then noticed you beat me by 5 minutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Round of applause please⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can’t prove all of them are dead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plot twist⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for explaining and because I’m guessing some people will need to see this “that is the premise of the joke.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What if I cook them in the air fryer instead of in oil and let them cool down first? When I talked to my doctor, he seemed to indicate it was a good compromise as long as I stick with organic ingredients.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The planet still belongs to the dinosaurs.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen enough Jurassic Park franchise movies to know that at least some dinosaurs had bills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The planet still belongs to the dinosaurs.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No. Sharks are not dinosaurs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Balance of Terror⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminds me, I need to find a new dentist.

  The current one seems to be a big fan of Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors. I literally have PTSD from my last 2 visits, the pain was so bad. And I seemingly have a very high pain tolerance level, or so I’m told, which ought to tell you something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hit him with the toadstool chair!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m guessing forest bugs don’t see a whole lot of black widow action.

  At least my anecdotal experience, black widows seem to prefer hidden spaces in otherwise open areas like anywhere near a home, a pile of rocks in the middle of a field, and places like that.

  Not that forest bugs can’t leave the forest and black widows can’t thrive in forested areas, just that these two things seem to be mostly mutually exclusive in modern life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never get a tattoo when you are drunk⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Milk, sugar, cream, natural and/or artificial flavors. Plus, if you’re getting anything fancier, like the kind with chunks of random foods or ribbons of corn syrup byproducts, that’s extra.

  The thing is, at least in the USA at this time, milk and especially cream are historically quite expensive. So, that’s gonna reflect in a product like ice cream that’s majority milk and cream.

  So on one hand, GOOD ice cream is pretty expensive. But there’s also the stuff that’s basically high fructose corn syrup mixed with watery milk byproduct plus a pinch of gumming agent then whipped with air and frozen, sold in 1/2 gallon containers but only contains 10 ounces. Those can often be had relatively cheap if you buy them on sale and you don’t really care what ice cream is supposed to taste like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the world ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am more than just an apple. My taste does not define me. I did not fall far from the tree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's efficient.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is where famotidine shines. One itsy-bitsy pill right before or right after I eat something that tends to give me heartburn and I’m all good for the night.

  My biggest issue is I have a heat-tooth, but my internal anatomy feels otherwise. And there’s no common over the counter pill that I’m aware of that’s useful for appeasing a small intestine that wants me dead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Release for Only $20, Release Times Revealed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I might have to consider it. On the one hand, I did get to a point in Hollow Knight where I just wasn’t enjoying it anymore so I never finished it. But at $20 for a brand new game, I’ll consider it. Unfortunately I have a backlog right now, but overall things just aren’t working out for me and my gaming time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real believers know the signs that prove his presence in our lives⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I found Jesus in a bowl of alphabet soup and you can too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🚨🚨🚨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re in the USA, the system of laws is so convoluted and complex that you literally cannot know if you aren’t breaking any laws at any given time and simultaneously, pretty much every functional adult has broken some law at some point in their life.

  But, all that aside, it doesn’t matter, because in practice the police can pull you over and detain you for almost any reason or no reason at all. Even if that’s not legal, there’s pretty much nothing stopping them in the heat of the moment.

  I know this might sound overly pessimistic, but it’s actually largely true. For example, I was driving home from the bar just a couple hours ago, and there were hundreds of people driving the wrong way down the freeway. Nearly spilled my drink a couple of times trying to avoid them all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just being pragmatic here, but the answer is yes, you can hire such a person. It would be a terrible, terrible idea. As for the other options you mentioned, just don’t do it. There’s no scenario where these methods don’t traumatize survivors, bystanders, first responders, and just random people – none of whom deserve that.

  I know someone who came home to his partner’s dead lifeless body after a hanging. I know someone who found their child several days after an intentional overdose. I know a truck driver who suffered life threatening injuries as a result of avoiding someone trying to end their own life.

  And I only saw some of the trauma suffered by those folks, I’m sure the real trauma was far, far deeper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Makegg gregg eggain⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I see you Mitchell, and I know you posted this. With your egg salad smelling breath and your egg salad smelling farts and that egg salad eating grin on your face.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨STRAIGHT 2 JAIL⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is my curse, as well. Your film is set in the desert surrounding ancient Egypt. WHY ARE THERE CACTI?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know if they still have it on their site, but one of the main regional news sites used to have a section of their site devoted to posting peoples’ mugshots. It was one of their highest traffic pages/sections, too.

  I found out about it after my dad jokingly mentioned that my uncle made the news and then sent me a link. It was a slideshow with hundreds of peoples’ arrest photos along with name, age, where they were arrested, and a brief description of what they were arrested for.

  My uncle was on there because he was charged with “terroristic threats” or something along that line, it’s been a while. Apparently someone called the cops on him. He was drunk when they arrived and acting belligerent, granted he was always drunk and belligerent. At some point, he put his finger over his lips and shushed the cops.

  The police officers claim he was doing a hand sign of a gun and that he actually pretended to shoot at them and the “shushing” was actually him blowing the smoke away from the barrel of his hand gun.

  Anyway, the charges were dropped, but that arrest photo of him stayed up on that news website for a very long time after.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  dammit, I knew I should have read the comments before making my own

  guess I know what I need to do now

  been nice knowing you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just the one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She can't cope with the stress. No problem just go through the day buzzed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I was a relatively well to do suburban housewife in the USA circa the 60’s and 70’s (or maybe a tad earlier). It all just feels so idealized. And even if I still saw behind the charade and could not tolerate the gilded superficiality of it all, I could legally get really good drugs (presumably) so that I simply did not care anymore. Good thing they didn’t feature me in that Matrix movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seems legit.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, no balls needed. Just the sack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨just here for some hardware⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In my part of the USA, it’s 99% european sparrows. And they shit on everything. So, in a way, that makes it easy to tell what merchandise has just been sitting around a while unsold. In any other store it would be covered in dust. But in Home Depot? It’s covered in shit. Literally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Didn't know you guys were demons until quite recently ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your demons say shit like that. My demons say “wish that bitch had auto correct”. We are not the same.