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- Comment on Snek 5 hours ago:
The exaggerated eyebrows on the one snake (but not the other) to ensure we know that one of them’s a lady makes me wonder if the artist woulda put some big ole snitties on her if they’d drawn the rest of the body.
- Comment on I used to be an uber eats driver and lowkey 5 hours ago:
Honestly, for years folks on the internet gaslighted me this same way about Amazon.
Oh, they have THE BEST customer service. They would never do that. Any time I’ve had a problem they’ve always fixed it 110%. What did YOU do wrong?
But in reality, my experience was that for a good long stretch, there was an issue with almost every order I placed, and it was a literal coin toss as to whether customer service was going to do the very minimum to make it right or if I was in for a weeks long ordeal just to maybe get some degree of resolution and not get screwed.
So, what I’m saying is, just because YOU personally have had zero issues, that’s absolutely no reason to think it’s “strange” that someone else might have had a different experience with the same business. Personally, I think it’s extremely bizarre that you’d find it strange.
- Comment on Valve Reaffirms Steam Machine Summer Launch 2 weeks ago:
You shouldn’t doubt Valve would do that. You should know they absolutely would never do that.
- Comment on Valve Reaffirms Steam Machine Summer Launch 2 weeks ago:
Steam Machine is (or will be) a PC, so I’m not sure how they would/could make HL3 and not have it be compatible with PC. Or am I missing something?
- Comment on Rotund 2 weeks ago:
No honey I can’t eat there on account of my fibroids acting up.
- Comment on Rotund 2 weeks ago:
Reminds me of the time a yellow jacket flew up my dear departed Harold’s draws and stung him right on the sack.
- Comment on OSHA Approved Kittypillar 2 weeks ago:
No, there’s no permanent physical damage that I’m aware of.
The caterpillar sting was intensely painful for an hour or two, and then afterwards for a couple of days I’d have random relapses of less severe stinging at the site.
The wheel bug bite was so long ago that my memory of it is a bit faded. I was bitten on the foot when I put my shoe on. The pain from that was like getting snapped in the foot by a searing hot bear trap, kind of all at once, and then it simmered down. However, I couldn’t comfortably wear a shoe for a day or two afterwards and I had to limp around because it was painful to walk.
- Comment on OSHA Approved Kittypillar 2 weeks ago:
I got stung by one of these or perhaps an oak slug caterpillar around 2 years ago. There was immediate pain, which got worse and worse with pain coming in waves. It felt like the pain was coming from dozens of little needle points in my hand. Before long I had to go inside to sit down because it was getting hard to focus on anything other than the intense stinging feeling.
The only thing that might compare was when I got bitten by a wheel bug when I was a kid.
- Comment on Nope 2 weeks ago:
One thing’s for sure, I’m going to sit at home and criticize every well-intentioned solution made in good faith that I see posted on the internet while I plant my eyes on a screen all day doing nothing substantial to help solve the problem or support the ones who might be able to make a difference.
- Comment on .ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this 4 weeks ago:
Definitely not the only place, but certainly one of the more predictable.
- Comment on Sick of this shit 4 weeks ago:
You phrase that like you are accusing me of something specific and making wild assumptions, but it’s clear you know nothing about me, so it’s really bizarre that you’d say such a thing to me. Like why phrase it that way? I mean, I am totally on board with protecting predators and I get the message, but why be so aggressive with your messaging to me? It makes no sense and it’s kind of rude.
- Comment on Sick of this shit 5 weeks ago:
It’s more like love-hate for me. They’re terribly cute and they do play an important ecological role.
But they are destructive little shits. Mercilessly and needlessly destroying homes, gardens, and at times even vehicles. Their reigns of terror are expensive and tough to mitigate. And with so few remaining natural predators, their populations quickly grow to near plague levels quite rapidly. May your tomato plants be damned.
- Comment on Sick of this shit 5 weeks ago:
This guy nuts.
- Comment on Happy 100th to the G.O.A.T. 1 month ago:
I would have loved to have been able to meet him and spend time talking with him when he was younger. His voice is basically THE voice that’s synonymous with nature documentaries for me. I mean, I wouldn’t turn down an opportunity to meet him now, but I feel like his time on this planet is very limited at this point, and it would almost feel selfish of me to take up any of what he’s got left.
- Comment on How worried should we be about hantavirus right now? 1 month ago:
That sounds like an unfortunate lack of perspective and information on your part, to me. While that may sound rude, it’s actually not a bad thing, so long as it’s not due to being willfully ignorant.
Kind of taking the “Explain like I’m five” approach to comparing hantavirus and COVID: It’s like being afraid of catching rabies from sparrows because you’re aware that bats can carry rabies. After all, they’re both flying creatures that can live in close proximity to people.
At the end of the day, COVID-19 was a novel pathogen, not well-understood in the early days, and something of a perfect storm of conditions and characteristics that allowed it to blow up in to a global pandemic. This strain of hantavirus is the sparrow to the covid bat. Superficial similarities (they’re both viral diseases), but very different different things in all the ways that count.
- Comment on How worried should we be about hantavirus right now? 1 month ago:
It’s fucked up but you’re seeing so much about it online and hearing so much about it because sensationalized fear translates to money and attention for those seeking such things.
That’s not to say that this virus isn’t dangerous and devastating to those affected, infected, and exposed to it. We definitely shouldn’t be down playing that. It’s just that this virus has no chance of causing a major disruption of our lives on a wide-spread global scale.
- Comment on My quest to get a steam controller has failed 1 month ago:
I know. I was expecting issues, though. Steam pretty much always has issues with their site at the start of sales and new hardware launches, so this was entirely predictable.
On the flip side, every time this has happened when I was around to notice, there were obvious signs the site was failing from the get-go. Slow page loads, error messages, pages just not loading at all, etc. This time around, the site loaded up fine. Page navigation was quick as normal. Buttons worked. Cart worked. Checkout seemed to be working.
Then BAM. Error message when paying. I tried a few different payment methods and even checked on other devices.
So, I stepped away for a bit. Came back and I was surprised that the controllers were still in stock. Figured I’d try again. That time, I got a different error message when I attempted to pay. I thought maybe there’s something fishy with my cart/session so I removed the controller from my cart, expecting to re-add it and try checking out again. Only, when I went back to the controller page, it had flipped over to out of stock. It was literally only a matter of maybe 20 seconds since I’d last checked the page when it was showing as in stock. Missed it by that much.
- Comment on Wonder why? 1 month ago:
As one of the people who lost their job, doing important & worthwhile work, directly due to the funding cuts of this current administration, I only have a few words: FUCK YOU okay that’s two. So, let’s add PEDOPHILES to the end. FUCK YOU PEDOPHILES.
- Comment on Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent 1 month ago:
I’ve been waiting for this controller for a while. Hoping it’s even remotely close to my expectations.
I’m so ready to turn the page on the crappy PS4 Pro controller I bought a few years back that developed charging and battery issues and become unreliable. Regardless of what Lemmy trolls want me to believe, I feel like a 2.5 year life span for a premium Sony controller was a rip-off.
I like the fact that the analog sticks are symmetrical in placement (compared to XBOX). So really, I’m just hoping that the batteries and connectors in these are more reliable than the poor quality crap that Sony puts out.
- Comment on snow isn't real 2 months ago:
If you’re so smart Mr. Smarty Pants then tell me this: Who invented snow, then? If you say Thomas Jefferson, then you’re wrong, he invented traffic lights, doofus.
- Comment on I am against rape or rapists or any such type of action or person. But my mom who has a daughter. Keeps questioning why these women wait so long before coming out with it? 2 months ago:
Two big reasons: Times have changed (somewhat and with caveats) and rape changes people.
For these high profile cases, these perpetrators are people who choose vulnerable victims and there’s typically a large power imbalance, along with various social aspects that make victims feel powerless (along with the shame and fear that come with pretty much any sexual violence). And often, the victims do “come out with it” to their friends and family, medical practitioners, and even police. But every rape is different, circumstances vary, and outcomes / decisions run the gamut. These folks eventually try to move on with their lives, put the past behind them. Then suddenly, their rapist shows up on TV and online all over the place. Their name comes up constantly. All those emotions and trauma come back up. And I don’t blame these victims for wanting to take another swing and make a big show of the fact that they were victimized by powerful people.
My situation, not rape but being taken advantage of, gave me a little taste of this. I don’t feel like sharing a lot of traumatic personal details and definitely don’t want to give anything away that could identify me personally. But it gives me a little bit of insight into situations that can occur.
As I said, I was taken advantage of by a well-connected and popular person decades ago. As this was happening, I did tell friends and family. They all gave me support and guidance, and I did my best to get out of the situation as fast as I could. Calling the police wasn’t really an option, and I was in a very vulnerable place in life, didn’t have money for a lawyer, and I was basically stuck. Not only that, the person taking advantage of me was very good at playing on my weaknesses, convincing me that by hurting him, I’d be hurting other people and that everybody believed he was a good person so they wouldn’t believe me anyway. That actually he wasn’t taking advantage of me, it was me taking advantage of him. You name the psychological weapon, he probably used it against me.
Eventually I did manage to break completely free of that situation. I was just so happy that it was over and done with, I really didn’t want to look back. I wanted it out of my life and behind me. As I said, it’s not like I had the money to sue and it wasn’t a situation where police would get involved. I moved on, just lucky that I managed to make it out alive and in a position where I could recover.
Time eventually faded a lot of the trauma and I probably hadn’t thought of my abuser for years. And then suddenly, I find out that they are running for office in my area. And worse, they are presenting themselves as the moral alternative, called upon by God, and a force for good. I see their signs all over and their name on a regular basis. I’m traumatized all over again. And the worst part is, about 90% of the time when I tell people what my abuser did to me, their response is “why didn’t you sue them?” or “why did you let them do that to you?”. As though I’m the one with the moral failing in this situation.
So, I know my situation isn’t exactly the same as a rape victim, but I get it.
And finally, this topic is not one where you’re going to have a gotcha moment with your mom. It’s far too complicated and nuanced for that.
- Comment on How come they don't make generic drugs for cats and dogs. I love my sisters buddy to death. Its just weird that all my meds are generic but animals are name brand. I just hate spend 250 every 3 mon. 2 months ago:
There are generic drugs made or prescribed for cats and dogs in my part of the world (USA).
In fact, out of all the meds my pets have been prescribed over the years, most of them have been generic. The majority of the time, it’s actually the same medications given to humans (ex: insulin, antibiotics, heart meds, anxiety meds) and some of them I even purchased through a standard pharmacy like Walgreens.
From my experience, the main medications that don’t tend to have generics are drugs that are meant for veterinary purpose only. Flea and tick meds are an example. For those, the situation isn’t all that much different from human medications. They usually start off getting patented, which gives them the exclusive right to make and sell the active ingredient for some period of time. Eventually, though, that protection expires, and then if it’s profitable enough, other manufacturers can make a generic version.
With flea and tick meds specifically, there’s been a steady slate of newer / improved products over the years. I remember a time when a product called Frontline was introduced. It was almost revolutionary, just a small bit of product between the shoulder blades kept the fleas away for a month. Then there was a pill that kills fleas in less than 24 hours. Then they made pill/treats with longer lasting products. Then they combined flea and tick with heartworm meds. Now there’s an injection that lasts months (or maybe it’s a whole year, I can’t recall). Each of these is a new product, so it gets patented and then there’s only a name brand version for whatever the exclusivity period is.
Maybe it’s similar in your country?
- Comment on The person who mounted a spice rack into the fucking studs so a fridge won't fit there 2 months ago:
Mounting your spice rack to the studs is just sage advice. Otherwise, you’re putting the structural integrity at risk, and if that fails, you’re in for a bad thyme. Trust me, this happened to me once. There was still paprika in my grout when I moved out. And to add salt to the wound, the landlord made me pay for the damage.
- Comment on Why do I almost never see people flying drones? 2 months ago:
I think, like most things in life, it’s mix of underlying causes. I don’t have the answers, just anecdotes.
For one: The drone thing was kind of a fad for a while. Hobbies are like that.
I know that drones have more uses than just hobby-wise, but most people I know who got drones weren’t doing it for professional reasons, they just wanted a drone because it was cool and neat and new (to them). Anyway, the thing with fads and hobbies is that there will be some small group of people for whom this is or becomes a life long passion, but for most people and most hobbies, they just sort of do what’s en vogue at the time, then move on to the next fad when the time comes. Nothing wrong with that, just pointing it out.
Two: Related to my first comment, for most people this is just a fad, so they aren’t going to go spend premium amounts of money to get good quality equipment. The market was (and probably still is) flooded with super cheap low quality stuff that leaves a bad impression and kills the vibe as people think “drones kind of suck” or recognize that it’s a pay to play (well) hobby like so many others.
Essentially, the neatness wears off and people move on to the next big thing.
- Comment on The Struggle 2 months ago:
A good piss, sure.
The 4th good piss this morning so, far? No as much. I’m trying to rot my brain here and it’s getting hard to do that when I have to get up and pee every 34 minutes and 23 seconds.
- Comment on Fake News 2 months ago:
Are you blind?
- Comment on Fake News 2 months ago:
I SAID WHAT I SAID Look if you can’t trust someone using #antivax in their post then at least be a decent person and extend some grace with the understanding that we’re all basically just normal people doing the very best we can in this world – at our core we are all good people and a diversity of thoughts is our strength. But also my opinion is more valid than your opinion and no amount of facts can make my opinion wrong because it’s an opinion and that would be wrong. Gotcha suckers.
- Comment on Would it be silly of me to get a small dog if I am a little afraid of bigger ones? 2 months ago:
You aren’t over thinking it. For the reason(s) you stated, I would recommend against getting a dog right now until the underlying concerns are addressed.
Hopefully you will never have to experience a traumatic situation involving a larger dog, but if you do and you aren’t prepared, then you are at much higher risk of putting yourself or your companion animal in harm’s way or even making the situation worse than it would have been.
I’m a small dog owner. More than once I’ve had to kick or punch an out of control dog to keep my small dog safe. Running to safety is not always an option, and you cannot outrun a crazed monster singularly focused on murder when you’ve got to grab your dog first and/or carry it while running.
Honestly, a lot of pet owners are just plain terrible. The fact that you’re at least putting thought into this puts you orders of magnitude higher than sooooo many other potential pet owners. Unfortunately, those shitty owners seem to be everywhere.
- Comment on No, I don't know what a rabbit is, nor do I care. 2 months ago:
I couldn’t find a better picture of the “hats”.
- Comment on The way this egg peels in infuriating 2 months ago:
It’s even more infuriating when I hard boil a bunch of eggs and about half of them peel pristinely clean, the other half end up looking like the surface of the moon.
