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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I first joined and started using Lemmy probably a couple months before you.

  Back then, when anyone was being uncivil, needlessly hostile, rude, or aggressive, there was a very high likelihood that other users would call it out quickly. Many, many wonderful folks did it on my behalf multiple times and that’s one of the big reasons I stuck around, because that’s cool as hell if you ask me. I’m here to enjoy myself and have a little fun, not to be verbally abused because some problematic person lacks reading comprehension or prefers to make wild assumptions based on very limited information.

  I won’t say there’s been a recent uptick in hostility, unless your definition of lately is a lot more lenient than my own. However, I will say that with each new outrage from Reddit comes an influx of new users and with each new influx, it’s only a short period of time before I notice things are suddenly a bit less nice, friendly, and casual.

  Sadly, things are at the point now where I rarely bother to read any responses, replies, or messages in my inbox. I usually just go in there to click “mark as read” to clear the notifications without reading them and move on. There’s just too much negativity directed my way, often super randomly to the most innocuous stuff, or random users I can’t recall ever interacting with who somehow seem to have a chip on their shoulder. It’s actually kind of bizarre at times. Regardless, for my style of participation, which is mostly parodying old people facebook and sharing random anecdotes, feeling like I need to ignore replies is still okay, I guess.

  Anyway, glad I’m not the only one who has noticed the shift. Wish there were an easy button to get things back to the welcoming place Lemmy used to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LICK EM⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people don’t pay there bills just lick there way thur doughnuts licky licky lick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose the rat poison⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re bald because genetics. I’m bald because I chose it and also because genetics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT'S A TRAP⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some infinities are bigger than other infinities

  Is this actually true?

  Many eons ago when I was in college, I worked with a guy who was a math major. He was a bit of a show boat know it all and I honestly think he believed that he was never wrong. This post reminded me of him because he and I had a debate / discussion on this topic and I came away from that feeling like he he was right and I was too dumb to understand why he was right.

  He was arguing that if two sets are both infinite, then they are the same size (i.e. infinity, infinite). From a strictly logical perspective, it seemed to me that even if two sets were infinite, it seems like one could still be larger than the other (or maybe the better way of phrasing it was that one grew faster than the other) and I used the example of even integers versus all integers. He called me an idiot and honestly, I’ve always just assumed I was wrong – he was a math major at a mid-ranked state school after all, how could he be wrong?

  Thoughts?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dinner⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Marinate the Pringles in the Mtn Dew overnight. Drain the excess Mtn Dew into a bowl and set aside, do not discard. Bring oven to 375F/190C, allow it to preheat. Place marinated Pringles onto cookie sheet, do not stack, and leave enough space between crisps so that they do not touch. Use a spoon or spatula to avoid tearing. Place in preheated oven for 10 minutes, then flip, and cook an additional 3 minutes. Sprinkle with Mtn Dew drainage and allow to roast for an additional 3 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly. In the mean time, place any remaining drainage into a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly to avoid burning. Allow Mtn Dew drainage to reduce, until it just barely sticks to a wooden toothpick. Remove from heat, pour over cooling crisps. Spray with canned cheese or sprinkle with Cool Ranch Doritos dust if going for a more fancy ambiance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steady⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is a person capable of anxiety if they’re missing a fifth of the oxygen they’re supposed to have?

  Yes. Based on seeing a family member in that predicament, I’d say they’re capable of extreme anxiety at those levels.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steady⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A kilogram of piss is about a liter, give or take.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The level of discourse in the US right now ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Last year I found a streaming app that had the 1980s Garfield cartoon running, and I ended up getting back into that for a while.

  I found it to be a fascinating glimpse into those times. Like all of the pop culture references were obviously quite dated, but 40 years later and a lot of them still stand on their own. The comedy style was a snapshot of the zeitgeist from the era, surely not novel at the time, but a reflection of the time. It’s interesting to see how much of that comedy style has carried forward and even evolved over the decades. Sarcasm, featured heavily. Self-deprecation. Almost surreal absurdity. Did Garfield shape the comedy world as much as the comedy world shaped it?

  Oh yeah, and I definitely turned out gay. But I guarantee you it wasn’t the 10/10 hotties that John Arbuckle was pulling or anything related to Garfield himself. It was entirely Nermal. Grew up living my entire life thinking Nermal was a girl, only to realize that in my recent re-watch that Nermal’s pronouns are he/him. These woke ass shows have been woking kids up since the dawn of time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best anti theft ever⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not true, the second one down from the top is a sure fire way to steal my heart. Big fuzzy bellies are kinda my thang.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I _really_ be enjoying myself?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I should not have just sat here and wasted 35 minutes reading news stories and looking at memes on Lemmy while I pick and choose the ones I decide to bestow with the wisdom, or lack thereof, of my words. But this one? This one speaks to my soul. Like the slow chitter chatter of cold katydids on a cool fall night in the middle of September in the Southern part of the USA. Chit-chit cha-chit chit-cha-ah-ah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh Jesus he is cooked⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No specific drug. Caffeine, alcohol, even deep erotic breaths of oxygen will do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish the crows around my parts would do that. The ones around here just generally act like a menace to society.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't fit in⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What the FUCK do you do?

  Have you tried getting a boyfriend? I dunno, worked for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be the change you want to see in the world⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But if I expose my genitals in public I’ll end up in jail or worse, and either way, nobody else is going to do the same, until I get to jail, and then it’s not the people I would hope for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wait...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I daydream about this sort of thing. Some days I long for it. Just want to wake up with a life of the father of 3 wonderful children and an amazing wife living our best lives in the suburbs with clean air and no worries about climate change, healthcare costs, or the ever present threat of being physically assaulted or worse for being a homosexual.

  On the other hand, I do live a fairy tale life where I don’t generally wake up to the sound of an alarm and usually when I awaken I don’t really need another 2 minutes. So, I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨slam dunkle⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  DUNKLE means black like my soul and the typeface in my LaTeX presentation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A nice tall glass of OJ⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s been decades since I’ve seen the exotic orange cheese powder, but last time I recall, it wasn’t water soluble?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IF YOU TAKE ENOUGH YOU CAN SEE *THE PATTERN* BRO⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll buy that for a dollar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mood⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In some ways, figures like Darwin and Attenborough are my heroes, so it’s nice to see that these men are human and share similar distastes for fucked up shit as me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mood⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, being in America and realizing the invasive little shits everyone generically refers to as “bees” are invasive species that precipitate the decline of native species changes people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally, I would never tell a lie on the internet. It’s not really lying when I do it on purpose with the goal of obfuscating the details so as to preserve my anonymity and minimize the risk of being doxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxed. And also it’s not really lying if I say it to win a debate and I actually win based on saying it. And it’s also not a lie if its in … “THE BIBLE” because it’s what Jesus would have said and what Jesus would have wanted and I know for a fact you’re not calling Jesus a liar are you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where is this located? Asking for a friend...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m at an age where there’s nothing simple about it, so I’m going to pass on this today, thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Mothman⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You never know unless you try it. You first!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beggars can't be choosers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can’t tell me what I can or can’t grow in my own gutters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨tall tails⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think dinosaurs were taking x-rays of beaver tails, my dude. Go read a book sometime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨same as it ever was⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A dog’s ears choose what to hear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up in an era where adults would smugly tell kids “Don’t believe everything you hear on TV” and then within a decade I found out that those same adults believe everything they see on the internet (so long as it conforms to their previously held beliefs).

  You’ve gotta meet people where they’re at, so if a smug and sarcastic “oh, it was on the internet, it must be true” is what it takes, then that’s what it takes. Word of advice is to be fair and be consistent. Eventually they’ll recognize they can either be in the joke or in on it, it’s their choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades 2 version 1.0 finally has a release date, praise Zeus and the rest of them⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t completed a run in Hades 2 and at this point I’m not sure I will any time soon.

  I’m not really a gamer, but the first Hades just clicked with me. It’s a game I can pick up and just have some fun.

  Hades 2 just isn’t clicking like that. I enjoyed what I’ve played of it, but things are a lot more complicated, just a lot more going on and a lot more to keep track of, and the main character just seems so much weaker or maybe the game is a lot harder in general, I don’t know. Either way, it hasn’t drawn me in. Hoping it will one day, and perhaps coming out of beta will help on that front.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A little memorial at the local dump⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In a way, I’m glad you mentioned it.

  In another way, it’s really sad that the state of affairs on Lemmy is such that anyone would feel the need to have to explicitly state that as though the headline / title wasn’t clear enough. Like I know it’s an international Fediverse and not everyone is fully fluent in English, but on the other hand, some people do legitimately have reading comprehension issues and a desire to dump some rage on random folks on the internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨McDonald's criticizes US restaurant industry for uneven wage policies⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Again, I had written a long wall of text, trying to touch on all the points before I decided to simply. I won’t be rewriting it all, but the main points are:

  1. If McD’s wanted servers, they can have them and then they would get any supposed benefits of having wait staff. 2. If there was so much as a penny extra profit to be made from this, McDs would be doing it. You’d have to be willfully ignorant to believe otherwise. 3. Servers make federal minimum wage (not the $2 quoted) at a minimum. Yes, bad/illegal bosses exist, but that’s a separate issue. If they don’t make up for the deficit with tips, the business is on the hook for making up the difference. The truth is though, it’s rarely needed because they tend to make pretty decent money via the tips. 4. Whether customers pay the employees directly (via tips) or indirectly, they’re still paying. The employers like McDs are not charities that are literally giving away free employee work, they’re building that cost into the products and services they offer, which are then paid by customers. 5. And this is the biggest one: Large corporations and ultra wealthy literally make a sport out of shirking their tax responsibilities, so given all the other points are basically moot, the sheer audacity of making an argument about taxes benefits for small businesses and workers is something else.

  And to be clear, I’m not advocating for tipping culture or tip-based wages, since a lot of people (not necessarily you) seem to have reading comprehension problems.