whotookkarl
@whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Pleasing Fungus Beatle 2 minutes ago:
Gus bless
- Comment on It turns out that Juggalo makeup blocks facial recognition technology 3 hours ago:
I grew up around quite a few as they are pretty common in the Middle West especially middle and low income areas. Aggressively inclusive is a pretty good description of the subculture’s values. There’s some bullshit like anti science and anti education, but it comes from the elitism and exclusivity of those institutions which is a problem in public outreach and inclusiveness in academia. Most of the juggalos I’ve met just want to do drugs, listen to horrorcore rap, and watch wrestling, but I’ve also met some that can’t stand any of those things but just celebrate the stuff they do like instead of degenerating other people and their aesthetics.
- Comment on Dumb glasses 1 day ago:
Sue them under CFAA for accessing a site they weren’t granted permission to access, brick their device and take their money
- Comment on This clears things up 2 days ago:
Paul Bunyan was lost in the battle of gravy falls, that’s how Johnny Appleseed met Babe the blue ox he rode across the countryside planting apples and getting ripped on apple jack
- Comment on If Tyler Perry is a billionaire with his own successful movie studio then why are his films so bad? 6 days ago:
Uwe Boll made millions, it’s not a difficult job to do the bare minimum at if you have a gimmick or draw for people to watch movies that aren’t known for good production, stories, etc and can secure funding from producers.
- Comment on Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them? 1 week ago:
I was never really into them that much on modern games but I do get a kick out of retroachievements.org adding them to older games
- Comment on Fascism bad. 1 week ago:
Fear and rage force you to use unreliable heuristics instead of critical thinking and analysis resulting in poorer choices, it’s why so much propaganda relies on triggering those emotional states.
- Comment on don't let your memes stay dreams 1 week ago:
When you change yourself, you change the world
- Comment on Dear Faith X 1 week ago:
& Ted the caver
- Comment on Can some please explain to me why it is that your health insurance can deny you medication, even if your doctor says you need it? 1 week ago:
I have no idea, it might be worth checking with a couple attorneys who specialize in healthcare to see if you have a case worth pursuing as many will at least do a quick consult to see if you have a case without charging. The legal system is setup for wealthy people and organizations though so I wouldn’t expect much without something like practicing completely outside of their area or pretending to be from another state or something more than a lapsed certification or making judgements from a kinda similar but not really the same specialty.
- Comment on Can some please explain to me why it is that your health insurance can deny you medication, even if your doctor says you need it? 2 weeks ago:
The insurance company is going to have a doctor who said you don’t need it. They will try to hide who that doctor is, specifically what their NPI is, which can be used to personally identify the doctor who made the medical judgement against your doctor’s without having to provide further explanation than they’ve already given. Depending where you are they may have to provide more information when directly asked for specific evidences, or will suddenly change their rejection on the claim with a letter from an attorney asking for specific details in writing. They know hiring an attorney is expensive and bank on people not advocating for their rights & people with severe medical issues not being able to afford to.
a list of things to request from your insurer that may cause them to charge their determination
And lastly a video of a surgeon being denied the NPI of the insurance’s doctors who are likely breaking the law hiding behind the idea that insurance doctors are so hated they need to hide their identity even from other doctors to prevent reprisal. She was blacklisted from United claims for this video and others like it.
- Comment on Docs used to be cool as hell 2 weeks ago:
What kind do they give to malord?
- Comment on The evil is...resident 2 weeks ago:
This is why I only support transient evil
- Comment on Little scritchy 2 weeks ago:
It’s not that different than the way some people hunt bottom feeding fish like catfish, I guess it’s the same if you’re just bad at the catching part
- Comment on Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts? 2 weeks ago:
For decades James Randi offered a million dollars for any evidence of supernatural shit that can be tested. Many people tried, but none were able to produce evidence to earn the money.
If ghosts were a very rare occurrence and only 0.00001% of all dead people produced ghosts we would still be completely overrun by ghosts everywhere, they were would mundane in how common they are. And that’s not counting ghost animals, ghost dinosaurs, etc.
The impulse to believe in ghosts can be explained as well. For most of human evolutionary history we had predators (cats, bears, wolves, hyenas, etc). If you heard a noise in the bush and didn’t assume it came from an agent you were more likely to be ambushed than if you assumed it was an agent even when it was just the wind. The survival trait biased us towards assuming agency even when it’s not. When you hear a noise in your home at night your first though isn’t settling foundations, it’s intruder.
- Comment on i have a very high libido and my shitposts reflect that, sorry 3 weeks ago:
I also have a high burrito
Homer Simpson meme gif of him backing into a hedge replaced with pizza
- Comment on Stereotyping is wrong. 3 weeks ago:
If we’re talking about politics like loudness ordinances and funding for road projects and whether the fire department needs a millage we can share the same values or same values with different priority orders no problem on the different politics.
If we’re talking about whether some people deserve rights or racism or if laws don’t some to some people then it’s more than a politics difference, it’s a values difference.
- Comment on 'We Thought It Would Be Fun': Nintendo Has a Whole FAQ on Why It's Selling Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Separately for $20 Each - IGN 3 weeks ago:
Monster sanctuary was a lot of fun too
- Comment on Why are we not getting stress relief games where we take our stresses out on normal people? 4 weeks ago:
I think we all just destress differently & there’s some games where you can make a mess or cause chaos, but some folks like a challenge to overcome like souls games finally beating a boss, climb a leaderboard, get x rank elo, etc. Others build a farm or speedrun shooting demons or just keep replaying the same nostalgic games.
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- Comment on A succulent meal 4 weeks ago:
Reminds me of a pretty recent game called Pentiment that’s like an old school point and click adventure about a murder in a middle age German Abby where a bunch of conversations happen over meals & who you eat with can have an effect on a bunch if stuff in the game. it was pretty cool to include and I’m guessing they tried to go for some accuracy considering how much detail they use on the foods.
- Comment on meal 5 weeks ago:
An occasional burnout paradise session is still fun too
- Comment on Is ironing clothes significantly less common now? 5 weeks ago:
Probably ironed less than 5 items my whole life, last time was solo at a conference and just killing time
Mix colors and whites in the wash, just split between hot and cold wash
Haven’t worn a suit in over a decade, don’t intend to wear one again either
I do have shoe polish for some leather winter boots, and a sewing kit for mending socks and buttons
- Comment on What's that word? 5 weeks ago:
Thunderbird
- Comment on i mean 5 weeks ago:
It’s a razer wolverine v2 chroma wired. I couldn’t find a wireless like that so I went with one like this v3 pro, it’s easier to reach the back buttons but also easier to accidentally bump one
- Comment on i mean 5 weeks ago:
The difference between that and a modern standard controller for like an Xbox or playstation feels like the difference between a modern standard controller and something like this where you can keep both thumbs on the sticks and have access to all the shoulder and face buttons at the same time
- Comment on Bonobos can "play pretend" 5 weeks ago:
Interesting to see but I’m pretty sure the music in that video died hundreds of years ago and only now walks the earth to torture the living
- Comment on Your teenager AND your husband 5 weeks ago:
Get some grapes nuts it’ll last for months
- Comment on Follow the rules! 5 weeks ago:
My 2026 update after the industry wide layoffs over the past couple years would be sysadmin replaced with DevOps, qa and designer replaced with developer, and throw some infosec theater on at the end.
- Comment on Sorry buddy, you just ain't it anymore. 5 weeks ago:
Maybe they spot the machines and artifacts left on Mars and the moon and go with robotics or metal poly compounds. If it’s just Earth maybe plastic or concrete.
