mushroommunk
@mushroommunk@lemmy.today
- Comment on HBO Max has really turned to shit since the Skydance takeover 17 hours ago:
All of those shows were made pre takeover and top 10 is usually either highest rated or most streamed or a combo of both. There’s a lot of reasons to bash this merger but this isn’t it. It’s only been like a week, not even enough time to do much even in this fast paced modern world.
- Comment on Looking for site that teaches everything 2 days ago:
Honestly books and a library might be a good start. So many good books in a library, just pick a topic and search for a related book.
- Comment on To those who think the economy will never get good enough to afford basic necessities (and you're probably right), what will you do to not only survive, but enjoy life with the only life you have? 2 days ago:
And for those of you taking this as your sign to finally do it there are so many video tutorials online that make it easy, but there’s also still a lot of crafts clubs and old people with knowledge willing to share it. Legit walk into a cloth store and ask the older ladies working there questions, most of the time you’ll get answers. Ask your uncle or grandpa or whoever is handy around you.
- Comment on Why is suicide considered selfish? If your like 80 or something and rely on your family for care. Would it not be a burden off of them? 3 days ago:
Not all cultures have considered it selfish or morally wrong. Some have assisted suicide these days and I think the trend for that is growing.
- Comment on NOT SEEKING MEDICAL ADVICE. Doctors can prescribe a whole host of "downers" like xanax, methadone, the whole benzo family. Is there any uppers they can prescribe? 1 week ago:
Most ADHD meds would likely fall under “uppers” (amphetamines). Many antidepressants probably would be labeled “uppers” though they aren’t stimulants in quite that way. Many steroids are prescribed for various things (I’ve been given them to try and kick a mask infection without using antibiotics) and would probably be considered “uppers”.
I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting.
- Comment on Why? 1 week ago:
Usually “cable strain relief”
- Comment on I despise laundry. How can I make my life contain less of it? 1 week ago:
As an adult with a family, this won’t be accepted anymore.
Says who? Like if it’s your clothes your room your life, to it your way.
Signed. A couple who hasn’t folded clothes in months
- Comment on How are wireless mice these days? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve used various wireless mice for a years, though still use wired for gaming so I don’t have to worry about battery (even this many new nice get 12+ hours wireless now). As with anything quality matters. Buy an unknown $5 mouse and yeah you likely will have issues, buy a Razer Deathadder v3 or Logitech whatever, something known and decent, and you’ll never have an issue.
- Comment on What was the actual reason for the crusade against NSFW games? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on What was the actual reason for the crusade against NSFW games? 5 weeks ago:
It was the work of Collective Shout.
They’re an Australian christofascist group trying to push right wing purity nonsense. There was one game, No Mercy, that really did push things too far. Collective Shout was able to poster child that game and pressure payment providers into pressuring game platforms to delist a lot of NSFW games.
A lot of the ultra wealth you may have noticed have a christofascist lean, so with the vocal pressure from Collective Shout it was easy for them to claim economic harm saying if they didn’t pull games there’d be a boycott or something.
- Comment on Blizzard is reviving StarCraft as an open-world shooter, but it'll be a long wait 5 weeks ago:
I’m comparing basic single player open world to live service. Not POV
- Comment on Blizzard is reviving StarCraft as an open-world shooter, but it'll be a long wait 5 weeks ago:
Is it live service? I’ve only heard open world. More Just Cause than Destiny.
- Comment on How come we don't have more sketch comedy shows, like MadTv or In Living Color? Are we just going to be stuck with SNL for our lives? 5 weeks ago:
Came in specifically to mention Dropout.tv too. SNL even snagged one or two of their writers. This is where the comedy is.
- Comment on For-Profit Health Insurance is a major cause of death in America. 1 month ago:
What? Satire is to make fun of human failing. This is what satire is and is for.
- Comment on For-Profit Health Insurance is a major cause of death in America. 1 month ago:
There’s roughly 190,000 thousand deaths annually in the US believed to be directly caused by insurance and access issues.
pnhp.org/…/estimated-us-deaths-associated-with-he…
Yes it’s an onion article but it’s not untrue, just not a specific example. So why not upvote it in general acknowledgement of the issue? They don’t need a specific example because we all know how much of a problem insurance in the US especially in part because is tied to work for most people (and, well, this is work reform)
- Comment on Are there daytime bats? 1 month ago:
duckduckgo.com/?q=diurnal+flying+mammals&t=fpas&i…
I didn’t dig deep or verify anything, hope you find more info. It’s a solid question.
- Comment on Are there daytime bats? 1 month ago:
Quick duck duck go search says The Samoan flying fox and the Azores noctule are really about it for diurnal (active during the day time) bats.
Mostly yeah flying mammals decided to fly be active at night to reduce competition vertical. (By decided I mean complex evolutionary pressures of course).
- Comment on Poetry 1 month ago:
That feels like an xkcd question. How fast do you have to spin to color shift things? I have no idea how the math actually works out
- Comment on Poetry 1 month ago:
I did think about going that way, how blue roses are the one color we really don’t have even yet.
- Comment on Poetry 1 month ago:
Uhhh, that’s not really how we define those terms. They aren’t blue just because they’re doppler shifted. The rose is still red. It’s still reflecting those wavelengths.
Maybe this slight edit is more accurate: Roses are red
But might appear blue Depending on their velocity relative to you - Comment on Park benches don't "open" until 10am 1 month ago:
Only if you’re the lawyer, everyone else needs to put a little force behind the blade of grass
- Comment on What should I do about my family? 1 month ago:
You can survive. It’s not always the most fun option but it’s a very valid one. I was in basically the exact same boat as you. Ihad to put up with their crap long after I wanted to because it was truly the only option I had short of being a high school dropout living on the streets.
I made it through college and then began cutting them off as much as possible bit by bit. I’m now full no contact.
What I did was focus on myself and my interests. I focused on the things I could control. I couldn’t control their garbage attitude towards my hobbies, saying they’re useless and a waste of time (which, yes, they’re hobbies, that’s kind of the point) but I did them anyways (I watched So… Much… Anime…)
When I went to college I for the most part knew who I was, my flaws and strengths, and made more supportive friends.
You’ve got this. Just remember you’re in high school now but that isn’t forever. I started living my best life well after high school.
- Comment on I either want to learn French or Italian. Which should I learn in your opinion? 1 month ago:
That really depends on location and what you want to do. I want to go tour Italy one day, learning French instead of Italian would be silly.
- Comment on How come Pornstars don't teach Master Classes? So the average joe or joness can improve relationships and get better orgasms. Who would be better than pornstars? 1 month ago:
Multiple people have now said you’re coming off aggressive and completely misunderstanding them. Maybe talk the clue that you’re not just having a slightly different opinion and are in fact aggressively arguing something different from them
- Comment on How come Pornstars don't teach Master Classes? So the average joe or joness can improve relationships and get better orgasms. Who would be better than pornstars? 1 month ago:
I swear these arguments would be cut off quicker if people took even the tiniest bit of logic in high school and actually thought about things in “If A, or B, then C” and such.
Do people not learn their Valid Propositional Forms anymore?
- Comment on How come Pornstars don't teach Master Classes? So the average joe or joness can improve relationships and get better orgasms. Who would be better than pornstars? 1 month ago:
Except all your replies are about the people who have transitioned into sexologist roles. You’re responding to negatives people aren’t asserting.
- Comment on How come Pornstars don't teach Master Classes? So the average joe or joness can improve relationships and get better orgasms. Who would be better than pornstars? 1 month ago:
On the flip side, you seem to think them being pornstars does indeed give them this extra knowledge that it doesn’t. They’re acting in the videos. Yes several have put in the time to acquire knowledge and transition into an educational role, but not because of magic porn knowledge.
- Comment on The Politics of Cyberdecks: Why women around the world are building their own DIY computers. 1 month ago:
TL:DR - they aren’t
This article was a lot about why people in general are choosing to build cyberdecks and chose to highlight women from that community, but I saw only the following quote for a “women specific” reason. Honestly the entire thing felt like they wrote bullet points they fed through an AI to make gendered
Building cyberdecks, many off-grid, can allow women and girls to feel safe, because it allows them to disconnect from the online spaces where abusers most often reach them.
- Comment on Day 762 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 2 months ago:
Oh, uh… Don’t try to understand it you say?
puts down my fountain pen and the map of the house I was drawing
- Comment on Day 762 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 2 months ago:
If you love Control, read the book that inspired it.
Read “House of Leaves”
Highly recommend. One of the best and weirdest reading experiences I’ve ever had