MyBrainHurts
@MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca
- Comment on Sex Education 3 days ago:
It’s our problem plagued philosophy!
- Comment on How men are different than women 1 week ago:
I guess someone’s always looking to take offense online.
There’s the same insipid conversations we have all the time with colleagues/acquaintances, there’s the deep conversations we have with a 1 or 2 friends at atime and the fun silly ones we have with a bunch of old friends. If you don’t know the difference between them, that’s heartbreaking and I’m so sorry for you.
- Comment on How men are different than women 1 week ago:
Damn, four days without having to talk about the usual bs sounds like paradise.
- Comment on Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws? 2 weeks ago:
By voluntary associations (like a fediverse instance) absolutely not.
By government? Absolutely. What happens when disparaging the One True God Baby Jesus or His Followers is declared hate speech?
Whatever powers you give the government, you also give to the worst form of that government which you can imagine. The civil liberties that protect rapists and drug dealers are the same ones that are helping keep more people from being kidnapped by ICE in America.
- Comment on Spooooookyyyyy Scaaaaaaaarrryyyy 2 weeks ago:
Yelling isn’t the critical ingredient there…
- Comment on Spooooookyyyyy Scaaaaaaaarrryyyy 2 weeks ago:
To each their own.
Generally though, the person yelling “that’s not funny!” Tends to not be a great arbiter of humour.
- Comment on Spooooookyyyyy Scaaaaaaaarrryyyy 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I fully agree they aren’t as polished as the Onion. They tend to overwrite their jokes. But, I do enjoy them coming at things from a different angle. While dealing with trump etc, the Onion feels just the same as it’s been for the last decade, whereas the Babylon Bee feels just a bit different.
I think of them as an unpolished comedian with good takes and if they tightened up, could be killer. Like, Josh Johnson. Guy is prolific as hell and has great ideas but, in part because he’s producing so much, doesn’t have the time or inclination to tighten it, if that makes sense.
- Comment on Spooooookyyyyy Scaaaaaaaarrryyyy 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, though the Bee seems to be having a blast with it.
Today’s articles that got a legit chuckle: “New York offers to house Hantavirus patients in nursing homes”, “three Republicans thrown into fiery furnace for not bowing down to trump statue” and “Democrats prepare petard to destroy trump and Republicans; UPDATE: they themselves have been hoisted by said petard.”
I dunno, I disagree with a lot of their positions but I think very little of people who only read that with which they entirely agree. And I respect good comedy.
- Comment on Spooooookyyyyy Scaaaaaaaarrryyyy 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’s generally the Conservative version of the Onion, though honestly, nowadays I’d say their writing can be stronger than the Onion.
- Comment on IYKYK 5 weeks ago:
Anyone want to share context or anything for those of us who don’t know?
- Comment on Some neighbors have no chill 1 month ago:
I dunno, I think parents handing out alcohol to other parents on Halloween is one of those fun things that makes neighbourhood friends.
It’s hard to make new parent friends so it’s a quick vibe check and a friendly offer to some parent who has walked very slowly, has a sore back from crouching down and holding hands for a couple of hours and knows there will be a battle about candy distribution later.
- Comment on Best GFY I've seen in ages - Cam Anderson from Blacktail Studio on the age gap in his new relationship [1:56] 2 months ago:
Well played sir, on all fronts.
- Comment on My friend Charlie is back.... 2 months ago:
Me everytime my calf muscle does anything that is any way unexpected: Please Jesus no, please!
- Comment on Is this accurate, Canadians? 2 months ago:
Decades ago I was a young backpacker and saw other folks with the maple leaf on their stuff. Went to chat and they admitted they were Americans who had sewn it on so people would be nice to them.
I was simultaneously annoyed at them (I’d have been pissed but they did buy me an apology pint) and proud of Canada for the reputation.
- Comment on Intro to the Lemmy World 2 months ago:
I’m not sure about emissions per activity rankings but if you’re concerned about the emissions from a post, but surely that means someone watching a 4k movie on netflix is akin to a warcrime?
- Comment on The Producers (2005) - Springtime For Hitler & Heil Myself Scene 2 months ago:
Never watched the new one but I occasionally get Springtime for Hitler stuck in my head because I guess my brain wants to see what happens if I accidentally mumble lyrics around people.
- Comment on I heard we're doing leftist infighting just in time for six months of primaries plus another three months of general election wind-up 3 months ago:
I was wondering about that. All the Israel memes dropped off right after the election. Seems a little early for the midterms but hey, I’m not the one helping the fascists win.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
I get it but damn, a good friend who lives on the other side of the country phoned a few months ago and we just shot the shit for an hour. It was as surprising as it was amazing.
- Comment on [meta] Wanted: Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, with English subtitles _and_ cultural refernce notes 3 months ago:
Thanks for the update and the question, I’ve been hoping for something exactly like this.
- Comment on Why does apartment management expect you to call the police over every tenant incident? 4 months ago:
Neat, our tenancy laws pretty much borrow that word for word!
In this case, loud neighbouts, failure to act would mean not calling law enforcement.
Or letting the place deteriorate would generally count. But, most buildings are up to code etc and the landlord isn’t expected to install extra sound proofing above and beyond code.
- Comment on Why does apartment management expect you to call the police over every tenant incident? 4 months ago:
That’s the law in pretty much anywhere that derived their tenancy agreements from English law.
Please feel free to share an example, because this seems like absolute nonsense.
- Comment on Why does apartment management expect you to call the police over every tenant incident? 4 months ago:
Wow, that’s uhhhh, an interesting take. If one tenant is too noisy, you want the building manager to install noise dampening somethings? And who determines if it’s too noisy, the landlord who’d have to pay for the renovations?
- Comment on Why does apartment management expect you to call the police over every tenant incident? 4 months ago:
To be slightly more polite, as this seems like one of your first places… You absolutely want to keep a neutral third party involved.
In my building, some of us are paying half or a third what new tenants do, the manager has a clear financial incentive to remove as many old timers as possible (and has tried her best.) If the norm was that building managers patrol for noise etc, you could much more easily get into a “he said/she said” with someone who has the means and motivation to remove you. Having the norm be police means that the complaint has to be somewhat valid, not just “enough that the building manager can increase their income stream.”
- Comment on Why does apartment management expect you to call the police over every tenant incident? 4 months ago:
Building manager isn’t your parents. If you have a problem with the building, that’s their issue, if you have a problem with your neighbour, you’re expected to deal with it like any other adult; talk to the person, if that doesn’t work, police.
- Comment on Why does apartment management expect you to call the police over every tenant incident? 4 months ago:
What do you expect a building manager to do and why do you think boise complaints are their responsibility?
- Comment on The Resistance Libs Were Right 4 months ago:
(I don’t actually dislike the nyt as much as some of the online crowd does but this is still the first thing I thought of and had to share.)
- Comment on Instead of everyone leaving NATO, could everyone else just kick the US out? 4 months ago:
Two things can be simultaneously true:
1) Russia has suffered substantial loss of materiel etc.
2) Russia still has effective command and control systems. Whereas the EU depends heavily on America for advanced targeting (think the Ukranian long range missile strikes on refineries in recent months.)
Here’s a fairly accessible article on some of the difficulties/timelines for a post American NATO:
(Notable quote from someone wiser than myself “We’re almost completely dependent on U.S. intelligence for satellite and everything that goes with it")
- Comment on Instead of everyone leaving NATO, could everyone else just kick the US out? 4 months ago:
It’s one of those symbolic initiatives. There may be an official mechanism but right now, it would be a disaster without NATO. Right now, the US has most of the Command and Control logistics (think constant satellite connection, missiled detection systems etc.) That stuff is super expensive and the assumption was that America was an ally, so not a lot of duplication was built in.
A NATO without the US dooms Ukraine and presumably, whatever hits of Eastern Europe Putin feels like holding.
It’s shitty, frustrating and awful but it’s also the grim, current reality. We didn’t realize our allies would become two bit thugs.
- Comment on Instead of everyone leaving NATO, could everyone else just kick the US out? 4 months ago:
When the US briefly revoked command and control (think, satellite connections, real time intelligence, missile warning etc) Ukraine suffered heavy casualties quickly. Were thr US to walk away, neither Ukraine or NATO has those same capabilities. NATO minus US vs Russia, in the immediate future would be incredibly bloody and possibly fall in Russia’s favour.
- Comment on It's New Year's Day and you want something entertaining to watch. You NEED Auralnauts' Star Wars remix. 4 months ago:
I listen to this way too often. Have it in my downloads and grin whenever it comes on randomly.
