MyBrainHurts

@MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And what was wrong with my old widget?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, doesn’t have a tv app (that I know of at least) but for what it’s worth, I’ve been using Qobuz which is a little French outfit. Great selection, a vehement anti ai slop attitude and I believe that per stream they pay out higher than most services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And what was wrong with my old widget?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using Qobuz, it’s a French alternative (so, not supporting Google or other American companies!) I’ve really enjoyed the selection and some of their suggestions are fantastic. They also have really high quality options for streaming/download which I’m too tone deaf to fully appreciate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨failed to load your meme⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh boy, if you don’t repurpose this for fedimemes, I’ll have to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dammit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Admittedly, we are now significantly less likely to be dismembered by much larger fish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apparently Hunter Biden enjoys trolling people on twitter these days⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta respect someone who can handle that stuff with humour and grace.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This particular NYT story just has the stench of a “swift boat veterans” operation.

  That seems like a wildly inaccurate comparison. I’m old enough to remember the Swiftboating and had to double check but comparing his actual exes to folks who weren’t there just doesn’t make much sense. To refresh your memory, Swiftboating was super sketchy because, as Wikipedia notes:

  These claims caused tremendous controversy during the election, particularly because the organization’s members had not been in a place to assess Kerry,

  To the larger, meh, I don’t care, well, to each their own. I personally feel that some of the physical shit to partners about a dozen years ago is a marker of character and some shit I’m not sure I’m comfortable with. Also having what you know to be a Nazi tattoo and covering it up when you have aspirations of office is, at best, icky.

  Were he Republican, I’d be pretty unimpressed. Were he dating a friend or family member, I would damn well be looking for any suspicious bruise and be ready to do something unadvisable if I saw one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably, because there seems to be a lot more scrutiny of this guy’s behavior than a lot of other candidates and sitting politicians.

  This doesn’t seem particularly accurate. On the Dems side, they’ve thrown out a lot of members for less (Al Franken screams to mind) and I can’t think of anyone who has had a Nazi tattoo… Platner’s getting hit in part because it’s his first campaign so he hasn’t been any similar scrutiny and sure, if you want to say the DNC elite are working with the media somehow but they’re unearthing the same stuff that’s going to come out in a general election, but it’ll be nastier and harder then.

  It’s worth actually reading the article, there’s a lot there that makes me feel *really * uncomfortable. If I were voting in that election, I’d have to think really hard about whether I could in good conscience vote for him and whether that might be betraying who I am and the women in my life. And in a race as close as Maine is going to be (Not sure I would want to bet against Collins) this stuff can make the difference.

  Some of the women also raised questions about his trustworthiness. Mr. Platner’s insistence that he did not know that his tattoo was a Nazi symbol until it became a campaign issue last fall was simply not true, Ms. Fifield said. After all, she said, he had taught her the word for it years earlier, referring to it as “my Totenkopf.”

  Mr. Platner could be rough with her, Ms. Fifield said, particularly when they were drinking, leaving her shaken and sometimes afraid. In the interviews, Ms. Fifield grappled with how to process her experiences. She was quick to note that he “never hit me, he never punched me.”

  But she said he regularly grabbed her by the shoulders — sometimes hard enough to leave marks — and, on one occasion, yanked her out of a cab by her wrist after an argument when she wanted to stay in the car.

  During one argument, she recalled, he twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom and held the door closed from the other side so she couldn’t get out, telling her to remain there until she was “calm.”

  If you think back to other candidates in their first campaign, a lot of crazy stuff comes out. (Remember Mark Robinson?) I’m not sure covering our ears is a good strategy. I’d much rather dig pretty hard so we know for danged sure nothing worse is coming out anytime soon. (What do we do if one of his exes alleges mental abuse? Physical?)

  I dunno if this is disqualifying but as the party that’s supposed to be the good ones…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m so curious about the downvoters. Is it that Platner is on “our side” so they don’t want to see anything negative about him? Are we at the point where we’re the “believe women unless the accusations are levelled at our guy” party?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sex Education⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s our problem plagued philosophy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How men are different than women⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yelling isn’t the critical ingredient there…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spooooookyyyyy Scaaaaaaaarrryyyy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone want to share context or anything for those of us who don’t know?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some neighbors have no chill⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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?