toynbee
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- Comment on non issue 3 days ago:
If you’re on Firefox, you could also set a keyword. I haven’t used one in a while but IIRC you would then just type
!u search terms(replacing the u with whatever you configured). - Comment on Heh Heh 4 days ago:
Accordingto GabeN, almost everyone on Steam was born 01/01/1999.
- Comment on > In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very unhappy and has been widely regarded as a bad move 4 days ago:
For me it was Red Dwarf … Then all the rest.
- Comment on 5 days ago:
That was more or less my point. A clog, in my metaphorical eyes, means that nothing is passing through.
Even as you described it, nothing is passing through until someone comes to remediate the situation.
- Comment on 6 days ago:
Aren’t port-a-potties kinda clogged by design?
- Comment on My BC is very sound sensitive espicially to the turn signal. My brother and I can't get in a disagreement because he'll run. Are all BC's this way, or did I just find a unique one? Any way to fix it? 1 week ago:
Or just make their own recording.
- Comment on Almost 38 & This Is Where I'm At Now 1 week ago:
Ha!
- Comment on Almost 38 & This Is Where I'm At Now 1 week ago:
During my first “job,” I was too young to be legally employed, so I volunteered at a library with my mom. Initially I worked in one of the back rooms, hidden from the public, helping to scan and sort books put in the return bins. (I discovered several great books by seeing them come back; among them were Dogsbody, Lovely Bones, and Me Talk Pretty One Day. Those are listed alphabetically by title and that wasn’t even by design!)
After I volunteered long enough, I was deemed sufficiently experienced to put books on the shelves in the stacks. I was titled a “page” and proudly announced that while attending a LAN party. One of the other attendees of said party said “and if you do that long enough maybe you’ll become a full book!” I laughed quite heartily.
If you’ve never read anything else I wrote here, the post above will probably tell you everything you could possibly want to know about me.
- Comment on You're all invited. 1 week ago:
On reading the title and not having parsed the image properly, I thought it was a party where people gathered and offered honest and straightforward opinions.
- Comment on Ah yes, security. 2 weeks ago:
Those big echoey metal noises were nice.
- Comment on Shame it's walmart brand. 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know, but if you can make fried ice cream you can probably make ice cream alcohol.
- Comment on Shame it's walmart brand. 2 weeks ago:
I love sorbet, but I suspected that if I brought it up I’d be lambasted.
I don’t think I’ve ever encountered vegan ice cream.
- Comment on Shame it's walmart brand. 2 weeks ago:
Ice cream is lovely during consumption, but after, my teeth feel sticky and I often have acid reflux. I’m sure I’ll partake again, but right now I wish - on behalf of my future self - that I wouldn’t.
- Comment on Life hack 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on MeIRL 3 weeks ago:
I solved the problem by realizing that I sleep better with the lights on.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
A while ago she said she was quitting Lemmy, moving back home, and seeing a therapist. She’s said similar things before but at least AFAICT it seems to be sticking this time.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Amazing that this isn’t a violet post.
- Comment on She deserves it 3 weeks ago:
Still pretty sure you’re my brother.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 3 weeks ago:
My mistake.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 3 weeks ago:
My mistake.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 3 weeks ago:
Supposedly this is why tic tacs, which are almost 100% sugar, can claim to be sugar free.
- Comment on We've All Been Here 3 weeks ago:
At least here, there’s what I think are called “good Samaritan” laws that state no one may be charged if one is in an altered state of mind while calling about an overdose. Every example I’ve ever encountered has been specifically about an overdose, but I would think doing a good deed despite the risk would grant some leeway, from the court if not the cop.
- Comment on Celebratory Return to Online Meme 4 weeks ago:
I generally try to avoid “this” style comments but, almost word for word, this is what I was here to say.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
He should have just used a TI-86.
- Comment on Statistically unlikely 4 weeks ago:
According to the aforementioned brother with a doctorate, the only thing having a PhD indicates is that you can talk for a long time.
I don’t know if that’s true - I never have been and never will be in that lofty section of academics. Even if I were qualified, and I’m not, I’m not sure it sounds like much fun.
But it’s also important to remember that access to education isn’t always something one can directly influence.
My brother is the only PhD I know on a personal level and I can confirm that he is very smart and worked very hard to get to where he is. I assume that that’s true of most people with similar credentials. However, one shouldn’t automatically dismiss someone because they lack that qualification.
- Comment on Dinner time! 4 weeks ago:
The day we got our most recent dog, he was delivered by his previous owner along with some supplies, including a half full bag of his food. That night, we served him dinner and he sniffed at it then just looked at us, seemingly confused.
We called the previous owner to ask if she had any ideas - I know big changes like that can be confusing for a dog, but we didn’t want him to starve! The erstwhile owner said “I don’t know. Maybe the pieces are too big for him. Maybe break them up?”
That answer always amazed me. Until a few hours prior, she had been responsible for his sustenance and she was the one who provided the food we were trying to give him. If he required extra steps, fine, but you would think she would know and have provided instructions. (The transfer wasn’t contentious - she was voluntarily moving out of state.)
I don’t remember what we did that night, but for the few years he lived with us, he would never reliably eat any of the kibble we tried for him. He would usually eat it if we mixed in wet food, but my cats love wet food and he was kind of a wimp so a lot of times he’d just sit and sadly watch them eat until they were full and he got to have the leftovers.
(I did try to discourage this behavior from the cats, but I couldn’t be there the entire very long time it took him to eat and he didn’t like his crate so I couldn’t isolate him for meals.)
However, he was never shy about human food. He knew he wasn’t supposed to eat it, so if I set it on a TV tray next to me or whatever, it was safe … But if I left the room with it there, when I came back the food would be gone, despite the mysterious fact that he was in the same spot where I left him.
I had my suspicions, but never did resolve that mystery …
- Comment on Could I theoretically grind up one of those pink salt lamps and use it to season my food? 4 weeks ago:
That’s the one.
- Comment on Could I theoretically grind up one of those pink salt lamps and use it to season my food? 5 weeks ago:
That’s what inspired me to buy mine! Still not sure I like watching the guy, but the wheel videos can be interesting.
- Comment on Become Human 5 weeks ago:
I hope he’s in a better place than where he was then.
- Comment on Could I theoretically grind up one of those pink salt lamps and use it to season my food? 5 weeks ago:
I’ve cooked with one of those. The idea is that you put it in your heat, then use it like a pan once it’s warm through.
I’ve only used it once so far (cleaning it looks intimidating since you can’t use water on it) and I was skeptical it would work as claimed, so I seasoned my meat beforehand.
I can confirm that it is very effective at conferring saltiness.