toynbee
@toynbee@piefed.social
- Comment on MeIRL 1 day ago:
I solved the problem by realizing that I sleep better with the lights on.
- Comment on 1 day 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 1 day ago:
Amazing that this isn’t a violet post.
- Comment on She deserves it 2 days ago:
Still pretty sure you’re my brother.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 4 days ago:
My mistake.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 4 days ago:
My mistake.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 5 days 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 6 days 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 1 week ago:
I generally try to avoid “this” style comments but, almost word for word, this is what I was here to say.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
He should have just used a TI-86.
- Comment on Statistically unlikely 1 week 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! 1 week 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? 1 week 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? 2 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 2 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? 2 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.
- Comment on Meme template 2 weeks ago:
My mother grew up in a house in the beach. According to her, when winter froze the water over, the neighbors would drive out and spin their cars on the frozen river.
It was a different world back then, but the idea sounded terrifying to me because this was basically what I pictured happening if anything were to go wrong.
- Comment on Proof of life for the recently deceased 2 weeks ago:
Yesterday I watched a video about a Spider-Man movie and essentially this comment thread went through my head.
- Comment on Become Human 2 weeks ago:
When I was but a teenager, I moved into an apartment with a guy I had known for a while. I considered his ethics questionable. He contrasted them against mine and I learned a lot about myself. Life felt complicated at the time.
But anyway, the reason he was looking for a new apartment was that he had recently broken up with his girlfriend. Apparently she had cheated on him. This was back when AIM was a thing and, for whatever reason, he had access to her AIM logs. He thought she had cheated on him - I don’t know whether she did and it’s not my business - and wanted verification. He went through the entirety of her AIM logs, including mine. (She wasn’t cheating with me, though we did flirt on occasion. Out of some weird sense of morality, he warned me before he read our chat logs; he described it as “harmless.")
I wonder what he’s doing with AI these days.
- Comment on Become Human 2 weeks ago:
Could you just not remind me that I’m old?
- Comment on Yes, my queen 2 weeks ago:
Didn’t this happen in Fight Club?
- Comment on Today is my 25th birthday 2 weeks ago:
But now you can rent a car in the US!
- Comment on A new PlayStation controller patent showcases a controller with no physical buttons 3 weeks ago:
My kid is still young and is growing up with a lot of their gaming done on a tablet. They’re remarkably adept with touchscreen controls, but it just seems so limiting to me.
I eventually connected a Bluetooth controller to their tablet and suddenly they’re amazed by how much easier gameplay is!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
To be fair, it does seem like web-swinging would be pretty difficult to do underwater.
- Comment on Statistically unlikely 3 weeks ago:
Are you picturing, like, a spring?
- Comment on What's the thing you're supposed to be doing right now instead of scrolling? 3 weeks ago:
Theoretically, something, but work has put me in a position where I have extremely little not only to do, but that I can do within my mandate. I’m fulfilling my one obligation, but it involves a rather lengthy wait.
- Comment on I didn't realize masala, was spicy 3 weeks ago:
I wish you could have heard it directly from him! He’s a much more talented storyteller than I. Regardless, it’s great that you enjoyed it!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
It seems likely you would enjoy Lost Girls and Love Hotels.
- Comment on I didn't realize masala, was spicy 3 weeks ago:
I usually just take the minimum offered. I don’t mind a bit of spice but it’s never been the reason I enjoyed a dish.
- Comment on I didn't realize masala, was spicy 3 weeks ago:
This story is secondhand.
My brother’s first wife was Indian. As a result, he experienced many cuisines he wouldn’t have locally in the US. Apparently, she once took him to an Indian restaurant which offered a variety of spiciness levels; he, having been exposed to Indian cooking in the past, thought he could handle it. As such, he ordered the spiciest level of whatever he was eating.
The owner of the restaurant apparently came out and tried to talk him out of it, but he insisted. They prepared the food as requested and he ate it. At the end of the meal, his eyes and nose were running. Per his telling, the owner came out after he had finished it to ask how he had liked the meal. He said that he liked it but that it had topped out his spice tolerance.
According to him, the owner then responded “I thought so. That’s why I only gave you medium spice.”