toynbee
@toynbee@piefed.social
- Comment on My mom an old school nurse will stop at traffic accidents and try to help if no one is around, my new school sister nurse won't. Saying everyone is sue happy thesedays. Who is right? 1 week ago:
I mean, it ended Seinfeld.
- Comment on Pilot project 1 week ago:
When I accepted my current job, I did so on the conditions that I’d work 4x10 and fully from home (after training). When I started, they said there had been a misunderstanding about full WFH and that I was allowed to WFH one day a week. (That eventually changed during COVID but no one ever apologized to me for lying to me.)
Seven years later - last year - they told me that it was “unfair” that I’m the only person who had a special schedule (apparently I was the last person to have it, but I certainly was not the only) and took that away, too.
I live in a rural area and will not be able to find a comparable job nearby. I’ve been contemplating what to do.
- Comment on Be prepared 2 weeks ago:
That’s from Doctor Who. In case you’re not familiar, the Doctor - here portrayed by Matt Smith - is an alien super genius who’s also a bit daft. There’s loads more to the character, but if you really aren’t familiar, I wouldn’t want to deprive you of the fun of discovering it.
One thing to note: the Doctor has been played by many actors over many, many years. Personally, Matt Smith is my favorite, but all of the ones I’ve watched have had something to enjoy about them. All of them portray the character differently, so the tone of the show does change somewhat depending on where you start.
I haven’t seen many of the older actors, nor either of the more recent two, so I can’t recommend for or against them.
- Comment on Be prepared 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Some of us have to work for a living, im not the kind of woman that's given an apartment in Seoul 2 weeks ago:
violet.
- Comment on Some of us have to work for a living, im not the kind of woman that's given an apartment in Seoul 2 weeks ago:
They made a post that they were quitting Lemmy (again), moving back home and starting to see a therapist. I haven’t seen a post that was verifiably them since then.
- Comment on non issue 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago:
For me it was Red Dwarf … Then all the rest.
- Comment on 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks ago:
Or just make their own recording.
- Comment on Almost 38 & This Is Where I'm At Now 4 weeks ago:
Ha!
- Comment on Almost 38 & This Is Where I'm At Now 4 weeks 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. 4 weeks 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. 4 weeks ago:
Those big echoey metal noises were nice.
- Comment on Shame it's walmart brand. 5 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. 5 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. 5 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 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on MeIRL 1 month ago:
I solved the problem by realizing that I sleep better with the lights on.
- Comment on 1 month 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 month ago:
Amazing that this isn’t a violet post.
- Comment on She deserves it 1 month ago:
Still pretty sure you’re my brother.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 1 month ago:
My mistake.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 1 month ago:
My mistake.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 1 month 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 1 month 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 month 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 month ago:
He should have just used a TI-86.
