toynbee
@toynbee@piefed.social
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
If I have to mislead someone, I don’t want to be in that situation. Polyamory isn’t my way, but I don’t see anything wrong with it … So long as everyone involved is aware of, and has agreed to, the arrangement.
I haven’t met many polyamorous couples, but of those I have, the primary issue is that one of the parties has agreed under some form of duress. That’s obviously not okay.
My personal philosophy has always been that everyone involved must provide informed consent and no permanent damage, especially physical, may be caused. There will always be outlying concerns, but those are the things that seem to matter to me.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
All of these responses are suggestions about how to get away with it with varying degrees of cleverness. I don’t mean to be all holier than thou, but one reason I’ve stuck with not lying for decades is that, if you don’t, you needn’t keep track of stuff like this.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
The emoji concern me.
- Comment on Looking forward to bikini season 2 weeks ago:
Like a pop filter!
- Comment on water sex is only appealing in theory cause in practice it’s dry af (oh the irony) 3 weeks ago:
An early Family Guy episode had a relevant quote:
Why is everything that would be wet dry and everything that should be dry wet?!
- Comment on unironically what i asked the 2 guys traveling with me to do at Suoi Mo Waterfall 3 weeks ago:
I learned about this from The Rundown.
- Comment on Lmao 3 weeks ago:
Have you read the short story “All Summer in a Day”?
- Comment on fidget toys 3 weeks ago:
It is my recommendation that you not read it if you’re unfamiliar, though.
- Comment on fidget toys 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know whether to upvote due to a classic reference or downvote because it’s that one.
- Comment on Gee willikers, hey Craig! 3 weeks ago:
Is this what happens when there’s a Microsoft / Apple crossover episode?
- Comment on Hee Hee Ho Ho Ha Ha 4 weeks ago:
Who is he?
- Comment on irony is pressing 4 weeks ago:
As much as I’m mildly technically competent, I tend to interact with my email from a browser. Generally speaking, it’s not that easy to alter headers in that environment.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
But let you take a picture?
- Comment on irony is pressing 4 weeks ago:
Sort of. I have a “catch-all” address (that’s just the most legit looking result to a search for the phrase, I won’t vouch for whether it’s a good site). Basically anything@domain.com goes to spam@domain.com. It’s a bit awkward if you need to respond, but otherwise, it’s good for signing up to sites and it makes it easy to filter out ones that spam you and don’t provide a good unsubscribe link.
- Comment on Beautiful 4 weeks ago:
Weren’t they trying to establish that in the first Rincewind book? I thought they determined it to be unknowable, but it has been a long time since I read it.
- Comment on Is this too shitty, even for Lemmy? 4 weeks ago:
What about the big breath you take because you’ve forgotten to inhale for a while?
- Comment on Capitalism sucks :3 4 weeks ago:
To be fair, they didn’t ask.
- Comment on More than a dipper 4 weeks ago:
Hey, I think Futurama made a documentary about that.
- Comment on you ot' a bloody loisense for that bottle o watta innit? 4 weeks ago:
That’s different from how I remember M. Bison sounding.
- Comment on swag 4 weeks ago:
Funny, since they hate water.
- Comment on Is it normal to "like" or at least not care seeing people suffer? 4 weeks ago:
Fair enough. Thank you.
- Comment on Is it normal to "like" or at least not care seeing people suffer? 4 weeks ago:
“Gainsay” is antiquated? Huh.
- Comment on One new message! 4 weeks ago:
So how long have you lived in Baltimore?
- Comment on Rough time to be a woman. ☕ 4 weeks ago:
I’m a man, but I like it when my wife has orgasms. Often I do, too. Sometimes the two coincide and I really like that.
I suspect men of old also loved their lovers, though not universally. Hopefully the ladies came as well.
- Comment on When you send old camcorder cassettes to a digitising service, do they watch the contents? 5 weeks ago:
“it’s a psychological horror sort of film,” you say, clearly not remembering the part where he abruptly opens his eyes and sprays blood from them.
… But yes, you got exactly right what I was referencing, thanks for the assist!
- Comment on When you send old camcorder cassettes to a digitising service, do they watch the contents? 5 weeks ago:
So how was it working with Robin Williams?
- Comment on Ups and downs 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Welp we had a good run fam RIP 5 weeks ago:
“The Earth is fine. People are fucked.”
- George Carlin
- Comment on LEARN THE TRUTH 5 weeks ago:
Recently I’ve been reading the book Eifelhelm, which features a character named “Okham.” Another character facilitate with him says he’s met Okham’s successor and says “he used your razor.” It took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that wasn’t meant literally. My first thought was that it was unsanitary, though the relevant part of the book is set in the 1300’s so I suppose that wasn’t a major concern.
- Comment on The way this egg peels in infuriating 5 weeks ago:
I don’t entirely disagree with you, but I’ve boiled eggs. I’ve peeled boiled eggs. I’ve never once given boiled eggs and ice bath - I didn’t even know that was a thing until I saw a roommate doing it in my early thirties (though to be fair I didn’t have my first boiled egg until my mid twenties).
I’ve definitely peeled eggs poorly, as shown in the OP, but I’ve also peeled them nearly perfectly with no ice bath. I don’t know if it helps, but it’s not necessary.