toynbee
@toynbee@piefed.social
- Comment on 4 hours ago:
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don’t.
- Comment on Alien 1 day ago:
My mother died of kidney disease. No definitive cause was ever identified but her doctors theorized it might have been related to excessive use of ibuprofen earlier in her life.
- Comment on I still can't get over Skyrim. Are there any games that can replace it? 3 days ago:
Don’t tell my kid, who won’t stop playing Crab Rave over and over in Beat Saber (and wouldn’t stop watching the music video when we didn’t have a good VR setup), about this.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
Never once have I sent a cover letter. It doesn’t seem to have had much impact on my career.
- Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done? 6 days ago:
So are you hiring?
- Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done? 6 days ago:
A few months ago there was a major leadership change at my job. The guy who was 50% of the interviewers who recommended hiring me is now second from the top and my direct manager (I’m not third from the top, my company’s hierarchy is confusing).
Suddenly, after most of a decade of it never once being a problem, I have been forced from my 4x10 schedule into a standard 5x8. I fucking hate it.
- Comment on Fotage of a belarussian bank 6 days ago:
Don’t potatoes left unattended in an enclosed environment get pretty hazardous?
- Comment on Weird 6 days ago:
Thanks buddy.
- Comment on Punkrock 1 week ago:
Obviously!
- Comment on Punkrock 1 week ago:
Clark? Like Clark Kent? I thought we were talking about Superman, not a random journalist.
- Comment on Vote 1 week ago:
I don’t know who most of those people are but, for the ones I do know, I had no idea what they looked like.
Except Joe Dirt. Him I recognize.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I was so scared for my wife’s well-being and our finances when we went in for an induced birth.
Turns out that, health wise, I came out worse than she did; and the whole situation had very little (immediate) impact on our finances.
Also, I got lucky because we got an amazing kid out of the whole situation.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
If you think that, I think you might understand pregnancy less than I.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I’d like to know how pregnancy works, could you enlighten me?
- Comment on Spider Proof [SMBC Comic] 1 week ago:
He apparently once acted as one of the structural supports for a skyscraper.
- Comment on Caption this. 1 week ago:
I don’t have a caption, but it reminds me of the National Aquarium in Baltimore. One of the many attractions of the facility involves walking down several stories whilst sharks very visibly swim around you.
If given the opportunity, I’d recommend it. In case further enticement is needed, one of my first dates with my wife was taking her there and it seems to have worked out so far!
- Comment on Art pro tips 1 week ago:
Did this guy steal Peter Parker’s photos?
- Comment on Thats the good stuff 2 weeks ago:
Only out of love, my friend.
I’m just not sure whether they’re wise to combine with shower beers.
- Comment on Thats the good stuff 2 weeks ago:
This is why shower oranges were a meme a while ago.
- Comment on 👴☝️I did that 2 weeks ago:
The gas station nearest me has screens that show ads, but they’re just for that facility and they don’t have audio. However, the store does have a PA system constantly playing audio, a combination of music and ads.
My favorite ad is the one that advertises themselves to advertisers. I don’t remember the exact wording, but it’s basically “want to advertise something? We’ve essentially got a captive audience and there are a lot of them!”
- Comment on Amount of paper I used in one school year 2 weeks ago:
Last night I made a comment about dick pics so I had to open the thread before I realized this notification wasn’t about that.
- Comment on Amount of paper I used in one school year 2 weeks ago:
9v for scale is a new one to me.
- Comment on It's only illegal if you don't film it 2 weeks ago:
I was making an oblique reference to Lampshade Hanging, but I acknowledge it wasn’t a very good joke.
- Comment on It's only illegal if you don't film it 2 weeks ago:
Huh. I’m not sure TV tropes even has a category for this. That’s a first.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Keep it away from Prince Albert.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
A long time ago, back on reddit, someone posted a link to a site that was something like ratemydickpic.com. That doesn’t load but a cursory DDG search brings up some similar sites.
On that site, people would post their dick pics, as you might guess. The owner of the site would review not the dicks, but the pics. Lighting, framing, effort, etc. (I don’t know much about photography.) I remember specifically that several of the commenters (and I, though I was mostly a lurker) observed their approval of the fact that the phalluses didn’t matter, it was just the setup of the pic. In fact, several of the pictures were of non-external-genital-havers (I’m genuinely trying to be inclusive, so I apologize if that’s offensive) using various forms of prosthetics, but that didn’t factor into the reviews at all.
I’ve never been the type to send those kinds of photos. Back when Snapchat was big for dirty pictures, my wife and I decided to try it out. We installed it, sent each other one naughty photo each, and uninstalled it. (Not quite in such short order … But basically.) However, were I to do so, I would do so consensually and probably have appreciated the lesions from a site like the above.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I meant only to challenge two things you said:
Its not possible to genuinely compliment a stranger without putting in a lot of effort, which is creepy.
I don’t put much effort into complimenting people. I notice something that’s outside the norm and observe it. If I don’t like it I don’t compliment it, but I don’t think one needs to know a person to acknowledge something one likes. It can easily drift into “creepy” territory, I agree with you there, so I avoid certain topics - that’s also why I try to only say things in passing. Most of them are probably obvious, but one that caught me off guard is that “boots” can sound like “boobs.” Much as I’m a fan of those, I’ve learned to say “shoes” these days.
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Compliments should be for your friends and family
I strongly disagree. This is what inspired me to respond. Compliments should be for anyone you can respectfully flatter. There are compliments that should only be for your friends or family for sure. I try to regularly remind my wife of the things I love about her, but I wouldn’t say those things to a stranger. It does come down to a matter of subjective judgment, though.
- Comment on Self sacrifice is honorable 2 weeks ago:
The lawyer: Not only that, but PUBLICLY ADMITTED IT?!
- Comment on Fit girls role call 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
A long time ago, I saw a reddit comment that observed the truth that men rarely get compliments, but when they do it probably means a lot; and women frequently get compliments but they’re usually fairly meaningless because often the comment originates with someone who wants something from them.
I never really thought about it before then, but the part I’ve experienced is true - I am a man, am rarely complimented, and am very grateful when I am. As such, since then, at every opportunity, I’ve complimented strangers - male and female - especially on something that clearly took courage or effort, like a loud shirt or an elaborate hairdo.
I try to do so in situations that make it clear I’m not seeking seeking anything in return, such as when the stranger and I are headed in opposite directions through a store vestibule. Hopefully that lends an air of authenticity to them. I’ve definitely gotten very rewarding responses more than once.