FinjaminPoach
@FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
- Comment on What is the most common stupid question you hear/see? 4 hours ago:
You’re right, its all stuff i would express through voice and action when explaining it in person.
Basically i just mean active dunning-kruger effect; there are people i talk to who will interrupt my discussions (regardless of topic) to interject some “fun fact” or demonstrate that they know at-least-as-much-as-me about the topic; so if i was talking about a historical event in a foreign country, e/g poland, they’ll interject or say at the end of my piece “and poland is next to france, right?”
But this makes it sound like it’s just a geographically curious person seeking tutelage. I also experience people doing this to boastfully show off that they know some science concept, “mansplain” it to everyone around, but usually explain it really badly and it really irks me because i’d seem like a fusspot for correcting them and explaining it properly, they’ll probably go. “Uh, that doesn’t sound any different to how I explained it! haha.”
The liectenstein equivalent of this would be: “Liectenstein - that’s next to Hungary, right?” “No it’s actually between switzerland and austria” “…and Austria used to be unified with Hungary, so I’m right.”
at risk of sounding too bitchy, the people i have experienced this the most with are my sibling when we meet with our mom, and in my ex-friend-group from 2 years ago.
- Comment on If circumcision is so insanely common in the USA, why do people tease about it on the internet? 6 hours ago:
I think it’s clearly american-led. The fellow I linked was American.
- Comment on What is the most common stupid question you hear/see? 9 hours ago:
I see this recurring attitude among several different people essentially showing off how bad they are at maths. Like they really really want me to know how crap they are at basic mental addition or multiplication.
“3 times 9, so that’s, uh… 67??”
Then they quickly go “no, that isn’t it!” to themselves and derail the conversation to talk about how hard maths is for them like it’s some cute trait. Le sigh.
I think this feeds in to the fact that the most common types of stupid question i observe are where people try to show off how much they know about a topic by asking a clarifying question, but they get it completely wrong. “Liechtenstein, so that’s next to Russia, right?”
- Comment on What is the most common stupid question you hear/see? 10 hours ago:
I was today years old. I just didn’t think about it enough before. Whenever I’m in the garden they seem to completely sideline some flowers and flock to other ones like lavender
- Comment on What is the most common stupid question you hear/see? 10 hours ago:
Also, it kind of bothers me when people thank me for my service because I didn’t do anything. I’m no hero. Anyone could’ve done my job. Heck, I deployed with Marines once and they told me, if shit hits the fan, to just duck under my desk and let them take care of it. Even in the Air Force, we’re told that Security Forces (our version of military police) are the ones trained to handle combat with enemy forces and to get out of their way if anything happens.
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Don’t know if it is the case for America, but where I live, people don’t even touch the army with a pole unless they are raised in army families or particularly patriotic families. Even though it is a great employer - both for civilians and soldiers roles - it is regarded as a place people “fail into,” a job we apply for when we fail to secure training or work in the civilian world. If any of this rings true for the culture where you live, you do deserve the respect. You looked into a profession that most people are too scared to even consider, and found your way to make a contribution. You did skilled work that many of the soldiers were either not smart enough, too busy to do, or just unwilling to train for. Every time you clocked in and sat down in front of a keyboard you were doing valuable work that helps to keep your army functional, and presenting as a formidable force. And, you actually said in your comment, they asked you to “just sit under your desk if things got heated” - this means there legitimately was some risk of your workplace coming under fire, even if it’s probably super small. That’s exactly what people are so afraid of when they think about working in the army. The way I see it, working for the army is putting yourself forward and saying “I’m willing to do things to defend my country,” to varying degrees, but you did that before any of those other civilians did. I just think it’s important you appreciate that. It’s in the same vein that people who work in really essential roles like teaching should be proud of themselves and be celebrated more.
- Comment on What is the most common stupid question you hear/see? 10 hours ago:
The second thing you want to know about my language is how to insult someone? Baffling, but happened more than once.
I don’t think it’s that baffling - you mentioned being a younger immigrant, right, so presumably these are questions that teenagers or young adults have asked you? They’re very into “immature” stuff like that
However, I think people ask for swear words also because
- It sticks in their head more, so the person can say “i know some words in Spanish!” without forgetting it. (Spanish is just an example)
- They tend to be one of the most unique parts of a language, and also don’t require learning grammar rules
- It means they have something they can use to swear with without other people noticing they are swearing. So conflict is avoided.
- Comment on If circumcision is so insanely common in the USA, why do people tease about it on the internet? 11 hours ago:
No, not here specifically
- Comment on If circumcision is so insanely common in the USA, why do people tease about it on the internet? 11 hours ago:
That’s true but it just seems to me that they lead the way in those kinds of memes.
- Comment on If circumcision is so insanely common in the USA, why do people tease about it on the internet? 11 hours ago:
Color me surprised.
Such a batman-villain-esque line. The riddler, meet the colourer
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- Comment on Life 1 day ago:
Yeah
- Comment on Life 1 day ago:
Truest meme I’ve seen in a while.
That being said, I once went to the doctor because I was feeling ridiculously fatigued and they revealed I had critically low vitamin d and slightly low iron (i had recently donated blood tbf).
After taking some vitamin d I got better, had a lot more energy.
So maybe more of us have this than we think.
- Comment on Why should we feel sorry or empathy for the rich when they get scammed? Shouldn't we be holding these scammers parades? 2 days ago:
Even if it’s true that the largest wealthy are only amassed through evil and dishonest deeds, it is also true that aome people come into their wealth via inheritance, and some genuinely have no idea what their relatives did to produce that generous inheritance.
Therefore at least some inheritors of great wealth are not evil.
Marxism is a valuable method of analysing the world but it should be used with added nuance - in conjunction with other philosophies for instance.
- Comment on Anon uses AI in a smart way 2 days ago:
Im sorry to report that these people exist
When I was at secondary school, boys from the year below added me to a group chat because they wanted to be friends with me or something and they spammed porn to one another. This would be like 9 or 8 years ago now. Left the gc when they did that.
But, like your anecdote, I think people in my uni course were standing around leering at pictures of onlyfans creators together or something. And one hears ever worse stories - like people watching it in the library on their laptops. Probably some sort of kink
- Comment on Anon uses AI in a smart way 2 days ago:
Sounds like a much more real job to me
- Comment on Why should we feel sorry or empathy for the rich when they get scammed? Shouldn't we be holding these scammers parades? 3 days ago:
I think this is just in response to a post that was posted earlier about the same topic; it was either a meme (e.g lemmyshitpost) or an “unpopular opinions,” i can’t remember which.
- Comment on Why should we feel sorry or empathy for the rich when they get scammed? Shouldn't we be holding these scammers parades? 3 days ago:
Because if these rich can get scammed, your lovely retired grandparents/parents can get scammed too, and have no way of making that money back. They might literally have their lives ended early by scammed reducing their quality of living.
Rich =/= evil
- Comment on Anon uses AI in a smart way 3 days ago:
Yes
- Comment on Anon uses AI in a smart way 3 days ago:
I mean it must be very strong
- Comment on Anon uses AI in a smart way 3 days ago:
I just got off the phone with OnlyFans CEO and he said I can upload computer generated feet pics “if you really want to”
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- Comment on Looking back on life 4 days ago:
Is he called glaze enthusiast because he enjoys glazing random pages
- Comment on Anon reads Don Quixote 4 days ago:
Great story, probably best experienced in a series instead of in the book lol.
- Comment on Anon reads Don Quixote 4 days ago:
Are we supposed to say “ask me a harder question” in this situation?
- Comment on Good Girth 6 days ago:
Haha your logic is sound
- Comment on Good Girth 6 days ago:
That’s a good girth?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I’ve tended to regard myself as a dog person
my wife kept talking about a chihuahua, and that is a line I will not cross.
Yes, many people fail to appreciate that a chihuahua is actually a demonic rodent rather than a dog. They originated from Mexico when people wanted a dog that would hunt rats. However, upon testing a terrier’s ratting skills, it chased one into a dark crevice, only for this eldritch creature chihuahua to emerge wearing a dog-like disguise. This kept on happening all over Mexico until we had enough for a whole breed of them.
- Comment on Anon becomes a landscape 1 week ago:
"Oh yeah?? Well I won’t have a date with a panty girl!! Panty girl!!! Panty girl!!"
- Anon if he wasn’t gay and the story was even real
- Comment on 📡📡📡 1 week ago:
Well I’ve been wondering that, too
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📡📡📡 indeed
If circumcision is so insanely common in the USA, why do people tease about it on the internet?