GreyEyedGhost

@GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Support Greater Saskatchewan⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This would make it so I was living in Saskatchewan, which is intolerable since mocking people from Saskatchewan is very important to me.

  The best joke I heard, I was talking about Saskatchewan and a guy said, “Saskatchewan?” and literally threw a pack of cigarettes on the ground and continued, “Stand on that and you can watch your dog run away for 3 days.” Way better version than sitting on your front porch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is leadership valued so much over expertise?⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate when people use “also” and “as well” in the same sentence, and I die inside when I catch myself doing it. Not hating on you, just suffering flashbacks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta say, Withers does not have a fool for a client, yet still somehow ended up with a fool for a lawyer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Local news did an entire segment featuring a guy who's mad about having to drive more carefully.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Plenty of research has shown that people will drive at a speed that feels comfortable. Narrower lanes are known to cause people to slow down without additional discomfort or fining speeders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gog Promotional E-Mail Containing Nazi Symbols Goes Out to Subscribers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for helping me pop my Lemmy block user cherry. You made it easy to give in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be The Sunshine ☀️⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Become a threat to my safety, and suddenly I don’t give a shit about your my safety.

  FTFY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be The Sunshine ☀️⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a buddy who would time his driving so that he could go through green lights at full speed. All well and good, and perfectly legal, but none of that helped him recover when he T-boned the guy who ran a red light. Sometimes a little prudence goes a long way, even if you’re in the right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Example 24,582,835,739 of simple solutions for complex problems not working.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Chinese Factories Staple Real Cash to Cables⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s actually an ingenius and relatively cheap way to verify the authenticity of your product with a serious legal penalty if it’s faked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any free game like net hack ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure that’s for NetHack, not Hack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insomnia⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But she’s working on it…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do "assassins" or whatever always have a Copy of Catcher in The Rye on them or with them? I read the book and nothing about taking out people, well prolly catholics but that is it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There were a few assassins/mass shooters who had a copy with them, if I recall. It became a weird coincidence, kind of like criminals with the middle of Wayne. I think Conspiracy Theory found a semi-plausible reason for having this happen, which would be far simpler today than it was then, and also coincidentally made fun of Catcher in the Rye - about the only people buying it are programmed to do so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A kid in my semi hometown in arkansas said he was going to shoot up a wal-mart if we went on a hanta lockdown. He was arrested and everything. Can you really be charged fed for typing?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Uttering threats is a crime. Libel and slander are crimes. Surprisingly to some, there are in fact things you can say (or write) that are illegal. Being charged for committing crimes is by definition not precrime. Also, they may be out to get you, but if you don’t know enough about the law to even be sure if you’re breaking it or not, you will make it very easy for them to do so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird that I cringe whenever someone calls my name and I avoid using peoples names when talking to them?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Feeling this. My preferred method to acknowledge people when talking is to look at them. Bad enough, in my opinion. About the only time I use a person’s name is in a greeting or, more often, to get their attention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Public deserves to know”: Harvard Professor says official messaging contradicts hantavirus science⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just use a mason jar first and you can slip the lightbulb in and out as easy as pie!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon needs a good response⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If someone is behaving poorly, there are two broad reasons. They know and are choosing to (for some value of choosing) and they don’t know and are doing it anyway. If someone is being a dick and doesn’t realize why they’re being a dick, pointing it out can cause them to realize they’re being a dick, at which point they can choose to stop (again, for some value of choosing) or they can not, which puts them in category of knowing and choosing to. All that assumes that they accept your assessment of the situation is correct.

  Now, as for your specific alternative? Having been in this type of situation, I would go with something along the lines of, “Aww, honey that sucks. Let’s stop arguing about how your feelings about the state of the kitchen aren’t my problem. Now, do you want cuddles before or after I tidy the kitchen, and where does chocolate and/or ice cream fit into this process?” Now, granted, my wife has learned to accept that my stupid, overly-specific ass is just that and is willing to say things like that on occasion since subtle is only a theoretical concept around here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon needs a good response⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because is not an answer. Because can be the first word in an answer, but if nothing is provided afterwards than the answer is essentially, “I believe it to be so, and I choose to provide no evidence whatsoever to support that belief.” And how do you move forward from that? In fact, your specific statement I responded to was

  “Because youre doing it”

  What kind of response can be made to that? There is no example, merely an assertion. There is nothing specific, merely a general response. What kind of resolution besides complete capitulation or parting ways can be made based on this statement? In fact, if I was given that response in a conversation and was feeling combative, I would be inclined to respond with, “Who’s stonewalling now?” And, given how I put because in quotes, implying a complete statement, I could argue your response to my previous comment was gaslighting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon needs a good response⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now you’ve determined that your partner is a poor communicator, because “because” is never a useful answer. Now your question is whether to try to work with your partner to improve communication, or give up on an adult whose communication skills haven’t advanced beyond those of a child in first grade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Seeking connection’: the video game (Arc Raiders) where players stopped shooting and started talking...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like Arc has learned something since then, and it reduces your odds of matching with them but doesn’t completely remove the possibility. I think I’ll keep blocking people I don’t want to play with. Frankly, it’s not surprising that game developers have learned from the mistakes made before, and there are certainly more nuanced options than forcing people to play with people they don’t want to or having to wait hours to match.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Seeking connection’: the video game (Arc Raiders) where players stopped shooting and started talking...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s your choice, and I’ve met a couple people like that, but you could have just blocked them and moved on. I’ve also had a rando save my stupid ass twice in one raid because I kind of suck at extraction shooters.

  In the end, I’ve had about as many meetings where I was ganked as where people just randomly helped me, and a whole lot more where we both said hi and went on our way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Seeking connection’: the video game (Arc Raiders) where players stopped shooting and started talking...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Likewise. I’ve been ganked a number of times, I just block them and move on. Probably 10 player kills in the last 4 months or less? The aggression ranking in matchmaking really seems to help. I’ve yet to get the achievement for player kills, and I’ve seen an uptick when player kills are linked to feats, but overall most of the people I see are helpful and not trying to loot steal or kill you. I hope the PVP players keep being put in matches with each other and are enjoying themselves somewhere I’m not present.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's receiving and who's loosing electrons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s a link to an article talking about it, including a small list of materials and if they will lose or gain electrons. I found that with a quick search, more or better ones can be found, I’m sure. I chose this one because it has the split between gain and loss, which others don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung is shutting down messages — alternative to Google's messenger?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is Fossify Messages. A caveat. Fossify is a fork of some apps that were abandoned or had the license changed. After that happened, they were unmaintained for a while. That appears to have changed somewhat, but it has been 2 months since the last update on F-Droid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you feel about a 25 year old dating a 46 year old?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The line I use is, “If I was going to bet on this situation, I’d bet against it, but it’s not enough information to make a good judgement in this case.” Much like age differences or wealth differences in relationships, or indigenous status and domestic abuse. If that’s all the info you have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come if my dog is sick and I take him to get put out of his misery its ok? On a human its not? How come human laws don't apply to animals? I think of our dog as family and he's one of us?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  State-run prisons where labor can be required would also qualify as slavery by any definition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An original Lemmy shitpost⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  These are not the pixels I was looking for!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An original Lemmy shitpost⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pixels coming at a premium in this picture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you rate your country's constitution?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The notwithstanding clause can’t negate any part of the constitution, but that is a distinction without a difference. That said, it does make it easy to call any politician who uses it a slimy piece of shit and have something to refer to for why you believe that. Not that I would ever call a politician a slimy piece of shit - our slander laws in Canada do not have a clause to use the truth as a defense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the scientific community ever reconciled with the fact global warming is going to happen and there is no stopping it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, the scientists are talking about 95%, which is 400 million people, and if people started dying out due to climate, you would see regions where people have a better time living. These would most likely be in the temperate bands, which are a narrow strip across South America and Africa, and a larger strip across North America and Eurasia. Those northern bands are thousands of kilometers long, and people have traveled those distances on foot before. Moreover, those 5000 people don’t have to be in one place, they need to join up in a few generations at worst. Also, climate collapse isn’t instant, as we are experiencing it right now, so those 5000 can start congregating before the collapse is complete. For reference, 0.1% of 8 billion is 1.6 million people. 5000 people is a third of a percent of that.

  Killing every human is pretty hard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the scientific community ever reconciled with the fact global warming is going to happen and there is no stopping it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Civilization collapse in 200 years is pretty plausible, which would go along with 95% of the population dying. For humans to go extinct would take better than 99.9% dying. 5,000 individuals would be a comfortable minimum viable population for humans to survive.