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- Comment on Could Trump Go to Prison? If He Does, the Secret Service Goes, Too 6 months ago:
Guantanamo Bay seems pretty secure already. Why not just send him there?
- Comment on How do I stop wanting to be on a relationship? 6 months ago:
Lots of people have relationships where they never live together, and see each other a few times a week. They go along like this for years, decades even. I knew one pair that didn't even live in the same country. What I think you want is a relationship but not a live-in partner. Just make sure you are dating people who want the same kind of relationship as you do, basically a permanent long distance relationship.
- Comment on if the bird flu started spreading between humans, how long would you need to stay quarantined before it was safe to come out?? 6 months ago:
I appreciate your close and literal reading of that study. This was new news to me so I looked a bit further. STATnews and others seem to think it was the various lockdown protocols.
- Comment on It’s physically impossible, try it 6 months ago:
classic trolling
- Comment on Have companies that claim to anonymize the data gathered on individuals ever been independently audited to verify that? 9 months ago:
GREAT question thanks for posting it.
- Comment on Can social media and short-form content cause hypertension? 9 months ago:
Your English is mostly perfect, but (and as someone who tries, like you, to speak another language correctly):
Could it be that not only these platforms are harmful in mental health and privacy but also physical health?
should be
Could it be that not only are these platforms harmful in mental health and privacy but also physical health?
The change in location of the word are is what makes it a grammatically correct question rather than a statement.
To me, I think the primary harm to our physical health IS the impact on our mental health, which is a physical health. To say nothing of neglecting our physical bodies by being so sedentary.
- Comment on Is there a difference between customers/consumers? 9 months ago:
The difference is the relationship. A business has customers. The economy has consumers.
- Comment on Are MRNA vaccines any riskier than other vaccines? 9 months ago:
Good point about new risky thing lol! And I so firmly don't want covid that, to my knowledge I haven't had it. And I rather desperately don't want long covid. THAT concern drives me more than simple covid. I'm cautious enough that people make fun of me, but too bad.
- Comment on Are MRNA vaccines any riskier than other vaccines? 9 months ago:
The logical issue your friend is ignoring is that the disease (covid) is proven to be highly dangerous. The vaccine might be slightly dangerous (depending on who you believe). But clearly there are no remotely credible claims of hordes of people dropping dead of mRNA vaccines like there are for covid. So just from a lesser risk stand point, your friend should get the vaccine.
- Comment on Are MRNA vaccines any riskier than other vaccines? 9 months ago:
A lot of people are afraid of new things they don’t understand. The hope is that people realize that the fear is irrational and listen to experts in the relevant field.
That would be me, highly reluctant to try the new possibly risky thing until many other people have done it. But I DO realize my fear is (mostly) irrational, so after a bit I gather my courage and do the thing anyway. For covid mRNA vaccines, I skipped the first round, and watched the news carefully for word of people dropping dead. It didn't happen, so I caught the second round of vaccines in my area about a month later. I was still afraid, but considered it my civic duty to reduce the spread to the greatest degree in my ability. And since then I've got every "booster" I was eligible for. As an old person, I'm eligible among the first, lol.
I'm not convinced there aren't some under reported risks to the vaccine. But I still consider it my civic duty to help prevent the spread of something much riskier, covid.
- Comment on why do some clothes shrink in the laundry and what can I do to prevent it? 11 months ago:
The combination of heat and agitation are needed
For the record, agitation is not necessary, although it may increase the shrinkage. I have often successfully shrunk smaller pieces of fabric by simply wetting it and ironing it dry. I watch the fabric shrink before my eyes, just as the fabric gets dry. I do this with cottons, linens and rayons.
- Comment on why do some clothes shrink in the laundry and what can I do to prevent it? 11 months ago:
Both washer and dryer can cause shrinkage, but the dryer will cause more. Also natural fabrics will shrink more (by far) than polyesters. To your comment "I'm not gonna handwash. That's just too much." Well no one can blame you for that. But it's still true that the gentler you wash your clothes, the less shrinkage you'll get. It's a balancing act, how much effort you're willing to put in vs how long you want your clothes to last.
Personally I'm a natural fabric addict, there is very little non-natural fabric in my wardrobe. And I also do hardly any hand washing, but not zero. I often use a gentle cycle on my wash machine (top loader, sadly). Any garments that I particularly want to protect go in a garment bag for washing, and do NOT go into the dryer. The bulk of my wardrobe gets dried but on low heat, and pulled before it's quite all the way dry, because a lot of shrinkage happens as the garment goes from barely dry to fully dry. In particular my knits get the low temp dryer, and also any clothes I consider semi-delicate, particularly well loved or barely big enough.
- Comment on Can willpower be trained ? 11 months ago:
I had never heard of ego depletion, and after looking it up frankly I think, outside of psychology, the idea is at best misinformation, to the point of disinformation. Not something to incorporate into your life beliefs. From Wikipedia;
Ego depletion is the controversial idea that self-control or willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up. When the energy for mental activity is low, self-control is typically impaired, which would be considered a state of ego depletion.
As a self sufficient Boomer, that sounds too much like shooting yourself in the foot. Maybe it's a symptom of a mental disease/weakness, which is why it might be useful to psychologists. Maybe the ego needs to be repleted, if it's depleted. But rather than believe you start the day with a limited amount of will power, start your day by giving yourself a boost. Tell yourself what you can do, rather than what you can't.
So I stand by my original comment, flippant as it was. Don't buy into bullshit. If you are hanging out (real life or online) in places where the attitude is that we're each limited in what we can accomplish, then you should hang out elsewhere. How can you reach for the stars if you're convinced you don't have what it takes?
Yeah there are things that are legitimately hard to do. Excruciatingly hard sometimes. Overcoming hardships makes you stronger. Believing you only have so much "will" does not.
- Comment on Can willpower be trained ? 11 months ago:
I have heard that willpower is finite and every person starts their day with a limited capacity.
Time for a new source of information. Whoever told you that is wildly incorrect.
- Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from? 11 months ago:
I learned similar shorthand from an accountant, who wrote transfer (money transfer between accounts) as tx.
- Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from? 11 months ago:
And OK is initialism for okay.
- Comment on Is there a community where I can post anything in case I don't find the appropriate community for it? 1 year ago:
- Comment on Amazon coupons: what's the story? 1 year ago:
The entity liable wants to know that the coupon was the thing that pushed you over the edge to buy the product. People who would have bought it anyways generally don’t bother with the coupon.
I never knew the part about an entity separate from the seller being responsible for the coupons, interesting. But the second sentence I quoted is what I'm responding to. Coupons in brick-and-mortar stores may work like that, and I'm a good example of a person who rarely bothers with coupons if I'm already buying it. But in that case it takes pretty substantial effort to use the coupon. You have to keep track of it, often it's good for a specific time frame in the future....those coupons are a real pain. But Amazon coupons, where you just check the box? I use it every time it's offered. Whatever the entity is getting or learning from my use of coupons on Amazon is very different from usage in real life, and seems like a negligible gain.
- Comment on What happens when people die with metal on or on them? 1 year ago:
That's a delightful answer. My wife, who got a pacemaker this past spring, laughed out loud. Thank you!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Maybe I will just say “I don't know enough to have a stance”
This is an amazing attitude, one more of us would be wise to adopt.
- Comment on Bike Riders of lemmy, you okay with me riding my eScooter in the bike lane? 1 year ago:
To me, the key is remembering that slower traffic belongs on the right (in the US at least). So pay attention to traffic around you, travel on the vehicle side of the road rather than facing oncoming cars, and if you're passing then pass on the left (in the US) .
- Comment on What is the attraction to kids? 1 year ago:
To me there is a clear difference between children, and teens say 16+. It is both morally wrong and unnatural to be attracted to prepubescent children, and this is pedophilia. But basically, by definition puberty makes people become sexually attractive, and it's natural for adults to be attracted. Still morally wrong to act on those attractions unless you're in about the same stage of puberty or early adulthood. That's when we rely on a strong moral code and laws in society to protect youngsters who have recently gone through puberty. And hopefully even after the laws no longer apply, we have enough societal pressure to strongly discourage wide age gaps between sexual partners.
- Comment on Indian-Mexican wedding gift 1 year ago:
I agree about a German or Polish item; such a good chance for a bit of international flair. I don't know anything about Poland, but I spent time in Germany a long time ago. My mind went to cuckoo clocks for fun, and other fine and classy looking clocks (I brought home a chime clock that I loved). Could be towels embroidered in a traditionally Polish way. Or a set of Polish or German stemware.
- Comment on What does it mean to "get low" or "drop it down"? 1 year ago:
New word to me, thank you. And apparently, in animals which display that behavior, it is reflexive, not a voluntary action. But a point of interest from your article:
Lordosis behavior is non-functional in humans, although lordosis-like positions can be observed in those being mounted from behind.
So therefore, while twerking mimics lordosis, it's really just dancing, albeit rather sexually.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I want to know where in the world you are that LGBTQ+ is specifically protected, rather than rather than the protections being applied to sexuality and gender as a whole? In other words, do you know what you are talking about?
- Comment on Can I replace my shower controls? 1 year ago:
an older fixture like that....My home was built in the late 90’s.
Somehow I don't think you meant 1890's. As someone born in 1954, it's really hard to realize that things which were built long after I became an adult are, nonetheless, now considered "older". sigh
- Comment on Lemmings who downvote news posts because you disagree with the conclusions, why? 1 year ago:
To me, a downvote on a posted article suggests it doesn't belong where it was posted, or the article is itself bogus, something along those lines. But (again, in my opinion) comments are fair game for downvotes if you disagree, and I will also do so if I disagree vehemently. But if you don't want to actually add something to the discussion, no vote is really needed. Maybe you ultimately disagree with a post or comment, but it gave you something to think about? If so, the comment contributed positively to the discussion.
- Comment on Why don’t Lemmings capitalize the beginning of each letter in their title for their posts? 1 year ago:
Exactly. Often the title is longer than the text of the post, and may even just say "title".
- Comment on How do you call a word that is so rudimentary that it can't be defined without being redundant? 1 year ago:
What a great question!!
- Comment on Why don’t Lemmings capitalize the beginning of each letter in their title for their posts? 1 year ago:
A real title, one that you would typically capitalize the first letter of each word, does not have to be a sentence and often isn't. But many "titles" on forums like this are really sentences which capture the whole essence of what's being asked or stated, like your "title" does. As I browsed my "front page" (for lack of a better term) just now, indeed I found that titles followed that rule.