lokalhorst
@lokalhorst@feddit.org
- Comment on I can't look at Republicans or LEOs the same way ever again. They knowingly voted for a pedophile felon who is loyal to another country over his own because of his religion. 13 hours ago:
LEO = Low Earth Orbit?
- Comment on And it's not unsettling at all 4 days ago:
It would be easier to clean too
- Comment on Based on recent events. 4 days ago:
Until they sent you funny christmas slop comics
- Comment on How come in handbrake if I put a bunch of movies at once in the queue it increases their size? But if I individually do every moving it condenses? 6 days ago:
Like about what file size are we talking about? How did you test this?
I guess you are making sure all movies are using the same preset.
- Comment on Bringing out the finest for date night 1 week ago:
As someone being lactose intolerant the latest rise of milk powder memes is disturbing
- Comment on They Take the Character Limit Off Twitter and This is What Happens 2 weeks ago:
I was getting a seizure trying to read this so I had to stop after the first paragraph. I am pretty sure I missed out nothing
- Comment on this is when I start shaking 2 weeks ago:
Spiders are friends. Spiders chill and eat mosquitoes.
- Comment on Who suffers da most 2 weeks ago:
Before we can find an answer to this question, we need to understand how US Americans measure size. I did a little research on it and want to share my new knowledge with you.
Please correct me if I am wrong:
People front the US seem to mix 2 different “units” together - foot/feet and inches. They are notated in short with single (‘) or double ticks (’‘).If I understand correctly, you need to build the sum of the two units, so if somebody is 5’6’’ this means I am 5 feet plus 6 inches tall. So similar to how we would say I am 1 meter and 70 centimeters tall.
Now this leads to funny things - what is the next size bigger than 5’9’‘? It is 5’10’‘! But 5’10’’ is not 6’. There is also 5’11’‘. This is because one foot is 12 inches! Consequently, 5’12’’ is 6’.
6’, or I think you actually write it 6’0’‘, is about 182 - 183 cm, I am too lazy to find the exact value right now. This means if you are smaller in size then 6’0’‘, for example 5’11’’ (180 cm, ridiculous), you have zero chances to ever find a dating mate (if I understood correctly).
Thank you for staying with me so far! Now here comes an interesting fact - in Germany where I live, we have something similar, it is 180 cm. I heard this the last time on the playground when I was 14, but 180 seems to be a magical number over here, even if I don’t think we take it nearly as serious as our brothers in the USA.
Now, think about it for a second, 6’, 180… they are all more or less clean and pretty numbers. Six - nothing more, nice. 180, just like in Darts!
It gets funny though, if we look at the average size in these countries. In Germany it is 182 cm, in the US about 176 cm. That means the “acceptable” size in Germany is 2 cm below average and in the US it is 6-7 cm above average. This is crazy!
Now let’s get back to the question. Why is this such a fetish in the USA? Is it the same with your penis size?
Let me tell you my friend, your size (of whatever body part) is totally fine! I mean your ancestors who “cursed” you obviously also weren’t very big and they still managed life and had children. Please stop focusing on dating apps. Go out and get to know real people that share the same interests you do, collecting rocks or history or whatever. If height is so important that probably tells you something - you wouldn’t even want to get to know these women. Who would want to date a person that superficial?
You really stayed until the end. I hope it was worth it!
- Comment on One of the down sides of testosterone 3 weeks ago:
roflmao gender stereotypes
- Comment on laughs in 12 hours, while still driving through texas 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Why? 3 weeks ago:
Usually I would just say something like “don’t take yourself too seriously” with a wink, but you wouldn’t give up with battling internet strangers, so I got curious? Surprisingly, I found two recent posts¹,² where you were being an apple fan boy. So stop being annoying with your “huh, what joke I don’t see a joke I don’t get it” and “stop spreading misinformation” bullshit. Now lick the cheeto dust of your fingers and go typing a final answer to this comment so you can tell your discord friends you won an internet battle against a guy who calls himself Horst
¹defending Apple at caring for privacy when the majority of Lemmy users seem to think otherwise
- Comment on Why? 3 weeks ago:
If you don’t like a joke then just move on and don’t waste your time. You are just beeing unnecessarily dramatic.
- Comment on Why? 3 weeks ago:
You must be fun at parties
- Comment on Why? 4 weeks ago:
I wanted to trigger some apple users, and it seems that they love me
- Comment on Why? 4 weeks ago:
But non-Apple cables are not officially supported, right? I think apple can’t guarantee that your iPhone works and charges well with an unlicensed cable. Also I don’t know if the Apple Repair Shop will accept a phone that has been charged with an unlicensed cable. But what do I know, I am an Android user
- Comment on Lawful evil 4 weeks ago:
In Germany it’s pretty common to tip a bit, even if not nearly as much as in the US. I wouldn’t know what to tip for a 300€ order though because… What the fuck, did they order cocaine?
- Comment on I have always found this to be true 4 weeks ago:
My grandma loves this kind of humor
- Comment on WTF Ghana?? 4 weeks ago:
?
- Comment on You are undecided on buying a house. But this convinces you to buy it 5 weeks ago:
Is it true Houses in the US are sold by these real estate agents and they all make advertising with there face on a sign in front of houses? Or is this a meme. Also do you typically find a lawyer because they have a huge billboard somewhere at the highway or is this also a meme. Just a European checking in if he watched too much TV
- Comment on First he stole his number 72.. and then he stole his rookie lap. All around dick move 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Anon plays an RPG 1 month ago:
The dark aeons are very special end bosses though. I remember just paying Yojimbo 10,000,000 cash and then he would just split them in half…
- Comment on How do I go about finding the right instance for my alt? 1 month ago:
Just keep away from the tankie quadriga: lemmygrad, lemmy.ml, hexbear.net, dbz0
- Comment on Actually... 1 month ago:
They call it reasoning
- Comment on Some men just want to watch the world burn. 1 month ago:
RX 9060 XT gang
- Comment on Tracked GPU prices daily for 3 months. Watching the ~32% jump happen in real time didn't make it any less annoying 1 month ago:
It sucks big time. I decided to upgrade my old GTX 1660 Super in July, but I hesitated a lot because of the prices. Lucky me I said fuck it and just bought a new one, since then I am watching the prices rising almost every day. 100€ so far, which seem almost okay in comparison to your numbers…
- Comment on Floating beard 1 month ago:
Can anybody explain what I can see here (or not)
- Comment on Happier to use spices on tofu, beans, soy curls, and even sometimes the dreaded processed plant-based mock-meats (when they go on sale). 1 month ago:
Sir, this is a shitpost
- Comment on Tech and consent - Mozilla edition 1 month ago:
Yeah because OP missed out on translating the pop up. It says “Shake your device to summarize”. So OP complains (rightfully) that Mozilla pushed AI summaries without asking him to opt-in into that function/pop-up.
- Comment on Walmart Shopping Carts Left Feet Away from the Cart Corral. 2 months ago:
Sure, it’s happening in most countries of the west because of the demographic change and shifts in global power away from the US.
- Comment on Walmart Shopping Carts Left Feet Away from the Cart Corral. 2 months ago:
I am fully aware :( I am lucky to be a white heterosexual academic, but I fear a lot for my friends and all the people who aren’t resilient enough for this.
