southsamurai

@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I will never unsee the penis on my sons $0.50 sandal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, with all due respect to your undoubtedly wonderful son who will now be forever known as “dickfoot”, I’m not sure how justifies even mild annoyance, much less miniscule fury. Pareidolia is in the eye of the beholder, not that of the sight. It’s a pixelated heart with a streamer, not a penis. It’s only barely phallic if you stretch phallic as a term far longer than you should ever stretch an actual phallus.

  Funny as fuck all! But not really something to be infuriated over.

  Hope you and Dickfoot have a wonderful day!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is MMA and UFC "somewhat" rigged like boxing was in the Don King era?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think there’s been documented evidence of the exact same thing.

  But I don’t think anyone that’s watched mma develop over the decades could doubt that there’s some degree or another of control of desired outcomes. It isn’t as blatant as giving orders on who wins and loses. But decks can be stacked, and often seem to be

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a paramedic⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a paramedic⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  gods damn, that’s a damn powerful haiku

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slice of ketchup anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d try it.

  I doubt I’d like it for the things I tend to like ketchup with, because any thickened sauce that firm is going to have less presence on the tongue. Ketchup is a sweet, vinegary punch. You thicken that enough for a slice, and even if it’s meltable, you still don’t have the same capability of the relevant compounds to spread across the palate in the right way just isn’t there.

  But it’s not some kind of crazy idea. There’s plenty of ways to get a “gel” version of a given sauce or condiment. Hell, an aspic isn’t exactly far off from this as it is, and tomato aspic is yummy as hell, if not as punchy as ketchup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sex Education⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t matter, had sex

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally get it. But, being real, budget is always a relative term. I wouldn’t have been able to afford the cheapest version before, period. Mine was gifted to me. Items like this are only “budget” if you actually have a budget for a one off gaming device in the first place.

  I’m in the same boat as you if mine dies. No way in hell could I swing even the prices on the LCD version if they still offered them, much less the oled. It’s what? 750+ USD for the lower tier version? That’s almost my fucking mortgage. The LCD would still sit at the 600+ range most likely.

  And the deck is technically a full PC if you get a dock and set it up, but that’s still a damn big outlay for a low tier PC.

  So, yeah, fuck Altman and every other dipshit pushing hopped up llms like they’re the second coming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not if everyone else goes up too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨borger⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It really isn’t a problem. Even wired ones don’t get in the way as long as the hair is over them. My hair is almost down to my ass, and the first headphones I ever used in the shower were cheap skull candy ones that were wired Bluetooth. No issues at all hair wise. No issues at all tbh, other than sounding like crap because they were cheap skull candy buds.

  “Better” is always situational as well. Better for one person in their situation can change in a different place or time. You get two different people in different places with different needs, and “Better” is so subjective as to be useless as a term.

  As an example: quality of sound. The portable speaker is going to vary massively by price when it comes to being clear in sound once loud enough to counter the water noises. Even cheap ear buds don’t have to go as loud to bypass water noise because they at least partly block the sound from reaching the ear in the first place. Which means the sound can be better, and less likely to be uncomfortable due to volume.

  Neighbors in close quarters, housemates and timing, personal preferences regarding controlling playback, hearing acuity, etc. There’s a ton of variables in what’s going to be a desirable condition for enjoying music while bathing/showering. So, no, a portable speaker isn’t inherently better. It’s a choice for sure, but just because one person finds it preferable doesn’t make it superior

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨borger⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, those.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨borger⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In a household with different schedules, it isn’t always okay to blast shit and sing along.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨borger⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can shower with headphones

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do movies and tv shows show beheading or allude to it in one fell swipe? Unless it is comic book sharp there is no way you can do that in one swipe with out at least a little bit of more cutting.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, decapitation can absolutely be done in a single strike. It just takes the right angle and swing. Like someone else said, there’s been footage of it made. It doesn’t even take anything fancy; I saw a video of a machete doing it back in the wilder days of the internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should businesses (big or small) be allowed to kick you out because of your speech?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Up to the point of protected speech, yes.

  Free speech doesn’t mean you can say anything, anywhere, anywhen. It means that you can expect to be free from persecution or prosecution based on expressing a range of beliefs via speech/press.

  There should be a difference between a truly private property, as in one’s home, and a business property, but that’s a different issue. Even with businesses being “private” property, they still have to toe the line with protected speech, and most of the examples you gave would fall under that. The problem comes in litigating the violation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think defense attorneys who defend cops who unjustly killed people are ‘good’ people?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In a world where defense attorneys are a necessity, and they currently are (with no feasible change coming any time soon), then every attorney must provide the best defense they can do their client, period.

  It doesn’t matter who it is, what they’re accused of, or if they’re guilty. Everyone is supposed to have access to an attorney that will serve their best interests. You can’t have a legal system that involves trials at all and not have all defendants given acces to a full and proper defense.

  Any lawyer that can’t mount a defense for the most vile human ever to walk the earth would need to be disbarred because everyone has the right to representation, or nobody can trust that their rights matter. And yeah, the system fails a lot, but not because of defense attorneys doing their job.

  Literally, if fucking Hitler was to go on trial, his attorneys should be expected to mount the best defense possible. Anything else is bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a Lemmy user called? A lemming?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lemming, lemmite, and lemmy user are the ones in heavy rotation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What character is the king of plot armor?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  LeChance, obviously

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What somebody with cosmetic plastic surgery gets injured, does the plastic "spill out" or get seen?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on the implant.

  Generally, they’ll be placed in a way that avoids interfering with nerves or blood supply. When it does happen, that’s a failure, not a normal part of the process.

  Something like facial implants are usually solid (always, afaik, but I ain’t sith enough to deal in absolutes) rather than injected. You do have injections for cosmetics, but those tend to be into the lips almost exclusively.

  The kind of injections that go into lips wouldn’t spill out after an injury. They use materials that aren’t liquid. Even the grotesque versions you see sometimes aren’t just bags of liquid under the skin.

  Where you run into liquids, it’s going to be breasts and asses for the most part. The saline based ones will spill out if the “bag” they’re in ruptures. It’s just salty water, more or less, inside a sac.

  Silicone implants are more of a gel, and thus wouldn’t “spill” in the same way, but if the container is ruptured can seep out into the body. It’s kinda like a thick jello in consistency, to use your own example.

  But it is difficult to rupture the containers. They can be pierced, obviously, but enough force to just pop one is also enough force that you have other things to worry about.

  Now, all of that assumes legal procedures. There are people out there that will essentially shoot caulk into their victims. And you’ll find some fucked up fakers that will do incorrect versions of otherwise safe-ish medical procedures, like transferring one’s fat from one place in the body to another.

  And it’s important to note that there are procedures out there that do involve stuff that might match what you’re asking a bit closer, but they’re not exactly common

• ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People seem to forget that death threats are serious shit. It’s illegal to make them, and “psych, joking!” Isn’t going to get you out of trouble.

  And yes, a threat to a group of nazis is still communicating threats, and someone doing it could face consequences. It’s all about whether or not you get caught, and whatever prosecutors have jurisdiction decide to follow up or not.

  See, free speech doesn’t mean you can say anything you want without consequences. It’s about preserving a fundamental right to not be persecuted for your beliefs, political or otherwise. There’s history behind the way the U.S. First amendment is written. And it isn’t really about protecting all speech and expression, only wide swathes of them. People, however, persist in thinking otherwise.

  Threats of violence and harm weren’t protected, ever. Not in the bill of rights, not in the Magna Carta, nor in any other body of laws I’ve ever heard of that are older.

  In other words, it’s okay to say you hate someone and wish they would die, but not that you’re going to make it happen. Which is a gross oversimplification, but that’s the gist. One is an opinion, the other is a threat that has to be taken seriously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should street racers who accidentally kill people really go to prison?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, if you assume two things, yes.

  First, that prison serves a purpose beyond punishment. Second, that there’s no better option to achieve that purpose.

  Without those assumptions, then you get different answers because if punishment is the only purpose of it, there’s way less expensive and societally detrimental ways to punish someone. And, if there’s no better options to achieve other goals, then you have to wonder if the goals are worthwhile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Roots really that controversial that it needs to be banned? Haven't watched the movie cause I quit pot and haven't read the book but isn't it like historical or something?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure what quitting pot has to do with not watching roots, but no, it isn’t that controversial a series/movie/book

  It is, however, highly symbolic to go after it. It’s basically a declaration that things are changing, and this time they’re going after the black people openly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Haiku⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes and no.

  The art of haiku is in making the restraint work well. It’s an exceedingly difficult form to even make meh poems in.

  Rhyme is not the end-all be-all of poetry to begin with. Look at Whitman as a prime example. A lot of his stuff lacks rhyme, and often to great effect.

  Think of poetry as painting pictures with words. You don’t have to use oils to make great art. Rhyme is just one tool to convey the idea. Alliteration, meter, rhythm, tone, you gotta bring the whole toolbox to hope to consistently cause a response in the reader.

  Haiku strips things down to the barest essentials. You have only a few strokes of the brush to carry your message, so each stroke must be perfect. It’s akin to calligraphy in that regard. And, that’s an art form with similar constraints in Japan.

  A great poet might manage to come up with a handful of truly meaningful haiku in their life. But, part of the art form allows for all levels of greatness. Just conveying meaning at all is a solid success because of the constraints.

  I’ve written poetry since I was about 14. Most of it vogon grade tbh. A few that I’m proud of. But I’ve never managed to craft a single haiku that resonated, and I’ve tried.

  Someone like Bashō, one of the traditional masters of the art form, manages to be so good at it that it even works when translated (though the art of translating haiku is its own art form).

  I dunno if you’re into poetry or not, but I’d suggest taking a look at Bashō and reconsidering the art of the form.

  I had to go look it up, but here’s one of my all time favorites from a different poet

  "A World of Dew” by Kobayashi Issa

  A world of dew,

  And within every dewdrop

  A world of struggle.

  It encapsulates the form, imo. The combination of imagery and meaning that generates thought. Within every dewdrop, a world of struggle.

  That’s fucking art.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨textbooks can be so funny⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dammit! I’m always too late with a good one. I came to make a gourdian knot joke lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crazy how it does that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mad love for that word play

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How ‘real’ do you think influencer relationships are?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s my thing. Well, first, I don’t really care about influencers because I don’t do anything where I see them voluntarily. So my exposure is definitely not first hand. So, my opinion on this may be deemed useless.

  But, here’s my thing. Anyone claiming to be an influencer is by the nature of the beast full of shit. Just wanting to be an influencer means you’re full of shit.

  However, you can end up accidentally doing it, and that may or may not make you full of shit.

  Which, in turn, means that their relationships are just as real as they are. If an individual is full of shit, then it’s incredibly unlikely their relationships are built on a good foundation. This also makes me doubt their ability to parent in a way that’s child centric, which means they’re probably shit parents.

  Being full of shit, btw, doesn’t necessarily mean the person is lying to the world. It does mean they’re probably lying to themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do abortions work exactly? I get you lose the kid or whatever. My ex rapist used to tell me if I ever got pregnant he would RU486 me. Wouldn't a person rather go to a doc instead of a pill?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wellll, that’s a can of worms

  Ignoring the dubious issue of the implied involuntary dosing, there are multiple reasons for a person to prefer one method of body autonomous pregnancy cessation over another.

  Primarily, most of the medications used are way less painful and have fewer complications. Not that there’s no pain and no risks, just that they tend to be of low concern in comparison to surgical options.

  There’s also the relative degree of trauma being lower for medications. Again, it isn’t zero, but the fact of not having to have someone put things into your body while you suffer is a big plus on the side of medications.

  Overall, it’s just a less bad experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Homiesex is not real⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, if your homie isn’t giving up the booty the same way you did, are they really a homie?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do after discovering a collection of baby spiders in my home?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re done.

  Nothing you can spray into a vent is anything you want to spray in a vent.

  Not that it’s necessary or useful. Most spiders disperse fairly quickly anyway. There are species that share space, but there wouldn’t be thirty of them moving across your ceiling, they’d be holed up wherever they live and you wouldn’t see them.

  For real, even the pesticide was a waste of time and money.

  Don’t be wiping down your vents with stuff like that. That’s a horrible idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lesbian sheep⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not surprising considering how many human lesbians do the same thing when interested in another.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are bradycardic orgasms (orgasms experienced while suffering bradycardia) real?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ve got it backwards.

  What happens is that the orgasm occurs and then the heart rate drops.

  If you’re suffering bradycardia from an event of some kind, then you aren’t likely to become aroused, much less have an orgasm. Can’t say it’s impossible, particularly with some of the odd reactions meds can cause, but it’s highly unlikely with any of the typical causes of a slow heart rate that one would be said to “suffer”.

  Mind you, a non emergent low heart rate isn’t a barrier to orgasm, but I don’t think you were asking about normative ranges, or when the pulse is just low from a non important cause (say, post meditation).

  Typically, a bradycardic orgasm is referring to what happens in the body post orgasm, though the name obviously implies otherwise. It can start during orgasm, since it’s not exactly prohibitive, but that’s less common that it starting after.

  Orgasm causes multiple cascades of body and brain reactions. One possible outcome of that is a deep relaxation that’s actually akin to a meditative state, or like some stages of sleep.

  That post orgasm relaxation usually doesn’t drop heart rate low enough to be called brachycardia, but the basic mechanism is the same. Hell, it’s not even that rare compared to stuff like sneezing fits, or difficult to control emotional outbursts. All kinds of weird shit can happen post nut. Nose bleeds, hallucinations, temporary paralysis etc.

  Bradycardic orgasm isn’t dangerous by itself. If accompanied by other symptoms, it can be. The two big ones would be dizziness/disorientation and chest pains. The chest pain might be a sign of other cardiac issues, and would need to be checked out immediately until and unless a cardiologist gives the all clear to ignore it.

  Dizziness, by itself is only a concern if it doesn’t fade quickly, or it comes with enough disorientation to make the person prone to trying to get up and move around before things settle back to norm.

  If it causes fainting, then that’s something that needs an immediate trip to a medical facility to be safe.