southsamurai

@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there going to be something about potato buns tomorrow?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A couple mates and I run askhistorians.lemmy.world. How can we get more people to post instead of myself all the time?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly?

  Get some real historians.

  Without people that are actually in the field, with stringent standards to go along with that, you’ll only get casual and unreliable answers. Which means that nobody wanting a good answer with depth and historiography is going to waste their time. Most of the time, responses there aren’t half as informative as Pugjesus’ memes.

  R/askhistorians worked because it was run by experts and expert level responses were the only kind allowed. You knew going in that you might not get an answer at all, but if you did it was going to be relevant and be good enough to use as a source for a paper.

  Nothing on the fediverse has that level of effort put into it.

  Also, being real here, the moderation team having zero background in history research means that it’s incredibly unlikely to ever draw real historians to ask questions of. Why would they?

  Could you hypothetically make it happen? Sure. I guess. If you reach out to some of the people that were generalists back on reddit, charm them into the idea of a more open forum, help them onboard, and make certain your mod team is both vigorous and rigorous, you might, might get a couple. I doubt it, since the ones that fled reddit already said that the lack of robust mod tools made them unwilling to start up here. But if you’re serious enough about it, maybe it could work.

  Again, being real, while I appreciate your presence and activity, Don, you gotta realize that the percentage of historians that would consider it are very likely to see you as the mod and nope the fuck out. I hate dumping on you because I genuinely love the effort you put in to asking things nobody would otherwise bring up. But that same user history is offputting if someone were looking at it as an indicator of how serious a community will be run. I’m sorry to say it though, I really do appreciate you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do people start a movement nowadays? I want for cities or counties to dedicate or rename roads for long time nurses not doctors. Because nurses are always on the front line not Dr's.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  First, you have to have an idea people will support.

  You don’t.

  And look, I’m all about nurses needing even more respect and support than they get. A shit ton more, along with better pay.

  But you done fucked up. First, doctors are also front line. It’s a different kind of job for sure, but they’re all over the place, in hospitals. As much or more than nurses in terms of being exposed to a wide range of pathogens. Yeah, it depends on specialty as to how much roaming they do, and ER/trauma docs tend to have as high or higher exposure rates that lead to illness. Only slightly lower assault rates, last time I saw numbers.

  You don’t have to downplay doctors to hype nurses.

  But secondary to that, you’ve got the issue that when doctors get roads named for them, it’s usually for major research contributions, and nursing just isn’t a research specialty.

  I do, however, agree that career nurses that contribute to their community should get way more recognition than their name on a bench in an atrium or garden. But it isn’t a 1:1 thing in terms of silly shit like naming roads

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many shit posts about beans?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, there’s also

  Beans, beans, are good for your heart

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many shit posts about beans?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re the magical fruit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The First Four "Star Trek" Films Return to Theaters For 1 Week Only to Celebrate the Franchise's 60th Anniversary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I only saw the first one in theater, and I was so damn young, all I really remember of the experience is some of the exterior shots. But, considering how young I was, that’s still a telling thing about how well it was done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does it make much difference healthwise if you were to split your meal unti 2 parts? Have all your carbs at once then an hour later have your veg and protein?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Much difference” and “healthwise” are difficult.

  Healthwise can point to a lot of variables, depending on which aspects of health are in question, and exactly what range of factors you think are “healthy” to begin with.

  So, applying “Much” difference is extra iffy, since much is relative, and may not be seen the same between criteria.

  That being said; no, not much difference for most people. Not even much difference for the people that don’t have very specific needs, but could get some vague benefit from that kind of intake.

  Where you’ll see some degree of benefits that could fairly be called “much” is weight control.

  Generally, if one has some degree of difficulty with calorie intake limits do better when intake is spread out more. You end up with fewer spikes, a more even result; which when weight control is the primary goal, you see more benefits up to a point. With less spikes in blood sugar, and fewer calories “leftover” to turn into fat, a form of grazing helps.

  Mind you, that isn’t saying that smaller intake more often is some silver bullet to weight control. It isn’t. But it is the area where you’d see the “much difference” compared to eating the same things at once.

  Otherwise, the only reason to do it is as part of a prescribed diet built by a professional. Any benefits to the average person just wouldn’t be significant enough to merit the extra hassle

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Olive Branch MS mayor refusing to lower flag for Dolly⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, first off, implants were not involved. The lady was known for her chesticles waaay before implants were a thing. She may or may not have had some kind of implants later in life to keep her existing measurements, but they were the same size in the oldest pictures of her as an adult. I don’t know about anything later in life, but i do know that boobs like that exist naturally, and that she started with that.

  I’m not sure where folks get the idea she had implants when pictures exist like that.

  Anyway, it’s kind of a tripartite thing. Music, charity/beliefs, and personality.

  Musically, she’s one of the better songwriters out there. She was on par with, or better than, anyone of her generation for sure. Part of that was her ability to use her real life to make songs that resonated with a lot of people.

  Her voice shifted a lot as she aged, but she was well loved for both the sweetness she could use, and her gentle vibrato. A high, almost crystalline tone that managed to never be shrill or piercing because she knew how to be delicate with it. You don’t have to like her music to recognize the skill she had with it.

  In terms of her public works, she truly believed in doing good. Her book based reading initiative made sure that multiple generations of people grew up not only knowing how to read, but having access to materials that made doing so a normalized and omnipresent thing.

  She was an outspoken advocate for “loving thy neighbor”. She was one of the celebrities that was behind gay marriage, and equal rights for gay people. That was also the case for trans people.

  In other words, she practiced what she preached. She made a ton of money between her music and related business ventures, but she was willing to put it to work doing good things without making it missionary work. She didn’t just hand out bibles like some supposed reading initiatives do. Despite having a deep faith, she never pushed it on anyone.

  And, importantly, that wasn’t just her public face. In her private life, she was well known for doing good acts for their own sake, even when nobody would know about it. But you talk to people from around where she lived and worked, and her generosity is legendary. Again, generosity without strings.

  She also was known for having hiring policies with her businesses that were inclusive. Orientation, race, gender, nobody was excluded. And, again, it wasn’t just a front, because it wasn’t something she made a big deal out of. That was just how things were.

  Then it comes down to her. She was a larger than life performer. When she was being DOLLY, she put forward the brighter, flashier side of her self, but in interviews and in person, she was open and honest and nice. She treated people well, and did so with no ego, and a down-to-earth simplicity that often belied how sharp she was. She had an almost self deprecating way of handling being famous, and that’s how she really was. She didn’t think of herself as being special, she was just grateful to have the chance to do something she loved and was good at.

  Now, I never met her. But I know a ton of people that did. And I know a ton of people that had access to books as a kid due to her charity efforts. That’s going back decades, and it was not really a well known thing until maybe fifteen years ago or so.

  Everything you hear about her from people that knew her, that had regular contact with her, it’s all about how damn good she treated everyone.

  There’s places in Tennessee in specific that when people call her a saint, they aren’t just being nice. There’s folks that have been touched by her good works and place her on a much higher pedestal than she ever would have. Which kinda sums it all up. She never abandoned being a simple mountain girl, no matter how famous or rich she got, and she lifted others up along the way.

  Me? I grew up hearing her music, but didn’t really become a fan until well into adulthood. I loved her as an actress, but it took me a while to “get” her music. Now, I can’t hear her sing without crying a little.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the bible is real and dealt with real people, what were the 3 wise man wise of? Like subjects and stuff for their time?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oi, 'ands up, and pass over all your djectives, mate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This crazy assassin character, who doesn't know what shampoo is, somehow would bother shaving her armpits⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of that (the cut placement) is making the prosthetics though. Yeah, you can make good looking cuts elsewhere, but the more the site moves, the more hassle it is. Facial prosthetics in particular run into trouble when they’re near the mouth or brows. So you end up with cheeks being preferred overall.

  With the body, you run into issues with making something visible, movable, and believable. Gashes across the abs fail at all three, whereas shoulder and pecs are solid choices. Legs would be too, but they’re not in frame as much, and shouldn’t be without a good reason.

  Everything on screen is a compromise of some sort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨¿Qué carajo es esto?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t bargain, pumpkin fucker

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This sandwich⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Assuming that’s real, it would be totally justified to throw it against the wall and demand a real sandwich

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When I was younger my father taught me how to box. Using my fists. How come in movies or tv shows it's all about hitting with the elbow now? How does one train to hit with your elbow?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno that I’m seeing a predominance of elbows in media tbh.

  That being said, throw elbows!

  Generally, you want to hit soft with hard, and hard with soft.

  Unless it’s elbows. You really aren’t going to injure an elbow on a skull the way you would a fist or foot. Might not feel good, but it ain’t gonna break.

  The drawback is that you gotta get closer with elbows. Doing that vs someone you’re not familiar with can backfire when they throw some stripe of jujutsu on your ass. So, you know, don’t get jitzed. Mind you, elbows are faster in close, so they’re harder to counter when grappling, so enough training vs grapplers, and you end up with an advantage.

  So, I’m saying: cross train with resistive partners.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who get "happy ending" massages, is there like a common keyword or process?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, almost guaranteed. Won’t necessarily offer it as a service, though the vast majority should. But any proper professional would know what it is, and likely know how.

  There’s some degree of variation in techniques, but that is likely what you were getting. Deep tissue can outright hurt, but the goal is to get into the muscles where hard tension is and unkink it. It uses steady, usually slow, but forceful pressure to really get past the surface.

  Which is why not everyone will offer it. It is very demanding for the practitioner, and patients may or may not actually want it, and just think they do lol. My hands can’t do it any more. Hell, I can’t always pull off the easier stuff. Arthritis sucks lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who get "happy ending" massages, is there like a common keyword or process?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, there’s different kinds of massage.

  The generic spa-style massage is more about relaxation, and is done in a setting that shifts the context to being fairly impersonal.

  More medically focused, or sports focused (lot of overlap there) massage is being done with a goal in mind, usually in a setting that also makes it feel less intimate than it might otherwise (even with the same technique involved).

  Just as an example, I trained up in a handful of massage methods over the years. Lymphatic release, myofascial release, deep tissue, a variant of shiatsu, and the bog standard “just rub the muscles that are tense” kind that isn’t really a technique/style at all. What would be used depended on my patients’ needs and preferences.

  Deep tissue, I really never broke out on patients though. A few, but it was rare. That was more for friends that were in need due to muscle issues.

  Myofascial release is superb for people with reduced mobility and/or spacicity since out favors fairly gentle pressure that directly unloads where the muscles connect.

  Your lymphatic release is also low pressure, and is kind of the default for both a post-workout massage as well as geriatric patients and bedbound patients. It focuses on moving your juices along to the center of the body sp that associated buildup of wastes will be enhanced

  But what remains true is that most massage is best done on bare skin. Not all benefit from lubricants though. Myofascial release, in particular, becomes more difficult and> less effective because you really need to be able to apply focused pressure without movement as part of what you’re doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon makes conversation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Completely fake; no women on the internet.

  Completely gay, as no vagina present

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sometimes nature is a tattle tale⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In that first pic , both of them look like they’re trying to get away from her

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube won't let me search for music by musician unless I remove the word "naked" from her name⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yo! Bif Naked ftw!

  Been a fan since the Buffy appearance lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You know the one-onehundred counting thing that approximates a second? Just say/think the word one, it approximates a quarter second.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who piss on the toilet seat in a men's restroom.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For them what have need to cope with this and no choice about needing to sit.

  A small baggie with some surface wipes and some gloves will fit in most pockets with ease. Ideal, no. But it’ll get you by for a non optional visit to a public (or badly kept private) toilet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who piss on the toilet seat in a men's restroom.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, shoe most places, but I feel you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would a disk shaped planet have uniform gravity like earth or would it vary depending on whether you're near the center or edges?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, first you have to get the elephants to stand on the turtle’s back

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard, heavy /s

  That’s what she said

  !she being the little girl!<

  !hard, heavy /s!<

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon wants tendies⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, no, sorry, not fake or gay enough. This has to be ai hallucination rather than genuine greentext

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crazy cheeks on that guy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck this English!

  That whole skit was brilliant :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crazy cheeks on that guy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  И доньт кноw руссиан, бут онлине цонвертерс ехист, анд И wантед ин он тхе фун

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you rather be reincarnated into a world of magic or reborn as yourself (with your current knowledge fully intact)?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahhhh, that makes it much easier to choose magic. As long as I don’t have to leave my people behind, I’m down for that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you rather be reincarnated into a world of magic or reborn as yourself (with your current knowledge fully intact)?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My fellow lemmite, you gotta find a way to take a break. That’s the equivalent of someone rolling up to a group of folks at the mall and ranting about politics.

  While totally understandable that you’re stressed over it, the way you did it and the way you phrased it all is worrying. For real, no sarcasm, no snark, it makes me concerned that you’re on the edge of a breakdown. You have anyone irl that can help you find some outlet? Maybe a good game night with friends, whatever sport you might play? You can’t hold onto that kind of anger and stay healthy, physically. Like, the stress you must be feeling will harm your body.

  I’m not even a people person, and I don’t know you, but if you were my neighbor I’d want to hug your neck and tell you that you’re not alone, that maybe we should grab some nice iced tea and sit a spell, give you a chance to let it all out to someone that’ll really listen.

  Take care of yourself, okay? It’s an ugly world, but if you let it grind you down much more, it’ll just get uglier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you rather be reincarnated into a world of magic or reborn as yourself (with your current knowledge fully intact)?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not really the right community, but I wanna play anyway lol.

  If I’m getting your scenario right, the choice is between being you, but not having access to the Wizard class (or whatever it would be called) and limited to other classes; or not being you at all in terms of consciousness and being a wizard.

  If that’s accurate, what would be the point of reincarnation? You wouldn’t get to enjoy any of it as your self. So unless the scenario factors in souls having memory and you’d get to enjoy it that way, it seems a pretty bad choice in terms of experiential immersion.

  So, obviously, with that in mind, I’ll take the brand new body, thank you. Though if I can’t do so with my people also being present, I’d opt out entirely. I’m not sacrificing the good in my life, abandoning the people that love me and rely on me, just for an adventure. That’s what d&d is for, you dig? Taking an adventure like that without at least my wife is a hell no.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gender neutral guide⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The lemmy version

  Firefighter

  Bastard

  Propaganda delivery agent

  Carnist jerk