Bonehead
@Bonehead@kbin.social
- Comment on The Year is 2002. The Pizza Hut and Mountain Dew are on the way. It's Time to GAMER MODE all over your Uncle on the PlayStation 1 6 months ago:
Yes, and the PS2 was still more expensive than anything else on the market at the time. Plus there were shortages. I didn't even see a PS2 until mid 2002 when a coworker finally got one and invited us over for a party.
- Comment on The Year is 2002. The Pizza Hut and Mountain Dew are on the way. It's Time to GAMER MODE all over your Uncle on the PlayStation 1 6 months ago:
You forget how ridiculously difficult and expensive it was to buy a PS2 when it was released.
- Comment on We constantly have spit in our mouth 100% of the time but if we were made to drink any amount of our spit it'd be disgusting. Why? 6 months ago:
Thanks...now I'm acutely aware of the spit in my mouth and when I swallow it.
- Comment on Questionable methods. 7 months ago:
- Comment on 4ish years ago when I bought a house I was convinced not to get a house inspection, would it be crazy to get one now just to make sure it's all good? 7 months ago:
I bought during the height of the housing frenzy in Canada in 2021. Putting any condition on the sale meant that you wouldn't get the house. I found a few issues but took the chance anyways. As soon as the sale went through, I got an inspector in to check out everything I found. I got lucky for the most part, but there were a few things that he found that I didn't. It's better to know these things and plan for them than to be oblivious.
Get the inspection. It's not weird at all. They are all aware of the current situation.
- Comment on Dragon Age Inquisition free on Epic right now 7 months ago:
Don’t be a completionist.
But how do I avoid feeling that horrible sense of emptiness? It's not done until it's 100%...
- Comment on How would you decorate this room? 7 months ago:
With a built-in clothes dryer!
- Comment on Am I supposed to ask stupid questions here, or *not* ask stupid questions? 7 months ago:
That's exactly the kind of question this community was created for.
- Comment on A lion among sheep 7 months ago:
But there aren't any holes on a CPR dummy except for the mou...oh...ew...
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 7 months ago:
I pointed out self-preservation to point out that vegans don’t go around attacking poor people and don’t expect people to keep their principles in those situations. I made a choice I don’t expect other people to make.
Then literally the very best sentence, you contradict yourself.
I point my criticisms at the people I know in real life who shop at the exact same stores I do and make similar amounts of money, but still use poor people as an excuse not to change their own behavior.
You claim to be poor, claim to not attack people are poor, then chastise people who are poor for not making the same choices that you do. You are a hypocrite. Have a nice day.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 7 months ago:
You literally asked me the question and are now chastising me for my answer.
Yes, because you claim to be poor yet still call being vegan a lifestyle choice. And you chastise others in your position for not making that choice. Poor people don't get to make those choices. Poor people do whatever it takes to survive. Poor people live on that desert island every single day and have to make difficult decisions. Poor take whatever they can get and are greatful for it. Poor people don't have the privilege to turn down food.
Maybe begin to recognize your own privilege before telling other people what to do.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 7 months ago:
Wow...so you've been so poor that you can only afford rice and beans, and you've been offered free food that you turned down because it wasn't vegan? Really? See, that's the kind of smugness OP was talking about. You put you're veganism above securing food, and you're proud of it. You willingly sacrificed your self-preservation for your principles. And now you're advertising it.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 7 months ago:
What if I can’t afford those things, still eat rice and beans, but I tell people I’m vegan to avoid awkward social interactions?
But would you? Would you really turn down free food simply because you're vegan? Would you really tell people you're vegan to avoid an "awkward social interaction" when offered free food? If so, that makes you privileged. Being able to pick and choose food makes you privileged, whether it's vegan or not. That's the difference.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 7 months ago:
Congratulations, you're finally getting it. They are two different people. There are people that eat vegan because they have no choice. Those people are not privileged. There are people that call themselves vegan and make sure everyone knows they are vegan. Those are the vegans the original comment was talking about, which someone took offense to. That's why I pointed out the difference.
It took a little effort, but at least you got there.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 7 months ago:
I didn't say that. I said if you're buying the vegan substitutes and advertising that fact, that makes you privileged. I've seen it many times. There are even some in this post. People that eat vegan because they have limited choices don't advertise it. People that want to feel superior over others will express how much of a vegan they are.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 7 months ago:
Those aren't the vegans that most people are talking about. Being poor and having to eat vegan is different from being vegan because you want to stand out from everyone else with your vegan black bean soy burger with vegan cheese on a vegan sprouted whole wheat bun. If you can afford the overpriced "vegan" versions of typically non-vegan foods,and complain about your struggles being vegan, that's privilege.
When you're poor, you don't advertise the fact that you're eating vegan. You just make rice and beans because it's the absolute cheapest food available. You'll take meat and non-vegan when it's available. But at the very least, you'll survive on rice and beans. It's generally not something that people are proud of.
- Comment on I finally got access to the catholic AI 7 months ago:
But he's also a pig. This is super cereal...
- Comment on Just got texted a job offer. You guys think it's legit? 7 months ago:
MLM? This is likely human trafficking. MLMs will gladly take your money, but the face to face interactions are at seminars well after you're hooked on the scam. Traffickers will entice you into "training" at one of their facilities right away.
- Comment on Most obscure movies you've ever seen? 8 months ago:
Went to school with the writer/director, so it's fun for me picking out all the landmarks I recognize. But it's also a commentary on the play on words of the title. And who doesn't love a gory zombie movie?
- Comment on Why exactly are raisins toxic for dogs and not humans? 8 months ago:
It's a quote from Terry Prachett...
- Comment on Be safe out there 8 months ago:
Would you rather find out in person with a audience?
- Comment on Rate me, dudes 8 months ago:
I never knew men were capable of developing so...perfectly.
- Comment on The best part about being in a straight jacket? 8 months ago:
Great...now I'm going to have that stuck in my head all day.
Bu Bu Bu Butt Drugs....Bu Bu Bu Butt Drugs...
- Comment on How to know you're in Indiana. 8 months ago:
These are gendered showers. I don't think that's going to be a problem...
- Comment on Have you ever seen coal in real life? 8 months ago:
Yes. I still have a chunk. My brother worked at a mine for a summer. Guess what I got the following Christmas? He thought he was hilarious...
- Comment on Why do we castrate animals instead of giving them vasectomies? 8 months ago:
For a cat that you are personally paying to have neutered, they will do anything you want. There are options to just surgically sterilize and leave everything intact. But that's not only much more expensive, it also leaves their behavior the same which isn't always desirable. Unless you enjoy a male to spraying all over your house, that is.
But for a farmer that has to sterilize a herd, they aren't spending the time and money on a vet to come and surgically neuter every animal they have. A rubber band is cheap and can be done by the farmer, and a vet only has to be called if an infection happens. It's been done for centuries. No one is going to spend 50 times the amount of money if they don't have to.
- Comment on Why do we castrate animals instead of giving them vasectomies? 8 months ago:
You're still cutting into tissue, introducing a potential infection vector, and then need to delicately cut and clamp small vessels before stitching it back up vs stretching a rubber band with a special tool and then waiting a while. The skill level involved isn't anywhere near the same.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
Because at the time, they weren't focused on cocaine since it was a rich person's drug. Reagan and the CIA creating the crack epidemic came after Nixon.
- Comment on Hmmm... 10 months ago:
Holy shit...am I spiritual too?
- Comment on ‘Rick and Morty’ Season 8 Coming in 2025, Anime Series Reveals New Footage 11 months ago:
I stopped watching in season 5, because the story started getting weird and it lost it's charm from earlier seasons.