MountingSuspicion
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- Comment on Valid point 2 days ago:
I don’t know anyone who keeps their license in their car. Car culture is different in the us vs the eu, so maybe not as common over there, but sometimes if traveling with friends you will switch who drives. You should have your license on you if you’re driving. Additionally, it’s good to have your ID in case you forget your credit card somewhere and now you have a document with your picture on it that has a name that matches the card. I still get carded sometimes when buying alcohol or entering certain places so it’s not unusual to want to keep it on hand in case you want drinks or something.
Also good to have your ID and insurance information in case of an emergency.
- Comment on Papa Johns Can Predict When Your Fridge Is Empty 4 days ago:
Instacart confirmed that this campaign marks the first time Instacart made its first-party data available for a brand outside of the consumer-packaged goods category to use on NBCU inventory. (Papa Johns is technically in the quick-service restaurant vertical.)
I don’t use instacart, but my understanding is that there is a fee for that service or some kind of minimum purchase agreement with stores. If you’re paying for a service it should be illegal for them to sell your data.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
I looked it up and apparently this company installs these lockers that have different balls in them. So if you go to a park with a court and didn’t bring a ball you can still play if you get the app and check one out. It seems like people just stole the balls.
- Comment on I’m Gay, Not Queer. It Matters. 1 week ago:
This is in part because a key message behind it — that being gay is not a choice — is being undermined by those who argue that same-sex orientation is better thought of as a part of a wider rebellion against social norms.
I cannot recommend anyone waste their time reading this separatist log cabin republican drivel.
Plenty of people are using the term queer, but that doesn’t mean their identity is a rebellion and not an inherent part of their being.
He has done work with an org that attempts to normalize gay relationships within the church and has the gall to act like queer people are the ones ruining it for him. As if he is not privy to the fact he was never really wanted there in the first place. He sees them turning on him and blames everyone but the ones doing the turning. He openly talks like being gay is the only respectable non cishet identity, and that’s exactly the problem. It’s not. He says he has trans friends. I hope they find this article because he is not on their side.
I have said elsewhere on Lemmy that I don’t publicly use the term queer to refer to the LGBT community because not all LGBT people identify with it, so having a preference of being called gay vs queer is not an issue for me. What is an issue is acting like the actual queer community is the problem and not the people you so desperately want acceptance from.
- Comment on An American in Paris 1 week ago:
Nah, you’re wrong.
Aren’t you Canadian? I didn’t say no Americans hold that opinion, I said I don’t know any. You may know a lot of Americans who feel that way, but the vast majority (81-92%) tip for sit down service. That sentiment may be more common on Lemmy than IRL, but even on Lemmy people seem to be against exploiting the worker. Lemmy is not a very accurate representation of anything, not even of the Lemmy user base.
- Comment on An American in Paris 1 week ago:
I don’t know any Americans that don’t tip. I know Americans that avoid eating out because they don’t like tipping culture, but I’m not sure if many Americans agree with the bottom panel even if they don’t like tipping.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Generally artists have to put effort into drawing facial features smaller. Because as people we concentrate on the face it’s hard not to frame them with oversized proportions. I have to respect the “but that ass tho” approach to solving that problem.
- Comment on Finally an explanation 2 weeks ago:
I’m confused as to what your suggestion is. Do you think people who are “just followingorders” should not be held accountable for their actions because they were not the ones issuing the orders?
- Comment on Finally an explanation 2 weeks ago:
I understand what that is supposed to mean, but it makes no sense. I have never taken anybody’s eyeball so if that was the law of the land, I would feel pretty safe. Eventually, everyone going around taking eyeballs would have no eyes and they would be much less likely to be able to take more, at least without some assistance I imagine.
Plenty of places have a “death for a death” law where if you kill someone you can be put to death. I’m against the death penalty personally, but that has never really been of personal concern to me since I don’t go around murdering.
If you take something from someone, should they not be able to take it back from you? If you steal $1000, do I just have to sit there? I should be entitled to take $1000 back. If anything, I should also potentially be entitled to more.
While for an eye is not my preference, it was used to make people as whole as possible and was considered an improvement at the time.
- Comment on Trump Refuses to Sign Housing Bill Until Unpopular Voting Restrictions Pass Congress 2 weeks ago:
Yea, I don’t get things like this. It’s just stupid not to sign it because it has zero effect on its passage while also making him look like a big baby. I guess the whole administration operates on a “no such thing as bad press” policy, but wouldn’t a headline saying “Trump signs bipartisan affordability bill” be better?
- Comment on mindset 3 weeks ago:
They never said “the best we can do is offer you stuff targeted at girls because, you know, you’re essentially a girl anyway”, you did. If you think there should be more stuff for certain men, you’re free to make it. If not all men relate to that content, I hope they are more capable of nuance than you seem to be. The idea that relating to the experience of another group somehow takes away from your actual identity is not how someone who has a normal relationship with their identity would work.
I date women as a woman and sometimes men will be talking specifically to other men about dating women and I will find what they say relatable. It does not make me question my gender or sexuality. I just think “wow! So true!” and move on with my day.
It’s ok to have a similar experience or understanding of the world as someone else, even if they are not talking directly to or about your personal experience.
They are not drawing a line. You’re welcome to comment what you like, but this is straight “so you hate waffles?” level of reasoning.
- Comment on I Profile Celebrities for a Living. Nothing Prepared Me for Tilly Norwood. 3 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t recommend the read.
The writer seems to want to come across as hesitantly drawn in, but ultimately seeking more. What it actually comes across as is a bit of a glaze tempered by a writer who knows what they’re doing. It feels like a testament to their ability and makes it clear how/why they profile celebrities for a living.
She mentions the AI had a visual glitch of an inflating head which makes her seem like an impartial reporter, only to bring attention to how that was fixed within a day. Maybe I’m not accustomed to someone being so forgiving with AI, and I’m not familiar with celeb profiles in general, but this gives “apolitical” vibes. She ends it with a little tribute to art from real people, but the interview basically skirts around this even though the creator is there the whole time also involved in the interview.
I can’t copy/paste off the site, but there are occasions where the AI provides a response that doesn’t really make sense but the writer refers to like it does. I’m struggling to identify if this is a covert dig at the AIs ability to understand context, if I am not understanding, or the writer is not communicating well.
All in all it’s a well written piece with nothing to say and likely only serves to get the name circulating. Not quite a fluff piece, but it’s what I imagine a smart writer would suggest as a fluff piece.
- Comment on Anon's dad tries to bond 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know your kid or your relationship with them or anything, so I’m just speaking in generalities, but most trans people I know really appreciate being called by their preferred name and pronouns. If your kid is using certain pronouns with new people or with their friends that they are out to, it might be nice to give them a try. Maybe not, again I don’t know you both, but just because someone is willing to joke about pronouns doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t actually care about them. Seems like you really care for your kid and I’m sure that if they wanted to be referred to with new pronouns that you’d be able to figure it out. Wishing you both the best.
- Comment on Date handsome cockroaches in a new dating sim from one of Japan’s leading pest control companies 3 weeks ago:
I didn’t see a direct link in the article, so here you go (seems to be Japanese only, which is understandable): gokilove.jp
- Comment on Punkrock 4 weeks ago:
In the newest Superman movie he and Lois go to his family home. He has punk band posters that she claims are normie or poser or something. The following scene comes later: youtube.com/shorts/2LivEfhnW9k
- Comment on My wife doesnt like when with I tell story's that took place before my wife died. She says, "its very disrespectful." 4 weeks ago:
Died is the past tense of the word die. I think in this case they are indeed wrong.
It’s ok to say “I loved my wife, I still do, but I did previously too.” Since the love occurred in the past tense that makes sense, but since her death has not occurred I do not believe OP is grammatically correct.
- Comment on Lefty tax 1 month ago:
Fair point, but Americans score lower than several comparable countries, despite a higher GDP which one would hope would correlate to education. There are several reasons for this, but as an American, I’m just mentioning that it’s not a generational thing as much as a countrywide thing. nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=1
I think it’s nice to realize that people aren’t hardwired to understand math. There’s been no evolutionary selection for an understanding of the distributive property or knowledge of a dot product. Math can be difficult and we need to devote more resources to teaching it. Gen Alpha isn’t inherently less intelligent. Math is just hard and this person is probably seeing American Gen Alphas that have grown up in a society that does not value or invest in education the way it should. I don’t think that’s over generalizing as much as it’s drawing conclusions from available data.
- Comment on Lefty tax 1 month ago:
People in general, but Americans specifically, can’t do basic math. Hence the infamous 1/3 pound burger: www.snopes.com/…/third-pound-burger-fractions/
- Comment on Steam - new record for concurrent players online (37,185,128) on 19th May, 2026 1 month ago:
Some of my favorite games were early access and I’ve played them the entire time really reveling in new features as they come out. Unfortunately, I think Paralives is going to be too buggy on launch even for me. I’m used to buggy life sims in general and I’ve done alpha testing of games, but from what I’ve seen I might wait for a bit. On the plus side, the dev team seems really dedicated. I’m sure they’ll keep working on it, it might just be years before I personally decide to jump in. I also don’t think a price has been announced. If it’s ~$20 I might go for it regardless because I’m sure I’ll get $20 of enjoyment out of it even with the bugs. I think $40 is likely and it’s not a bad price, but I’ll definitely wait for a few more months of fixes at that price point.
- Comment on Steam - new record for concurrent players online (37,185,128) on 19th May, 2026 1 month ago:
Oh! Happy early Pfingsten!
Yea, I’m expecting actual sales patterns to differ a bit for this one because it’s a cozy game. A lot of cozy gamers might not use steam regularly enough to warrant wishlisting a game. On the other hand, it’s releasing in early access and I’m not sure if enough cozy gamers want to play this as an early access game. InZOI was another early access life sim that was less anticipated than Paralives and it sold about as well as Forza 6 (on PC) though it’s not as widely played. I think they are releasing on Monday because it’s going to be pretty buggy and don’t want people playing all weekend and running into a bunch of bugs. That plus they can address bug reports as they come up during the week instead of doing it over the weekend. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on how it sells and player stats though.
- Comment on Steam - new record for concurrent players online (37,185,128) on 19th May, 2026 1 month ago:
Interesting, thanks for posting! Monday is a holiday in the US and Paralives (a highly anticipated life sim) comes out then. I wonder if it’ll have any impact. In my gaming bubble it seems like everyone is going to get it and play all day on launch, but in reality I don’t know how interest stacks up against Sub or Forza.
- Comment on The real 3d chess 1 month ago:
Not really what you’re describing, but there’s a game called The Duke that’s a fantastic take on chess. If you’re interested in chess it might be fun for you.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Not sure if you’re just memeing, but it was raised to 749.99. You’re off by an order of magnitude.
- Comment on The New Harvard Trend? Getting Punched in the Face. 1 month ago:
TL;DR: Harvard has a boxing club.
- Comment on Yup 1 month ago:
Interesting. Thank you for taking the time to reply!
- Comment on Yup 1 month ago:
Do you know the reason taking hot showers is part of the criteria?
- Comment on Posters at the city college with helpful information on how to stop raping prople 2 months ago:
Yea, I think it’s extremely sad that women’s bodies are essentially used as a training ground for men’s understanding of consent, and therefore woman have to deal with the consequences of any misunderstandings the men may have. It’s also sad that a women’s inability to advocate for themself may mean a man legitimately doesn’t understand the harm he’s causing as he’s causing it. And vice versa of course.
One of the reasons I am so verbal about enthusiastic consent is because that requires both parties to understand what is needed of them. It’s not just about knowing how to recognize consent, but also how to provide consent. I appreciate the nuance you added to the conversation. Sometimes the internet can be hit or miss about these things.
- Comment on Posters at the city college with helpful information on how to stop raping prople 2 months ago:
This is probably not the place to share this, but to your point here’s a personal story about that:
I went on a date with a guy who was a friend of a friend and I’d known casually for a while. We were at his place and hanging out. He tries to do something I didn’t want and I didn’t want to ruin the mood so I casually move away. He tries again and I verbally very seriously say that I don’t want that. He tries again a bit later and I end up leaving. He legitimately has no idea what he did wrong. He calls and texts an apology. He’s a nice guy otherwise. He asks if we can chat about it because he’s confused and concerned. We do. He grew up very sheltered and literally didn’t understand that no means no. I know that sounds idiotic to anyone with a normal upbringing, but it was the case. We have an extended conversation about enthusiastic consent. He apologizes again and asks if I would feel comfortable going out again at any point. We do and he acted exactly as one would hope. We dated for years with no issues afterwards. I’m sure someone will probably be thinking “he was manipulating you” or “he was worried about his reputation”, but in reality he just never had someone talk to him about consent and bought into the “no means yes” bs that was popular in media when he was growing up.
If I didn’t know him as well as I did, or if I was someone else, it’s possible I would have been too concerned to speak up about it and he would go on never knowing that what he did was wrong. This sign would probably legitimately have helped him.
I think this is a part of why a lot of SA goes unreported. No one want to report their boyfriend because of what in a non sexual circumstance might be called a misunderstanding. If I say I don’t want dessert and my BF orders me dessert anyway, I can just not eat it. That’s not the case when it comes to sexual contact and people seem to struggle with that.
- Comment on Fairfolk.jpg 2 months ago:
Yea, I was mostly joking. It’s also a bunch of children who are not well known for understanding the intricacies of social systems. They are also fictional, so there’s that. I do appreciate you adding that context, but I figured I’d explicitly state I was joking in case someone assumed I was actually blaming fake children for their own misfortune. I just thought it was funny because they’re not even taking revenge on people who would have wronged them. It’d be one thing to trick people who decide to ignore them into drowning, but they’re tricking people who decide to help. It’s like the opposite of revenge. It’s more like “if I can’t be saved no one can be”, which is admittedly a very childlike attitude.
- Comment on Fairfolk.jpg 2 months ago:
Did none of them stop to think that killing the people that try to help trapped children might be contributing to the epidemic of people being unwilling to help trapped children?
No good deed, amirite?
