MisterFrog

@MisterFrog@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Missouri governor repeals paid sick leave law approved last year by voters⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  What kind of stupid-ass system of government allows an executive to repeal laws?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the Labour police state⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for sending this through, I don’t think this guy is Australian though. Definitely not grown up here anyway.

  What a fucking shit guy though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the Labour police state⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re they being serious? If so, please do share their name.

  Also, do you mean 2GB?

  Whole different line up on KGB radio I’d imagine haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All downhill from there⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I never knew this was a thing (also Voyager user), thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All downhill from there⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  \ is the escape character in markdown. Gotta do a double \ and then another \ for the underscore

   ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ =
  

  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to petty lane⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I get this is a joke, but speed limits shouldn’t be set by politicians (which I’m hearing apparently is/was a thing?). Politicians have a role to play in getting regulations standards re-written by people who understand the decades of research on this.

  Speeding is mostly a design issue, but I still expect people actually follow the rules.

  Strong Towns, NotJustBikes, City Beautiful, Practical Engineering, among others have made great videos on this topic.

  A lot of people justify speeding, and it’s kinda dumb, if you ask me.

  Just because you “feel” it’s safe, doesn’t mean it actually is.

  Plus, there’s a fantastic way to reduce road deaths, just have fewer cars, switch to public transport, but that takes a long time to implement if the political will doesn’t exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to petty lane⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Engineers should absolutely include traffic calming features to get people to naturally slow down, but everyone should drive the limit.

  Speed kills, kinetic energy is not linear.

  Cars are tonnes of metal hurtling down the road. Thousands upon thousands die every year, and since the increased prevalence of massive US style trucks fatalities have RISEN, undoing decades of progress. (Both in the US, and elsewhere)

  People driving 20 over the limit are arseholes (or have been influenced by car centric infrastructure and culture). Change my mind.

  Speeding is never okay. Just that lots of people have convinced themselves it’s no big deal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You know which voice to use. We all know which voice to use.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  🫡

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just one more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my apologies, I thought we were talking about the number of lanes.

  Yeah the traffic here looks photoshopped, though, I’d be willing to bet there are times where this freeway almost looks like this*

  *Statement based on vibes, not actual evidence

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the dream⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I typically hear people say it at my company because we’re all busy as hell and time in meetings is time spent not doing tasks (which are a mix of necessary and not).

  We’re “getting back” the time to work, not relax

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just one more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  maps.app.goo.gl/5Bbb8EnScBd7Ffk46

  Go count them for yourself (or just search Katy Freeway into Google maps and turn on satellite view if you don’t want to click this link)

  The number of lanes is insane

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As neglected as the 7 button on a microwave⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is only the case for cheaper models. There are models with inverters that actually run at lower power.

  I am like original commenter, I gotta turn down the power because my microwave is a deadly lazer (1200 W)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit assemble⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everytime there’s piss on the seat or the floor I just think: who the fuck are these people and do they do this in their own house?

  Like, go use the urinal, why you gotta ruin the seat?

  And if it’s an accident, at least wipe up after yourself!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Absolute unit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably whoever was writing this in plain text didn’t know about the superscript numbers in unicode ³.

  Somehow I’ve seen it written as cum multiple times in my line of, and never registered it haha

  Context is a hell of a drug

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good luck, mom⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is great, meane she’s giving the game stakes too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tips off the cops⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gentleman vs Gentleperson

  Seems like a legit substitution to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tips off the cops⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like using “gentle people”.

  Would the gentle person care for some more wine?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Correct Grindr Response⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you, this detail had me scratching my head. D≈1.56" makes so much more sense.

  Not knowing the difference between circumference and thickness? Instant turn off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Material scientist wet dream⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always hated “incompressible” when talking about fluids. It’s just shorthand for: doesn’t compress much under pressure.

  In engineering unless you’re dealing with insane pressures, when something is “incompressible”, assuming it is is good enough.

  But it’s still misleading so I don’t like it haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Owned (stocks)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I took it as more of a PSA

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨faen⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a native English/German speaker, this sign just makes so much sense. Very onomatopoeic. I love it

  Driving Bump just doesn’t hit as hard (what I assume the literal translation is, roughly)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aggressive negotiations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A better suggestion for Chinese is Pleco, but you have to download an app for that (if one is learning Chinese, one would already have this)

  I’m keen to find something else for universal unicode character recognition, but haven’t extensively searched.

  If you have any suggestions, feel free

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just got charged for reading it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Your country had better have a state owned grid, with a state run retailer, else this is still the same sort of shit, just without hidden fees.

  Sincerely, an annoyed Victorian/Australian that wishes their electricity was just managed by the state.

  There may be no hidden fees where I’m from, but when there’s a private company with a monopoly, what’s the difference?

  Capitalism/privatisation is such a scam

  :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aggressive negotiations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like the original commenter didn’t really provide what I think you’re looking for.

  The service you’re likely looking for is something like this: shapecatcher.com

  If you’re a learner of Chinese (or Japanese, I think? I assume they use this character also) then this character is very basic so would quickly come to mind (大 dà: “big”).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Speak American⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  🇩🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴 Traditional?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the worst spelling you've seen?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you just use all of unicode in the US for baby names?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨100% all natural hand-drawn comic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tangential: my friends made fun of me when I pronounced every syllable in phenolphthalein including the “f” of the second ph.

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenolphthalein

  Skill issue

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Love me a Legume Garlic BLT⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you should try 7 hours straight + 1 hour gay. Everyone has their own ~c~h~r~omo type

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transitioning in STEM⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hear you but what cranked it up to 1000?

  I unfortunately am not versed enough in the topic to give a full answer on this, I’d guess upbringing, then personal experiences?

  I suppose it’s similar to people who are arseholes in general.

  Sorry for the very underwhelming answer haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transitioning in STEM⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personal experience from when I was newly an adult, and chatting with a female university classmate and somehow got on the topic of games and I started explaining what Steam was, because I just subconsciously assumed, her being a woman, didn’t know.

  She politely pointed out I had mansplained to her.

  I am very thankful to her for the experience as it’s stuck with me and saved me from making a fool of myself on more than one occasion since.

  I’m sure there are possibly small things like this, that you may have been been “guilty” of in the past.

  These men, are engaging in similar behaviour cranked up to 1000.

  However, it’s even more malicious with them, because it’s not like the last 30 years or so haven’t had constant and increasing messaging (in the anglosphere, at least) about feminism and ways in which women have been treated unfairly.

  So, it’s not like they haven’t had the opportunity to reflect, and change.

  In summary, yeah, it is kind of baffling, but I will say society, while largely better than 30 years ago, still does have structural as well as conscious and unconcious bias towards women.

  So I’m not surprised people like this exist.