SomeAmateur
@SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Evangelicals in the US vs Protestants ib Europe? 7 hours ago:
It’s like anything else, for every annoying or pushy christian you hear about there’s dozens of others doing their thing and not bothering anyone.
And it varies church to church too, with some really wanting to get out into the community and others keeping to themselves but welcoming people who are curious when they come to them.
- Comment on Better safe than sorry 4 days ago:
They say we can stand on the shoulders of giants, but first we gotta climb a friggin giant
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 4 days ago:
People downvote, but you’re not wrong and it’s probably the most common example in rural areas
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 5 days ago:
Idk how common it was but it’s a good example of a “third place”. A spot that isn’t work or home where you can meet and socialize
- Comment on What are some good uses the new ballroom can have after the Trump regime is over? 6 days ago:
You can have an epic bossfight!
- Comment on Is there a way to listen to only the radio topics I actually care about? 1 week ago:
Bob Long’s weather reports are 👌
- Comment on Is there a way to listen to only the radio topics I actually care about? 1 week ago:
Yep one of my favorites is out of Akron Ohio! TheSummit.FM
It’s the only station I know that takes time to actuall play local music. They also have shows like “Cruisin’ the Decades” with music from the 30s to now. That is now played on a whole ton of other stations nationwide including shortwave. Then there’s “The Ongoing History of New Music” which only aired in Canada until they picked it up.
Publicly funded, little to no ads and NO MORNING TALK SHOW!
- Comment on Is there a way to listen to only the radio topics I actually care about? 1 week ago:
That’s what podcasts are for
Unless you start running pirate radio or open a radio station of your own
- Comment on Too soon? 2 weeks ago:
The train of thought he talked about right when he said that was that in the past politicians said they feel your pain, even if they are an opponent. Now politicians try to make the case that people aren’t in pain.
In that comparison I linked one of the differences is sympathy is feeling pain as your own and another is acknowledging pain without feeling it at all.
I’m not saying I agree with his take, but it went from thinking “this guy doesn’t care about others at all” to “grammar police sidenote where he wants people to say sympathy more”
Context is important and I never heard or watched him at all so I wanted to share for people who were interested like I was.
- Comment on Too soon? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on it's time 3 weeks ago:
“No mosquitos!”
“Ever?”
“…”
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- Comment on THEY'RE EVOLVING 3 weeks ago:
That reminds me there’s a game called Shadows of Doubt where you are a detective in a dystopian cyber noir world where corporations run everything.
Anyway they just added a mode to have the damned snail always after you while you’re trying to take on jobs and solve crimes
- Comment on What's the most offensive word I can use that isn't a slur? 4 weeks ago:
I love ones that make it seems like you’re talking down to a kid
Flapjack, pipsqueak, piece (as in “you piece”), dingodile, jackwagon etc.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Yes you are both correct, I’ll fix myself
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, but have you seen some of our distopian level parking lots?
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
There was a pilrimage/challenge a friend of mine went on. It was walking 20 miles (96.5 km) each day for 3 days. That was in upstate NY where there are plenty of hills to keep it interesting
Blisters, chafing and fatigue is common but many people do that every year
- Comment on Before modern-day authoritarian regimes, did people living under abosolute monarchies talk criticize the monarchs? Or did they just stay silent in fear of persecution? 4 weeks ago:
My great grandparents immigrated from Eastern Europe to the US. My Grandma told us about the time one of their relatives came to visit them. She remembers that he almost never took off his shoes, even when sleeping. They asked him about it and he said it was to run out the back door if the secret police came. He was amazed that nobody else in the family did the same, and then even more amazed to learn that nobody HAD to
- Comment on Do all American stores have greeters? 5 weeks ago:
c/AskUSA
- Comment on Anon is in boadcasting 5 weeks ago:
Shotgun and 5.56 combo sounds like amateur sound design for sure
- Comment on kalmodo dragon 1 month ago:
This reminds me of metal gear solid 3
- Comment on how do school shooters know how to use guns? 1 month ago:
Learning the manual of arms (procedure of loading, firing, unloading a type of firearm) is a YouTube video away and isn’t hard. If you can use a drill or a stapler you can make a gun go bang.
The difficult part is technique that makes the bullets go where you want them to. Shooting fast is easy, just mag dump in a general direction and you’ll eventually hit something. Shooting slowly and accurately is way more effective. Basic marksmanship takes a bit of time to hone but anyone can do it, including you reading this.
But shooting fast AND accurate is a skill that takes consistent practice to hone. That’s what makes competitons like USPSA so challenging and the acting in movies like John Wick so impressive
- Comment on what can I do at my workplace during downtime? 1 month ago:
Reading is always good, and waay better than scrolling. Audiobooks/podcasts are also cool and if you can’t fully commit yourself to writing maybe just jot down an outline to flesh out later
- Comment on Know your place 1 month ago:
It was made for the colonists
- Comment on Posting for the "Now guys he was MURDERED! Don't celebrate!" Crowd 1 month ago:
Here’s the source
- Comment on Too soon? 1 month ago:
This is the full context of the quote for anyone curious like I was
- Comment on Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing? 1 month ago:
I listened to a 99% Invisible episode on how EMS got started.
For a while (60s-70s) there was a stigma that early Paramedics couldn’t provide adequate care because they were not doctors and nurses though in reality they spent lots of time training in hospitals working with them.
You can even see this in tv shows like Emergency. Any time they have a medical situation they radio a hospital to get medical direction from a doctor. It also gives a realistic reason to explain what they are doing to the viewing audience
- Comment on This is how you get ants. 1 month ago:
EDF! EDF!
- Comment on anon discusses car dependence 1 month ago:
Europe is relatively small but their towns are waaay more compact because they were built before cars came around so most towns are already in favor of walking/biking distances.
But yeah America is huuuge. The drive from Paris to central Switzerland is about 12 and a half hours and it’s a total change of scenery. For the US that’s just California to Utah. Or Washington DC to Charleston SC.
What the US needs badly is high speed rail from city to city
- Comment on They didn't stop to think if they should 1 month ago:
ChatGPT chats have the blurb on the bottom that says “ChatGPT can make mistakes. Check important info.”
I like CharacterAI’s a lot better. It says “This is an AI chatbot and not a real person. Treat everything it says as fiction. What is said should not be relied on as fact or advice”