SomeAmateur
@SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Do sunrise and sunset objectively look different or do they just feel different? 1 day ago:
More places will have more stuff in the air in the eveming. Pollution, dust etc.
- Comment on How is TikTok being blocked in the US? 1 day ago:
Oh gotcha I’ve done that before just didn’t know the term. Thanks!
- Comment on How is TikTok being blocked in the US? 1 day ago:
What is sideloading?
- Comment on How common are 80 to 100 mph winds in LA? 4 days ago:
Santa Ana winds are a well known phenomenon out there but I imagine that strong is fairly rare. Large fires will suck in tremendous amounts of air as the hot air rises up.
The fire bombings of cities in WW2 created similar firestorms. I remember a history book describing the winds being strong enough to send bodies tumbling through the streets like leaves.
- Comment on Why does it seem like Americans have become so hateful and destructive in the past years? 1 week ago:
It generally means I’m more in the middle of the road.
I like that marijuana is becoming legalized. I also want more responsible gun ownership. I want people to enjoy gay rights and freedom of religion as they see fit. I want a smaller less bureaucratic federal govt while also keeping a capable military. I want a good economy and action to mitigate climate change. I want very poor and homeless people to be cared for without ecouraging them to do nothing about it.
Basically I have something to piss everyone off
- Comment on Why does it seem like Americans have become so hateful and destructive in the past years? 1 week ago:
Constructive and condecending are two different things. Some people simply love to flaunt their pros and trash our cons.
I am more centrist with mildly right leaning views, but I play dnd with people that are quite left leaning. We respect each other’s perspectives and differences but otherwise get along just fine. Reality isn’t as polarized as the news and comments will have you believe.
- Comment on Why does it seem like Americans have become so hateful and destructive in the past years? 1 week ago:
Can you BELIEVE rage bait gets likes?
- Comment on Anon's PC works 2 weeks ago:
I use a gaming laptop from 2018. Rog Zephyrus.
fan started making grating noise even after thorough cleaning, found a replacement on Ebay and boom back in business playing Hitman and Stardew.
Will I get 120 fps? nah. But yeah works fine. Might even be a hand me down later on.
- Comment on "Images of 'Saint Luigi Mangione, The patron saint of health care justice' have been making rounds on social media" 3 weeks ago:
That way they can’t fuck up their legacy like so many public figures do. It’s better to have them die first before giving them sainthood, statues or other long term praise
- Comment on If God is all powerful and created human. How come God in endowed with human emotions? Shouldn't he or she be beyond that? 3 weeks ago:
He wanted a good plot arc leading up to robots not just starting with robots right off the rip
- Comment on GET REKT 4 weeks ago:
a space ship
EDF! EDF!
- Comment on GET REKT 4 weeks ago:
(camera focuses on the news playing on a TV in a home in the countryside, slowly pulling back away from the monitor)
“…thanks to their efforts, experts have now stated with certainty that this threat has been eradicated”
(the camera has pulled back enough that the screen is framed by an outside window with a tree trunk coming into frame from the right)
“…many communities in the northwest united states can breathe a little easier knowing that the dreaded murder hornet is no longer on our shores. Reporting from Seattle…”
(focus shifts to the tree bark. Buzzing is heard and a single murder hornet queen lands on the tree. Cut to black. Roll credits)
- Comment on GET REKT 4 weeks ago:
(cough desert storm)
- Comment on Is there another term for crafted, interactive activities besides games/video games? 4 weeks ago:
Museums?
- Comment on DNA 4 weeks ago:
I sea
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Depends on the school but yes it’s ridiculous
- Comment on I'm literally a thinking lump of fat 4 weeks ago:
br-
rrrrr
- Comment on Anon reaches encopenment. 4 weeks ago:
Not spending with the SO is too far imo those guys are weird if it’s not trolling and that’s what they actually do
- Comment on How do you voice chat without bothering roommates? 4 weeks ago:
Hallway, stairwell, outside the building, in your parked car, things like that
- Comment on Anon reaches encopenment. 4 weeks ago:
Yeah totally /s
Memes aside just cutting porn (or whatever else gets you off) for even a week or two teaches you a lot about yourself. You can do the same for any habit you want
Now this is the part where people come out of the woodwork to say you and a dozen puppies will die if you take a break from porn. You’ll be fine, trust me.
- Comment on Anon reaches encopenment. 4 weeks ago:
This is the true benefit of No Nut November
- Comment on Crisco in a Terracotta: Decoding the (Mostly) Useless Candle Meme 5 weeks ago:
The first time I saw this was right after the Texas ice storm and power grid failure a few years ago. A lot of people were suddenly stuck in their now unheated homes trying to get by with what they had on hand. Thay’s when people found out that making the most of the heat from a candle is better than nothing and word spread because most people had time to kill and the stuff to try it.
If you are careful about it you could warm cold hands or get a mild radiation effect if you’re close to it. But yeah it’s not going to heat a room to any comfortable level on it’s own.
- Comment on Crisco in a Terracotta: Decoding the (Mostly) Useless Candle Meme 5 weeks ago:
Like plugging a power strip into itself
- Comment on What do people (as in, IRL) actually think of the [alleged] perpetrator involved in the NYC shooting? 5 weeks ago:
I can’t say I’m surprised it happened. I’m kinda surprised it didn’t happen sooner considering some of the games companies can play and the emotions involved. The timing kinda sucks because the kids who had nothing to do with the business won’t have another Christmas without thinking of the time they had to bury their dad.
I’m glad that of all the options the shooter chose to be about as surgical as they could be. Better to target one heavily involved person than a mass shooting at a hospital, office etc where most people have nothing to do with big picture decision making.
Now I’m concerned about copycats that won’t be as considerate and kneejerk legal repercussions since I enjoy the 2nd amendment and use suppressors often. I think this is the first real crime I’ve heard of with a suppressor used.
- Comment on Anon reads the news 5 weeks ago:
You’re right! I should have said “those people accused” because there were multiple suspects. The one I linked was the most prominent of them. Sorry!
- Comment on Anon reads the news 5 weeks ago:
Fair, this situation is different in a lot of ways
- Comment on Anon reads the news 5 weeks ago:
The “we did it reddit!” phrase comes from redditors trying to track down the boston bombing. Redditors found a guy they strongly suspected, then found personal info on them and began harrassing him, including death threats.
Imagine being that person accused! One day just living life, the next experiencing a horrible bombing, the next being tracked down by a misguided internet randos on a manhunt.
This is why having some basic privacy is important before you need it
- Comment on Is it possible to fix one's eyesight? What are working methods? What is to be cautious about? 1 month ago:
A few thousand dollars per eye is what I heard but insurance covers a vast majority of that. You’ll have to do your research. Just don’t go to the cheapest place because again it’s your eyes
- Comment on Is it possible to fix one's eyesight? What are working methods? What is to be cautious about? 1 month ago:
Lasik, prk and others. You’ll want the most experienced doctors you can so shop around. It’s your eyes after all.
Ask your current eye doc and they should point you in the right direction
- Comment on Desks 1 month ago:
In WW1 armies learned helmets were a good idea when artillery kicked up big chunks of debris killing unlucky soldiers when it rained down on them. Ballistic protection was an afterthought that came along later.
So yeah better than nothing I guess, same with tornado drills our schools have sometimes