Swedneck
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- Comment on What would the next pres of USA have to do to gain back trust for America? Hold a televised event saying the last person was just a fuck up? 2 weeks ago:
As an outsider i feel the only viable way for america to unfuck itself is to throw the current constitution into the sea and start over from scratch, presumably resulting in multiple new countries that maybe form something like the EU (or as another person said, outright join the EU).
It’s the same situation as the USSR ended in, the concept of “the USA” is falling apart at the seams and if you try to mend it back together you’ll just get a heap of mismatched fabric.
- Comment on Is it weird that I’m a tattoo artist but I still get nervous before my own sessions? 2 weeks ago:
so uh, OP was banned for identity theft???
- Comment on How do I drink more water? 2 weeks ago:
no, that’s not what the research showed. The research showed that it barely even increases the risk of cancer if you inject absurd amounts of it into rats.
It’s one of the safest food additives we’ve ever studied. - Comment on How do I drink more water? 2 weeks ago:
right but… that’s just a matter of personal taste, why would you tell others to avoid artificial sweeteners? Many people don’t even notice a difference in taste.
- Comment on How do I drink more water? 2 weeks ago:
source? Because all i’ve ever seen is that sugar free soda is almost identical to water
- Comment on How do I drink more water? 2 weeks ago:
sugar free soda is absolutely fine for hydration, the addatives just go straight through your body
- Comment on How do I drink more water? 2 weeks ago:
what does “chemical sweeteners” mean?
- Comment on How do I drink more water? 2 weeks ago:
if you really are worryingly dehydrated and find regular water unpalatable, just get some cheap sugar-free drink.
Yeah it’s technically better to drink regular water but who cares, you should enjoy life and if you struggle to drink enough then that is an infinitely bigger problem. - Comment on How do I drink more water? 2 weeks ago:
it entirely depends on the qualities of the water, and temperature. My water tastes utterly uninteresting unless i cool it down to fridge temps, which makes it very tasty. Some of the best tasting water i’ve had was from an old well that was super cold and tasted like metal in a very refreshing way.
- Comment on How do I drink more water? 2 weeks ago:
i’m not sure what you mean by this, and it sounds quite worrying
- Comment on Y'all ever have intrusive thoughts about accidentally dropping stuff in storm drains? (particulary when you have your phone out) And like if that happens, wtf is someone supposed to do? 2 weeks ago:
i never don’t have those thoughts, which is why my keys are on a lanyard and i think popsockets are mandatory for phones, i got an iron grip on that motherfucker
- Comment on I just learned 37% of Americans fear vaccinating their dog will cause the dog to develop autism. 😐 3 weeks ago:
this is slander, everyone knows dogs have ADHD.
It’s cat’s that are autistic - Comment on Beyond fucked up 3 weeks ago:
Same thing with social media, don’t fucking upload things with your kids’ faces in them god damnit
- Comment on And no paper towels to use on the handle 3 weeks ago:
go look up what dirt is made of :)
- Comment on President Trump shows President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hats 4 weeks ago:
that’s an insult to white trash, trump actively chooses to appear trashy.
- Comment on President Trump shows President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hats 4 weeks ago:
what if we composted the rich?
haha just kidding, unless?
- Comment on President Trump shows President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hats 4 weeks ago:
Except Valentine was aware of how he appeared to people, iirc. Trump seems to whole-heartedly think he’s the coolest most powerful person on earth.
- Comment on President Trump shows President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hats 4 weeks ago:
I remember seeing him just barely reign himself in when trump and vance started complaining at him while cameras were rolling, that’s the moment i concluded he’s definitely an actual real person with normal emotions.
- Comment on Consumerism ahhhhh moment 4 weeks ago:
this ignores the fact that people tend to complain to those around them, and especially if they hear a friend is gonna buy a new car they’ll say “hey Bob do me a favour and buy anything other than a yaris, their ads gave me bowel cancer. If you show up with a yaris on my driveway next month i’m calling the fucking cops i swear to god”
- Comment on Consumerism ahhhhh moment 4 weeks ago:
what i’ll never understand is why companies try to shoot for annoying people, rather than making them happy. Sure maybe something annoying with lodge itself in your mind, but something nice might also lodge itself in your mind in a good way, and you might share the ad with your friends because it’s actually nice.
I can’t recall any bad ads off the top of my head, but the good ones? Those are something that literally become a part of culture, something people 10 years later share with each other.
- Comment on Consumerism ahhhhh moment 4 weeks ago:
i have only a single kind of youtube ad that doesn’t go immediately into the mental trashcan, and that’s in-video advertisements that are short and chill and to the point, and contextually relevant.
Like a retro gaming channel that ends videos with a clearly stated ad for some reasonably priced NES controller replica that they actually hold in their hands and say “been using it for a few weeks, it’s nice, check it out, bye”.It’s not pushy, it’s something people might actually want to buy before seeing it, and maybe most importantly it should be a physical product.
- Comment on Consumerism ahhhhh moment 4 weeks ago:
as time goes on i’m becoming increasingly convinced that this argument only exists to convince people who pay for advertisements
- Comment on Consumerism ahhhhh moment 4 weeks ago:
at this point i barely even register anything published by larger companies, every now and then i catch a brief glimpse of some new big release that is apparently being played by literally 3% of the entire global population, and that is the ONLY time i ever hear about it, never to be seen again.
It’s kind of bizarre
- Comment on Consumerism ahhhhh moment 4 weeks ago:
this kind of thing applies to so much these days, another notable example being “oh social media sucks, oh i constantly get annoying notifications”
holy fucking shit just stop using the bad social media platforms, turn off your notifications, this is an extremely easily solved problem that can be tackled in an afternoon!
- Comment on Consumerism ahhhhh moment 4 weeks ago:
which is why you’re able to downvote those segments
- Comment on Consumerism ahhhhh moment 4 weeks ago:
people always say this, but at the same time everyone i talk to goes out of their way to avoid companies with annoying ads It really starts to just feel like propaganda at this point
- Comment on Consumerism ahhhhh moment 4 weeks ago:
literally the only ad i can think of off the top of my head is that airline booking site with adorable kittens in stitched airplane suits, because obviously that occupies a significant part of my brain at all times
And i don’t understand how companies fail to realize that cute animals make ads infinitely more appealing, that gives me a reason to maybe actually continue watching it, because i gain something from doing so
- Comment on Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. 4 weeks ago:
it’s neither bad nor good, it’s just a relative score. If everyone except you was einstein then your IQ would be 1, but that doesn’t magically make you dumber than you are now.
- Comment on Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. 4 weeks ago:
just play a snippet of that “what’s 9+10?” vine
“ya stupid” - Comment on Which Pipes to choose (Newpipe, Pipepipe, Piped Invidious...etc)? 4 weeks ago:
but then the things added by tubular are so vital that i just switch to newpipe while things are broken