Apepollo11

@Apepollo11@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it worth selling on eBay in 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve sold a fair few things on eBay. It’s much easier now than it used to be - and if you ship with Evri, you don’t even have to go through the faff of going to the post office.

  There was a period, ten-fifteen years ago, when there were so many rules that it really wasn’t any fun to sell on there. It’s much more streamlined now.

  My experience nowadays is mostly from selling Transformers toys. Can’t really fault it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the colour of sunlight different in every country?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In addition to the answers given, we also have the phenomenon of the “Mexican Filter”. Films and TV programmes featuring scenes in Central America and South East Asia often use extremely yellow / sepia colour grading.

  While mostly employed as visual shorthand to show that the scenes are now somewhere other than Europe / North America, it’s so prevalent that people think the countries actually look like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Poll] What social media platforms do you know about?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lemmy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the easiest way to get hookups without seeing escorts?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There was a guy with an awfully similar name to you, asking awfully similar questions.

  I’m not trying to out you if you’re actually the same guy trying to get around a ban, but if you are, why pick such a similar name? It’s bordering on suspicious - picking an explicitly religious name then posting about prostitutes.

  If this is coincidence, and you’re a completely different guy with a similar name posting about a similar topic within the space of a week, I apologise - and I don’t want to freak you out too much, but you may have a doppelganger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Very much this.

  Remember, it’s an “ectomy” - they remove a beansprout-sized chunk of your vas deferens. You will be left missing a fairly big piece of the plumbing - it’s not just a simple connect/disconnect thing.

  If you do choose to have it done and you’re the curious type, they’ll actually let you watch if you ask.

  Also, stock up on ibuprofen!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨does this actually imply alcoholism or just snark?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For a little more context, any excess wine in the chalice after communion can’t just be tipped away (symbolising, as it does, the blood of Christ). The standard thing is that the vicar will drink the remainder themselves before moving on.

  It’s a common joke that vicars intentionally put far more wine than necessary into the chalice, because that means that there’s more for them to drink at the end.

  BTW, I’m talking within the context of the Church of England here, which Rev Hedges is almost certainly from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do females got to be so hard to talk or flirt with?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Top tip that I can give is to identify and stop consuming whatever content that has made you think that “females” is a normal thing to say.

  This will give you the fastest return on investment over anything else.

  Secondly, women are just people. No secret tricks. Different people like different things, hate different things and want different things.

  Thirdly, and this is because I have no real understanding of where you’re at - maybe try asking some of the sex workers that you mentioned in a previous post if they’d mind talking and suggesting some pointers. Ask before - not afterwards, and do keep in mind that giving advice is not their actual job, so don’t be upset if they don’t want to!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you combat boredom?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You start buying all of the new updated versions of the toys you had as a kid, of course.

  Sure, you bought some for your own kids when they were younger, but now you can buy the more expensive better-painted versions from Japan for yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m suspecting a troll account too. The repeated assertion that they’ve been reading the Bible is a weird point to keep making. As if it’s someone who has only the most superficial understanding of Christianity.

  If there was some mention of actual verses, then that’d be one thing - but as it is, it feels like OP is just farming replies than actually after advice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird I don't typically answer how old I am anymore, because literally nobody besides my family believes me?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same - growing a beard helped massively too.

  Once I started working, I used to grow a beard every winter - mainly because I got bored with shaving every day. I noticed that once I had my beard, I never got age-checked, when I shaved it off, I’d still be asked.

  Mind you, I’ve had a beard for eleven years now - who knows how haggard I look underneath nowadays!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come nobody does anything about North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The official line is that North Korea is thriving - it’d be political suicide for Kim Jong Un to accept help.

  The comparison with the US isn’t unwarranted. The respective propaganda machines is the reason both countries are the way they are.

  When people are told daily how their country is the best in the world, the ruling class can get away with an awful lot.

  It’s 2025, and many places in the US don’t even have clean tap water. People are being “disappeared” off the streets by government agencies. People are dying from easily-treatable diseases. The wealthy ruling class live lives of luxury, while poor people work multiple jobs and still exist below the poverty line.

  So, that said, do you think Trump would accept a deal that would allow better living conditions for his people. I think we both know the answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Boost shows that it was edited :|

  In any case, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that I made a mistake in my original reply.

  Screenshot from the Boost app

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not wrong.

  I wish I could see the edit timestamps on Lemmy, because I’m sure that comment was different.

  The stupid thing is, I’d originally written the comment with quotes to point it out, then chopped it back because I realised that I was massively overexplaining it. Those quotes would have been handy now!

  Then again, it’s not impossible that I made a mistake then too!

  I’ll leave my comment up, but strike it out so it’s not misleading, but this still makes sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone ever read the book series “Biff, Chip & Kipper” as a kid?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here - my kids had these, but I’m of the generation raised on Roger Red Hat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think people are downvoting you because there are two "effect"s in there.

  The first is right, the second is wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1. The baby doesn’t understand English (although they can recognise the rhythm and sounds of language).

  2. The mother understands English

  3. The baby experiences the same emotions as the mother.

  In conclusion, read something that will make the mother relaxed and happy. If that happens to be The Cat In The Hat, then great. I read Don Quixote when my wife was pregnant with our first, our second got Moomin and Hairy Maclary (by virtue of being there when I read to the first).

  The most important thing is to keep reading to them, every day, after they’re born too. Buy tons of children’s books (for your own sanity), do the voices and have fun with them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would like to know about websites ending with .onion Is there anybody who can tell me more about this ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice try Gary Glitter.

  (Context)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see two possibilities:

  • You get paid for posting this kind of nonsense - in which case then I get it, everyone has to make a living.

  • Your brain is actually broken

  A quick run through your recent posts have shown that you’re actually the author of some of the worst posts I’ve come across on here, so kudos. But I’m afraid it’s now a “no” from me, and I’ll be blocking you from now on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  20 - although that’s regardless of the season. I only ever wear pjs to bed if I’m ill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any Engrish-like community in here?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s that insane t-shirt in all its glory.

  T-shirt with stating “Nither down on some it own american films the innocent sucker dupe speak to me blow-in baited onself because this way. Chiken just pain sent I hope come together up on the naked out-colling Rizy up road a little fat-man. BEAT SOMEWHERE”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any Engrish-like community in here?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The one I encountered on Reddit (way back when) was more focused on occasions where slightly wonky translations led to funny results, rather than just making fun of bad translations, or the people who wrote them.

  E.g.

  • The now-famous “Do Not Want” meme
  • The German translation section that included the Nazi flag instead of the current Germany one.
  • The utter nonsense written on a t-shirt I bought last time I was in Japan “Nither down on some it own american films the innocent sucker dupe speak to me blow-in baited onself because this way. Chiken just pain sent I hope come together up on the naked out-colling Rizy up road a little fat-man. BEAT SOMEWHERE”

  It’s like the posts showing unnecessary quotation marks on signs - it’s not about making fun of the people who wrote the sign, it’s funny because it now conveys something else.

  E.g., a sign outside a farm offering Fresh brown “eggs” for sale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a medieval equivalent of the youtube channel "Primative Technology"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was about to suggest the same guy. His stuff is brilliant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your age range for dating? 🤔 😮⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Or something went wrong and they somehow seduced an entire nursery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  100% recommend these.

  You can get remastered versions on Steam (Full Throttle and Grim Fandango are both excellent).

  Simon the Sorcerer is also in this genre, very funny, and voiced by Chris Barrie from Red Dwarf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it wrong or uncommon to judge people primarily on their worst moments/acts?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll roll out

  “What about the good things Hitler did?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well if you really don’t have a preference for one or the other, it might be worth keeping an eye on the future.

  People’s jobs, especially expensive jobs, are going to be replaced by software.

  So ask yourself:

  • What does an accountant do that wouldn’t be possible to automate in software?

  • What does a lawyer do that wouldn’t be possible to automate in software?

  • What does a doctor do that wouldn’t be possible to automate in software?

  From where I’m sitting, medicine seems the safest bet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are most people who avoid turn signals do it to feel more normal? (Imitating their parents, avoiding perceived stupidity of using turn signals when it seems useless, etc)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, so you have BMWs in the States as well?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you charge an electric car without a credit card?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They were doing so to find out which country you lived in, since you neglected to provide that information yourself.

  I’m British, I charge my car at home, and on the few occasions I use public chargers, I interface with and pay for them through apps.

  Knowing that you are from the US, though, means that YMMV. Your home electric supplies have significantly lower voltage than here in Europe, so home charging might be a less viable option.

  They weren’t being creepy, they were trying to give you a helpful answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is white light "white" because that's what our start emits?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Kind of. Probably.

  What we have is an issue with terminology. The thing is, “white” only makes sense when specifically referring to human vision.

  Our eyes have cells (cone cells) that are tuned to specific wavelengths in the EM spectrum. Three different wavelengths - one set of cone cells peak at 560nm that we see as Red, one at 530nm that we see as Green, and one at 420nm that we see as Blue.

  “White” is just our interpretation of a strong signal in these three frequencies.

  If, everything else being equal, our cones cells responded to higher wavelengths that our eyes can’t currently see, then our “white” might easily be what we see as “red” now, because we’d be also seeing the infra-red that we’re currently not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you gently tell someone you only want to keep seeing them if it's on a dating level?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love your commitment to spelling “hampster” with a “p”. At first I thought it was a typo, but now I see it’s crucial to the thing.