Monument
@Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 day ago:
Doing good*. And well.
* The charitable foundation may not help as many as we’d like, but it’s fulfilling work.
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 day ago:
Point being, people always think it’s about the sex, and not like, that the person is interesting, kind, charming, or rich.
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 day ago:
She was just shy of 6’3” (189 cm). She didn’t have a ton of options but to date shorter guys.
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 day ago:
I dated a woman much taller than me, and received an unnatural amount of glances at my crotch when we were out in public together.
People are so ridiculous.
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 day ago:
Eh, that one is a bad take.
Assuming that getting stoner supplies implies he’s a stoner and that if he is a stoner, that is the reason he’s unpartnered is as myopic as him assuming she’s not into video games and that he’s got her ‘whipped’.
- Comment on Eaten’ on the roof 1 week ago:
I went through a rough patch awhile back that saw a lot of “yes”’s to things just to keep myself from being still enough to let my thoughts catch up to me.
A friend invited me out one Tuesday night, to a bar within walking distance of our apartments. We got a table on the patio and got deep in our cups late into the night. The vibe started to shift and I suddenly realized something – last call was an hour and a half ago. But drinks had kept flowing - just reappearing while we chatted with the crowd (that was drinking and getting high on the patio) clustered around us. But there was no crowd outside of our group. In fact, all the patrons had gone, and we were apparently just partying with the bar staff, getting to know their life stories. After a spell, I got self conscious and moved to leave. I tried to pay, and they just waved me off.
It was honestly kind of a magical experience. I never did food service or bar work (I chose the retail/manual labor early career skill tree). It felt like a forbidden peek into their lives. - Comment on Sounds like a fun place to work 2 weeks ago:
Not that bizarre of an explanation. The workplace is a porn studio. She found that it improves productivity if folks aren’t distracted while working. Seems reasonable.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Most likely. Unless you have testicles, in which case you may have testicular cancer.
In either situation, take another test or two, and then prepare to speak to medical professionals.
- Comment on Smart methodology 3 weeks ago:
But the titanium-colored bags are so much less bulky!
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Ooh. Yeah. Possible exposure. Definitely grounds for testing.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
If I’m honest, I think your dad’s logic is sound:
Whether or not your brother has COVID is immaterial to the fact that he has an illness that is likely contagious and is still planning to visit your compromised aunt.
If she’s ill enough that any illness could tip the scales for her, then it doesn’t matter which illness. The real question is why the hell is your brother considering visiting at all.Not that you’re wrong for asking that, it’s just that your question is superseded by a question that it seems your dad forgot to think about while contradicting you.
- Comment on Who can relate? 1 month ago:
To be fair, he’s a priest. He only knows about Chryslers and vehicles whose names end in –mobile.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I remember when Emma Watson turned 18, and there were websites that counted down to it. Same for Lindsay Lohan. It was so creepy, and also weirdly presented as ‘normal dude behavior’ back in the aughts. I’m glad that’s no longer acceptable. It always gave me the ick.
Obviously, when I was a teenager I would have found teenagers attractive. But I’m no longer a teenager. And as the years have progressed, so have my preferences.
I couldn’t pinpoint an exact time when it occurred, but now when I see someone younger than like, 30, I just am not attracted. Sure, I can appreciate someone aesthetically without being attracted to them, but really, that has a cut-off, too. Anyone younger than their mid 20’s just does not look good to me.
At a base, physical, level, they look wrong to my eyes. Their faces aren’t done being formed, and they don’t have adult bodies. (Younglings, if you’re reading this, rest assured, you look great, and I’m just an old twisted weirdo with specific tastes. My attraction is not worth your self-confidence.) Let alone all the maturity, social, and experience-related differences that occur as a result of those age gaps. (Younglings, again - this is something you cannot help, and is not something that you can change without becoming an old twisted weirdo yourself. So don’t worry about it. My approval is free, and not worth the paper it’s printed on, if I printed it on paper.) - Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
My wife has a half-sister that is 24 years younger than her, and she’s not even the oldest in her family. I think the full age spread is about 31 years.
Sort of a similar deal. Her mom and dad split when she was young. Dad had a whoops/miracle baby with his new wife, who is only a year or two older than his eldest daughter. She was 26, I think, when they met and apparently pursued him despite his protests until he gave in and dated her. So it’s maybe weird, but not standard issue creepy. The baby happened around 7 years into their relationship.
- Comment on Evil 2 months ago:
I binged this with “ibm json evil”: gist.github.com/…/fdc179d60dc88f0c9b76e5d38fe4707…
- Comment on I have to be knowledgeable about a particular superstition in order to sign in to access a government form 2 months ago:
It’s just doing a compatibility check.
- Comment on Clippy's coming for you 3 months ago:
I have ADHD you glorified staple.
- Comment on This hair product remains effective up to 230 degrees C which is really handy because when I'm exposed to ovenlike temperatures, my first thought is "Oh no, my hair!" 3 months ago:
If you’re somewhere in the world that has a TJ Maxx/TK Maxx or similar, go buy their random products that are on sale. Not all are winners, but if you change up your products and just experiment, you’ll find something you like.
I have long wavy hair, and right now I’m on a Shea Moisture curl and shine kick, but before then it was the Verb Ghost line of products for a long time.
Don’t sleep on after shower crap, either. My hair has been really dry lately, so I’ve been using a leave in conditioner by Shea, too (now discontinued, sadly). In the rotation is also the Verb Ghost Oil, and some random peptide leave in. JVN (Johnathon Van Ness) also has some excellent products, but we haven’t found them on sale in awhile.I don’t use all the after shower products at once, but each has their use. Once you get a feel for what you’re going for, it’s like having a shelf full of tools.
And if you got a beard, well… use something and tell me if you figure out what works, because I still can’t figure that out. My hair looks great and my beard looks like it got lost in the desert. - Comment on The grand prize 3 months ago:
If I had one of those in my living room, my house would collapse.
- Comment on Anon plays a guessing game 3 months ago:
(I have another response.)
Lean away, give her a long look, and gaze deep into her eyes. Tilt your head slightly to the side.“…. dad?”
In the stunned silence, because she never expected you to be right, tell her that you never expected to see her again after she disappeared on her way to get cigarettes all those years ago.
And then put your hand on her thigh and say “I’ve missed you daddy” with wide eyes.
Gets ‘em every time.
- Comment on Anon plays a guessing game 3 months ago:
“Oooh, I don’t know. Maaaaybeee your lips, because I can’t stop looking at them. But if you did, then your doctor is really good.”
Deliver it light and kind of flirty and she’s not thinking about whatever trap that question is, she’s thinking about how you just told her you want to kiss her.
If it’s for any other reason - making sure an insecurity is unknown, wanting to springboard into a conversation, wanting to see how you react if she baits you into saying something dumb, or even having her own flirty line to deliver about it - she’ll probably get to it. Assuming you haven’t wooed her into a voracious make out session.
- Comment on BBC tours hospital Israel says sits above Hezbollah gold 3 months ago:
Not yet. But their intentions are clear.
- Comment on BBC tours hospital Israel says sits above Hezbollah gold 3 months ago:
Destroying the hospital destroys vital services in Lebanon’s capitol city. A nation - especially one that is already struggling after years of economic crisis and national disasters - that has its healthcare system under attack is a destabilized nation.
If people are fleeing and not united, they cannot support a government, and the government cannot fight against an unlawful invasion.
- Comment on Anon has a plan 4 months ago:
they would have nowhere to retreat if their food supply ran out.
Um. Hello? There are scientists there.
Which means scientific papers, then tourists, then garbage and a symbiotic relationship, then the eventual domestication of polar bears.
Not, you know, the international scientific community treating scientists like cats. - Comment on Hippos 4 months ago:
That’s ridiculous and was clearly shown to be false by my joke.
Obviously, hippos evolved so their poop was irresistible to tourists. This is something my joke mentions to explain why hippos are always attacking tourists.
- Comment on Hippos 4 months ago:
But I bet their poop is great for growing the grasses they eat. It’s probably also really good for tourists, who it seems to attract and that they also eat.
- Comment on Anon lives in the midwest 4 months ago:
“In this here melting pot, we burn away all our differences until we’re left with only the pure white flame of Christian nationalism.”
I had to put the statement in quotes because while being hyperbole, it’s not too far from how some people think, and I don’t want to be confused with those folks.
- Comment on 2real5me 4 months ago:
It’s actually gander neutral now. We’re all just silly geese.
- Comment on Anon doesn't like reddit 5 months ago:
Reddit doesn’t even like Reddit.
- Comment on Anon doesn't like reddit 5 months ago:
Since about 2018, I’ve gotten the sense that most of internet users know about Reddit, but are embarrassed to admit they know about Reddit.
