Monument
@Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Conservative people are the moist toxic and aggressive people for no reason 1 day ago:
Ooh. Yeah. Possible exposure. Definitely grounds for testing.
- Comment on Conservative people are the moist toxic and aggressive people for no reason 1 day 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hell is your brother considering visiting at all.Not that you’re wrong for asking that, it’s just that your question is superseded by a question that it seems your dad forgot to think about while contradicting you.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 week ago:
To be fair, he’s a priest. He only knows about Chryslers and vehicles whose names end in –mobile.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks 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] 2 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 1 month ago:
It’s just doing a compatibility check.
- Comment on Clippy's coming for you 2 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!" 2 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 2 months ago:
If I had one of those in my living room, my house would collapse.
- Comment on Anon plays a guessing game 2 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 2 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 2 months ago:
Not yet. But their intentions are clear.
- Comment on BBC tours hospital Israel says sits above Hezbollah gold 2 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 months ago:
It’s actually gander neutral now. We’re all just silly geese.
- Comment on Anon doesn't like reddit 4 months ago:
Reddit doesn’t even like Reddit.
- Comment on Anon doesn't like reddit 4 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.
- Comment on No Man's Sky adds fishing, a fishing skiff, a new expedition, deep-sea diving and loads more 4 months ago:
A boat load more, one might say.
Not me, of course. But someone.
- Comment on Anon entertains himself at work 4 months ago:
I give people fake job titles. Someone on my team handles our AV stuff, including posting to YouTube.
Last week I referred to them as our YouTube Commandant.
- Comment on Anon talks to their cats 4 months ago:
It’s funny. I like it.
- Comment on Anon talks to their cats 4 months ago:
I spent some cool years on the internet being uncool, thinking I was too cool for internet shit.
(I mean, I was also deeply depressed, heavily traumatized, and unable to function beyond work and escapism for basically the entire period Vine existed.)
- Comment on Anon talks to their cats 4 months ago:
I have not heard of anything you two funny kids are talking about.
… source?
- Comment on Have you ever realized just how broken you are? 5 months ago:
A few weeks ago, a mom was at the hardware store with her young son – he was about five years old.
For some reason, we crossed paths a few times, And each time she was talking with her son about the things they were buying in the projects that they were buying them for. But what Caught my attention first was he asked her ‘What if we can’t do it?’ and she responded with ‘Well then we learned how because we can figure it out.’
This woman was endlessly, encouraging towards her son, and it was clear that she was setting him up to have an attitude of feeling like he was capable of tackling things in life. Which is something that I didn’t get us a kid - I was often told that I couldn’t do things or the things were beyond my capability and that if my mom didn’t know how to do something that it was basically impossible for me to figure out how to do it as well.I was so impressed by their interaction, that when I saw her later while I was checking out, I actually said something to her and after she figured out I wasn’t trying to pick her up, she took a moment and like… just looked satisfied. I was happy with the interaction.
Beyond the fact that I mostly grew up without a father and my mother was very self focused to the point that it was pretty detrimental to me, I also grew up with undiagnosed ADHD that I only learned about in my early 40s. I am constantly discovering ways that I feel broken in the world, so you are not alone.
- Comment on Have you ever realized just how broken you are? 5 months ago:
You are not a machine and you have the right to happiness. I hope you find it.
I recommend therapy, if you haven’t tried it, and if it’s not working, I suggest different therapists, or different types of therapy. It’s okay to tell a therapist you’re not getting much out of their style/your relationship with them, and ask for their assessment of what you should be looking for. Then go look at that. Keep trying until you find something that clicks.
If it helps, in your shoes I would view it as a continuation of your parental duties. When she moves out, or maybe has kids of her own, you can continue the relationship with her and your grandchildren as your genuine, authentic, and - perhaps - happy self. - Comment on Quick Chat 5 months ago:
I have this notion that one day it would be nice to be neighborly enough to just put out a sign that says “fresh coffee”, “brunch”, “Beer on tap” or whatever as a signal that people should drop by for a chat.
But I’m not really in my neighborhood’s demographic. It’s an older neighborhood, and the only folks close to my age seem like extreme introverts. - Comment on How does Ohio have stock for the new cannabis stores that just opened? 5 months ago:
A dispensary near me just got in 200mg edibles for $3. Both me and the attendant were sort of suspicious of it (new brand, new product), and I stuck with my usual brands, which vary between $12 and $20 for the same quantity.
But 2 years ago, my ‘usual’ was $18-$25 for 100mg.They’re definitely racing to the bottom, and we’ve already had a few local grow ops go under as bigger outfits are taking advantage of economy of scale/better planning.
