Monument
@Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Neutronium would like a word. 2 weeks ago:
Where the fuck did USPS get those super-powerful electromagnets from and how do they know to use them to manipulate impossibly heavy packages!?!
The alien USPS mail sorter from the movie Men in Black II.
No idea, man. I just saw that thing in the company warehouse and started pressing buttons - Comment on i get most of my news something like that 2 weeks ago:
I found out from the ‘dies of cringe’ meme, then shared that on to my wife and her best friend, telling them that was how I found out - and that’s how they found out.
- Comment on Panic! on the trade floor 4 weeks ago:
Those darn millennials!
Such rascals. - Comment on Testosterone vs. IQ 4 weeks ago:
Either my testosterone is high or low but doesn’t the chart above say it covers 16k men and is from 2018?
- Comment on Gen Z's safe space - Sick of Musk and Zuckerberg, Gen Zers are flocking to Tumblr 4 weeks ago:
Back then the internet was a bunch of coffee shops. Not literally, of course - but for me it was about 30 people on messenger, my favorite chatroom, a random message board, a small but far flung group of people on LiveJournal, and sometimes even my Neopets guild.
Each was my own retreat. The weird and funny stuff we shared there was created and shared because people had a passion for whatever. It also was great in that you could learn about something, and share it with another group that had not seen it yet.Today the internet is the infinite cul-de-sacs of meme pages, political messaging groups, and disinformation rings on Facebook, along with approximately 6 people that keep showing up from your friends list of hundreds. Or it’s the screaming gladiatorial stadium of Reddit, where the sheer volume of noise smothers any particular voice. Maybe it’s the infinite lawless Walmart of X or even the carefully manicured Target that is BlueSky.
From mining your attention, to hawking trinkets amidst the spectacle, or attempting to sell a little bit of everything to anyone, the new internet lacks third places. It’s all business, all the time, and you can feel it. Every meme is created to engage with that platform’s broadest audience. Everything is homogenized and lacks uniqueness. All the content has been aggregated and reshared, and in the endless and futile search for validation from the algorithm.And that’s why I like Lemmy. It’s a digital third place.
- Comment on At this point I think I would 4 weeks ago:
I want the version with all the African fjords.
- Comment on Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired? 5 weeks ago:
My desk wireless charger is magnetic, and my keyboard is wireless and can be switched between devices. So I can switch to my phone and bang out a message on my keyboard while my phone is held up comfortably.
- Comment on Anon starts talking to a girl 1 month ago:
I had this happen to me in my 30’s. (Sorta.)
Polyamory - a woman who hadn’t been taking on new partners started dating me. My other girlfriend’s husband began awkwardly pursuing her with no grace or finesse. It got awkward. An acquaintance learned that I was dating the second woman (who had also only recently gotten back into the scene), and began pursuing her.
It’s like some guys think that because a woman is available to one (well, two or three), she’s available to all. It felt very much like blood in the water to a shark.
- Comment on What exactly are they teaching in our schools? 2 months ago:
From my recent garage sale:
A sign beside a road that reads “Garage Salad” and features an arrow pointing left
- Comment on Anon tries to keep it down 2 months ago:
La petit mort, except grande.
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago:
But the titanium-colored bags are so much less bulky!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Ooh. Yeah. Possible exposure. Definitely grounds for testing.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months 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? 3 months ago:
To be fair, he’s a priest. He only knows about Chryslers and vehicles whose names end in –mobile.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months 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] 3 months 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 4 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 5 months ago:
It’s just doing a compatibility check.
- Comment on Clippy's coming for you 5 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!" 5 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 6 months ago:
If I had one of those in my living room, my house would collapse.
- Comment on Anon plays a guessing game 6 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.
