lemmylommy

@lemmylommy@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex ending support for Watch Together⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What is the „new experience“? Usually that means enshittification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do most Americans use an iPhone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not an American, but as an iPhone user who has had Android phones since cupcake before: iPhones „just work“, they are a lot less janky than Android, the ecosystem is smooth (although admittedly and intentionally less so when leaving it), they get updated for longer (and at the same time!) and apple has a much better privacy track record than the competition (a low bar).

  Yes, I would prefer to install my apps from anywhere I want on the device I should own. An open source phone from top to bottom would be my dream, but Android is about as far removed from that as an iphone. Google took Linux and made it into a Frankenstein nightmare that is wholly dependent on them.

  Just try to stick to open source and make your phone respect your privacy and see how far you get. Start at the usually locked bootloader, install a rom without google and see how few apps are left that do not require google services. And even then you are most likely dependent on binary blobs for the drivers, meaning the manufacturers can (and will) pull the rug from under your efforts as soon as they no longer feel like updating their shitty built of Android for the device in time.

  I do not have time for that. What I have is enough money to buy a phone that comes as close as possible to my idea of safety, freedom and privacy without constantly jumping through burning hoops. If I am to be in a cage, it better be golden.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there like a gay Andrew Tate around somewhere?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I care very little about people’s peculiar beliefs, however you should know about Jehovas witnesses:

  • they are absolutely a cult and dangerous.

  • they believe joining their cult is the only way to achieve eternal life. Everyone else is doomed.

  • they put a very high focus on „saving“ people, aka bringing them into the cult. In fact, how many people you brought in is a big factor in determining your worth. Members are absolutely convinced they are doing good and actually saving souls. At least the normal folk who don’t abuse their brothers and sisters.

  • members are discouraged from forming bonds and meaningful interaction with non-members, unless it serves bringing them into the cult.

  • if someone leaves the cult, other members are forbidden from interacting with them, even within families. Except for the purposes of stalking and harassment of course.

  • obeying authority without question is very important. The children obey the parents. The wife obeys the husband. The husband obeys those above him in the pecking order. This creates a fertile breeding ground for domestic and sexual abuse, which are dealt with „internally“, aka swept under the rug.

  That said, most of them are normal people trapped in a very bad system. They can be kind, absolutely lovely people, or huge pricks, or pure evil, everything people outside the cult can be. It’s just that every single one of them needs to pull you inside, for your own good.

  A JW to non-JW relationship is not possible in the long term. Either your daughter will be absorbed by the cult (because he can’t let his wife and their children be condemned) and distance herself from you and her former friends or he will leave and be shunned by his family and friends inside the cult. Anything else will not be tolerated by his community.

  The best you can do is to find out about their methods and dangers and also prepare your daughter to never give up thinking for herself. I hope she is level headed enough to understand that it is not going to go well, even if he is a genuinely good person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At least they are not hiding it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An independent voter explains why they chose a moronic, oligarcho-fascist demagogue over Joe Biden (c. November 2020) [Day 58]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also gEnOcIdE

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sofa

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lecturing row 0 of the Princeton Advanced Physics course⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did Einstein ever harass women?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta Censors #Democrat when searched for⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not mildly infuriating. Its incredibly worrying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the Russian way. „I don’t have control, I don’t really know, better not get involved“.

  The problem is, I kind of feel the same way. It’s just too much at some point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low deductible high fantasy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The four seasons?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was smiling until I saw what she had in her hand⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you miss me?

  • with every bullet so far
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trømp⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Found the Swede

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Family Size" has no meaning anymore⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  „Now with more cheese“ - so 0.1% instead of 0.09%?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good morning I choose making the best of what you have.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Got a new car there, Ricky?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe, just maybe, a company that refuses to give you time off if you have a bullet inside of you is a really really shitty company⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  „I am not coming in until at least the xx.xx.xxxx as I am still sick.“

  There you go. That’s how it works here. The employer can then collect the doctors confirmation online.

  After six weeks it requires a bit more effort, as the employer no longer needs to pay wages and you need to apply for sick pay from the insurance, which is 70% for up to a year and a half.

  The very thought of an employer not allowing you to be sick is just ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm seriously proud of this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  All for all and one for one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do drain unclogging liquids actually do?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, sometimes they create more problems than they supposedly solve. Chemical cleaners can damage pipes or even harden the clog. And if they don’t work you or a plumber will have a much worse work environment.

  If it is actually the trap of your sink that is clogged, open it and remove the dirt. If the clog comes after the trap, hydro-mechanical cleaners are very effective and don’t damage the pipes. Those are basically hoses with a nozzle at one end and a thread for a pressure washer (expensive) or a faucet (cheap) on the other end. You push the hose into the pipe until it reaches the clog, then turn on the water and the water jet carves a hole into the clog. Very effective in my experience. The pressure washer will get rid of pretty much everything found in pipes, except roots and concrete. Even the cheap faucet type thing is good for the usual clogged sink.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not enough people buying Premium, eh?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But what about the new normal 1080p? Has it been reduced?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't know if this is possible but why don't they get the people who worked out the PLA and Israel deal under Clinton and the Irish Britain agreement to come for a solution to Ukraine?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are very skilled people trying to broker peace. However, for peace to reign everyone needs to agree. For war, one aggressor is enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How am I supposed to obtain income?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bonus points if you have at least one felony or are a rapist or other kind of predator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Journey. You can get it on PlayStation, iOS, steam (on sale for $5 atm) and epic. It is 2-3 hours short and not very challenging, but it does look absolutely stunning and has a very beautiful gameplay mechanic that you better find out for yourself. IMO it is one of the best games of all time and one that really demonstrates what the medium is capable of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ugh i wish⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Raw milk or pasteurized? The latter is most likely ok.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ugh i wish⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A bit of roundup and horse paste, the MAGA cure-all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BACK IT UP⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, vitamins, the secret cure-all that has been kept from us all those years without brainworms at the helm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pweaty pwease 🥺⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can tell it really happened because he did not add „Sir“.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Trump going to do to social security since he is now going to be president? Just wondering because my mom gets SS and she does not want me to support here?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And his promises are not worth very much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation product manager says ads being shown was just a bug⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t you hate it when there is a bug in your code that magically attracts ads? They just appear without warning or reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pancake rolls⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.