ZagamTheVile
@ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world
- Comment on The internet connects people 4 days ago:
Yeah. It’s a thing but I’m not sure how much it really helps. I’ll do it because if it makes people feel better, it’s easy, but I honestly think folks is fine. The person I do this for specificly is cis, has cis kids, has a cis husband, is a member of a community that is largely not only cis, but white and female. To me it comes across as preformitve. But it makes dealing with her, and a few others, easier. If there were a real movement to adopt folx, I’m in but like I say, it seems like our effort could be better spent elsewhere.
- Comment on The internet connects people 4 days ago:
Sorry, habbit from writting emails recently to someone that is, enthusiastic, about inclusion.
- Comment on The internet connects people 5 days ago:
I’m a Star Wars fan. Tell me about it.
- Comment on The internet connects people 5 days ago:
The net brings us together but it also brings the waters and drama. I knew I knew this dude from something.
- Comment on The internet connects people 5 days ago:
This is the case. Check out the old Re:Search zines/books. Each is about some wired niche thing and has a bunch of contributions from different people. Folx have always been into strange things, and folx have always found kindred spirits, the internet makes it easier to find, abd troll, them.
- Comment on The internet connects people 5 days ago:
Yeah. It’s funny, my cousin is a few years younger than me but has no memory of the world pre-net. I told him the story of how we used to have to do things and it blew his mind.
Ex. Cowboy Bebop. Me and a buddy heard a thing on Terry Gross about the soundtrack one day driving home from work. They played a few seconds of Tank! Man, we were hooked instantly. So we changed directions and went to, where? Where do you go? Blockbuster? FYE? Game store? Comicbook store! They’ll have it! So we went to every comic shop in the area (we knew them all because we would get MtG cards every payday). A couple had a DVD or two. How many episodes were there? How many seasons? How long would our search take? It was a treasure hunt. Calling game stores, calling small video stores. Finding one DVD at a time but not in order. It was like that for everything. And honestly, I think it gave things a greater value.
I love being able to answer almost any question instantly. When I’m listening to an audiobook, if there’s a word I’m not sure of, I can pause, get a definition, and go back to my book without even looking at my screen or touching my phone. But there’s deff a sense of flippancy to everything now that wasn’t there before. Bad or good, I don’t know, it is what it is. But I do miss the hunt for new stuff.
- Comment on The internet connects people 5 days ago:
Yeah. I’m not sure it’s better this way though.
- Comment on The internet connects people 6 days ago:
What’s crazy is that a lot of niche hobby/lifestyle people found eachother anyway pre-internet. Shopping cart drag races, downhill shovel events, a lot of counter culture movements, early body modification, all manner of shit. People get into some seriously wierd/niche/one-off stuff and given a little time, they’ll find someone else that’s into the same thing. It’s like electrons in a post big-bang universe, they sort of attract each other. The internet has made it way easier for people to find their tribes, but they used to find them anyway.
- Comment on Caption this. 1 week ago:
After the intervention, Jesus knew he had to give up wine but he had a solution.
- Comment on Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 4K Blu-ray (Aug 13th, Blood & Chrome edition coming later) 1 week ago:
It worked really well for Fury Road. It made the textures really come alive and added another level.
- Comment on The men vs. bear saga reaches the inevitable conclusion 2 weeks ago:
I think brown bears and grizzlies are the same. If I remember right, they just live in different places.
- Comment on R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain 1 month ago:
Fuck that worm. He could have gotten rid of this pos and all he did was make this dude worse.
- Comment on what's a good way to stick a laser leveler to the wall? 1 month ago:
The tripod idea is a good one. I’d suggest just stacking a bunch of stuff up on a table or chair. Or, if you have a tape measure, mark a control line around the perimeter with painters tape and measure up from there.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 1 month ago:
Probably not but I like to think it’s created a feedback loop going on in his head endlessly. “Meat is manly. Meat is dick.'”
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 1 month ago:
Yeah. I try not to mention it to people if I can avoid it. I work construction and am surrounded by manly men tring to out man each other. I had one guy offer me bear jerkey and got bent out of shape when I declined. He wouldn’t stop. He just kept on me about why I didn’t eat meat. After about an hour of him asking again and again why I don’t eat meat I said “meat’s another word for dick and eating dick is gay”. As problematic as it was, it worked.
It never cases to amaze me that a 250pound dude with a 40oz soda in one hand and a mouthfull of gas station pizza thinks he has the responsibility to lecture me about nutrition.
- Comment on Cool insect facts!! 2 months ago:
We call it pointy-ball in my fam, but yes, that’s the one.
- Comment on Cool insect facts!! 2 months ago:
American football or soccer football?
- Comment on turtles 2 months ago:
The ocean is polluted enough.
- Comment on Brow raising article 2 months ago:
Body dysphoria is a real thing.
- Comment on duck duck 2 months ago:
Well, shit. Sorry everyone, I’m new here.
- Comment on RIMJOBS 2 months ago:
I mean, there’s a lot of stuff that isn’t fun that kills you too.
- Comment on Film preservationist Robert Harris defends controversial James Cameron 4K restorations of Aliens, The Abyss and True Lies 2 months ago:
Yeah, but you’ve met people though, right?
- Comment on Film preservationist Robert Harris defends controversial James Cameron 4K restorations of Aliens, The Abyss and True Lies 2 months ago:
I dunno. I haven’t seen the 4k Alien yet but the grainy film I think deff added to the overall feel to it. It made it feel dirtier and more lived in. But I’ll watch the 4k version. As far as people getting upset, I think it’s a mix of “how dare you change the thing I like” and “leave well enough alone, just give us more new content”.
- Comment on What produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs? 2 months ago:
Yeah, but tbf, Case was pretty jacked up at the time.
Also, there’s a market now for obsolete stuff.
- Comment on What produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs? 2 months ago:
“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” W. Gibson.
It’s wild that this makes no, or little at most, sense to entire generations now.
- Comment on Sounds like a fart 3 months ago:
Found the clip.
- Comment on Sounds like a fart 3 months ago:
Sledge Hammer was a cop show. Dude had a loudner for his hand cannon.
- Comment on I'm at a roulette table. I only bet on red. When I lose I triple my bet, when I win I restart. Is this a roulette strategy? 5 months ago:
Yes but a 45% win chance is the same long term losing plan no matter how much you bet. I could bet 10 times the amount every time I lose and I’ll still have a 45% chance of winning.
- Comment on I'm at a roulette table. I only bet on red. When I lose I triple my bet, when I win I restart. Is this a roulette strategy? 5 months ago:
Remember, betting red isn’t a 50/50 chance of winning. 0 and 00 are green. So your odds at winning are about 48% with 0, or 47% with 00. Same with odd/even bets. There’s a reason casinos add the 0’s. They aren’t in the business to give you money.
- Comment on Anon lets it rip 6 months ago:
It’s like a cross between spinning tops and battle robots but lamer than it sounds.