BassTurd
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- Comment on What is Kratom? A friend of the family just died today. And that was the last thing he was using. Is it like K2? What type of high is it? 1 week ago:
I recently read an article about synthetic Kratom getting banned for sale. In that article a couple store clerks were arrested after selling the federaly banned versions of the product. I’ve never heard good things about Kratom, but now it sounds like it’s getting significantly more dangerous.
- Comment on Looking for site that teaches everything 1 week ago:
There’s not going to be a one site fits all option. Search for what you want to know, find various sources and vette them. The Internet has never just had the answers. Someone looking to learn something has always had to do some work. If you want specs about thinkpads, go to Lenovo. If you want opinions about what thinkpads are a good value, then you have to watch videos or read forums of people’s opinions. You just have to put in the work, just likes it’s always been.
- Comment on An award-winning ESPN producer resigned after 24 years over the network's embrace of sports betting: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.” 1 week ago:
Pretty much nailed in. I’ve been away for probably 4 years now and honestly I have no interest in the game at all. I was at a bar with friends a few years ago when some of their friends were doing a fantasy draft and was wearing a pair of Packers shorts. A Bears fan came up and started giving me some gruff and I just told him I hadn’t been following the NFL anymore so I was current on events. He just kept trying to give me shit, so I went ahead and returned the favour as a Packers fan to a Bears fan. Afterwards I was telling my buddy that while I don’t watch or care anymore, I will always take the opportunity to dunk on the Bears.
I used to go to at least one game at Lambeau every year for about a decade. I do miss the excitement of being at a live game with 70k other people, but I just don’t have any desire to go to another. I would absolutely tag along for the tailgate though and hold down the fort as everyone else went in.
- Comment on An award-winning ESPN producer resigned after 24 years over the network's embrace of sports betting: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.” 1 week ago:
I absolutely loath how ingrained it has become in sports. They have specific segments during half times about betting odds and there are banners everywhere for the various betting site.
To a lesser extent, I also hate what fantasy sports have done for various sports as well, mostly NFL. I don’t think it’s as bad as explicit gambling, but I just dgaf about anyone’s fantasy scores, teams, or whatever. That they take time out to cover that shit is annoying and is amongst the various reasons I no longer watch the NFL after 30 years of watching the Packers religiously. The product as a whole is just not enjoyable anymore.
- Comment on If college is a scam, where do you go to get better education? 2 weeks ago:
College is a scam in that it’s expensive, but if you go to class and put in the effort, you will still come out better educated than before. The big lie is that a degree will get you a job. It won’t, but it can help get a job.
It depends on what you want to learn. If you want to do a trade or tech, community college or trade school are decent options that are cheaper, probably more hands on, and don’t require the extra core classes that a university requires to graduate. With trades, you can try to get an apprenticeship somewhere and get on the job training. For tech, you can self study, build projects, and make a portfolio. Some fields you have to have a degree, like being a nurse/doctor, teacher, or lawyer.
If you want to get better educated just for the sake of being more intelligent, there are tons of resources available, many free. Coursera, Udemy, Khan Academy, and others are free or low cost, you just have to search for what you want to learn about. Some schools like MIT have free college courses that if you complete, you can get a certificate but not a degree unless you pay.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
You don’t like AI when it takes jobs from people, but if your friend isn’t capable of creating a thumbnail themselves, they’d have to hire someone. Also, the LLM was trained on other artist’s work, so it’s fucked to use it anyway.
- Comment on Why dont we say "WWW" in front of website URLs anymore? 2 weeks ago:
The person you responded to did say that DNS will get to the correct place, and then other servers will route the traffic using ports and other information. They were a little too strong in that first sentence that now DNS does it, but they did clarify some.
DNS doesn’t do the full thing, but it does do the first step.
- Comment on how much NyQuil is needed quit smoking? 3 weeks ago:
Quitting cold turkey is tough. What worked for me was switching to a vape and gradually reducing the nicotine level. Getting a quality vape that you can refill and replace the coils will probably be more effective than the cheap disposable ones. I found it fun to try different tips, rebuilding them, and making my own coils. I probably only had a single bottle of 0 nicotine when it was clear that I was just wasting money. I don’t think I’ve had a cigarette since, but I do have an occasional social cigar.
My brother quit over a year ago and he uses nicotine pouches, like Zyn, but there are lots of different brands and flavours. Those also have varying levels of nicotine if you are looking to fully ween yourself off. A bonus of the pouches is that they are inconspicuous, don’t stink, and unlike tobacco, it’s only nicotine, which isn’t particularly good for you, but it’s not carcinogenic like chewing tobacco or inhaling anything. They’re still relatively new, so there aren’t long term studies, but it’s certainly less bad than tobacco.
- Comment on Has Family Feud ever gone back and given someone an answer they got right? 3 weeks ago:
Appreciate the heads up
- Comment on Has Family Feud ever gone back and given someone an answer they got right? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think I would have ever jumped from ‘wood’ to ‘cologne’. Yes scents like cedar and sandalwood exist, but they don’t smell like wood, imo. The smell walking through the lumber section in a hardware store, or cutting/splitting wood, or being in a woodworkers shop is quite different from the smell of sandlewood.
That said, there have been other instances where I thought the contestants have been screwed by the specificity of an answer, whether they were too vague or too specific.
- Comment on I have an opportunity to study abroad in Budapest, Hungary for a semester. Should I take it? 3 weeks ago:
On second thought, maybe you shouldn’t go.
- Comment on If I became the next president how would I go about getting the illegally detained people under Trump freedom? Would I need congress? 4 weeks ago:
know it’s clear from context,
Then the obvious detail doesn’t need to be explicitly written.
- Comment on Burger King breakfast sandwich- no scrambled egg? 4 weeks ago:
such bizarre and tone deaf privilege.
Just like this comment.
- Comment on Burger King breakfast sandwich- no scrambled egg? 4 weeks ago:
Yes, asinine.
- Comment on Do you still believe in having friends despite there being long, long gaps of time between the last time you communicated or hung out? 4 weeks ago:
I’m fortunate that my two closest friends have been close friends since elementary school. At one point we all lived in different states but were still active through gaming, chatting, and meeting up for various events. Now I work with one and travel with the other.
I have a third friend I consider a friend even though I’ve seen him a couple times in the past 10 years and communicated just a bit more. We’ve all been in each other’s weddings. I’d say that our past experiences through school and having lived together has built relationships that I’ll always consider friendship unless something significantly changes.
I have a bunch of people I may just call buddies or acquaintances because the bonds weren’t as close and communication has all but gone away.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Maybe phone bankers should not call people that don’t want to be bothered. Idgaf about the perspective of someone that’s soliciting me when I didn’t sign up for it. It’s intrusive and annoying.
I’ll say what I’m gonna say to them, block and report as spam. It should be illegal.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
When I get political calls or texts from anyone, if I answer the phone, I will tell the person on the other side just how worthless of a person they are and what I’d like them to do to themselves.
I fucking hate being solicited. Anyone that cold calls people, especially for political reason is a cancer and can fuck right off.
- Comment on My mom an old school nurse will stop at traffic accidents and try to help if no one is around, my new school sister nurse won't. Saying everyone is sue happy thesedays. Who is right? 5 weeks ago:
If you’re in the US, good Samaritan law will protect against that situation. They could try and sue, but it will on all likelihood be thrown out.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I think you answered your question in the body of the post. You just say, “we’re/it’s already here”.
- Comment on Why do celebs make statements on controversial stuff and surprised when it comes with consequences? 1 month ago:
Sounds like this is about the Macklemore situation. I haven’t really seen him be necessarily surprised by what’s transpired, but he’s well within his rights to be critical of the actions taken.
People with platforms can have strong opinions on matters just like everyone else. They have a platform that many of them earned (obviously not all) so it’s theirs to do with it what they want. There’s zero chance that Macklemore didn’t know this was a possibility. He believes in standing up for Palestine and calling out a genocide, so he put his neck on the line to support those beliefs. In this case, he gained a new fan from me today. People that are willing to do that earn some respect from me. On the other hand, someone like Ronnie Radke who also is very outspoken, I’ve removed from my music rotation because I think he’s a shit person. Similar to Kid Rock, but other than a couple of his classic songs I enjoyed as a youth, I didn’t listen to him anyway. In both examples, I’ll smear the shit out of their name to anyone that will listen.
Actions have consequences, and rarely are any of these people truly surprised when they reach the ‘find out’ phase, but they may act like it to try and save face.
- Comment on How come we don't have more sketch comedy shows, like MadTv or In Living Color? Are we just going to be stuck with SNL for our lives? 1 month ago:
I was super happy to see him back after getting the gig at SNL. I was also thrilled to see to really well there in his first season.
- Comment on If I only have space/money for one exercise machine, what should I get? 1 month ago:
If you’re getting free weights, I’d get an adjustable bench as well. If you already have a bike, you can get a bike trainer to ride inside when weather isn’t cooperating. I’d avoid a treadmill since as you mentioned, the outside is accessible, and if you’re not in a climate with snow and ice, a little rain sometimes feels good during a run.
But like others mentioned, dumbbells and a kettlebell will be all you need to do a lot of strength exercises. An adjustable bench allows you to expand on that. You can get dumbbells that use plates, so you dont need a full set, just the bars and plates. In the future you could get other bars for different strength training if you feel the need and you can just use existing plates.
Otherwise as someone else mentioned, you can do a lot with just bodyweight traing too. A good mat will go a long ways for that. You can supplement that with resistance bands that take up minimal space.
- Comment on How come we don't have more sketch comedy shows, like MadTv or In Living Color? Are we just going to be stuck with SNL for our lives? 1 month ago:
There are a ton of skit channels on platforms like YouTube that have filled the void. Most are shorts, but there are channels like Viva La Dirt League that does some longer form sketches. Chris and Jack is another channel that I think does some really funny sketch comedy too. Dropout.tv is imo the best subscription out there. While not really sketch, it’s almost entirely improv, but it can kind of scratch that itch.
- Comment on How come we don't have more sketch comedy shows, like MadTv or In Living Color? Are we just going to be stuck with SNL for our lives? 1 month ago:
Jeremy Culhane was on Dropout before SNL too. They’re a great company that treats employees and customers great.
- Comment on Do most Americans vote just based on name recognizing without any thinking of the platform? Or pigeon hole a candidate to one issue and vote for them? Even if that issue is way against beliefs? 1 month ago:
I’d vote for a dead pigeon before I’d vote for a Republican. At least a dead pigeon can’t write bad legislation.
- Comment on Do most Americans vote just based on name recognizing without any thinking of the platform? Or pigeon hole a candidate to one issue and vote for them? Even if that issue is way against beliefs? 1 month ago:
In the primaries, people will vote for their favorite candidate in the party they’re registered with. In the general, you have two choices and one is usually a Democrat and the other Republican. There are a couple “independents” that have made it through. That’s how it works in a first past the post voting system. At that point you’re likely voting for the lesser of two evils but good candidates can make it through.
It’s a shit system, but some people will abstain because they think that a protest non vote in the general is some way of protesting. The math doesn’t add up and it’s why Trump is president. Too many idiots decided that Kamala wasn’t good enough, even though she was clearly, on all levels, better than Trump. I didn’t love her, but I knew that if she won, the states and the world would be in a better place. You’ll heard those idiots parroting shit about her being pro Isreal, but anyone with half a brain could understand that Trump was going to be far worse for everything, including the Isreal conflict, than Harris.
- Comment on What is the most common stupid question you hear/see? 1 month ago:
I have a coworker that did IT in (I think) the air force. He had some superior that was blasting him because his password wasn’t working trying to login. My coworker reset the password, remoted in, logged in and the the guy know it’s working and have him the PW.
He gets a call and the dude is again freaking out on him saying it’s not working. My CW drives across base to assist. He gets there and asks the guy to login. First thing he did is hits caps lock and starts typing. CW tells him what’s wrong, does it himself and it works. And to have him do it again, and the guy hits caps lock… CW says something and the superior snaps on him. He snapped back.
When he got back to his station, he gets the call that he fucked up, and that he just volunteered for a deployment to Alaska, where he sent the next few months.
Not really related, but I thought it was a funny story.
- Comment on What is the most common stupid question you hear/see? 1 month ago:
I don’t do this regularly, but I have been that guy that’s asked where something is 2 get from a big sign. Usually right after the person points me in the direction and I see the sign, I make a half hearted self deprecating comment about how if I just looked 2 inches to the left…
- Comment on Why are lemmings so touchy about downvotes? 1 month ago:
I say what I’m gonna say, and sometimes I get downvotes and other times I don’t. I downvote bad takes, trolls, or other things that I feel I strongly disagree with.
Use it as a barometer. If you’re constantly getting downvited for your posts, perhaps some introspection will tell you why. Otherwise, don’t worry about it. They’re fake Internet points and some people just won’t agree with you. You can’t please everyone.
- Comment on If I could a buffalo chicken chili kale salad would the show off my cooking skills? 1 month ago:
Make everything from scratch, and make sure you can do it successfully before trying it live if you want to show off.
It’s not very flashy, but I make green bean casserole from scratch every thanksgiving. Instead of buying canned beans and cream of mushroom, get green beans from produce and prep them, make a roux, chop some fresh mushrooms and make your own sauce. I do buy fries onion rather than make my own, but that’s an option. All of that is extremely easy to do, looks impressive to people who don’t know how to cook, and tastes better.
For lasagna, make the sauce instead of buying it.
A buffalo chicken salad can be good an option, but you probably need to make the chicken yourself rather than just throwing precooked buff chicken on some kale.
If you can make a dessert in advance that will add to your cause. If you have a spring form pan, NY style cheesecake is very easy to make and provides the option for people to choose their own toppings.
Soups are a good choice. Most require some level of prep like making a mirepoix and can be made as a side dish. Most are prep and then wait, so the soup can cook while you’re doing other cooking.
Salmon in a cast iron or stainless is easy and looks impressive. Start skin side down, butter baste, and finish by sticking the whole pan in the over. Just don’t over do it.
Just make sure everything is cooked all of the way through and nothing is burnt. Whatever you decide, I say find a recipe, or something similar to what you have planned online, and get a good feel for time and temp, because those will ruin anything you’ve done prior if you get it wrong.