saltesc

@saltesc@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s Facebook Messenger for me. It’s impossible to get everyone to shift. Many of us have had Signal for years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was a kid, every time I tried to draw something it just ended up being a dick and balls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you really have to let everyone know⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I suspect their performance is disappointing experience. Though, there would be at least one person out there that would be into being a part of…whatever this is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the struggle bus⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  OP can count to eight!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the person who winks the Winkor and the person who receives the wink the Winkee ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  -ar is a person that does a thing. -er is a person that does action of a thing. A winkar in practice is a winker, but a winker isn’t necessarily a winkar.

  But a winkee is definitely someone subjected to a wink, whether by a winkar or a just a normal person winking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a sin in Christianity to consume media based on ancient mythology and folklore?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but Paul kind of ruined Greece via Thessaloniki and Korinthos. Granted, the social hierarchy around the old gods backed by “the one true God for all” Christian narrative sure made it easy to turn common Greeks against their ancient culture and religion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just racial stereotypes but it’s funny because the words Donald John Trump are randomly at the top.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Right? “Winning” what exactly? Reid Hoffman’s trying to be the best at being the most miserable and unfulfilled. The most regrets on his death bed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I work in statistics and we never use girl of woman, only female. The line is vastly different in age and meaning depending on culture, religion, law, or heritage. Even in western societ, 13, 16, 18, and 21 are all valid before tipping to 40, 50, 60, 65, 68, and 70 where the term can be prefixed with some form of adjective.

  It’s old-fashioned. Just say female and every culture/society understands you without confusion or insult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wearing something in the sauna is kind of gross. Like, you put on spare shorts, get them totally drenched in sweat, then take them off and store them in a garbage bag or something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American and British English spelling and pronunciations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks to coding, I see center as a position and centre as an object. But for the most part, I find US spelling to be lazy spelling for poor pronunciation. Like people just started saying the word wrong and rather than fixing that, just started spelling it wrong too.

  Aluminium is prob the weirdest. Like everything on the periodic table ending with -ium; the Latin morpheme in chemistry. But the US just-…like, how?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon predicts the future of driving⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And screens have become popular because people think they’re fancy, hi-tech, expensive. But ironically they’re cheap and nasty. They are much cheaper to make than haptics, knobs, dials, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flushing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I first went to eastern Europe, I was confused why there were signs saying to not flush paper down the toilet. Like, obviously. That’s for body waste and TP only.

  “Paper” means “toilet paper”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's just eccentric⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know, right?! Glad you agree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's just eccentric⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “affirmed of the position that the term is used”

  Yrp, you’re underscoring one of my tangent points. I couldn’t be bothered making more text in the one comment, but also figured if the comment was too long, it’d get a bunch of people jumping on me before they could manage to finish it. Alas, never avoidable. So, thanks 😁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't solve the captcha because I don't know what `undefined` is⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, that’d be all of the tiles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's just eccentric⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As the years go on, I’m more affirmed of the position that the term ‘autism’ is used to explain every day behaviours, but by below average IQ people. They’re both cognitive spectrums, after all. But even experts of the latter struggle to define it.

  It’s why more and more we hear, “Well I guess everyone’s a little on the spectrum.” So if it’s normal, not being so is not normal.

  I think, “The average person isn’t below average” is synonymously more true—obviously—in context of cognitive application.

  At this rate the modern, “Haha! NERD!!!” aka. “autistic” will be someone that folds washing or can’t socially explain the Dunning-Kruger effect to a person that thinks it’s European Ben & Jerry’s, entirely missing the critique on their education in politics being from X.

  My drunken point is, who the fuck doesn’t like sorting wires? You ever dealt with those messy things?! Only an idiot wouldn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Grok? All I see is it an AI chatbot. Contextually, I doubt that’s what you’re referring to lol. Is it a diving form?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha, I just responded to another comment of having to pull myself up from shallow drowning. It’s for real, but I think it’s specific to people with good long capacities—doing a lot longer than the average. I can easily hold my breath for 60s, but 90% of people can’t. Shallow drowning is not a situation 90% of people could find themselves facing.

  I always remember brain damage can start occuring after 180s, so start questioning at 120. Nothing wrong with coming up for a couple mins of good fresh air before going down again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not really about what you can see and clarity, but it’s true that clearer water is much more psychologically inviting.

  We’ll bring a smooth granite pebble out with us, while waiting for the swell, drop it down and take turns bringing it back up. We’ve had dolphins join us in the game once before.

  But definitely I don’t feel the appeal of diving down and doing that when the sky or water is dark and unclear. It’s less inviting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never SCUBAd haha. I don’t know why, it makes sense, but I’ve never been drawn to it and I can’t really explain why. I love the freedom of movement and not having to think about other things.

  Feediving I can’t get enough of. But my record swimming underwater is around 2:10 and I enjoyed every second of it—relaxed, efficient, flowing—but I had to stop because it felt like I could do it forever. And that’s the paradox of shallow drowning. When the euphoria of the ocean inexplicably more euphoric, the Sirens calling, it’s time to surface. I guess like a diver checking their gauges.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The System Shock 2 remaster comes out June 26th⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that probably it. I got that “This is it?” feeling, while it seemed many others were hailing it as a masterpiece.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LUNGS WERE A MISTAKE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up on the ocean and one of the most comforting “at home” feelings is being out past the breakers, disconnect my board leash, and just dive deep down, exhale enough air out my lungs to stop floating, and just sit on the ocean floor for a few seconds in beautiful silence.

  And then stupid lungs run out of air and I have to resurface.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh NOOOO⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  St Germaine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The System Shock 2 remaster comes out June 26th⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unpopular opinion, but I actually didn’t like Bioshock. Loading it up first time it was initially cool and all, but after a while of playing, I realised it lacked a lot os “somethings” and I only completed it because I’d gotten far enough in, may as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gives a former president some feedback⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Declaring war on anything. They need the Europeans to invite them to the final hours of one to chalk a W.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moviegoers Want More Comedies, Thrillers and Action Titles, Global Cinema Study Finds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember the results are global. In my country it’s good value. There’s a lot of competition because it’s not lucrative enough for monopolising franchises anymore.

  Do I still go? No, not really. Great big-screen movies aren’t as frequent as they once were and it doesn’t cost much to get a good display and sound in a lounge room. It doesn’t help that the “experience” of going isn’t there anymore. Cinemas give off strip mall vibes,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a way out?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Congrats!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Consider the following...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Omg. You’re like a unicorn.

  Stay there, I need to screenshot this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a way out?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Academics “highly intellectual”?

  Haha. No-no. They’ve just garnered knowledge on a topic. The highly intellectual people are paid much more outside of an institution because they can do stuff with that knowledge.