Rhynoplaz
@Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
- Comment on Duke University lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies and signal transduction 7 hours ago:
This is what happens when the stupid try to manage the smart.
- Comment on Duke University lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies and signal transduction 7 hours ago:
Wait… Are you telling me they WEREN’T born with those balls under the tailgate?
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 17 hours ago:
Right? I feel bad that it’s beautiful outside and we’re all inside paying games and streaming TV, but every time we leave the house as a family, it ends up costing me at least $100.
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 1 day ago:
Or, what if their healthcare continued to be free so they wouldn’t have an incentive to find a way to live on $700 month?
I know one of those young men playing video games, and he REALLY wants a job, but no matter how he works the math, the medication that keeps him alive costs more than what he’d make. So, it’s budget around permanent poverty or die.
- Comment on What's the deal with gasping? Is it an inherent reflex? Is it learned? Did I desensitize myself to the point of not gasping anymore? Do you gasp? Do certain groups of people gasp less commonly? 1 day ago:
They do.
- Comment on What's the deal with gasping? Is it an inherent reflex? Is it learned? Did I desensitize myself to the point of not gasping anymore? Do you gasp? Do certain groups of people gasp less commonly? 1 day ago:
I think those people are just less surprised when something happens. I don’t think they are unlearning how to gasp, but it takes a bit more to trigger it in someone who’s already seen worse than the rest of us want to imagine.
- Comment on What's the deal with gasping? Is it an inherent reflex? Is it learned? Did I desensitize myself to the point of not gasping anymore? Do you gasp? Do certain groups of people gasp less commonly? 1 day ago:
This is just me pulling an answer out of my ass, but since it happens when we’re surprised, it’s probably the body reflexively taking in air so it’s prepared to deal with the surprise. That could be fighting, running, yelling, or holding your breath for a while.
- Comment on Why do people especially men care if someone forgives a cheating partner 1 day ago:
Before what?
- Comment on Why do people especially men care if someone forgives a cheating partner 2 days ago:
No, it’s pretty much an everyone thing. Sure, you’ll find some people sympathetic to your case, but for the most part, it’s an “unforgivable sin”.
No matter what they say, all you can do is either prove them all wrong, or prove them all right.
- Comment on Why do people especially men care if someone forgives a cheating partner 2 days ago:
That’s not a norm. That’s an ideal you intend to live up to.
- Comment on Hesitating getting a Switch 2 (1st game console in 15 years)... 2 days ago:
Honestly, you should get the OG Switch.
It does everything you’re looking for in the Switch 2, but without most of the downsides.
If you haven’t had one already, you have a lot of great games to catch up on, which you could buy with the money you’d save by not buying a Switch 2.
- Comment on What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes? 2 days ago:
If you haven’t already tried Oblivion Remastered, that’s a no brainier.
Avowed was pretty straight forward with a decent story. It’s more linear than Skyrim, and sometimes I had to reload a save because I walked into a situation I wasn’t ready for, but all in all, I made quick consistent progress.
Also, there’s no shame in turning that difficulty bar down when it’s available. I’m in the same boat as you. I don’t want to master the game, I just want to enjoy it.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Dang. Now you got me wondering.
Why do we like anyone? And is our entire concept of a true friend only based on which qualities society has deemed shallow vs sincere?
Am I just using my friends for their interesting conversation, witty jokes, and ability to play video games with me? If it wasn’t for any of those qualities, would I even want to hang out with them?
- Comment on To what extent has Smartphones replaced Computers? Has Smartphones replaced Computers for you or people you know? Will Phones and Computers eventually merge into one device? 3 days ago:
Those have existed for years. I remember selling them at Verizon, and I left that job over ten years ago.
- Comment on To what extent has Smartphones replaced Computers? Has Smartphones replaced Computers for you or people you know? Will Phones and Computers eventually merge into one device? 3 days ago:
I haven’t owned a PC in years.
I have one at work that I use for work things, and if I ever need to print something and bring it home.
- Comment on Update to last week's BestBuy Shenanigan. They refused to refund me after not delivering me the stuff I ordered after a so-called "investigation". 3 days ago:
Fuck the police. Adding them to any situation is guaranteed to make everything worse.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
I’d give them about 50/50 chances, with a margin of error of plus or minus 50%.
I’d say there’s a 50/50 chance you’re right!
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
I spent a few years living in a major city, but most of my life has been in rural areas. One thing you should keep in mind is that there is a wide range between Boston and Middle of nowhere, Wyoming.
You’ll have the best odds of appreciating a rural move if you live in or around the biggest town a few hours from a major city.
You’d have convenient access to most of the goods and services that are available to you now, a hospital, groceries, gas stations, etc. and if you need to access a city for an airport, concerts, or other things we don’t see in the middle of nowhere, it’s only a few hours away.
Moving completely away from civilization sounds great at times, but it makes every day things very inconvenient. Going from having a city at your fingertips to nothing at all is going to be a much bigger culture shock than your husband expects.
- Comment on Why does good faith matter ? 5 days ago:
There’s a big difference between a conversation online and a competitive debate. All of your comments make me think you don’t really know what arguing in good faith means.
- Comment on Should I make my game top down or side scrolling? 5 days ago:
Why not both? Maybe some levels have you jumping and climbing on a side scroll, others are a top down, missile dodging stage.
- Comment on Why are living beings not being cooked alive constantly at the tekpersatures we are? 5 days ago:
50C, which would kill you if it was your internal body temperature.
Because it would be cooking you.
- Comment on I hear a lot of "ACAB", why don't I hear "APAB"? (P as in Politician) 6 days ago:
If cops followed the rules and laws to the letter, then you might have something here, but they aren’t “law enforcement” as much as they are “bad guy removal”.
They decide who’s a bad guy, and eliminate them. When little Johnny football star and his friends get caught smoking a little weed, they get a warning to straighten up and sent on their way because they aren’t bad guys. But a “gang” of poor kids toking up are on a dangerous path and need severe intervention to keep them from becoming bad guys.
They decide who needs to be executed without due process, or proof of guilt. They decide that the off duty officer who can’t form a coherent sentence should drive home. They decide which high profile members of the community get a “heads up call” before the search warrant arrives.
The people who make the laws can’t be blamed because all of the shittiest things that make cops bastards, aren’t part of the laws at all.
- Comment on If you were (falsely) accused of murder, but you have records of your phone at home with youtube videos being played, can you submit those records as a sort of Alibi to exonerate you? 6 days ago:
You are completely right, but I would hope the defense would submit it as evidence.
- Comment on Yeah failed successfully 1 week ago:
That explains why I remember hearing about the dreaded zebra mussels for so long and then nothing for quite some time. Thanks for the info!
- Comment on How is spontaneous betting (as portrayed by comics and movies) supposed to work? 1 week ago:
Well, I know I say it often, but there’s never any money exchanged.
- Comment on Why have all my gmail passwords (and ONLY my gmail passwords) been deleted since I restarted my computer? 1 week ago:
Go to where you sign into those accounts and do it the old fashioned way.
- Comment on What if the idea of “life” and “intelligent life” is all relative? 1 week ago:
You are what we humans consider as the least intelligent life there is
Yeah. I get that a lot.
- Comment on Was my ex really sorry/guilty? 1 week ago:
Probably not sorry enough to stop pretending to be a teenage boy.
Forget this predator.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Present time? It’s about 30 years old! 😂
- Comment on Studio Camelia shuts down a year after raising €300,000 on Kickstarter to fund JRPG (Alzara Radiant Echoes) 1 week ago:
This is fraud, right?
“Development is under control, we just need €100,000.”
After collecting €300,000: Whoopsies! No refunds.