yenahmik
@yenahmik@lemmy.world
- Comment on An insurance I don't love 6 days ago:
I’m pretty sure private insurance exists in most countries with universal healthcare.
- Comment on Olive Branch MS mayor refusing to lower flag for Dolly 1 week ago:
Did they lower it for Charlie Kirk?
- Comment on I either want to learn French or Italian. Which should I learn in your opinion? 1 week ago:
Italian is essentially a cross between Spanish and French. If you know both, you’re basically 80% of the way to knowing Italian.
Given how much more practical French is, I’d say learn it first, then learn Italian later.
- Comment on Does it make much difference healthwise if you were to split your meal unti 2 parts? Have all your carbs at once then an hour later have your veg and protein? 1 week ago:
I’ve seen it generally recommended to sequence protein and fiber before anything else in the meal. So yes eating your carbs an hour earlier would in fact be worse for your blood sugar.
I’m not sure how it would be impacted if you ate the carbs an hour later though.
- Comment on Digital tags have to go. 2 weeks ago:
Last time I was at the grocery store, I noticed half the tags were set to “Out of Stock” even though the items were clearly in stock. This effectively meant you had no clue what the price of the item was until you check out.
- Comment on The Price of this Candy Bar 2 weeks ago:
I might’ve eaten a disgusting amount of Costco sized Doritos during the early pandemic. A giant bag for $3.50. Now those bags are closer to $8 and I can’t remember the last time I bought chips.
- Comment on The Price of this Candy Bar 2 weeks ago:
Most junk food in the US has gone off the rails in terms of price. Like seriously, don’t spend money on food that has zero nutritional value and is actively harmful to your health. You’ll feel so much better and your bank account will be so much bigger.
I guess I have corporate America to thank for no longer buying chips, candy, or baked goods that I might’ve otherwise splurged on as a treat. Can’t justify it with prices the way they are.
- Comment on What are some things I can do as an apartment dweller to fight climate change/deal with the coming effects? 3 weeks ago:
You can look into container gardens if you have a balcony. Also consider if plug in solar is an option for you (it’s slowly spreading through the US).
I’ve heard getting a box fan and putting a bowl of ice in front of it can act as a poor man’s AC.
- Comment on corporate America just posted record profits this week. The stock market is at all time highs. If your paycheck didn't do the exact same thing, take a wild guess why. Their record margins are literal… 3 weeks ago:
“Sorry, we just don’t have any budget for raises this year” - said literally every year since 2020
- Comment on Centrists have such a Hard Choice. 4 weeks ago:
I always considered myself a centrist. Of course, over the last 15 years the one side has become so damn batshit crazy it looks like I’m a party line voter simply based on my voting record.
- Comment on The Dangers of Socialism they warned us about... 1 month ago:
It’s almost like the problem is authoritarianism, not the economic system
- Comment on Why don't politicians during a hearing let the person they are questioning actually answer questions and speak? 1 month ago:
Because it’s all about getting the sound bites of them speaking/sounding tough for their campaign. Not getting to the truth of the matter
- Comment on Would people like a "X posts per Y" rate limit for this community? 1 month ago:
Yes. It would help prevent spammers and bots.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
What stats? Share your sources.
- Comment on What National Park (or local equivalent) has the best mass transit system? 1 month ago:
There’s a guy on YouTube who has a series where he travels to different national parks (and other places) via mass transit. It’s pretty fascinating, generally.
- Comment on Why is gun violence lower in Switzerland than in the US? 1 month ago:
It’s almost like gun violence is a symptom of larger sociological issues…
- Comment on My Local Public Tennis Court Requires Online Registration 1 month ago:
I remember when I was in high school and on the tennis team, we had practice on a public court. Someone had laid on the net or something because it was all stretched out and saggy. It basically became unusable for playing tennis since it drooped all the way to the ground. I imagine this system would have prevented it.
I would complain about the secondary login with the private company though.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Were you sick any time before the onset of this? It sounds like the some of the symptoms of long COVID or chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Comment on When people die in wildfires, is it that the fire spread too fast for people to mobilise escape? Or more that people were delayed leaving? 1 month ago:
Usually it’s the smoke that gets them…
- Comment on How would you evaluate having more pay vs an easier job? 1 month ago:
In my experience, the more pay the easier the job
- Comment on If a space Alien landed in the states. And hooked up with one of his or her fellow travelers and had a kid in the US would that kid be a US citizen? Or do we have something in place for it? 2 months ago:
My dog was born in the US and I’m pretty certain he isn’t considered a citizen. There are billions (if not trillions) of individuals born in the US every year who aren’t citizens because they aren’t humans.
- Comment on Why it is that in the USA for most people the default color for a casual sock is white but in most other places the default is black? 2 months ago:
You’re still doing separate loads based on color? I thought that was a thing of the past…
- Comment on Has anyone ever actually had their vehicle tabs stolen? 2 months ago:
I have never heard this in my life. It never even occured to me someone might steal them!
- Comment on Do you think that the MK Ultra program actually shut down? 2 months ago:
Of course.
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 2 months ago:
I think he blew up his life to reveal something the general public probably should be aware of, but ultimately didn’t care about.
Idk if it was heroic, but it certainly was interesting how he released the info slowly to get catch the government in numerous lies attempting to downplay the truth of the matter. One of the Obama administration’s biggest blights.
- Comment on Do people really give a shit on what a US President wear? I just see from time to time that they bring up the Tan Suit Incident with Obama. What is or was the big deal? I slept since then. 2 months ago:
A certain subset of the media had extreme double standards for Obama, over previous presidents. Because Obama was generally pretty scandal free, the media had to latch on to any minor “misdeed.” So we saw news stories where they discussed how horrible he was to wear a tan suit or ask for the fancy mustard instead of regular.
Usually, when people bring it up in the present day, it’s to point out the hypocrisy of those media sources. Could you imagine Fox news spending weeks discussing how unprofessional Trump looks wearing (insert perfectly innocuous outfit here)?
Note: Obama was certainly not perfect, and he did have his issues, but generally not the sort that could fill a 24hr news channel for 8 years straight. Especially when his actual scandals weren’t actually things that particular organization was against (NSA spying on Americans, extrajudicial killing of citizens abroad, etc).
- Comment on Colorado Governor Jared Polis once again vetoes bill that would make it easier for unions to organize 3 months ago:
Don’t have to do anything to send him packing. He’s term limited and done after this year.
- Comment on Is evolution only affected by mortality and birth rate? 3 months ago:
Yes, assuming they are completely isolated from the surface population. It’s called genetic drift.
There’s a pretty interesting group of people who were pretty isolated in Kentucky who turned blue, which would be an example of this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Fugates
- Comment on If a person were paranoid about a potential food shortage in the next two to three years, what should they stock up on now? 3 months ago:
YMMV, especially since I live in an arid climate so don’t have to worry about things like mold. We just use bins to store things like rice. We keep pasta in the packaging it comes in. Haven’t had any issues with food going bad over the years.
- Comment on If a person were paranoid about a potential food shortage in the next two to three years, what should they stock up on now? 3 months ago:
Dried beans. Rice. An established fruit/vegetable garden.