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- Comment on Why doesn't Lemmy have a system like Reddit's Karma? 1 month ago:
Because it’s not fun
- Comment on Scales that refuse to measure if the battery isn't brand new 1 month ago:
I replaced mine with a usb cable. No batteries.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
It’s been edited
- Comment on Is lemmy really any different from reddit? 1 month ago:
Make good use of the community/user block feature and it cleans up well. It took me a couple times going back and forth but I’m done with reddit at this point, at least for general scrolling ‘all’ sort of content.
- Comment on Is lemmy really any different from reddit? 1 month ago:
yes and no
- Comment on Microsoft CEO's pay rises 63% to $73m, despite devastating year for layoffs 1 month ago:
No but not everyone works at these large corporations and the issues with how work works remain
- Comment on Microsoft CEO's pay rises 63% to $73m, despite devastating year for layoffs 1 month ago:
The trap where the thing you’re saying is totally valid and accurate but it’s not the thing to be talking about. I don’t know where this thinking comes from or what it’s called, but I notice it within conservative groups (probably because I’m critical by default of those ideas). It reminds me of BLM protests and how Ben Shapiro was talking about damage to property and business owners when the actual issue and discussion to be had is entirely different. It just serves to support the problematic behaviour that people are trying to change.
So yes, there was a surge in demand and they over-hired and letting people go is the right choice, but the whole situation is fucked and the optics of this kind of raise is dogshit.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO's pay rises 63% to $73m, despite devastating year for layoffs 1 month ago:
Our CEO announced layoffs recently and then even more recently sent a follow up email complaining about how people were complaining about it and saying how hard it has been for the executive team. We’re a small company and I get the pain they are feeling due to financial constraints but at the end of the day we work for money and they are taking home 3-4x as much as anyone else each month while making all the decisions about how money is spent. It’s hard not to become resentful.
- Comment on Anon loves sunny days 1 month ago:
In the fall we usually get a few hours of rain and then it clears away to cloud or sun and that’s my favourite weather.
- Comment on Nobel Prize 2024 2 months ago:
These are not imaginary uses cases. Are you generally critical of technology?
- Comment on Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice? 2 months ago:
Not really I’m more just presenting an alternate explanation. Don’t mistake me for holding strongly to this opinion, but I do feel like calling OP out as a narcissist or whatever is an unfair snap judgment. People can be different and that doesn’t make them bad most of the time.
- Comment on Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice? 2 months ago:
It’s an explanation, those use words.
- Comment on Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice? 2 months ago:
Not true. If you go through life being expected to act a certain way all the time that eventually takes a toll. OP is doing right by himself the same way everyone else does when they share things expecting they’ll get a narrow and specific reaction from people. If you want to throw around the n word that’s as good a place as any.
- Comment on Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice? 2 months ago:
I think I’m a bit like you since I do that too. Everyone (even at work) knows that I don’t want to see baby pictures and I’m not excited about a baby. I don’t think much about having kids but parents usually really really love their kids immediately, even before they are born, and if they are close friend or family then I am ok vibing with that for their sake.
The only time I’ve actually felt positively about it is when my best friend told me they were having a baby. It took me a moment but I thought then felt that I was able to be happy because he was happy and his partner (who I also like) is happy, and then it took me a few days of thinking about it that part of me was also picking up on this excitement because I wonder what my best friends kid will be like. And it’s only because I care about him and his life a lot. I’m not close to my sister and have never felt those feelings before about babies/parents.
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 2 months ago:
I use mine for either hiking, skiing, or biking. Skiing I want as bright as possible and will have extra batteries, hiking I want it to last a long time and be lightweight, biking I don’t want to blind people, and a red light for camp is nice.
- Comment on Anon has a back injury 2 months ago:
I’ve had a couple tenga’s but I feel like these are meant to be disposable. Never a flip though, kind of pricey.
- Comment on Is there a subsect of the minimalist community that's focused on portable living? 2 months ago:
I’m portable because I like the idea of being able to move without it being a big project. I think most people are utilitarian in that they buy things that address a specific problem they have, though maybe people who like minimalist ideas would have a different threshhold for what constitutes a ‘problem’ and favour products that address multiple problems in the simplest way.
When I moved I did sleep in a sleeping bag for a bit, but practically it’s much easier to wash a duvet cover than a sleeping bag. Same goes for hammock vs. bed. My bowl situation started at 1, but I ended up washing this one bowl all the time and it felt wasteful and effortful. I still do eat breakfast out of the pot, but I would argue it’s the best solution and others should copy me :)
I think over a long period of time I’ll still be minimal, but have more specific things. It is genuinely more pleasant to eat salad from a salad size bowl/plate, pasta from a pasta bowl, soup or cereal from a cereal bowl, a latte from a latte mug, etc. Minimalism to me will always be about min/maxing items to squeeze the most joy out of life because I need that lift.
- Comment on Is there a subsect of the minimalist community that's focused on portable living? 2 months ago:
I think of minimalism as an aesthetic or study in aesthetics that helps people live in gratitude for the things they do have. Minimalism has a core rooted in calm and pleasantness and I feel like if this ‘nomadic’ minimalism you’re describing fits into that then it could be a branch of minimalism. But the picture here is kind of depressing, haphazard, and I can’t imagine the person whose place that is would like to live that way for a long time. They did take a picture of it… I did that when I moved into my place but it was like ‘look how I’m living in squalor’.
- Comment on Is there a subsect of the minimalist community that's focused on portable living? 2 months ago:
They’re wondering if there is a subset of the minimalist community whose goals are specifically nomadic.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🏘️ Sunday, October 6 , 2024 2 months ago:
That feels good!
- Comment on Disney lost nearly a third of a billion dollars on two Marvel movies 2 months ago:
Chronicle could count. But then you’re inviting in things like Brightburn, maybe even Carrie or other super-power adjacent stories? Chronicle makes me sad for some reason. Totally forgot about Guardians. Loved the OST from those movies.
- Comment on Disney lost nearly a third of a billion dollars on two Marvel movies 2 months ago:
Maybe I have a soft spot for Ragnarok. I like Thor and Hemsworth and how it went in a totally different direction was refreshing since the previous Thor was meh. I was in the mood for comedy and brighter colours. Plus the intro scene hooked me. Haven’t watched any of these movies for a few years though.
- Comment on Disney lost nearly a third of a billion dollars on two Marvel movies 2 months ago:
Endgame, ragnarok, one iron man, one of spider-mans. Dr. strange. The raimi trilogy. The animated spider-man movies. Nolan’s batman? Matt Reeve’s Batman? Watchmen too probably.
I think there are some good rewatchable action movies in there. Oh an Loki. Loki was good. Harry Potter sort of stuff, but comic books.
- Comment on I didn't know HOW bad Google search has gotten. 2 months ago:
kagi
I’ve been trying the trial/100 searches a month. Using very sparingly, but I like how it pulls up actual sites instead of ads disguised as websites.
- Comment on Dormice 2 months ago:
either as a savoury appetizer or as a dessert (dipped in honey and poppy seeds).
- Comment on Dormice 2 months ago:
Now I want to try one but only in that context.
- Comment on Trump Forced To Cancel Rally After Biden Admin Denies Protection 2 months ago:
Protection from… other republicans? Also, why tf is it White House’s job to help this shitstain rally?
- Comment on Climate change 2 months ago:
Why don’t we have any lakes this big?
- Comment on Is Alien Romulus worth the watch or do I need to watch Prometheus Covenant and the first Alien movies before hand? 2 months ago:
Romulus is made for new audiences and I think only missing context is the goo/engineer lore. The next movie in this reboot series could explain that without people having to go back and watch Prometheus. If people go in blind they won’t notice all the scenes and dialogue that are copied from the original.
The sci-fi/alien/space action thriller is the main selling point and if a person is already into that they may as well watch all of them. If they are already lukewarm on the concept then I wouldn’t drag them through the whole series. There are better movies to watch.
- Comment on Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower 2 months ago:
I stay at home to work on cool projects and I go to the office to get through mountains of boring administrative tasks and socialize. The whole time at work issue being discussed isn’t as important as labour productivity.