SOB_Van_Owen

@SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Synth voice: “Be careful…Rainbow zone…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh fuck no⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My reaction on seeing this was to wonder about the Wendy’s Nasty Patty ™.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get good.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well we had it tough. We used to have to get up out of the shoebox at twelve o’clock at night, and LICK the road clean with our tongues. We had half a handful of freezing cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day at the mill for fourpence every six years, and when we got home, our Dad would slice us in two with a bread knife.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon watches an old concert video⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, you could say Dennis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only know about chicken fish from Tom Waits and John Lurie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is eggboy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Koo-Koo, Katchoo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Binges⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly, the sociopath/idiotic formula does seem to resonate with the algorithms and/or the public. There is a local creator that I know to be a thoughtful, well-rounded person, yet they had to reduce themselves to a cartoon caricature in order to get traction. But that approach seems to have worked out for them, at least initially through Tik Tok and YouTube. Now I see them taking on increasingly sketchy sponsorships as their 15 minutes fades. And of course audience capture indisputably steers media makers into conspiratorial niches they can’t escape without sacrificing views/payout. Authenticity be damned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The problem with sleeper ships⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or you arrive to find the civilization has had time to collapse and given way to the rise of damned dirty apes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Automation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One web LLM I was screwing around with had Job Interview as a preset. Ok. Played it totally straight the first time and had a totally positive outcome. Thought the interviewer way too agreeable. The next time I said the most inappropriate stuff I could imagine and still the interviewer agreed to come home with me to check out the rock collection I keep under my bed and listen to Captain Beefheart albums.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon figures out how dieting works⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you mean a general calorie restriction to lose weight or compositional change in diet to maximize satiety? Either is difficult without a strong impetus. For me the latter is far easier than the former. It seems to me that both are made a lot more difficult now than 24 years ago by the level of distraction and focus disrupting technologies we have to use on the daily. Not to mention economic material conditions are broadly worse for most people than they were two decades ago. Folks seem more harried and stressed with less discretionary time. Additionally, to my eye, food culture is getting worse. What is regarded as staple food is junkier and seemingly designed to circumvent the “fixed stomach problem”.

  I hit a wall with my health and felt I could either break my problem into manageable pieces I could maybe find a way to live with and possibly enjoy sustainably, or else suffer a declining quality of life that was already unacceptable. At that point it was worth it for me to do all kinds of trial and error about what worked personally. And it still is. I have no super willpower. Just an understanding of what is at stake. And a willingness to sorta game my drives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon figures out how dieting works⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I could never sustain a restriction like this without modifying what I ate. It would have a profound effect of how soon and how much I was compelled to eat next. Once this was very clear to me after dozens of attempts at weight loss, I began to cook and eat for satiety. A low-glycemic, minimally processed diet free of added sugar is what worked best for me long-term. I lost 115 lbs, resolved diabetes, hypertension and non alcoholic fatty liver disease. Also vastly improved some other chronic problems. I’ve remained at a healthy weight now for 23 years with little variation. A lot of effort really and likely not possible for everyone -especially now. I can say it was worthwhile for me.

  The steely resolve of CICO will only take a person so far. In my view that’s why it’s so unsustainable for most.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe everyone should listen to the Jonestown tape at some point. It’s truly horrible, but may provide some inoculation against demagoguery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jesus, help me! - No!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How many sets of footprints in the sand??

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here as well⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Mr. Chambers! Don’t get on that ship! That OS, it’s…it’s a COOKBOOK!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can't win the lottery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Penneh!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One million years from now...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  H.G. Wells would like a word. The Morlocks have some recipes to share.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is has all the nutrients the body needs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Had a cat that dearly loved noodles. Would climb all over you for a strand of spaghetti.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You didn't bought it you rented it!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A shame to hear how far HP has fallen. Back in the day they had some solid, workhorse laser printers that delivered for years with no issues and pretty good toner efficiency. Based on what I’ve read here, I’m not likely to buy another.