Dozzi92

@Dozzi92@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the complaining about spotify’s free tier is something I just don’t get. I grew up listening to the goddamn radio. No choice in what to listen to and ads all the time. But when your jam came on, it felt great every time.

  I’m on a family plan with some friends. I’ve discovered a ton of new music because of Spotify. I’ve gone to many shows, bought merch, vinyls, for bands I never would’ve known had it not been for Spotify.

  I’m just not sure what people want, but it reeks of entitlement. If you’re gonna pirate music, by all means, go to town. Nobody cares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the average person have no critical thinking?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I go on Reddit and come here and I nod along and I’m like yes, yes, and then I leave and sometimes it feels like coming up from being underwater. We are quite literally surrounded in propaganda. It has never been easier to disseminate opinions, especially when the majority of our communications (mine for sure) come via text on a screen. It is in every single facet of our lives.

  And so I talk to my brother and he always tries to get me to think more, he’s a smart guy. He says things like “Who benefits the most” from whatever, opinion I’ve talked to him about, and so frequently it goes back to corporations. I don’t want to get overtly political, but personally the best way I try to think about things is linearly: this thing we are talking about, trace it to its logical end point and origin. And then feel helpless again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generational differences⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, what are the fundraisers for? They have them by me, for PTO, for the band, for sports, etc. Extracurriculars. We’re not fundraising for school lunches and books (yet).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would this list look like for your generation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a slippery slope between saying something ironically and having it become part of your lexicon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're still on Lemmy...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It used to be so much more Linux, but replacing that with politically charged statements parading as memes isn’t a much better alternative. My two least favorite parts of Lemmy are how every conversation is somehow just one degree of separation from Linux or Nazis. Meme about dogs? Now the conversation is about genocide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Put him on the cart.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You know, it should be obvious, but until you brought it up here, I was guilty of thinking of it as just some colloquialism (which it very well may be). But if you think of the suffix -oid, taking “humanoid” for example, you get something that isn’t presenting itself as a human. But I didn’t come to that conclusion, I just was like, wow, they bop the Pope with a hammer.

  So thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stuck⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Have a daughter also, so I know it all too well! Our focus is “It’s normal but private.” We will see how that goes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stuck⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My wife texted me the other day:

  You know that yellow slide out son carries around? Well, he started sticking his penis in it, you have to talk to him now.

  He’s 4. It’s just what boys do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's normal, right?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I fast between all my meals, so yeah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's normal, right?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, must be something else, can’t be my own poor decisions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a three year loan at 1.9%. Why would I cough up an additional $20k now, when I could hang on to my cash and, at the very least, leave it in an account that earns twice that (and then some) in interest?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are so cooked⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Say what you will about RFK, but he’s broken clock right on a couple of issues, pesticides being one of them. Sure, maybe his rationale isn’t right, but his end game may be a benefit. Unfortunately it’s at odds with Trump’s complete destruction of regulation, but he (RFK) seems to be chugging along. I think making America healthy is good; I don’t think pesticides or ultra processed foods make kids transgender.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call it an excuse. I call it therapy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha, I told a joke in middle school and they had to call the police, so I feel ya. It was 25 years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call it an excuse. I call it therapy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How about humor?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yemeni shopkeeper during US bombing.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s weird, when I’m around my kids, I feel like my ability to make decisions is improved, I feel like I’m less prone to any sort of panic. There’s something about having them with me, I suppose it’s that I know that I need to be the one to “figure things out,” that helps me see things more clearly. Or perhaps I’ve just matured a bit. Or perhaps life has just beaten me down so much that nothing is new.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨^_^ I just think skibidibi sounds neat :3⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you from the generation of email chain letters that asked you to scroll down and it’s be neat ASCII designs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3's grip looks the most comfy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Scrolled far too long to find even a mention of Zebra. Uniball is the intro to good pens, but Zebra is where you land.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3's grip looks the most comfy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As it should be!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've done it again...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  left over spaghetti

  !!!

  But yeah, there’s that whole thing with blood sugar and leftover pasta, I dunno, I’m not a scientist and I have a bad memory, but it’s basically healthier on day two.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've done it again...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The last thing I want is to make spaghetti and still be hungry after I eat it. Whole box it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be honest and tell us what you see⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Poop back and forth, forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thinkpad for the win⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was in the Marines and I had to buy some of my shit on my own, so yeah, agree 100%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having a baby? Use this one weird trick!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, sure, maybe in the ensuing lawsuit they could be like hey, her doctor said it was cool, but it doesn’t change the fact that there’s a baby being born on an airplane in transit. Nobody wants that, airlines will shut that down, and it’s not discrimination, it’s just a good decision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having a baby? Use this one weird trick!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m curious what the difference between how America went about giving slaves citizenship versus countries in Europe. There’s the obvious difference of birthright that’s an issue today, just curious why America ended up here and Europe did not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having a baby? Use this one weird trick!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Jus soli is conditional, and doesn’t include hopping on a plane and just visiting a country, the birthing parents have to have established residence in the country. There’s also citizenship granted to children born to parents who are from whichever country it is.

  None of these represent what we see in the US. No country in Europe grants automatic citizenship to children born of foreign parents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having a baby? Use this one weird trick!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure they can. “My doctor said I can!” Well, they say you can’t. Why would a doctor’s note get you on an airplane?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having a baby? Use this one weird trick!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally zero European countries do it. It seems to be in the Americas only, and Chad and Tanzania. The concept that this is some human right apparently only applies to he US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nailed it on the head. I think also that you need to include that Canada’s relationship vis-a-vis trade with China will be affected by tariffs the US is placing on Canada, and same with Mexico. I think much of everything is from the viewpoint that China is a bigger problem than Russia at the moment. China is also recovering from some economic turmoil, and one way to do so includes expanding their reach, and so the intent is to limit China in other areas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1987⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was born in '87 and I distinctly recall eating a lot of canned veggies growing up. I’m sure it’s what my mom grew up (in Newark, NJ) eating, and so it probably just passed on down when she was a young mother. I’m curious if canned veggies were just the rage at the time or if it was so because access to the fresh stuff wasn’t as available.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So, is the USA screwed?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha, I should’ve mentioned that you definitely won’t. It seems to paint this damned if we do damned if we don’t picture. But it at least paints a picture, versus what can at times feel like this great big unknown. It may also shed some light on some of the motivations for what’s happening. I dunno.