khannie
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- Comment on True of mine but he more than made up for it 20 hours ago:
I did basically all the gift shopping this year and set up all the Santa stuff with the help of one of my older kids as my wife was knackered yesterday.
Other years my wife has done the bulk of the shopping and we usually do the setup together. There’s no structure to who does the shopping I suppose, it’s more whoever has the time or energy any given year.
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 2 weeks ago:
Hell yeah!
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 2 weeks ago:
Hell yeah!
It is without doubt my favourite photo of all time. I’m glad you got a “hell yeah” from it too. This thread has some gems.
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on What's this ram price surge thing going on in the memes? Is this gonna affect pre-builts, laptops, tablets, phones, and other electronics? 3 weeks ago:
Eventually it will influence consumer electronics.
It already has and in a big way. I saw one comment on a Jeff Geerling video saying they had bought 96G of DDR5 RAM a year ago for $205 and that it was well over $600 now.
- Comment on Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles 3 weeks ago:
Ah if someone has a seizure you’re just calling an ambulance. I actually think it might be free if you do. I had to call one for my wife early in the year and I don’t recall us paying (she badly needed it).
- Comment on Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles 3 weeks ago:
Ah if you break your arm you just head straight in. I’m not sure if a medical card (essentially free medical treatment for low income folks) works for that but I’d imagine it does.
We had a lot of folks just arriving into A&E before because it was cheaper than going to their GP.
- Comment on Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles 3 weeks ago:
They partly solved that here (Ireland) by making A&E visits €100 but free if your GP sends you in, but it sounds from the other comments like your GP situation is dire over there. How bad is it?
- Comment on why 3 weeks ago:
You’re very welcome :)
- Comment on why 3 weeks ago:
So the verb has a negative declension, or is it just some kind of conjunction that negates the verb?
You repeat the verb but in the positive or negative form if that makes sense?
Like “Do you understand?” is “I understand”.
I’m teaching my youngest lad Irish and I’ll regularly ask him “An dtuigeann tú” (on diggin too) and he’ll respond with “tuigim” (“tigim” - “I understand” (which is strictly a contraction)).
- Comment on why 3 weeks ago:
Only parents, priests, those in front of children or those in pleasant company say feck. We’re more or less married to the Aussies with our love of the vulgar words. 🇮🇪 ❤️ 🇦🇺
- Comment on why 3 weeks ago:
Eh, that’s a great question. My Irish used to be good enough that I’d be able to answer that but I’m not sure what the direct translation would be. There is a word that’s very close to “no” which is “níl” (neel) but in general it’s short for “níl mé” (neel may - I am not).
In the present tense there is “tá” (taw) which is essentially short for “tá mé” (taw may - I am) but for example the answer to the question “Were you?” is “Ní raimh mé” (nee r-ow may) which is “I was not” but it is contextual. The pronunciation of “raimh” also varies by each of the 4 provinces along with every other word which is confusing as fuck. Some would say “rev” for “raimh”.
In general it’s the positive or negative of the verb though - were you? I was. Did you? I did. Will you? I will. Did she? She did etc.
Someone with better Irish may be along to hopefully make a show of me.
- Comment on why 3 weeks ago:
Y’all would love Irish. There is no word for “yes” or “no”.
- Comment on An experimental setting. 4 weeks ago:
I’d be interested to know! My guess is the results would be similar. The article does say:
Professor Pagnini adds, "Unlike traditional mindfulness interventions that require active engagement, this study highlights how situational interruptions alone may be sufficient to produce similar effects.
But also!!!
44% of those who offered their seats in the experimental condition reported not having seen Batman
which is interesting (how do you not notice Batman?! :D)
- Comment on An experimental setting. 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on An experimental setting. 4 weeks ago:
I would 100% give up my seat to an obviously pregnant lady but that lady pictured could just be very fond of Doritos and the depth of shame and horror of being wrong would live with me forever so I’m not sure if I’d just sit in painful indecision the whole journey.
The study was cool though.
- Comment on Stupid sexy raft 4 weeks ago:
Big brother is the first reality TV show that I recall being popular in the UK and Ireland. It kicked off in 2000 so well before the writers strike.
- Comment on Hi, Jeffrey! 4 weeks ago:
Check the starred emails. Fascinating.
- Comment on Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5 weeks ago:
I can’t even fathom what the cost of trying to implement a 51% attack on bitcoin would be.
- Comment on kittypillar 5 weeks ago:
Send a gift
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Luanti (or Voxelibre which is a slightly closer clone of minecraft). My 6 year old is absolutely champion with the mouse from this.
If you want voxelibre you install luanti first then search for it under the “games” section.
- Comment on Why aren't people harassing marketers? 1 month ago:
Spot on.
- Comment on Twinkle twinkle little star 1 month ago:
I have a female friend in STEM who has dealt with an immense amount of misogyny in her field.
That’s really fucking depressing :(
- Comment on Disc market share for week ending in 2025-10-24: Fantastic Four and Mission: Impossible still rule the top spots 1 month ago:
I still find it unfathomable how DVD is clinging to so much market share.
- Comment on Inside ARMSX2: Interviewing the Team Reviving PS2 Emulation on Android (my article!) 1 month ago:
Fascinating read. Thanks. I wish them luck.
- Comment on Disc market share for week ending in 2025-10-18: 4K's slice of the pie is at an all-time high! 1 month ago:
I’m doing my part. Picked up Interstellar for €11.70 last week as a nice little treat. *yoink*
- Comment on Fight me 2 months ago:
Turn that entropy up to 11, boi!
- Comment on How would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person? 2 months ago:
“Decentralized?”
“Like email” is a quick way to explain that.
- Comment on How are these ICE agents allowed to fire on protestors like this 2 months ago:
Honestly love the first amendment in the US. That video is gas!
- Comment on ‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder 2 months ago:
Same. Dating in the modern era looks terrifying.
