khannie
@khannie@lemmy.world
- Comment on What TV show always shows up on ‘best ever’ lists but just doesn’t belong? 5 days ago:
I’m going to get absolutely skinned alive here and tossed in a vat of salt after but - Star Trek - DS9.
Huge Star Trek fan but I tried twice and failed to get into DS9. People who love it whose opinions I generally value keep telling me it’s amazing but I just found it too slow. Got about half way through season 2 before giving up.
- Comment on What are some of the best acted scenes and performances you've watched in TV? 3 weeks ago:
Patrick Stewart at the end of “The Inner Light” (the flute episode). Man looks as traumatised as I feel someone would be. It’s all done with his face.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 3 weeks ago:
Not being preachy…If you’re taking the first exit (turning right essentially if you drive on the right or turning left of you drive on the left) you should be indicating as you enter. It allows traffic from other lanes to enter the roundabout without stopping to figure out where you’re going.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 3 weeks ago:
100% the same. The only time I don’t is leaving my driveway. We’re corner house on a quiet cul-de-sac so it just doesn’t occur to me.
People leaving roundabouts on the first exit who don’t indicate before entering are the ones that annoy me most. They will watch me waiting to enter or slow down to stop as they approach and literally not lift a finger to help.
Roundabout = indicator you donkey. There’s literally no legal way to use one without it (here anyway).
- Comment on Has anyone here watched Conclave? How was it? 3 weeks ago:
I had it on my watchlist but couldn’t bring myself to watch it because the subject matter sounded dull but a good friend recommended I watch it so I pulled the trigger. No regrets. Way better than I was expecting.
- Comment on The masterful design of the two-liter plastic soda bottle | Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy 3 weeks ago:
Fascinating stuff.
- Comment on America is fucked 3 weeks ago:
I’m only across the water in Ireland and I can tell you from experience that ambulances arrive quickly, are free and so is the treatment. The UK health system is measurably better than ours so I feel like this is plucked from somewhere that the sun doesn’t shine.
- Comment on Found money. What do? 4 weeks ago:
Check if there’s a local Facebook page. I don’t use it myself but my daughter lost her phone recently and my wife had someone contact her before she even realised it was gone.
- Comment on Why is Trump suddenly obsessed with rare earths? (17:57) 5 weeks ago:
I could only watch that at 1x speed on the website so here’s a YouTube link for anyone like me.
- Comment on Tired of dating apps? 1 month ago:
Travelled back in time and the past is shite.
- Comment on What TV shows have aged the best, and what TV shows have aged the worst? 1 month ago:
Fair enough. Maybe I should stick with it then. Thanks for the alternate viewpoint.
- Comment on What TV shows have aged the best, and what TV shows have aged the worst? 1 month ago:
Currently on Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation with my daughter. It has aged shockingly well for something that aired nearly 40 years ago. Granted, Season 1 was a bit rough and some of the filler episodes were…dodgy at best (the alcoholic bringloidi (“dreamers” in Irish) for example with the fuckin’ straw on the floor, leprechaun accents and pigs in the cargo bay was rude AF tbh).
Two series that I tried to watch but couldn’t because I felt they were long past their sell by date:
- Babylon 5
- The West Wing
- Comment on Bernard 1 month ago:
Yeah that part did stick with me too. For what it’s worth I’d say most Irish adults have been to the US at some point and had a great time so it’s all quite a bit of confusion and horror.
We know right well that there are lots of really good folks there too though and Michael does a great job of portraying that in the clip.
He’s a good lad. We’re all very fond of him.
- Comment on Bernard 1 month ago:
He’s a super lad but you wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of him. This is one of my all time favourite bit of radio where he absolutely eviscerates someone against Obamacare at the time.
It’s from 2010 and 4 minutes long. Honestly couldn’t recommend enough that everyone who reads this gives it a listen.
Some light swearing at the end.
- Comment on Opinion | We Need a Reminder of What the Pre-Vaccine Era Was Like 1 month ago:
There’s a nice old American man I know. He told me a story about his class going on an outing to the beach just before spring break. When they returned he found out that one of his classmates had died from Polio.
He was so angry at the existence of anti-vaxxers and their bullshit privilege that herd immunity gives them.
- Comment on Nicole endgame 1 month ago:
You can check the wallet to see if you have the bitcoin address.
- Comment on All things have a right to grow. The blossom is brother to the weed. 1 month ago:
My wife and all my kids are deathly afraid of spiders. I put them all outside and I’m happy that’s the example I’m setting.
Spider bro, spider bro, keeping that fly population low.
- Comment on What’s a movie nobody can convince you is good? 1 month ago:
Mulholland Drive.
- Comment on Welcome, new users! 1 month ago:
Welcome aboard!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I dunno. Apparently she’s the daughter of a wealthy man who just needs my help to get his fortune out of Poland.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Got my one today. Finally part of the gang.
Has anyone actually bothered engaging?
- Comment on The Nightshade Family 2 months ago:
- Comment on At what point in the relationship should I move in with my girlfriend? 2 months ago:
Moved in with my wife fairly shortly after we started dating. I’d say within 3-4 months. It just felt right to both of us. Married 20 years now.
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 2 months ago:
I can’t emphasise how badly you need to travel. I’m old and very well travelled, much of it for work, like easily 20 countries all across the globe and it has been a huge eye opener to experience different cultures, foods, make friends with fellow travellers, locals and has broadened my horizons on so many fronts.
Yes it can be expensive but it is something you will never regret if you can scramble the money together for it. Embrace it. Deeply.
If you’re in North America you can experience lots of cultures and experiences like the national parks in the US very reasonably. I’m guessing you’re not in Europe because travel is cheap AF here.
I honestly think it will bring down many of the current barriers you express.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
When you say “until I close my eyes” does that mean I revert to being a male non-millionaire after?
If so, definitely rewriting my will to give everything to the old me when I revert. Yoink!
- Comment on Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award 3 months ago:
Haha. I’m not a huge brown sauce aficionado myself but HP is the gold standard in the UK and Chef is the big one in Ireland is my understanding. If there’s any British or Irish shops near you or even supermarket sections they’ll have it.
It’s like a more savoury ketchup I suppose. Bit more bite to it too. The thoughts of it in tea though. Jaysus. Just no.
- Comment on Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award 3 months ago:
If you don’t mind me asking, are you from a part of the world where brown sauce is a thing?
I’m laughing here.
- Comment on Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award 3 months ago:
Wildly late but your comment did cause me to rewatch Intermission. What a great flick. The opening scene had stuck with me from before because it’s so well done but the brown sauce bit was amazing and overall it’s such a fun watch.
- Comment on Looking for 4K bluray recommendations 3 months ago:
Thanks. That’s solid advice. I did hear that about True Lies but mostly forgot about it as I didn’t have a player at the time and it wouldn’t be very high on my rewatch list.
I did find Aliens superb but it was my first run at 4k Blu-ray and I believe some folks weren’t super happy with it but not at the True Lies level.
- Comment on Looking for 4K bluray recommendations 3 months ago:
Oh that’s a great one.
