khannie
@khannie@lemmy.world
- Comment on I'd choose 4 tbh 2 days ago:
Number six when something bad happens:
- Comment on On trees... 3 days ago:
I’m a billion years
Damn. You look good for your age.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Do you maybe suffer from Aphantasia?
Not everyone can picture things in their mind. It doesn’t have to be complete.
- Comment on Partner has ADD, do I have misophonia? 1 week ago:
Yeah fair call.
- Comment on Partner has ADD, do I have misophonia? 1 week ago:
Yeah living with other people requires you to respect noise levels. It’s just basic courtesy. There are six in our house and we have an earliest time that the shower can be turned on for example. Of course exceptions have to be made.
If he’s not prepared to turn down the TV to a reasonable level that’s on him. He knows it’s upsetting you and is prepared to continue upsetting you. That’s really unhealthy and inconsiderate behaviour.
One thing that might help is getting him to use headphones with the TV. Most TVs these days have Bluetooth support. If I’m watching a movie late at night (common) I’ll always use headphones. Again it’s just common courtesy.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
There is no such thing as being born bad. Six year olds have no idea the level of impact they’ll have with their actions. That’s why they can’t be prosecuted. They’re not capable of that level of understanding.
You need to get professional help letting go of this.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Yeah, this fits more or less where I am. My eldest is 27 and left home 5 years ago. He’s just out of a long term relationship around 6 months. He lives in a different country in central Europe and is living the life. Travels a lot, has a great group of friends spread all over the continent, great job that he really likes earning good money etc. I’m really happy for him and it does give me a sense of ease to see him at a point in his life where he’s thriving.
On the other hand I’d be very happy to see him in a loving relationship and / or owning property instead of paying rent. Snuggles are nice and rent is poverty tax (for the most part) but I’m conscious that owning a property ties him to a place and he’s not ready for that yet.
So…to answer OP…I’m not obsessed with it at all, but they’re nice things to see for your kids that kinda tick the box of “my job here is (mostly) done”.
- Comment on Can you read and understand this passage? 1 week ago:
That last bullet point is shocking to me. To be an English undergraduate I would have expected them to enter with very strong vocabulary and an innate desire to read / love of the language.
I had no trouble understanding it and thought it painted a really clear picture.
- Comment on What period was the "golden age" of TV in terms of content? 2 weeks ago:
Adding:
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
The WireI do find there are a lot of great shows out recently too but I’m not sure if that’s recency bias and / or if they’ll stand the test of time. Many of them (e.g. Chernobyl) definitely will though.
- Comment on The fastest 2 weeks ago:
It’s Latin and as far as I can tell congratulating pope Benedict who was two popes ago. I guess the joke is that it’s internet explorer posting.
- Comment on Life is Strange road-trip 2 weeks ago:
Welcome aboard!
- Comment on Pope Joan 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on What TV show always shows up on ‘best ever’ lists but just doesn’t belong? 3 weeks 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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 1 month ago:
Fascinating stuff.
- Comment on America is fucked 1 month 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? 1 month 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) 1 month 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? 2 months 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? 2 months 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? 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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. 2 months 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? 2 months ago:
Mulholland Drive.
