elephantium

@elephantium@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The bosses are never going to just hand workers a 32 hour workweek.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, sure, sometimes you can find a unicorn job that pays enough and is flexible to allow that 32 hour work week. Most people aren’t in a position to be that picky, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking poetic justice, personally

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wanna have a perfectly healthy guy take 1 recreationally so i can use him as a human dildo for hours⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Add a comma? Also hell,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sacrifices⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Perfect

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millennials Owe 500% More in Student Debt Than Their Parents Did⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m half and half. Agreed that it’s fucked up, particularly if they’re actually talking about millennials and not gen Z.

  But I disagree in principle about student debt. It’s a valid tradeoff to make (between getting a job straight out of highschool and going to college to open up better paying careers), and I wouldn’t have any problems with student loans if tuition were still reasonable.

  I’d say the bigger problem is the structure of the economy. College is supposed to unlock a lot of “grownup jobs”. That breaks when you actually only have McJobs available after that big college investment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millennials Owe 500% More in Student Debt Than Their Parents Did⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The youngest millennials are 30. Student debt ought to be paid off by now for most.

  I’m not sure if this is a fail of 1. “Kids these days are called millennials” (lol, whatever Boomer) or 2. The economy really is THAT much fail whale that a 10 year repayment term has become a 15-20 year repayment term for the majority.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Third time’s the Charmin*

  I was led to believe this was a shit post community

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate the best way to get rid of an old mattress? Wrong answers only. Worst idea I'll actually do.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tie one on? I don’t think that mixes with driving…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good comparison. I use DDG for my own search and only rarely switch to Google if I’m not finding something.

  At the same time, “You can’t avoid dealing with Google if you want to run a public-facing website” rings true.

  I’m less sure about applying the same sentiment to Valve. Can you realistically make a living as an indy game dev on itch.io or gog.com? I’m not sure. Food for thought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Valve is a de facto monopoly

  Is it, though? I can buy games on gog, on itch.io, on epic (but that would require me to use epic, lol), or maybe on humble bundle (took a quick look, mentioned steam keys, not sure).

  I thought that “monopoly” meant that a company has exclusive control in their market which clearly doesn’t apply here.

  Either way, it’ll be interesting (and maybe infuriating) to see how the court arguments pan out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the first game you ever bought ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  True. Nothing wrong with changing hobbies. I guess I feel slightly protective of my own hobby here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the first game you ever bought ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  En Taro Adun!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the first game you ever bought ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This seems sad to me. I never “grew out” of playing video games. My tastes have changed a bit, but I still enjoy playing to this day. To not play anything anymore would feel like losing something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Okay but like the light has been green for 0.3 seconds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I tend to call it Romneycare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I do this on behalf of soup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  clarify something

  They’re bowling for soup, not butter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t those combine as a monolisk though?

  Hmm…sounds like something you might see in a Starcraft mod…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soft⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahh, gotcha, yeah, I misread you there. Sorry about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soft⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  besides not being physically colocated

  This isn’t neglect IMO. Kids should have at least some time separate from their parents (tbf, this means different things at different stages of childhood).

  The rest of your post, OTOH, is spot on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soft⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  IDK about this. Today’s extreme focus on helicopter parenting seems to view “having room to play” as CPS-worthy neglect. Shouldn’t there be a middle ground?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Baby don’t hurt me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in my field. Why, what job were applying for?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuck it, just paste your clipboard in the comments⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  hunter2

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And then the content drones will start to swarm, making the content aircraft carriers obsolete!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m still annoyed that they deleted classic D2 from my battle.net account. I used to be able to download that and get several classic games installed from registering CD keys back in the day. Now it’s just a prompt to buy remastered :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To demonstrate that people will argue about anything, here's a picture of a ladybug.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As proud clankerists, we can all agree that technological progress has gone too far! And we’ll get right on that as soon as we vanquish the real threat – the clankerites, those splitters!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Veganuary⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  reductio ad absurdum, actually.

  You claimed that this statement was not true:

  There are no nutrients that are exclusively available via meat/dairy.

  i.e. claimed that there are some nutrients that can only be sourced via meat or dairy.

  An obligate carnivore must eat meat to live, like, say, if the only source of needed nutrients is meat?

  Where did I lose you on this? Is it the “or dairy” escape hatch?

  FFS, you could have just given an example of a nutrient you mistakenly think is only available via meat or dairy. Then I could have judged your post on its merits instead of this displeasure of a thread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To demonstrate that people will argue about anything, here's a picture of a ladybug.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not –

  Wait –

  You magnificent bastard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Veganuary⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s not true

  Are you sure about that? Got any examples of nutrients that make humans obligate carnivores?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You are allowed flavor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But we do not grant you the title of Spice Master.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games you really want to play, but can't or won't?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I played it. Beautiful game. Terrifying.

  I didn’t think I had thalassophobia until Subnautica.