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- Comment on The look... 3 months ago:
“Okay, now throw a straight punch at me.” “…Why?” “Because it doesn’t work unless you throw a straight punch! Just do it!” …[sweeps the leg] “Noooo, you jerk, do it so I can show you how adept I am in the martial arts!”
- Comment on WebMD forcing employees back to office. "We aren’t asking or negotiating at this point. We’re informing" 4 months ago:
I agree the video is cringy AF, but I don’t have a problem with the company demanding its employees return to working in the office rather than remotely. There are a whole host of tangible benefits (for both companies and employees) from coming into work and I don’t see a problem with a company insisting on it. There are some industries and/or jobs in which remote work is probably fine, but most organizations benefit more from having people come into a shared workspace.
- Comment on Real committed 4 months ago:
I like your memes, but this is a dick response. You could have just not answered, no reason to go out of your way to be an asshole.
- Comment on Waddle waddle 4 months ago:
To be fair, ducks are pretty dumb.
- Comment on Perception Check (Official Music Video) - Tom Cardy 4 months ago:
God damnit, I just got this song out of my head last month. Fuck.
- Comment on I'm 99% sure it's not real 4 months ago:
Pretty sure they just draw complex pictures of bridges all day.
- Comment on The plot thickens 4 months ago:
It’s a short one, overly faded.
- Comment on Merry Christmas 4 months ago:
We’re all children of Jesus…
- Comment on When you've been in the pool a little too long... 4 months ago:
Yes. Female?
- Comment on Does Mach speed change depending on the altitude? 4 months ago:
Yes, because its calculation relies on the local speed of sound, which is varies based on several factors, including altitude.
- Comment on George Carlin - I Gave Up On My Species - George's GENUINE, eloquent perspective 4 months ago:
People always frown and say I’m being cynical or pessimistic whenever I tell them I’m a misanthrope. They assume I’m bitter and I irrationally hate my fellow human. Couldn’t be further from the truth. I actually like most people I meet. I just have a very low opinion of us as a species. If you look at the track record, I’m many of the most important aspects, it’s really abysmal. We have undoubtedly accomplished many great things, but we’ve also committed uncountable horrors—and both patterns will continue—but I’m not impressed in the final analysis. In fact, I’m pretty disgusted.
Anyone interested should briefly study individual psychology vs. group psychology. Specifically, why individuals are often better problem solvers than groups. There are reasons groups tend to make worse decisions overall than individuals. In a nutshell, it’s because the loudest voices prevail in groups, not the most intelligent, educated, insightful, etc. On a grand scale, that translates to those who want power the most are the ones who wind up in the positions that wield it. And this isn’t due to any social system or set of laws or constitution; it’s due to simple human psychology.
- Comment on He knows 5 months ago:
Operant conditioning is a helluva drug.
- Comment on Ouroboros 5 months ago:
Can someone knowledgeable please explain to me why snakes don’t realize they’re biting themselves when this happens?
Also, related question: why do dogs sometimes bite their own tails and hind feet as though they’re foreign entities?
- Comment on Positive review 5 months ago:
Why, because all cartoons know each other?
Toonist SOB.
- Comment on [META] Never change, lemmy.ml 5 months ago:
and it’s the government model that is to blame?
Yes, because it leaves itself so prone to authoritarian takeover. As I’ve said before, this is a feature of communism, not a bug. A single, one-party “transitional” government is intended. You might as well just put up a sign that says “Dictator Wanted.” This is why there isn’t a single instance of communism on a nation-state scale that hasn’t quickly devolved into an authoritarian state. It’s not hard to understand this. Your government model has to account for the reality that people are going to disagree on things and faction out. Your model has to be able to manage that process. Communism insists everyone adhere to the same ideology, and those that don’t just get “re-educated.” It’s a horrible ideology, a horrible government model; naïve utopian fantasy at best, cynical authoritarian scheme at worst.
- Comment on [META] Never change, lemmy.ml 5 months ago:
Lemmy overall is just difference shades of red. Picking your instance just allows you to select pink vs. crimson.
- Comment on Should I quit my monthly expenses for alcohol? 5 months ago:
Okay, fair point, I didn’t check the sub name before I commented.
- Comment on Should I quit my monthly expenses for alcohol? 5 months ago:
I live in NYC and in Manhattan to boot, and this is such mf’ing garbage. Please, any non-NYers in this thread: do NOT think these costs are accurate. These wouldn’t be accurate anywhere.
Stop trying to bait rage and disparage NYC, OP. This is a pathetic attempt and you’re a POS for making it.
- Comment on The actors who have played this iconic role 5 months ago:
As much as he might deserve it for his personality, no, my comments here are genuinely because I just didn’t think his version was as good as others.
- Comment on The actors who have played this iconic role 5 months ago:
For me, it was too brief to even count as an interpretation. I don’t get how people can compare Leto’s performance to Ledger’s or Phoenix’s, simply because of how much more there is to the latter two’s, not even taking into account artistic quality or interpretation.
- Comment on The actors who have played this iconic role 5 months ago:
I really hope you’re being sarcastic here.
- Comment on What happened to the flat earthers who demonstrated that the earth is round in the netfilx documentary ? 5 months ago:
Didn’t they also establish that Sargent is a hyper-religious Christian and that the majority of American flat-earthers are? If this is a religious belief for them then there’s absolutely no hope that they’ll change their views.
- Comment on impossible 5 months ago:
I’m not a math person at all, so I’m not really debating your proof, but it seems to me that if 0.9• = 1, then what does 0.1• equal? It “fits” perfectly into the “space” between 0.9• and 1, but if 0.9•=1 then 0.1• should equal 0, right? Except it doesn’t, because 0.1<0.1• and 0.1 definitely isn’t 0.
I definitely understand why some religious people think numbers are a tool of Satan.
- Comment on Flagship gaming website loses its video team as star of ‘Zero Punctuation’ resigns 6 months ago:
Nothing looks better on a corporate resume than taking over a successful business and immediately alienating all the talent that made it successful. I don’t know who the jerkwad is that fucked up so badly, but I hope this follows them for years.
Kudos to Nick, Yahtzee and all the rest for sticking with each other in solidarity rather than caving to corporate pressure. I’ll be looking forward to seeing them produce new videos in the future, hopefully under their own LLC.
- Comment on why is the world suddebly focused on the irsali-palestine conflict and hamas group? 6 months ago:
Because it’s recently escalated from a simmering series of minor conflicts to full-blown war. Hamas launched a coordinated series of strikes against Israel on Oct. 7th, massacring lots of people, and Israel has responded by bombing Gaza indiscriminately, killing thousands of civilians in their attempts to slay Hamas leaders.
This is “new,” in other words. It’s receiving a lot of attention because it’s a big change from the state of things prior to 10/7/23.
- Comment on V The Vendetta - Remember Remember, the Fifth of November (HD) 6 months ago:
Fantastic film. Thanks for the reminder!
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
I’ve been on here since the Reddit API nonsense and it was always like this. Lemmy is a haven for the Far Left, and the Far Left is just as blind to nuance and their own hypocrisy as the Far Right is. It’s just something you have to put up with here, and that will be the case until Lemmy attracts a wider audience.
- Comment on Gone too soon 7 months ago:
He will obviously be missed, but I don’t think 82 is “too soon,” even in this day and age.
- Comment on How can I practice being more emotionally available as a man? 7 months ago:
Wow, a bigoted prick and an internet stalker. Stop following me around, asshat. Maybe get off the internet for a bit? Get a life.
- Comment on How can I practice being more emotionally available as a man? 7 months ago:
Start seeing a therapist. Get help from a professional and avoid taking the advice of strangers on the internet.