I_Fart_Glitter
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- Comment on A guy just got arrested in Houston US for allegedly being an ISIS member. I grew up in Reagan and 911 era are these people just saying this or are they actively buying bombs? 5 weeks ago:
Just FYI, while the concentration camps in the US were absolutely inexcusable, destroyed communities, forced people to sell their homes and businesses and took people away from the lives they had built and everything the knew and loved, they were not extermination camps.
Of the 120,000 people unjustly incarcerated, 1,862 people died in the camp hospitals in the four years the camps operated. The current US mortality rate is about 0.8% (about 800 deaths per 100,000 people per year). So for 120,000 people (using today’s standard, I can’t find the rate for the 1940s), we would expect about 960 deaths per year, or 3840 in all four years.
Again, not condoning the US concentration camps in any way. But they were not death camps.
- Comment on At what point do you stop calling the years "two thousand and X" and start calling them "twenty X"? 5 weeks ago:
The noughties, the teenies, and the twenties.
- Comment on At what point do you stop calling the years "two thousand and X" and start calling them "twenty X"? 5 weeks ago:
" Disney’s 100.1 Dalmatians "
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 2 months ago:
- Comment on How do I alleviate bitterness due to lack of intimacy? 3 months ago:
Cognitive behavioral therapy workbooks work almost as well without a therapist as with one. You just have to have the self discipline to actually do it.
- Comment on Suddenly it all makes sense. 3 months ago:
There are a few in my town and it’s really hard not to stare as they go by, even after seeing them around a bit. I imagine a few accidents have happened by now because people can’t stop rubbernecking and going “Holy shit, it looks even stupider in real life!!” >> crash.
- Comment on Do any "thickening" products actually work to prevent hair loss/thinning? 4 months ago:
Essential oils are still pretty bad for cats.
Essential Oil Toxicity in Cats
The reason why these oils are risky is that they contain compounds such as terpenes, ketones, and phenols. Your cat’s liver cannot metabolize these chemicals, as it doesn’t have the enzymes necessary for processing and excreting them. As a result, there is always a possibility of their accumulation in the liver building to toxic levels.
- Comment on Scratch that. Let's do an airstrike instead. 4 months ago:
Three times per day to three times per week is considered “normal.” You’re both fine.
- Comment on Peeble streamer on Doop 4 months ago:
We are talking about actors, specifically Courtney Cox. Your weird island idea is the straw man in this conversation.
The idea that she should age in a way that continues your “crush” on her or else “disappear from the public” is continuing the policing of women’s bodies that I am referring to.
- Comment on Peeble streamer on Doop 4 months ago:
Oh fuck off. Actors who are famous for their faces have no good path forward. They will be criticized regardless, either for “letting themselves go” or “getting work done.”
“Age gracefully” means “get work done that I can’t clock, because it hurts my feelings to acknowledge that faces change in aesthetically displeasing ways as people age.”
I’m really sick of this pseudo-feminist policing of aging women’s faces.
- Comment on Is this normal for girls or just a extreme edge case? (Serious question) 4 months ago:
English cucumbers come with their own condom, but it usually has rough seams :(
- Comment on In January, is it winter in Australia 4 months ago:
White Wine in the Sun is a Christmas song by Tim Minchin
- Comment on Los Angeles area always wild! 4 months ago:
If he doesn’t have a hat with a lil spinny light on top I’m going to be very disappointed.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
I know it’s a joke, but this is actually the reason. Humans are shit at protecting themselves alone. This goes for weather, predators, accidents. If you’re alone you have a much lower chance of survival.
People with a naturally higher desire to fit in/fear of being shunned or cast out of the safety of the group survived and produced offspring at a higher rate.
It doesn’t serve in quite the same way anymore, you aren’t going to die because of a social faux pas, but your brain will still wake you up at 3am to scream at you that you absolutely will.
- Comment on Why does the urge to go to the bathroom increase when we get home? 4 months ago:
The Joann Fabric and Crafts near me stopped offering a restroom to customers during Covid and never went back (understandable). But knowing that I can’t go while I’m there has created a situation where nothing makes me need to take a shit more urgently than browsing fabric and craft supplies. Luckily there is a Target next door.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
My first thought is that the HOA is going to have a big problem with this, if you have one- most town homes do.
- Comment on Yesterday in Kroger (a supermarket for you non-Americans) I saw a bunch of cans of potato salad. Why would someone buy canned potato salad? 5 months ago:
Is the bacon fat and vinegar blended/emulsified? Is it served warm or cold? The flavors sound great, but I can’t picture how that’s not a messy puddle of grease and vinegar.
- Comment on Yesterday in Kroger (a supermarket for you non-Americans) I saw a bunch of cans of potato salad. Why would someone buy canned potato salad? 5 months ago:
- Comment on Life, huh 5 months ago:
Lol, same. Oh wait… fuck… I’m 40.
- Comment on What is the actual point of a bra? 5 months ago:
I’m a small breasted woman who does not wear a bra. The reasons of practicality and comfort are described below for bigger chested people (I didn’t see mentioned that if they are really big and you try to run without serious, sometimes two sports bras on they can fly up and hit you in the face). I do sometimes accidentally hit my nipple on something, which I don’t like.
But in my experience, people get upset at seeing boob shaped boobs. Strangers tell me I should be wearing a bra. They want bra shaped boobs. Nipples are scary.
I haven’t worn one since middle school when it was new and fun and made me feel “grown up” (but uncomfortable). But some years back I got shingles and apparently permanent nerve damage on the nerve group that would be right under the bra band on my back and anything irritating it makes me feel like I’m on fire so it’s just not going to happen. Certainly not in the name of sparing the general public the scandal of seeing boob shaped boobs in a loose T shirt. At the very most I will use silicone tape to hide my nipples in very formal situations.
- Comment on Is my punctuation correct? 5 months ago:
Period comes after the parentheses. guides.libraries.psu.edu/mlacitation/intext
Direct quote:
One study found that “the listener’s familiarity with the topic of discourse greatly facilitates the interpretation of the entire message” (Gass and Varonis 85).
- Comment on Why is most of Lemmy instances moderated by radical and ill people? 5 months ago:
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- Comment on Why is most of Lemmy instances moderated by radical and ill people? 5 months ago:
I’m sure this six minute old account is acting purely in good faith.
Also- I’m very curious how a post about all apps being dating apps managed to be racist.
Also- how is my calculator app going to find me a date?
- Comment on When was the last time you made Jello? 5 months ago:
I make “chicken jello” for the cats on a weekly basis. It’s their favorite.
- Comment on When was the last time you made Jello? 5 months ago:
Ha. Sorry. For beginners using unflavored gelatin I would recommend the Knox brand packets that are sold next to the regular Jello boxes. They are highly refined and don’t have any um… surprising smells… ? The big 2lb jars of unflavored supplement gelatin can be a bit strong when you first add boiling water, but it goes away entirely once it is set in the fridge or dissolved in tea. I could see that putting someone entirely off jello if they were already iffy.
My very favorite is mulberry juice jello, but the only place that sold mulberry juice near me stopped carrying it a couple years back. It’s on amazon, but I can’t bring myself to buy juice on amazon. Tart cherry is a good sub. www.amazon.com/…/B00J49VLMO/
- Comment on When was the last time you made Jello? 5 months ago:
I have a family tradition of making rainbow jello for Easter. Each color layer gets a thin layer of sweetened condensed milk jello in between to make the colors really pop when it is sliced. It’s so pretty. It takes all day. It’s one of my favorite things about Easter.
I also make it pretty regularly because I eat gelatin as a nutritional supplement that does seem to help my joint pain a bit. For that I use unflavored fish and beef gelatin and mix it with tart cherry juice in pint jars and chill it or mix it with hot tea or chicken broth.
- Comment on Mildred 5 months ago:
Hey man, all cats are grey in the dark.
- Comment on Ironing 5 months ago:
Ironing is for crafts and sewing.
- Comment on How do you get people to wash their vegetables when you're at their house and you don't wanna seem rude? 5 months ago:
Oh good. That makes more sense.
- Comment on How do you get people to wash their vegetables when you're at their house and you don't wanna seem rude? 5 months ago:
They wash their vegetables with soap? Like… special veg soap or just like Dawn or something?
