FuglyDuck
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 20 hours ago:
The vasectomies are usually reversible. It’s not a non issue as it’s usually expensive and not covered by insurance, and it’s not 100% every case, but it can be done.
- Comment on [deleted] 20 hours ago:
This is why you shouldn’t tell them.
None of their damn business.
In any case. It sounds like you’ve thought it through and it’s not an impulsive thing. So no. It’s not “too early.”
(And in any case it’s usually reversible, of you do. Expensive and more invasive than the original procedure, and it’s not always certain. But the potential is there.)
- Comment on How abnormal is it for a mother to be her son a fleshlight for his 18th birthday? 21 hours ago:
I think you’re missing the point that we’re trying to get to. or at least, I was trying to get to.
I think you’re loosing sight of the fact that giving sex toys of any stripe as a birthday gift is not a sexual wellness thing, or a sex-safety talk. While there’s probably some conceivable scenario in which it might be appropriate, this is not it.
it doesn’t require any kind of experience to see that, and what Glimse was trying to do, is “flipping the genders” If it’s creepy for a dad to buy a sex toy for the daughter, as a birthday gift, it’s also creepy for a mother. (It would likely be only slightly less creepy father to son.)
Sexual wellness and safety talks don’t happen at birthday parties. At least, not any bday party I’ve been to.
- Comment on How abnormal is it for a mother to be her son a fleshlight for his 18th birthday? 23 hours ago:
You don’t know if it’s appropriate for a father to buy their daughter a sex toy?
- Comment on How abnormal is it for a mother to be her son a fleshlight for his 18th birthday? 23 hours ago:
(lol) every parent should talk about proper illumination!
Keeping a flashlight handy and charged could save your life.
(It could, but also, that auto incorrect made me giggle.)
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Controlling shareholder usually means they hold a majority of the shares. Meaning that any shareholder action would require their approval to succeed. basically, every share in the company is one vote on such actions. If he owns 51% of the shares, you’re SOL. If he’s like 48%, and just happens to be the largest block, you might be able to push a shareholder action to oust them- by getting the 52% to vote against him (or the CEO.)
That said, it would partially also depend on any corporate bylaws set up within the corporation, or if said CEO was somehow breaking the law, etc.
Chances are, if you start an effort to do so… you’re going to get fired.
out of curiosity, what’s prompting the question?
- Comment on What were the original antiperspirants before modern day ones? 2 days ago:
you don’t burn off your pores? wierdo.
/jk. Guess my point was today we (western weirdos?) use antiperspirants like sweating like plebs is gross. Similarly, it’s rather normal to bathe after a workout or something where you were sweating. sweating is normal, sure. but we’re rather weird about it compared to back then.
- Comment on What were the original antiperspirants before modern day ones? 3 days ago:
To add to this, sweating was normal, and though there were various ways to deal with the smell of body odor, the rich mostly just caked on perfumes like a teenage boy discovering girls for the first time.
Other methods of keeping it in check include things like bathing and simply going nose-blind.
- Comment on functional 3 days ago:
and basic algebra is a bigger flex?
- Comment on Quokkas! 3 days ago:
They’re also one of two animals in Australia that are actually trying to kill you. And really, the wombats are just doing it because the quokka made them.
- Comment on Is it possible to make wireless charging broadcast electricity throught an entire house similar to how wifi can broadcast to the entire house? 3 days ago:
It’s also important to note thst the increased power required significantly better cooling- on both devices.
Nikola Tesla did a lot of research on inductive transmission and found it was basically useless for high power and long range. (Interestingly, he wanted to create a shield that would fry anything metallic coming near it. Like artillery shells and airplanes. Besides the power demands being utterly ridiculous, it could have conceivably worked.)
- Comment on Spyhoppin' 3 days ago:
Muskies are basically freshwater sharks.
So, gonna go with… probably looking for a duck to eat, or something.
- Comment on What might you think of these Odds? featuring ChatGPT 4 days ago:
Was that ChatIvan?
- Comment on Why do females got to be so hard to talk or flirt with? 6 days ago:
Every time some dude on the internet says “females”…. I read it in a fete to voice.
- Comment on New Android POS at work has 4 notifications but I can't clear them because their MDM locks the notification bar. 1 week ago:
…only 4?
wanna bet it goes past ‘mildly’ before they take care of it?
- Comment on You don’t see articles like this about moms with three two jobs who still manage to take care of their kids. 1 week ago:
Like the minions? No. He does it in the executive boardroom. Even when he’s having an affair, he still working. You know. Giving presentations and, uh, stuff.
- Comment on You don’t see articles like this about moms with three two jobs who still manage to take care of their kids. 1 week ago:
The message of the headline “so you should, too.”
The problem is that it’s a lie.
- Comment on If i stain or spill a drink on a shirt, can i just wash it in the bath with generic soap and let it soak rinse and dry to get the same thing as a whole load of laundry? 1 week ago:
remember that the washing machine agitates the water and the fabric to lift everything off. The soap makes the water lose it’s surface tension so it coats over everything.
historically, people would wring and slap garments over rocks or whatever and rinse them into the stream or pool. (or have concrete basins with sides meant for exactly that.) then we developed things like the washboard that let laundry be done in a tub.
so, yes. you could do laundry this way. Though, if you’re looking for specific products to help with stains… my mom always suggests rubbing Fel’s Naptha onto the stain (wet,) and then scrubbing it out. (or prepping and putting it in the laundry for not-set-stains.)
- Comment on Is it just my area or has this been an insanely humid summer? 1 week ago:
Yes. It’s called “climate change”.
Sorry to be blunt, but it’s only going to get worse.
- Comment on Do dams pregame? 1 week ago:
short answer is yes, they do.
But like in texas, they didn’t have enough warning and accurate enough information on how much to let out. you can blame that on trump’s NWS/NOAA/Airforce. (the AF provides access to satellites operated by the military, and that’s stopped for whatever reason.)
- Comment on I'm sorry... the last place I want a surprise is while using the toilet... 2 weeks ago:
The three seashells. Heat, power, and pulsation pattern.
- Comment on fafo 2 weeks ago:
Wait until you find out about the Soviet nuclear bunker that had a bunch of cannibal ants.
And that researchers let them out to see what would happen.
My conclusion is that polish researchers need to read and watch more trashy sci-fi.
- Comment on is there any way to invest ethically as a sole individual? 2 weeks ago:
Probaby the only way to do so, is to set up your own criteria for what “ethical” means and then evaluate companies on your own. There’s really nothing more than the ETF’s you’ve already mentioned, and those are usually superiscially about one issue.
Also, just for the record, I don’t see where Burry is particularly concerned with ethics or social issues, but honestly I don’t know much about him beyond the whole permabear and/or predicting the housing crash.
Honestly, once a company gets onto the stock market, it’s pretty hard to make an argument that any of them are really as ethical as they should be. Remember, being a publicly traded company means putting short-term profits above all else. (at least, in the US.)
- Comment on Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few? 2 weeks ago:
Anyone else screaming “oh god! don’t twist! don’t twist!” ?
- Comment on Microwave Intensifies 2 weeks ago:
We still do. It’s a fun trick.
- Comment on Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few? 2 weeks ago:
which, yeah, I don’t disagree with that. The problem is that they’re actively working against their own interests. Blatantly so. They don’t want to take programs that would give them financial security (or all the other forms of security that would give, like stable housing, access to good and healthy food, a good education, etc.).
Some of it is that they’re primed to do that. But a lot of it is, they’re lashing out. They don’t want to feel safe, as an example, because then that removes their excuse for lashing out at people they want to harass and torture.
- Comment on Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few? 2 weeks ago:
to be honest, at this point, I’m pretty sure the RWNJ’s don’t actually want to feel safe.
But yeah, the appropriate solution is to keep everybody safe, and educate the RWNJ’s. Though, if you were able to actually convince them of the truth, they’d probably run off to disenfranchise the next group.
- Comment on Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few? 2 weeks ago:
Being safe outweighs feeling safe, so this whole analogy is void.
WOW… you managed to get my point and still miss it. Impressive.
- Comment on Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few? 2 weeks ago:
It’s a nice buzzword for Vulcans to justify some horrible shit using logic, but if you go deeper than a StarTrekism buzzword, then it doesn’t really make much sense.
For example, Trans rights. Trans need to be safe. RWNJ’s need to feel safe, and out number them. Who wins?
in the real world, everybody wins when Trans people’s rights are protected and everybody- especially the most vulnerable- are kept safe. Including the RWNJ’s.
- Comment on i liek turdles 2 weeks ago:
saw that little tyke the other day chilling in our grass.
