PhobosAnomaly
@PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
- Comment on Slow ass apocalypse 1 day ago:
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- Comment on Slow ass apocalypse 1 day ago:
That line break is unfortunate.
I’ve had many an “ass apocalypse” in slow time after a dodgy kebab.
- Comment on Remember using this little gadget as a kid to blow bubbles 1 week ago:
have you tried getting someone else to do it?
- Comment on To open, tear along the dotted line. What freaking dotted line? 1 week ago:
Oh that sucks. I bought a multi pack of bin bags (or trash liner or whatever they’re called across the pond). I’ve used the company for years because the bag material is fairly thick, and it doesn’t just perish away if any liquids sit at the bottom. Decent quality.
This match though must have been produced when the machine that seals the bottom and perforates it 5mm below the seal, must have been needing a service. The perforations looked like faint dents in the plasticy material, which meant that when you tried to tear a bag off the roll, it just stretched the plastic rather than tear off cleanly. It meant that rather than just fucking one bag up, it often pulled across the seam of the next one, making two bags useless.
The whole multipack was fucked and it was infuriating.
Little things.
- Comment on Sunlight special 2 weeks ago:
Chuck it in the oven for ten minutes, no drama at all.
Then pre-book the following day off work with a dodgy stomach.
- Comment on Get a load of this guy! 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on TIL science has its own swifties 3 weeks ago:
Ah yes, that tracks with the very surface level overview that I picked up from it. It was only when I saw the magic “optional” tag that I was like noooope!
Maybe I’ll have a look at it in more detail when I get a free summer 😊
- Comment on TIL science has its own swifties 3 weeks ago:
I studied entry level maths at uni level - a prerequisite course for most STEM degrees to cover the relatively small amount of maths common to nearly all science fields.
Chapter 11 of 12 were Taylor polynomials and series, and it was listed as “optional”.
I looked at it once, read it aloud for my young son to fall asleep to, and never looked at it again.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
There are no answers here, only more questions - and it is glorious.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
In the end, “this” doesn’t even matter
- Comment on Microsoft doing shady Microsoft stuff again 4 weeks ago:
Funnily enough, I got an email from MS plugging their Copilot shit.
I don’t give a fuck about what I’m subscribed to, I give a fuck about the link to unsubscribe from it.
- Comment on Anon becomes Snake 4 weeks ago:
Those are zombies?
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Obviously fuck all on television after Christmas.
- Comment on Has this happened to you? 5 weeks ago:
“hey look, the news has gotten around, the head of HR and my line manager want to see my elephant impression too!”
- Comment on Has this happened to you? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Decided to dig a big hole 1 month ago:
Postcrete is the best invention since the barbeque tongs.
Soft to rock solid in next to no time at all… giggity.
- Comment on How often do guys have a haircut? 1 month ago:
I’m a “two on top, one on the sides” dude. I’m the same, the second my hair starts coming over my ears then I’m away to the barber. Two months is decent, though if I’m not able to get there through work or being away from home, I’ll stretch it to three months but I feel a bit like Noel Gallagher when my hair starts coming down to my lugholes.
That said, I treat it as a bit of a relaxation sesh. I’ll ask the barber for a “full service” and close my eyes for half hour or 45 mins and let the barber do his thing with the clippers and the hot shave and the massage and all that jazz. A guilty pleasure every other month or so.
- Comment on snack 1 month ago:
Is this still a thing?
I remember when drinks were topped off with liquid nitrogen to give off the smoky look and people were getting hospitalised with burns, but that when I had the time/money/interest/available friends to go out… so a good twenty years ago.
- Comment on UK phone retailers lock shop doors while trading to tackle rising thefts 1 month ago:
I can’t quite see whether they’re addressing the outright theft of handsets; or the increasing amount of thefts of the infinitely more valuable staff handheld terminals.
It’s a shame either way. I suppose an answer would be to stun or disable all phones until they are activated at a point of sale, rather than the opposite way round.
It still doesn’t mitigate the attack vector of a corrupt employee though.
- Comment on XC Running: Does anyone else's parents do this? 1 month ago:
There’s two (or more) sides to every story and the truth is often in the middle. I’m only reading your view on a situation here and I’m wary that I don’t have the full picture while writing this comment.
Your parents remind me of the meme “you’re not wrong, you’re just an asshole”.
There’s ways to frame feedback - if you’re not achieving a standard set by a teammate who already isn’t qualifying for upper levels of competition, then it’s not a reason to knock the dream on the head, but a part of a training roadmap. If you’re banging in 29min 5ks or 5000m events (I’m making the assumption that’s the distance in mind here), then the plan would be to adjust training and diet to tag each of the minute barriers until you can clear 22min and top your team’s timesheets.
After that, you can look at what generally gets you a qualifying time for state or national competitions, and train for that. Once you’ve achieved that then you’re probably beyond what your parents or coach can help with and you’ll probably need elite or semi-pro level of coaching after that.
Negativity from your parents isn’t helpful though, and no not everyone does it. I don’t know whether it comes from a place of personal failure in your mother’s youth or whether she’s scared that you’re running into the unknown, but it isn’t helpful.
As for your dad though, I thought that it was kinda cool that he wanted to let your HS coach about how you’re getting on now. Everyone’s first crack at a distance event is awful, that’s how you develop - so it’s cool to be able to say to your old coach “hey that first 5k wasn’t spectacular, but check these times out now!”.
Either way, you’re running for yourself. If you train well, your times will come down, and you will start turning heads - whether your parents are supportive or not. One of the most important lessons I learned (and I’m nowhere near club level running let alone elite level) is to run your own race. It’s good for the mind, good for the soul, and helps you sleep at night.
Good luck, well done on what you’ve achieved so far, and hopefully the stopwatch will start giving you much better feedback than your parents.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Johnny Jam to his mates, or J-Traffz to his record label.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Yeah, it’s frustrating.
I’m not entirely sure what the rubberneckers want to see either. “Oh look, someone critically injured next to someone who is likely deceased”, because that isn’t a day ruiner at the best of times.
Odd.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Good shout.
I live fairly rurally and the roads/drivers don’t really lend themselves to new riders.
I think if I lived in a big town or city though, I’d absolutely pick up a chicken chaser and rattle about short distances on one, they seem to be perfect for that sort of use case.
Plus, not that I’m a huge fan of tobacco advertising, bikes in the Rothmans livery look absolutely stunning to me.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Funnily enough, I’m planning on getting my licence at some point.
I’ve no interest in motorbikes, I would just love to learn how to ride one safely.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
A few years ago, I was bitching and moaning about a jam, and my pal just said “you’re not in traffic, you are traffic”.
I know it’s nothing more than a cheeky soundbite but just reframing it like that and knowing I’m part of the problem rather than the exception has made me a lot calmer on slow moving roads.
Plus it has encouraged me to either use public transport more, or just drive to a park-and-ride a mile or three out, and run the rest - facilities permitting of course.
- Comment on Anon discovers hygiene 2 months ago:
I became as straight as this story the last time I wiped and accidentally pushed my digit through the substandard 2-play shit ticket.
later virgins
- Comment on Bubsy 4D - Official Announcement Trailer 2 months ago:
I do quite like the self-awareness of Bubsy 3D being absolute donkey tonk. The redrawn sprites in 3D looks cool, let’s see if they learn the lessons from thirty-ish years ago.
- Comment on Tooney lunes 2 months ago:
meep meep
- Comment on Can't believe I made this without ChatGPT 2 months ago:
no, because line needs to go up
Seriously though, I agree with you. It’s just so wasteful. It’s really disheartening to try and do my eco friendly bit to reduce waste (particularly of power) and then data centres just piss away the ground we’ve collectively made.
- Comment on Anon puts himself out there 2 months ago:
It’s been a while since I played, I only get involved in the live events these days.
I don’t think there are classes in Battle Royale, but Save the World had different “classes” in the loosest sense.
