chuckleslord
@chuckleslord@lemmy.world
- Comment on Simple spelling rule. 4 days ago:
It’s okay for them to be wrong.
- Comment on The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer 1 week ago:
Yep, it’s their business model. People were pissed about Cyberpunk because they’d only played Witcher 3 after it was complete.
- Comment on Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did. 1 week ago:
Dahl is played by Katee Sackhoff
- Comment on That ability is on cooldown 1 week ago:
… what?
- Comment on That ability is on cooldown 1 week ago:
It’s a disparaging term towards accountants, turned to be one for capitalism writ al
- Comment on huehuehue 2 weeks ago:
Yes, but I did read that the leading theory is that the seeds are too fragile for chewing, which is a mostly mammalian thing.
- Comment on huehuehue 2 weeks ago:
Not all animals. Mammals (spicy, ow) and insects (insecticide). Birds are unaffected and are the pepper’s preferred “conveyance method” for their seeds. It’s neat!
- Comment on Am I the only one who feels uncomfortable about people making such big deal out of whether they're "black" or "white"? 2 weeks ago:
I’m not sure what you’re asking here. Are you asking why people bring up being black or make it a part of their identity? Being black in America is a part of their every day lived experience. At no point will society let them forget they are black and just let them be themselves. If not outright discrimination, then they’ll experience people making assumptions about them based solely on the color of their skin. Assuming they’re poor, uneducated, unintelligent, untrustworthy, or dangerous. So, since they can’t escape the label anyways, they embrace it in order to find community and to heal. Like one might do if they were a part of the LGBTQ+ community.
Are you asking why black people have stereotypes about white people? The same reason you have stereotypes about anything. Humans are pattern recognizing machines, often to our own detriment.
Are you asking why black people might treat white people with disdain or fear? It’s because the most blatant discrimination towards any out-group will always come from the most insulated in-group. As a result, they can’t blindly trust that white people will treat them with dignity or respect.
Are you asking how we end racism or to get more people to think like you (colorblind)? That requires one, ending systemic oppression of black people (if you think this step is done, then you need to do you some learning). Two, educating people on the history of black people in America, both their contributions and their struggles, so that there’s a solid understanding and empathy built up. Three, wait several generations so that no one has negative, undeserved biases against black people OR create a culture where people can be called out on their racist actions without fear of retribution or retaliation.
This is really difficult to grasp, especially if you’ve never experienced direct discrimination and think that is just the actions of individuals that are the issue. As a white man with a black partner, it took me YEARS to really breakdown all the negative assumptions that society instilled in me without me even realizing. Even the “I treat everyone the same, regardless of their skin color” thought is bad, because it means you’re unwilling to listen when people tell you they’re being harmed because of their skin color. Especially if it’s you doing the harm.
You can’t start by being mad at the discriminated for telling you they’re being discriminated against. You need to listen to them with empathy and compassion, and realize also that they don’t really need to teach you about this stuff, you need to be inquisitive and want to learn.
- Comment on ROFL 2 weeks ago:
Oh fuck. I should do that. That’d be hilarious
- Comment on Who stole all the pies? Michelin-starred chef 'gutted' at theft of 2,500 pies. 2 weeks ago:
Someone call Dan Wells. He’ll love this
- Comment on YEET 2 weeks ago:
Tl;dw: Vaporized
- Comment on Soup help needed 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Chirp 3 weeks ago:
Oof? Ouch? My bones?
- Comment on Mikumemes 4 weeks ago:
That’s it.
- Comment on Lmao 4 weeks ago:
I generally think the rule on splitting infinitives was made up by English majors upset that English isn’t more compatible with Latin, but in this case I think the attempt to avoid the split made the sentence weaker and ruins the sentiment.
“Trying to not kill yourself” implies effort. It sounds like you’re actively avoiding something. “Trying not to kill yourself” sounds like you’re doing something different, to change it up.
- Comment on Just do what you think is right to do ...but seriously, pls vote. 1 month ago:
🤡🤡🤡
- Comment on Read-onlys are cancer. Post stuff you want to see. 1 month ago:
Can’t. I get way too invested in this shit and its bad for my mental health.
- Comment on I hate that that happens 1 month ago:
“Pig and Whistle” is what they’re asking for.
- Comment on I hate that that happens 1 month ago:
Bison from Buffalo, New York bully bison from Buffalo, New York who bully other bisons.
- Comment on K-Drama moment 1 month ago:
Korea has a huge ad presence in general. Shows will be derailed for a 3 minute ad break as the characters all coo about some product without breaking character. As an American, they’re the only country that I think has capitalism worse than us. And that’s saying something.
- Comment on Star Trek: Lower Decks cast call for more seasons: "Until we're dust in the ground" 1 month ago:
- Comment on Can I not be an adorable junkie 1 month ago:
Lots of social media now deprioritizes “advertiser unfriendly” content. Especially TikTok. So, the response to that is to self-censor so that you still reach full engagement. It’s an arms race to keep swearing without the algorithms silencing you for doing so.
- Comment on Honey 2 months ago:
Chickens. Google what happens to male egg-laying chickens and you probably can figure out why it’s not vegan.
Usually things aren’t vegan due to the horrors of factory farming practices, even before any potential death occurs.
- Comment on Honey 2 months ago:
Couple of reasons. One, honey is made not from local pollinators but from European honey bees. Two, European honey bees are really good at producing honey, which means they’re more efficient at removing pollen and nectar from flowers, denying food for native pollinators. Three, while only a few bees are directly harmed during honey harvesting, the need for their honey to be harvested means that they’ve been bred to make big, uniform honeycombs and a glut of excess honey. This makes them more susceptible to diseases, even before you factor in the monoculture nature of their existence.
Essentially, it’s not that eating honey is harmful to bees. It’s that the creation of honey at scale is cruel both to the bees producing the honey and the native pollinators who get pushed out by them. We (my household) do have honey on occasion, but only from local, small scale honey producers.
- Comment on 10001 2 months ago:
It also has a max of 31 days possible. Which has… implications.
- Comment on Do you have what it takes to become a geologist? 2 months ago:
Imagine being perfectly fluent in German, but only when gorked out your damn orb.
- Comment on Goddammit Texas! 2 months ago:
Please. Please tell me no one is actually considering online voting. There’s no way to maintain anonymity and vote integrity.
- Comment on I'll get to the real projects!...eventually 2 months ago:
Dobot Mooz-1. I have just the 3d printer. They also had a CNC and Laser cutter attachments, which I did not get.
- Comment on I'll get to the real projects!...eventually 2 months ago:
…I kickstartered one of the first consumer 3D printers… it’s still in the box.
- Comment on Halloween Botany 2 months ago:
Sorry for the confusion. Yellow is a single wavelength of light. We perceive it with the green and red receptors in our eyes, but it is a single wavelength. Purple isn’t a single wavelength, but two that are being interpreted as a color.
That was the distinction I was calling out.
