Squorlple
@Squorlple@lemmy.world
I don’t care what people say, the most important historical event in my lifetime was the discovery and release of the lost Steely Dan tape containing The Second Arrangement
- Comment on Coming at you live from actual Hell, USA 1 day ago:
As any Hellion would, of course
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- Comment on Anon has cold feet 2 days ago:
Put on half a sock
- Comment on "The biggest threat to America today is not communism, it's moving America toward a fascist theocracy" - Frank Zappa, 1986 4 days ago:
I’m curious as to how you would come to a conclusion which is the complete opposite of an obvious and quickly verifiable reality
- Comment on I was smiling until I saw what she had in her hand 1 week ago:
- Comment on Trømp 1 week ago:
That’s one of several elements of AI nonsense in the image
- Comment on Trømp 1 week ago:
Good cause, but boo AI image
- Comment on True expert 1 week ago:
I thought there was an extra layer of irony with the reply, but that is not the account of actor Phill Lewis, who was once sentenced for DUI manslaughter
- Comment on Is it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life? 1 week ago:
You’ll have to think through a few other philosophical questions first.
What about ailments that either cannot be detected prior to birth or which take onset after birth? By going forward with these uncertainties, you take a nonzero chance of subjecting the hypothetical potential progeny to the same fate.
Even without any chronic ailments inseparable from a person’s body or psyche, there are still external hazards. Is it not ok to force someone to suffer a stubbed toe, yet ok to force an offspring to be born to suffer the eventual certainty of stubbing their toe? I think it would be impossible to find a sentient life that did not experience even a modicum of suffering. What percentage of an offspring’s life do you consider acceptable to force them to suffer through and to what magnitude of suffering? Can you guarantee that these criteria are met throughout their life?
Who do you intend to benefit from making a child? Yourself, your partner, your parents, your religious leaders, your nation’s work force? I don’t expect people to answer “The child”, yet the child is the one who is most involved and the one who must live that life through. The child would not notice any detriment relative to birth if they were not born, and suffering can only be noticed by those who are born (which I would say is certain to happen), so in what way does it benefit any child to be born and shift from zero suffering to some suffering? To what extent does the boon for others that would be exploited from the child’s birth justify the non-zero suffering that the child would experience?
- Comment on The lost days 1 week ago:
They didn’t deserve them
- Comment on Don't forget! 1 week ago:
They’re already inside my head and I can’t get them out
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Real American wear Calvin Coolidge underwear
- Comment on There's fucking ads in board games now 2 weeks ago:
On the backside of the box, there is microscopic branding for TripAdvisor on one of the cards. There is also a closeup photo of the cars that shows the TripAdvisor logo a couple of times across the board design. These could easily be missed by someone who wasn’t looking for them. The branding should have been more clear and the producer likely did mean to deceive. Always check the reviews before buying and take note of the manufacturer’s specific ID number or code for the product.
I’ve almost entirely stopped purchasing online unless I am familiar with the specific product or I have watched a thorough review of it. If you had the box in your hands, you’d be more likely to spot the branding on the back, and the side faces might have branding too.
There are fringe instances where the outward distinctions between manufactured products are so trivial that you’d really have to be in the know to differentiate between them. The only occurrence that I can think of which I’ve experienced is buying CDs that have the swear words censored vs. uncensored.
I agree that the other commenter’s analogy doesn’t make sense with the packaging/marketing context.
- Comment on Heavy is the head that wears the crown 2 weeks ago:
That price does not include airline tickets to travel halfway across the US
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- Comment on Do you want me to heat that up in the "Michael Wave"? 2 weeks ago:
Michael wave is one of those terms I’ve started using just to see if people will notice or address that it’s wrong. Like asking someone to pass the Parmesan cheese but calling it the paramecium cheese/paracetamol cheese/Paris Olympian cheese/parenthetical cheese
- Comment on Rule of man’s plaid not conforming to Euclidean space 4 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Beware of BigReddit® 4 weeks ago:
It only took my hopes and life savings
- Comment on When your friend moves to Berlin to become a DJ 4 weeks ago:
Is your friend David Bowie? Have we found Brian Eno’s Lemmy account?
- Comment on Tis the season 5 weeks ago:
It says Virginia right there
- Comment on Good evening I choose food panties. 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on This weird AI-generated engagement bait 1 month ago:
It’s giving deep sea diver being imploded inside their old timey diving suit
- Comment on Chemistry 1 month ago:
I wish grammar is easy two
- Comment on Life imitates art? 1 month ago:
Jesus was a carpenter ant
- Comment on I have to be knowledgeable about a particular superstition in order to sign in to access a government form 1 month ago:
I wish
- Comment on I have to be knowledgeable about a particular superstition in order to sign in to access a government form 1 month ago:
I was thinking more along the lines of “Based on your connection to the Force and your connection to the Jedi Order, what color would your lightsaber be: A. Green B. Blue C. Red. D. Purple” E. None of the above, or “Which Pokémon was based on the Chinese Zodiac animal of your year of birth? A. Swinub B. Rapidash C. Lopunny D. Chimchar E. None of the above”
- Comment on I have to be knowledgeable about a particular superstition in order to sign in to access a government form 1 month ago:
From what I begrudgingly know about astrology, “Does not apply” would only pertain to people who haven’t been born yet or who were born outside of the solar system. Knowing if “None of the above” applies still requires knowledge of how the arbitrary categories correspond with the calendar.
- I have to be knowledgeable about a particular superstition in order to sign in to access a government formlemmy.world ↗Submitted 1 month ago to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world | 80 comments
- Comment on How am I supposed to obtain income? 1 month ago:
That comment was an explanation of layered figurative language. It was given artistic flourish to convey the emotion and situation in experienced subjective depth rather than the objective and literal point of view of an outsider. I am more succinct and linear in settings for which I have to communicate professionally.
