Vorticity
@Vorticity@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Yeah, I’ll be 58 when my boy is 19… Gotta get in shape!
- Comment on Erasure 6 days ago:
It’s the feel-good story that Republicans talk about when they say “pull yourself up by your bootstrap” but they’re upset because that’s only supposed to work for white men.
- Comment on Lynn teen was arrested after pushing her brother. Then ICE took her 3 weeks ago:
This is the obvious consequence of Trump’s executive order. Innocent people are going to get caught up in this over minor offenses. An 18 y/o pushing their 12 y/o brother should never have life altering consequences.
- Comment on Transmen who have had bottom surgery, have you ever sat on your scrotum by accident? 4 weeks ago:
Huh, as a cis man, I didn’t know this was a thing.
- Comment on I got into the wrong career lol 1 month ago:
As an academic, if I could make $year by showing my body on OF, I would quit my job in a heartbeat. I would make my money while I can and reassess when no one is interested anymore.
Once I’d made my money, maybe I could use my academic expertise to effect some real change in the world. I’d certainly be more capable of making an impact if I were independently wealthy.
- Comment on How does interoperability work between different fediverse services? 1 month ago:
Thank you for asking this. I’ve been wondering the same question for quite a while but have been too lazy to actually find the answer.
- Comment on If you are a young person you have no idea how bad everyone and everything smelled until at least the 1990s. 1 month ago:
You’re probably talking about a plane so old it had ashtrays in the arm rests. Just as an interesting note, though, the FAA still requires ashtrays on new aircraft. Not in every seat, but they’re required to have one in each lavatory. They are also all required to have the no smoking signage as a constant reminder that there is absolutely no smoking.
- Comment on As the Canada "tax holiday" starts, Walmart increased the price of an item by the amount I would have saved 2 months ago:
I don’t say any of this to say that I think what Walmart is doing here is ethical, onky to say that it is logical from their standpoint if they assume there won’t be any blowback.
Companies charge what they think they can get for a product. The tax is part of the price. If they think an item will sell for $5.26 including tax, it is reasonable for them to think it will still sell for $5.26 if the item isn’t taxed.
That isn’t to say this is nice on their part, but the current system doesn’t incentivise them to be nice. It incentivises profit.
It does seem like they took the easy route to gain more profit. It is likely that, in the a absence of tax, their profit would be maximized by a price that is somewhere between the old pre-tax price and the old post-tax price.
- Comment on Anon plays spin the bottle 2 months ago:
You got that reply because you surprised her and her immature 12 y/o brain spat that out as the best response on short notice. It’s entirely likely that response had nothing to do with you in particular.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
What you said and your statement that “it’s a bit like grief” are dead on. I wasn’t kicked out by my parents, but I lost my dad when I was 27. I’m 40 now and still miss him but the feeling dwindles with time. I’ll always miss him but the impact of that feeling will always lessen as I gain more experiences. I suppose the same is true for any trauma of a similar magnitude. I imagine there are traumas that surpass the loss of parents in magnitude, though, and some of those may not pass in the same way.
- Comment on Bank of America will (stop|continue to) Accept $1 bills 3 months ago:
Honestly we need to get rid of the $1 bill generally but that’s a completely different post all together.
What do you replace them with? Coins have been tried and rejected by consumers a few times now.
- Comment on Oh no! I dropped (5£ to) Anna's Archives. Beware the mess, people. 5 months ago:
Entropy Man would be a scary accidental villain. Just random acts of chaos as they go through life until enough shit goes wrong and they become persecuted. The they learn to use their powers for revenge against an unjust society.
- Comment on It will outlive us all 6 months ago:
You look at the keyboard when you place your hands?
- Comment on It will outlive us all 6 months ago:
I go through a cheap Logitech keyboard just about once every three years. I replace them when a a couple of keys stop working or when the nubs wear off of the center keys and can no longer blindly find where my hands go.
- Comment on W Earth 6 months ago:
- Comment on I started to get these daily at random hours, even when I'm sleeping. Someone's trying to hack me? 6 months ago:
Thank you, this is really helpful!
- Comment on I started to get these daily at random hours, even when I'm sleeping. Someone's trying to hack me? 6 months ago:
Thank you, I’ll look into options.
- Comment on I started to get these daily at random hours, even when I'm sleeping. Someone's trying to hack me? 6 months ago:
When you say email aliases, what do you mean? A lot of services strip plusses from emails now, right?
- Comment on When a magazine goes out of print and/or out of business, do the original 'master files' for each issue still exist somewhere? 8 months ago:
How does the archive.org exemption work? When is it voted on next?
- Comment on Do 9-5 jobs still exist in the U.S.? 8 months ago:
Unless you are salaried. Being salaried normally comes with flexibility but gives no guarantees for breaks and number of hours worked.
- Comment on LPT Do it. 8 months ago:
Okay, I have a question. I would love to write my papers in latex, but none of my colleges use it. Is there a way to reasonably collaborate with coauthors who only use Word and for whom Latex would be confusing and difficult?
- Comment on LPT Do it. 8 months ago:
I do this using overleaf. It’s been much easier to maintain and update since switching.
- Comment on I bought frozen BBQ eel and the best before date says LJ349. What does this mean? 10 months ago:
The name comes from the name of the person who first proposed the Julian Calendar, Julius Caesar.
- Comment on Folksy stuff 10 months ago:
What do you mean by a “dismissive parenting style”?
- Comment on Beautiful 11 months ago:
the nose is maybe strangely small, lips are a little off-putting
- Comment on Plastic tea bags 11 months ago:
I’d rather just buy loose leaf and use a washable strainer. It’s generally less expensive and higher quality too.
- Comment on Plastic tea bags 11 months ago:
Loose leaf is excessively packaged? Normally when I buy loose leaf I just get a tin that’s full of tea and nothing else.
- Comment on Anyone remember anything about 2021 1 year ago:
I’m really glad to hear that. It’s amazing how far cancer treatment has come in the last couple of decades. I hope you remain healthy!
- Comment on Anyone remember anything about 2021 1 year ago:
Oof, glad you’re still here. How are you doing now?
- Comment on Blueberry milkshakes 1 year ago:
