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- Comment on How would you describe a power-lifter-type physique specifically? 5 minutes ago:
Beefy
- Comment on magic box rule 1 week ago:
And last just as long.
The engineering department at my uni has a tensile strength testing machine which says “Made in the GDR” on it, a country that hasn’t existed for 40+ years.
- Comment on Sleep well tonight 2 weeks ago:
I have to know, what sort of toys are you talking about? That your dad had?
- Comment on Sleep well tonight 2 weeks ago:
after covid started
Because of Marie Kondo right?
in the most morbid way
… oh 💀
- Comment on Sleep well tonight 2 weeks ago:
Lmao my niece and nephew are going to enjoy inheriting my brother’s hundreds upon hundreds of D&D minis.
At least we use (some of) them to play with though, they’re not (only) for the display cabinet.
- Comment on Sleep well tonight 2 weeks ago:
Zing.
- Comment on freddie mercury in that one song 1 month ago:
nods Lady of Gaga.
- Comment on Not pictured: a flat of eggs 1 month ago:
Fun fact: in the rest of the world it’s just called “licorice”. No black. That red stuff isn’t licorice at all.
- Comment on freddie mercury in that one song 1 month ago:
Fun fact: Lady Gaga chose that name because of that song.
- Comment on TWEET 2 months ago:
You can tell it’s made up because it has “it’s said that” in it.
- Comment on Nobel Prize in Chem 2024 2 months ago:
- Comment on Default password 2 months ago:
It’s one word, all lower case, four words, all upper case.
- Comment on We're in a very verify-happy era of technology 4 months ago:
The exception is password managers. It’s a very rare tool that makes things more secure and easier.
Your OS probably comes with one, and if not there are cheap or even free ones available.
- Comment on How long does it take for neurotypical (or just typical) people to get over a minor fight? 5 months ago:
Forget about what’s normal for getting over a fight. You know what’s not normal? Getting into a screaming match with your partner every month.
I really can’t stress enough, that’s not ok. Not a healthy relationship, not a safe environment for your children, and not a good example for them to follow in the future.
You need couple’s counselling ASAP because this pattern has to stop.
- Comment on Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions? 5 months ago:
Nonograms are great for puzzles that are hard enough to be satisfying when you solve them, but easy enough to be relaxing. I use Picture Cross Color on iphone.
- Comment on I Might Have Ordered the Wrong Sandwich 5 months ago:
That’s just Australian for ketchup: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dead hors…
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
It’s ragebait. Ignore it. Even if it’s not, attention is what they want. Engagement feeds the algorithm. Ignore it.
- Comment on 'There's almost nobody left': CEO of Baldur's Gate 3 dev Swen Vincke says the D&D team he initially worked with is gone, due to Hasbro layoffs 1 year ago:
You misunderstand. Larian is the company that made the BG3 video game, and they haven’t laid people off.
However it’s a licensed game. Baldur’s Gate and D&D are IPs that are owned by a company called Wizards (previously Wizards of the Coast). And Wizards is owned by Hasbro. Hasbro is forcing layoffs at Wizards.
The people at Wizards, i.e the people who actually make D&D are no doubt passionate wonderful people. But Hasbro (and probably some of the Wizards management) are awful corporate parasites determined to suck every last penny from their properties.
They don’t give a shit how loved a product is, if it’s not making $100M per year then it’s basically worthless to them and they won’t fund it. So layoffs happen.
- Comment on How can I become a better conversationalist? 1 year ago:
It can be hard. Honestly I got pretty lucky in that I was able to find lots of good people through work. There are good and bad parts to the industry I work in, I got hired by a company with a really strong culture that matched what I was looking for. So I was surrounded by a ton of people with similar values and overlapping values.
Without that, I think mostly it’s about trial and error. If you’re struggling to find the right people, you need to be brave enough to keep putting yourself out there, and to walk away from groups that just aren’t a good match. Like I said, not easy!
- Comment on How can I become a better conversationalist? 1 year ago:
Lol yep I’m 34 and also just recently diagnosed with inattentive ADHD. Hence being very aware of different communication styles.
- Comment on How can I become a better conversationalist? 1 year ago:
Bit of a left field suggestion but one thing that really helps is finding your people.
In my younger years I sometimes really struggled with casual conversation, I often felt like I was the weird guy who had nothing to say.
It turned out that was only really true when I was spending a lot of time with people with whom I had very little in common. As I got older I eventually found “my people”. Friends who I click with, who I share values and interests with, who communicate similarly to me.
It’s not about finding people who are just copies of you, that would be pretty boring and make for a real social echo chamber. You want a range of friends with different interests, from different walks of life. But you want them to be, for lack of a better term “compatible” with you.
If you happen to be neurodivergent then that adds a whooooole extra layer of complexity to conversational compatibility. There’s a stereotype that autistic people are awkward or socially inept, which is complete rubbish. They just communicate differently to neurotypicals. Put a bunch of similar autistic people in a room together and watch them have no trouble at all making conversation with each other, in their own style.
Anyway, maybe this isn’t relevant to you, and you’re already happy with the people in your life. But it’s worth taking the time to examine whether the reason you struggle to make conversation is because you’re trying to make it with the wrong people.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I think they’re just trying to say how iconic they are as a brand because they’ve featured in so many bits of pop culture. It’s just a “we’re so cool, buy our stuff” campaign.
- Comment on Who is the one movie/comic supervillian you all agree with ? 1 year ago:
Magneto. If someone is trying to genocide you, you don’t just ask nicely and hope that they change their mind. You fight them.
