ApathyTree

@ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon can't escape⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Napping is the factor in my control.

  Im on prazosin for nightmares/night terrors and it works fine for my full sleep cycle (because I take it before bed, probably) but it doesn’t seem to apply to naps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon can't escape⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This sort of thing is exactly why I don’t take naps anymore. It happened a few too many times and it’s genuinely a horrible experience. Incredibly vivid. I got the sensation I could feel my actual body being unable to move. So no more naps no matter how tired I am.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Hunt for a Job Has Never Been Worse. These Applicants Are Fighting Back.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oooh so sorry, the payout is done by pre-paid card, and the minimum payout for the card is $5. So you only get paid if nobody else does!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wxyz so overrated 🥱⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I like wxyz in french. I took french like 30 years ago but the alphabet was sticky due to the last bit.

  (This is phonetics/pronunciation, ofc, same melody)

  Doobluh-vay (double v), eeks (x, but you saw a mouse), eegrek (???), zed (zed sounds much cooler than zee, which ironically sounds more French to me)

  Hands down the best part of the French alphabet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX stock drops to a new low and loses $1 trillion in value in a month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Companies aren’t required to go public in the first place so it’s a rather moot point. They actively choose to be in the situation where they are beholden to shareholders.

  If you owned a company you could just, like, not go asking rich people for money to grow or whatever (what IPO is, basically) and grow naturally on your own merits. Then you don’t even have to worry about what kind of votes people might have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Enough to make your GF pop⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Goes well with the jar of bees

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Also literally known as the Horror Frog⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably the evolutionary arms race between rapey males and females. Males have long corkscrew penises that inflate rapidly during copulation to fill the tract of the female. Females, what with their desire to choose mates and all, have evolved corkscrew vaginal tracts with dead ends and stuff that spirals in the opposite direction. Forced mating frequently ends without insemination, as a result.

  I am genuinely unsure of the mechanism by which successful mating actually happens, considering the anatomical arms race and all (maybe it’s like dolphins, which have a similar problem. Female dolphins have a false vagina and can choose where the male’s sperm goes by changing her tail position), but they seem to be able to reproduce, so it is what it is, and I’m not super keen to look it up at the moment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The various stages of cooking experience⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I vibe as well, the one exception being making bread in the bread machine, and thats mostly because its old and sucks and if I don’t use very specific weight-based measurements it fails and falls. Still edible but disappointing. I genuinely do not have the capacity to make bread any other way, I’ll forget about it or wait too long or whatever else, 1000% guaranteed, but I am in the market for a newer machine, maybe better features, maybe a cooking coil that doesn’t turn every loaf into a thick-crumb dark brown, even on light crust setting loaf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I live for the shareholders, the politicians, and to pay for my parents retirement⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Both of my parents died, one in my early 20s, one a month or so ago, and the day after each was just beautiful. One in early December, one in late spring, but both deaths were followed by clear sunny skies after days of bad weather.

  That was, the first time, the most offensive part of the grieving process for me; my world stopped, the world did not, and I paid my bills the next day because that’s what the world not stopping means. The second time it was actually nice, I’ve had a lot of time between the two to sort out my feelings and beliefs on existence. The world didn’t stop just because mine did, and that’s ok.

  This oblate spheroid we call home will continue to turn no matter what we do. Life will almost certainly find a way to overcome the bullshit we are doing, we just wont be here to see it, same as we probably wont be here to see our great grandkids have their own kids.

  I just hope we die out or get our shit together before we trigger a runaway greenhouse effect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck yea bro!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Keeping them held snug against the body over a lifetime, reduces sagging near the end.

  Interestingly, this was thought to be the case for breasts, as well, but up to a certain size (at which point support becomes necessary) its best to leave them be other than specific activities like exercise, because it forces muscles and skin to tighten to support them which keeps them from sagging longer. It’ll still happen, of course, either way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to lose weight⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The way I eat pomegranate is like popcorn meets sunflower seeds.

  Take a few of the pearls, pop them in my mouth, break the water balloon with gentle chewing that doesn’t break the seed, suck out the juice, spit the seed.

  Pom is a flavored water fruit rather than a chew and swallow fruit. You don’t miss much leaving the pulp behind (and I’m not talking about the white rind) because theres not much of it to begin with. Its ideal for brainless time like watching movies. The prep is pretty easy, too, since the pearls tend to fall off pretty easily into a bowl, perfect for mindless snacking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sacrifices⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the reminder that I need to order trichogramma wasps to fix my moth problem again. Downside of keeping my quail inside; moths infest very easily. Upside, i learned years ago that trichogramma wasps (stingless egg parasites) are cheap and work like a dream on pantry moths, plus they are so small you’ll never see them (like moving sand)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well damn. Glad he's dead.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How was it? Delicious?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow meow meow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The book Cat Sense by John Bradshaw is a good read (you can probably find a free pdf thats complete, and years ago I uploaded the audiobook to audiobookbay, but this preview will do for not linking to amazon).

  He got around the problem of cats not doing cat things in a lab by just, you know, having cats at home and observing their behavior. Sure, its only a look at domestic cats for the most part, but its a great read anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guerrilla plantfare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you dig down about 2 foot (or several inches lower than the lowest root you find) and install a rubber barrier, it wont be able to spread to you anymore :)

  You could use brick or stone but if any cracks exist or form it’ll eventually find the way through, where that’s significantly less likely with a solid sheet of rubber

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guerrilla plantfare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Should add sunchokes/Jerusalem artichoke in there somewhere, as they are food. I don’t think kudzu is? Lets replace that one.

  Sunchokes spread like crazy as long as they have full sun, and are super difficult to eradicate, but are thwarted by being planted in sunny clearings in densely wooded areas. They can’t spread into the shade.

  Make the land difficult for development, but useful for the community!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rather than go cold turkey you can quit smoking by restricting the times that you can have a cigarette⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The urge never went away for me, I vaped 0% for several years. It’s the habit that’s addictive for some people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even the worst among us sacrifice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly just having the bed be dinged and/or dirty is plenty to me.

  It’s absurd the number of trucks I’ve seen where the bed liner looks brand new, never used, on a 5-10 YO vehicle. No body damage, not even a scuff on the tailgate.

  Sure it IS possible to regularly use a truck as a truck and be so careful as to not cause any damage, but it’s incredibly unlikely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You know this is gonna happen.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The halo effect is a real problem.

  Society needs to move on from the belief that beauty is a blessing from the gods. But its been a problem since forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the show Mr. Robot, just started watching I'm on episode 9, are all the hacks or whatever actually possible in real life?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as they can find some “cause”, then you’re fired and ineligible for unemployment benefits.

  This is a common misconception, and everyone should apply for unemployment if they lose their job for any reason.

  They need an actual good cause, like actual damages to the company or something, and they need to be willing and able to back up their claim that you are ineligible, or the unemployment offices will side with you and award it anyway. They generally favor employees over employers in decisions, because they know the bullshit companies do to not pay out.

  Lose your job? Apply. You have literally nothing to lose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You gotta try #19⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My ex liked the 6-7 range while I like the 2-4 range. We were thus incompatible and broke up after the umpteenth time they made it “for me” the exact same way they did for themselves.

  (The last bit is a joke, the first bit isn’t)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has an epic weekend⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Epigenetics are exactly that, things you are exposed to after birth which impact gene expression.

  I’m not aware of any epigenetic disorders, as such, but the field of epigenetics is pretty new, so I wouldn’t rule it out entirely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure my cameras are easily viewable by hackers.

  Thats why I have one in the chicken coop and one in the yard to also check the chickens, and nowhere else.

  If they want to watch awesome chicken footage, be my guest. Can’t say I’d even blame them, my ladies are awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Often⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “I hope that helps” is my way of not getting fired for saying “go fuck yourself; you should have read the documentation I made sure we link to copiously, that happens to have been written and compiled entirely by me, and if you’d even looked at it you’d know how big of an ass you are”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im a weekly showerer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, and I’ve also tried stuff like conditioner washing (co-wash), mostly when I did fun dye colors, to preserve the color. But my threshold to feel gross is honestly low enough that my hair feeling nasty is my shower habit trigger, else I simply wont do any self-care. So while it’s technically an option, it’s not one that works with my self. :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im a weekly showerer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I shower 2-3 times a week in the middle(-ish) of the day.

  Showers make me sleepy so can’t do early mornings. I have very long, straight, and thick hair that takes hours to air dry, and refuse to use blow dryers, so night is right out else I end up with a really shit bed-head curl situation…

  The sweet spot is mid-morning or around lunch, when I get sleepy anyway, given an hour to half-dry, then put up in a french clip bun, so when I take it down for the evening, it has a nice open curl. I never use the pretty, but it makes me feel very pretty every night.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You just need silicone lube. You have to wash that off with soap. Works very nicely.

  Also a dream for shaving your nethers, as again it doesn’t wash off easily.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile: parrots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I still don’t know what that thing is, this is much better. The edit makes it look like some VR headset holder or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maturing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, thats exactly what i want to avoid, things that are good enough that even without being addictive, i want them. I wont even grow poppies for poppy tea because I’m afraid i will become low-grade addicted to it as a result of simply not being in constant pain for a change (fucked up thing to consider, but true as someone with chronic pain). My mom made me promise to keep her oxy after she passed because it was much harder for me to get pain treatment than it should be, but it just made me throw up (same it did to her, but we assumed it was the cancer), so i gave it to a friend who needed it. I know myself and i -really- like escape. It used to be books, as a kid, but now its all sorts of things. Because i can.

  Mostly i want things with low addiction (physical or psychological) risk, ideally also somewhat beneficial, and no or very low chance of bad experience, because my brain does that anyway. Also kinda has to be fairly easy to get without a shady middle-man, because i don’t know people and buying shit on tor isn’t appealing to me at all. The hardest thing I’ve done was extacy cut with meth, and i listened to my druggy ex and boofed it (our slang for bum-hole administration, tho i learned later i should have shoved it in my vagina instead, thats way way better for drug absorption due to the sheer quantity of blood vessels and the moist environment, to the point that it used to he a common medical application in hospital). Honestly, i loved it, and would exist that way forever if i could. And thats the problem. I’m glad i don’t have easy access to it now. Id like to use it again in controlled therapy settings, as long as they’ve got some good beats and highlighters on hand. But as a result of using it, techno gives me anxiety now. Used to really love it. So even in mild ways the best of things can fuck with you.

  I don’t really struggle with drugs other than alcohol (and thats a weird one because i just fall out of use, same as weed, after months or years of heavy use), but thats mostly because i don’t use anything else particularly addictive because i don’t trust myself. Actually, because i know what I’d do. I seem to fall out of alcohol use when my mental state improves to the point i don’t need a crutch. But until then, its bad. Ngl. And weed just stops being fun periodically, so sometimes i take years-long breaks even though it’s good for my pain.

  Im super interested in drugs, though. Like genuinely id love to try them all with no risk. I used to read bluelight just to imagine how it felt. I want VR to work for me because that feels like a mild trip (makes me hella nauseated, so no dice until holodeck exists).

  Im glad you’ve come out the other end of it reasonably intact, sounds like :) And thank you for sharing your experiences with me, for my edification :) i genuinely appreciate it. If you want to share more, even about other substances, id be interested in reading it, to live vicariously through you :)