Phil_in_here
@Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 2 weeks ago:
That’s fair. Explain how calling out fascists being fascists that haven’t yet realized there full potential is like The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 2 weeks ago:
Which version of The Boy Who Cried Wolf did you have growing up? The one where Peter cries wolf and there’s a wolf but it’s in the woods so the townsfolk do nothing, then the townsfolk call Peter a wolf, and then when the wolf arrives in the village and starts taking people and Peter cries wolf the townsfolk say the word “wolf” is so overused it doesn’t mean anything anymore?
Because I don’t remember that version.
- Comment on "THE CRIME OF PUTTING DHIT IN MY PANTS WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED AND AS SOON AS WE FIND THE PERPETRATORS THEY WILL BE APPREHENDED AND PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW!!!" 5 weeks ago:
I always felt like his blank stare was a “Oh fuck, oh god, I have no fucking idea what I’m doing, how did I let it get this far, oh fuck, be cool, they don’t know, oh shit, I’m so completely out of my depth, oh fuck me man, they’re going to find out, every second its getting worse but I can’t back out now, oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck…” stare
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 5 weeks ago:
I gotta say, you make some fair points.
It’s a lot of memorization that I simply haven’t done and won’t ever have to do.
The fraction reduction doesn’t help intuitive thought. If imperial operated on ‘significant digits’ and marked any set or document with a 64th always as 64ths, as in 16/64ths, I’d be more on board.
We just need to replace out base 10 system of counting with base 12 and we’d get the best of both worlds!
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 5 weeks ago:
Not only that, but your system, by virtue of being decimal, inherits all the shortcomings of our quite flawed numbering system. You can’t divide something by the second smallest prime number without breaking out repeating decimals.
What’s more 0.203 cm or 0.291 cm? How about 3/8" or 19/64"?
How far is 1/3 of a mile? 1/3 km is 333m. How about 1/9? 1/9 km is 111m How long is 10 x 5/16"? 10 x 3.1cm is 31cm
Yeah, a foot breaks down easy in whole inches with many factors, but that’s about it
- Comment on If only some of our tax money went to firefighting 1 month ago:
We also have some experience with starting helpful fires. 1812 comes to mind.
- Comment on Rule 34 rule 1 month ago:
- Comment on Ready or not! 1 month ago:
And 2 hours later… lunch!
- Comment on Anon starts to believe 2 months ago:
You’re describing grass.
- Comment on robot slurs 2 months ago:
“Oxy” is great because it also doubles with the word association “moron” so we’re subconsciously berated as well.
- Comment on I'm intrigued 2 months ago:
What is this, a Seinfeld episode?
Jerry: “How’d the date go last night?”
Elaine: “Ugh, total bust! We spent the whole time arguing about calamari!”
Jerry: “Arguing about calamari? Like fried squid?”
Elaine gestures there you go
George: “It’s deep fried, what’s not to like?”
Elaine: “He doesn’t even know what it is!”
Jerry: “Never had calamari? What a sad life…”
Kramer enters. Applause.
Elaine: “Kramer. What’s calamari?”
Kramer: “Disgusting. That’s what it is.”
Jerry: “We’re not talking about the same calamari here.”
Kramer: “It’s like chewing on rubber bands!”
Jerry: “You’re not still going to Bosco’s are you?”
Kramer: “I like Bosco.”
George: “Didn’t the health board shut them down?”
Kramer: “That’s how you know it’s authentic.”
Elaine: “Can we get back to my problem, please?”
Jerry: “I’ll tell you what, let’s all go out. Elaine, you can bring you can bring your boyfriend. I’ll show you all what calamari is supposed to taste like.”
Elaine: “Well, do the have caviar?”
Jerry: “Caviar? What am I made of money? Why caviar?”
Elaine: “That’s what he thinks calamari is!”
George: “Did you correct him?”
Elaine: “Yes, George, I corrected him. I corrected him for 45 minutes!”
Kramer: “Well why didn’t you just order the calamari and show him?”
Elaine: “We were at a coffee shop.”
Kramer: “Oh, they don’t serve calamari at coffee shops.”
Elaine: “…I know. I didn’t expect to have to defend the reality of what calamari is when we made the date.”
- Comment on Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band 3 months ago:
I had a copy of Giant Robot and Electric Tears back in the day and was thinking maybe there was a third album I was missing…
- Comment on Winging it 4 months ago:
Counterpoint: look at those hands. Maybe they just weren’t great at some things.
I’d believe they mastered lighting and painting techniques over accurate physical representation more than “Jesus was a perfect middle aged nippleless man with fucked up hands and that’s represented perfectly here”
- Comment on Can deliberate noise harassment still be a crime if it's done every day from 7:30 AM till 10:30-11:30 PM? 4 months ago:
People don’t live in shared dwelling residences because they thought they’d really enjoy sharing walls…
- Comment on Can deliberate noise harassment still be a crime if it's done every day from 7:30 AM till 10:30-11:30 PM? 4 months ago:
Exactly this. A detailed log and evidence is important.
Also, talk to your other neighbours and see if they have, or would report it.
As it is, resident B has 2 noise complaints in 8 months from resident A. Without evidence of all the rest of it, this fits all sorts of scenarios. People make malicious complaints all the time and the authorities (rightfully) shouldn’t just take your word for it that there’s a long history.
Always have receipts
- Comment on Avocado 4 months ago:
I think you should consult a dermatologist.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
They’re only political because one side insists somehow they are.
Left-handed rights aren’t political.
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 6 months ago:
Ah, to be 6 years old again.
- Comment on Get that Musky Grindset going 6 months ago:
Ah, the American healthcare system!
- Comment on Acetone: A Thread 6 months ago:
That’s just the natural aging process. Plumbing just gets saggy and wrinkly. Ask any man over 50.
- Comment on Is it possible to eat a toxic amount of culinary herbs/spices? 7 months ago:
I mean, as humans, toxicity isn’t a deterrent, it’s a selling feature!
- Comment on What’s your best “they must have had a lot of fun making this” movie? 7 months ago:
That last fact warms my heart immensely. I love Kurt Russell and John Carpenter, and it’s so refreshing to hear “they really enjoyed doing that”. Usually the “fun fact” you hear about movies you love is that everyone was awful and miserable.
- Comment on Meow 7 months ago:
Most usual pets don’t care for my existence at all.
That sucks, dude. I’m sorry you’ve never experienced that.
Also, a cat comes into your house and you have to feed it for a day: Image
- Comment on Meow 7 months ago:
But to ask “would people actually care for, shelter, and feed an animal they didn’t know? Like just bond with a creature for what? Emotional connection, companionship, and kinship to another living thing? I love animals, tho” is just a weird take. Like, you can love animals (or babies) and not want to be responsible for them in your home, but to be incredulous about why someone would want that is ridiculous.
“Would people really let some stray live with them?”
That’s literally the history of house cats. A million times, yes, people want to hang out with random cats.
You don’t need to want cats or babies to see why other people would want cats or babies.
- Comment on Meow 7 months ago:
“I love all animals, as long as those useless fucks stay outta my way!”
- Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 7 months ago:
But he’s draining the swamp! And the bogs, fens, wetlands, critical aquifers…
- Comment on What Did William Burrito Mean by This? 7 months ago:
That’s one of the things I respect the hell out of with Bill Burr. He says plenty of shit I disagree with, but also says lots that I strongly agree with. His opinions are truly his own and he’ll voice them to a reasonable point. He’s no one’s parrot.
- Comment on I choose...you? 8 months ago:
Pikachu ex? More like Pikacheex, am I right?
- Comment on Should I be Concerned? 8 months ago:
Can you provide evidence for this
Oh, no, we’re in lemmyshitpost, so I was just talking shit about the absolutely insane marketing choice to try to sell them as “triangles”.
But here we are talking about it, so fuck me, it’s working.
- Comment on Should I be Concerned? 8 months ago:
That’s a very generous assumption for a company whose “flavoured, uhhh, triangles” can’t pass the legal threshold of the word “chip” or “snack”, let alone “tortilla”.
