Cevilia
@Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
38 she/her or they/them or any pronoun. Cis woman… I think. I pretend to be an elf on the Internet. I’m mostly attracted to femininity.
I use tone indicators.
“Stay woke. Keep your eyes open.”
/srs
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
I wouldn’t do it.
The risk is huge. To maintain good diplomatic relations they would probably forward the emails to US federal law enforcement (assuming they weren’t just sniffed in-flight), who would gleefully take a cheap W by throwing you in a Supermax prison.
Absolutely not worth it for the reward of feeling slightly cheeky for a few seconds before realisation sets in.
- Comment on People like this 4 days ago:
One of the reasons I enjoy being on an instance that doesn’t have the concept of downvotes :)
An upvote is an upvote. A downvote is nothing. I love it :D
- Comment on How is Donald Trump able to get away with being part of a child trafficking ring but I get 20 years in jail for littering? 5 days ago:
Why aren’t they rioting?
The same reason you aren’t.
- Comment on When people are talking about GOG but call it GoG 5 days ago:
GOG is the platform formerly known as Good Old Games.
I have no idea if GoG refers to anything else.
- Comment on What is with these videos where it's just someone reaction to shit someone else is doing? 5 days ago:
You must be a load of fun at parties.
- Comment on Trying to activate a new BT account 6 days ago:
I experienced something similar with Virgin Media when they were installing my fibre. To check on my installation status, I needed to log in. To log in, I needed my account number. To get my account number, I needed my installation status. The chat person (this was before the era of chat bots) couldn’t understand why this was a problem.
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- Comment on My first programming socks:3 1 week ago:
Nice aesthetic! I love it!
- Comment on Do Costcos usually have an ATM machine? 1 week ago:
The one I visit in northern England has one. However, it didn’t accept my card the last time I went. I’m with one of the main banks who’re part of the Link network (the major inter-bank cash machine network in the UK), so I’m unsure which cards are accepted and which aren’t.
- Comment on 64$ the ticket, 1040$ surcharge. 1 week ago:
If I get charged for “services” in quotes like that, I’d better collapse breathless afterwards.
- Comment on The YouTube Playables Builder lets creators build games with Gemini 3 1 week ago:
Why
- Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports? 1 week ago:
buses acting as airplanes in the USA
I’ve heard of buses acting as trains (rail replacement service) but imagine being told your airplane is cancelled and you’ll get a replacement bus service
- Comment on How long until we can start shorting years to 2 numbers again? 2 weeks ago:
You could do it since 00
- Comment on Shitty stores that penalise you for not having their store card 2 weeks ago:
Lidl isn’t too bad for it, at least not around here.
Sainsburys is probably the worst for it around here. A lot of the most popular items are routinely marked up 40%. The supermarket I work for, which shall remain green and nameless, is getting worse for it too.
Aldi is doing it right IMHO. Doesn’t have an app, doesn’t accept coupons, just tries to get people through the door as fast as possible and pass some of the savings on.
- Comment on Someday, someone will invent something that can ‘envelope’ small flat items so they can be shipped more efficiently. Until that day … 3 weeks ago:
Electric car charging works anywhere if you have an adapter
The right adapter. And a smartphone with the right app you already signed up for an account on (and it hasn’t randomly logged you out as my Blink app did just this morning). And there’s a vacant charge point. And it’s working. And someone hasn’t ICEd it.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I’d toss .hack//IMOQ into the mix, such a grindy game and borderline impossible if you don’t over-level yourself, several allies, and your gear
- Comment on Why do you hate AI? 3 weeks ago:
Because it’s everywhere and I’m tired of people trying to make me try it.
The Slop Sketch (with apologies to Monty Python)
Scene: A cafe. One table is occupied by a group of Vikings with horned helmets on. A man and his wife enter. Man (Eric Idle): You sit here, dear. Wife (Graham Chapman in drag): All right. Man (to Waitress): Morning! Waitress (Terry Jones, in drag as a bit of a rat-bag): Morning! Man: Well, what’ve you got? Waitress: Well, there’s egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and slop; egg bacon and slop; egg bacon sausage and slop; slop bacon sausage and slop; slop egg slop slop bacon and slop; slop sausage slop slop bacon slop tomato and slop; Vikings (starting to chant): Slop slop slop slop… Waitress: …slop slop slop egg and slop; slop slop slop slop slop slop baked beans slop slop slop… Vikings (singing): Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Waitress: …or Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and a fried egg on top and slop. Wife: Have you got anything without slop? Waitress: Well, there’s slop egg sausage and slop, that’s not got much slop in it. Wife: I don’t want ANY slop! Man: Why can’t she have egg bacon slop and sausage? Wife: THAT’S got slop in it! Man: Hasn’t got as much slop in it as slop egg sausage and slop, has it? Vikings: Slop slop slop slop (crescendo through next few lines) Wife: Could you do the egg bacon slop and sausage without the slop then? Waitress: Urgghh! Wife: What do you mean ‘Urgghh’? I don’t like slop! Vikings: Lovely slop! Wonderful slop! Waitress: Shut up! Vikings: Lovely slop! Wonderful slop! Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can’t have egg bacon slop and sausage without the slop. Wife (shrieks): I don’t like slop! Man: Sshh, dear, don’t cause a fuss. I’ll have your slop. I love it. I’m having slop slop slop slop slop slop slop baked beans slop slop slop and slop! Vikings (singing): Slop slop slop slop. Lovely slop! Wonderful slop! Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off. Man: Well could I have her slop instead of the baked beans then? Waitress: You mean slop slop slop slop slop slop… (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words) Vikings: (singing elaborately) Slop slop slop slop. Lovely slop! Wonderful slop! Slop slo-o-o-o-o-op slop slo-o-o-o-o-op slop. Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Slop, slop, slop, SLOOOOOOOOOOOP!
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 3 weeks ago:
I never claimed anything of the sort.
I stated that the fossil fuel companies are breathtakingly rich and willing to share that wealth with politicians in return for policy decisions that favour fossil fuel companies.
You stated that I was completely wrong.
You now appear to be shifting the goalposts as if you claimed I am merely missing the point as opposed to being completely wrong, so I’m done here. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. :)
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 3 weeks ago:
I have a messenger bag!
It’s a tote bag with the MSN logo on it.
- Comment on Are you a market or supermarket enthusiast? 3 weeks ago:
I mean, I kinda like both? Supermarkets for resiliency and the benefits of scale. Markets for the kind of stuff you probably wouldn’t find in a supermarket and the benefits of a broader marketplace.
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 3 weeks ago:
Completely wrong? Let me test my understanding. You’re claiming that fossil fuel companies are not breathtakingly rich and willing to share that wealth with politicians in return for policy decisions that favour fossil fuel companies?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Only insofar as instance mods are already “centralised control of the Fediverse”.
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 3 weeks ago:
Because the fossil fuel companies are breathtakingly rich and willing to share that wealth with politicians in return for policy decisions that favour fossil fuel companies.
See also “lobbying”, “bribery”, and “corruption”.
- Comment on should I go back to my old job now that several people, some of them more knowledgeable than me have told me they don't understand my decision to quit it? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve worked for the same company for about twenty years. I’m still rank and file because I’ve repeatedly turned down supervisory roles. Like in your situation, the pay for the more stressful job isn’t much better and comes with a lot more responsibility.
Instead, I negotiated to get myself off the rota system and onto fixed hours. I am the only member of staff outside of upper management who’s on fixed hours. Literally everyone else works shifts. Middle management don’t like that, but I consistently perform well on whatever plausible metrics they dream up, I’m generally well-liked, also they can’t get rid of me because I know where the bodies are buried*.
In summary: I believe you’ve made the right choice, because I made a similar one. But it’s not my choice. The choice is yours alone.
*this is a metaphor for institutional knowledge, as far as I know there are no bodies buried in the old trolley shed behind the Inpost locker
- Comment on Is gold investing a scam? 4 weeks ago:
NFCs, bitcoins, silver, gold, whatever. If the only way people can cash out is to get someone to buy what they’re selling, there’s always going to be an element of grift to it. It’s just some are more grifty than others.
- Comment on Can You Conduct A Census In Red Dead Redemption 2? 4 weeks ago:
I didn’t mean from that creator specifically.
- Comment on Can You Conduct A Census In Red Dead Redemption 2? 4 weeks ago:
Welcome to my world, 1am video releases are pretty much standard for me because apparently America is the only country in the world /s
- Comment on Android "Media Control" "tool" 4 weeks ago:
Yes, I know that I should move to Graphene before someone tells me.
Graphene user here.
Same issues here.
There are many reasons you should move to Graphene but this isn’t one of them.
- Comment on What's the best way to answer someone who accuses you of being a bot because they don't like what you have to say? 4 weeks ago:
Same way I respond when someone accuses me of not being my own fucking gender: by going to their profile and clicking the block button, because life’s too short for me to shovel their insecure shit. :)
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Sorry to hear that. Sod cancer.