meyotch

@meyotch@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨horizontal boogie⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a certified mycelial-network analyst and I am sorry to say that, yes, the mushrooms are disappointed in us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t read this article because it’s the NYT and they don’t get a dime.

  But, duh, ‘they’ want the addicted to die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Entropy? Never heard of it.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes that’s the point but why take the extra steps. Use the low carbon energy directly and stop using the high carbon sources.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨made a sticky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You are a fool and they will use you up and discard you like a tissue. There is a vast difference between taking pride in good work and selling yourself short.

  I am sure the folks on night shift know of your attitude and leave shit for you to clean up, not because they are lazy but because they hate you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keep them guessing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Elsevier and Nature Group are for-profit. That is the problem. Once profit is involved, morals and ideals go out the window

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨son, happy birthday⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that’s what I call fun!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨son, happy birthday⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nonetheless it is in no way a phage. What might it be, do you think?

  I know it’s a joke meme, but I did not achieve my grand success in life by being ‘fun’. It’s just not my thing ;)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨son, happy birthday⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah looks like a diatom skeleton. And the scale is quite wrong

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s probably partly generational. I mean the old guard got pensions and we get wtevs.

  People who aren’t in leadership often have no idea how to judge actual merit anyway. Especially among engineers who often develop very myopic views informed by their tech specialties. I am often gob-smacked by the incredibly stupid ideas otherwise brilliant engineers have about how the world works.

  So sadly folks like your brother are probably feeling validated for their racist feelings right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you.

  Yes, I agree black and white categories aren’t the ideal way to describe people.

  But there comes a time when nuance is used against the compassionate to normalize reprehensible actions. We are in that time now.

  It is for these reasons that I cannot stand listening to NPR anymore. The ineffectual hand wringing and disingenuous ’liberal self-reflection’ is tiresome and we are well past the time for thoughtful think-pieces.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The way it is playing out in my family has led me to have to totally reevaluate my perception of my own father.

  He is a generally kind man. He stayed with my mom for two decades as she declined with Parkinson’s. He took good care of her when so many people might have ghosted.

  But based on his inability to see the danger here to things he himself values, I can no longer think of him as a good man. He has always valued knowledge and reason yet he swallowed the cat-eating crap out of Ohio in spite of the clear bullshit of it.

  He is Mormon and very faithful. So I don’t know what he gets out of this all, except that it has required me to grieve him before his passing.

  He is not actually a good person I am afraid, but he is very obedient. Learning that distinction is very painful. He does not possess the moral clarity to know the difference between what is legal/popular and what is right.

  I always idolized my dad as a child because he was in so many ways a good father. We will probably never speak again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because we like blaming victims. It keeps them easy to victimize if you can convince them it’s their failure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first cult is the deepest⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sticking with “cult”. I just apply it liberally to include the old-money cults like the 31 flavors of Christianity. Cults BITE and you can find at least some of that kind of control in many widespread and socially acceptable groups.

  Yes ‘cult’ is pejorative and that’s exactly the meaning I intend to convey when I use it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first cult is the deepest⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The wife-swappin’, land-speculatin’, rootin’-tootin’ rascals we know and love, The Mormons™️!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first cult is the deepest⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No problem! Say hi to the rabbits!

  I was born into North America’s Own Original Real Estate Sex Cult. I coped by learning about all the other cool cults out there. Turns out they are all really about getting locals to pay for real estate owned by the inner circle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first cult is the deepest⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Could easily be SGI too, they have some very culty elements to their practices. And they are all over with many convenient locations, like all the best cults.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FGFBD⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That seems, umm, advanced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sometimes it be like that⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I get you. You can’t really play around with a new concept in your head until it has a name.

  I hate AI slop, but one research trick they are good at is identifying the existing vocabulary others have developed. You can describe the phenomenon in pretty shaky terms and it will spit out the magic words to connect you to the research of others on that topic.

  I have found that it accelerates my research significantly because I spend less time in the weeds trying it on my own. It is thus easier to find the edges of our collective knowledge and move research efforts to more unexplored areas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help me out: which looks better for the Duck - the neck tie or the bow tie?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If i were choosing a duck to be the new mayor, definitely the necktie.

  If I were looking for a duck with whom to party, bow-tie in the convertible all the way to the liquor store and back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Great Decentralization: What happens when sprawling online communities fracture into politically homogenous, self-governing communities?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have an image of a certain mentally lazy older relative being confronted with anything slightly challenging. The degree of hand wringing and play acting to avoid a few minutes thought and perhaps looking ignorant was always over the top.

  Since the world has many many people like that, there will probably end up being a handful of large ‘instances’ that seem ashamed of the fediverse’s ‘complexity’ (like Bluesky) and they will pretend to be their own thing, so as not to freak out the squares.

  I am somewhat glad Lemmy instances get ignored in this discussion. I want to be surrounded by the better, smarter and more challenging voices such as I have found here.

  Is it an information bubble? Damn right it is. Lemmy is my refuge from and group therapy for preparing to contend in vain against the daily grind of human cupidity and stupidity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the hell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It WAS on the test, yesterday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If me and a bunch of my lemmy friends got on a yacht. Went into international waters what could we get away with legally and what would still be illegal?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No power in the ‘verse. But a large billboard out your best window might do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Delicious bulk relief⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The chalk is surely non-toxic. The various pigments are another story. But still I am tempted to try them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happened to this place? It used to be cool.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Those beans are woke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tawny Newsome Says Live Action Star Trek Workplace Comedy Will Explore Life Outside The Federation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to see more of the Neo-transcendentalists and their society. I love the bisexual swinger vibes, but I also understand why Andy Billups bugged out and joined starfleet.

  Sometimes you just want to clean a plasma coil without all the drama.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember the iconic paintings of The Last Supper? This is what it would look like if it happened today⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Judas! You are on mute!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Diamond market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I want a stone so un-natural that the mineral is named cthulite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Lower Decks’ Series Finale “The New Next Generation” Review, Plus Mike McMahan Interview⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, they have effectively compartmentalized the damage to canon with the rift stuff.

  Without spoiling too much, let’s just say I agree with Cool Boimler on this one.

  Still it’s a fun romp and I like the riffs and easter eggs. Give us more!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should we create a new political party in the US, specifically for shitting on the rich?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do not accept homework assignments at this time.

  I’m too busy shitting on rich people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should we create a new political party in the US, specifically for shitting on the rich?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because PSL does not seek to get people elected, I question their usefulness as a revolutionary force.