Nemo
@Nemo@slrpnk.net
I like American music. Do you like American music? I like American music, too.
Other versions of me:
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@Nemo@midwest.social
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reddit.com/user/nemo_sum
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metafilter.com/user/324647
- Comment on How do you guys sleep? 8 hours ago:
20 if I can get away with it, 18 otherwise
and NEVER socks
- Comment on Can it take months to get over being laid off? 1 day ago:
I loved my old job and being forced out was both sudden and heartbreaking. It’s been almost two years and I still get a pang through my chest when I see something that reminds me of it. It’s like a bad breakup, in that way.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
What distinction are you making, here? Everybody seems, to me, to be a black box that only relates to others through their inputs and outputs. How else can I like someone, if not by what they put into the world?
- Comment on Any Engrish-like community in here? 5 days ago:
Is that a typo, or you’re looking for a community based on casual racism?
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Earth will only be around for another five billion years or do, so no.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
He’s the one being unreasonable.
He’s recently made one big change that he likes and is interested in trying other big changes. See if you can direct him to try something a little saner.
- Comment on I hear a lot of "ACAB", why don't I hear "APAB"? (P as in Politician) 1 week ago:
Maybe try again without the misogyny.
- Comment on What is with the obsession with gender neutral language on relationship topics ? 1 week ago:
There are times when it’s relevant and times when it’s not, and the latter is a lot more prevalent.
But on reddit, the real reason is because about three years ago reddit admit let mod teams know that misgendering anyone was a violation of site-wide rule one, and if we mods didn’t crack down on it, the admin would crack down on US.
Insisting on gender-neutral language is a way to keep clear of that.
- Comment on Is flirting redundant? 1 week ago:
If I only did what was necessary, my life would be pretty miserable.
- Comment on Is flirting redundant? 1 week ago:
So you should just treat the person you’re interested in like you would any other person.
But flirting is how I treat every other person!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Because they’re an existential threat. You may think it’s unlikely that they come to power. But an unlikely event with terrible consequences is still worth trying to prevent.
- Comment on How does HTML actually run on a computer? 4 weeks ago:
HTML doesn’t “run”. It’s not a scripting language, it’s a markup language. All it does is mark sections of the document for the browser to display.
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 4 weeks ago:
I used to not use a case, because I had a ruggedized hiking phone that didn’t need one.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I tend to think the the obligation to action falls more heavily on the privileged. Those who aren’t marginalized have a duty to use their position to correct the injustices.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
The price of meat is currently artificially lowered by several factors, including government subsidies and lax regulations. Correcting that would be good for everyone, even if it made meat a “sometimes” food for everyone but the rich.
- Comment on I am having a weird experience on the Fediverse. 4 weeks ago:
wrong domain?
- Comment on what’s the difference between “he died” and “he’s dead”? 4 weeks ago:
“Dead” is an adjective, modifying the antecedent of “he”, not an adverb modifying “is”.
Contrast “he is well”, where “well” modifies “is” as an adverb vs. “he is good” where “good” is an adjective modifying “he”. There’s no grammatic signifier which is which beyond the modifying word itself, so you need to see whether it’s in adverb form or adjective form.
- Comment on what’s the difference between “he died” and “he’s dead”? 4 weeks ago:
“he died” describes an action
“he was dead” describes a condition / state / quality
- Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA? 5 weeks ago:
“urban” means city, not town
- Comment on Does noise from different nearby sources 'add up'? Or do the different sources cancel each other out? In any case, please provide a formula and an example 5 weeks ago:
They add up (in the sense of getting louder) if they’re harmonized or party harmonized. They cancel out if they’re opposing or partly opposing. They become more continuous but not louder if they’re out-of-synch.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Kids see you reading an e-book, they don’t know what you’re doing, they just see you staring at s phone.
Kids see you reading a physical book, they see you’re reading, and what you’re reading. It helps foster a love of reading in them.
- Comment on Do you think a story that mixes magic with super advanced technology can work? 5 weeks ago:
Like most things by Philip K. Dick, the man who has more movies based on his writing than any other author?
- Comment on How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? 5 weeks ago:
zero or more
- Comment on An alternative spelling of the alphabet that makes more sense 5 weeks ago:
split all vowels into the two-four sounds they actually make
- Comment on An alternative spelling of the alphabet that makes more sense 1 month ago:
aay ebe eke ede eay efe ege ehe iay eje eek ele eme ene oay epe eque ere ese ete uay eve ewe ekse yay eze
but if we’re making changes, we should really get rid of C, Y, X, and W; bring back thorn; turn all soft Gs into Js… the list goes on
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Not for me. The written word is much more vivid and conveys information much more efficiently than video. Other people process things differently, I know, but that’s how it is for me.
- Comment on Has the use of a comma instead of the word "and" in English news headlines always been a thing? 1 month ago:
My whole life, yeah.
- Comment on In the U.S., are all voting booth areas required to have carbon monoxide detectors? 1 month ago:
I’d be more likely to blame the lead exposure on the deregulation that red areas tend to favor, but I know the truth is more insidious: both are correlated to poverty.
- Comment on Is there a community dedicated for serious discussion? 1 month ago:
They’ve dealt with so many bad actors in the past
This is for sure part of it. Remember that most of us fled here from reddit, and many made a clean break. For me, that includes avoiding political discussion communities. I actively moderated two conservative political communities for years (r/AskConservatives and r/Tuesday) and also r/As an American, where political discussions often came up. I’m just exhausted by it. I’ve seen every bad argument under the sun from and towards every major political position.
When I spooled down reddit, resigned my modship in r/AskConservatives, and came to lemmy, I resolved to a) never mod a discussion community again and 2] never sub a political discussion community. And my life became so much better! I still engage with politics IRL, with real people in my community, but have zero interest in seeking out the same here.
So yes, if you want to discuss certain topics here you’ve got an uphill slog. And if you don’t want to be treated like a bad-faith actor you’ve got to put in the work to build a reputation as a good-faith one. There’s no shortcut for that; users recognize each other here.
- Comment on Whats the best way to deep dive into learning a language without apps? 1 month ago:
If there’s a local community / cultural center, they probably offer classes or even immersion. My local mutual aid society has Spanish-immersion craft night once a week.