Droggelbecher

@Droggelbecher@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aussie travellers who criticise US most at risk as Trump administration proposes social media disclosures⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Travelling to authoritarian country rapidly descending into fascism turns out to not be entirely safe, more at 11

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sans serif fonts are woke because they're easier for dyslexics to read⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true but not at all what you said in the post. But thanks for clarifying here!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sans serif fonts are woke because they're easier for dyslexics to read⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I could also go on about what I think is harder or easier to read, but that’s neither here nor there. The post claims there is/are a font or fonts that were specifically created with the intention to be harder to read for the disabled, and I want to know whether that’s true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sans serif fonts are woke because they're easier for dyslexics to read⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Quite interesting, but doesn’t speak to the creation of fonts specifically to make reading harder for the disabled. It even says evidence that Calibri is easier isn’t conclusive. Doesn’t say anything about whether any font was created to make reading easier or harder for anyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sans serif fonts are woke because they're easier for dyslexics to read⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Ya got a source on that? Sounds interesting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American exceptionalism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh absolutely, I’m glad we’re not doing that. I don’t get why there’s so few statistical studies, like ‘people who have been using (e.g.) chewing tobacco have x health stat compared to y in the general population’. It’s frustrating, especially with how many young people are using snus and vapes in recent years. It’s tough to make informed health decisions when the information is hard to come by.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American exceptionalism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Btw for the capsaicin thing. It’s one of the going theories for why warmer places all around earth tend to traditionally eat much spicier foods than colder places. Food spoils faster in the heat, and the spice both masks the spoilt taste and can help, or is thought to help, cleanse you of parasites.

  (I know spicy plants don’t grow in colder places, too, but the tendency holds for colder regions that would have had access to hot plants)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American exceptionalism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Just curious, is this true for smokeless tobacco too? I mean not the tar bit obviously, just the paralysing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Powerbar⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  People who have access to hrt usually also have access to a fridge

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey look, a giant sign telling you to find a different job⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, because of US exceptionalism. That’s a bad thing, and we can try to not play into it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Machine go brrrrrrr brrrrrrrrrrr br br br br br br brbrbrbrb⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sometimes slightly radioactive for medical reasons. Most people will be fine with a certain dosis, but little kids and pregnant people (well, their foetus) won’t. So they tell you to stay away from people because you don’t know who’s pregnant. Maybe that contributes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey look, a giant sign telling you to find a different job⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They said that to point out you said ‘America’ when there’s a north America and a south America and your statement is only true for one country within one of those. We all know what you meant, but let’s stop playing into US exceptionalism by using the name for two whole continents as a synonym for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No it won’t⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I love my cork one. It’s been holding up for many years now. Metal is ofc the only choice if you care about RFID protection though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i am not good at small talk⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Protip, you don’t HAVE to do smalltalk. I mean, it can be a helpful way to get a real convo started. But you can just text people a picture of your favourite dinosaur and explain why they’re your favourite. You can even text them ‘do you believe objective moraliy exists’ if that’s your cup of tea. Nothing bad will happen to you. If they still git you with the idk, at least you’ll know you don’t share that interest. Yes I’m autistic, how did you know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peas plz⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting, when I tried rolled oats the ducks weren’t going for them! And a bunch of them sank, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chasing the Elephant⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  🆗🆒

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What life hack helped you this year?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You know, I keep wondering this, because it genuinely is a similar amount of work. It’s just putting two dry and one wet thing in a pot. It takes me maybe 3 minutes. You don’t even have to do the ‘bring to a boil, then turn the heat down’ bit the other person described. Just turn on medium heat and leave it be. I’d probably take longer reading the package instructions and following them correctly on something ready made.

  That said, I’ve gotten ready made meals for lunch when my work only had a microwave and no real kitchen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok but absolutely slaying in terms of your look intimidates people and makes them leave you alone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting in on the library craze with the Reading Rainbow guy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah I do that already!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting in on the library craze with the Reading Rainbow guy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The only thing in the way is my astounding lack of object permanence

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting in on the library craze with the Reading Rainbow guy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish, I struggle to keep focus if I don’t physically turn the page

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting in on the library craze with the Reading Rainbow guy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh but books are just about the main thing I’m consumerist about. I WANT to have them in my home indefinitely. I want to be reminded a specific title exists by seeing it on the shelf, and then reread it. And I want to underline or comment on my favourite passages in pencil. They’re the one non-necessity I’ll keep splurging on; pretty much everything else is handed down, borrowed, or necessary to some extent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dunno⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting! Nobody at my institute is a native English speaker. They’re from several European and some Asian and south American countries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dunno⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a theoretical physics grad student and a night school maths teacher, I have never heard this distinction. People in academia around me call them round and square brackets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FACTS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gay is when you have a girlfriend. So regardless of if you’re straight, lesbian, bi, pan, etc., if you have a girlfriend, you’re gay. If you have a boyfriend, nb partner, or no partner, you’re straight. Poly people are gay as soon as they date at least one person who they use the term girlfriend for. If you’re a middle aged woman who refers to her female friends as girlfriends, guess what, gay. Hope this helps

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stretch marks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen and heard both men and women bring up their own stretch marks, but I’ve almost* never seen or heard anyone of any gender bring up someone else’s. And I have stretch marks, and have been seen naked by several people of various genders.

  *the one exception I’ve seen is as part of a list of reasons husbands have given for why they find their wives unattractive post pregnancy. And that was maybe twice and in anonymous comments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The less complicated life of a male⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Find out what your hair ‘needs’. Is it dry and kinda straw like? Are the tips frayed? Does it poof up? Does it frizz, ie are there many stray hairs flying around?

  In general though, hydrating shampoo helps with growing out unless you have suuuuper oily hair, in which case you should use a clarifying shampoo, but only rub it onto your scalp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The less complicated life of a male⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even literally just using the right shampoo as opposed to something like body wash can make a big difference, in case you’re interested

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The less complicated life of a male⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From experience, I can tell you this is actually short haired vs long haired people. You can’t really grow out your hair without the ends going to shit if you mistreat it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Had to look this up⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And to be fair, not all of those are equally bad. Seamus Finnagan and Anthony Goldstein could very well be real people. The other two are so much worse, especially now that you’ve made me realise the slavery connection.