lemmy_outta_here

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Renting is a good choice for people who can’t immediately absorb big expenses. If your furnace quits, it can be really nice to phone the landlord and ask them to fix it. Homeowners have to have ready access to cash, and not everyone is in that situation - especially when they are starting out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The things you can buy on amazon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The amazon reviewer is confusing chloroform (an inhalation anaesthetic that, in movies, is used to knock out people for kidnapping) and chlorophyll (a harmless substance used by plants for photosynthesis)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This was my exact thought! Prosecuted, yes. Convicted, no.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games have you put the most hours into?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Je parle aussi dragon. Foos!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games have you put the most hours into?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have crazy high hours on Skyrim because I replayed it in French and Spanish. It is a very fun way to get the cheapest language immersion ever (though your vocabulary becomes a little, um, specialized)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you just live like this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing that really gets me down is the futility of my job. I am a public servant, so i don’t have to worry about being exploited by the rich in the same way. I work decent hours and have good benefits. However, a lot of the work i do seems aimless and poorly thought out. Many of my projects get cancelled after months of work due to changing priorities. When i get home, i tend to ruminate over the pointlessness of it all. If i sit there and really think about how i am spending my life, i get really down. Video games and hobbies occupy my mind to the exclusion of bad thoughts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Live Updates: Pagers Explode Across Lebanon in Apparent Attack on Hezbollah⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  yep, looks like you were right. sorta reassuring…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Live Updates: Pagers Explode Across Lebanon in Apparent Attack on Hezbollah⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is wild. Does the IDF have the capability of making a person’s cell phone explode? Are they able to hack the power management or something? Is almost everyone on earth carrying a bomb? WTF.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨you have to subscribe to the dictionary now⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hi! With the OED, it has been like that at least since I started university in 2007. However, lots of public libraries have subscriptions. I just go to my library website, login, and follow the link to the OED. There are many other reference tools that are also included in my library card. Libraries rule!