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- Comment on Is it weird that I cringe whenever someone calls my name and I avoid using peoples names when talking to them? 1 day ago:
I don’t like when people work my name into a conversation (“that’s a good point, glimse!” Not “hey glimse how’s it going?”) because it makes me…suspicious. Like mind instantly jumps to the tactic taught to sales people to build rapport with prospective customers.
My guess is that it’s a defense mechanism. I’ve been taken advantage of after blindly trusting someone before, now I’m predisposed to look for the signs.
I’m sure it doesn’t help that I don’t really love my name. I don’t care enough to change it but it wouldn’t have been my first pick.
- Comment on Dumb critique 1 day ago:
Couldn’t have been me :)
But still. I encourage you to make those edits in the future. Sometimes writers are wrong, sometimes they’re pushing an agenda. I’m inclined to think whoever added that section did so maliciously and since it’s not a popular article, no one noticed. Wikipedia thrives in part because of people like us!
- Comment on Dumb critique 1 day ago:
You seem pretty knowledgeable on the subject, go ahead and edit it! Seriously. I mean that with zero snark.
Someone without your skillset is going to read that section and not know any better. Just delete it and explain why. I’ve made hundreds of edits over the years and I’ve never even made an account.
My encouragement here is real. We rely on each other’s expertise. People like me who know nothing of the Gemini protocol need people like you to keep this page accurate.
Now for a tiny bit of playful snark: I am mildly infuriated that you noticed this yesterday and still haven’t changed it. Do it! Be the change you wish to see!
- Comment on Dumb critique 2 days ago:
You can edit Wikipedia when something is wrong. That’s kinda like the whole point of the site
- Comment on What is it like traveling with two passports at the same time? 1 week ago:
it is expressly forbidden to seek assistance from 2 nations over one problem when abroad.
This is very interesting to me and I’d like to see who/where it says that.
Not doubting you, I’d just love to dig into the history of why that’s a rule.
- Comment on Not sure this was a good fortune reading 1 week ago:
Restaurants don’t make their own fortune cookies, that is true, but there’s hundreds and hundreds of fortune cookie manufacturers in the US. Outside of chain restaurants, I’d wager most buy from local suppliers. Next time you get one, look up the manufacturer on the label
But there’s another near-flavorless cracker whose production IS almost entirely centralized…The majority of the mass-produced communion wafers in the US are made by one company in Rhode Island.
- Comment on Reddit is finally entirely dead to me 1 week ago:
What is this community? First it’s all reddit reposts and now it’s this
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Yeah, I don’t think any post that is written in first person should be mirrored
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I’m mildly infuriated that you’re just reposting stuff from the subreddit. A place like this should be OC-only otherwise it’s just ragebait, you’re venting for someone else
- Comment on Day 656 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 week ago:
I really liked this game. I am not a fan of open world but my friend talked me into trying it and it defied my expectations.
Every side quest has “purpose” in filling out the world, I don’t think I ran into a single one that felt shoehorned in. And the way the map unlocks is very natural to the story.
- Comment on Borders 2 weeks ago:
The lines they’ve set with their piss borders need to be refreshed but they absolutely have declared areas that others respect the boundaries at risk of getting attacked.
A wolf occasionally crossing that border - either deliberately or because the scent wore off - doesn’t change the point that they’re making. It’s not like they put up a physical fence.
- Comment on Borders 2 weeks ago:
Yes because it doesn’t change the author’s point in the slightest
- Comment on Anon was bullied 2 weeks ago:
Yes but that’s done naturally, not shoehorning it into conversation with people who have no idea what you’re talking about
- Comment on Anon was bullied 2 weeks ago:
Those are idioms. The anime kids were weirdly incorporating Japanese words into their communication with English speakers and doing kamehamehas in the hallway.
Here’s something more analogous: A friend spent the summer before senior year in France and when she came back, you could not get through a conversation without her dropping a French word or relating something to “how they do things in France”. And yes, we made fun of her until she stopped.
- Comment on Anon was bullied 2 weeks ago:
Do you have an example or is this from an 80s movie? I can’t think of a single sports term someone would use to insult you or say something is cute.
Not sure how common it is outside of media for people to be throwing footballs around in the hallway, either…
- Comment on Is The Last of Us just The Walking Dead with but with mushrooms? 2 weeks ago:
I struggled with the comics (before the show was out) because the male characters all looked the same lol
- Comment on Anon was bullied 2 weeks ago:
I think both the greentext and tweet are wrong.
It’s not liking anime, it’s the type of person who gets obsessed with anime. Most of the anime kids at my school were VERY immature and wouldn’t shut up about Japan. They’d call you baka and say a dog is kawaii
Only my metalhead friends and internet friends knew I liked anime. I didn’t want to be associated with that type of fan.
- Comment on Anon sacrifices for the family 3 weeks ago:
Not in*
You can be an educated and trained NEET. But if you’re not currently in school, employed, or taking training, you’re a NEET.
Though it generally only applies to people who fit the description for a longer period of time. You’re not a NEET if you’re just between jobs.
It also implies that you’re not seeking out any of those things but I don’t think that’s a “requirement”
- Comment on Anon needs a good response 3 weeks ago:
But the reasons to be put off by lovebombing are justified. You’re a stranger juggling knives and frustrated that they’re backing away lol
- Comment on Anon needs a good response 3 weeks ago:
There’s like 2 misogynistic comments in a sea of genuine advice and they’re both pretty obviously sarcasm
- Comment on Anon needs a good response 3 weeks ago:
My friend’s going through something similar now and not saying something earlier is one of my biggest regrets.
We were both single when they started dating and I didn’t want to seem jealous by pointing it out. Now they’ve got two kids and are getting divorced because she found someone new to lovebomb.
- Comment on Anon needs a good response 3 weeks ago:
I man no disrespect but you gotta reign it in. I totally get where you’re coming from but getting lovebombed is a red flag for good reason.
You alluded to one reason why in your comment…if the infatuation isn’t mutual, it feels like the person is just excited to be in a relationship. They’re in love with being in love, not with me.
And unless you’re a narcissist, it just feels weird to put on a pedestal. Getting fawned over 24/7 is too much. People just want a partner that is a normal person most of the time.
It also has the connotation of codependence. And with that, it’s likely this person is going to have a mental breakdown if we break up in a year.
Lovebombing usually means baggage. It’s understandable that people don’t want to start a relationship with someone carrying a ton of baggage.
- Comment on British cyclist refused £15k payout because thieves ‘weren’t violent enough’ 4 weeks ago:
Yeah…the bicycles were kept in a place that didn’t require force to open. Meaning improperly secured…
- Comment on Anon teaches you about their culture 4 weeks ago:
Man I loooove split pea soup. You can use it as mortar but every spoonful is a warm hug in a way other soups can’t match
- Comment on Talk like an 👽 4 weeks ago:
I don’t know enough about the stuff to form a strong argument but I feel if they live on our plane of existence, they experience time. And if they’re intelligent enough to communicate with us, they could perceive the passing of it. Counting events of some kind would just come naturally
- Comment on Talk like an 👽 4 weeks ago:
I feel like any civilization advanced enough is going to have no problem with that.
A body of water is connected but you can count the waves. They’d surely count repetition, too, such as their planet rotating and and orbiting it’s starting. Or sound - “click” one “click click” two.
And if they’re as intelligent as humans, both species are able to learn new abstract concepts
- Comment on Back in the day the world had The Great Dictator speech speaking the truth. Then came Network with the I am mad as hell. In this era what speech are we going to look back from the future? 5 weeks ago:
I’m jumping on the dog pile to tell you to watch Andor. I am NOT a Star Wars guy but I got talked into this one by a friend who knows my general distaste for the franchise.
It’s fantastic, I really have nothing bad to say about it. It’s not campy like Star Wars, it doesn’t feel rushed, and the stakes a lot more visceral.
It’s also extremely relevant in 2026
- Comment on Back in the day the world had The Great Dictator speech speaking the truth. Then came Network with the I am mad as hell. In this era what speech are we going to look back from the future? 5 weeks ago:
Nemik’s manifesto would be my pick, too, mainly because it resonated with me when I was feeling helpless about the world
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There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empires’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: Try.
- Comment on Can people tell sex of a dog just by looking at the dog? 5 weeks ago:
He, she, his, her…my dad will use each one to refer to the same dog at different times. He’s done this with every dog any of us have ever had. We’ve given up correcting him.
So maybe pronouns literally ARE too much for some people lol
- Comment on Anon makes a big mistake 5 weeks ago:
Yes it’s Lemmy markdown for superscript. Or at least that’s what my client tells me