krashmo
@krashmo@lemmy.world
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 11 hours ago:
I wouldn’t necessarily say it fixes problems and if it does it certainly isn’t free of cost in more than one way. I do think it can temporarily lessen some anxieties that one might view as obstacles to happiness because they impede one’s ability to engage in meaningful social interaction. I also think that making friends and finding romantic partners are learned behaviors that you need practice to get good at. If alcohol can help you be social enough to make friends in a new place or find a partner then I can see why someone would say it fixed a problem for them. It’s certainly more expedient and cost effective than therapy to get past your hangups would be.
That said, that sort of “responsible” use of alcohol isn’t without its drawbacks and risks. I don’t know how common it is either. Perhaps that’s just what people who like to drink tell themselves to avoid feeling shame about their behavior.
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 13 hours ago:
I also am extremely socially awkward
That’s what the booze is supposed to help with. Whether or not it does is up for debate but it certainly makes you worry less and that’s a huge part of awkwardness.
- Comment on Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins 18 hours ago:
Like any proposal you would have to word it in a way that minimizes loopholes initially, as well as muster the political will to close any new loopholes that come up.
Off the top of my head, you would probably want to use averages in some way. Perhaps use the median income of the bottom 20% of domestic wage earners in a given company, with some sort of multiplier or additional penalty for offshore employees. You would also want to ensure all forms of executive compensation like bonuses and stock options are included in the equation.
There’s probably more you would need to include but those 3 things would minimize the most obvious loopholes I can see.
- Comment on There was no need to ever improve upon THIS 1 day ago:
Just point the vents fancyman
- Comment on There was no need to ever improve upon THIS 1 day ago:
I think you mean brakes, but funnily enough both work in this context.
- Comment on Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins 1 day ago:
Cap executive pay at 12x the lowest paid employee in the company. You can’t make more in one month than the drones make in a year. If you want a raise make sure everyone else gets one too.
- Comment on Excuse the fuck me? 2 weeks ago:
This sort of transactional view of romantic relationships is exactly how incels are born
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Except apparently a ps5
- Comment on If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.? 3 weeks ago:
They can’t do any of this other shit either. That’s not stopping us from doing it
- Comment on *A clean colon is like driving on a country road on a sunny day...* 4 weeks ago:
It’s ribbed for your pleasure
- Comment on Relax snowflake it's called dark humour 1 month ago:
You’re right, they’re a gas.
- Comment on Metal genres 1 month ago:
Commenting to come back later and check out some of the filth you heathens are into
- Comment on 1 month ago:
It’s not unreasonable for you to expect it to know that but I think it is unreasonable to expect it to use that information for your benefit. That’s not why it’s collecting that data.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
That response is almost as dumb as googling that question in the first place.
- Comment on Caught in the circle jerk 1 month ago:
It’s actually sitting in one place putting up with a bunch of bullshit for most of the day. That is an essential skill in the modern workplace.
- Comment on advertising and headers take up 50% of screen space 1 month ago:
I’d rather have ads placed in the text in a context that makes sense than the abomination of a system we have now that is both intrusive and irrelevant.
- Comment on It slaps tho 2 months ago:
That’s what she said
- Comment on Jokes on you, I don't want to work 2 months ago:
#synergy
- Comment on Lifehack 2 months ago:
What’s with the switching back and forth between “you” and “u”? Either one is fine but pick one and go with it.
- Comment on NO! I don't want to download your app and set up an account. Leave me alone 2 months ago:
It’s not
- Comment on aspect ration 2 months ago:
That was a terrible movie. It went so far up it’s own ass that it came out it’s mouth, twisted around it’s body, and went back up it’s ass a second time.
- Comment on Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals 2 months ago:
This is an interesting discussion topic because both angles have good points and that feels unusual these days. On the one hand I think you’re right that some people need the work and that can justify pushing some minor ethical boundaries. On the other hand, the “I’m just doing my job” line of reasoning has been used to justify some pretty horrific stuff throughout history.
A line separating the two should certainly be drawn somewhere but I’m not sure exactly where to put it. I’m pretty confident that a lot of the bad stuff happening in the world right now would improve if more people were more thoughtful about where that line should be.
- Comment on Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files? 2 months ago:
That’s a decidedly generous interpretation of events
- Comment on all it takes 3 months ago:
More like holesome
ba-dum tss
- Comment on So if we're just good with careening into fascism 2.0 what does the future look like? 3 months ago:
The comfortable will never rebel. No one is going to give you those things and we can’t build them without dismantling the current system. You’re going to have to get supremely uncomfortable in order to give others the possibility of having those things at some indeterminate time in the future or face a dystopian future so bleak that it will make The Hunger Games seem like a fun vacation. Either way, comfort is rapidly fading from the picture.
- Comment on 'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN 3 months ago:
I mean, after the 360 they had XXXbox sitting right there and they acted like they were too good for it. Prudes.
- Comment on But I am mighty!! 3 months ago:
The heat could dry out your skin, which, if I’m not mistaken, is essentially what a burn is. However, as the other person noted, a sunburn is damage from radiation, not heat. So I think you could stretch the common definition of a burn to call heat induced dry skin a burn but calling it a sunburn would not be accurate.
- Comment on Ads when you’re pumping gas 4 months ago:
Most have four buttons on the left and four on the right. The second or third button on the right side has been the mute button on every system I’ve tried.
- Comment on Bait or r*ta*d*ti*n. Call it. 4 months ago:
Even if we assume those contracts get canceled, unless they force him to destroy that data (which probably isn’t possible at this point) and reopen all those investigations then that’s not really true, is it?
- Comment on Bait or r*ta*d*ti*n. Call it. 4 months ago:
He collected data on all Americans from multiple government agencies, successfully killed multiple investigations into several of his companies, and secured additional government contracts for those companies. Is that what we’re calling nothing these days?