shalafi
@shalafi@lemmy.world
- Comment on grindr dump (in post body) 5 hours ago:
Get lots of pics! Can’t ever tell which ones will work out!
If none are working out? Take a long hard look in the mirror. What can you fix or improve? I’ve rarely met another human that couldn’t do something to be more attractive. Do that thing for yourself, not some anonymous stranger.
- Comment on grindr dump (in post body) 5 hours ago:
Other people in your pics brings up to many assumptions about who’s who, what your relationships are, all that mess.
The thing is to avoid pics that beg the question. Does that make sense?
- Comment on grindr dump (in post body) 5 hours ago:
I’m in the Deep South. Saw exactly one MAGA post.
- Comment on Just opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it. 5 hours ago:
People can’t figure risk any longer. It’s a big world! We can’t fault anyone for not understanding it.
- Comment on Just opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it. 6 hours ago:
Risk: .0001% chance a bad thing happens.
We’re not talking about your cousin’s sketchy moonshine here.
Are you afraid to get out of bed? Falling 2.5’ imparts more energy to your body than getting shot with a .45ACP bullet.
Seriously, how does one navigate the world calculating every bad thing that could occur? Scooping a speck of mold out of my jam doesn’t move the needle on my risk meter. I cannot live in a “zero risk” world.
Walked a 2-mile round trip to the store today, orders of magnitude more risky than flicking a bit of mold out my jam. And BTW, I have “emphysema light”, doctor’s words. I’m not exactly a tough guy.
How will you react when faced with real risk? I’ve saved my own life twice, arguably three times. Will you curl into a ball? “NOAWW! The jam might blind me!”
Having some science education, I choose not to live in fear.
- Comment on Just opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it. 6 hours ago:
I’m learning! Define “milt”. New one on me.
- Comment on Just opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it. 6 hours ago:
I could step out to check my mailbox and get smeared by an inattentive driver. In all seriousness, I’m more afraid of slipping in my shower and breaking my neck. Instant death or living out my life having a nurse dig shit out of my ass? (My niece did that for a living.) Not too worried about a little mold in my jam.
Some y’all’s “risk vs. reward” mechanisms are utterly broken. Can’t blame ya! We didn’t evolve to calculate risk in the modern world.
tl;dr: Take risks. Life is not worth living in fear, not worth calculating infinitesimal odds.
- Comment on Just opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it. 7 hours ago:
Yes! I might complain and return it, but it’s not the death hazard these comments make it out to be. :)
- Comment on Just opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it. 12 hours ago:
I’m most surprised an airport allowed that behavior!
- Comment on Just opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it. 12 hours ago:
Scoop it out and go on with your day. I’d only toss it if it tastes or smells funky, even just a bit. Just tossed a jar of salsa after skimming spots of mold off the top for months, exactly as yours. Not because it was unsafe to eat, it just sucked as salsa and I felt it was getting more and more untrustworthy. Jam is going to be somewhat like honey, too much sugar for anything too bad to get a deep hold.
Anyway, none y’all are going to survive another worldwide depression. “Er mer gerd! THROW IT!” Your grandparents and great-grandparents are laughing at you. I’ll be in the woods out back, eating live minnows and fighting the deer over acorns.
- Comment on Don't forget to congratulate your Republican friends who added balls to their truck 15 hours ago:
I haven’t seen truck nuts in 20+ years, and I’m in the deep South. Is that still a thing in some places?
- Comment on Plant Protection 16 hours ago:
I don’t understand how psilocybin evolved multiple times. I don’t see it as a defense because animals aren’t likely to conflate tripping balls with something they ate an hour previous.
- Comment on grindr dump (in post body) 17 hours ago:
I was dating hot and heavy a couple of years ago. Fun first date question was to ask the woman about bad first dates they’ve had. Jesus fucking Christ, I have no idea why they keep trying with us men! I have exactly 1 horrible first date story, and that was more stupid than horrible.
- Comment on grindr dump (in post body) 17 hours ago:
Sounds like you need to work on your profile and set of pics. Many years ago I logged into PoF as a woman and was stunned at how bad the other guy’s profiles were.
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Write something humorous, make your post amusing, doesn’t have to be LOL funny
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Don’t list anything you find unacceptable, too negative
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Don’t list anything you have to have in a partner, too demanding
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Post a wide variety of pics, get a couple of your very best, but get some day-to-day pics in there, looks more honest that way
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Also post pics where you’re in action, engaged in an activity you like
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NO: Guns, dead animals, motorcycles, trucks or other vehicles you wish to show off
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No pics that include other women, no matter who they are. I’d try to leave male friends out as well.
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Don’t talk about being lonely, wanting to share your life with someone, nothing emotional, sounds needy, that comes later
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No need to come with your life story, they’re reading your profile to see if you’re an interesting person today, not where you came from
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Do what I did and sign in as the opposite sex (sorry, been assuming you’re a man looking for a woman), read their dumb profiles, don’t do those things
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Once you get it down, splatter that profile across several websites. You catch more fish with multiple hooks in the water.
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One final note, when you get matches, chat very briefly, ask for the date. Women out there are seriously frustrated with guys that seem to only want to talk, talk, talk. Get that date set before someone bolder asks her out!
Sorry for making so many assumptions. If this doesn’t help you, maybe someone else can get use out of it. For context, I was 50-53 and pulling so many dates the neighbors were making fun of me over all the women in and out of here. Also, I’m short and scrawny, non-rich and my vehicles are 20+ years old. :)
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- Comment on Chief Executive Oilcel 1 day ago:
I get that bit. Must have missed some news about Oilcel? Somebody posted a story but I was hoping for video to make it more clear.
- Comment on Law 1 day ago:
We don’t need no goddamned shar-ee-uh-law! We need good Christian law!
- Comment on Chief Executive Oilcel 1 day ago:
Me no get it.
- Comment on "You could smell the onions and the mustard!" 2 days ago:
I love the smell of mustard in the morning. You know, one time we had DC occupied, for 12 months. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn’t find one of ‘em, not one stinkin’ antifa body. The smell, you know, that oniony smell, the whole capitol. Smelled like… victory. Someday this war’s gonna end…
- Comment on "You could smell the onions and the mustard!" 2 days ago:
Tried to capture that vibe at camp one day. FAILED.
- Comment on "You could smell the onions and the mustard!" 2 days ago:
The horror… the horror…
- Comment on "You could smell the onions and the mustard!" 2 days ago:
Smashed upvote so hard I broke my mouse.
- Comment on If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename? 2 days ago:
Damned interesting! Where’s the Homer Simpson quote about old guys having all the cool names like Carol and Meredith and Lesley?
- Comment on Train collides with 18-wheeler hauling cars, intersection reopens Monday morning 2 days ago:
My dad took me to the tracks to flatten dimes. He was an engineer, never taught me bullshit.
- Comment on Train collides with 18-wheeler hauling cars, intersection reopens Monday morning 2 days ago:
OP means the truck driver was standing right there watching this go down. Yeah, he should have run, not because the truck whipping around was predictable, because nothing is predictable in such an impact.
- Comment on Interesting observation 3 days ago:
I’m only pointing out that the threat level isn’t even close. Are you saying it is? Of course you’re not, but FFS it’s not in the same ballpark.
If I came on you and said I could “straighten” you out with my penis, that’s a threat (at least it is in my book). If a lesbian approaches another woman and says, WHATEVER THE FUCK SHE SAYS. Are we going to pretend these two situations are even close?!
No wonder kids don’t get laid until they’re 28, everyone afraid of making a comment that gets taken wrong. I cannot imagine how many times I missed out by not wanting to be “that guy”. Many women later chastised me for not being more forward!
BTW, the original post is a “joke”.
- Comment on Honk 3 days ago:
- Comment on Study concludes cybersecurity training doesn’t work 3 days ago:
This was before I watched Paul Harrell (RIP) on YouTube. Gun content, take that as you will. But the man was a masterclass in how to present information.
Tell 'em what you’re going to tell 'em. Tell ‘em. Tell’ em what you just told them.
Never once talked down to anyone, except for “so called experts”. Never assumed the audience knew specific things. Always showed examples and tests, with controls. Always spelled out any inexact differences in testing, no matter how small. Sprinkled in some dry humor, often unexpectedly. Anyone who teaches could learn from the man.
- Comment on Study concludes cybersecurity training doesn’t work 3 days ago:
Thank you! I AM proud! It’s one of the finest things I’ve accomplished in the corporate world, and actually useful.
- Comment on How come NK doesn't just come out and say we are in trouble and need help? Like their lack of food and stuff? I really don't see a downside for a country admit they were wrong and need help 3 days ago:
I just want to know where a stateless society exists ATM. Never mind how that’s to be achieved with ape psychology.
- Comment on Is re-visiting a place of trauma a good idea? Have anyone done it? 3 days ago:
Shockingly, people really can’t tell when you’re tripping balls unless they get a good look at your pupils and make note. ⚫️_⚫️
I’ve been falling off the Earth and had perfectly normal conversations. A few times, “I’m sorry. I’m tripping my balls off here and not making sense.” 🫨 No one ever new.
