shalafi
@shalafi@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
The thing I like about Madonna is that she determined it was her life’s goal to be rich and famous. So she went all out to achieve that goal.
Garth Brooks did the same. Perhaps apocryphal, but he walked around Oklahoma State University with a detailed plan written in a notebook. He made the plan and executed it, in order, no excuses, would not accept no for an answer.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 2 weeks ago:
5 calories is all but meaningless. There’s a small beetle on my window right now. Less than 5 calories.
In the calorie tracking world, there’s no difference in kcal and cal.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 2 weeks ago:
A quarter second is about what I do for my only use case, but I’m only covering a couple of square inches.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 2 weeks ago:
This whole thread got me thinking. A quarter second, or less, sounds about how I use it, a bare touch.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 2 weeks ago:
Why do people steam things?
Which is funny because I just posted about using spray oil on my egg poacher. :)
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 2 weeks ago:
One example would be my 1960s egg poacher, about all I use spray for. I could use butter, and have!, but the spray ensures it hits the entire surface and the egg no stick. Yes, I could wipe it with a buttered paper towel, but that’s messy.
Having said that, I refuse to pay the ridiculous price for spray oil. Only reason I use it is that my wife stocks it for whatever reason.
- Comment on Best stay away from that guy 2 weeks ago:
I’d love some before and after notes! I’m hardly ever on here so I may miss it. But I’ll catch it eventually!
- Comment on Corporate media, owned by billionaires, refuse to recognize the wave of democratic socialism 2 weeks ago:
They show a pic of Mamdani and then report on statewide feelings. At a glance, one would think that those in NYC aren’t supportive. Which was the idea they’re pushing.
- Comment on Always with the hidden fees. 2 months ago:
Ah! I’m imagining a much simpler area to clean. You got me looking at pics and the tanks are basically bathtubs.
- Comment on Always with the hidden fees. 2 months ago:
This fake story brought to us by someone who never changed a baby’s blowout. A squalling infant covered in shit is WAY worse than what allegedly happened here. Even a dog rolling around in shit is way grosser to clean.
Put on some gloves, not really needed because you’re about to nuke ALL the bacteria, but it feels better. Pour some bleach on the mess, instant bacteria death and as soon as the air clears, zero smell. Wipe it up with disposable towels of some sort, place in plastic bag, place in trash. You don’t have the luxury of such prep when dealing with a live animal.
- Comment on Always with the hidden fees. 2 months ago:
This is fake for so many of the reasons you pointed out! Bleach water would have that tank good to go in a hurry. And I’m sure they’ve clean up piss and vomit before. In any case, why would they make an insurance claim and possibly raise their rates?
Having a baby blow shit up their back is FAR worse. You can’t take your time getting gloves and prepping and just hose the child down with bleach.
- Comment on Always with the hidden fees. 2 months ago:
Cleaning such a space is simply the cost of doing business. It’s absurd to claim they’d have to just chunk the whole tank when a gallon of bleach and some water would nuke it clean.
You’re right they have insurance, but I wouldn’t make a claim and raise my rates over a nothingburger.
- Comment on Always with the hidden fees. 2 months ago:
Bleach alone would get it, even watered down bleach. I sometimes have to shit in a bucket at our little camp. Splash of bleach, smell’s gone instantly. Half the mass and all the stink is anaerobic bacteria.
- Comment on wash and wash and wash, still there 3 months ago:
I prefer lye. Can’t stand the smell of bleach.
- Comment on Vibe management 3 months ago:
Not just hiring and training! You also have to start paying state unemployment tax on that new hire. In Florida the first $7,000 is taxed on each new employee. Then there’s loss of efficiency, and related items. On top of that, if your turnover is high, your payroll company will up your rates because they’re working harder and you’re a PITA employer. I’ve sat meetings where we decided exactly that.
- Comment on Interrogation or proposition? 4 months ago:
Broke my femur and while waiting on surgery in the ER, the nurse than came on shift and checked my chart was the woman I had been partying with the night before. :)
- Comment on Anon reads the ink blot 5 months ago:
Cool anti-hero vs. actual dirtbag.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
I don’t get YouTube ads. Between my Pihole and Ublock, I see nothing.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
Saw an interview with him last night. They were totally unprepared to film that video, amateur hour. He was young and scared shitless, made up the dance on the spot. Guy doing backflips? “He guys! Watch what I can do!” In the video he went. There was a guy yelling out his apartment window for them the shut the fuck up down there. Wardrobe? Nope, those were his own clothes.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
I watch YouTube on a TV, as the good lawd intended, not on a pocket screen.
- Comment on it's right there 😖 7 months ago:
How?! Every cop I’ve seen has a proper holster to prevent that. If you know how they work you might snatch it, but it would still be a bit awkward.
- Comment on I've got a fever... 7 months ago:
Wife and I got COVID last fall, despite being vaxxed. But god knows how bad it could have been without. I have mild emphysema, that shit can kill me.
And no, neither one of us kept up with the vax schedule. That’s on us.
- Comment on really makes you think 7 months ago:
Florida water is weird here in the NW. Tap water is fairly “hot” in the summer since the lines are close to the surface. But YMMV. Our bathroom water is distinctly different than the kitchen water, in a tiny house, 8-years old. 🤷🏻♂️
- Comment on I watched several videos on a Combine Harvester's inner workings 7 months ago:
Same with evolution. “The eyeball is too complex to evolve as a whole unit!” Well, that’s absolutely correct. First, start with a patch of light sensitive cells, iterate.
- Comment on I've got a fever... 7 months ago:
Fevers always work out great for me. I’ll be all shivery and crash under a pile of blankets. Wake up a few hours later, soaking wet, I mean really, truly gross, and it’s over, all better.
- Comment on (TW) Phishing mail in 2026 7 months ago:
I think I might as well, and I’ve taught corporate information security classes.
- Comment on Anon watches Super Size Me 7 months ago:
It’s also true. Aside from the elderly, I’m the only thin person in the waiting room, every time.
- Comment on Anon watches Super Size Me 7 months ago:
People fought drunk driving measures, antilock brakes, seatbelts and airbags.
- Comment on Someone, I'm thinking with multiple accounts, is downvoting EVERY comment I make. Mildly aggravating, mostly sad for someone like that. Can I find out who and just block them? 7 months ago:
I’ll ask you the same, do you believe people choose their attractions? Be very careful in your answer. If you say yes, then LGBT is a choice.
- Comment on Someone, I'm thinking with multiple accounts, is downvoting EVERY comment I make. Mildly aggravating, mostly sad for someone like that. Can I find out who and just block them? 7 months ago:
I have no clue what MAP is, but can you point to the words that hurt you?
We don’t get to choose who and what we are attracted to. 🤷🏻♂️ However, that does not absolve one of immoral actions.
Or do you believe attraction is a choice? You believe people have a choice to be gay or trans? You can’t have it both ways. Pick. One.