shalafi
@shalafi@lemmy.world
- Comment on it's right there 😖 1 week 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... 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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... 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago:
I think I might as well, and I’ve taught corporate information security classes.
- Comment on Anon watches Super Size Me 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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.
- 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? 3 weeks ago:
Neat! Don’t think I have the energy to do much about it, but that’s a great site, thank you very much!
- Comment on Humans are part of the ecosystem. 3 weeks ago:
What are the population densities and technology levels among these magical indigenous peoples? This is the Magical Negro trope all over again.
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- Comment on the year of the linux desktop 3 weeks ago:
I run Windows but my VPN server is Debian.
- Comment on You know you've seen it before but just can't place it 3 weeks ago:
That’s somebody’s house, somebody with teeth and claws. Do not stick anything in there.
PRO TIP: You can get a clue if an animal hole is inhabited by looking at the ground in front of the entrance. Buncha leaves and crap? Empty. Fresh dirt in a spray? Somebody in there.
- Comment on Now you tell me 3 weeks ago:
1991, gf and I are visiting Broken Bow Reservoir in the very SE corner of Oklahoma. (Stunning place BTW! Seriously.)
Me: “What in the world are all those tiny blue tents?”
GF: “Roosters for cockfighting.”
Me: “They still do that?!”
Later that night, outside our cabin.
Me: “What is that noise?!”
GF: “Roosters.”
Same trip, we hit a convenience store to inquire about an ATM. I’m watching the girls behind the counter point and laugh at her. I could SEE her turning red before she storms out the door.
“What the fuck was that about?”
“I explained that I use this card to withdraw money from a bank machine and they laughed at me!”
Poor gf. Imagine being genius-level IQ and growing up in Oklahoma.
Another funny thing about that trip; Two broke college kids only needed to scrouge $70 for gas all the way across state, 2 nights in a private cabin and a day’s boat rental. Imagine that.
Anyway, felt like telling a story.
- Comment on Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles. 3 weeks ago:
That first sentence tells me SO much. I never once thought of that.
- Comment on He took it literally 3 weeks ago:
My wife watches these shows. I want to scream at the white trash morons incriminating themselves. This is why I wear ear plugs and read a book in bed.
- Comment on I can still smell them 3 weeks ago:
During the pandemic, percussion caps for black powder guns were unavailable and I got those types of caps to work marginally well.
- Comment on Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles. 3 weeks ago:
That first sentence is likely my answer! People are identifying with the memes, therefore they feel they belong to that group when they may truly not. I am not a smart man.
As to medication, LOL. My ADHD best friend and his ADHD wife brought some Ritalin home one afternoon. Very excited, they invited me to join in snorting a line. I was bouncing off the walls like I was on meth. They got calm and were very happy to just sit on the couch and talk.
Another funny one; When we were 17 a salesman in the department store offered us coffee he was selling. Gf: “No, that will put me to sleep.” Say what?! True enough. We met and lived with each other 10-years later, coffee knocked her out cold.
But what really turned my head was seeing my 6-yo daughter on medicine the first time. She never struck me as “abnormal” until I saw her on speed. We watched her literally stop and smell the flowers.
- Comment on Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles. 3 weeks ago:
Didn’t want to say it, but it sure seems trendy to me. Quick example from my daughter:
She had zero issues with eye contact until very recently. She reads memes telling her eye contact is a problem for people like her. Now she has problem.
I am NOT saying that issue is fake, but when a child is constantly bombarded with, “This is how you are!”, they become that way.
Part of my thoughts in the OP are, “We’re making normal behavior out to be abnormal and slapping a label on it. And perhaps we’re making it worse than need be.”
My mother constantly told me I was sickly as a child, and I was constantly sick. First year of college (without her influence) was my first year without a single illness, not even a mild cold. Miracle! Wait…
- Comment on Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles. 3 weeks ago:
If I took her ADHD drugs, I’d be on speed. She takes them, she calms down. Yes, it’s speed, I’ve done loads, all kinds, I get it. Why else you think said drugs are so highly controlled? Shit’s nearly like meth to “normal” people.
Are you telling me to educate myself and implying there’s a genetic component to autism/ADHD? Imma need to see your notes.
- Comment on Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles. 3 weeks ago:
That is starting to make sense. Yet I’ve never met a human that experiences these things non-stop. My daughter can be “off” sometimes, but she’s mostly not. And yes, I understand it’s a spectrum, there are degrees.
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- Comment on genius 3 weeks ago:
That’s what has me grinning! I’m not replacing a Jesus nut with anything that didn’t come straight from the manufacturer.
- Comment on Give me some good ones 3 weeks ago:
Gotta use a positive tone and smile:
“You’re no better than you ought to be!”
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
My culture is not your 80s costume.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
I know that’s a serious scene, but I can’t stop giggling
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- Comment on The shrinkflation 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, weird in-between dining model. Still beats McDonald’s inside where they have purposefully run off dining customers in favor of drive thru.
Still, way better food, brought to you and cleaned up, same price.
