adam_y

@adam_y@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨people who take zoom calls in coffee shops are insufferable⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Once sat in a coffee shop and some professional therapist had a client meeting at the table next to me.

  Full snot crying client. Really personal stuff.

  I could understand if it was about agoraphobia or some sort of supported social interaction, but nope, it was a therapist who decided to use a public space as their office and inflict emotional distress on random people trying to drink a warm drink.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Belgium national team's officialsocial media post after beating theUSA national team in the World Cup:"Overturn this"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the thing. They thought they were taking to the pitch as equals.

  The US had an unsurprisingly easy ride to this point in the competition but came up against a genuinely decent team. Bragging about narrowly beating a team ranked 44th.

  The shenanigans just added to the drama, not their chances of winning and that’s the real shame, they could have gone out with some honour and class and, instead, Trump made sure they went out as villains.

  It was genuine wrestling promo nonsense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Birthday guys, gals, and other pals!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Right? Trump’s nothing but a Temu dictator that was actually elected into that position rather than a proper tyrant dictator.

  The US can’t even do despotism right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is why we have two-factor authentication.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Typesetter here. How are you doing?

  As it happens, you can use an ellipsis to indicate a thought that has trailed off. It is standard usage.

  Also, in reference to your comment, you say “Ellipsis are wrongly used again”.

  Ellipsis is the singular form, meaning you have an error there.

  You can say, “ellipsis is wrongly used…”

  Or you can say, “ellipses are wrongly used…”

  The choice is yours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mighty fine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re most welcome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mighty fine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure this is The Limping Man, 1953.

  He’s 40 not 28.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mighty fine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, just want a fiddle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mighty fine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lloyd Bridges is 40 in this picture. He was born in 1913 and this is from a 1953 film… Mostly what makes him look old here is his haircut.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mighty fine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what happens to people when they don’t live with their parents until they are 30.

  Best stay home, look after the collectibles (jeez, they’re not toys mum!) for as long as possible, just to be safe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slash ess⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not the Labyrinth you want to get lost in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Demon slayer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Big fan of your work here. Well done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sir Keir Starmer resigns as prime minister⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  See, I don’t think you are British, and it makes me wonder why you display such a strong reaction.

  You really think that the UK going through 9 PMs in ten years is a great situation?

  The very fact you admit you know fuck all about Burnham or his policies suggests that, at best, you are under informed.

  Here’s my take. Burnham is just another Starmer and all this whole sorry episode has done is highlight how broken our system is, how our politics has become quick-fix personality led nonsense guided by a jaded media landscape and constant commentary by absolute fuckwits on an international scale.

  I think people like the spectacle of resignations. They like the drama and something to talk about, but ultimately they don’t care for fixing problems and having to make nuanced and possibly unpopular decisions.

  For what it’s worth, I’m not fan of Starmer. But if keeping him in helped up repel Farage and populism just a little bit longer, I was willing to make that concession.

  I hope Burnham proves better but his chat during the campaign shows him to be of similar mind, just with a little extra personality. Maybe it will be enough.

  This isn’t a day to celebrate fuck all though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Email came out of nowhere⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that article is about how the media deliberately misinterpreted the symbol as being nazi-like after the feminist movement picked it after the war and after the Nazis used their famous double lightning insignia.

  This sort of contradicts your first comment … If I’m being kind I think you were just being inarticulate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should have let it stand.

  Stet it right up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bear a bot? Yeah, you shouldn’t do that. That’s how you get tics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah mate, some of your posts hit like nearly double digits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They're somehow always baffled that their cakes are melting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Brits have bland food” is such a tired trope.

  It’s the same level of ignorance as “US food is just fast food”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fishes is not the plural of fish.

  Unless we are eating rices too.

  And I’m ok with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keir Starmer raises eyebrows as he proudly declares himself a 'gooner'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  First thing, that sland term is used here in the UK. It’s an internet thing, not a US thing.

  Weird as fuck to suggest that.

  Second thing, we’ve been calling him a wanker for quite a while now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fuck them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If no books, a well worn library card is a sexy substitute.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fuck them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Jailbreak, Anna’s, calibre.

  Shush.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're so back⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It isn’t like LD100 (although it may be)

  LD50 is the minimal dose lethal to 50% of a subject population. Twice that dose might be anything between 50% and 100%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im a weekly showerer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy Magics the Gatherings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im a weekly showerer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right? And I’ve been saying that at night, whilst you sleep, a similar process happens all over your body.

  Sweat, dead cells, farting under the duvet.

  That’s why we shower in the morning too.

  Bed time isn’t a magical clean stasis. Biological processes happen. People seem to miss that in this weird debate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im a weekly showerer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  After you go to bed?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im a weekly showerer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like, do you brush your teeth in the morning or at night?

  But you haven’t eaten anything in the night, right?

  That’s the logic on display here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im a weekly showerer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shower at night for yourself, shower in the morning for other people.

  There seems to be a misconception that showering at night, getting into a clean bed and waking means you’re still clean… The truth is the majority of odours and filth come from you. Sweat, dead skin, other stuff…

  These posts are always positioned as a binary, even when you can do both, and there’s some nuance to it all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good luck figuring it out since it also doesn’t come with man pages⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Such wildly fake outrage.

  The real outrage should be that we care what the pronouns of any corporate mascot are.

  They aren’t real. They aren’t able to feel. Corporations are not people.

  “It” until you are open source and then we talk.

  Same goes for Ronald McDonald.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not saying that I agree. But I understand.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Aside from the visual cues. The context is clearly bullshit too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long until the rise of games with mods turns into user created games.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s your assertion that “Devs don’t implement these sort of things because they would rather spend their time on things that make their game different” that I disagree with.

  That’s just not how it is. Serious thoughts goes into the mundane stuff. The UI, especially.