Machinist
@Machinist@lemmy.world
- Comment on How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now? 1 week ago:
What denomination, primarily, were you? Did you manage to get anyone out with you? (I was unable.)
- Comment on How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now? 1 week ago:
Oh, hey. That whole mind expanding thing really isn’t a joke. I look back, sometimes, on who I used to be.
- Comment on Happy Birthday Emma! 2 weeks ago:
How would you compare it to venison?
- Comment on And I even lost the one that I had 3 weeks ago:
Oh, that whole otherkin thing is absolutely a symptom of mental illness or maladjusment. I’m being blunt, and I expect you will find this insulting. I have no intent to insult or demean.
If you’re being genuine, you should seek help. I’ve seen it a fair amount, the same with DID self diagnosis. If you think those things are real, you are likely experiencing a personality disorder or struggling with some other mental illness.
While there are plenty of voices online that will tell you that you are this way and it’s okay, it isn’t. It can be socially isolating and impact your life in negative ways. Not trying to be disrespectful. Gender dysphoria and transgenderism/non-binary have scientific backing. Otherkin and DID seem to be an outgrowth of the kink and autistic communities, seems to be a very infectious thing. The otherkin thing came to my attention about 15 years ago and DID popped up maybe 6-7 years ago.
Seems to be a metastasis of otherness into a maladaptive identity pathology. Personally, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it in anyone who isn’t on the spectrum.
I generally excuse myself from an in-person conversation when someone mentions they are kin or DID. It seems to be a treatment resistant pathology and latches on similar to bad religion. It is self reinforcing and isolating.
Again, I’m saying this with respect and care as an active participant of the kink/queer/leather community. I’m all about some pups, D/s relationship dynamics, but I also try and stick to science. Labels serve us, we are not our labels. Please seek counseling if you haven’t already.
- Comment on And I even lost the one that I had 3 weeks ago:
Wow. That’s pretty warped. It sounds joyless and isolating.
I enjoy my meat suit and find joy in the meat suits of others.
If this is actually your worldview and not just you concern trolling, I recommend you seek some counseling. I say this with respect and concern.
- Comment on And I even lost the one that I had 3 weeks ago:
Boo. Gender differences are part of the human condition and can be funny. You just have to let it not slide into misogyny or misandry.
Hang out with some drag queens, if you don’t find their gendered humor funny, you need to have a think about your worldview.
Also, cis-het is naturally the majority of people. They are going to find humor in their shared gender differences.
- Comment on And I even lost the one that I had 3 weeks ago:
Your cat appears to malfunctioning or maybe stoned. You may want to return it to the factory for service.
- Comment on You guys have to end it 3 weeks ago:
Automatic transmissions have been around since the 60’s or 50’s, IIRC.
- Comment on Do tell!!! 3 weeks ago:
It will be fun if we lose modern high yield rapeseed and canola. Lovely.
Unrelated but horrible farm story you reminded me of. Worked on a tater farm when I was a kid. One of my favorite things when riding the planter was when they would spray fungicide on the planting from previous days. It smelled just like Grapico cola (grape flavored soft drink). We all loved the smell of it and basically huffed the wind. Probably get dick cancer or something from it one day.
- Comment on Do tell!!! 3 weeks ago:
Doing some quick searching, I didn’t find anything that covers your scenario. Not that I don’t believe you, but do you have a source on Fusarium quickly evolving fungicide resistance in a big way?
- Comment on 1987 5 weeks ago:
That is not a cheap toy. I’ve heard of them, never seen one. What is it and how much was it?
- Comment on I love the future. 5 weeks ago:
I’d say that’s more stoner dwarf than fuck boi.
- Comment on lemmy.world slow loading and timeouts, Jerboa app, morning of 2-18. 1 month ago:
Rock and roll. Thanks for maintaining this place!
- Comment on lemmy.world slow loading and timeouts, Jerboa app, morning of 2-18. 1 month ago:
Appears to be a partial outage:
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- Comment on sterile rot 1 month ago:
Sweet Hank, we will never forget your sacrifice to keep the party going.
- Comment on Magnets 1 month ago:
Pedant moment. Benjamin Franklin was the key and kite guy. Edison was the lightbulb guy.
- Comment on Magnets 1 month ago:
Say what you will about ICP, I’m not a fan. However, the lead guy endorsed Biden or Harris because of his mother and her rights.
- Comment on I don't need no app 1 month ago:
Nifty. Just deleted mine.
- Comment on Don't forget where we came from and what shaped us as a species. The Jungle. 2 months ago:
I was sitting around stoned out of my gourd with a coworker (pizza delivery). We were listening to music with the stereo way up and he played this album. He was watching me when it started, kept a straight face through it, died laughing when it got to rabbits wearing glasses. Damn, that’s a good memory.
- Comment on Don't forget where we came from and what shaped us as a species. The Jungle. 2 months ago:
I like this idea. We’re raising chickens and probably rabbits this spring. If you’re going to eat meat, you should face the reality of the life you are consuming.
- Comment on I am in the US and its gotten very political but as pretty much a peon do I just tune the stuff out thinking its fear mongering? Or should I closely pay attention to it? 2 months ago:
I have heard about land being volunteered for use in Texas as a political stunt, have not seen anything about land being purchased for that purpose.
- Comment on I am in the US and its gotten very political but as pretty much a peon do I just tune the stuff out thinking its fear mongering? Or should I closely pay attention to it? 2 months ago:
Excellent response.
I’m trying to limit myself to watching for actual threats to my family. Basically a couple of things. Watching for the same stuff that tipped us off on COVID and watching for camps actually being setup on US soil.
Trying to ignore all the ragebait and most of the news. I think I see manipulation similar to what I saw on the first trump election now targeted left. So, pants on head crazy.
Heads down and try to only pay attention to the important stuff.
- Comment on Do cats have intrusive thoughts about eating their humans? Conversely, do cats get scared of humans eating them? 2 months ago:
Yeah, dogs have much stronger sense of self, however. They feel insult, shame, sadness, guilt, and unfairness. I think cats view the laughter as more of aggression/dominance thing than the emotions humans or dogs would map to.
- Comment on Do cats have intrusive thoughts about eating their humans? Conversely, do cats get scared of humans eating them? 2 months ago:
I have a cat that can call birds. We had a gap under the garage door, and she called sparrows in under the door before I adjusted the hang. She murder-a-lized them all over the house.
Had another, even more sadistic, cat that was very aggressive towards other people. I always had to warn guests not to believe her and not to pet her or they would get cut. She would call people to her and let a little petting happen before ripping a finger or arm. Same cat enjoyed scaring children, one time she jumped through the air and barked in a child’s face just to watch the fun. She had to be put down, I was the only person that was safe around her.
They use those same instincts on us to get what they want. They often want petting, treats, or attention so we don’t notice.
- Comment on Do cats have intrusive thoughts about eating their humans? Conversely, do cats get scared of humans eating them? 2 months ago:
This applies to cats of average or above intelligence. There are a few dumb cats that have about as much awareness as a tater.
I’ve never had a shelter or bred cat. Instead, they just appear from the outside, get found in a parking lot, or sometimes materialize and no one knows where they came from. They get cleaned up and shots, chip, and fixed.
Some cats will get their prey/play drive mixed up and snap on you unexpectedly. Almost like they’re startled but it’s internal, they will often be ‘apologetic’ or confused afterwards. Some cats are worse about this than others and you shouldn’t wrestle or play rough with this kind using your hands, toys only.
And, yes. Cats are absolutely aware of the size and power differential. They’re always watching it at some level. Trust must be earned and often slowly built. Had one cat knock down a stack of pans and run behind me for protection. Some cats dislike being laughed at and it can cause aggression or cause retreat.
A cat’s love is transactional to a high degree, they’re lazy psychos that can learn friendship through trust. They love the comfort of you as much as they actually love you. They mimic affection and scheme a lot more than most people would like to think.
All cats are bad, it’s what makes them so great to have in your life.
- Comment on Wobble Wobble 2 months ago:
- Comment on Wobble Wobble 2 months ago:
- Comment on Wobble Wobble 2 months ago:
Woah, never heard of this. Got a link or a technical term?
The naturally occuring nuclear reactor in Africa is really interesting as well. So is the coal fire in Australia that’s been going on for like a thousand years.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
My ears always perk up when somebody starts yakking about Zionism. (Not that I support the Palestinian genocide or Israel, blah, blah, blah.)
I don’t really understand why it’s such a big thing on Lemmy. Is it a tankie thing? A non-US perspective that I’m not used to? Some weird strain of Leftist ideology?
It has been my experience that people going on about Zionism get real pissy real quick. They also seem to be somewhat detached from reality. Detached from like working and struggling for a living. It seems counterproductive to the Left’s goals a lot of the time.
Is it kids that have picked up a bunch of talking points from somewhere?
