PetDinosaurs
@PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world
- Comment on Okay, I'll go.😰 2 minutes ago:
This is kinda excessively insulting and ignorant.
All my ancestors came to the US as poor white trash. The Irish ones were being actively starved.
Switzerland is like 80% ethnic “Swiss” and the rest of it is Italian, French, and German.
Honestly, to an American, European ethnic uniformity is bizarre. You’re so white and seem to think because you have Othello, you’re diverse.
- Comment on Anon is looking for a router 1 day ago:
You theoretically don’t “need” to ground a faraday cage if you want to block RF. I would do it anyway though.
You’re kinda right about the wavelength thing, but tinfoil would absolutely take care of it.
Two layers if you’re cautious. Separated by some thin non conductive layer, except connected at one point. To the better faraday cage.
- Comment on Uber severely limits tips (<30%) 1 day ago:
Stop. Please stop. The only people who like tips are the ones who receive them.
It’s a coming of age to all of us who did work for tips when we realize just how much more we made when that was the obligation.
I did not make as much money per hour as I made as a 16 year old until several years after people called me doctor.
As my European colleagues ask “why don’t you do it like us?” We do. Constantly. Well we try, but all the good people leave because they can make more money elsewhere.
- Comment on makes me feel alright 3 days ago:
You should smoke two joints.
- Comment on Elections Have Consequences 5 days ago:
If you’re good, that’s funny.
But I just needed somewhere to say
Someone please explain what this whole post means?
I’m only 42. Wtf does all this mean?
- Comment on Bleh. These were gross 6 days ago:
All in all. You’re just another brick in the wall.
- Comment on The horror! 1 week ago:
Chick tracts!
- Comment on The horror! 1 week ago:
Tbf, not as bad as getting raisins or a toothbrush.
- Comment on $1.8 trillion was wiped out from the US stock market yesterday, where did it go? 1 week ago:
Money isn’t real. It’s something imaginary we agree on.
I told my child this (about 7 yo at the time, too young probably). He said “how is it imaginary if it’s green paper?”
Honestly that’s the best follow up.
It is green paper. It’s just that it’s only something other than that if we agree on it’s value.
- Comment on The horror! 1 week ago:
- Comment on The horror! 1 week ago:
I remember my mom going through my candy looking for razor blades or whatever.
We also had to keep our animals inside because they might be stolen for satanic rituals.
- Comment on I love pineapple on pizza! 1 week ago:
Uh-huh. And hamburgers weren’t invented in Hamburg and frankfurters weren’t invented in Frankfurt.
It’s pretty universal that names are both technically wrong and given by outsiders.
- Comment on I love pineapple on pizza! 1 week ago:
Nothing odd about that.
The reason why America has the best food is because of this. Wave after wave is immigrants from all over the world over several hundred years, bringing their food culture, adapting, mixing with indigenous food, feeling free to experiment, and mixing with other cultures.
Just don’t call me out because “Canada”. I love Canada, have a Canada escape plan, and appreciate the differences. It’s that there’s much more culture shock going to various parts of the US than their geographically similar places in Canada.
- Comment on Just a little Lemmy bake off 2 weeks ago:
Tell your granny she needs to pick up her teeth.
My beans need a break and I’m really not sure if these things can go in the dishwasher.
- Comment on Did Amazon change their theme colors or did I unknowingly change them myself? 2 years ago:
Ok. I’m also not crazy.
- Comment on Are shops in the US usually this run down looking? 2 years ago:
Be nice.
Jesus Christ. Just be nice.
Why is no one on Lemmy nice.
- Comment on Are shops in the US usually this run down looking? 2 years ago:
My bologna has a first name…
- Comment on Restaurant Bill 2 years ago:
- Comment on Would life be significantly different if no light were detectable when closing our eyes? 2 years ago:
Nothing would happen. You blink for a fraction of a second.
Also, note that the eyelids of people with darker skin already pass less light than those of people with lighter skin. (That is the purpose of darker skin)
- Comment on How reliable are EV chargers? 2 years ago:
I’m thinking you are agreeing with me on every thing I said.
Jd is bad. Maybe you don’t agree that CR is, but that’s minor.
Tesla’s reliability is the topic at hand. That was my introductory statement.
Per the fires, that’s exactly what I meant. I’ve seen enough burning cars and had my other calls recalled. That’s just not news. It’s news when an EV does that.
- Comment on How reliable are EV chargers? 2 years ago:
A legacy industry funded advertising group is criticizing the disruptive novel EV companies. All of them, lucid, rivian, and polestar plus tesla.
I’m shocked.
- Comment on How reliable are EV chargers? 2 years ago:
I have yet to see any believable evidence that there is any excessive reliability problems with Tesla cars. And don’t try to cite consumer reports. They lost my business after they wouldn’t stop recommending Samsung products.
We have lemon laws for a reason. Because lots of cars are lemons. You are just only hearing about it because every car fire or trim problem or excessive repair needs on a Tesla is a news story that you recall. There are many similar phenomena that are at play here. Start with the availability hueristic if you’re interested.
I’ve seen lots of lemons in my life. My parents car blew a transmission right away. So many car fires on the side of the road, and I bet you don’t even know that Hyundai and Kia owners are being advised to park outside because there’s a high risk of fire. That’s really bad. If your ice catches fire when it’s parked and off, that’s a serious design flaw.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 years ago:
Fine, but why is this here?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 years ago:
Duct tape, as in the grey fiber reinforced tape that we typically think of, is not really a good solution for actually taping ducts.
When you are taping ducts, you typically want to use some type of foil thing, like this, but there are many varieties.
Of course, tape for ducts is, kinda, duct tape by definition.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 years ago:
And you can reuse them, especially for something like this.
- Comment on Does anywhere online, shipping shoes in the USA have European sizes as a legitimate search option? 3 years ago:
Exactly. Convert your size to the seller’s size and buy that one. You may need to experiment, but shoe sizes are not scientific units.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 years ago:
Yeah. That’s because of the cold.
If you had said pedestrian deaths, you would have had a solid argument.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 years ago:
Agreed.
Leap seconds are even worse.
That’s for a different discussion, imo.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 years ago:
Because people would start showing up earlier or later depending on whether we decide solar noon is 12:00 or 1:00.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 years ago:
It’s about the change being important.
If we stay on a single “time” (say standard work day starts at 4 hours before solar noon), we’ll drift the work time to start/end the work day at some appropriate time.
The issue is that what that time is that most socially useful changes greatly over the year unless you live close to the equator.