Pandantic
@Pandantic@midwest.social
- Comment on Most of the trick-or-treaters have been skipping my house, and I finally figured out why 2 weeks ago:
This is the way. I vote op does this next year!
- Comment on How do I... Do court? I didn't realize my license was expired and got pulled over. Now I have court tomorrow. 5 weeks ago:
I have been assigned public service for the same offense when I could not pay my fine. I worked at a food shelter for a couple of days (sorting donations, packing bags with cans, etc) and was good. You may ask the judge or public defender if that’s an option.
- Comment on How modern is it to have "sympathetic" portrayals of Hell? 5 weeks ago:
I’m not familiar with the whole of the Sodom and Gamora tale - does it mention the devil and can you show me that part?
- Comment on DarkPattern.games - a website that rates mobile games for their "dark patterns" 1 month ago:
No ads unless you want to “pay” for a free revive. No micro transactions that I’ve seen.
- Comment on Would it be weird if I took something my neighbor put out for trash? 1 month ago:
I’ve put at least 10 pieces of furniture out on the curb in the last 4 months and they’ve all been taken. It makes me glad that someone can use it.
- Comment on DarkPattern.games - a website that rates mobile games for their "dark patterns" 1 month ago:
I didn’t know there was a non-mobile.
- Comment on DarkPattern.games - a website that rates mobile games for their "dark patterns" 1 month ago:
- Comment on Let's discuss: Nintendo DS 1 month ago:
I loved my DS Lite. It was so smooth and compact and could play GBA games. I also still play my 3ds.
- Comment on Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race? 2 months ago:
That was an amazing read. My hometown was really similar, though maybe not as desolate. Lucky there was a college town close by so we could shop at some place that wasn’t Walmart. This really does sum it up, though, the appeal of Trump out of these smaller rural communities. I like the message at the end, too. Thanks for sharing. 🙏
- Comment on Latex programming socks 2 months ago:
This is a nice shot. I mean, I guess I’ll have to go check out the fetlife ones to see more of this quality photography.
Also, I’m so salty that someone downvoted all the comments. I know I shouldn’t be but I am.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
I can see you’re not a hexbear, but this is a post in a .world comm where even enlightened takes on liberals such as yours aren’t always welcome. Anyway, thanks for the chat.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Thanks for clearing that up. Also, I find it ironic talking to another leftist on the Hexbear hate thread.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
I see US liberals as defending both social and economic policies. Here are some examples I can think of:
- Supporting unions but also not cracking down on union busting as much as they should
- Wanting universal healthcare solutions (Obamacare) while not wanting Medicare for all or proper socialized medicine.
I am just speaking to what I observe, but I think the trick the liberal party in my country play is a show of being “for the people” and giving concessions but, in the end, being absolutely capitalist motivated.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
I’m sorry, I’m an American where liberals are actually centrists, but can you explain to me what else is off-base about this chart?
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
That is one of the few instances my instance is defederated from, so I haven’t had much interaction with them. I can speak about Hexbear because I see their posts and interact with them.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
I agree but I would rather think this is just this guys downtime.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
This is my philosophy as well.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
I’m glad your instance stayed federated because I’ve seen some good takes from lemm.ee users on hexbear threads! 🥰
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
This guy knows nothing of the political spectrum. Image
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Thank you for saying this in a more detailed way than I have been. This is exactly right. They built their own leftist haven and became a whole culture of their own, and then became federated. There is bound to be an initial clash, but honestly I think most of the people who hate on them never gave them a chance. All they saw were the shitposts and the in-jokes and you closed the door.
When it comes to dealing with HB users here, my advice is the exact same as dealing with other users
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if you don’t like what someone is saying (because it’s idiotic, obstrusive, or whatever), block the person for some peace of mind.
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if you’re consistently uninterested on the content coming from an instance, block the instance.
I see a lot of leftists (and leaning leftists), even on .world, who would be better off interacting with the users there (maybe blocking the shitposting comms). And outside of those most-seen comms (chapotraphouse and dunk_tank), there is genuine conversation and less shit talking and in-jokes. I believe, with more instances coming in that are federated with them (mine, .ml, and lem.ee? are a couple), some of the Hex-natives are understanding how to interact with curious left-leaning people with unintentionally wrong-headed ideas.
Downvote me all you want, I stand by Hexbear. o7
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- Comment on The Tme of the Harvest 2 months ago:
- Comment on Milksneks 2 months ago:
And they’re like “Red near black, poison lack”
- Comment on Do you skip Star Trek intros when streaming 2 months ago:
I watch it is for like the first 5 eps and then I don’t. I wanna get to the action!
- Comment on Do you skip Star Trek intros when streaming 2 months ago:
Season 3 had the new intro (I’m watching it now) and it was a better version, but still a corny rock ballad so I still am a meh/10.
- Comment on AI Creates step by step instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich 2 months ago:
Is there a word for uncanny valley but it’s not a person?
- Comment on AI Creates step by step instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich 2 months ago:
Marshmallow fluff!
- Comment on AI Creates step by step instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich 2 months ago:
This was epic. Thank you fine worder!
- Comment on What is the safest way for a partially disabled person in the USA to use prison for food and shelter as an alternative to dying homeless in a gutter on a cold rainy night? 2 months ago:
Guy who shot Trayvon Martin wasn’t a cop.
- Comment on Hail our true supreme leader 2 months ago:
Yep, that’s the one side. The other side is the idea that we choose to be moral or immoral and, while name calling is mean, lying and trying to deceive is immoral. It would also mean being a part of the shift from “pics or it didn’t happen” to “you can’t believe every picture you see”, mirroring what happened with news. There’s a argument that we’re there already or it’s inevitable, there’s an argument of “do anything you have to in order to win” but, while that feels true, it also feels kind of wrong to me.
- Comment on Hail our true supreme leader 2 months ago:
I am so torn between these two arguments. Sometimes you have to go to war, but what atrocities can you live with committing? It’s a tough line to walk.
