Dagwood222
@Dagwood222@lemm.ee
- Comment on [deleted] 18 hours ago:
You kids and yio
- Comment on [deleted] 21 hours ago:
Go get this book.
“Discover What You Are Best At” by Linda Gail. It’s a series of self tests you can do in half a day, followed by a long list of jobs that use your particular skills.
I got the book when I was on worker’s comp after an industrial accident. It pointed me at a job I’d never even considered. Turns out I really liked that job. It let me use my brains and paid a decent salary.
Think of it this way. A nurse and a hair stylist both need good people skills and dexterity. Two totally different types of work, but the same skill set.
If you have a job that lets you wake up on a rainy Monday and not hate going to work, you’ve solved most of your problems.
- Comment on I (M32) gained 140lbs in a year from bad choices, almost all in my belly (now 69-inches) due to rare genetics. With my unique proportions, I’ve outgrown most off-the-rack clothing options. Advice? 2 days ago:
Here’s a really good and easy exercise plan. 15 minutes a day, work at your own pace, and the only equipment you need is a stopwatch.
bookshop.org/p/books/…/16885677?ean=9781773237756…
Also available online for free.
- Comment on Trump Says He Wants Alcatraz Restored as a Prison; The project would be extraordinarily expensive at a time when the administration already plans to cut billions of dollars from the Justice Department 2 days ago:
On one hand, it’s a distraction form the much stupider stuff.
One the other, it’s troubling that no one around him is even pretending to rein him in
- Comment on Anon blames millennials 3 days ago:
Subtlety was never my strong point.
- Comment on Anon blames millennials 3 days ago:
- Comment on Anon blames millennials 3 days ago:
Frank Zappa ideas; paraphrased by me.
In the 1960’s the music execs like Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington and had no idea what the kids wanted. They just threw money at the problem and gave contracts to anyone. The result was a vast variety, everything from Sha-Na-Na to the Mamas and the Papas to Iron Butterfly. When the next generation of bosses got hired, they looked at the one consistent moneymaker; Motown Records. Everyone at Motown had a similar look and singing style…
- Comment on Does the average person have no critical thinking? 3 days ago:
Decision fatigue is a real thing. Ask anyone who sat through three tests in one day; even if you have studied the material, it’s hard to focus after a while. It’s easy to fill our day with minutia that distracts us from the impostant issues.
- Comment on If you're a broke vampire, just say that 5 days ago:
Sounds like “Anno Dracula” by Kim Newman.
Dracula managed to kill Van Helsing and then married Queen Victoria. AS Prince Consort he’s brought the undead to the Empire. There are vampire trollops who live no better than their ‘warm’ sisters, and great Lords.
Fun book, and first of a series.
- Comment on First image of Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri in "Avatar: Fire and Ash" 5 days ago:
Zoe Saldana has played several significant roles in science fiction films, including:
Neytiri in Avatar (2009), where she portrayed a warrior and leader in a post-apocalyptic world. Gamora in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, showcasing her as a fierce and complex character2 Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek reboot series, where she plays a powerful and respected character in a male-dominated field2 She has also appeared in Avatar: The Way of Water and Avengers: Endgame, further solidifying her status in the science fiction genre
Just wondering how an actor gets type cast as a ‘science fiction’ person.
- Comment on Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS 5 days ago:
This is a favorite GOP trick. They get elected and pass laws they know will be challenged. Because they are the government they can fund the fight with taxpayer money, while the Left has to fund raise. As a bonus, every dollar that goes to the Left lawyers means a dollar that doesn’t go to a candidate.
- Comment on Matthew Lillard In Talks To Join ‘Carrie’ Amazon Series 6 days ago:
It’s going to be interesting to see what they do with Carrie. The only ideas I can come up with are a] she is chased by a mysterious agency who wants to control her power or b] she is recruited into a war between two cabals of secret telekinetics.
- Comment on What shows are perfect to watch during a specific season (spring, summer, autumn, winter)? 6 days ago:
[off topic?]
Hijack with Idris Elba is a six episode series that starts with the takeoff of the plane and ends with it landing.
Perfect thing to watch on a long flight.
- Comment on Matthew Lillard In Talks To Join ‘Carrie’ Amazon Series 6 days ago:
[off topic]
If you want a great combination of high school angst drama and supernatural fear, watch “School Spirits.”
A high school girl dies and finds herself trapped in the afterlife. In her case, the afterlife is her school’s campus and all the other ghosts are students and teachers who died there.
- Comment on What are some of the impacts of a power outage that isn't that obvious / isn't talked about a lot? And What happens to restaurant bills? Do Buses still work? (since card payments wouldn't work) 1 week ago:
This is one reason to keep some cash on hand.
- Comment on BBC Greenlights “Real Life ‘Black Mirror'” Doc About Artificial Intelligence 1 week ago:
The movie “Her” went from science fiction to documentary pretty damn fast.
- Comment on How do I decrease acne after shaving my face? 1 week ago:
Besides going to a dermatologist, here are a few things.
Change your pillowcases often. Sleeping on the oil creates more oil.
Take some steam baths and saunas. Open the pores and clear the skin.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 1 week ago:
Here are some good time travel stories.
bookshop.org/p/books/…/7282193?ean=9780553575385&…
To Say Nothing Of The Dog. In the future, time travel is organized like the Army. The problem is that the actual travel causes a serious case of ‘jet lag.’ All the agents act like they are half-drunk and sleep deprived.
bookshop.org/p/books/…/693820?ean=9781606644874&n…
The Big Time. Two alien races are fighting a time war that spans all planets in the universe. Earth is a minor backwater, but the fighting is just as deadly as anywhere else. A few soldiers and entertainers are catching a few moments respite in a R + R center when the War crashes in on them.
Predestination. A man is offered a chance to find and kill the guy who ruined his life. All he has to do is trust the stranger who is making the offer.
- Comment on Trump, in blue, sleeping at Pope Francis' finera;l 1 week ago:
Actually, he said he’d be a great Pope.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 1 week ago:
I know thousands of songs. Also, musical instruments like the saxaphone haven’t been invented yet.
- Comment on Tina Fey Embraced “the Sandler Model” for New Show ‘The Four Seasons’: “Actors in Nice Locations, Wearing Flat Shoes” 1 week ago:
[off topic?]
Steve Martin tells a story about the first time he met with Carl Reiner after Reiner agreed to direct “The Jerk.” It was the first script Martin had written and he was nervous about what a comedy legend like Reiner would say about it.
Reiner goes through the script and gives it back. the only changes are that he made every outdoor night scene into a daytime scene.
“I’m an old man. I don’t want to have to stay up late anymore.”
- Comment on Sydney Sweeney to Star in ‘Split Fiction’ Film Adaptation From Director Jon M. Chu, ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ Writers (EXCLUSIVE) 1 week ago:
I’m more a movie guy than a game guy, but I can think of dozens of times they gambled on tie-ins before the product was released. There was a movie “The Hindenberg” back in the 1970s. They tried to make tie-in jewelry about a disaster. Besides, we don’t know how many pre-orders there are.
Again, I’m not an expert, but it doesn’t look too far-fetched to me.
- Comment on Sydney Sweeney to Star in ‘Split Fiction’ Film Adaptation From Director Jon M. Chu, ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ Writers (EXCLUSIVE) 1 week ago:
Movies have been doing tie-ins for decades. It costs a lot of money to release a game and they probably had feelers out months before the release.
- Comment on What causes individual variation in what animals you like? 1 week ago:
What causes any kind of variation in people’s preferences? Some people think Angelina Jolie is the most beautiful actress ever, and others think she just looks weird.
For all you know, you were scared by a spider at a a very young age and you just don’t remember.
- Comment on Why hasn't congress passed a law saying that you can only deport people *back to their own country*? 2 weeks ago:
Back in the day, they told Lord Byron that there was a rule against people having dogs at his college.
There wasn’t a rule against having a bear, so he got one of those.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Buy ear plugs.
- Comment on Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason? 2 weeks ago:
What outlets do you follow?
Because this is the first I’m hearing about it.
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- Comment on For all you inked people 2 weeks ago:
While I’d never do something like that, I can see his point. Sometimes the only way forward is to burn your bridges.
Also, all this talk about face tattoos reminds me of one of the all time great science fiction novels, “The Stars My Destination,” by Alfred Bester. One of the subplots is that the hero gets tattoos that make it easy for his enemies to find him.
Fun read. bookshop.org/p/books/…/11574652?ean=9781876963460…
- Comment on For all you inked people 2 weeks ago:
businessinsider.com/ethan-westbrooks-face-tattoo-…
tl,dr the man got a tattoo on his face because he knew that would disqualify him for any job except playing pro football.