RBWells
@RBWells@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why do some people identify with a political party even if many of their views don't align with that party's platform? 7 hours ago:
I’ve met plenty of Republicans who just think that the R means a better economy. Single issue voters. Not socially conservative, live and let live, but terrified that Democrats will crash the economy somehow. Don’t ask me, I don’t understand it either.
And plenty of liberal Christians, which actually makes more sense.
- Comment on How do I survive the US immigration? 3 days ago:
You are coming here for work?
Please have your job get you a new laptop, and sensitive patient data is stored on secure servers, yes? Having it with data they can’t see puts you in an impossible position. If your job is sponsoring you, you are safer, in a better category so less likely to see trouble.
With phone, if you’re aren’t super political online just open it if they ask. Wiping it or having a burner just looks more suspicious. No they don’t all go through everyone’s phone, it’s not as bad as the alarmist media sells it BUT it is unusually bad right now, and there are believable reports of people being made to unlock so they can browse your Facebook or whatever. I hate to give that advice, but your goal is to fly under the radar. You are absolutely legal. Don’t borrow trouble. Your work brings you here, you know when you are leaving, all your paperwork is good, you are not a risk. Assume everything will be smooth. The customs guys at airports are not the same as the ones bounty hunting immigrants. They are local people in a bad situation right now too, at least half of them don’t like what is going on.
- Comment on The way my partner eats avocado. 1 week ago:
I had a coworker who came in one day and said he made guacamole and had never bought an avocado before - he said he boiled the avocado. He got it and it was hard, so he figured like a potato you cook them so they get soft. Apparently it worked and he made the guacamole, and was shocked when we told him no, you just wait and they get soft enough.
- Comment on Is it reasonable to tell a person you once loved about the fact years later? 1 week ago:
I feel like if you are still friends, saying “ooh I had such a crush on you when we were younger” is ok, I’ve been on the receiving end of that and it was flattering and surprising because I absolutely did not feel attractive when young. And it was not threatening because he was in a happy relationship. Since you are so out of touch with her you don’t even know if she’s in a relationship, no, I would find that weird.
- Comment on Is it even possible to drop 20 lbs in a month? Are there any diets for people who want to go to the extreme? Kind of like celebs do for roles? 1 week ago:
I think it depends on what % of your body mass that 20lb is. I weigh about 150, if my target was 130 I would take a year to get there. Someone 350lb, maybe yeah a month. The first few lb always faster than the last few, so if all you have to lose is a few pounds it can be slower.
- Comment on It's rigged 1 week ago:
The answer is that no, we don’t have to pay out enormous sums of social security to rich people. Right now the benefit varies but that is not a necessary part of the scheme. Just like we set a maximum contribution now, we can set a maximum benefit.
No matter how you slice it, the problem right now is that people raking in $ are not paying enough into the system.
Or set maximum monthly payout, adjusted annually for inflation and let the actuaries figure out where the wage cap needs to sit each year to fully fund the system.
- Comment on How often is normal to masturbate? 1 week ago:
This is so individual, but I still get off at least once a day by some means, we do have sex each day and sometimes I will still do me. And I am not twice your age but close.
- Comment on It's rigged 1 week ago:
What does honorable mean in this context? Pay in on what you earn, that’s all. That would be honorable. If you make millions, why do you care? Your retirement is safe either way, help others have at least a little security.
- Comment on It's rigged 1 week ago:
Don’t worry - I not take home half my pay as netpay, too, after deductions for tax and retirement and healthcare and have a $4k deductible before my health insurance kicks in.
So it’s not paid in taxes, but works out the same.
- Comment on How did you guys deal with the death of a parent? 1 week ago:
My dad died when I was 16, it sucked so bad. We were close and I was not so close to my mom. It just gets smaller and smaller until it’s manageable. Grief is one thing that there is no way out but through, you shouldn’t wallow but you have to feel it or it will be worse.
My mom died when she was old and I was more ready for that, and think she was too. That didn’t hurt as much at all because I had more time to know it was coming, so I guess the emotional work happened beforehand.
- Comment on It's rigged 1 week ago:
Yes.
- Comment on It's rigged 1 week ago:
And so what? If I pay taxes and never use WIC, is that wrong in some way?
Social Security also funds SSI disability, most of us won’t use that but we pay for it. That’s how taxes work.
The cap should be removed, it’s a tax not a pension plan. We can cap the benefits (higher than it is now) without capping the deduction. Anyone making $1M/year is still going to net hundreds of thousands more than someone making $200K. And both of them will be fine.
- Comment on The way my partner eats avocado. 1 week ago:
I peel them, it’s easy? Cut in quarters, peel off the skin. I dislike the “scoop it out”, it leaves avocado behind and you can’t get nice slices. It’s never been a problem, the skin usually comes right off in one piece.
- Comment on What is the hate against Pit Bulls? Everyone I've met are super friendly like my BC. Or are they the new Doberman for this cycle? 1 week ago:
I worked with a lady who had an Akita that did this - she got a call at work one day that her dog had attacked the neighbor’s dog. Had busted through the screen door, jumped OVER the pool, busted through the pool screen, jumped over the fence, and attacked the neighbor’s dog, because she could see it in the neighbor’s yard.
- Comment on What is the hate against Pit Bulls? Everyone I've met are super friendly like my BC. Or are they the new Doberman for this cycle? 1 week ago:
We had a Pit & another mutt - yes the pit bull was good natured and polite, gentle under normal circumstances, easy to train to be obedient to me - but she was strong as fuck, and if another dog, including our other dog, wanted to fight, she was all in, I do think they are bred to fight. Thankfully she moved out when my daughter moved down the street from us, we would have kept her or the other dog but not both of them. We still get to see her & my kid gets to see the mutt, they are practically next door, but it’s better with them living in separate houses.
All that to say - yes they are just dogs, trainable and sweet. But so so strong and willing to fight, you have to be able to redirect them quickly if they see another dog get aggressive.
- Comment on Don't mind me, I'm just trying to bring back mothposting 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Settle a debate can potato's and noodles go together and taste great with sauce and other things? (I say it can) However my mother says two starches should never be cooked because it's too much. 2 weeks ago:
As someone else said: Pierogi!
Gnocchi is pasta made with potatoes.
Not pasta but I’ve put potatoes and rosemary and swiss cheese on a pizza and it was amazing.
Little cubes of sweet potato in cold pasta salad is good too.
I think you are more right, but I would not, like, mix spaghetti into mashed potatoes.
- Comment on What is it like being drunk? How much control do you have? 2 weeks ago:
Very lightly buzzed feels good. Can think normally, would not drive but it is a pleasant feeling.
Drunk to me feels annoying, and I feel stupid. That is also how pot feels to me. I don’t feel out of control, no. Just dumbed-down.
So my limit is 2 drinks, I don’t over-drink because I have learned that one more does not make it better.
- Comment on Anon gets lost 2 weeks ago:
I experienced the opposite feeling, spent my high school summers in London and always felt like laughing when people would warn us off rough neighborhoods that were safer than the safe neighborhoods where I was from.
It has gotten much less violent here since then.
1980s to 2000
Believe it or not this still left us rougher than the US in general or even Florida in general. But look, since 2000
- Comment on More chickens! 2 weeks ago:
I love the city chickens. Bok bok!
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
I drink literally everything on ice right now because Image
But also do like whiskey better diluted, I can taste it better when it’s not so strong. Stretched out I can enjoy it.
- Comment on What's the weirdest thing in english? 3 weeks ago:
I agree. I like it (the spelling often shows the history of the word, relationships between words) but for an allegedly phonetic system it’s nonsense. Not sure it’s worse than French, but Spanish is so phonetic I can read aloud stuff I don’t even understand!
I learned to read as I was learning to talk, more like a language than a skill - kids learning in school are taught phonics, and I would despair if that was how I was taught.
Once. Really? The word Wonss is spelled Once?
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
Not such fancy equipment. I used to make it in a lunchbox cooler with our very hard tap water; that eventually cracked but I have been rocking one of these for a decade now.
All you need is directional freezing. My ice comes out crystal clear in big ol’ blocks like that.
To be fair - I would charge $5 a tray too. It takes a day & a half and space in my freezer. But it is an easy, cheap, and fun hobby
- Comment on I am someone who works out daily and sweats a lot. Just doing laundry doesn't seem to adequately clean the underarms of my shirts. What are some ways to clean these areas of my clothing better? 3 weeks ago:
Same. I kept trying stronger antiperspirant, thinking the sweat was the stink but it turned out it was the combination of antiperspirant and sweat that stink. Deodorant without antiperspirant works so much better for me.
- Comment on I am someone who works out daily and sweats a lot. Just doing laundry doesn't seem to adequately clean the underarms of my shirts. What are some ways to clean these areas of my clothing better? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t wear antiperspirant, just deodorant, so haven’t tried it. But my guess is that it’s the only thing that dissolves the waxy stuff that is holding the stains on the pits without dissolving the fabric. If acids don’t work, sometimes a base will.
- Comment on I am someone who works out daily and sweats a lot. Just doing laundry doesn't seem to adequately clean the underarms of my shirts. What are some ways to clean these areas of my clothing better? 3 weeks ago:
I work out in sleeveless tops.
Had a friend who swore by ammonia for armpit stains on shirts, maybe try that?
- Comment on How come Rugby never caught on in the states? I played in college and it's basically like football without pads. Isn't it? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know! It’s so much more fun to watch. Games are shorter, action, the silly scrimmage. It seems perfectly geared to our short attention span.
- Comment on You'll regret it 3 weeks ago:
I used to have less deep sleep and more than once, woke up, walked to the bathroom, sat on the toilet but was not completely convinced I was awake and not dreaming so could not pee. I was just so exhausted I didn’t know if I was asleep or awake!
- Comment on Anon tries to lose weight 3 weeks ago:
Wait, so these are noodles fried, boiled, and then fried again?
- Comment on Anon tries to lose weight 3 weeks ago:
We live in a hot climate and all my kids loved to eat frozen corn, frozen. I could never cook it because if I bought a bag they would raid it.
