toynbee

@toynbee@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How bad is it really to listen to music with headphones? My mother told me if I keep doing that I'd go deaf... Is that fearmongering?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed, that was as it was described in the book. Apologies for not elaborating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How bad is it really to listen to music with headphones? My mother told me if I keep doing that I'd go deaf... Is that fearmongering?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember an Iron Man novel that suggested Tony had poor hearing because he played heavy metal in his helmet while flying from place to place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s father on the prospect of the U.S. becoming less white: “This will be very very bad. You want to see the U.S. go dark? You want to go back to the jungle?”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Back when bash.org was a thing (I’m aware it has since been archived in multiple places), there was a quote that went something like “you only have a name because your mother was suspicious it took nine months to take a shit.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One wish⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Honk!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not impressed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’ve been on the same page.

  Fortunately I haven’t been in a formal classroom setting in years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm cooked, chat.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm cooked, chat.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always heard that baldness primarily comes from the mother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd love this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My theory (or perhaps more accurately, hope) was that they were parked nearby, say at a local grocery store; from there they sent this text, then left the parking lot, honked, and parked once again at their nearby home before sending the final text.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd love this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And that from the father of economics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not impressed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My third grade teacher told me that negative numbers aren’t real.

  Reflecting back on it thirty years later, it’s clear what she meant, but the poorly communicated statement and arguments she made were very upsetting to me, someone who at the time was very proud of having just learned the concept.

  In the moment, I had the same reaction as you. Shortly thereafter, my mom - who was not at all a fan of that teacher - took my brother and me out of public school and we started homeschool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve announces three new products: the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I bet there are magnets to allow that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fair assessment.

  My ortho has recently requested that I have some imaging done on my back, but anticipates a surgery to fuse my vertebrae will be needed. After that, from what I’ve been told, I’ll primarily have to conquer psychological barriers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I respect that, but I broke my ankle and it never healed properly. Apparently I subsequently injured my back (I have a severely bulging disk; not sure whether this is the result of my body or something I did). I’m not saying I’m not lazy - I am - but in this case my complaint is not the result of laziness.

  That said, you basically paraphrased BoJack Horseman, and I approve of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My back just stopped me from walking down one stair (and I barely made it back from trying) and here you are calling ~4 miles a “short run.”

  I don’t begrudge you that, it’s good that your body is capable, but jeez it’s hard not to be envious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Then you must be old, as am I. Though my obsession was Everquest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you play Dark Age of Camelot?

  Also, I require constant stimulation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a lucky woman⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a lucky woman⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t the most respectful summary of a marriage, but is the person named someone famously criminal or something? I searched for the name, but the only relevant-seeming result wouldn’t load, so I couldn’t even see if he did anything particularly egregious.

  I’m not trying to diminish the language or anything the individual might have done, I just can’t find any information.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grindr dump (in post body)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it was pretty unlikely back then and much more so now. I guess I should have included a sarcasm mark - I wasn’t offering it as a serious suggestion. I do wish them luck meeting someone to love.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grindr dump (in post body)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I met someone in the official XKCD channel. That person referenced a private server. Later I went to a LAN party where another attendee happened to be on that same private server. I figured that had to be significant and joined the server myself. Some months later, a fluke caused my face to be displayed on a webcam feed I had linked there. My now-wife saw it and proclaimed me cute.

  Really that was all it took, but she’s never since done anything that caused me to regret falling for her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grindr dump (in post body)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I met my wife on IRC. Try that!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twinkle twinkle little star⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know scientists would put you in a stockade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a metaphor⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Good to know I wasn’t alone in my confusion!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A hypothesis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Very kind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do i get my nails to stop stinking faster⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re questioning whether I’m stupid, just go ahead and assume the answer is yes. I actually just now had a very similar conversation with my brother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a metaphor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh … TIL. Thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A hypothesis⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do, occasionally. I came from a team where I was the top contributor and am now on a team where I’m just trying to keep up. I’m learning a lot, but it’s definitely been a blow to the ego.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a metaphor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Guessing this it a pregnancy / abortion thing? I’m not publicly taking a stance on this, but I was unaware of anything even related to the topic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a metaphor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know much about her, except that she very much interested me when I was in puberty and that she was abused in a manner similar to Britney Spears. Is she an author? If so, good for her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a metaphor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dave Barry published a premise similar to this in his Guide to Guys.