toynbee
@toynbee@lemmy.world
- Comment on idk which would be worse tbh 19 hours ago:
I have a friend who named his kid after a character from the Star Wars EU.
The friend in question was very upset when the EU was declared noncanon.
- Comment on I might actually be a respectable member of society 1 day ago:
TIL - thank you for the insight.
- Comment on He lid 2 days ago:
Almost everyone, actually, I think.
Clearly good for engagement, though.
- Comment on I might actually be a respectable member of society 2 days ago:
I’ve never done any, but I used to work with someone who said he used to work with someone who had been a heavy acid user back in the day, but stopped.
The intermediary said that the original user would occasionally stretch, popping his vertebrae, then have to take a brief timeout as he’d released essentially a microdose.
I don’t know enough about drugs to know if that’s plausible (and haven’t thought about this anecdote in years) but the idea of having an unexpected trip at any moment always sounded very worrying.
- Comment on Naughty birds 3 days ago:
Yeah, probably.
- Comment on Naughty birds 3 days ago:
Also wasps.
- Comment on Work smarter, not harder 3 days ago:
I don’t really have much memory of this, but I apparently started using keyboards when I was two. I only know because of things my father told me and one personal memory.
Eventually I I joined a company which encouraged me to record my skills with my history. I was nineteen at the time. They certainly were aware of that.
I recorded in their system that I had been using keyboards for seventeen years. They didn’t appreciate it. I think I might have taken their request too literally.
- Comment on Nope, not visiting that 4 days ago:
Also, what if it uses a lot of resources and potential time travelers didn’t want to waste them to go to parties (thus further progressing your hypothetical conundrum)?
- Comment on Hehehe 4 days ago:
I thought it was Urectum, so named in 2620.
- Comment on Thank the lord it's over 6 days ago:
I hope your scary event goes well!
Also I don’t remember any Discworld characters named “Ben.”
- Comment on Thank the lord it's over 6 days ago:
Politics and such aside, I have a scary personal event happening this February and so I feel this image quite strongly.
- Comment on Trump audibly loses control of his bowels during a press conference - via Forbes Breaking News 6 days ago:
Gotcha, thank you for the clarification.
- Comment on Trump audibly loses control of his bowels during a press conference - via Forbes Breaking News 6 days ago:
It for sure does not surprise me that other kinds of microphones exist, but I strongly agree with your last sentence.
- Comment on Trump audibly loses control of his bowels during a press conference - via Forbes Breaking News 6 days ago:
Perhaps I’m confused, but your wiki quote itself references piezoelectricity (a word I’m pretty surprised is in my keyboard’s dictionary). Am I misunderstanding?
- Comment on Ciiiiircle of liiiife 6 days ago:
line the frame with flesh
- Comment on Trump audibly loses control of his bowels during a press conference - via Forbes Breaking News 6 days ago:
Here’s my unhelpful contribution: I believe microphones work using piezoelectricity and I also think that’s really cool (that it exists and that humanity found a use for it).
- Comment on Ciiiiircle of liiiife 6 days ago:
Of course. The only time I intentionally / knowingly say something to hurt people is when I’m very certain they will benefit from hearing it (“you have this flaw and it’s hurting you, so hearing this input hopefully helps you improve your lot”).
I don’t do that often at all because I’m bad at a lot of things, including some at which I’m good, so I’m rarely confident enough about stuff to criticize someone else.
I suppose technically I also might offer hurtful feedback if my honest opinion were to be solicited about something bad.
Your prose was good - I even made a user note about you to remind me next time we interact - but even if it were awful I can’t see how me being a dick about it would help you. I do like your username, though.
Sorry for the narcissistic WOT. I hope you have a great day!
- Comment on 6 days ago:
Pessimists only get happy surprises.
- Comment on So disappointing 6 days ago:
You’re right.
We should put them in the freezer so that they last longer after cracking.
- Comment on Ciiiiircle of liiiife 6 days ago:
I want to make a joke about your username as it would fit the second statement you made, but I lack your creativity and also don’t want to diminish legitimate praise.
- Comment on Every job that I was ever trained to do and every job when I trained others was like this 1 week ago:
My first job was at a convenience store. I was told I was allowed to wear black or tan pants and the company provided shirt.
The first time I wore a new pair of black pants there I was told to wash the floors. I was given a bucket of water and a bottle of bleach to do so. I’d never heard of bleach before.
Turns out that pouring bleach onto the floor from shoulder level isn’t a great idea when wearing brand new black pants. Your mom might get upset with you and the results. Or she might blame the manufacturer and you might be too scared to fess up.
… Not that I would know.
- Comment on Every job that I was ever trained to do and every job when I trained others was like this 1 week ago:
Will you be my co-worker?
- Comment on Bears or no bears? 1 week ago:
Aww, I was annoyed but overall cheerful, then I read this and now I’m just sad.
I guess you have at least simplified my emotional spectrum, so … Thanks?
- Comment on Learn to use the mute button 1 week ago:
It always amuses me when I belch and Google Meet pops up a notification saying “are you talking? Your microphone is on mute.”
Once I was on an all day meeting with a compatriot and having, shall we say, a bad stomach day. I forgot we were on a call and for some reason - though I almost never am - I was unmuted. Having forgotten these facts and thus with no restraint, I let out a series of the most vile, expressive noises I’ve ever heard from my body … Only, to my horror, to hear “niiiiiiice.”
- Comment on Players are returning their Dispatch copies due to Switch censorship 1 week ago:
That would be a sight worth seeing.
- Comment on Players are returning their Dispatch copies due to Switch censorship 1 week ago:
Back when bash.org was around: Person 1: Person 2 has so little game he could fall into a barrel of nipples and come out sucking his thumb. Person 2: The concept of a barrel of nipples confuses and frightens me.
- Comment on smh 1 week ago:
The Picard Maneuver
Around here I think we’re supposed to refer to them as TPM.
Until today I had assumed it was derived from “total percentage of meters” but now I just don’t know.
- Comment on Correlation equals causation 1 week ago:
My mom, who was very much a hippie, always told me “don’t do drugs, but if you do, do them with me so I can make sure you do them right.” Thanks for reminding me of her.
- Comment on Do people eat this? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Buttcoin 1 week ago:
That sounds like a good business plan, but I’m not sure I could convince Ryan Reynolds (or Guy) to work with me.
