jhoward
@jhoward@lemmy.sdf.org
He/Him. Just another human.
- Comment on What would happen if Punxsutawney Phil comes out, and immediately dies? 1 month ago:
Bill Murray would become stuck in time, forced to relive the same day for what could be decades or centuries. Slowly he’d use this time to become a better person, a kinder person, a person capable of both loving and being loved. Ultimately, he’d find reprieve in the arms of his soulmate.
Phil, the goddamned weather hamster would still have six more weeks of being dead.
- Comment on Samsung TV's voice assistant is suddenly in Russian, happening worldwide (it seems) 2 months ago:
The owner brought the TV to the ER, where we are now.
- Comment on Why do Olympic medalists bite their medals? 8 months ago:
Olympic athletes are on strict diets. They no longer have such dietary requirements once they’ve won.
- Comment on Is there a name for apartments that have flat sides, but are protruding like a clover? 9 months ago:
Lucky living?
- Comment on What is the name of this type of image 1 year ago:
The east / west division in the cost of light bulbs.
- Comment on I believe science but I don't understand science. Does that make me religious? 1 year ago:
Personally, I think this is a meaningless question. For me it’s all about utility. I’ve found science to provide utility to me in helping understand and, more importantly, predict the world. I’ve not found the same in religion. I choose paths that provide utility.
- Comment on How common is it for atheists to be against homosexuality/abortion? 1 year ago:
I’ve not known any. But it also seems like those things have a correlative and not causative relationship.
- Comment on Why actors are smoking in movies and tv shows? 1 year ago:
There’s certainly a history of big tobacco getting actors to smoke on screen, so that’s certainly part of it. But another reason an actor might want to smoke is it gives them a way to utilize body language in a way that’s plausible within the scene. Cigarettes, cigars, pipes, pens, eye glasses… these sorts of props are often almost invisible (as the audience just sort of takes them for granted), but can be used by an actor with intent to convey some unsaid context.