TootSweet

@TootSweet@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seanut Putter Jandwich⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Now listen here you little shit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it ain’t broke…⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  He finally flipped it inside out last year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dinner is ready⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never related to trypophobia at all before just now. Now I get it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are Americans so outgoing and extroverted and how can I become the same?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely not too weird a question!

  There are plenty of introverted Americans who hate how extraverted it is here. And the U.S. definitely isn’t “superior” to Germany in that way (or any other particular way.)

  Also, there’s a difference between introversion, shyness, social anxiety, an avoidant and/or schizoid and/or schizotypal personality type, an avoidant attachment style, hikikomori/shutins, autism, and plenty of other sorts of socially-averse sorts of temperments. Some are “problems”, some aren’t. Given the way you’re talking about yourself, it sounds like what you’re experiencing is something you’d like to change about yourself. I do think it’s worth introspecting a bit (see what I did there?) and seeing to what extent your desire to change is internalized shame put on you by others and to what extent changing your presentation in the world would lead to a truer expression of your true self. But assuming the latter is the case…

  Practice. Even if Germany is a pretty introverted place (and that’s valid – there are definitely differences regionally with regard to how introverted or extraverted the culture is) there are definitely places/events/gatherings/etc that are more expressions of extraversion than others. Immerse yourself in such events. Baby steps are fine. Start with contexts that are just a little bit more extraverted than you are if you like. And move on to more and more extraverted sorts of contexts. Also, I’d try to focus on events centered around things you hold a genuine interest in. (I, for instance, have enjoyed a lot of tabletop roleplaying games. That activity, even though it’s engaged in with others, feels much less overwhelming to me given that everyone’s focused on a common activity rather than just on “each other.”)

  One more word about this. Try to avoid “masking.” That is, don’t invent a facade of extraversion to show people. It’s very cliche to say it, but: “be yourself.” I think probably ultimately if you end up “pretending to be extraverted” rather than engaging in socialization in a way you genuinely enjoy, it’s likely to do you more harm than good with regard to your goals.

  Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Malcolm In The Middle’ Reboot Wraps After Frankie Muniz “Proudly” Returns To Acting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Please be good. Please please be good. Please don’t retroactively ruin the original.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird to sometimes wonder wether everything you know is wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s weird, we can be weird together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every post in Ye Power Tripping Bastards⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would it be a proper shitpost if nobody shat on it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨O no⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The internet has reached its peak with this meme.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you know any software development philosophy books?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My favorite book ever. “Hackers” by Steven Levy. It really does a good job of giving you a sense of the early days of software development and the background behind/before the Free Software movement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deepfakes now come with a realistic heartbeat, making them harder to unmask⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, they can detect your pulse via a video? How? Variation in flushing during systolic vs diastolic phases of the heartbeat? Unconscious synchronization of affect/verbalization/whatever with one’s own heartbeat? Given the following, I think it must be closer to the former:

  The analysis of the transmission of light through the skin and underlying blood vessels has long been indispensable in medicine, for example in pulse oximeters. Its digital cousin, so-called remote photoplethysmography (rPPP), is an emerging method in telehealthcare, which uses webcams to estimate vital signs. But rPPP can, in theory, also be used in deepfake detectors.

  In recent years, such experimental rPPP-based deepfake detectors have proven good at distinguishing between real and deepfaked videos.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pearson complaining about using Linux to access my course material⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Upgrade?” “UPGRADE?!” Oh no they didn’t.

  Seriously, though, there may well be ways around this without switching your OS. If it’s browser-based, the first thing I’d try is a user-agent switcher.

  Though, actually, does that “remind me later” option work? It does look kindof grayed out, but it couldn’t hurt to try a click.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨does captain Picard snore in Star Trek tng?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Jean-Luc Picard is entirely too classy to snore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 4chan dead forever? Where are the refugees going?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’re misunderstanding octopus_ink’s comment. Are you thinking octopus_ink is a 4chan refugee? I think they’re just a Lemmy user hoping we don’t get flooded with 4chan assholes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate agreeing with a CEO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stuck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fwizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dont worry about your retirement plan, simpsons never fail⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But the title of the article is “Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict President Trump’s Death”. And it’s rated “false”. If The Simpsons did predict his death, just not as indicated by the specific image mentioned in the article, surely that would be mentioned and the overall rating would be something like “mixture” rather than “false”.

  I suppose unless The Simpsons predicted his death in an episode released after that Snopes article was written. In which case, fair point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Knock knock knocking on heaven's do-or-or-aawwhhh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=di7dZwidXZU

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dont worry about your retirement plan, simpsons never fail⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, this is a shitpost community, but I still feel obligated to make sure folks know this isn’t real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forever exists ♥️⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …asks a user whose username makes it seem that they pretty certainly know exactly what’s wrong with that website.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨British TV industry is in crisis, says Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone, quick! Go watch a british TV show.

  I recommend Red Dwarf. For something more current, Ludwig is great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨omg⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t intuitive to people?

  2/sqrt(2) = ( sqrt(2)*sqrt(2) ) / sqrt(2)
  

  Then cancelling out one of the sqrt(2)s in numerator with the sqrt(2) in the denominator, you’re left with sqrt(2).

  I do a lot of toodling around OpenSCAD, though, and sqrt(2) tends to come up a lot because, you know, Pythagoras and right triangles and all that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This really isn’t the right community for this post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably if you’re too lazy to grab a cord, line it up with the plug, and press gently but firmly. With wireless, you can just lob it vaguely in the right vicinity and not overstrain your fine motor skills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wonder what it tastes like⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably goes well with mushrooms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Erasable pen. Just because I’m contrary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They are lying to us⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Please tell me “rectify” does not mean “insert into a rectum.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sounds logical to me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The twist: OP was ace the whole time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this true? Software companies had diversity quotas to meet, and realized it was easier to turn autistic men into women than it was to turn women into software engineers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  OP is like the new Don_Dickle, only more so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this true? Software companies had diversity quotas to meet, and realized it was easier to turn autistic men into women than it was to turn women into software engineers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  /thread

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is psychological definition of an ideal or good family?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  what if you don’t have kids?

  That’s why I said “at least a little bit related to what you’re looking for” rather than “exactly what you want.” The “Good Enough Parenting” thing is more focused on raising kids. Beyond that, I’m not sure I can help.