Benjaben
@Benjaben@lemmy.world
- Comment on Watching passport bros get bodied by SEA women is a complete mood. Get rekt manlet. 5 days ago:
This is the exact line I was gonna quote too lol, this story is very specific and fun to read
- Comment on Can't install app because it isn't "certified" by the government 5 days ago:
It was always going to end this way.
- Comment on But yes. 6 days ago:
The weird man-lifts used to get a side eye from me
- Comment on But yes. 1 week ago:
Not quite invisible but you could also splash and wade into a pool of strong acid thinking it was water, during what first seemed like a somewhat routine FUBAR maintenance situation…filling your boots etc.
- Comment on But yes. 1 week ago:
Blech, I’ve heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.
- Comment on anyway, i started blastin' 1 week ago:
More gut bacteria for the rest of us, that’s what I say!
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, in my case this one was too close to home for me to love it. 10 or 20 years ago I probably would’ve felt differently. Similar for Idiocracy, I don’t think I’d feel the same way about it if it came out today. Kinda chilling when I think about that, honestly.
- Comment on WILD 2 weeks ago:
Yep if I look at the back of my phone, instead of this, it is indeed!
- Comment on Anon takes their dog for a walk 3 weeks ago:
Your mom’s grass
- Comment on How's Iceland's 4-Day Work Week Working? 'Incredibly Well,' Study Says 3 weeks ago:
I think it’s probably like the other commenter said, just money. I think it may be “the other thing”? Where you can have whatever rules and policies in place at the govt level, but if there’s a “work hard / sacrifice for dumb reasons” culture solidly entrenched at work…well, writing’s on the wall. Do that or be soft-ostracized.
I do think the rules make an impact anywhere there’s a functioning government, just by slowly shifting what people see (accept?) as “normal”.
- Comment on Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'? 4 weeks ago:
Okay thank you! Fully understand the subtle difference you described, and it’s interesting. If you feel like saying more, what led you to use these characters? Are there spaces where they’re used more commonly that I’m just ignorant about? I personally found it harder to read, but I’m probably just old lol and would need a bit longer, I do basically like the idea though.
- Comment on Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'? 4 weeks ago:
Okay, I’ve seen you in two comment chains now and I can’t help but ask what is going on with your “th” characters? At one point you described the US as “we” so I’m extra puzzled.
But the straw that broke the camel’s back was:
monþ long
I understand having two different characters for lower and upper case, but what the fresh fuck is this one for lol?!
- Comment on Can someone give me an overview on the Jill Stein situation? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah that was really some trash and made me furious. The one guy just directly stating all the ways we need to help the working class and also saying basically fuck the rich, with the career-long credentials to back it up, and instead we got force-fed Hillary. She was so unlikeable and entitled, it set the Dems (and shit, maybe even women in leadership as a whole) back by like 10 years. Cuz she acted like a shitty stereotype about women that fed right into the misogynists. Such a colossal fuck up, and that really is putting it mildly. I deleted a whole screed of even more forceful complaining, lol.
- Comment on Can someone give me an overview on the Jill Stein situation? 4 weeks ago:
I did similar, I’m ashamed to admit, except slightly worse - I actually just didn’t vote at all, thinking I was really making my dissatisfaction clear that way. What a dumbass I was, and for the same reasons you described. And while a lot of that was undeniably true and a problem, I also now kinda feel fairly sure the “don’t vote / vote 3rd party” push was an op, and I fell for it like a dope.
I’ve voted in every election I’ve been eligible for before and since 2016, and I will never allow myself to drop the ball like that again. Fuck the DNC but we gotta fight like hell to keep things from getting even worse and they’re all we’ve fuckin got at the moment.
- Comment on Ah yes, regression 4 weeks ago:
That line, and then just by instinct going to Fig 1, and seeing its caption…incredible lol
- Comment on Waiting patiently while the woodcocks do their thing 4 weeks ago:
From what I very vaguely remember, the idea is that they’re (somewhat accidentally, just by instinct) causing a reverberation in the ground that seems, to worms, like rain. Making the worms (somewhat accidentally, just by instinct) go “aww shit, this lovely dirt hangout spot is boutta turn into a bathtub, I gotta get outta here!”
It’s pretty cute watching em on actual dirt. Especially with a young’n, the little ones figure it out pretty quick. Somewhat accidentally, just (largely) by instinct!
- Comment on Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher 5 weeks ago:
Oathbreaker’s Rheia is one of the most moving records I’ve ever heard, truly a masterpiece with no wasted moments, missteps, just basically flawless in my opinion. On the other side Deafheaven just hasn’t worked for me at all. Taste’s so fickle lol.
I’ll check out the third tho!
- Comment on Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher 1 month ago:
This record, a few by Neurosis, and one or two by Cult of Luna were such a vibe. We knew some knuckleheads who even started a joke ish band called Cult of Neurisis lol
- Comment on Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher 1 month ago:
Buddy, “Appalachian atmospheric black metal” is a weird combination of words I’ve never seen before and I’m stoked to give it a whirl. Praise Satan for metal keeping things interesting.
- Comment on Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher 1 month ago:
Lol yeah, name became a wee bit unfortunate thanks to those angry rascals
- Comment on Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher 1 month ago:
Oh snap thanks for pointing this out! Been a long time and I haven’t kept up with ISIS, but their Panopticon was damn near genre-defining for me at the time.
- Comment on Anon's body is a machine 1 month ago:
Dude was goddamn hilarious, legit maybe borderline genius. Apparently a real fuckin prick too, lol, but he was pretty unique. Wish he had a little longer, but he used his time well.
- Comment on Anon's body is a machine 1 month ago:
Wtf. Just finished a doc on comedian Patrice O’Neil and he makes this joke about himself lol
- Comment on Better known for other work 1 month ago:
For some reason your comment showed up to me initially as “Deleted by creator”. Which was kinda hilariously apt.
- Comment on Empires fall 1 month ago:
That graphic in the second link, holy shit
- Comment on The circle of life 3 months ago:
I’ve noticed this too.
- Comment on obesity 3 months ago:
I like it, very succinct way to get the point across.
- Comment on obesity 3 months ago:
That’s the way these things have always gone and probably always will. Retarded, imbecile, idiot, these were all effectively clinical terms (or whatever best approximated clinical practice in their eras) - they didn’t hold an insulting intention initially. People co-opted the terms to make fun of each other, as we do, and so professionals had to shift the clinical vocabulary so they weren’t using commonly hurled insults when discussing patients. And that means new words people can use to make fun of each other, yay! Which of course they did, necessitating another rotation. Pretty hilarious if you ask me.
The most recent example in my own life - my wife is in her mid 30s, and is pregnant - some medical professionals call this a “geriatric pregnancy”! But because some folks are getting offended by that term, they’re starting to use “advanced maternal age pregnancy”. Bit of a mouthful, I think they’ll get to keep that one.
Anyway. Carlin had a great bit on this phenomena, he’s the one who pointed it out to me.
- Comment on Disneyland workers say they live in cars, motels due to low pay 3 months ago:
Random stranger commenting to say I appreciate how this played out and kudos to you both. This comment chain is a striking example of the exact problem we’ve inherited as a society, and its solution!
Those of us (nearly everyone) abused by the extremely rich have this tendency to lash out at anyone within reach that just miiiight be wealthy enough to be part of the problem. The reality is that you - and literally almost all of us - will never rub elbows, pass in a hallway, even glimpse - the (extremely rich) people actually causing our problems.
That’s the whole fuckin thing, how the misdirection of rage that fuels the whole shebang, is created. You (we) can never even really SEE the people who are doing this to us. We’re all furious, and the villains have been invisible for so long that we’ve gone dumb - attacking one another, fellow sufferers - has become damn near instinctual.
The solution (or part of it) is right here in y’all’s comment chain too - just a sudden realization that the person doing a little bit better than you (us) has nothing to do with your difficulties. It’s almost always the fault of the invisible, antihuman greed monsters.
- Comment on Anon debates politics on Omegle 5 months ago:
KenM? You made your way to the lemmyverse?