adhocfungus
@adhocfungus@midwest.social
- Comment on I am looking to broaden my youtube channels that I follow. What female channel are you following? 6 days ago:
Mary’s Test Kitchen I’m not vegan, but I like the scientific approach she takes to testing recipes.
3x3 Custom Woodworking channel
The Octopus Lady fun deep dives into weird ocean critters.
antiheroines humerous but vulnerable reviews of lesser known horror/thriller movies.
This question made me realize that just over half of my subs are woman-run channels.
- Comment on big catch 1 week ago:
If I caught a fish that fit exactly in the weird bricks on the sidewalk I’d brag about it too!
- Comment on What do you call your mom (Or moms what do your kids call you) 1 week ago:
That’s how I always imagine it when I read it too. Joel from Marvelous Ms Maisel says it almost exactly the same which just reinforced it.
- Comment on What do you call your mom (Or moms what do your kids call you) 1 week ago:
Yeah, I’ve got mine in my phone as “Don’t answer”, but she changes numbers a lot and borrows phones so I still fall for it sometimes if I’m expecting an important call and have to answer unknown numbers.
- Comment on All hail the immortal cleanse 1 week ago:
🎵I can clean impurity Wash away with kerosene🎵 Kerosene by Crystal Castles
- Comment on If government hackers can infiltrate big companies, why not hack normal people? 1 week ago:
Also your data is meant to be private and accessed by a single person. Basically a big wall around your stuff with a single door.
Corporate data, by design, needs to be accessed by many people inside and outside the company. So they are adding another door for each person, department, or API that needs access. Even if the wall is higher and stronger, it’s still full of doors to try.
- Comment on Might be time to find another job 1 week ago:
At one of my previous jobs it was the head of HR stealing people’s food. Every time somebody complained he’d put up a sign and start “investigating”, but nothing ever came of it despite having cameras pointed at the fridge. Eventually someone got tired of it, put up their own camera, and caught the head of HR on camera a couple times. Apparently the president of the company didn’t care and brushed it off. I only found out because the guy with evidence blanket emailed the videos to the whole company. Of course he got written up for doing that.
- Comment on Update to last week's BestBuy Shenanigan. They refused to refund me after not delivering me the stuff I ordered after a so-called "investigation". 1 week ago:
On the flip side, I ordered something on eBay specifically to avoid Amazon and I still got a package from Amazon. Some people are basically just using an automated eBay account as a front for Amazon and pocketing the tiny margins.
- Comment on I have searched far and wide 2 weeks ago:
We? Of course, yes. All of us… Image
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I like the concept, and I think it would fit the definition of democracy since it reflects the will of the people. The main issue I see is that it still remains stable if a majority superclass oppresses a minority underclass. Tyranny of the Masses is a problem with most forms of democracy, not just yours.
One tactic to mitigate it is by only doing a random sample each time instead of a full sample. So randomly select 20% of the population, require them to vote, and if 50% of them vote in favor then there’s no election. That only works if the mechanism to randomly select people can’t be tampered with, though.
- Comment on Priorities 2 weeks ago:
Sometimes as low as $1 per day, sometimes up to $50 per day, all dependent on the state and specific prison. Hawaii doesn’t charge, so get locked up there if you follow through with this plan!
Sure, private prison execs already get to hoover up taxpayer money, and they profit from the slave labor, but how else would they get filthy rich if they stopped profiting off you just because you finished your sentence?
- Comment on Would you be dumb enough to wear this shirt in public? 2 weeks ago:
Is that the CLIT Commander!?
- Comment on Priorities 3 weeks ago:
You’d better hope that art is good enough to pay for your prison rent or you’ll be in debt for the rest of your life. Especially given how tough it is to get a traditional job afterwards.
- Comment on Just be that way 3 weeks ago:
The setup based on the first image+caption would lead you to believe the second image will relay how boys feel if a girl walks into the locker room. The second half instead subverts that expectation by having a too-accurate caption of a strange image, unrelated to locker rooms.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
My mom said it to me frequently before I cut her out, which is a pretty good indication it’s not normal. A therapist would tell you that’s a reflection of her issues; if she had a different kid instead of you she would have said the same thing to them. You, as a person, don’t really factor into why she feels that way.
As for your feelings, let me know what you come up with. I’m in the same boat emotionally and I don’t see a way out either.
- Comment on If no government shall bare arms against its own citizens. Then what is happening in LA? 4 weeks ago:
You definitely seem to have the second amendment backwards, as others have mentioned.
Additionally, the US government has turned the military on its own protesters several times. The Kent State massacre, The Battle of Blair Mountain, and the 1967 Detroit riots are all instances where they murdered civilians and faced no consequences. It’s completely legal and, in all three of those cases, was happily endorsed by much of the populace.
- Comment on 🤯🤯🤯 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Too bad we can't all act like this 5 weeks ago:
This may be unpopular, but I don’t use the dividers at checkout. I just wait my turn. Once all the previous person’s stuff is scanned I start loading my stuff on the belt. By the time they finish paying, even with a tap card, I’ve got the belt full and I’m waiting again.
Some guy got mad at me at Costco recently for it. I guess he really wanted to get some stuff out of his cart while the person in front of me was still getting scanned. It feels like flooring it to every red light. You still have to wait, so what’s the point?
- Comment on 5-minute oil change place 5 weeks ago:
What do you do with the used oil? When I was a kid my family would dump it in big barrels, then we’d bury them once they got full. Obviously not something I want to do now. But I’ve asked the oil change places around here and they charge a fee to take the used oil.
- Comment on No context needed. 5 weeks ago:
I shed a tear and sing In the Arms of an Angel by Heather McLachlan every time I do this. Even for a single noodle.
- Comment on No context needed. 5 weeks ago:
It’s definitely not required, but ever since we got one I’ve grown to like it. If you have a ceramic sink it helps prevent scratches. It also helps dishes stay put, like pot lids that normally slide around. Most of all I like it when I put a strainer down. I know the strained liquid won’t touch the sink and flow back into the food, even if the risk was low before.
- Comment on Windows 11 Start Menu Revealed as Resource-Heavy React Native App, Sparks Performance Concerns 1 month ago:
Does anybody have a link to an actual source for the claim? I would absolutely believe it, but this article’s “source” just seems to be the same article but Russian. The guy on Twitter claiming to be the author of the code seems to be trolling, leaving me with no leads.
I want to send this to my coworker who hates React, but I don’t want to spread misinformation.
- Comment on What are some examples of series that only have a good first season, and should be dropped after that? 1 month ago:
Dang. Hopefully third season redeems it, but I won’t hold my breath.
- Comment on What are some examples of series that only have a good first season, and should be dropped after that? 1 month ago:
The Terror had a second season!? I really liked the first season and had no idea it was going to continue as an anthology. I take it the second season doesn’t measure up to the first?
- Comment on What's the worst spelling you've seen? 1 month ago:
There’s a girl in my kid’s class named Eighmee. Pronounced “Amy”. I thought it was weird but there’s a street in a neighboring town named Eighmee Street.
- Comment on Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Will Be the First Blockbuster Shot Entirely on IMAX Cameras 1 month ago:
I recently learned that IMAX film cameras are as loud as a lawnmower. That still doesn’t explain why Nolan’s films have such wretched sound balancing lately.
- Comment on This one we can all agree on 1 month ago:
- Comment on Anyone else watched Day of the Jackal? 1 month ago:
Finally remembered the show that’s been on the tip of my brain: The Riches.
Similar feel of setting up schemes to get away with stuff, and having to improvise when things go wrong.
- Comment on Anyone else watched Day of the Jackal? 1 month ago:
I liked it. I’ve been trying to think of similar shows where the main character comes up with inventive plans, and use contingencies when things get rough. Better Call Saul has some moments.
- Comment on ‘The Studio’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+ 2 months ago:
I found it hard to watch due to the intentional shakey-cam.
