SeekingDuck

@SeekingDuck@mas.to

#Canadian living in #Edmonton. My thing is #environmentalsciences, specifically restoration of native ecology.

I believe in #postcapitalism. I vote how I like. If that makes you sad or angry, well, good luck.

I support people, not the boxes you put them in.

I don't give any world leader a pass because they're on the 'right side'. That includes the one I vote for.

#veteran but I regret that choice.

I'm not trying to be part of your group.

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RamenCatholic, to random

Anyone else here actually & wanna share stories?

I was journaling about being raised in the and the tendencies of the congregations I attended.

I'm still really fucking proud of the time they literally had to bar the doors to keep me out of the business meeting ('cause I'm AFAB).

That's when I stopped tithing, which was a whole other drama that almost got me disfellowshipped (as a teenager) over $1/week.

Wild.

SeekingDuck,

@RamenCatholic Regular Christian church stuff except they were heavily end times. They made us watch traumatic movies as a kid about it. You know, to make sure my soul was saved. Oh and my mom kept dragging me to these churches that were in basements and hotels and weird places. Never more than a few sessions though before she moved on. Somehow that screwed me up bad. Cult? I have no idea. Maybe I was too young to understand.

RickiTarr, to random
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Are atoms alive?
If they aren't alive, how do they make up living things?
What happens to my atoms when I die?
Wait, are we just like a the same stuff in different combinations?
How are new atoms created?
Energy isn't made of anything, wtf is that about?

SeekingDuck,

@RickiTarr New coffee?

grivettcarnac, (edited ) to Alberta
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    SeekingDuck,

    @grivettcarnac The difficult truth is that these pump heads may not even get cleaned up. I think Trudeau was our last hope for that kind of action.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    What are you guys getting your Lover this year?

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr His and hers bloodletting to cure the vapours. An afternoon of leeches and cucumber sandwiches. Quite the spa day! Last year was shock therapy and let me tell you, the brochure doesn't do it justice. We had a Groupon.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Y'all, I couldn't let go of my Pumpkins and Gourds, so I painted them to look like ornaments, in case you ever thought I'd be cool to be married to.

    image/jpeg
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    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr At least this way we won't have micro pumpkin pollution clogging up the oceans. One less gourd to be added to the great gourd patch floating in the ocean.

    SeekingDuck, to 3DPrinting

    This is wild. Medium format cameras that can be 3d printed. Also a pinhole 35mm. They also have a purchase option if you just want to buy the camera.

    Edit: everything is out of stock.

    https://doragoodman.com/the facql

    RamenCatholic, to Cat

    @Computer are you proud of me now?


    SeekingDuck,

    @RamenCatholic You have a very handsome master. Hypno eyes.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    One of the things that drives me crazy is the people who are constantly saying we need to go back to our roots, eat, sleep, and live like Amazon tribes or Neanderthals. If you do any research at all, this is just a ridiculous concept. Especially when you the are also encouraging people to reject modern medicine in favor of "natural" medicine. Now I understand that our current modern medical establishments are rife with issues, and I'm not denying or excusing that. But let's just address basics, life expectancy, only about 20% of Neanderthals made it past 40 years of age, and the average life expectancy for modern Amazonian tribes is 53 years. Being that I am now 42, I'd like to live a little longer than that, and the reason I can is MODERN MEDICINE, access to clean water, good and plentiful food, living indoors when it's too cold or hot, working jobs that aren't as physically demanding. Telling people that if they go back to some kind of traditional past lifestyle, that they will live a healthier happier lifestyle is a falsehood and a dangerous one. Get medical advice from a medical professional, who bases their research on science, not some person on YouTube who bases their ideas on things that seem true to them.

    I'm sorry this was so ranty!

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr Let's just shed this shell and crawl back into the primordial soup. Down with organs! Back to single cell society! If you're anything more than a chain of amino acids, you're doing life wrong!

    RickiTarr, to random
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    You'd think by now Star Fleet would have fixed the Control Panels that constantly spark and explode.

    SeekingDuck,

    @Subumbral @RickiTarr From a screen rant article :

    The tightness from it would strain the neck and back so much on the actors that Patrick Strewart's own chiropractor told him that if he kept wearing the uniform he would suffer permanent back damage.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    The Dead South doing a Bluegrass cover of Chop Suey, and it slaps!

    https://youtu.be/NqBh8hFC5NQ?si=q8ZtVWOYkOFhFXfH

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr @Sir_Osis_of_Liver A hotly debated slogan was "Show us your Regina".

    ap236, to AirBNB
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    Short-term rentals have 'significantly impacted' housing affordability, report says | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/47ZcDlp @canadiangreens @cdnpoli

    SeekingDuck,

    @ap236 @canadiangreens @cdnpoli Probably a ten year 30 million dollar study whose conclusions are that more study is needed to understand this complex problem.

    SeekingDuck, to random

    Stricter oilpatch methane rules unveiled by federal government

    I will put money on this statement: this is just more noise from the liberal government, it will have no effect because Justin and his cronies are bought and paid for by the oil lobby.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bakx-cop28-methane-oilpatch-emissions-1.7048062

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Okay, after the heavy question this morning, I think we need something silly, so three questions, answer all, one, or none:

    What is the best, worst, and/or funniest pet name you've heard?

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr Quequeg after the Moby Dick character. It's a great name, but everyone has trouble with it.

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr She's a good girl. In the middle.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    I think that the Streaming Platforms must be making up cults at this point, but I keep watching them, so...

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr The black goat of the woods with a thousand young. iä iä, the screaming chaos Netflix arises from the pit, and demands sacrifice. 17.99 a month.

    RickiTarr, (edited ) to random
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    Here's something I've been thinking about lately:

    Does society need psychopathic behavior? Does it exist for a Social or Natural Evolutionary purpose?

    I have edited the questions somewhat to emphasize behavior and not a person themselves.

    SeekingDuck,

    @piratero @BlahBlah @RickiTarr Techno immortality. But there's a 5.99 per month charge for remembering your dog from two centuries ago.

    SeekingDuck, to random

    Just because there's no evidence of pre Hominidae sentient species do not mean it didn't happen. I think about this a lot.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    What songs do you think are too good for their subject matter, like a song for an ad that's actually good, or a children's show theme song that slaps, ect?

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr This is odd, but here it is. I've had this diddy stuck in my head for years. Warning, contains lewd dancing.

    https://youtu.be/p7I48VDufmE?si=IWeeCNK_6g6xBCGZ

    vlrny, to random
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    OMG ya worry for days when yer brain isn't working about something you have to do; it seems an insurmountable task! But have a window when yer brain does work and BOOYA! ya get it done in a blink and wonder why you worried so much.

    SeekingDuck,

    @vlrny How did you get in my head.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Did it seem like the Black Friday Deals the last few years weren't actually deals?

    During the years of Covid-19 lockdowns, many retail based companies saw unprecedented growth, because people were staying home and buying stuff instead traveling, going out to eat, and the other social activities they would normally do. That combined with Stimulus Checks created a sort of false economy.

    Now any logical person, would understand why, and set their expectations appropriately, but not our Corporate Overlords, their religion is perpetual growth, even though nothing has worked that way ever. So if they saw an unprecedented 9% growth for two years, they were absolutely shocked when the only saw 6% growth. Now 6% growth is still incredibly good, nothing to be upset about at all, but they have a board that they promised impossible statistics to, and guess who gets punished?! If you said the Consumer, you were unfortunately right, no actual deals for you. It blows my mind that people still think rich and powerful people are smart, greed makes you stupid, they just live in a system that empowers their stupidity.

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr Consumers are the problem. I'm the problem.

    ryanhoulihan, to random
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    SeekingDuck,

    @ryanhoulihan I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm just a rando that feels like asking, are you ok? We have to stick together and take care of each other.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    What is your Mandela Effect Memory?

    If you aren't sure what I'm talking about here's a reference:

    https://www.scienceofpeople.com/mandela-effect/

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr I wonder if capitalist psychologists have worked out a way to use this against us. Sorry, I'm pretty cynical.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    How much abuse do you think people should take?

    Is the number zero?

    Guess what, you're people.

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr It was a hard line when I was in nursing college. People are scared and in pain and they lashed out. I took it. When I was in the military, people were abusive just to be assholes. Terrible people. I don't know why or even how I took it, but I didn't repeat the cycle.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    So, there is a group of people on Mastodon that I have a lot of trouble relating to and understanding, that I somewhat lovingly call "The Misanthropes". They do a few things that boggle my mind a bit. The first is constantly announcing how they don't like humanity, and don't really want to be around people, which is okay, I guess, I can understand that, except you're doing it on SOCIAL media. If you just want to read articles, and look at pictures there are tons of better sources than social media, so why are you here? If you really hate all of humanity so much, you have the option in this one area to avoid it completely, why don't you?

    Another thing is no matter what question I ask or how innocuous it is, someone will question the validity of why I'm asking it or the entire foundation of the question. So, why?! If you read a question and it doesn't apply to you or it doesn't interest you, don't interact with it, these aren't compulsory. Or I will ask What someone's favorite color is, and someone will say purple, they will tell that person that purple is traditionally the color of royalty, and ask them Why they are supporting the Monarchy, or if someone says yellow, they will let them know that yellow is hideous, and they shouldn't like it. Most of my questions are opinion or experience based, so the answer doesn't really matter, I am just trying to learn what people are like. What do you get out of making other people feel bad about themselves over basically unimportant things? Does it make you feel better about yourself or superior in some way? I really want to understand. Overall, most people are interesting and pleasant and just want to connect, what do you want?

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr "When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending."
    Thich Nhat Hanh

    RickiTarr, to random
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    I have my brother make the turkey for Thanksgiving, because he makes the best Smoked Turkey, but this morning he sent me this picture and told me he was making this instead:

    SeekingDuck,

    @RickiTarr In the 00's there was a website called this is why you're fat dot com. Getting the same vibes. I miss websites. Someone make the internet cool again.

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