The way people online constantly say ‘talk to your doctor’ like it’s a panacea is a lot like how medieval peasants weren’t able to read scripture and they just had to trust their clergy’s interpretations...
is anyone meaningfully following this hush money thing? ooh he fell asleep in the 1000th trial he’s been to ok. obviously his side is lying that’s the strategy....
even the name is too much imo, when i delivered pizza some places had their system like this, i don’t like strangers knowing that. it’s too personal....
i don’t eat meat cause it’s a thing i do since birth but it’s also a thing i have to be kind of annoying about at restaurants etc to ensure that they hear me and interpret what i’m saying right (social anxiety is fun) cause then i’d have to eat the thing i don’t want or have another more awkward interaction w the...
it feels similar in egregious price to getting room service, and you don’t even have to talk to the guy, and you can convince yourself it’s nice to treat yourself you’ve been working hard etc etc. you don’t have to do any dishes or think about all the rotten shit in the fridge. it can feel like a legitimate mental break,...
i think we need Cracked-style articles back. desperately. or like, a guy doing a weird thing and writing a piece on it. sites like those are declining faster than the glaciers.
you know – this is always represented in the news/etc as ‘a starbucks a day’ but i mean moreso a gadget or a shirt. i’m splurging on deodorant right now. is that immoral? are you meant to have a mostly austere budget until you’re a boomer with a house and a fence?...
currently jamming on this toasted bread with butter. someone else woke up to work baker’s hours at walmart to bake this loaf, then i bought it, then toasted it, then added butter. a veritable feast
everyone talking about dune, i finally wanted to watch it asap. there’s nowhere to buy discs anymore that had it (besides barnes and noble which is a drive and costs $35 – amazon, even with prime, would take a week (???)) so i resigned to sTrEamInG it from TNT....
i recently lost my job and it’s horrible being in the ‘unemployed’ class – you’re made to feel worthless, you have to take advice from people, perfectly well meaning of course, that are basically encouragement on digging your own grave - i love being in the position where i have to do some fake elizabethian courting...
reddit is shit and makes me annoyed, twitter is shit and makes me annoyed, tiktok is shit and makes me annoyed, pure news sites are boring, cracked is dead, google doesn’t work anymore, lemmy is only memes and news and fairly slow...
like, if i’m feeling bad but force myself to do something, i usually feel better. how to maintain the usefulness of this advice without presenting it as ‘fuck your feelings’, in that usual arrogant right wing sort of way
i can’t believe i’m saying this, but i’m finding myself enjoying facebook more. the UI and design feels vintage early 2010s, the choice of reactions is nice vs just liking or upvoting something, you can sort the replies by chronology / recent / best instead of being forced to read blue-check morons, there’s an incredible...
also the government regulates all job postings to not be (as) malignant and evil. you just upload your resume and go thru the available options and you pick one and then you go work there and if you fuck around they can kick your ass or something (but social etiquette dictates you should behave in good faith (because they all...
I'm so sick of every single medical-related question people have online constantly getting spammed with 'talk to your doctor!!!!'
The way people online constantly say ‘talk to your doctor’ like it’s a panacea is a lot like how medieval peasants weren’t able to read scripture and they just had to trust their clergy’s interpretations...
TIL one of the oldest TV shows was simply called "Sea Stories" on the BBC, featuring Royal Navy Commander A.B. Campbell describing the personalities and places he had seen. No known footage exists. (en.wikipedia.org)
aired from 1936-1937. if anyone has a copy pls lemme know
Going insane watching conservatives realize that sometimes cops go insane for no good reason (lemmy.world)
I feel like one story is pretty unequivocally both more horrifying and more interesting (lemmy.world)
is anyone meaningfully following this hush money thing? ooh he fell asleep in the 1000th trial he’s been to ok. obviously his side is lying that’s the strategy....
Not only is this not how anyone writes, I do not understand why anyone would want to read anything that sounds anything like this (lemmy.world)
hey there fellow posters...
I think it's extremely invasive that amazon is telling me this (lemmy.world)
even the name is too much imo, when i delivered pizza some places had their system like this, i don’t like strangers knowing that. it’s too personal....
Embarrassing experience at casual dinner ahh ahh
i don’t eat meat cause it’s a thing i do since birth but it’s also a thing i have to be kind of annoying about at restaurants etc to ensure that they hear me and interpret what i’m saying right (social anxiety is fun) cause then i’d have to eat the thing i don’t want or have another more awkward interaction w the...
Where do I look when seated at a restaurant to seem normal?
(when seated in a group with others, i should clarify. if i’m by myself i’m absolutely happy to be on my phone or book)...
Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born. (www.wbtv.com)
america is so fucking based man...
People get addicted to delivery apps cause it lets you pretend you're on vacation all the time
it feels similar in egregious price to getting room service, and you don’t even have to talk to the guy, and you can convince yourself it’s nice to treat yourself you’ve been working hard etc etc. you don’t have to do any dishes or think about all the rotten shit in the fridge. it can feel like a legitimate mental break,...
What documentaries feel the most like strolling through a calming art museum on a pleasant spring day?
i wanna go to a real one but they’re open like 5 hours a day...
Shouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?
esp if you’re one of the devout ones who think they’ve been really good
Walmart frozen burrito w enchilada sauce, homemade pico (lemmy.world)
What do you miss from the old internet?
i think we need Cracked-style articles back. desperately. or like, a guy doing a weird thing and writing a piece on it. sites like those are declining faster than the glaciers.
Does everyone buy little things here and there so as to not go insane?
you know – this is always represented in the news/etc as ‘a starbucks a day’ but i mean moreso a gadget or a shirt. i’m splurging on deodorant right now. is that immoral? are you meant to have a mostly austere budget until you’re a boomer with a house and a fence?...
What foods make you feel like royalty when you're eating them?
currently jamming on this toasted bread with butter. someone else woke up to work baker’s hours at walmart to bake this loaf, then i bought it, then toasted it, then added butter. a veritable feast
It gets really tiresome how it feels the need to use the tone of a news reporter (lemmy.world)
“presumably love” is so aggressively neutral it sounds a bit insulting
This is $87 worth of shopping. Please feel free to use the space below to critique my purchases (lemmy.world)
how is the value proposition here? was this an adequate use of money?...
Watched Dune (2021) on a sTrEamIng SeRvICe which lowkey tarnished the experience
everyone talking about dune, i finally wanted to watch it asap. there’s nowhere to buy discs anymore that had it (besides barnes and noble which is a drive and costs $35 – amazon, even with prime, would take a week (???)) so i resigned to sTrEamInG it from TNT....
I love gen-Z's attitude towards corporate culture (lemmy.world)
i recently lost my job and it’s horrible being in the ‘unemployed’ class – you’re made to feel worthless, you have to take advice from people, perfectly well meaning of course, that are basically encouragement on digging your own grave - i love being in the position where i have to do some fake elizabethian courting...
What do you *do* online these days? Where do you spend the most time?
reddit is shit and makes me annoyed, twitter is shit and makes me annoyed, tiktok is shit and makes me annoyed, pure news sites are boring, cracked is dead, google doesn’t work anymore, lemmy is only memes and news and fairly slow...
How Stupid Do They Think We Are: Media execs don’t want the sites, they just want the names (aftermath.site)
I find the """man up""" school of thought generally works for me when faced w a tough situation but 97% of the time it's presented as an obnoxious show of bravado. What are better ways to phrase this?
like, if i’m feeling bad but force myself to do something, i usually feel better. how to maintain the usefulness of this advice without presenting it as ‘fuck your feelings’, in that usual arrogant right wing sort of way
Has anyone else gravitated back to *facebook* a bit?
i can’t believe i’m saying this, but i’m finding myself enjoying facebook more. the UI and design feels vintage early 2010s, the choice of reactions is nice vs just liking or upvoting something, you can sort the replies by chronology / recent / best instead of being forced to read blue-check morons, there’s an incredible...
Idea for a society: everyone gets paid the exact same no matter what they do. You just have to pick the thing you like to make it worth it
also the government regulates all job postings to not be (as) malignant and evil. you just upload your resume and go thru the available options and you pick one and then you go work there and if you fuck around they can kick your ass or something (but social etiquette dictates you should behave in good faith (because they all...