Squirrel
@Squirrel@thelemmy.club
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 5 weeks ago:
Spoon out sugar, spoon out flour, pour in milk, pour in oil, drop bits of other things in until you get to the weight needed. Even if you wash all of the spoons, it’s easier than measuring cups. At worst, you still use a measuring cup or two, but still fewer than before.
Look, I was with you until recently, but your argument really has no leg to stand on.
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 5 weeks ago:
f-e-w-e-r D-i-s-h-e-s
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 5 weeks ago:
I’m happy that you don’t need it, but some of us like better precision. Plus, it’s convenient to put a mixing bowl on a scale and add things by weight, rather than using numerous measuring cups.
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 5 weeks ago:
Precision. Volume varies by how tightly something is packed, how finely something is diced, etc. I’ve seen recipes that recommend spooning flour into the measuring cup to ensure it’s not packed in tightly, so you don’t use too much. How much simpler is it to just weigh it?
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 5 weeks ago:
As an American who has recently learned to love his scale, I’m with you 100%.
- Comment on Deep Rock Galactic Season 5 tunnels through time itself and lets you replay old seasons 5 weeks ago:
Stone and Rock! Oh wait…
- Comment on legs to die for 1 month ago:
House centipede. It may, possibly, be hellspawn.
- Comment on What game fits this? 3 months ago:
It’s not a game, it’s a lifestyle.
- Comment on Browser maker love-in snubs Google-shunned JPEG XL 3 months ago:
Thank you. I legitimately could not understand the title.
- Comment on How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone? 5 months ago:
I use mine for listening to audiobooks on an external speaker. Bluetooth speakers often cut off the beginnings of sentences due to the brief silence between them.
- Comment on Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles 5 months ago:
Neat. I wonder if my grandchildren will see that technology in use, because I doubt it’ll happen in my lifetime.
- Comment on What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body) 5 months ago:
Just to play the devil’s advocate: many of those thanking God are more expressing thanks for the circumstances that led to recovery. That includes that doctor, along with whatever knowledge and skill they have as a result of years of study and hard work. i.e. God put that doctor in their lives, rather than some quack.
- Comment on What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body) 5 months ago:
So you’re saying it’s just as effective as a whistle that “keeps away dragons”?
- Comment on Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year 5 months ago:
Yeah, that’s probably how my 7-year-old would pronounce it.
- Comment on Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year 5 months ago:
Oh no, I know Musk is childhood. This was just the first time I thought about the name “Cybertruck.”
- Comment on Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year 6 months ago:
So is this thing actually called a “Cybertruck”? Because that sounds like something my 7-year-old would come up with.
- Comment on Angry Call of Duty Fans Are Review-Bombing the Wrong Modern Warfare 3 6 months ago:
Right, but they’re review bombing Modern Warfare 3, not CoD3.
- Comment on Really shows where their priorities are, doesn't it? 6 months ago:
Those who dismiss him because of his attire would, most likely, not listen to him, regardless. It’s the others, who otherwise would know nothing of this man or his policies, who may be swayed in some way.
- Comment on Could we use AI to update 4:3 media to 16:9? 6 months ago:
Ooo, maybe we can get a nice blurred copy of the picture to fill the edges of the screen, just like TikTok!
I feel sick even jokingly suggesting that…
- Comment on Really shows where their priorities are, doesn't it? 6 months ago:
You see, this impacts them. Never mind that there’s no actual impact, they only want those among them who behave as expected. Also, he got excessive attention due to his attire, which gave him a bigger audience for his political views.
- Comment on Y'all can lose your mind over Kevin all you want. I'm just staring at this man... 6 months ago:
His hair is phenomenal.
- Comment on What's your warp slogan? 6 months ago:
Alright chums, let’s do this!
- Comment on Does anyone drink instant coffee anymore? 6 months ago:
I drink instant cappuccino, a habit I picked up from my wife. It’s much less “coffee” than it is “vaguely coffee-flavored drink.”
- Comment on Eyebrows are mustaches for your eyes. 6 months ago:
I could probably do this, if I stopped trimming them…
- Comment on Spotify re-invented the radio 6 months ago:
Easier to find the perfect station for you?
- Comment on If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? 7 months ago:
Oh yeah, WoW hands down. The sense of wonder as I explored the world the first time was incomparable to any other game.
- Comment on How do I come up with a good username? 7 months ago:
You don’t.
- Comment on POV) You use Windows 11 and set up Pihole for the first time. 7 months ago:
Oh thank God, someone reasonable.
- Comment on Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. 7 months ago:
Welcome to the age where you own nothing! If it’s digital and not accessible offline, on your own device, you can lose it on a company’s whim. This is one of the major arguments for piracy: it’s often the only way you can “own” digital content.
- Comment on Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices 7 months ago:
Is this really a surprise?