Squirrel
@Squirrel@thelemmy.club
- Comment on YSK there is a massive Google Doc of U.S. gynecologists that will tie your tubes without asking about your kids, marital status or age. 3 months ago:
Your heart is in the right place, but that’s not exactly a reasonable comparison. Few other surgeries, even elective ones, permanently remove your ability to do something as major as procreation.
People should have the option to have their tubes tied without judgement, but it is not as simple a decision as repairing a damaged part of the body.
- Comment on YSK there is a massive Google Doc of U.S. gynecologists that will tie your tubes without asking about your kids, marital status or age. 3 months ago:
My understanding is that doctors often don’t just question but often refuse if they think the person should not do it. To be clear, that refusal is generally based on personal opinion, not for medical reasons.
- Comment on Why is homebrewing so middle-class, straight, white, male? 3 months ago:
I just assumed. Homebrewing seems to rarely refer to actual brewing.
- Comment on Is it normal to be disgruntled? 4 months ago:
There’s little in the world to be anything but disgruntled about.
- Comment on How do y'all feel about using summons in Soulslikes? [Lies of P endgame spoilers] 4 months ago:
I don’t summon real people unless I’m truly desperate, but I absolutely use what the game has given me. I don’t like to repeatedly have my ass handed to me, and while I could “git gud” (and would have done so in my teens and 20s), I’d rather enjoy my limited play time.
- Comment on Sex work would probably be less stigmatized in a currencyless society 4 months ago:
There will always be exhibitionists and people who just like to fuck, but sex work is, by definition, transactional. You’re not going to see a society with free communal whores who aren’t being compensated in any way.
- Comment on Wasps 4 months ago:
Oh yeah, I’ve got mud daubers, too. They’re cool; they don’t mess with me, and I don’t mess with them. It’s really just those big, red assholes (and the occasional yellow jacket) that are problematic.
- Comment on Wasps 4 months ago:
I’m fine with bugs that don’t bother me. Around my house, I’ve got a ton of red paper wasps. They’re assholes. My mere existence makes me a threat worth stinging. Same for the rest of my family. They can go fuck themselves.
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 6 months 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? 6 months ago:
f-e-w-e-r D-i-s-h-e-s
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 6 months 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? 7 months 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? 7 months 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 7 months ago:
Stone and Rock! Oh wait…
- Comment on legs to die for 7 months ago:
House centipede. It may, possibly, be hellspawn.
- Comment on What game fits this? 9 months ago:
It’s not a game, it’s a lifestyle.
- Comment on Browser maker love-in snubs Google-shunned JPEG XL 9 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? 11 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 11 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) 11 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) 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 1 year ago:
Right, but they’re review bombing Modern Warfare 3, not CoD3.
- Comment on Really shows where their priorities are, doesn't it? 1 year 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? 1 year 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? 1 year 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... 1 year ago:
His hair is phenomenal.
- Comment on What's your warp slogan? 1 year ago:
Alright chums, let’s do this!