fireweed
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- Comment on ublock Origin can get rid of Cookie Banners 1 week ago:
I mean, it’s not like it’s a time-consuming thing to do. I haven’t checked in with everyone, but at least one person is still using the setup two years later and is grateful for it so I call that a win. But my original point was about not making assumptions that people who use ublock are going to be tech savvy.
- Comment on ublock Origin can get rid of Cookie Banners 1 week ago:
I’ve installed ublock on the phones of some very non-techie older adults in my life, specifically because they’re non-techie and never would have even known ublock existed otherwise. Granted these folks are definitely not on Lemmy either, but point is there’s a wide range of users out there
- Comment on YSK that electric blankets are cheap and incredibly cozy 1 week ago:
My understanding is that they used to be a fire hazard a few decades ago, but have improved significantly in safety since. Plus you don’t have to sleep with it on; using it to warm up the sheets before you crawl into bed is often sufficient, depending on your climate.
- Comment on YSK that electric blankets are cheap and incredibly cozy 1 week ago:
YMMV, but the cheap one I bought only lasted two winters before the electric part died, while the more expensive two I bought have lasted five years and counting.
- Comment on The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down. 1 week ago:
That… sounds like a medical problem
- Comment on The problems Mothers have to deal with 4 weeks ago:
Why does Baby Jesus look like Donald Trump?
- Comment on Why do you hate AI? 4 weeks ago:
Legitimate question:
Most of the comments here cite reasons for disliking AI that include one or more of the following: environmental degradation, resource consumption, increasing energy/hardware prices, disregarding copyright, disregarding privacy, undermining human artists, mass layoffs, creating a market bubble, throwing education into chaos, monopolization by corporations/billionaires, AI hallucinations/inaccuracy, a product that is overpromising/undelivering, a product that makes generating misinformation easier.
Which of these reasons for disliking AI do you think fall under your assertion of “anti-intellectual technophobia”? They all seem like legitimate, well thought out reasons for disliking something to me, especially when considered together.
- Comment on Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names. 4 weeks ago:
This is also a huge problem when deciding how to write foreign names into Chinese: imagine the difference in public perspective when reading a news article about some country leader named “Prime Minister Sleepy Swamp Pit” vs “Prime Minister Strong Universe Zephyr” or whatever.
- Comment on Delicious corn! 5 weeks ago:
Boo, AI slop
- Comment on stinky ginky 1 month ago:
Stinky ginky? Nah, yellow fellow.
- Comment on I knew it! 1 month ago:
World’s oldest science fiction proven world’s oldest science fact. The Japanese were right all along!
- Comment on Manga challenge: drawing a female character without a visible thigh gap (difficulty level: impossible, apparently) 1 month ago:
Dagashi Kashi has some questionable thigh gaps, but this one from ch 60 is so bad I was compelled to drop everything and post it. I’m still pondering the physics and anatomy necessary to maintain a thigh gap in this sitting position.
- Manga challenge: drawing a female character without a visible thigh gap (difficulty level: impossible, apparently)lemmy.world ↗Submitted 1 month ago to manga@ani.social | 7 comments
- Comment on Anime challenge: drawing a female character without a visible thigh gap (difficulty level: impossible, apparently) 1 month ago:
Dagashi Kashi has some questionable thigh gaps, but this one from ch 60 is so bad I was compelled to drop everything and post it.
- Anime challenge: drawing a female character without a visible thigh gap (difficulty level: impossible, apparently)lemmy.world ↗Submitted 1 month ago to anime@ani.social | 2 comments
- Comment on Also the day that the world found out that Hitler had a micropenis. 1 month ago:
Great, now “Hitler micropenis” is in my search history.
- Comment on I grew up in the South, can confirm. 1 month ago:
Not last night, they saw the Aurora down in fucking Florida!
Also >:( for AI image
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 2 months ago:
You only need to plant sorrel in your garden once. It’s the ultimate volunteer crop. Quite winter-hardy too, and perennial, plus it tastes like lemon. Halfway between an herb and a green.
- Comment on Dawg... 2 months ago:
First glance def had me thinking this was gonna be tampon related
- Comment on REDRUM 4 months ago:
Fascinating article, definitely worth the read
- Comment on cum 2 mummy 4 months ago:
Meanwhile I’m over here like
Genital jousting: no probs, carry on
Their coloring: wtf that can’t be natural, gotta be digitally enhanced, no way these oil slick looking mfers actually that rainbow irl
- Comment on Jump on in. 4 months ago:
inb4 this user reads up on indoor air pollutants
- Comment on This is a real machine in Romania. Do 20 squats in front of it, and it prints you a free bus ticket. 5 months ago:
Whenever I see this I think “wow, cool idea, wish we had something like this in the US.” And then I think “it’s just asking for a discrimination lawsuit so unlikely.” And then I think “well we should be making public transit free anyway.” And then I think “until we get our housing affordability and mental health crises resolved, free transit just becomes roving homeless shelters.” And then I get sad.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 6 months ago:
FYI the Women’s March org is hosting “Free America” protests for the July 4th weekend. See the Women’s March site here. Some other groups may be organizing protests too, but from what I’ve read the WM ones are probably the biggest.
If there’s not a scheduled protest nearby there’s always the option to make a sign and take to a street corner for a solo protest. If you’re feeling especially ambitious there’s always making a giant sign to prop up against the chain link at an interstate overpass (I’ve never done this but it looks fun).
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
Understanding of course that it’s not just about the presence of amenities, but also the quality. Sure there might be a grocery store, but the fresh produce is questionable, it has limited brand choices, and doesn’t cater to specific dietary needs/preferences, like organic, vegan, gluten-free, etc. Sure there might be a hospital, but it’s chronically understaffed and/or lacking in certain departments. Sure there might be a dentist, but they’re so overbooked they’re not taking new patients. Sure there’s an airport, but tickets are twice as expensive and it’ll take two transfers to visit family every holiday. Etc etc.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
This is a very strange time to want to move from one of the most politically progressive to one of the most politically conservative states in the country. I’m assuming your husband is an American-born straight white cis man?
Regardless of politics, has he ever been to Wyoming? It’s a huge state, and much of it is a dry, barren wind tunnel. The NW corner is quite pretty, but also quite expensive. Depending on your budget, he may be surprised to realize the places within financial limits are not anywhere near as nice to live as the photographs indicate, and that’s completely ignoring the issues re: remoteness that others have already described. Seriously you could not pay me to move to most places in Wyoming due to the wind alone; I cannot emphasize enough how windy the I-80 corridor (near the “population centers” of Laramie and Cheyenne) can get.
Basically what I’m getting at is “why Wyoming” of all places?
- Comment on Priorities 6 months ago:
Good news: In America, there are currently lots of opportunities to go to prison (not an American? It’s even easier!)
Bad news: it’s not the kind of prison with gym and art.
- Comment on I'm still not sure how to do this actually oh wait maybe... nope. 7 months ago:
FYI, reusable produce bags exist!
- Comment on Now you know why they used to wear these types of dresses 7 months ago:
This meme so old, 50" TVs ain’t shit anymore
- Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’ 7 months ago:
a $1 million home [… is …] an average priced home in many markets
I’m going with this is the actual problem.
Also, your math assumes a flat tax rate, and any decent tax system is progressive. I don’t know how Florida’s works, but again, actual problems.
