khannie
@khannie@lemmy.world
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 2 weeks ago:
Not being preachy…If you’re taking the first exit (turning right essentially if you drive on the right or turning left of you drive on the left) you should be indicating as you enter. It allows traffic from other lanes to enter the roundabout without stopping to figure out where you’re going.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 2 weeks ago:
100% the same. The only time I don’t is leaving my driveway. We’re corner house on a quiet cul-de-sac so it just doesn’t occur to me.
People leaving roundabouts on the first exit who don’t indicate before entering are the ones that annoy me most. They will watch me waiting to enter or slow down to stop as they approach and literally not lift a finger to help.
Roundabout = indicator you donkey. There’s literally no legal way to use one without it (here anyway).
- Comment on America is fucked 2 weeks ago:
I’m only across the water in Ireland and I can tell you from experience that ambulances arrive quickly, are free and so is the treatment. The UK health system is measurably better than ours so I feel like this is plucked from somewhere that the sun doesn’t shine.
- Comment on Ex-Meta exec tells Senate Zuck dangled US citizen data in bid to enter China 2 weeks ago:
Very first thought was “surely that’s treason”.
I must look up the legal definition.
- Comment on Found money. What do? 3 weeks ago:
Check if there’s a local Facebook page. I don’t use it myself but my daughter lost her phone recently and my wife had someone contact her before she even realised it was gone.
- Comment on Tired of dating apps? 4 weeks ago:
Travelled back in time and the past is shite.
- Comment on Bernard 5 weeks ago:
Yeah that part did stick with me too. For what it’s worth I’d say most Irish adults have been to the US at some point and had a great time so it’s all quite a bit of confusion and horror.
We know right well that there are lots of really good folks there too though and Michael does a great job of portraying that in the clip.
He’s a good lad. We’re all very fond of him.
- Comment on Bernard 5 weeks ago:
He’s a super lad but you wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of him. This is one of my all time favourite bit of radio where he absolutely eviscerates someone against Obamacare at the time.
It’s from 2010 and 4 minutes long. Honestly couldn’t recommend enough that everyone who reads this gives it a listen.
Some light swearing at the end.
- Comment on Nicole endgame 5 weeks ago:
You can check the wallet to see if you have the bitcoin address.
- Comment on Welcome, new users! 1 month ago:
Welcome aboard!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I dunno. Apparently she’s the daughter of a wealthy man who just needs my help to get his fortune out of Poland.
- Comment on Opening Lemmy in the morning and seeing dozens of unread comments in your inbox makes you think: what the heck did I say yesterday? 1 month ago:
My own experience with this was posting a shower thoughts thread while quite inebriated, forgetting I’d done it then waking up with a fairly full inbox so nothing controversial or argumentative.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Got my one today. Finally part of the gang.
Has anyone actually bothered engaging?
- Comment on The human hand is incredibly good at seeing what's inside your pocket 1 month ago:
Yeah I could definitely identify each euro coin by feel.
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- Comment on Recommend me a steam deck game 1 month ago:
It sure is and welcome to Lemmy :)
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 1 month ago:
OH MY GOD! I had one of those! I haven’t seen a picture of one since.
The keyboard was so awful. I don’t remember getting it as a birthday or other gift so it must have been a hand me down from a family friend or something.
- Comment on Recommend me a steam deck game 2 months ago:
This fits your price requirement and is a nice chill game to just lose yourself in and perfect for the deck IMO.
A Short Hike. Currently €6.59 in Europe.
Hope things improve for you soon.
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 2 months ago:
I can’t emphasise how badly you need to travel. I’m old and very well travelled, much of it for work, like easily 20 countries all across the globe and it has been a huge eye opener to experience different cultures, foods, make friends with fellow travellers, locals and has broadened my horizons on so many fronts.
Yes it can be expensive but it is something you will never regret if you can scramble the money together for it. Embrace it. Deeply.
If you’re in North America you can experience lots of cultures and experiences like the national parks in the US very reasonably. I’m guessing you’re not in Europe because travel is cheap AF here.
I honestly think it will bring down many of the current barriers you express.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
When you say “until I close my eyes” does that mean I revert to being a male non-millionaire after?
If so, definitely rewriting my will to give everything to the old me when I revert. Yoink!
- Comment on EU renews Russia sanctions, calls for unity against Trump 2 months ago:
Trump’s position may have come as a surprise to Hungary, she added. Orban “did have to tone down his objections” to the renewal of sanctions against Russia, and is now forced to “carefully navigate his ties with Moscow and Washington.”
Oh how I laughed at the lapdog.
- Comment on Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award 3 months ago:
Haha. I’m not a huge brown sauce aficionado myself but HP is the gold standard in the UK and Chef is the big one in Ireland is my understanding. If there’s any British or Irish shops near you or even supermarket sections they’ll have it.
It’s like a more savoury ketchup I suppose. Bit more bite to it too. The thoughts of it in tea though. Jaysus. Just no.
- Comment on Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award 3 months ago:
If you don’t mind me asking, are you from a part of the world where brown sauce is a thing?
I’m laughing here.
- Comment on Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award 3 months ago:
Wildly late but your comment did cause me to rewatch Intermission. What a great flick. The opening scene had stuck with me from before because it’s so well done but the brown sauce bit was amazing and overall it’s such a fun watch.
- Comment on Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award 3 months ago:
That was such a good movie. I must give it a rewatch.
- Comment on Ukraine sees influx of Western war tourists 4 months ago:
I would love to go to Kyiv. Your chances of being involved in a serious incident after very very low and it’s going to be absolutely thronged with tourists after the war.
I hear the nightlife is great, food is great and the people lovely.
- Comment on do you combine stair climbing with running when working out? 5 months ago:
It’s true that it all comes down to the deficit but it’s easier to create a calorie deficit when you include exercise. When “making weight” in the run up to fights I used to meticulously calorie count and aimed for a 1000 calorie a day hole.
When you’re burning 3500 calories, eating 2500 doesn’t feel uncomfortable at all (except towards the end where your fat levels get very low and your body is just constantly telling you you’re hungry).
But yeah, it’s all just numbers in the end.
- Comment on The return of Trump means Britain must rethink its defence strategy – and role in the world 5 months ago:
Ireland did it in 2005. I don’t remember the cost being an issue at the time. I mean obviously it cost some non trivial amount but I don’t recall any Hullabaloo about it. Wikipedia page doesn’t mention the cost.
- Comment on I hate that that happens 5 months ago:
True enough but I feel like English has more quirks than other languages though I acknowledge that may be bias.
I used to have near fluent Irish way back when and I don’t recall any shenanigans like this (again I acknowledge I may not have been presented with them). I feel like most other languages have a more clearly defined set of pronunciation rules too.
Irish looks horrific (Siobhán is shiv-awn for example) but very very closely follows pronunciation rules so that pronunciation would be no surprise to a native reading it for the first time. English sure as fuck does not follow rules like that.
Near. Neat. Book. Boot. Etc.
(Some small subset of Irish folks do say “boo-k” though)
- Comment on I hate that that happens 5 months ago:
Perhaps. Regardless it’s outlandish abuse of the tongue IMO and definitely would benefit from the comma because nobody’s going to just bang out 4 had’s in a row in speech without a pause without a justifiable slap across the chops and possibly a challenge to a duel.
“But your honour, he said ‘had’ four times in the trot without pause”
“Case dismissed”