Hikermick
@Hikermick@lemmy.world
- Comment on Remember when planes and hospitals had smoking sections? (Probably a lot of you do not). 8 hours ago:
I remember being in the hospital emergency room with parents during the mid 70’s and the doctor lit one up right there. My parents later talked about how inappropriate it was. That was the first time I heard talk of it being bad. Everyone smoked everywhere all the time
- Comment on Is my girlfriend gaslighting me? 8 hours ago:
She was trying to rattle you. Next time answer ridiculous questions with ridiculous answers
- Comment on Why are fake laughs added to sitcoms? 2 days ago:
Also worth noting the canned laughter began with radio programs. The Wikipedia page on laugh tracks has a well detailed explanation on the evolution of this under History In The United States on it’s Laugh Tracks page
- Comment on Why are fake laughs added to sitcoms? 2 days ago:
It’s weird, I grew up watching shows with laugh tracks but now they make me cringe. I can watch reruns of those old shows no problem but if I see a new show and it has a laugh track I’m immediately put off.
- Comment on YSK: The Great Race is Better Than Airplane 1 week ago:
Have you read the Wikipedia page? It’s pretty interesting
If you like these kinds of movies (I call them road flicks, linear story line, lots of cameos) I have a few suggestions:
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Cannonball Run
Rat Race
- Comment on As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music? 1 month ago:
College/independent radio
- Comment on Lemmy has taught me that Firefox is the way 1 month ago:
Sure I do, I can change channels
- Comment on Why does the government of the USA stand by the country of Israel? 1 month ago:
Isreal is screwed without the US. Without its backing it will turn to Russia. It’s a valuable ally for the US due to it’s location and intelligence services
- Comment on Those were the days 2 months ago:
Yeah way easier now am I right? Maybe you should post instructions for the the old people who don’t know how
- Comment on Is there any gadget that helps find, kill or repel mosquitoes? 2 months ago:
If you have a mosquitoe problem first step is prevention. They breed in standing water and it doesn’t have to be deep. Clogged gutters are a common culprit
- Comment on [Eric Berger] Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life 2 months ago:
I live in the path of totality and I’m already tired of hearing about it.
- Comment on Liking an OS isn't a personality trait ❌ 3 months ago:
Hey the Linux community is active so they show up on All. Same thing with video game communities, it’s a reflection of the interests of those who populate Lemmy. I don’t care for either but we gotta start someplace. IMO it’s largely due to the concept of the fediverse and instances and not simply an app you sign up to. FWIW, I barely get it. Folks here seem to be a tech savvy bunch
- Comment on What's stopping people who lash out at the world from going after corporations? 3 months ago:
If you don’t like corporations do your best not to give them your money
- Comment on I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. 3 months ago:
I’ve never heard those phrases in person, only when spoken on TV or radio. Whereabouts you from?
- Comment on Major western news outlets continue to manufacture consent for israel's Genocide 4 months ago:
So did the WP story
- Comment on Major western news outlets continue to manufacture consent for israel's Genocide 4 months ago:
I subscribe to the WP so I looked up the article about Hind Rajab. The app won’t let me copy/paste it but if you read the rest of the paragraph it definitely does say was killed as were two rescue workers
- Comment on Lemmy has taught me that Firefox is the way 4 months ago:
What you want to see
- Comment on Where are the good political songs? 4 months ago:
This thought has occurred to me recently. What is this generation’s soundtrack? What is the music everyone will look on and say it defined the time?
- Comment on How can you drive off a gas station with the hose still connected? 4 months ago:
I was stoned
- Comment on working at a hospital: should I remain in the room watching a patient until he takes a certain medication? 5 months ago:
Maybe it’s not about whether the patient takes the medication or not rather you are visually confirming and documenting that they took it or refused it. Should there be a mishap or lawsuit involving this person the hospital would use that person’s reluctance to follow medical advice as a defense. Just playing devil’s advocate here, I’ll bet a lot of hospital policies are written to protect from liability
- Comment on A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US 5 months ago:
When I was that age I was mowing lawns to pay for my video arcade habit. This is probably safer
- Comment on Can you use an oil lantern inside of a wood stove for all night heat? 5 months ago:
90% of the heat will go up the chimney. There’s got to be a better way. My buddy installed a propane heater in his VW Vanagon. He’s a pretty handy guy though
- Comment on Weather app asking for permission to manage calls 5 months ago:
Too old to care
- Comment on Weather app asking for permission to manage calls 5 months ago:
Not sure how Bernie is relevant here
- Comment on GTA: Real life 5 months ago:
Missed one
- Comment on And I will die on this hill. 6 months ago:
I wouldn’t say Weird AL is a talentless hack but you are right, he plays other people’s music and not known for anything he’s written. It’s not fair to compare him to a composer. Weird Al is more like a member of the orchestra.
- Comment on Why are there circles of melted snow on this icy pond? 6 months ago:
Ice fishermen?
- Comment on Omegle is shutting down notorious video chat service as scrutiny grows 7 months ago:
Random people placed together for video chat, who could have foreseen this being abused?
- Comment on Very few people realise how environmentally devastating this game is. 7 months ago:
Golf is a dying sport. Courses where I live have been closing, some have been turned into parks
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