Hikermick

@Hikermick@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's all SO simple!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Coeliac disease? Does your poop float?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was told it would be a cultural experience⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  When WALL DRUG did it, it was cool

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I got my first “home computer” in the days of the BBS’s when there was such a thing as a “long distance call”. Internet access was crazy expensive and not for the average geek. Back then it was a bit “underground”. There were professionals and there were passionate hobbyists. Most people didn’t have or need a computer in their lives. Things changed in the late 90’s boom. A cultural shift when suddenly everyone joined in. The geeks were no longer king

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I assemble a metal building by myself?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Hopefully everything is cut to size. Cutting metal siding and roofing sucks if you don’t have the right tools. Rent them if you need. Best to build this on a concrete slab. The ground will be too uneven, throwing everything off plumb

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the two party system is just one big party⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck this shit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair it’s tough to be proficient in a language you don’t get to use. In some places in the US, there’s plenty of Spanish speaking people. Other than that not so much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Better be a sex offender registry on those damn space ships⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  WMD: weapon of mass distraction

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tune a fish⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t want to confuse it with a guitar tuna

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone old enough to have used this before GPS?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What in the Ronco is that? I’m a state gazetteer kinda guy. Also used the county street atlas for local getting around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨me trying to keep my sanity in a 100+ year old rental house⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All the way out to the street? How about sewer and gas lines?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rent is theft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where could you rent a house for $400 in 2012?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨me trying to keep my sanity in a 100+ year old rental house⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Any frozen pipes?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Making everyone unhappy is the point

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Priorities⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Get a tank

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monke⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who would pay for the zoo?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨surely your hobby can't be that expensive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Birdwatching. You can buy a book and binoculars if you like. The app Merlin is somewhat free to ID Birdwatching calls. Birdseed can get expensive or just plant sunflowers.

  Wildflower identification. Best in early spring, Phone apps make this a little too easy. Seed collecting and propagation is my next goal. I also pull up invasive plants, mostly garlic mustard.

  Gardening. Seeds are cheap but if want to start indoors you’ll need a light and possibly a heat mat. Start outdoors in a makeshift “greenhouse” using a clear plastic jug. Starter plants are cheap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨surely your hobby can't be that expensive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Choking the chicken? It’s two hobbies in one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could gunpowder be chemically addictive to humans ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hooked on phonics?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ideas for deadspace behind fridge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought a house in the inner city like that. Some things off the top of my head: wiring from a wall switch to the ceiling light was wired with an extension cord. Not a heavy duty orange one, the brown twisty kind you would use for Christmas lights. Knob and tube wiring that was capped at a dead end (no junction box) protruding from a hole in a closet. At the panel everything was updated romex so it was tied in somewhere. Never figured out where. Wires were sliced together in the kitchen ceiling without being in a junction box, squirrels got in and would cause it to short out.

  An outlet tester costs $10 and will tell you if outlets are wired properly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ideas for deadspace behind fridge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So odd. The trim on the left has a notch cut in it to accommodate the light switch cover? Seems like it would have been easier to move the box on inch to the right or cut the plastic cover rather than the trim? Why not make better use of the space by accessing it from another wall? This looks like a novice handyman’s work. It would make me worry about what you can’t see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey look, a giant sign telling you to find a different job⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would i would find another job and forget to give Jenny my two weeks notice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honestly wtf?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve eaten the seeds, they’re nasty unless dried out. Read the dangers beforehand. It’ll mess with your vision the next day, supposedly there is a chance of going blind. The hallucinations I experienced were pretty convincing, you might want to have a friend keep an eye on you. My buddy overdid things and got picked up by the cops, they put him in the psych ward

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stretch marks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Balls have stretch marks? I’ve been focused on it being the last patch of hair to turn grey

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feeling that groove⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A microscope? That must be a tiny record player. The needle arm looks like it’s made of clay

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feeling that groove⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s that a picture of? Doesn’t like a needle and vinyl to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone know what's inside this building?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Prisoners

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do air purifiers really reduce dust much?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is that the types that are ozone generators don’t remove particles from the air, they charge the particles so that they stick to surfaces and aren’t floating in the air

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ll shit in your jack-o-lantern

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear neighbor...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right out of school I got a job working in a shitty retail store where we would prank each other. For some reason there was a smoke detector still in the box that had a dying battery and chipped every few minutes. I would hide it in other worker’s aisles in the morning when we would straighten before opening. Fun times

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct answer right there. Politicians and business people are very aware of their body language. Another rule is never touch your face. When they do, photographers will snap a picture. In the photo they will look frustrated