captainlezbian
@captainlezbian@lemmy.world
- Comment on Say thanks 6 hours ago:
Hey, Quayle is the one who told pence to not do a coup
- Comment on Say thanks 6 hours ago:
The overemphasis on his eyeliner may be taken as such
- Comment on Keir Starmer offers US tech companies tax cuts in return for lower Trump tariffs 12 hours ago:
So danegeld, surely that’s never backfired
- Comment on With the current state of the news, April's fools aren't fun anymore because they can't be distinguished as easily as before 1 day ago:
Alternatively April fools air raid sirens
- Comment on Virgin Physicists 2 days ago:
The difficult part of engineering is figuring out what number you have to round then multiply by 1.2 or 0.8
- Comment on Virgin Physicists 2 days ago:
OK, the solution is “how accurate will make the physicist and accountants both only kinda mad”
- Comment on Call it an excuse. I call it therapy 3 days ago:
Yeah, and as someone who’s been there and can enjoy alcohol responsibly now, if quitting seems like a huge commitment, take a month off. It’ll still be there when the month is over, but if you’re still craving it after the month maybe take some more time away.
- Comment on Strata GEE 3 days ago:
Yeah I’m a trans woman in a red state and I’m treated as though I’m violating a taboo when I advocate for my own rights or bring up the fact that I’m leaving a right wing area for my own safety.
And I don’t think we’re coming back from this in our lifetime when it comes to international situation unless we wind up being rebuilt Germany style.
- Comment on Call it an excuse. I call it therapy 3 days ago:
It may not be quite alcoholism, but it’s definitely a drinking problem. I’ve been there, had to pull myself back, take a break from the booze and reestablish a healthy relationship with it.
Remember, if you’re still drinking when you aren’t having fun it’s time fo stop for some time. And if you can’t find that balance it’s better to put it away for good.
But noticing and changing it early can be the difference between a long and drawn out battle with addiction and a significantly less difficult readjustment
- Comment on Help 6 days ago:
Wonderful! And savor that weird feeling, it’s adventure and you might just get hooked on it
- Comment on Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot 6 days ago:
It makes me wish my government actually fucking governed and didn’t just agree with whatever businesses told them
- Comment on Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot 6 days ago:
They’re not real beans unfortunately. Remember, confections are only lemmy approved if they contain genuine legumes
- Comment on Luxury bones? In *this* economy. 1 week ago:
Well they did just lose half their tenants…
- Comment on Luxury bones? In *this* economy. 1 week ago:
Assuming you’re American, your parents basically won the birth jackpot. The united states implemented a mixed economy shortly before the rest of the industrialized world was destroyed in a massive war, while we rapidly increased industrial capacity to aid the war effort.
Then right as that all slowed down shortly before you were born we began the process of neoliberalization. A process by which we received short term gains in exchange for giving up long term capacity and security. This kept the gravy train going for a while longer but it dropped the floor hard. And so we’re paying the price, as the rich refuse to accept any less. Additionally the main fast cash we can squeeze out at this point is through ecological devastation that will cost us multiple times what we get fairly quickly.
- Comment on YSK that if you lose your Social Security Card (USA) more than 10 times, the Social Security Administration will have to, by law, refuse to issue anymore replacement cards, for the rest of your life. 1 week ago:
Very explicitly no, but it’s the closest thing so we use it as though it were. It’s supposed to be your identifier for our national pension program and nothing more. But any time we propose a national id for benefits and general ease of use purposes people lose their shit, despite often not being the people protesting the existence of the nsa or the patriot act.
- Comment on ^_^ I just think skibidibi sounds neat :3 1 week ago:
The meaning of Ohio as a slang term has resulted in me being able to say “I’m leaving Ohio because it’s gotten too Ohio for me”, which I find delightful
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 1 week ago:
We become who we pretend to be.
- Comment on Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domains 1 week ago:
I swear there really are two types of people who learn latin…
- Comment on my dreams in colour 1 week ago:
I get where you’re coming from, but gendered body expectations are often considered not feminist.
But also that body type is just what I’d expect out of a woman in her mid 30s with kids and an office job. Like yeah, her doctor may want her to lose a few idk, but she’s not fat, just hit the metabolism cliff
- Comment on my dreams in colour 1 week ago:
I don’t think a fit body would be more (or less) feminist. That bit of chub looks like what a lot of women 30+ look like
- Comment on my dreams in colour 1 week ago:
It’s a reference to the frequent elements of racial emasculation in cuckolding content. It also alludes to how that fetish is often brought out of its context due to the reality that it often stems from racialized insecurities.
- Comment on Help 1 week ago:
Yeah its gonna be stressful and I can’t tell you it will go well, but it might. Adventures like this are good for people your age as well. Having a plan for if it goes poorly is a good idea. Video calling beforehand is generally wise because it can guarantee you aren’t being catfished and that you vibe in real time.
Go in expecting a good time and prepared to show a good time. And while it sucks if irl you don’t get along it’s ok. There’s a saying in America that bad times make for good stories. Your teenage and young adult years are for adventures and building experience. It’s scary and exciting and no matter how it goes you’ll probably be glad you did it when you’re older.
My story isn’t even the only great time I’ve had with internet friends. If I’m near anyone I know these days I’ll at least try to swing by for a meal.
So what’s most likely to happen? Probably a generally good time. Nothing life changing in any direction though your age is one in which life is quite malleable and it’s downright common to have life-changing experiences at that age. But it should be fun, and you’ll likely stay friends. It’s quite likely the friendship will be different afterwards but not worse, just closer and informed by how it felt to be in the same space. Inside jokes are likely to happen also.
Thanks, I’m sad it’s needed but also excited and I choose to maintain hope that good will win both here and abroad.
Best of luck, have fun on your trip
- Comment on Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem? 1 week ago:
Feral pigs are an invasive species that wreak havoc here
- Comment on Microsoft is killing OneNote for Windows 10 1 week ago:
Yeah after spending my adulthood on reddit and lemmy markdown is second nature and I don’t like it not being maintained in notesnook thr way it is in Obsidian. I’d prefer a foss solution though and notesnook looks like otherwise it’s better
- Comment on Parents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushback 1 week ago:
Kids need trust. They don’t mature without room to fuck up or succeed
- Comment on Help 1 week ago:
Counterexample. Over the pandemic I met some people as a d&d group. Two years later we all met up for a vacation together and had a blast (ok one woman didn’t vibe great but the rest did). This past year at one’s wedding we met each others’ partners and everyone had an amazing time. In fact we had such a good time that when my wife and I were deciding what blue city to flee our red state to we picked the home city of one of those friends, and we’re going to crash with her for a little while while we look for an apartment. In addition to being closer to her, the whole friend group will be on the west coast making trips together easier, which we’re all excited for
- Comment on Israel publicly announces genocidal intent 1 week ago:
The only level of force left is jack booted thugs ripping families from their homes
- Comment on xkcd #3065: Square Units 2 weeks ago:
Honestly a special name for area units wouldn’t be awful
- Comment on I kinda do know but I'm posting this as a joke. 2 weeks ago:
I feel bad for anyone on this website who happens to be named Nicole
- Comment on Who needs retirement when you can buy an asset that loses value over time? 3 weeks ago:
Offshore accounts if you’re in the targeted groups. Probably gonna want to diversify, buy some Canadian, Australian, and European stocks as well