clockwork_octopus
@clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world
- Comment on Journalist asking the hard questions 14 hours ago:
Big difference between letting in someone with a DUI and someone who is a convicted rapist
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 2 weeks ago:
Ha! Fat chance of that happening.
I dunno, maybe.
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 2 weeks ago:
Vivian. She publicly denounced him, changed her name, and gave an interview about how horrible musk is as a father. There are many articles written about this, here is just one.
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 2 weeks ago:
I’ll keep calling it twitter as long as musk keeps deadnaming his daughter
- Comment on Gandalf failed to consider incest, half my ancestors are related baby 2 weeks ago:
Off topic, just curious why you choose to use the characters you do? You clearly are fluent in English, so it seems unlikely that it’s an “oops” from a different keyboard, which means it’s a choice you made. Do you not find that using those characters makes it difficult to read?
- Comment on What do you call your first cousin's child? 3 weeks ago:
Siblings of grandparents are “granties” and “gruncles”
- Comment on Was the creation of the universe politically motivated or was it done for other reasons? 1 month ago:
Did you mean Douglas Adams?
- Comment on JD Vance Ate My Dog 1 month ago:
He’ll eat your pets _and fuck your couch! Nothing is safe!!
- Comment on When PSAs go too far 2 months ago:
I’ve got this sticker on my laptop at work! And whenever
the idiotsthe “engineers”my coworkershave a death wishdon’t know how to readask me to do something stupid I like to point to it and wait for them to see it - Comment on If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"? 2 months ago:
Main/secondary Prime/secondary/tertiary etc
- Comment on What is the safest way for a partially disabled person in the USA to use prison for food and shelter as an alternative to dying homeless in a gutter on a cold rainy night? 2 months ago:
Honestly? In America, if you’re white, you’re probably fine. Black though, evidence and all of American history tells us otherwise.
- Comment on How to people that have to wear black nitrile gloves all day keep from having sweaty hands? 2 months ago:
Talcum powder should not be used by women as studies have shown there may be an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer
- Comment on To distinguish between the word woman and women, we change the A to an E, but only change the pronunciation on the O. 3 months ago:
That’s cuz English is a bully that beats up all the other languages and steals their words
- Comment on Trade-offs 3 months ago:
sighs in ADHD
- Comment on Update on the situation 3 months ago:
I don’t see any bears in this diagram…
- Comment on I think my neighbor is hacking into my wifi so he can try to steal my beer wtf should I do? 3 months ago:
If you can find a bear, it might be enough to distract the neighbor, and maybe he’ll share his trees with you
- Comment on Do you agree with my unpopular opinion about height in fencing? 3 months ago:
I’ll admit I completely missed your parentheses and thought you were talking about the builders of fences, and I was a little confused for a second.
I know nothing about either kinds of fencing, but what you say sounds right
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
This… I don’t necessarily agree with this. If you come from a healthy, functional family, then sure, but for those of us who don’t, this is a very unhealthy attitude to keep, and is a mindset that is very easily manipulated.
- Comment on is this the right way to establish boundaries with my nosy coworkers at the hospital? 4 months ago:
I can tell you that what works for me is to be polite but distant. I’ll say “good morning!” to my coworkers and “have a good night!” At the end of the shift. I’ll be helpful when needed, and I’ll do my best to work well with others.
However, I’ll keep an “out” handy for when people get gossipy or nosy. I’ll bring a book along to read during breaks and at lunch, or I’ll keep something work-related in my hands when I’m around a group of coworkers, as an indicator to the group that I’m not wanting to chat.
I’ve also gotten good at turning conversation back around on really chatty, insistent people. “No, I don’t have a favorite color. What’s yours?” “Yes, I do think that patient looks like Elvis, are you a fan of his?” “No, I don’t have a dog. Do you?” Basically, be really boring with your answers, but let them keep talking about themselves, as they’re likely tire themselves out eventually. Works if you can stand it, and if you can do your job with a coworker talking at you for an hour. Last resort, and all that.
Of the examples you’ve given as responses, I think the only one that doesn’t make you come across as dickish is the one stating that you don’t want to talk about religion or politics, and even then, you sound like an asshole when you state this.
Instead of “‘I’ve worked here for a year already. It should be clear by now that I’m not a talkative person. This is a question I don’t want to answer. And I hope that you respect that.’”, you could say something like “I don’t feel comfortable talking about this”. It’s shorter and way less aggressive, and people are more likely to listen to you when you’re not all up in their face over a question, you know?
“‘that I don’t talk doesn’t mean I hate you, it means I have nothing to say’” For the record, I also think it’s ludicrous that you feel you have to say this. Maybe you could word it a little differently though, something like “I don’t mean for you to take it personally, I’m just a private person, and prefer to keep my home life at home”
“‘I don’t see what that has to do with the job’” could be “Not to be a buzzkill, but mind if we keep this conversation on work?”
- Comment on Yep, defintely not a bad person 7 months ago:
Some people shouldn’t have children.
- Comment on Found: Lost log 8 months ago:
Ugh, take your damn upvote, ffs
- Comment on Are humans the only animal that wipes things off? 9 months ago:
This guy BBC Earths
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 10 months ago:
I’ve never heard of that idea before, but it’s really interesting! I wonder how they’d be able to prove something like that?
- Comment on The four houses dads belong to. 10 months ago:
I was wondering when someone would mention MasterCrap
- Comment on The four houses dads belong to. 10 months ago:
While I agree with you on most accounts, Milwaukee drills have cheap switches on them, they’re usually the first to hang to go. The chucks seem kinda cheap too, but honestly that’s not enough for me to switch teams, I’m married to Milwaukee, and the divorce would just be too damn expensive at this point.
- Comment on *Couldn't make it as an ottoman* 10 months ago:
It’s definitely an improvement to the song
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 10 months ago:
It seems to me that you’re attempting to equate an internal monologue with intelligence, and I don’t think that’s a fair assumption. An internal monologue is just a brains way of formatting its thoughts and feelings about the information that flows in. There are many ways to do this, and one way isn’t necessarily “superior” to another. That’s just how brains work. And while many intelligent people do have this internal monologue, it’s absolutely not necessary for intelligence.
Side note, one of the most brilliant people I’ve ever met is aphasiac, and doesn’t have an internal monologue.
- Comment on Do "chest pillows" hurt for women to do? 10 months ago:
Usually that doesn’t hurt, but that doesn’t mean that it never hurts. Really it depends on how sensitive they are, or if there are underlying issues (like cysts deep inside the tissue, maybe) that would make pressure on them very uncomfortable, or downright painful.
- Comment on While everyone is watching the world stage and some are predicting WWIII, isn't there a good chance that the USA is getting close to some kind of civil war? 11 months ago:
Uh, lots and lots of people are hungry, lack shelter and jobs. Almost 600,000 people in the US right now are unhoused, and one in eight homes are food insecure (roughly 44 million). The only area where the US is doing good right now is the unemployment rate, which is currently sitting at an ideal 3.7%.
As for causes of civil war, economic inequality plays a large role, as does political deprivation, both of which are rampant (you can thank late-stage capitalism for the first, and the far-right for the second). There are other factors at play, of course, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility for the US to go there.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
No, in the same way that it’s not sexist to criticize a person for something unrelated to their gender, and it’s not racist to criticize someone for something unrelated to their “race” or ethnicity.
I think the person in your example is being an asshole, and they clearly don’t understand the definitions of antisemitism or misogyny. Assholes are everywhere, in every country, culture, and religion. Nowhere is exempt. Which is a shame, because people everywhere are deserving of dignity and respect.
Except for assholes.