Rhynoplaz
@Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
- Comment on Not disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome? 8 hours ago:
Essentially, you’re saying “Why feel sorry for people who died in car accidents? Didn’t they make the choice knowing the outcome?”
Yes, yes, people don’t choose to get in a car accident, but people don’t choose to overdose either. People choose to drive from point A to point B, and everyday people die doing exactly that. Statistically, it might be safer to do drugs than get your driver’s license.
The only difference is how much you can relate with the people. If you can’t see yourself in them, it’s not nearly as tragic.
- Comment on The fact that some humans can shove an entire large pizza inside themselves is both amazing and terrifying 11 hours ago:
The trick is to put half in one end, and the rest in the other.
- Comment on Did "Party time! Excellent!" come from Wayne's World or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Did one copy the other? 14 hours ago:
Cowabunga, Rufus!
- Comment on In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return? 14 hours ago:
I was as surprised and disappointed as anyone, and I think we WILL take a few more steps backwards over the next few years, but I don’t expect an unstoppable fall into fascism.
Most of the votes for Trump weren’t actually FOR Trump. They were against the current situation they are in. They see him as the revolution. The anti-politician that will bring real change. They think all his court battles are the “Man” trying to hold him down and keep him from disrupting a system that gave up on its people long ago.
Of course that’s all bullshit, but, assuming that all “normal” people can see through his lies and that only evil, woman hating racists would support him, is a big part of why he was elected.
Trump denied Project 2025 because he knew most people wouldn’t want it. (Honestly, I would be surprised if he even knew what was in it) If he lets the Christian nationalists push that whole agenda on day one, he’ll become the oppressive government that is taking away their freedoms. And nothing is more important to Trump than making Trump look good.
- Comment on Did "Party time! Excellent!" come from Wayne's World or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Did one copy the other? 21 hours ago:
Party on, Garth!
- Comment on Did "Party time! Excellent!" come from Wayne's World or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Did one copy the other? 1 day ago:
Although Bill and Ted frequently said both “party time” and “excellent”, Wayne’s World wrote “Party time, excellent” into their theme song. So, the phrase “Party time, excellent!” started with Wayne’s world.
But really, the ninja turtles were saying all of that before any of those guys.
- Comment on Is the Wii good? 2 days ago:
Maybe you’re just bad at bowling and the bad controls on the Wii compensated for it! 😂
- Comment on Is the Wii good? 2 days ago:
The novelty of it was amazing, and as fun as you remember, but I also remember my Wii collecting dust not too long after we got it.
- Comment on If Orange Dickhead dies before taking his oath again will we party like it's 1999? 2 days ago:
I believe that Trump doesn’t know what’s in Project 2025,
But I’m damn sure Vance helped write it.
- Comment on What would be the top ten items in a MAGA starter pack? 2 days ago:
Rape and fraud should be higher on the list.
- Comment on who is part of my family and who isn't?? 2 days ago:
Siblings share the same parents, so probably not.
You’re most likely Xth cousins Y removed.
- Comment on How do you go about evaluating sources of information for truth/credibility/etc.? 2 days ago:
I’m not checking things for peer review, but a lot of bullshit can be filtered out by a simple Google search. If Aunt Brenda posts a major event on Facebook, but it’s not on any news site, she probably fell for a lie.
- Comment on What are your favorite 1000+ hour games? 3 days ago:
Mine are:
Any Fallout or Elder Scrolls
Diablo 2 or 3
Stardew Valley
Borderlands 2
And I never consider it a real game, but I do sink the most hours in Hearthstone. I’ve been playing it almost daily for the past ten years.
- Comment on Is a Quest 3 really worth it? 3 days ago:
You might be able to get a used Quest 2 pretty cheap. That was my entryway to VR, and a cheaper way to find out if it’s something you want to invest more in.
- Comment on An old ad for the Wavebird controller for Gamecube 3 days ago:
Controller settings: Reverse X Axis.
- Comment on If aliens do come it may be only cause they want us on thier side of some bigger war. 4 days ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
Where I live will never be a bomb target. So, I’ll still be here. But you’re right. I’m VERY outnumbered.
- Comment on Are the inside parts of toilets universal? 5 days ago:
No. A lot of them work with each other, but not all toilets are the same.
- Comment on If aliens do come it may be only cause they want us on thier side of some bigger war. 5 days ago:
It’s possible, but once we get involved in the war, we’ll have the means of travel AND the guns, and of course, our insatiable desire to conquer.
They’re better off leaving us alone.
- Comment on You know what would be cool? If all those (job name) simulator games could all be joined. 6 days ago:
I think you just invented the Metaverse.
- Comment on PPSSPP multiplayer questions 6 days ago:
When I see “PPSSPP multiplayer,” I think of calling all the cats for snuggle time!
- Comment on How did Third World countries handle the Covid Pandemic? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t disagree with anything you suggested, and I will also add, that smaller countries probably had a lot less international travel, and the especially rural parts probably don’t see many outsiders at all, so they may have just avoided most of it by hiding in plain sight.
- Comment on Maybe the concept of nothing does not exist. Maybe the fabric of Spacetime is always there. 2 weeks ago:
My bad. Just having some fun.
- Comment on Maybe the concept of nothing does not exist. Maybe the fabric of Spacetime is always there. 2 weeks ago:
The only concept that doesn’t exist is Trump’s “concept of an economical plan”.
- Comment on have you ever had to confront a female mob at the workplace? 3 weeks ago:
There’s something seriously off about this story, and I can’t help but think you’ve left out some significant details.
But to answer your question, nothing. You do nothing.
You go to work, avoid people that you aren’t required to do your job, and try not to say things that will get you in trouble.
I personally have no problem with fuck or any other words, but there’s a time and a place. If you dropped an F bomb in front of my customer/client/patient, I’d give you a stern warning not to let it happen again.
- Comment on Is there any reason to use the "new" sorting option on Lemmy, except to filter spam? 3 weeks ago:
I only browse by new because I’ve already seen what’s old.
- Comment on Do PhDs HAVE to use Dr? 3 weeks ago:
My chivalric order of bad-assery will stand nearby and make fun of you.
- Comment on "You'll end up in a van down by the river" if you do drugs, don't go to college, etc. advice never includes the warning: "Don't suffer major Depression that gives you complete apathy for existence." 3 weeks ago:
That’s how I was with smoking. I tried a hit and it felt gross, but one day we were drunk and I tried a friend’s clove cigarette. Cloves, for anyone who doesn’t know, numb your throat and mouth, so I didn’t get any of those terrible sensations but I got one hell of a head rush. It turned into bumming smokes while drinking, to buying a pack for the weekend, to switching to camels, to full blown smoker.
- Comment on "You'll end up in a van down by the river" if you do drugs, don't go to college, etc. advice never includes the warning: "Don't suffer major Depression that gives you complete apathy for existence." 3 weeks ago:
I hear ya, but we’ll at least wait until he’s in college to figure that out. 😂
- Comment on "You'll end up in a van down by the river" if you do drugs, don't go to college, etc. advice never includes the warning: "Don't suffer major Depression that gives you complete apathy for existence." 3 weeks ago:
Help yourself! I was particularly proud of that one. Seemed to summarize them perfectly!
