Rhynoplaz

@Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you didn't vote, the current state of things is partially your fault⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see what that has to do with what I said.

  I’m saying more people should vote for who they think is best. Perhaps it’s arrogance, and it’s definitely not based on logic, but I think most people want what I want, but just didn’t put in the effort to make it heard.

  If you don’t think more people should vote, what are you suggesting, that less people vote?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you didn't vote, the current state of things is partially your fault⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree completely with this person’s criticisms of the system except for: No. I don’t “must” do anything, and neither does any other voter.

  If the Grim Reaper comes for you and says you can only live if you beat him at a game of Monopoly, you COULD explain to him how it’s a terrible game. You could give him the history of how it was blatantly stolen from another game maker who originally created it as a satire of Capitalism, and how there’s no skill involved, and whoever is lucky enough to land on the best resources first will inevitably win, but, that won’t keep you alive.

  You’re playing the game whether you like it or not, and if you refuse to take your turn, it doesn’t end or even stall the game, it just lets the other team win more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is gold investing a scam?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We homebrewers will be the thousandaires of the end times!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is gold investing a scam?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When the world collapses, nobody’s going to care about gold.

  Stock up on bottlecaps instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨should I go back to my old job now that several people, some of them more knowledgeable than me have told me they don't understand my decision to quit it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people care more about money and titles than personal well being. And there’s nothing wrong with that, for THEM.

  By demoting yourself, THEY think that you are now less of a person than you were before because you don’t have any extra letters after your name.

  But really, a 2% pay difference is nothing, and you’re essentially making the same money to do an easier, less stressful job that results in YOU being healthier than before. They might actually be a little jealous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corporal punishment in my school is brutal⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The best thing to do with horrors like this, is to remember them, and remind others how horrible they were. When you have kids, remember how bad it was, and never do that to your kids. If this happens to them in school, remind the other parents how bad it was, get them all to refuse to accept it. Refuse to accept it as “part of growing up” protect your kids and other people’s kids.

  Too many of us forget or forgive the shit we go through and just let it keep happening.

  I’m so sorry you had such shitty adults growing up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it Possible that a Typical Quantity of Sneezes is Inherited/Genetic?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Reading this post made me sneeze.

  No lie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This, a pen, and coffee⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Perfect Saturday morning!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a ltitle thought (even though i WASN'T taking a shower) (repost!)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have proof, take it to the police, or don’t. Either way, there’s no point in telling us EVERY DAY.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the US was partitioned, what new states would you want to appear?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad we made it into the USC, but for the record, Pennsylvania is PA not PN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who shops at small businesses?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh look, there’s a new store. Let’s see what they’re about. Oh damn, I can’t afford to pay that much for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How will the Military be after this mess with Trump?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you think they didn’t know what they were signing up for?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who shops at small businesses?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer to support small businesses, but anytime I visit any in my area, they generally offer similar or the exact same products that I can order online at a much higher markup.

  I’m struggling enough right now, and every dollar counts. I’m rooting for the little guys, but I’m not willing to go broke to save them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it normal to be really sentimental/upset over a bowl I accidentally smashed? I had it since I was 17 (am 30 now) and my boyfriend was alive back then too.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I totally understand. It’s hard to lose something that means more than it’s retail value.

  I don’t think replacing it would help, even if it’s identical, it’s not really YOUR soup bowl. The search will just waste more time and energy obsessing over the soup bowl. Maybe keep a chunk of the broken bowl and put it away in a keepsake box. Next time you go digging for memories, it’ll still have a positive effect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Death of Listening⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a little bit further and it turned into, “all the ways I wasted time as a kid are superior to the ways that people waste time today”

  And this is coming from someone who did the exact same things around the same time as them. I loved those times, but, they were described with such an air of superiority that they don’t really deserve.

  Lots of people listen, and lots of people don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would it be weird of me to send friend requests to old friends I knew in school 15 years ago?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Similar to something I’ve been thinking about for a New Year’s resolution. (Which is something I’ve never really done, so I don’t know why I picked New Year’s)

  Reach out to one person from the past every day. Maybe a close friend that moved away, maybe just someone I worked with 15 years ago and got along with. Just check in, say hi, and throw in something that I miss or appreciated about them.

  I’ve been feeling really down the last few months, and it would probably feel nice to spread some positivity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you cheat in video games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Screen peeking isn’t cheating, it’s part of the game.

  Don’t like it, tape some pizza boxes together and hang it on your TV. That’s what we did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It would be so funny if China colonizes Mars, then the Martian Colonists declare independence, and Mars become a new bastion of Freedom and Prosperity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They already have a few of those right now. They don’t seem too keen on letting them go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Halloween is a more giving and fun holiday than Christmas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And don’t even get us started on Pythagoras!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do people who have bad relationship with their parents care about "insults" like "I fucked your mom last night"? Or do you just not care?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m with everyone else, does ANYONE really care about those?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The disadvantaged are more sensitive to biased language for good reasons.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely.

  A few years ago, there were two phrases being kicked around. Black Lives Matter, and All Lives Matter.

  To many white people, All Lives Matter sounded like a positive message, but the black people understood it for what it really was: “Fuck your black lives.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can Trump get away with and what can he not? Hell one president shot an enemy to him. Can he do that?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends who you ask.

  While most of us are asking how he can get away with these things, his followers are celebrating his victories.

  Why are they celebrating? Because they have decided to join his “side” and every time Trump does anything, they consider it a victory for the team, even if it causes them additional hardship in their life.

  To them, it’s worth a little suffering as long as the “other team” doesn’t get a win.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait. Are you the person who asks leading questions to get people to say “chav” just so you can scold them for using a “slur”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy dying?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you need to follow more communities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You could try bring an overactive listener. Ask a lot of questions “What does that mean?” “Can you give examples?” if you time them right, it’ll completely mess up his for when he’s monologuing.

  Or, at the very least, you can have fun trying to see who can ask the stupidest question about Uncle Dave’s obsession.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did Russian Roulette come to be? I find it hard to believe someone came up with it one day saying see how lucky I am today? I include suicidal people in this too.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It probably started with less voluntary players. As in two people betting on whether their prisoner lives.

  Eventually some one decided it wasn’t hard enough and turned it on themselves

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Super Metroid. I really haven’t liked any others that I’ve played.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it were possible to travel back in time and manipulate events, we could take a book back in time and publish it before the author historicallt does... as a prank...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Plot twist: The first time machine HAS been invented, but the creator thought it was a failure because there’s was no previous machine to transmit to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you feel like your profile is an identity of you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not so much an identity, but more of a reflection of myself.

  It’s kind of like I’m standing around the corner where the rest of you can’t directly see me, and Social Media is a mirror that let’s you look around the corner and see a glimpse of me, and also let’s me see an image of all of you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you do when you have a cold and can't take medicine?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s the one!