Rhynoplaz

@Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone else having a hard time sympathizing with Americans?⁩ ⁨⁨50⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like you’ve listened to many conversations and just assumed that every American is an amalgamation of all of those conversations combined.

  The US has spend 250 years fine tuning a system designed to keep the top people at the top. The system may not be working as it was originally intended, but it is working as it has been designed.

  About 25% of all Americans Voted for Trump, slightly less voted for Harris, and the rest were ineligible to vote or just didn’t bother.

  It’s not like we all supported this and are now shocked that it’s coming to fruition, many of us are currently screaming SEE! WE TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN!! only to listen to people defending what’s going on because they’d rather justify murder than admit they’ve made a mistake.

  For the most part, the people being attacked and killed are not the people who asked for this. They are the people who tried to stop it, and they are being targeted and hunted by a white supremacist regime.

  Maybe the country as a whole doesn’t deserve any sympathy for letting itself get here, but even if we do, your sympathy, thoughts, and prayers, isn’t going to get us out of it any more than mine could prevent it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the cure to doomerism?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  My doctor just started me on Lexapro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  All I see in that is

  MTHRFKNUSA!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it normal for mothers to constantly talk to their children about their experience (particulary the part about their pain and suffering) of their pregnancy and giving birth?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You already know nothing she does is normal. No need to question it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I'm struggling with depression, I get ostracized as a "loser" that haven't accomplished anything but if I die in a tragic accident tonight, I'm a "young man with a bright future ahead"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That wasn’t me. I’m a third party who read the conversation between the two of you and decided that your extra snark was uncalled for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im stupid but have money⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck. I’m smart and broke

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if portals are invented, will I be able to eat out myself?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah! You need to share your portal technology so the rest of us can uhh, test this theory, you know, for science.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The lyrics to "if you're happy and you know it" imply you can be happy and not know it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you have been and you just never knew it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I'm struggling with depression, I get ostracized as a "loser" that haven't accomplished anything but if I die in a tragic accident tonight, I'm a "young man with a bright future ahead"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Starting the comment with idk implies that you are starting a counter argument. As in, I don’t know if that’s true…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My list of political opinions or actions that I hate more than those of Donald Trump himself and why⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You hate people dancing in costumes more than you hate ANYTHING Donald Trump has done?

  You’re a fucking moron.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do these murderers or mass shooters or hostage takers do they actually commit suicide more often than not? Or does a cop take a good shot and blame the offender as suicide? I would do the latter⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m with you completely. I said take the credit for it, not necessarily actually doing anything about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do these murderers or mass shooters or hostage takers do they actually commit suicide more often than not? Or does a cop take a good shot and blame the offender as suicide? I would do the latter⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the police would LOVE to take the credit for dropping a mass shooter, so I don’t think they would say it was suicide if it wasn’t. (I’m not talking about Epstein situations, just the mass shooters)

  The mass shooters all have different reasons behind what they do, but I’m pretty sure that they know that there is no good ending for them. To be honest, if I had just ambushed and murdered a bunch of people, I would probably end myself too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does apartment management expect you to call the police over every tenant incident?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, so you think the building manager is being lazy by dumping the work on you to contact the people who can solve YOUR problem?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do all the subgenres of music mean? How does anyone make sense of them?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Bingo!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm about to get fired. How do I make sure my next job is a better place to work?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Anything that feels like a red flag, probably is, but you never know for sure until you get into it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do all the subgenres of music mean? How does anyone make sense of them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think anyone understands ALL of them.

  As you become familiar with a certain style, you notice differences between them. The deeper you dive and the more you listen to, the finer details you can recognize.

  I could probably name at least 25 different genres of rock, and explain how they are different, but styles I’m not familiar with, I can usually only recognize the broadest category. Bluegrass all sounds like bluegrass to me, but an expert could identify 25 different subgenres of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hypothetically, if your were a kid and your parents worked for a government intelligence agency, how would you keep secrets / have privacy from your parents?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t remember if it was local or national news, but I believe last month or so, a police officer was charged with using work resources to creep on his ex.

  So, it’s certainly possible, but they could get in a lot of trouble if word got out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most mouse pointers designs assume right-handed users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The Mandala Effect is when your memories repeat in a spiral pattern.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most mouse pointers designs assume right-handed users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s how I treat it. I often use the phrase when I’m surprised to learn I remembered something wrong. I don’t actually believe I’ve traveled to an alternate dimension.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think all monopolies should be split into different companies, and then given to the workers who would collectivize them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Id say the one with a superior product isn’t a monopoly at all. If it superior to something, it must have competition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do crappy parents defend their child when they are masively publicly misbehaving and being shitheads?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know the situation, but are those her actual words or are you just guessing at her motives?

  It might not have anything to do with you. Some of that sounds like it could be desperation. Possibly “I know he’s an asshole, but I’ve tried everything and he just keeps doing it! Why even bother?” add in some defensiveness because she’s feeling like a failure of a mom while you two are having the conversation about the behavior problems, and it could very well sounds like she’s angry with you.

  Like I said, I don’t know, but no point in adding hostility where there could be teamwork.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do crappy parents defend their child when they are masively publicly misbehaving and being shitheads?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that’s the scenario we’re talking about here.

  I went undiagnosed for nearly 40 years and now I have three with very different levels and styles of ADHD.

  There’s a difference between cutting the kids some slack because they are neurodivergent (hopefully they are still being held accountable and are being taught that they can’t do whatever they want without consequences) and reacting with “That’s impossible! My sweet baby would NEVER do that! You must be lying!” anytime you learn about what they’ve done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do crappy parents defend their child when they are masively publicly misbehaving and being shitheads?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly don’t know. If my kids are getting a raw deal, I’ll stick up for them, but if they are facing consequences for their own intentional actions, they earned those.

  Kids who get away with anything won’t stop doing anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that taking advice from youtubers and podcasters is a terrible idea. Only take advice from research universities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That makes sense. As you were.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that taking advice from youtubers and podcasters is a terrible idea. Only take advice from research universities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  None of those things are Health advice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Given the way GPT operates, I bet it would be more accurate if we trained it to speak like Yoda.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  More wise, it would sound.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point, should we form an alternative government of the United States as a micronation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just tell the AI to pretend he’s a benevolent ruler and do what he says.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Knowing one's place⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m with everyone else. Could you clearly define the terms you are using? Far too many references to “this” but you never actually say what you’re talking about.

  I’m happy to engage in conversation with you, but I don’t know what the conversation is about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  During the 80s there was a big push to not abuse children, but before that, it was very common.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "man vs bear" "debate" is a no-win scenario⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, you totally missed the point.