TheDoozer
@TheDoozer@lemmy.world
- Comment on Tea time, innit? 2 days ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
…okay.
Maybe… don’t draw attention to it. Let this one slide. Give him a win. Let’s not make fun of him for doing a good thing, even if it’s for a silly reason. Hell, if it ends the Russia/Ukraine war with no loss of land for Ukraine (I would argue, best case scenario), and they want to give him a Nobel Peace Prize, let him have it. Remember, Kissinger got one, it’s not like it’s meant anything for a loooooong time.
Take what you can get.
- Comment on Why does the GOP think “ANTIFA” is bad? 1 week ago:
So, to your first question (about Antifa), MAGA don’t consider what the current administration (or anything they support) to be fascist. Because they tend to put the conclusion before the question: “I am against fascism. I support these policies. Therefore these policies must not be fascist.”
And because they’ve decided these fascist policies are not fascist, the term “Antifa” to them is similar to “pro-life” for pro-choice people. It’s a term that isn’t exactly accurate but makes the group naming themselves look like the good guys. And in the same way that pro-choice people don’t consider themselves “anti-life” just because pro-life people call themselves that, MAGA people don’t consider themselves “pro-fascist” just because Antifa call themsleves that.
- Comment on "fridging" is honestly the only good motivation to become a superhero or good person 2 weeks ago:
I would absolutely react more to my child getting killed than literally anyone else on the planet, what are you on about?
Though in fairness, if I had powers, I don’t think it would be a pursuit of justice or launch me on some path of heroism. Somebody would just die badly (assuming the initial killing was either deliberate or through willful neglect).
- Comment on Has this ever happened to you? 2 weeks ago:
If I remember correctly (it’s been over 16 years), my wife suggested separate checks the first time, and I told her I’d pay this time and she could get the next one if she wanted to go out again.
I think I still ended up paying for the next one (or separate checks), but that wasn’t a cultural norm thing, I just get uncomfortable with other people paying for me.
- Comment on Fear not, and enjoy this mere interlude to its fullest! 3 weeks ago:
I don’t believe in a soul. That is definitely not religious dogma.
The idea that reincarnation is the default and one would have to be indoctrinated against it is… I would say, a very interesting position to take, if I’m being polite.
- Comment on Lara Croft is a Sociopath 3 weeks ago:
I remember a comic where one character says “Why are there so many monsters in this dungeon?!”
The other says “because they live here.”
And the first character says “oh. …ooooooohhhh…”
- Comment on Hardest battles 5 weeks ago:
To your second point:
how often I send an email with a bulleted list of issues that need to be addressed and the response only addresses a fraction of them while the rest are ignores.
I typically will reply with just the bulleted points they didn’t address and then keep sending it with less and less bullets until either they answer all points or stop replying… after the third or fourth reminder email. I make sure the previous emails are in the string and never change the title.
- Comment on How often do guys have a haircut? 5 weeks ago:
I cut my own hair every weekend. I’m in the military, though (and no, I don’t just shave it). I found that I do it more to my liking (and consistently) than the barbers I’ve gone to, it only takes 20 minutes, I don’t have to pay $30, and I can shower immediately after. I use a 6 (3/4 inch) on top, a 3 (3/8 inch) around the curve transitioning to the sides, and then fade down from there, 2 to 1.5 to 1 and finally .5 (1/16 inch) around my ears, side-burns, and most of the back. Keeps everything clean, I always look good, and I spend about $40 every year or two.
- Comment on Void 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on The McDonald's employee who called on Luigi has never received their "reward", folks chasing the 100k for Kirk may not either... 1 month ago:
We get it! The metric system is better! Geez.
- Comment on Life of a therapist 1 month ago:
Oh, no, don’t. It wasn’t a serious thing, just pointing out the weird 5 to 1, 1 to 5 thing.
- Comment on Life of a therapist 1 month ago:
Makes sense. Just the:
1: 5 things 2: 4 things 3: 3 things 4: 2 things 5: 1 thing
Throws me off a bit.
- Comment on Life of a therapist 1 month ago:
It… kind of bothers me the order that is in. Is that on purpose?
- Comment on Should I feel bad that my abuser is suffering? 1 month ago:
Have empathy for the injustices others face. It helps you let go of hate
This is a big one, though I have a more nuanced view.
“That is a fucked up thing and shouldn’t happen to anyone. I couldn’t give two shits about that person in particular because they’re a piece of shit, but what is happening to them is unacceptable.”
That’s how I feel about bad shit happening to horrible people in prison. A serial rapist gets raped in prison? Unacceptable. It shouldn’t be allowed, and everyone responsible should be held to account. However, I lack the necessary empathy to feel for that serial rapist. I try, but there’s a lot of people out there suffering more who did nothing or less that I should care about, and I have a limited amount of care. Doesn’t mean I’m okay woth prison rape, though.
- Comment on Expensive South Florida real estate. Most expensive houses are right on the rim 1 month ago:
I heard muthafucka had, like… thirty goddamn dicks.
- Comment on Applies to many things. Not just religion 1 month ago:
I’ve always wondered about this, because not only are they not mutually exclusive, they don’t really fight unless someone really wants to create an issue.
“It turns out the Earth revolves around the Sun, which in turn rotates around a galactic center.”
“But we’ve been teaching that the Earth is the center of the universe. What will we tell people?”
“Well, we all thought it was the center, but it turns out it wasn’t. Does anything in your religion specifically say we’re the center?”
“No…”
“Then I guess we all found out together. Also, why are you even teaching stuff like that? The movement of celestial bodies seems a weird topic to be discussing in church.”
- Comment on Metal Genres (Accurate) 1 month ago:
True art.
- Comment on what does it mean being nice to your coworkers to you? 1 month ago:
Family, Occupation, Relentless existential crisis, Dreams.
- Comment on The devil made me do it 1 month ago:
That angry/relieved/happy mix would make for an interesting evening for me. I’d eat the lot and feel I deserved it for how they done me dirty, even if I secretly was relieved not to have to go to a big social event.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 1 month ago:
I haven’t seen anything related to Biden, but I haven’t heard a single person, on any side if any aisle, defending Clinton. It’s always just seemed like a failed “gotcha” attempt on the right, because most everyone to the left of “I’ll vote for anything with an R next to their name” would have no issue throwing offenders from their own side in jail along with the others.
- Comment on The people developing vegan meat alternatives must have eaten a lot of meat beforehand so they can replicate the taste and texture. 1 month ago:
Are Impossible meats vegan? Because Impossible stuff (ground “beef,” “chicken,” whatever) are delicious. They definitely got me into eating far, far less meat.
- Comment on Hello girl!! 1 month ago:
There’s a village in Final Fantasy XIV that has that belief. That if a warrior is great enough, they are reborn into the next child born, and that child is raised with the understanding that that is who they are and continue to be. Gender is fairly meaningless to them, too.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
But that one makes me sad.
- Comment on Why people say they have a "boy cat" or a "girl cat" but when the cat grows up, they don't call is a "man cat" or "woman cat"? 2 months ago:
Same reason I refer to my 14-year-old dachshund as a puppy.
Because he’s my puppy.
- Comment on Handling malicious coworker advice 2 months ago:
Seriously. This all sounds exhausting. It was probably a good move to loop in the manager. If it were me, I probably would have just stepped back from them and kept my distance, as I have little energy for drama, but taking a more proactive approach was probably smart.
But yeah, you OP did the smart thing, now the next smart thing is just step away from all of it. Keep some distance and let the manager/director sort it out.
- Comment on Vibe check! 2 months ago:
I’m disappointed the baseball cap and beer isn’t A so that there is a clear “Dada” option.
- Comment on W.a.m.d.i.i. 2 months ago:
Like an elephant. Up the urethra, then squirted into the mouth.
- Comment on A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records 2 months ago:
BC seems like it has more in common with the rest of the west coast than Alberta.
- Comment on Is it safe to assume the guy i went out on a date with, just wants to sleep with me? 2 months ago:
In college I had a guy friend (I’m a guy, both of us straight) who I’d regularly go to breakfast with, and he always paid because I was very poor, he made plenty, and he wanted company for breakfast. I regularly tried to pay and he waved me off. I think he knew that if we went back and forth, we’d go to breakfast a lot less because I wouldn’t be able to afford it.
Maybe that’s what’s going on here.