edgemaster72
@edgemaster72@lemmy.world
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 10 minutes ago:
Marriage doesn’t have to cost a lot of money, if a couple chooses to spend a lot on their wedding they’re doing it for that sake, but it’s not necessary.
- Comment on Why hasn't congress passed a law saying that you can only deport people *back to their own country*? 1 day ago:
Because people facing deportation aren’t billionaire donors, so the law doesn’t work for them
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
But then they’ll just start fucking to that rhythm, everyone knows it’s the best song to fuck to
- Comment on What is the best take your blood pressure to get the most accurate results? 1 day ago:
Due to medical issues, my mother has had several doctor visits the last couple years and part of that was monitoring blood pressure. The only items you listed that was mentioned to her was to have feet flat on floor and legs not crossed. For everything else, as someone else said, I think it’s more important that you’re consistent, i.e. either keep your arm down or raised every time. Obligatory iana dr., this is not medical advice.
- Comment on Analog Retro Gaming: Water Toss 1 week ago:
The actual one we had in the 80s and 90s
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
- Comment on YSK if you browse Lemmy on desktop, the Lemmy Universal Link Switcher script makes browsing between instances significantly less annoying 1 week ago:
Whoops guess I should’ve specified, I use the Alexandrite UI instead of the default
- Comment on YSK if you browse Lemmy on desktop, the Lemmy Universal Link Switcher script makes browsing between instances significantly less annoying 1 week ago:
I am on desktop pretty much exclusively.
- Comment on It's a sin in Christianity to consume media based on ancient mythology and folklore? 2 weeks ago:
Filthy, tricksy hobbitses, they stole our syntaxes
- Comment on Mario Kart Should Cost More - YouTube 2 weeks ago:
This is the first Dunkey-type comment chain on Lemmy
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 2 weeks ago:
As others have suggested, in order to communicate effectively, you have to tailor your message to your audience. Dumb it down, break it down, shorten it, order questions from most to least important or most to least relevant to the recipient, or just badger them relentlessly with follow ups until you have the information you need and talk shit about them behind their back to any competent coworkers you have.
Regardless, they’re not going to just magically change, so it’s up to you to do something different if you want a different result than you’re getting now.
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 2 weeks ago:
Bet you didn’t expect this either
- Comment on Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York 2 weeks ago:
The Bone Collector would be a good punchline to a “yo mama” joke
- Comment on Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York 2 weeks ago:
That’s no moon, it’s… oh, wait… shit.
- Comment on Is this picture idea immature? 2 weeks ago:
Immature or not, that’s your sense of humor. If a woman has an issue with the picture, there’s a decent chance you won’t get along anyway, so in that way it would actually be a good compatibility litmus test.
- Comment on Are most people here left-wing? 2 weeks ago:
I’ll take your drums, you can have my flats.
- Comment on How do you answer the question "What's new with you?" when nothing happens in your life? 2 weeks ago:
I usually go with “oh, same old same old” or “nothing fun” and try to divert back to something someone else talked about. But to be fair, I am a terrible conversationalist.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Why should I know this? Why shouldn’t I be suspicious of you linking to a website domain which is basically the same as your username?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
What was the marketing that convinced you to buy it way back when?
- Comment on If I acted like a semi white power douche. On X Meta or whatever. And was a yes man to Elon and promoted the Orange Peel. While using fake photos of myself. Can I bilk them for alot of cash? 3 weeks ago:
They’re pretty far gone from shame, embarassment, or believing anything that makes them look gullible. So even if you did dupe them out of their money and donate it in a way they find displeasing, they are so well practiced at mental gymnastics as to avoid admitting they were deceived or feeling bad about it.
- Comment on Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired? 3 weeks ago:
If charging speed were your top priority, sure. She doesn’t use her phone hardly at all so the battery rarely gets depleted much, therefore how quickly it charges isn’t really that important. Not having to mess with a wire makes it more convenient to grab and go when she does need it, and more convenient to put it back when done. And no risk of damaging the USB port.
- Comment on Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired? 3 weeks ago:
When my mom finally ditched her land line and ported the number to a smart phone, getting a wireless charger that propped the phone up was a nice way to set up a sort of designated place to keep the phone (where the landline phone had been) so that there’s less chance she misplaces the phone or forgets to charge it.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
How much time do you have?
- Comment on I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave? 4 weeks ago:
It being the entire country?
- Comment on Skill issue 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think that’s right, I’m terrible at games but I still respect women (enough to avoid making them interact with me whenever possible)
- Comment on Why Titles Are Written Like This? 4 weeks ago:
That’s a golden shower. The golden rule is that it’s not gay when it’s in a 3 way
- Comment on How are you feeling? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Is it a cultural difference with Europe (and other parts of the world) to not go in the streets?
Yes, it’s not like it’s entirely unheard of here in the USA (look at what happened with the killing of George Floyd) but for systemic issues, it doesn’t generally get people in the streets, I think at least partly because there’s so many we’ve put up with for so long. There’s also the economics of it where we have less or no time off from work to get out for such events.
Are those occurring but the medias do not inform us on it?
There are protests happening but there does seem to be, putting it charitably, a lack of interest to report on such things, and the protests that are happening don’t seem to be of very notable size (again, that could be media spin).
Are people scared to protest?
Yes, I imagine plenty are, especially those who may be targeted by ICE or have friends/family who may be targeted by ICE.
Or, people just don’t care or are even, in majority, happy with what happens now?
To an extent, yes. I don’t know if I’d say that the majority are happy with the things happening, but a majority are probably okay with it, or just going along in ignorance (willful or otherwise), or too busy or tired just trying to survive rather than make things better.
- Comment on Why don’t wireless connections (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.) use anything between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz? 4 weeks ago:
I’m not sure what exactly you mean by “in between” here (between 2.4 and 5 GHz?), but commercial radio in the US is at much lower frequencies than wifi bands. AM radio is typically measured in KHz (the range is something like 600-1400, I can’t be bothered to look it up), while FM radio is in MHz (around 87-108 MHz).
- Comment on How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration? 5 weeks ago:
“We have always been at war with
EastasiaDemocrats.”
