PrincessLeiasCat
@PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Little dude ATP 6 days ago:
Immediately what I first noticed too lol
- Comment on Elon Musk Fans Are Losing So Much Money to Crypto Scams 2 weeks ago:
while other times they utilized Musk’s association with neo-fascist presidential candidate Donald Trump.
I love that they called him what he is. I wish more in media would.
- Comment on How do I know if a medical issue should be addressed by a Clinic Visit, Urgent Care, or the Emergency Room? 1 month ago:
PSA for those in the US; the Urgent Care type places that advertise “ER” in their title will be absurdly more expensive than “regular” Urgent Care places that do not advertise as such.
The reason is that the “ER” places have actual ER type equipment, but regardless if you use them or not, you will be charged as such.
Maybe this is common knowledge, but we learned the hard way when my partner went in for something very benign and we received a $1,000 bill, even though we had insurance.
These “ER” places are popping up everywhere, and there’s nothing to tell you that if you go down the road a block or so, it could make the difference between a cheaper co-pay and owing the full amount. In our case, almost $1,000.
- Comment on reDUcTIon iS gAIn 1 month ago:
Unrelated, but what is the origin of this image? I feel like I’ve seen it often over the years and don’t know where it came from originally.
- Comment on In honor of the start spooky season (yay!), I have a question about an apparently beloved spooky meme/skit. What about "David S. Pumpkins" is so funny? 1 month ago:
I’ve never even heard of it but now I’m intrigued.
- Comment on Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops 1 month ago:
Thank you!
- Comment on Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops 1 month ago:
Never thought about it this way. Thanks!
- Comment on Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops 1 month ago:
Oh man that was fucking hilarious! Thanks for making my night!
- Comment on Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops 1 month ago:
I’m sorry if this is a stupid question, but what is the best way to refuse to do this?
Say you’re in xyz situation and a cop demands your phone. You say no. They get angry, maybe make some threats (whether true or not), etc.
What is the best way to say no, you aren’t comfortable, come back with a warrant, etc, without pissing them off royally in such a way that things end up worse for you?
- Comment on Climate change 1 month ago:
I call Lake Como.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 month ago:
Fffffffffff…
- Comment on Mushroom learns to crawl after being given robot body 2 months ago:
Someone took their Nintendo games a little too seriously.
- Comment on Amazon’s recommendations are getting a little too creepy 2 months ago:
I love that Siri is kinda stupid for just this very reason.
- Comment on Amazon’s recommendations are getting a little too creepy 2 months ago:
Lucky you then that Amazon now has their own pharmacy!
- Comment on Amazon’s recommendations are getting a little too creepy 2 months ago:
The other things were like a large purse/tote bag and a rug, so yeah it was kinda random (so it seems) but apparently the evidence is pretty solid in that case.
Doesn’t make it any less weird though.
- Comment on Texas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Matters 2 months ago:
This is fucking bullshit.
I review science proposals for the government that come from private companies responding to an announcement about grants for specific kinds of technology.
I have to submit a financial form every year disclosing stock that I own to make sure there are no conflicts of interest.
The fact that is guy is allowed to shrug and say “nah” and just keep going blows my mind.
- Comment on Where Are You Supposed To Buy Pajama Shirts? 2 months ago:
I love my partner’s bigger t-shirts. I genuinely feel more comfortable and warm, especially on my shoulders. They can’t sleep unless the AC is set below 70, AND we have a window unit in the bedroom.
- Comment on Is it actually very common for people to have violent sadistic fantasies, possibly involving actual people in their lives? 2 months ago:
Oh wow - I totally did the alternate dimension thing too, hahaha!!! That’s hilarious. I bet it’s not uncommon, tbh
- Comment on Elon Musk loses fight with ex-Twitter staffer, must pay $600K 2 months ago:
I fucking hate that so much.
“People think a thing is cool, so the person who owns the thing is cool and should get a monetary value based on a lot of people’s opinions”
And everyone is lIke “Yes this system is great! Let’s do this with more people”.
And then one day nobody could think the thing is cool anymore for…reasons (Tesla) and so that person loses money relatively proportional to how many cool points they lose in the minds of a bunch of other people.
But that’s a travesty and this person’s coolness now affects a lot of other people’s coolness to the point that it could severely fuck up the economy. So we have to keep telling this person we still think they’re cool so that shit doesn’t get really bad before we have a better plan in place to deal with it.
And then we’re like fuck that was stupid we shouldn’t do that again. And everyone agrees.
Meanwhile we’re still doing it with countless other people and things and we’ll act just as shocked pikachu face the next 30 times it happens.
It’s so fucked up and dumb.
- Comment on NASA is about to make its most important safety decision in nearly a generation 2 months ago:
This is an excellent article. I’m glad they took time to go into the history of these folks.
- Comment on Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott' after Twitter takeover 3 months ago:
World Federation of Advertisers
There are no good guys in this fight.
Musk posted about the lawsuit on X on Tuesday, saying “now it is war” after two years of being nice and “getting nothing but empty words.”
Stop sounding like my mom with Borderline Personality Disorder.
In November 2023, about a year after Musk bought the company, a number of advertisers began fleeing X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content and hate speech on the site in general, with Musk inflaming tensions with his own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
Musk later said those fleeing advertisers were engaging in “blackmail” and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away.
And they did. Now fuck off.
- Comment on The low effort presentation of the tenured prof is often way better btw 3 months ago:
Clearly a very smart human that contributed a lot, but that’s not how academia works and obviously an atomic bomb went off with fiends lined up for the scraps while the CFO weeps.
I’m sorry, do you mind explaining this a bit further? I don’t understand what you mean. Thank you :)
- Comment on what is with child names like Aiden, Braiden etc? 3 months ago:
I believe Iceland has this as well.
- Comment on Microsoft says EU to blame for the world's worst IT outage | Euronews 3 months ago:
JUST LET US BE A MONOPOLY!!!
- Comment on YSK there is a massive Google Doc of U.S. gynecologists that will tie your tubes without asking about your kids, marital status or age. 3 months ago:
Not all heroes wear capes. Thanks from the dystopian state of Texas, OP <3
- Comment on How do Texas residents afford electricity? 4 months ago:
If they don’t have fixed rate, they’re in a pickle.
Source: sadly live in Texas
- Comment on USA| Three dead and millions without power as Tropical Storm Beryl hits Texas 4 months ago:
Best of luck to you!!
- Comment on USA| Three dead and millions without power as Tropical Storm Beryl hits Texas 4 months ago:
Not even a strong one - you give ERCOT too much credit.
- Comment on USA| Three dead and millions without power as Tropical Storm Beryl hits Texas 4 months ago:
Came here to say this. Still without power…not that a TS wouldn’t do that, but that was a long fucking night and it’s hot and I am tired so here I am, internets. Sorry.
- Comment on Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour 4 months ago:
It sucks because Waze is really great, and Googlenshittification had to get in on it and now it’s a shell of its former self. I still use it because many of the core features that made it great are still there, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time at this point.