faintwhenfree

@faintwhenfree@lemmus.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t feel like a shower thought, looks like we’ll organised thought, like shower philosophy maybe. Because ripple effect part is just pure phylosophicla nonsense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Typical monopoly people⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  UK is the worst, US makes sense at least to some degree.

  Gloucestershire - pronounced glostershire Warwick - pronounced warrick And there like hundreds of these weird ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 31 and I scored all 20, assuming last is phone book. Although I only trained in typewriter, never actually sent anyone a letter. Although I did type a contract for my dad so I guess that’s a real use case. All 20 then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You put it back in the pot of honey, the thing is supposed ot perpetually sit in honey pot.

  I don’t like it either, just explaining how it’s supposed to work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are first person shooters and third person shooters, but what about second person shooters?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All games are second person. Because second person is you we don’t mention it because it would be boring, first and second person shooter or second and third person shooter. Don’t have the same ring and wastes words. Technically top down and second person RTS would be long ass genre name.

• ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course forming attachment to things that rest of the world might consider mundane is pretty normal and we all do it. Nothing unnatural or out of place for that and totally understandable. I understand sadness over a broken bowl. I worry that breaking of bowl is self inflicted.

  In hindsight, I misunderstood OP’s question. I think I understand and agree with your points.

• ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sorry to say this, and I know it’s unpopular opinion, but there are healthier way to deal with emotions than breaking things. I know in your case it’s perfectly valid and normal response. But in OP’s case whacking things off the shelf, we have a choice not to lat emotions take you there. It’s like an addict saying I can’t help but steal for my hit. Its the same thing I can’t help but whack things when I’m angry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Only so much heat can be radiated away.

• ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but in expanse it’s implied global government through UN was formed first and then the colonies. So it wasn’t a single country’s colony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any guesses?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  RCE reference?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never count your chickens before they hatch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well i this is shit posting, I like my moldy shit posting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the Buldak spicy ramen get less spicy?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eyy malay/indo friend. How I miss good nasi and I never learned how to make the nicer nadi dishes. I crave nasi padang, nasi goreng, nasi lemak… I’m salivating now. I blame you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parenting advice⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or perhaps some kind of stew that that nullifies ocular senses?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean defining new religion is always tricky, Hinduism is such a large collection of beliefs, if you go too wide Jainism and Buddhism and Sikhism would unfold into Hinduism and if you go too narrow Hinduism is at best group of 12-13 separate religion.

  The deeper you look the more confusing it is, while Jain texts acknowledge certain “Hindu” deities like Indra, other parts of universe building are entirely different, and if they are different where did Indra come from?

  Anyway I like the distinction of dharmic religions and then defining sects such as Jain, Vaishnav, shaiva, Buddhism etc etc. They all have the concept of Dharma, Karma and Moksha. So they are all kind of interoperable in terms of lifestyle. There are sects of Hinduism that are more different than mainstream to the point it’d be hard to call them Hindu, but they self identify as Hindu, while there are sects of buddishm that are so similar to Hinduism, it’s unclear why they consider themselves a separate religion. I think at the end the distinctions between dharmic religion are always because of some geopolitical power game.

  Yeah but if you ask a jain they’d say they’re not Hindu. So take it for it means.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From early reviews it seems penalty for emulation is in single digits. Also honestly I am considering one just to watch movies but my intereat would depend on the price of course. So wait we must.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bank Workers, Rejoice!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is still some optionality like maybe you get a windfall from a boomer dying and you can pay the principal. Or in 30 years your currency devalues to the point you can afford the principal.

  Anyway it all feels like fool’s hope. Situation is fucked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry OP, you got downvoted in so many posts, some of which I thought was undeserved, but some of it is deserved. You asked a question, but came off as wanting to prove everyone else who doesn’t listen to music is crazy. Everyone is different, you do you. I think it’s very important to train brain to be content without any stimulation and therefore, I think, I play music in my brain, I plan rest of my day or next day, and most of all I introspect when I’m walking around.

  And my life isn’t even complicated and I find tons of things to Introspect, so hard for me to imagine people get bored with introspection, but you do you. If boredom is such a massive problem for you because of ADHD, perhaps carry a power bank.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pow ( like bow wow) + Ned (like Ned Stark)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For those of you who enjoy open-world games, how big of a world is too big?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They have done some good work in last few years, specially the events here and there are fun. But after the event campaign is over. There is nothing else to hope for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For those of you who enjoy open-world games, how big of a world is too big?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of no man’s sky and it’s empty bajillions of planets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be this guy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to think that till I met absolute Chad of a man with failing kidney and he would laugh at the situation refuse to be treated, he was like I’m 47 I lived a happy life and I’ll die if ill die but I’m not being bound to a bed, refused multiple dialysis interventions from his family and was clearly getting in pain towards the end, finally sold his very few possessions, gave some money to his youngest sister that struggled financially and took some drugs and died on a beach alone. (he had already gave up one kidney to save a sibling).

  That man clearly didn’t care much about, he didn’t care about his family getting hurt because of his illness and death, he didn’t care about pain to his body, he didn’t care about death, and honestly I saw him 3-4 days before his death, he was still laughing like he was at peace and played a few games of uno with me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah tell that to my sister, who wants 4k for her laptop simply because she’s heard 4k is better 4 times 1080p, she’s buying a 13 inch.

  Small numbers are just not sufficient for some people. I know if I send this article to her, I’ll be questioned “why do you not want me to see happy?”. So instead I just watch my nephews collage fund contribution shrink.

  Sorry it became a rant of family tech guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel i am the soup and rice guy so, best of both worlds.

  Oh I’m greedy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨one bright second⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but we don’t have proof that universe can’t generate new matter. For all we know there is a mechanism in universe not yet observed that can create new matter out of little vacuum and more stars will keep forming.

  So technically all we can say is, it’s likely that stars will die out in 1000 trillion years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A young woman was sexually assaulted while out DoorDashing. Two days after she reported the assault to DoorDash, they deactivated her account and she can't access the money she's owed.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Escrow is third party, second party can’t be escrow. In this case door dash can’t really be an escrow as it will be second party.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well i know two Ralph, one american and one south African. I call them differently, South African Ralph doesn’t mind I call him Rolf, he thinks I got it bang on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“JUST BECAUSE I HAVE THE VOICE OF A MUNCHKIN FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ DOES NOT MEAN THAT I HAVE TINY LITTLE MOUSE BALLS! BESIDES, EVEN IF I DID, CORRELATION DOES NOT PROVE CAUSATION!!!”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just noticed, he has lights pointed directly at his face, his pupils are still diallated quite a bit, I wonder what drugs he must be on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Rizz", "cooking" and "based" are going to be stereotypical old people words one day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh the t9 era of texting, I miss d tym wen t9 ws d nly optn

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose wisely lemmings⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well then i guess ists not an LTT reference.

  Linus Tech Tips, founder Linus, thought when someone said hard r they mean the word used to describe mentally different people. But in the context it seemed like he is talking about African Americans, was a short lived story as it was a genuine mistake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose wisely lemmings⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  LTT reference?