FuglyDuck
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
- Comment on Dow drops 700 points for worst day of 2025 so far on new fears about economic growth: Live updates 18 minutes ago:
“Worst day… So far!” <read in homer simpson’s voice, and then go cry while bingedrinking something flammable)>
- Comment on What's it called when a man steals women's selfies to use to create a fake online persona, and when people call him out on this, he says "I never said those photos are me"? 18 hours ago:
I believe the pejorative is “creep” or “pervert” with the beginning called catfishing.
I’d suggest you let the cops know. He’s being that creepy.
- Comment on Why do people say more people didnt vote for trump than did? 1 day ago:
Depending on where you are… it can take an entire day in some places.
Also, for the record we’ve had Nazis showing up armed for a few elections now… and bomb threats were a new novelty.
- Comment on Why do people say more people didnt vote for trump than did? 1 day ago:
- restrictive voting laws making it impossible (usually targeting minorities. I.e. voter id laws.)
- lack of time. People work. Roughly 2/3’s can’t get time off, the others are sleeping or are stay at home parents (and kids at a polling place? Nightmare fuel.)
- lack of available early or mail in voting
- frequently fucked up poling locations, making it an all-day thing in some places (which works with lack of time,)
- general voter apathy (“both sides!!!”)
- Comment on Why do people say more people didnt vote for trump than did? 1 day ago:
Roughly, 40% of Americans simply didn’t vote. Of the remaining 60%, half (30%) voted for Harris.
That makes - roughly- 70% who didn’t vote for trump.
A word of warning, we don’t know who that 40% would have voted for had they been forced to. I assume it would follow the same percentages as those who do vote, but there’s no way to know.
- Comment on What does Elon Musk want? 2 days ago:
money.
duh.
- Comment on Trump and Musk froze USAID funding to put Americans first. US citizens are feeling the impact. 2 days ago:
No they didn’t. They did it because USAID was investigating Space X for shutting off starlink nodes Ukraine was using against russia (which USAID paid for,)
And also, there’s a forensic election team that goes around reviewing elections for troubled places and that team is a crack team of experts that’s housed by USAID.
and, as a benefit all that money they “saved” gets to be a tax cut to billionaire assholes.
- Comment on Would you consider me a “dry texter”? 5 days ago:
(lol.)
- Comment on Do snakes prefer to drink warm or cool water? 5 days ago:
for the record, if you happen to be near a zoo with a snake house (or that has snakes,) you could probably ask the zookeeper. If they didn’t know already they have snakes and probably wouldn’t mind setting that up. (they also probably have multiple identical dishes and such like.)
well. I suppose that could be an email, if you happen to be not close. But if you are, I’ve never met a zookeeper that didn’t love to talk about their animals and answer random questions like that.
- Comment on Is this a sign of mental illness or just asshole behavior? 1 week ago:
Neurodivergence doesn’t cause assholish behavior. Even something like narcissistic personality disorder doesn’t necessarily mean you’re an asshole; and many can and do learn to be better.
So while she may be neurodivergent, and may have a mental illness (the two are not the same,); she’s also just an asshole.
- Comment on Meaning/implication of “you don’t have to do this” in this context? 1 week ago:
I’d consider saying that rude most of the time as the person making small talk is just doing something nice.
the question here is how many hints/suggestions/requests has OP already blown past? if all they talk about is the weather, chances are you should just let the conversation drop.
- Comment on AHHHHHHHHHHH 2 weeks ago:
Gotta count heads for attendance, too.
Also time.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Dunno.
Boss doesn’t criticize or give “corrections” in the open.
Knowing her probably told the other guy to stop being a drama queen.
- Comment on AHHHHHHHHHHH 2 weeks ago:
math is pervasive and inevitable.
the only people that can escape it in their professional lives are republican politicians.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
always follow your boss’s example.
generally speaking, I’d leave the emojis out. for one thing, there’s people who don’t know what they mean, or they maybe will just read into it wrong because they hate you. I remember sending an email to a coworker when I came back from a vacation and the general gist of it was “thanks for helping [this annoying client],” literally just a quick email to thank them and let them know that I was back. Yeah. with the way they went screaming to the boss, you’d have thought I told them to go fuck themselves with a rusty holedigger.
- Comment on Hp hinge cover 2 weeks ago:
reverse engineering a solution isn’t as easy as just a few pictures. we would basically need physical access to replicate the critical dimensions and then feed it into something, print the test fit pieces and double checking fit before coming to a final design.
you’re unlikely to find an .stl beause basically every laptop is going to be different. This really is something you need to design yourself.
- Comment on Can I lose a beer belly working out one day a week? 2 weeks ago:
you don’t even have to work out.
you can get there simply with diet.
that said, dieting doesn’t target where the fat comes from.
Core strength training (like sit ups, push ups, etc,) will help with muscle definition, and that can improve the appearance, but if you break down how much say, a pound of body fat is in excercise vs how much that pound is in hambergers… well. restricting calories will always be more effective for weight loss.
has your doctor said you need to lose weight? 130 pounds sounds not-overweight.
- Comment on What is the weirdest argument you’ve overheard? 2 weeks ago:
also, I’m not sure we could muster enough strength to actually harm it without some sort of tool.
I figure after it rips the first guy to shredds, everybody else decides it’s a stupid idea and the gorilla wins by default.
- Comment on What is the weirdest argument you’ve overheard? 2 weeks ago:
she was just letting you know.
- Comment on What is the weirdest argument you’ve overheard? 2 weeks ago:
armed?
human’s technology is our evolutionary advantage. a single human- even a weak one- could kill a gorilla if it had an appropriate rifle or shotgun.
unarmed? dude might have a point… I’m not sure a hundred people could fight a gorilla at the same time.
- Comment on What is the weirdest argument you’ve overheard? 2 weeks ago:
that we should worry about the feelings of Nazis.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 1 month ago:
Yes.
All the time.
I’m there at least once a week and I usually chat with the librarians for recommendations and to catch up with a few staff I’ve gotten to know.
They also have around 30 different clubs going on weekly, one of which I occasionally lead (teaching people the basics of 3d printing and design,) and that’s not including the dozens of book clubs they got, or the movie clubs.
And then there’s the larger events like “art days” or visiting cultural groups. The drag story hour, the princess story hour; the story hour for adults.
The major alternatives to prom and homecoming dances.
The tabletop gaming sessions.
Bingo night. Gin, hearts, spades and bridge night.
Most libraries will have something for everyone, even the poorly funded Hicksville ones where the churches likes to sell itself as an alternative 3rd space.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 1 month ago:
Church is not a great place for third places- unless you happen to be like all the others at that particular church.
No church will actually accept you unless you’re the same as them. The “sameness” doesn’t have to be about race or orientation or accepting that.
They might be totally willing to let you in the front door, but unless you conform, that won’t be for long.
- Comment on Why is it considered sexist to ask women to smile? 1 month ago:
apparently everything. Why do women need to “look better”?
- Comment on If it would solve world hunger, what would be the largest item you could fit in your ass? 1 month ago:
it’s reddit, so it could have been any of a hundred that are now banned, and dozens more that aren’t.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I dunno. This seems fairly accurate:
The only time I’ve ever been called “buddy” as an adult is when I’m trespassing drunks who’re indignant at being told not to piss on my tenant’s window. (Or that i wouldn’t shake their hand.)(every damn time. Eww)
- Comment on Happy Thanksgiving, Yanks. 2 months ago:
Wild turkeys are violent mofos.
The butterballs? Lol.
- Comment on Fashion is cyclical 2 months ago:
It’s well known that orcas pick up “games” that are basically fads. They find stuff to entertain themselves and keep at it until they grow bored of it.
Basically pre-internet humans.
- Comment on duhh 2 months ago:
The glass in fire extinguisher boxes, too.
Intrusion/entry seals. Shipping seals.
Those cheap chopsticks from Chineese take out.
Sprues for any kind of casting or plastic molding.
Crumple zones in cars.
Bottle caps (the old school kind.)
- Comment on Bat Drip 2 months ago:
Still sounds awful.
I’m so glad my doc insists on jabbing me with almost every single vaccine he can get his hands on.
