PrincessTardigrade
@PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world
- Comment on I might actually be a respectable member of society 20 hours ago:
LSD and shrooms are not addictive, and they actually have some really good outcomes for certain mental illnesses, such as depression and PTSD. I know several people who were suicidal and depressed teenagers whose entire outlook on life changed after one trip at a somewhat young age.
- Comment on Philippine lawmakers weigh impeachment for President Marcos 2 days ago:
Yeah who didn’t see this coming a mile away
- Comment on Can anyone explain why? 2 days ago:
And also, those years aren’t exactly right for the generational categories. Millennials are 1980-1996, boomers are 1946-1964, etc.
- Comment on Drug dealers hate this one weird trick! 6 days ago:
Not a doctor, but my understanding is that excessive electrolytes are hard on your kidneys. Most people do not need an electrolyte drink everyday, unless they are athletes/regularly working up a sweat or missing salts in their diet
- Comment on How do I keep a brand new one of these mats from wanting to keep curling up on the ends? 1 week ago:
Sticky putty! I have no idea if that would work btw, it may collect dirt/dust when sweeping. Definitely an interesting idea though!
- Comment on the year of the linux desktop 2 weeks ago:
Shoot, probably Dell? This was a few years ago, but it looked just like the Dell ones that are currently on the market.
Also, the house still has a vague burnt plastic and lithium smell, especially noticeable when I’ve been away for a day or so. I think our couch absorbed all that smoke smell :(
- Comment on really makes you think 3 weeks ago:
Ice cubes do have some smell, now that you mention it. Humans have an amazing ability to smell moisture, which we evolved for being able to find water sources. So your experience with AC could relate to how AC affects the humidity in the air perhaps.
And in context of this thread, smell is one of the largest factors for our experience of flavor. Without a sense of smell, most foods would taste relatively bland.
- Comment on really makes you think 3 weeks ago:
I’m curious what foods taste least bad to you? Also, did the surgery involve your tongue in some way?
- Comment on the year of the linux desktop 4 weeks ago:
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- Comment on the year of the linux desktop 4 weeks ago:
My Chromebook self-destructed a couple years ago and nearly burned our house down. That thing also was the shortest lived computer I’ve ever owned.
- Comment on THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short 1 month ago:
Realistically, if old equipment still worked then people wouldn’t necessarily just get rid of it as soon as something new came out. I’m not that old and the only 2 things I haven’t used were rotary phone and mix tape (assuming CD mix ‘tapes’ and personally recorded stuff on tapes also don’t count)
- Comment on THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short 1 month ago:
Ooohhh I totally forgot about renting movies from the grocery store!
Maybe we can add palm pilots and tvs where the channel changer was a knob you had to adjust
- Comment on THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short 1 month ago:
I got 18 and I’m not even 35 yet lol
- Comment on What is in your pockets? 2 months ago:
stabs you with Fibonacci syringe
- Comment on FACTS 2 months ago:
How many of you are you?
- Comment on Happy DB Cooper Day to those who celebrate! 2 months ago:
Gotcha, that makes sense. It’s always baffling to me how we often treat animals with more dignity than people when it comes to end of life care.
- Comment on Happy DB Cooper Day to those who celebrate! 2 months ago:
If you’re willing to share, I would be interested in hearing your reasoning for a DNR if it’s outside of the typical cases (terminal, elderly, etc.). I don’t know a ton about what all they do to resuscitate beyond CPR/AED (when necessary) and possibly general life support measures
- Comment on Happy DB Cooper Day to those who celebrate! 2 months ago:
checks username, nods in agreement with their authority on the topic
- Comment on Happy DB Cooper Day to those who celebrate! 2 months ago:
Not the original commenter, but my understanding is that it’s used for severe depression when other treatments have been unsuccessful, so sort of a last resort. And apparently it’s fairly effective iirc, especially when compared to other treatment options (e.g., antidepressants).
I’m curious as to whether having a seizure disorder would correlate with lower depression rates, or if electroshock-induced seizures may lead to higher chances of having non-induced seizures in the future.
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 2 months ago:
Gotcha, I thought you were implying that women on birth control can just skip the placebo pills by starting the next pack each time to avoid having a period altogether. Which is absolutely true, and has been known for decades.
My point was: because of the placebos being factored into the number of days for a prescription, if a woman decides to do that, then she will eventually run out of birth control well before her next prescription is available for refill. Afaik, doctors can’t prescribe an additional pack or 2 of birth control for a specific prescription timeframe, and insurance would likely deny that anyways if they did. Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s my understanding here in the US.
(Sorry for the slow reply, I’m terrible about checking notifications)
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 3 months ago:
Yes and your prescription then runs out early, leaving you without birth control for multiple weeks
- Comment on hmm breakfast 3 months ago:
Former smoker here. The flavor combo is amazing, and both act as stimulants, and I could get my fix for both addictions in one go.
- Comment on What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life? 3 months ago:
Watching movies. There’s so many movies, both good and bad. Sometimes bad movies are fun too, especially horror.
Others have mentioned video games. I’ve gotten into emulation using Batocera. Can be installed on old hard drives/raspberry pis.
Depending on your space/climate, gardening and/or growing mushrooms.
I’ve been looking more into home improvement and homesteading.
I also just tend to get fixated on random things that interest me and go down rabbit holes.
- Comment on PSA: WASH YOUR HANDS 5 months ago:
Ahh like potatoes. What other veggies require cooking?
- Comment on I should call her. 5 months ago:
😊
- Comment on Everything is a problem 6 months ago:
Not to mention all the dependencies for everything, I’ve gone multiple layers deep trying to install dependencies for the dependencies just to use a single module. Tbf I’ve mostly used Linux for bioinformatics so perhaps the problem for me is biologists creating software for other biologists and none are truly computer scientists (including myself)
- Comment on holee shiet 6 months ago:
I’ve explained to many adults, many with college educations, that insects are animals. Understandable for those who don’t realize corals are animals, but they think bugs are plants or something? Smh
- Comment on Asking the important questions 9 months ago:
It does not
- Comment on YSK: Here's a list of browser extensions to un-shittify Youtube 10 months ago:
Amazing, thanks for sharing!!
- Comment on Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem? 10 months ago:
I’ve only have wild boar jerky before and it was pretty tasty, but you gotta get the meat tested first bc they can carry some serious diseases.
Sorta fun fact from my organizmal bio teacher: the reason you never hear about pork being cooking medium rare is that we are fairly closely related to pigs and so we are susceptible to many of the diseases that can infect pigs.