Bonehead
@Bonehead@kbin.social
- Comment on Questionable methods. 5 months ago:
- Comment on 4ish years ago when I bought a house I was convinced not to get a house inspection, would it be crazy to get one now just to make sure it's all good? 5 months ago:
I bought during the height of the housing frenzy in Canada in 2021. Putting any condition on the sale meant that you wouldn't get the house. I found a few issues but took the chance anyways. As soon as the sale went through, I got an inspector in to check out everything I found. I got lucky for the most part, but there were a few things that he found that I didn't. It's better to know these things and plan for them than to be oblivious.
Get the inspection. It's not weird at all. They are all aware of the current situation.
- Comment on Microsoft PC Manager App 'Repairs' Your System by Making Bing the Search Default 5 months ago:
Obligatory "Real users use Hannah Montana Linux" post.
- Comment on Twitter is officially X.com now 5 months ago:
And everyone will still call it Twitter.
- Comment on How would you decorate this room? 5 months ago:
With a built-in clothes dryer!
- Comment on To what do blind people jerk off? 6 months ago:
Out of curiosity, what are dreams like for you? Is that also just a stream of sounds without images?
- Comment on Am I supposed to ask stupid questions here, or *not* ask stupid questions? 6 months ago:
That's exactly the kind of question this community was created for.
- Comment on A lion among sheep 6 months ago:
But there aren't any holes on a CPR dummy except for the mou...oh...ew...
- Comment on The Price Is Right: a big ad space where the joy of winning is just a distraction from the true goal - to sell more products. 6 months ago:
You mean that a game show where you have to guess the price of several brand name products, which gives away prizes provided by their sponsors that are featured prominently during the entire show of really just a big long commercial?
- Comment on How do you handle family requests that you disagree with? 6 months ago:
Build her a server, install it at her house, set up some sort of automated DVD ripping mechanism so that she can digitize her own collection, wait for the inevitable tech support call, then go spend a Sunday afternoon fixing her server and digitizing her collection for her while she makes you dinner. You get to call it "quality time", and you get fed while keeping her happy and her collection as far away from yours as possible. Win/win, everyone is happy.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
I pointed out self-preservation to point out that vegans don’t go around attacking poor people and don’t expect people to keep their principles in those situations. I made a choice I don’t expect other people to make.
Then literally the very best sentence, you contradict yourself.
I point my criticisms at the people I know in real life who shop at the exact same stores I do and make similar amounts of money, but still use poor people as an excuse not to change their own behavior.
You claim to be poor, claim to not attack people are poor, then chastise people who are poor for not making the same choices that you do. You are a hypocrite. Have a nice day.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
You literally asked me the question and are now chastising me for my answer.
Yes, because you claim to be poor yet still call being vegan a lifestyle choice. And you chastise others in your position for not making that choice. Poor people don't get to make those choices. Poor people do whatever it takes to survive. Poor people live on that desert island every single day and have to make difficult decisions. Poor take whatever they can get and are greatful for it. Poor people don't have the privilege to turn down food.
Maybe begin to recognize your own privilege before telling other people what to do.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
Wow...so you've been so poor that you can only afford rice and beans, and you've been offered free food that you turned down because it wasn't vegan? Really? See, that's the kind of smugness OP was talking about. You put you're veganism above securing food, and you're proud of it. You willingly sacrificed your self-preservation for your principles. And now you're advertising it.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
What if I can’t afford those things, still eat rice and beans, but I tell people I’m vegan to avoid awkward social interactions?
But would you? Would you really turn down free food simply because you're vegan? Would you really tell people you're vegan to avoid an "awkward social interaction" when offered free food? If so, that makes you privileged. Being able to pick and choose food makes you privileged, whether it's vegan or not. That's the difference.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
Congratulations, you're finally getting it. They are two different people. There are people that eat vegan because they have no choice. Those people are not privileged. There are people that call themselves vegan and make sure everyone knows they are vegan. Those are the vegans the original comment was talking about, which someone took offense to. That's why I pointed out the difference.
It took a little effort, but at least you got there.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
I didn't say that. I said if you're buying the vegan substitutes and advertising that fact, that makes you privileged. I've seen it many times. There are even some in this post. People that eat vegan because they have limited choices don't advertise it. People that want to feel superior over others will express how much of a vegan they are.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
Those aren't the vegans that most people are talking about. Being poor and having to eat vegan is different from being vegan because you want to stand out from everyone else with your vegan black bean soy burger with vegan cheese on a vegan sprouted whole wheat bun. If you can afford the overpriced "vegan" versions of typically non-vegan foods,and complain about your struggles being vegan, that's privilege.
When you're poor, you don't advertise the fact that you're eating vegan. You just make rice and beans because it's the absolute cheapest food available. You'll take meat and non-vegan when it's available. But at the very least, you'll survive on rice and beans. It's generally not something that people are proud of.
- Comment on Tesla Exodus Continues As Top HR Exec Leaves After Brutal Job Cuts 6 months ago:
Always remember...layoffs come in 2 waves. The first wave is involuntary. The second wave is voluntary, as the people with talent see the handwriting on the wall and jump ship.
- Comment on I finally got access to the catholic AI 6 months ago:
But he's also a pig. This is super cereal...
- Comment on No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK 6 months ago:
Don't worry, this law doesn't affect luggage.
- Comment on Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone 6 months ago:
I could do that...but then I lose easy access to the assistant. I could set up the tap on back function, but that doesn't work when it's in a holder in the car. There are no options that I can find that would let me assign the assistant to open on power + vol up. Unfortunately these phones aren't as customizable as as I'd like them to be. Or at least not by default, but I don't want to go through the trouble of flashing a new OS yet.
- Comment on Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone 6 months ago:
On my 8, that just activates the Google assistant. To get to the power menu, you have to press power (oddly named button, to be honest) and vol up at the same time. But these are active acts that you have to think about and verify to make sure they did what they are supposed to. Mashing the power button 5 times is succinct. I don't have to guess how many seconds I've waited. I don't have to feel to make sure I'm hitting the vol up instead of vol down accidentally. I count 5 times, 6 to make sure, and I can drop it while being certain that it's going to call 911. That's what I want in an emergency. A quick distinct action that requires no guessing to make sure of works. It makes sense once you stop and think. Nothing else about the power button makes sense, but at least that part does.
- Comment on Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone 6 months ago:
Except it doesn't activate by mashing the power button 5 times. On my Pixel 8, that activates the emergency dialer that will automatically call 911 if you don't cancel the prompt in 5 seconds. I did not know that before. Probably a better use for that feature. It also points out the different ideologies of Apple vs Android.
- Comment on xkcd #2925: Earth Formation Site 6 months ago:
I'm starting to get a little motion sick...
- Comment on Why people are boycotting Asus all of a sudden? Asus outrage explained 6 months ago:
At first I was watching to find out why people hate Asus now. But then I was watching to see how many times he changes the way he says Asus.
- Comment on Just got texted a job offer. You guys think it's legit? 6 months ago:
MLM? This is likely human trafficking. MLMs will gladly take your money, but the face to face interactions are at seminars well after you're hooked on the scam. Traffickers will entice you into "training" at one of their facilities right away.
- Comment on Reddit embracing all out enshittification 6 months ago:
Which is funny because the marketing speak screams at me through that entire post. I recognized it as spam not only from the link, but from the "In terms of finding a job..." as well. I know those kind of responses. I've written those kind of responses. Those responses now repel me.
- Comment on Why exactly are raisins toxic for dogs and not humans? 6 months ago:
It's a quote from Terry Prachett...
- Comment on Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse 7 months ago:
No, and we all know it, but it's still going to haunt him for the rest of his life.
- Comment on Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse 7 months ago:
Oh come on...640kb is more than enough for everyone...