weariedfae
@weariedfae@lemmy.world
- Comment on Pesticide Use Has Increased by Over 80% since 1990, Causing Pollinator Declines and Water Contamination 1 week ago:
Dude you know why, right? They used to spray DDT everywhere. Like drop it from planes and fog and entire town (still do outside the US). Silent Spring came out in like the early 60s and they didn’t ban DDT until the early 70s. It took a hot minute for DDT usage to ramp down and insect/bird populations to ramp up.
Hence “”“sudden”“” need 20 years later.
- Comment on Behold, the $400 red pineapple 1 week ago:
What is this, the 1700s?
- Comment on My friend's boyfriend's therapist said that he is an abuser who is trying to look like the victim. What does this mean? 2 weeks ago:
Oh god it’s the ghost of online relationship past. Apparently kids are the same 20+ years later.
In my experience, yes those are red flags, and this is NOT a good situation. You mentioned his age but not hers but I’d bet dollars to doughnuts she’s younger than him.
Listen, I know from personal experience this relationship is a bad Idea and Aunt Weariedfae says get out and do not feel bad about it. She’ll realize later how manipulative it was. That the power balance was way out of whack. What controlling behavior is. I think he did your friend a kindness by straight up admitting he wouldn’t visit instead of scheduling trips and canceling last minute over and over.
I’m sorry your friend is in this situation. I also don’t think your friend may listen to advice about decoupling. But maybe she’s smarter than myself and my friend who also went through the same thing around the same time. Hopefully she is.
- Comment on damn these rocks gay. good for them. good for them 2 weeks ago:
Am geologist. No one I’ve ever worked with or been in a class with has cared. I didn’t think I’ve ever heard anyone even snicker. Although we’re in USA which spells it dike.
I have seen a Gen X straight white man have to correct someone’s spelling and then stammer over explaining that spelling it ‘dyke’ has another meaning here but is the way it is spelled in Europe.
- Comment on When you do it yourself and it looks like you did it yourself lol 2 weeks ago:
I have to agree with the other commenters. It’s not perfect but professionals do the same thing. I paid 10x what you did and got the same result so you honestly win.
Also you can still fix it with joint compound but you’d have to retexture and paint.
- Comment on Carnivores 2 weeks ago:
Apparently the term is reserved for sponges that aren’t filter feeders but are kinda sticky like velcro and catch stuff that way.
- Comment on Productivity 2 weeks ago:
This is a cubicle-worthy comic.
- Comment on i have become the gis 2 weeks ago:
The way they handle ArcOnline and licensing (esp. roles) is god damn fucking bullshit and I wish a plague upon the person who thought it up.
- Comment on i have become the gis 2 weeks ago:
Surprisingly easy to pick up if you know Arc. I can’t switch to it entirely but I’ve made red relief maps in it and I’m really impressed by some features.
- Comment on i have become the gis 2 weeks ago:
It’s the entire reason I stopped having even a dual boot with Linux on my machine.
- Comment on i have become the gis 2 weeks ago:
After being forced to Pro I would be staring at this with nostalgia and sadness. A decade of work to optimize what I need out of it and I had to start all over with a laggy, crashy POS that constantly forgets my damned pinned tools.
RIP homie.
Pro did make my output maps better though, I will say that.
- Comment on NOW GIT! 2 weeks ago:
Damn, my bird knowledge fails me. Too many rocks up in my noggin’.
I don’t get it. :\
Is it a situation like “Mommy mommy, chicken mommy!” from Milo and Otis?
- Comment on Caption this. 3 weeks ago:
Radula are rad.
That’s not a caption, just an observation.
- Comment on salmon 3 weeks ago:
Is it all salmon species? I stumble upon dead salmon after spawning all the time during field work and I’ve never seen one that looks like that. They usually look like the top photo.
- Comment on Italian herbs and spices 3 weeks ago:
That’s great! Ratios are a bit off but we are talking about food, there’s no 1:1.
I think the wafer makes sense as the mantle, the chocolate as the oceanic crust and the hazelnut as the continental crust.
- Comment on Italian herbs and spices 3 weeks ago:
Um actually,
The inner core is solid, the outer core is liquid, and the mantle is kinda…solidish-slushy-sorta.
So the earth is like one of those fancy cherry cordials with the 2 fillings?
- Comment on Academic job talks 3 weeks ago:
Oof.
Just master’s out and tapdance away from that nonsense.
Join us in the work force with options like: (a) high salary but 50+ hr weeks and you’ll either thrive or want to kill yourself in 2 years, or (b) pennies and prestigious temp jobs because they literally can’t make permanent positions because their budget is not under their control, or © run your own business like literally everyone else in a saturated market for a niche job! Make sure you are prepared for liability and the possibility of getting sued.
It’s fun…out here…in not-academia.
- Comment on How much do people still follow media reviews today? 3 weeks ago:
I feel like I’ve whooshed something. I didn’t know if they were including video games, TV shows, books, etc. or if they were restricting to movies since that used to be the default thing reviewed.
- Comment on How much do people still follow media reviews today? 3 weeks ago:
Ok but like… what media?
Just movies? I haven’t read a review in years. I know from the trailer if I want to see it or not. Maybe I’ll stumble upon a video discussing something about it and become intrigued or turned away.
I do seek out reviews of video games because it is usually a significant cost and I want to make sure it’s something I’ll like. Both print and video.
- Comment on Brb 4 weeks ago:
Seconded
- Comment on Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’ travertine kitchen tile 4 weeks ago:
Cool that it was found. I’m aware of how many precious data are lost at quarries so it’s neat that this made it through and will be preserved now.
- Comment on How is the hydrogen made? 4 weeks ago:
Thank you, I appreciate you took the time to write this out and provide context. I was only aware of the water method but that makes sense.
- Comment on colepotera are our real masters 4 weeks ago:
Sexual dimorphism is one of those terms that gets stuck in my head like a catchy tune.
- Comment on Chicago Gang Rise Up 4 weeks ago:
Style formats are SO undergrad, lol.
Except citations where it’s an obscure style that no widget knows by default.
Nerd geologist discussion about GSA style below. Scroll if you don’t care. Or just scroll and let me yammer into the void.
Did anybody else notice they changed the GSA citation style guidelines recently? I checked the link today and it was blue and I was like, what? I go to this website 500 times a year. They changed a bunch of stuff, what I noticed was they require co-lead scientists to be listed in the citation even when there are 15 coauthors and it should get an et al. They also say absolutely NO personal communications and NO unpublished works (not even in progress/ in publication/ etc.).
I get where they’re coming from but this is problematic in a community where a lot of knowledge is bound up in unpublished projects by the Old Guard who never quite seem to get around to it. I mean, sure, they’ll go out in the field with you and tell you everything they saw before and discuss things with you but the best you have is “personal communication with this expert who has been working in this area or formation for 52 years”.
Weird, man.
- Comment on [Long interview] Star Trek Discovery's Wilson Cruz Keeps Making Television History 4 weeks ago:
Aw, Rickie
- Comment on if we could only talk to the animals 4 weeks ago:
I just moved somewhere near a pond in the woods of a neighbor’s property. The din is ridiculously loud and hilarious. Sometimes we stand outside and mock them by yelling translations of their calls as cat calls and then they get all mad and quiet.
- Comment on Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court 4 weeks ago:
Grants Pass? Yeah that sounds about right. Bunch of Rogue Valley rednecks and Californians.
I say that as a relative of one of those Rogue Valley rednecks.
- Comment on How is the hydrogen made? 4 weeks ago:
I’ll bite. I have no idea what the picture is doing or referencing and the joke answers are confusing because, again, I don’t get “the joke”.
- Comment on Am I going fucking crazy? (Regarding explicit songs being censored on various music streaming services.) 4 weeks ago:
Tf
- Comment on Rich Americans are getting second passports, citing risk of instability 5 weeks ago:
NGL I was looking into what it would cost to buy residency abroad years ago. I have a career that is on the list for in demand skills some places that would make it a but easier.
But also I am way too poor for that shit.