Apepollo11
@Apepollo11@lemmy.world
- Comment on Do you read analog clocks to the exact minute? How do you do this quickly? 2 days ago:
Fun fact - I was 23 and studying for my MSc before I learned how to read analogue clocks.
If you’re after speed, all I can suggest is that you’ve got to embrace the old-people habit of using the nearest 5 minute mark and accept that level of accuracy.
- “Quarter past”
- “It’s just gone quarter-past”
- “It’s nearly twenty-past”
- “Twenty past”
- Comment on Would it be weird to ask my brother if I could tag along when he goes out with his friends? 4 days ago:
Not weird at all! The fact that you both live together is even a bonus - you effectively halve the taxi fare on the way home :)
- Comment on If your happiness is derived from your enjoyment of a false (i.e. fictional) stories, is that truely happiness, or is that technically a delusion? 1 week ago:
Happiness is literally the result of chemical reactions in the brain. If you’re feeling happy, it’s real.
You’re running into problems because you’re conflating the feeling of happiness with the things that make you feel happy.
There’s no such thing as “true happiness” or “false happiness”.
The things that make people happy rarely have objective value, and everything with some kind of cost, even if it’s just time.
The happiness drug users feel is real, but the cost (money/time/health) can be significant. The happiness that you feel from playing games or reading is real, and the cost (money/time) is less, but still there.
Happiness is always real - just be mindful of the cost!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Sorry if you felt I was trying to put words in your mouth, that wasn’t what I meant. I mentioned Disneyland etc by way of contrast - to illustrate Neuschwanstein was built as real palace. It’s not very old compared to others, but it’s still real.
To provide some context, I’m British and as I’m sure you’ll know, there are castles, palaces and fortifications in abundance here. But despite that, we have nothing even nearly as pretty as Neuschwanstein.
You said it sucks and it doesn’t have much history. I think that, even despite the fact that it’s not very old, it’s beautiful in a way that very few other places are and well worth visiting.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
With all due respect, I think you’re being a little harsh on Neuschwanstein!
It was a real palace built for a real king to use. Admittedly he died before it was completed, so it never actually got used, but it’s not like the Disneyland castle which is just a fiberglass facade.
It looks amazing, both inside and out, and is the closest thing to a real life fairytale castle that exists - because, as you said, that’s specifically the look the king wanted. It wasn’t built as a cynical tourist trap, it was built as a dream palace for a king.
- Comment on Why is the abusive parent always portrayed as being the father, why is the mother never portrayed as abusive? 1 week ago:
FWIW, in fairy tales the mother is the bad parent more often than not.
- Comment on How does one join a terror group? Like example ISIS , do people go to a secret website sign up and get provided flags, bomb parts, or whatever? Or is it just a person saying what they did was for ISIS 1 week ago:
If the last few weeks in the UK are anything to go by, simply holding a sign is enough to be deemed part of a terrorist organisation.
(For clarification, this is in reference to the recent protests about the highly controversial proscription of Palestine Action, and the ridiculous position the police have been put in as a result)
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Is The System Quietly Phasing You Out?
The Functional Melancholic
There - it was that simple. Literally the minimum you needed to provide.
Now people can make an informed decision.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
But what’s the title of the video? Who is it by?
Remember, you’re largely talking to strangers here - it’s not the same as sending a link to someone who knows you and saying “watch this, it’s interesting!”. You need to give people enough information to decide whether they’ll be interested before clicking on it.
For example, for all know it could be a video of that insufferable Kirk guy who’s been popping up in my feed recently. The last thing I want is the algorithm thinking I like clicking on links of him!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
YSK that you might get more bites if you actually tell people where the link goes - include the name of the video at the very least.
In this day and age, people are pretty well conditioned against clicking on random links.
- Comment on Is it worth selling on eBay in 2025? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve sold a fair few things on eBay. It’s much easier now than it used to be - and if you ship with Evri, you don’t even have to go through the faff of going to the post office.
There was a period, ten-fifteen years ago, when there were so many rules that it really wasn’t any fun to sell on there. It’s much more streamlined now.
My experience nowadays is mostly from selling Transformers toys. Can’t really fault it.
- Comment on Why is the colour of sunlight different in every country? 2 weeks ago:
In addition to the answers given, we also have the phenomenon of the “Mexican Filter”. Films and TV programmes featuring scenes in Central America and South East Asia often use extremely yellow / sepia colour grading.
While mostly employed as visual shorthand to show that the scenes are now somewhere other than Europe / North America, it’s so prevalent that people think the countries actually look like that.
- Comment on The UN demands censorship of the Internet, "we need to take global action" 3 weeks ago:
I’ve maintained for years that Web 2.0 has done more harm to humanity than any other single human invention.
- Comment on [Poll] What social media platforms do you know about? 3 weeks ago:
Lemmy
- Comment on What's the easiest way to get hookups without seeing escorts? 3 weeks ago:
There was a guy with an awfully similar name to you, asking awfully similar questions.
I’m not trying to out you if you’re actually the same guy trying to get around a ban, but if you are, why pick such a similar name? It’s bordering on suspicious - picking an explicitly religious name then posting about prostitutes.
If this is coincidence, and you’re a completely different guy with a similar name posting about a similar topic within the space of a week, I apologise - and I don’t want to freak you out too much, but you may have a doppelganger.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Very much this.
Remember, it’s an “ectomy” - they remove a beansprout-sized chunk of your vas deferens. You will be left missing a fairly big piece of the plumbing - it’s not just a simple connect/disconnect thing.
If you do choose to have it done and you’re the curious type, they’ll actually let you watch if you ask.
Also, stock up on ibuprofen!
- Comment on Texas Schools Add Attack Drones To Protect Students 3 weeks ago:
“The high-tech drones, which are piloted by a team of former military men and nationally ranked professional drone racers”
Given that these are being controlled from a remote site, I’m surprised there’s so little latency involved with that they can accurately fly at 100mph.
(I’m guessing they’re not straight-up using RF to control them given the need for the tiny drones to broadcast video over large distances - I assume they’re relying on internet + WiFi.)
Also this quote from the CEO:
“It costs about $1,000 per month for a school of 500 students, or roughly $4 per student”
Does not instill confidence.
“What’s $1000 / 500? … $4?”
- Comment on does this actually imply alcoholism or just snark? 3 weeks ago:
For a little more context, any excess wine in the chalice after communion can’t just be tipped away (symbolising, as it does, the blood of Christ). The standard thing is that the vicar will drink the remainder themselves before moving on.
It’s a common joke that vicars intentionally put far more wine than necessary into the chalice, because that means that there’s more for them to drink at the end.
BTW, I’m talking within the context of the Church of England here, which Rev Hedges is almost certainly from.
- Comment on Readers are canceling their Vogue subscriptions after AI-generated models appear in August issue 4 weeks ago:
Thank you! That’s exactly who I was thinking of, but couldn’t place it.
- Comment on Why do females got to be so hard to talk or flirt with? 4 weeks ago:
Top tip that I can give is to identify and stop consuming whatever content that has made you think that “females” is a normal thing to say.
This will give you the fastest return on investment over anything else.
Secondly, women are just people. No secret tricks. Different people like different things, hate different things and want different things.
Thirdly, and this is because I have no real understanding of where you’re at - maybe try asking some of the sex workers that you mentioned in a previous post if they’d mind talking and suggesting some pointers. Ask before - not afterwards, and do keep in mind that giving advice is not their actual job, so don’t be upset if they don’t want to!
- Comment on YSK Billionaire Rupert Murdoch owns Sky News, The New York Post, The Sun, The Times,Fox News and the Wall Street Journal. He is the most powerful businessman in the West 4 weeks ago:
Not just media - he directly has a hand in shaping governmental policy.
By his own admission, that’s why he dislikes the EU so much - they don’t pay enough attention to him.
- Comment on How do you combat boredom? 4 weeks ago:
You start buying all of the new updated versions of the toys you had as a kid, of course.
Sure, you bought some for your own kids when they were younger, but now you can buy the more expensive better-painted versions from Japan for yourself.
- Comment on Yes, salesperson. Please fondle my underwear before I buy it. And judge me for what I choose. 4 weeks ago:
I think it’s more the case that this is an unnecessary barrier to the process.
I don’t think the issue is that someone else has touched the pack of undies, it’s that you need to go through the palaver of having someone retrieve your undies for you.
Additionally, and I know it might be a radical departure from what the internet suggests, but not everyone wants to share their underwear choices with other folks.
And I know you might think “well the cashier would see it anyway”, but surely you see the difference between someone mechanically ringing up undies in a pile of shopping, and needing to have an actual conversation about what type of underwear you intend to buy with someone?
That’s the issue.
- Comment on Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes? 5 weeks ago:
I’m suspecting a troll account too. The repeated assertion that they’ve been reading the Bible is a weird point to keep making. As if it’s someone who has only the most superficial understanding of Christianity.
If there was some mention of actual verses, then that’d be one thing - but as it is, it feels like OP is just farming replies than actually after advice.
- Comment on Is it weird I don't typically answer how old I am anymore, because literally nobody besides my family believes me? 5 weeks ago:
Same - growing a beard helped massively too.
Once I started working, I used to grow a beard every winter - mainly because I got bored with shaving every day. I noticed that once I had my beard, I never got age-checked, when I shaved it off, I’d still be asked.
Mind you, I’ve had a beard for eleven years now - who knows how haggard I look underneath nowadays!
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 1 month ago:
The official line is that North Korea is thriving - it’d be political suicide for Kim Jong Un to accept help.
The comparison with the US isn’t unwarranted. The respective propaganda machines is the reason both countries are the way they are.
When people are told daily how their country is the best in the world, the ruling class can get away with an awful lot.
It’s 2025, and many places in the US don’t even have clean tap water. People are being “disappeared” off the streets by government agencies. People are dying from easily-treatable diseases. The wealthy ruling class live lives of luxury, while poor people work multiple jobs and still exist below the poverty line.
So, that said, do you think Trump would accept a deal that would allow better living conditions for his people. I think we both know the answer.
- Comment on Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later? 1 month ago:
Boost shows that it was edited :|
In any case, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that I made a mistake in my original reply.
- Comment on [Video] Racist "Stop The Boats" effigy lit in Northern Ireland 1 month ago:
Burning effigies of migrants might be, though.
- Comment on Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later? 1 month ago:
You’re not wrong.
I wish I could see the edit timestamps on Lemmy, because I’m sure that comment was different.
The stupid thing is, I’d originally written the comment with quotes to point it out, then chopped it back because I realised that I was massively overexplaining it. Those quotes would have been handy now!
Then again, it’s not impossible that I made a mistake then too!
I’ll leave my comment up, but strike it out so it’s not misleading, but this still makes sense.
- Comment on Has anyone ever read the book series “Biff, Chip & Kipper” as a kid? 1 month ago:
Same here - my kids had these, but I’m of the generation raised on Roger Red Hat
