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- Comment on I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in? 1 week ago:
Is America fundamentally different today than in the past? Like others have pointed out, it’s not like we’ve got no skeletons in our collective past. Ask any indigenous person, a large percentage of black folk, or anyone who’s ever been considered “a foreigner.” The only major difference is that the same people who have always been assholes are feeling like they can operate out in the open.
But at the same time, the good that has always been true is still here. We’re a beautiful country, with so many ecosystems and climates, two beautiful oceans, amazing natural resources, and we’ve been pretty safe from wars due to our geography and having two pretty good neighbors.
Those being selfishly rich or power hungry have very loud voices these days instead of doing the same things while acting like so-called gentlemen, but they’re still a minority. Most people are just keeping their heads down and earning an honest living. Many are still doing great things like working on medicine, trying to repair our environment, raising and teaching our children, helping those in need, whatever you can name.
Maybe those that want to do evil in America want honest people to feel hopeless and to abandon holding on to what we have. That will leave it all to them after all. But I still love my home and my friends. I love our mountains, beaches, and wildlife. I love my America as much as ever, since I want this country to be the best it can be. But those who go around doing wrong in the name of this country, I want them to see justice more than ever too. We’ve survived the tyrants of America’s past for over 400 years, and one way or another, we can only move forward and hopefully learn from our mistakes.
We can be embarrassed or angry for how our country is being represented and managed, but barring a literal apocalypse, there’s still a ton of good left to find here between the land and the actual people who live here and cash this place home.
- Comment on What should we actually turn our aggression towards? 1 week ago:
Who let a sensible reply in here? 🤪
Before I got my depression treated, I was angry all the time, and like you said, it was physically and mentally taxing to be angry all the time.
I wish a lot of folks here would take the doomscrolling energy and devote it to some direct action. You will actually help those in need, work out a good chunk of your frustration, and you’ll meet awesome, like-minded people. Best thing I’ve ever done in my life.
- Comment on Sale of rat poisons could be restricted to protect Australian wildlife 2 weeks ago:
I saw this, and am very happy for the Australians that have bushed for this for so long and hope more and more places follow in kind!
A few weeks ago, I had shared some data from the US, where SGARs are fairly unregulated, and multiple studies show 80-100% of different raptor species that have been tested show some level of secondary poisoning.
For those not in the know, old rodent poison would metabolize in 1-4 weeks, and unless a bird was really unlucky, they wouldn’t likely get dangerous levels of poison from eating poisoned rodents. Modern poisons are much higher in toxicity, killing many rodents within hours of eating poisoned bait, making each rodent much more dangerous to hungry birds, and additionally it can take a year+ to break down in the body, so higher levels of poison are ingested each time and it accumulates in their bodies if the first dose doesn’t kill them as it is.
Poisoning is an ugly and painful way to die. Seeing these animals go through this is terrible for those of us that try and save them. These birds don’t reproduce in great numbers, they unknowingly eat these poisons themselves, and they bring them home to feed their nestlings. Raptors fill crucial roles in our environments, and they need to be protected.
- Comment on What Lemmy/Piefed communities are YOUR personal favourites? 4 weeks ago:
Make sure you see today’s Pygmy Owl with eyes in the back of its head!
- Comment on What Lemmy/Piefed communities are YOUR personal favourites? 4 weeks ago:
I also recommend this particular community! 😇
- Comment on I sometimes worry that most of my posts from lemmy.dbzer0.com have been sorta doomeristic. Does anyone have any good Lemmy communities that would act as palate cleansers? 1 month ago:
Thankfully the owls provide an endless stream of great content. I’m glad you all enjoy it so much.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I don’t even know if I can say what it is, but Frieren justs hits differently than near anything else I can think of. It just yanks you from sweet and peaceful to dark and intense and back like it’s no thing.
The biggest thing I could say, is that by following Freiren’s perspective, you see what it would be like to be someone near immortal who sees that as normal, and how she starts to understand the timescale of humanity like we’re funny little mayflies with lifespans like a flash in the pan. But as she takes the time to actually get to know humans, she learns that our short lives give us a strengths that elves and demons will never be able to grasp.
It’s a slice of life and a fighting show in one. Characters and the world get really fleshed out, and they feel a lot more like real people. It’s a good balance been cute and fun and some killer battles or competitions. I’d think most people would get hooked right from the first episode, but it really gets to full awesomeness during Ep 3.
- Comment on An Intact 1,400-Year-Old Zapotec Tomb Discovered in Oaxaca 1 month ago:
The photos make it look like a movie set. It doesn’t look anywhere near 1400 years old. They must have been so excited to find a place like this.
- Comment on An Intact 1,400-Year-Old Zapotec Tomb Discovered in Oaxaca 1 month ago:
That is amazing! Can’t wait to get some more photos of that. Thank you so much for tagging me.
In the meanwhile, there’s someone here that may enjoy this even more than me!
@MisterNeon@lemmy.world
- Comment on we need more users 2 months ago:
I get bummed that the political stuff has really taken over. I find myself spending more and more time just working on my own content and answering people’s comments than browsing the other communities. It’s draining scrolling past so much stuff to find the fun bits, but I don’t want to just block it and not see how our platform is developing as a whole.
A lot of communities have rules that posts need to be titled the same as the source article, which, while it prevents editorializing, it also brings all those ragebait headlines here. Plus I’d like to see Lemmy users’ opinions moreso than an article I could just read myself. I’d probably prefer more of the political post to be thoughts/feelings and then discussion is backed up by decent articles rather than an article being the post and comments are just all steered back to a single, often inflammatory article.
If half our content is just reposted mainstream media, why would one expect our comment sections to look any different than the comment sections of those mainstream sites?
- Comment on 3 months ago:
I get most of my stuff from Facebook. Since most of you refuse to go there, it really keeps my content fresh 😁
More seriously, since most of my stuff is from non-profits and photographers, it’s still the number one place these people share their stuff since it’s free, easy, and has a built in wide audience.
Other than that, I look for owls in the Google news page once a week, I look up old research papers or read books, I volunteered at a rehab clinic to learn more and get photos and stories, and I go to events and talk with people that work with owls.
I think the most important thing is that I’m genuinely interested in the subject, so even if social media vanished tomorrow, I would’ve stop doing anything I do to source content, I just wouldn’t be posting. I just post because I think you guys will like it and hopefully donate or volunteer yourselves.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
This is the main resistance I see. I thought I’d be boring in the beginning. I didn’t know much about the subject I began to post about. But from continuing to interact, I learned more about the subject, and I learned what the people I was talking to liked more or liked less.
If you’re just being yourself and talking about things you’re interested in, you’re gonna be fine. People here are pretty chill, so if you’re not spouting outright lies or antagonizing people, there isn’t anything to worry about.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
I don’t know how those people do it. Putting out stuff every day for one community keeps me as busy as I’d want to be.
- Comment on Everything is awful because the people who went to business school figured out how to fuck us over as hard as possible. 3 months ago:
I was in college in the late 90s and remember being in Intro to Business. One of the exercises we had was something about looking at a list of applicants and choosing who to hire. The teacher had looked over everything and got disgusted and read a bunch of replies in front of the class. The answers were basically all about who seemed to be the most exploitable at the advantage of the fictional company, ie who would work overtime they didn’t want to but they had family to support, etc. He couldn’t believe that people were looking at business that heartlessly.
It really gave me a bit to think about, and I remember that more than anything else from that class, but it seems a lot of others really felt they were on to something, since that seems to be how things played out. Maybe my teacher was too idealistic or this was still just Reagan era economic policy kicking in, but it does feel like this is the kind of business world we’ve built since then.
- Comment on [Discussion] Which character is the cutest for you? 3 months ago:
I can’t get enough Anya Forger, of course. Those facial expressions! 🥰
Plus she’s so fun, derpy, has a power that is way too OP for her, yet she still manages to help everyone else save the day. And her relationship with Becky, Bond, and Damian are all so adorable as well. I enjoy every moment she’s on the page/screen.
Tama, (O-tama) the dumpling girls from One Piece has also left a mark after catching up with the anime. She’s so innocent, yet brave through so many scary situations, and I liked how she made real friends with the giant beasts of Wano and actually made friends with some of the former Beast Pirates, especially Speed/Horselina.
All the girls from Tomo-chan is a Girl, Do It Yourself, Yuru Camp, Super Cub, and Diary of our Days at the Breakwater I remember loving as well.
- Comment on Looking for a good Lemmy mobile app 3 months ago:
Summit is peak!
- Comment on Dry Shampoo is the teenage girl equivalent to teenage boys' Axe Body Spray 3 months ago:
Just tried dry shampoo for the first time yesterday actually. I’m a male in my mid 40s who started growing my hair out about 2 years ago and it’s to my shoulder blades now.
I have electric heat, hard water, and somewhat dryish hair so I try to use shampoo just twice a week if I can help it, so as to strip a minimum amount of oil from my hair and keep it from frizzing all over. It works pretty well, but by day 3 it is pretty heavy and there are spots that look greasy and don’t feel great or look good.
I’ve been sick as hell this week and have been falling asleep at random times. So I woke up yesterday after falling asleep before showering. I had time to shower, but having long thick hair takes a long time to dry, and part of my work is outside, and since it’s around freezing here, I didn’t want to have a wet and heavy head of hair outside while I’m already sick.
So I looked in the wife’s rack of hair stuff and saw dry shampoo. I said if this isn’t what this stuff is made for, what is? And I shot my head all over with it. My hair was still heavy and not the best feeling, but man, did it look a ton better than it did before using the dry shampoo! In some ways it even looked better, as the heavier hair can style better, but it usually isn’t visually appealing, but with the excess oil absorbed, now it did look good.
It got me through the day looking kempt and professional, and while I fell asleep immediately when I got home again and still haven’t washed it, if I had to leave home this second, it’d still be passable. Again, it doesn’t feel like the best hair ever, but it will fool everyone else if need be.
So while teens may overuse it and it is no excuse for a shower, I don’t see how the owner of the hair would be fooled into thinking it’s clean instead of just dry and manageable. If the high school girls have gym or sports, I bet they would have some of this so they can freshen up after activities and to not look or feel gross while being constantly judged by other teens.
As a guy who had quarter inch hair for most his life, none of this ever made sense to me either, but now trying to learn how to care for long hair, it is such a complex thing! You’ve got to learn your body chemistry by testing all these things so you know how to keep your hair looking nice when it’s super hot out or humid or windy. Hair snags hurt, and frizz is a bitch if you’re trying to look presentable. So until you live it, try not to get too judgy. Using this stuff isn’t fun, but for people that want to have long hair, these products exist because people need and want them to make hair care better for themselves.
- Comment on Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod? 4 months ago:
I just recently got a PZ2 driver from Vessel for my Honda. It was remarkable how nice it was to use compared to a Phillips screw and driver. I felt so much torque could be applied while the grip stayed rock solid.
Also learned PZ screws are often used in cabinetry, and lo and behold, all my kitchen cabinet do in fact have that tell-tale X mark to indicate they are Pozidrive screws.
I’ve still not had the opportunity to use a square drive Roberston screw, but would still like to use them for something one day.
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 4 months ago:
At this point they’ve been doing it long enough, if you haven’t blocked them, then you’re seeing them because you want to rage about it.
Seriously, other than the thorn, sxan’s comments are just regular stuff, nothing antagonistic or unusual. Go annoy people that have obviously commented without reading linked articles. That’s the real crime!
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 4 months ago:
Using thorn: 100 years dungeon!
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 5 months ago:
Lemmings: Screw corporate social media! Here we can do as we please!
sxan enters chat
Lemmings: Kill them!
- Comment on Spy x Family Season 3 debuts first teaser trailer ahead of October 2025 release 8 months ago:
So elegant!
- Comment on is there is any Lemmy server that care about privacy(does not require email), Does not impose limits on community posts like my current instance and does not have high amount of restrictions? 8 months ago:
Hah, I figure I do bother some people with my block of posts, but 1) I put all my posts up and breakfast so people have all day to ask me questions and I have all my down time at work to answer them so you get quick replies before you forget you even asked something, and 2) if seeing 3-5 owl photos is a row is that big a deal, congrats on having no real problems! 😜
I really do feel that way I do it is an advantage for anyone who develops a real interest in the content. It works for me in a way that it isn’t a burden to do it every day, and you get my mostly undivided attention to reply to you.
- Comment on Can shoes be made in the US without cheap labour? 9 months ago:
Even Keen only assembles 9% of its shoes in America.
To my knowledge, and as somewhat reflected in the article, they’re not even really made in America, but this is mainly just where foreign manufacture pieces are assembled.
The article does address that a little more, showing Keen is working on trying to source more US made parts, but due to the limited manufacturing here and its increased labor cost, that’s a challenge.
I’m on my third set of Keens, and they are far and away my favorite work boots. I’ve had one of the higher end non-US ones and 2 US ones. They’ve all been amazing, but the width of my most recent pair feels like it was made on a narrower last, but it’s also my first leather pair, so they may just need more break in.
- Comment on Do you care about up/down votes? 9 months ago:
Yay! Validation! 😁
- Comment on Do you care about up/down votes? 9 months ago:
It lets me feel like my time here is being useful if I get the upvotes. I try to limit myself to positive/fun/helpful posts or adding additional facts from other articles to someone’s post of I feel more info is needed to get a full story, so if people reply or at least upvote, it feels like it was worth adding my contribution. If my humor/help isn’t needed or wanted in a place, I don’t want to both waste my time and annoy people.
- Comment on Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut’s new scenes will give fans “refreshing” sense of closure, according to cast 9 months ago:
I don’t know if I need this, as I felt everything was done pretty well as it was in 0 and Kiwami 2, but since all the characters and actors are so good with these roles, I definitely want to see it.
I’d be a bit annoyed if this isn’t eventually a free patch to the PlayStation, and I don’t know if I’d pay for it, but having this a Nintendo exclusive permanently seems an odd decision.
- Comment on Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products 10 months ago:
Oh wow. I had no clue there were so many that inexpensive now. Thank you!
- Comment on Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products 10 months ago:
Huh… I watched a basic review on it and that seems somewhat intriguing. It looked faster than expected, decent basic features, and he says parts availability is good. I may have to put this on the wishlist… Thanks for the tip!
- Comment on Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products 10 months ago:
I check periodically, but I don’t see anything within an hour of me. It’s a shame, as I’m in the more populated part of my state, between the biggest and third biggest cities and I read about these places and feel I’d really enjoy them.
I have a milk frother for example, that burned out its stupidly non resetting thermal fuse because it got put on the base, something bumped the start button with nothing in and it burnt out. I’d love to have someone show me how to locate that bit and replace it, but I dunno where to go for that.
Same with the 3D printer. I can afford one, but at this stage of life I’d rather someone give me a hands on run through and give me some of their wisdom from experience than me playing around and getting frustrated until I get it right.
