toynbee
@toynbee@lemmy.world
- Comment on I am two of them 19 hours ago:
Fat guys like me.
- Comment on Summertime be like... 1 day ago:
My wife says that if I go out in the sun for a few minutes, I come back looking like “burnt chicken.”
- Comment on Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever 2 days ago:
That’s why I said older.
But yeah … Sad truths.
- Comment on Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever 2 days ago:
And hoodie!
- Comment on Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp 2 days ago:
I use both and have been happy with both, but note that Element / Matrix have recently announced the intent to add paid service tiers.
- Comment on Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever 2 days ago:
I said in another thread about this, he looks like an older Tom Scott.
- Comment on A reboot of the X-Files but this time Scully is always right. Everything has a totally rational explanation and Mulder slowly looses his believe in the supernatural. 4 days ago:
That sounds fun.
For the first sentence or two, I thought you were talking about the unrelated book.
Thank you for the new media!
- Comment on Some things just refuse to die 4 days ago:
You should be more careful with your phone.
- Comment on Scientists discover promising new way to filter microplastics out of human body: 'The dose makes the poison' 4 days ago:
That indeed is a functional method, but I’m not sure I’d call it more accessible. Unless you mean that more people probably own a pot than an appropriate microwave safe container, in which case, fair enough.
- Comment on Your sea crits are safe with me. 4 days ago:
(but that’s not a criticism, I enjoyed your comment)
- Comment on 90s kids get it 4 days ago:
I am comprised of 90 some children and also was alive in the 90s, but sheltered. Looking up the quote from the image shows that it’s a lyric from “She Talks to Angels” by The Black Crowes.
I’m not sure about the background image. I think it might be artists who were popular in the 90s, but that’s more than half just guessing.
- Comment on Scientists discover promising new way to filter microplastics out of human body: 'The dose makes the poison' 4 days ago:
A while ago there was a reddit post about how you don’t need bagged popcorn to pop popcorn. You don’t even need any of them there fancy air poppers. All you need is a glass container and the popcorn itself. And it’s true!
The only part that presented any trouble was finding a safe container with a safe lid - during the process of popping, an individual kernel is super warm, so if it hits a lid that can’t tolerate that it can melt pits into the lid.
Other than that (and making sure you don’t add too much popcorn, that stuff expands like crazy), just dump the kernels into your container, cover it up (don’t forget to vent as appropriate) and then microwave as you would the bagged stuff. Add your seasonings, shake up the container, and enjoy.
- Comment on I think I bought the wrong game 5 days ago:
Wow, you’ve missed out.
It is a lot.
- Comment on Priorities 1 week ago:
Don’t forget he can also adjust his perception of the passing of time.
- Comment on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producers Have A Genius Plan To Keep The Show Alive (Kind Of) 1 week ago:
Usually it stands for “the animated series.”
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 1 week ago:
I’ve been curious about this recently after seeing all the reviews for MindsEye. I’d never heard of it until a few days ago, yet all the reviewers I pay attention to are talking about how it’s the worst game ever, while the footage they show makes it look fine. I haven’t played it, so I can’t disagree with them, but the vitriol for something that appears to be completely average is surprising.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
Thank you for your assistance.
- Comment on Behold 1 week ago:
This is especially true with xkcd.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 week ago:
To be fair, I am shocked… Not to see a Pikachu face in the comments.
- Comment on I don't think he's sorry 1 week ago:
Perhaps an amalgam.
- Comment on I don't think he's sorry 1 week ago:
He kinda looks like Qui-Gon Jinn.
- Comment on Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted 1 week ago:
I had guessed the nature of the site and “roleplay.” It is a tad silly on my part to not have guessed “erotic”; thanks for getting me (and not in an erotic way).
- Comment on Bambu Lab Controversy Deepens: Firmware Update Sparks Backlash 1 week ago:
I have not yet - I did join the relevant discord, but it hasn’t been much help at this point. Thank you for the recommendation.
- Comment on Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted 1 week ago:
… What’s ERP? Or don’t I want to know?
- Comment on 10000 hours to become an expert, avg person poops for ~12 minutes a day. It would take 137 years to master. 1 week ago:
Sometimes, during longer sessions, I involuntarily think of that one old reddit story about a guy who put some hair removal chemical on his testicles then started watching some show while he waited for the chemical to work. Subsequently he got absorbed in the show long enough for the chemical to do its thing and far too much more. (In case you’re not familiar with the anecdote, he had to go to the ER but the member in question was apparently still functional if visually altered after a recovery period.)
I’ve never used that kind of ointment on my groin or anywhere else. However, sometimes when I start to get absorbed in some media whilst pantsless, my general anxiety makes me double check that I didn’t apply something for the first time ever, then forget about it.
- Comment on Bambu Lab Controversy Deepens: Firmware Update Sparks Backlash 1 week ago:
My Q1 Pro was awesome for weeks without issue, but now the motor is jammed (I can see the little gear trying and failing to move) and I’ve been too afraid to take it apart.
- Comment on Peak male form 1 week ago:
So that’s why my wife’s member is so big!
- Comment on Peak male form 1 week ago:
It is unclear what vehicles he owns and operates, as well as how his wife feels about potentially derogatory words.
- Comment on Peak male form 1 week ago:
I was able to ascertain the meaning, but I enjoyed your summary regardless!
- Comment on Peak male form 1 week ago:
I know those words, but I don’t think they’re being used in a manner to which I’m accustomed.
