toynbee
@toynbee@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 15 hours ago:
- Comment on World would be a better place 1 day ago:
Cognitive capacity aside, have the latter group of people never seen the moon during the day?
- Comment on World would be a better place 1 day ago:
I grew up in a small town and only encountered Jehovah’s Witnesses once in my childhood. That time, they gave their introductory spiel and my response was literally “uhhhhh … ?”
I was a kid and had just gotten in trouble, including some yelling, from my mom who was - at the time - the only other person home. I don’t even remember why. However, in normal circumstances I would have called to her for rescue; this time I wasn’t sure whether I should since she was mad at me. Still, she heard the interaction and came to the door, saving me by saying “we’re not interested, thanks” and closing the door in their faces. Afterwards, she explained in mom terms that she’d always have my back, even if she was mad.
- Comment on If it works it works 1 day ago:
Tell you what, let’s just do it next week when you’ve had the opportunity to rest.
- Comment on If it works it works 2 days ago:
This is why you’re employee of the month.
- Comment on Men are losing their Y chromosomes - and it's accelerating the ageing process 2 days ago:
- Comment on If it works it works 2 days ago:
Would noon work better for you?
- Comment on I need someone to help me identify this shark plz. Spotted in the wild. Maybe a new species. 3 days ago:
Perhaps they’re like frogs, which sometimes use their eyeballs to swallow and, uh … The eyeballs got lost along the way?
- Comment on Israeli guards stripped and filmed Thunberg naked, wrote 'whore' on her luggage 3 days ago:
I understand that such people exist, but I don’t understand the inclination to take these actions.
- Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not. 3 days ago:
My dad, now passed, once said “I’m glad I won’t have to live in the world you kids are growing up in” (or approximately those words). He was primarily referring to privacy and rights, which I think were being directed by Bush at that time.
I was young and privileged enough that I had noticed a few worrying governmental trends but didn’t really feel myself affected, nor did I have much concern about the future. I now feel his words more impactfully.
(I know some of the prevailing sentiments on lemmy; I worry about our collective future but don’t resent my dad for his part in bringing me into this world. He was a good dad who provided me with a good life and set me up to continue that after he was gone and, even if that weren’t true, he couldn’t have predicted the world we’re in today.)
- Comment on membrainz 3 days ago:
I learned about these from MiB.
- Comment on GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders 3 days ago:
Oh, those weren’t my hands.
(Also, I haven’t thought about CUPS in forever and this made me laugh. Thank you!)
- Comment on GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders 3 days ago:
I wanna CUP.
- Comment on …and I’m a bad boy for breaking a fart 3 days ago:
There’s a bathroom on the right.
- Comment on funny little guys 3 days ago:
It kind of sounds way more like Supernatural than I realized, TBH.
- Comment on funny little guys 3 days ago:
Amazing. I thought it was a whole show about a bumbling guy and a genie. I can’t even remember anyone in my house ever watching X-Files. Thanks!
- Comment on I need someone to help me identify this shark plz. Spotted in the wild. Maybe a new species. 3 days ago:
Sounds useful for when the triffids come.
No one ever laughs when I make this reference.
- Comment on funny little guys 3 days ago:
When I was a kid, I saw a short clip of a show about which I knew - and know - basically nothing. In it, the (presumed) protagonist is interacting with an insouciant genie styling itself as a goth woman. He wishes for the return of his (violently, I think?) dead friend, which is granted, but his friend is just angrily glaring at him. He then wishes for his friend to be able to speak, to communicate. The genie warns him that he doesn’t want that, but he insists. The wish granted, the friend simply starts screaming.
I’ve wondered for years what that show was, as it seemed interesting; but also, the response in this screenshot reminds me of that scenario.
- Comment on one bright second 3 days ago:
I don’t know, I thought it was pretty fun.
- Comment on It's not? 3 days ago:
Maybe they were talking about consent.
- Comment on ugly little cutie 1 week ago:
I used to have a shirt that says “my mommy says I’m special,” obviously sarcastically (I’m not special, at least not in a positive way).
The first time I wore it, my mom saw me and said “awwww. I do think you’re special!”
- Comment on wax on 1 week ago:
It’s basically the same thought that occurred to me, so it wouldn’t have been contained.
- Comment on scheming hot banana cookies 1 week ago:
If they are eating bananas, they’re probably more than zero K.
- Comment on Mmmmm 1 week ago:
I was going to tell you aboutpopcorn lung, but apparently that might not be popcorn related.
Neat.
- Comment on kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel 1 week ago:
Thank you for the information.
- Comment on kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel 1 week ago:
Thanks for the information!
- Comment on kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel 1 week ago:
Yes, and also I was able to extrapolate that much, but I was looking for some idea of what kind of content they provided.
That said, I can look them up; apologies for bothering you on the matter.
- Comment on kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel 1 week ago:
What are Astrum, Fireship and Hoog?
- Comment on big savings 1 week ago:
Then you weep for me! Also, there were a lot of words there and I feel like I knew about half of them.
Thank you for sharing.
- Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account 1 week ago:
Is this what they mean when they say “steam of consciousness”?