toynbee

@toynbee@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My father the tween literary critic⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  No need to apologize. I probably should have done something to make it more obvious, like bolding the relevant words. In my eyes you’ve done nothing wrong; likewise, I hope I didn’t offend.

  The sincere response is appreciated and I suspect you’re underselling yourself. Hope you have a great weekend!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My father the tween literary critic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I assumed you were referring to Wayside School, so I made a comment using the words “way” and “side.” I didn’t doubt your intentions at all, but I understand my comment sounded like I did.

  I considered preemptively adding something to indicate I wasn’t being critical of you, but thought it might detract from whatever humor might be derived. Hopefully I haven’t ruined your opinion of me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Then you’ve brought me up to 0!

  I’m not worried about points, but I was curious why this was so (comparatively) unpopular.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My father the tween literary critic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Way to sideline things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Follow me for more shitty diet tips⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Calories and thiamine both!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha, nice.

  Funnily enough I’ve been talking to people a lot about screw types recently. My wife was taking some hardware out of the house and cursing the varied kinds of screws used during installation; a friend and co-worker has been obsessed with the varieties ever since I met him; and my six year old found some of the screws dropped by my wife and asked why they were different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I like the PlayStation stylized screw much more.

  Stylized screw from within a PlayStation. It bears symbols from the faces of controller buttons

  (Original credit for the image goes to an old reddit post)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally it kinda reminds me of that tool they use to open toilet paper containers in some public restroom stalls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Deadpool responding to Spider-Man saying “boobie trap” by laughing at the second word rather than the first

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This one was invented, by a writer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I sort of did that once accidentally. I was six or seven and riding the school bus when a sports car blasted past. I thought the car was cool and so that it would be funny if someone were to lean out into the aisle and shout “follow that car!”

  Then I realized I was already doing that rather than just picturing it in my head. I don’t know if “funny” is the right word but certainly there was a lot of laughter, especially by those who could see my realization face.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Programming socks?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be impressive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Programming socks?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have that same keyboard.

  Or had. My wife absconded with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨cant take it anymore⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a different lemming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NO.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally someone else acknowledges that this existed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨happy valentines day❤️⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If my wife saw your username, she would sing it to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨cant take it anymore⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you real?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PB&J⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough! Thanks for the detail!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PB&J⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t listened to them in years, but I enjoyed what I heard. (I actually made a post on lemmy about how the first time I heard Ratatat I was driving past Ararat Rd.)

  I intended no criticism of the musician, just surprise at seeing them mentioned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PB&J⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Does this not inevitably result in a yeast infection for … Someone?

  Also, never met anyone else who could drop the name “Ratatat.” Badass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doors⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Right - I think the difference is that, when using a fob, you’re likely within line of sight or at least nearby your car and so presumably could observe or otherwise check for car occupants, but so long as your car and phone both have reception you can use the app from anywhere without any clue who might be in or around the car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doors⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to have a Tesla (traded it in). In the app you could open, but not close, the windows. It could be inconvenient at times but I assume the reasoning was similar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doors⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And, as a bonus, any ghosts or demons therein!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And can be configured to only communicate within your network.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Practical and Logical⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You might see me in the same clothes
  I had on last week, am I ashamed? No

  NF - Motto

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨meal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Homer Simpson eating cheese

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Website⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought I used Coffezilla, but it looks like maybe it was CoffeeCup, except at a glance I’m not sure that’s a WYSIWYG editor. Maybe things changed in the intervening decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  At the hospital where I had my sleep studies done the only available parking was next to a probably five story building. On the second floor down from the top someone had put a mannequin in an EMS vest against their office window and left the lights on.

  Whoever that person was should feel accomplished, as it successfully startled me every time I had to walk across that parking lot alone at 10pm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A wise coworker of mine once told me that, when it comes to what Unix commands stand for, you kind of make it up as you go.

  In this case, though, looks like we were both wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Alternatives, Ranked⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, for at least the first five letters, I can’t even tell the difference.