DrBob
@DrBob@lemmy.ca
Recovering academic now in public safety. You’ll find me kibitzing on brains (my academic expertise) to critical infrastructure and resilience (current worklife). Also hockey, games, music just because.
- Comment on Fun Fact I bet you don't know 4 days ago:
Fun fact: this is simply incorrect. It was simply an occupational descriptor. OED has a citation from 1280 when none of our current cultural baggage applied.
- Comment on what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge? 1 week ago:
Apples.
- Comment on card game shop 3 weeks ago:
Are you made from sugar? I’m part of the two-a-day club. When I wake up and after the gym.
- Comment on When did people start saying "have a good rest of your day" 3 weeks ago:
I do. Have a good what? Date?Sandwich? Shit? They have no idea what I’m up to next.
- Comment on When did people start saying "have a good rest of your day" 3 weeks ago:
😀
- Comment on When did people start saying "have a good rest of your day" 3 weeks ago:
I’m almost 60 and I have heard that from as long as I can remember. “Have a good one” though…I first heard that in the early 2000’s and it sounded stupid then. And it sounds stupid now.
- Comment on I have no idea what this is about 4 weeks ago:
It wasn’t a motorcycle, it was on water skis.
- Comment on Animal guessing game!!! 1 month ago:
Is it an asshole?
- Comment on JFC, who did this?! 1 month ago:
What is it?
- Comment on US presidents are getting younger over time 1 month ago:
The fact that Trump was older when elected is part of the joke.
- Comment on US presidents are getting younger over time 1 month ago:
Whoosh
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Enjoy it. Am almost 60 and would love to be 37 again.
- Comment on *They drew First Blood, not me.* 2 months ago:
Thank you. I was seeing wood.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
If we can agree that children shouldn’t see beatings, torture, and murder, then sure.
- Comment on Caption this. 2 months ago:
Source?
- Comment on We're not just married. We are a team that solves problems together 3 months ago:
?
- Comment on HR people smiling at you thinking that you are a complete moron 3 months ago:
I’ve been friends with HR people at a number of jobs. They generally party hard. I’ve also always had the understanding that if they have to walk me we’d be professional about it. I’ve never been let go.
- Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States 3 months ago:
“Government” has two meanings here. The oppostion has an official role in “governance” which is why they have offices, sit in committees, have research budgets, vote etc. In a minority government situation The backbenchers have a great deal of control over the process. Opposition included. The “GOVernment” controls the process to great extent.
This isn’t like the American system where the minority partner is relegated to the sides. The opposition play a very strong role in the parliamentary process. It doesn’t map well onto American politics at all.
- Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States 3 months ago:
That is the Westminster system. It’s fine in that the head of the executive only has power so long as they have the confidence of the elected members. If the elected members lose confidence then the government falls. The government is the house, so your vote does directly influence the government on either the government or opposition side. Don’t get too jealous of the American system - it’s a bloody mess in its own right.
- Comment on Have you ever been invited to a search party? 3 months ago:
Hi-viz and hiking boots.
- Comment on Do you still remember? 4 months ago:
Oldsmobile Delta 88. I learned to drive in the largest car the driving school had. The thinking was if I could maneuver that beast everything else should be easy. I guess it worked?
- Comment on I wonder if the spice girls still get along or if that "friendship never ends" thing was just a lie. 4 months ago:
The Spice Girls were real stuff. They were put together but revolted against the producers who were trying to control the group. In an infamous episode they stole the masters for what became the first album and released it themselves.
- Comment on Google Gemini is coming for your private apps. Here's how to stop it 4 months ago:
Not Pixel 6?
- Comment on I require nothing more 4 months ago:
I lived like this the first year of my postdoc and couldn’t have been happier. I had 4 place settings but only used one and washed it after every meal. Desk, computer, one camp chair, and an inflatable mattress. Stayed that way until my wife joined me my second year and made me get a real apartment.
- Comment on There's no wrong way to stroke it 5 months ago:
It’s very short and perpendicular to the skin. It feels like velvet.
- Comment on If you have used this you are immune to all disease. 5 months ago:
Better than almost every other option.
- Comment on I feel attacked 5 months ago:
Well it is during a midlife crisis.
- Comment on I feel attacked 5 months ago:
I have done all of these. None of them were a midlife crisis - that was straight fucking.
- Comment on Infinite glitch 5 months ago:
She was never quiet about this.
- Comment on Fresh 5 months ago:
Methane flavored.