adhocfungus
@adhocfungus@midwest.social
- Comment on I have searched far and wide 22 hours ago:
We? Of course, yes. All of us… Image
- Comment on Badluck 2 days ago:
The original is from Magic for Humans, for anyone curious: Image
- Comment on 🌟The Bright Side: French scientists identify new blood type in Guadeloupe woman 3 days ago:
I knew there were more niche types than the A, B, and Rh, but I had no idea we were up to 48. I wonder how much the lesser known types interfere with transfusions.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
I like the concept, and I think it would fit the definition of democracy since it reflects the will of the people. The main issue I see is that it still remains stable if a majority superclass oppresses a minority underclass. Tyranny of the Masses is a problem with most forms of democracy, not just yours.
One tactic to mitigate it is by only doing a random sample each time instead of a full sample. So randomly select 20% of the population, require them to vote, and if 50% of them vote in favor then there’s no election. That only works if the mechanism to randomly select people can’t be tampered with, though.
- Comment on Priorities 4 days ago:
Sometimes as low as $1 per day, sometimes up to $50 per day, all dependent on the state and specific prison. Hawaii doesn’t charge, so get locked up there if you follow through with this plan!
Sure, private prison execs already get to hoover up taxpayer money, and they profit from the slave labor, but how else would they get filthy rich if they stopped profiting off you just because you finished your sentence?
- Comment on Would you be dumb enough to wear this shirt in public? 4 days ago:
Is that the CLIT Commander!?
- Comment on Priorities 5 days ago:
You’d better hope that art is good enough to pay for your prison rent or you’ll be in debt for the rest of your life. Especially given how tough it is to get a traditional job afterwards.
- Comment on Just be that way 1 week ago:
The setup based on the first image+caption would lead you to believe the second image will relay how boys feel if a girl walks into the locker room. The second half instead subverts that expectation by having a too-accurate caption of a strange image, unrelated to locker rooms.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
My mom said it to me frequently before I cut her out, which is a pretty good indication it’s not normal. A therapist would tell you that’s a reflection of her issues; if she had a different kid instead of you she would have said the same thing to them. You, as a person, don’t really factor into why she feels that way.
As for your feelings, let me know what you come up with. I’m in the same boat emotionally and I don’t see a way out either.
- Comment on If no government shall bare arms against its own citizens. Then what is happening in LA? 2 weeks ago:
You definitely seem to have the second amendment backwards, as others have mentioned.
Additionally, the US government has turned the military on its own protesters several times. The Kent State massacre, The Battle of Blair Mountain, and the 1967 Detroit riots are all instances where they murdered civilians and faced no consequences. It’s completely legal and, in all three of those cases, was happily endorsed by much of the populace.
- Comment on 🤯🤯🤯 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Too bad we can't all act like this 2 weeks ago:
This may be unpopular, but I don’t use the dividers at checkout. I just wait my turn. Once all the previous person’s stuff is scanned I start loading my stuff on the belt. By the time they finish paying, even with a tap card, I’ve got the belt full and I’m waiting again.
Some guy got mad at me at Costco recently for it. I guess he really wanted to get some stuff out of his cart while the person in front of me was still getting scanned. It feels like flooring it to every red light. You still have to wait, so what’s the point?
- Comment on Windows 11 Start Menu Revealed as Resource-Heavy React Native App, Sparks Performance Concerns 3 weeks ago:
Does anybody have a link to an actual source for the claim? I would absolutely believe it, but this article’s “source” just seems to be the same article but Russian. The guy on Twitter claiming to be the author of the code seems to be trolling, leaving me with no leads.
I want to send this to my coworker who hates React, but I don’t want to spread misinformation.
- Comment on Self hosted Teams alternative? 4 weeks ago:
Plus that Gavin Belson guy keeps trying to jam his horrible signature into his products.
- Comment on What's the worst spelling you've seen? 5 weeks ago:
There’s a girl in my kid’s class named Eighmee. Pronounced “Amy”. I thought it was weird but there’s a street in a neighboring town named Eighmee Street.
- Comment on This one we can all agree on 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on The Beauty Of Having A Pi-hole · Den Delimarsky 1 month ago:
Is it possible to do something like this with a newer router? My wireless-G router is finally dying after 20 years, and if I need to upgrade it’d be nice to wrap it all in one.
- Comment on Who's That Pokémon? 2 months ago:
It’s Kirby!
- Comment on Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client 2 months ago:
This is my exact setup. The upgrade from the smart TV was night and day. Apps load instantly and Jellyfin works great. Most importantly the remote is easy to use and can control the TV.
- Comment on Vizio Shows What Happens When U.S. Fascism And TV Enshittification Meet 2 months ago:
It doesn’t feel real anymore on the inside. Except when it feels too real…
- Comment on The correct answer is "D" 2 months ago:
I want to argue with you, but that’s pretty accurate. The only time I’ll admit I’m at fault is if I know who actually screwed up. I’ll say, “My mistake, I’ll get that fixed right away,” then I’ll privately message the real culprit.
But if I know it was me then I’m picking one off this list and kicking the can down the road. I’m the stereotypical lazy and spineless programmer.
- Comment on Based on a true story 2 months ago:
I have a good '08 car that I bought with cash 10 years ago for $3000. I got it from a guy who exclusively sells and fixes this model of car. I went back last year to get my car fixed and looked at the cars he was selling. '08s were starting at $5000.
- Comment on [SATIRE] Here's an idea: "Therapeutic Kidnapping"- let me explain (text-post inside) 3 months ago:
It was the original definition of “gooning”: wikipedia
Sadly the traumatic kidnapping was generally the least bad part of the experience, since the camps were/are incredibly abusive.
- Comment on How is Arcane the series based upon League of Legends, a tower defense game? 3 months ago:
Didn’t both genres, tower defense and MOBA, evolve from Warcraft III mods / custom levels? I don’t think it’s too outlandish to get them confused if you aren’t into them.
- Comment on Can you eat soap for acid reflux? 4 months ago:
A heart attack is a damaging lack of blood flow to the heart. This is very often caused by your heart beating wrong (or not at all) but can have many other causes. It’s also important to note that the heart largely does not receive oxygen from the blood inside it; it has its own set of blood vessels on the outside feeding it. Therefore you can have a heart attack even though the pumping portions are completely clear.
It’s possible for the blood flow to be slowed so far by blockages that your heart starts taking damage, yet still struggles on for five days. Definitely not a common scenario, but it does highlight just how varied and uneven heart attack symptoms are. Which just makes the whole thing that much scarier in my opinion.
- Comment on Can you eat soap for acid reflux? 4 months ago:
Heartburn is a type of pain usually caused by acid reflux, but can be mimicked by a heart attack.
- Comment on I'm suppose to believe I now live in a world where a Democrats can become president agoant and put George Soros at the head of DOGE? 4 months ago:
Yeah, I kinda assumed all elections from here on out will be like Russia: you can vote for whoever you want, but it won’t count and you’re going to get a visit afterwards.
- Comment on is feeling disrespected reason good enough to change jobs? 5 months ago:
Agreed. There are really only two reasons managers do that. Either they want to deny raises or they want to fire you. Both need a paper trail, and neither is affected by what they say to coworkers. Either way it’s time to interview with other companies.
- Comment on What do you create? 6 months ago:
Resin dice, novels, 3D prints, paintings, video games, wooden furniture, RPG scenarios. I have way too many hobbies and maybe two hours per week to work on them, so in reality I create very little. But making something physical is incredibly helpful for keeping the worst of my depression at bay.
- Comment on What do you create? 6 months ago:
I definitely didn’t read it that way from the post. I thought it was about your hobbies and creative interests. I guess you could infer social strata by whether the answerer has time and disposable income for hobbies. Some don’t require much investment, but it’s usually more than none.
