JohnnyCanuck

@JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is the purpose of deleting posts on lemmy when its impossible to remove them from my profile posts window,or from all instances?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I get an error when I go to that link.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem like teenagers killing people is way more commonplace in the UK now?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Username checks out 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Faith VII⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  60000 KES (Kenyan Shillings) is about US$465

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Americans so hung up on Epstein and his egg head island and "the files"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand that these people should, of course, be held accountable

  Right, so who? And with what evidence?

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  Oh yeah, that info is (probably) in the Epstein Files.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Downvoting your ass⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lay on your back and take my… Upvote

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have no idea how to do my laundry⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or dadjokes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is shart a swearword?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oops, I sharted again, I played with a fart, Got lost in the shame, no diaper baby!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinions are like buttholes. Everybody has one but you don't need to engage when someone shows you theirs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Opinions are like butholes. Everyone has one, and if you present yours to others, expect them to engage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm glad i grabbed this wii fit balance board from the trash a decade ago, wow!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly don’t know lol. I just know I hated our game on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is withdrawing support for older printers' drivers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can still install the drivers, you just don’t get them through windows update. I hate when windows update touches my drivers without my permission, so this sounds like a win-win.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm glad i grabbed this wii fit balance board from the trash a decade ago, wow!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I worked on a game that supports it. It was total shit compared to paying with a controller. Nintendo dev tools were fucking archaic at the time which made it stuck to work with. What are you playing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We dont talk about what happened to Alex Pretti enough.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t take it as a personal attack maybe?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An ice dance duo skated to AI music at the Olympics | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Before 10 or 15 years ago you weren’t allowed music with voices, and most people used classical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most food animals are smarter than a baby.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, I think they’re saying we should be eating baby animals, right? Because they’re dumber than babies, so therefore completely edible!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do I find cool stickers?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Skate shops. Skateboard companies make a lot of cool stickers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"A hill I'm willing to die on" is a weird phrase for what it means.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I was just more commenting on their use of the “hill to die on” thing than the quality or value of their argument. Like there wasn’t anything I was doing to indicate it was a hill I was willing to die on, certainly not any more than they were.

  That said, it wasn’t just downvoting, several other people also jumped in to argue with them, and honestly they just seemed to be acting antagonistic for no reason.

  And while downvotes aren’t always an indicator of a weak argument, they certainly can be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"A hill I'm willing to die on" is a weird phrase for what it means.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So weird, someone just told me I was willing to die on a hill for my opinion when they were getting downvoted to oblivion for their opinion, and holding to it.

  I.e., figuratively, they were on their hill taking shots from all sides, unwilling to yield, and yelling down to me - with my similarly opinioned compatriots - that I was willing to die on my hill. It was so bizarre and I was thinking about how they didn’t understand the meaning of the phrase, and then I came across this post.

  This may not be the case here, but idioms like this can sound particularly weird when they’re in a language that isn’t your first language. This one doesn’t sound weird to me exceot when used in the wrong way lol.

  So just to be clear, the phrase isn’t just about having differing opinions, nor actually putting your life on the line. It is about steadfastly holding to an unpopular (currently, or in the immediate context) opinion in the face of adversity. The more unpopular it is, the bigger the hill it seems to be, with fewer people defending it. In the military context the idiom derives from, hills were strategic goals and holding hills gave advantages. The harder a hill was to defend and hold, the more willing you need to be to die to defend it (literally). In the idiomatic sense, “dying” might be more like getting yelled at from all sides - or downvoted in a huge way…

  You said you have a few opinions you would be willing to die for. That’s probably a bit more extreme than this phrase is intended for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hydrofoil ferry sets 160-nautical-mile record in longest sea voyage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. I’m not write sure why this whole conversation is even happening…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hydrofoil ferry sets 160-nautical-mile record in longest sea voyage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  inane [ɪˈneɪn]

  adjective

  1. lacking sense or meaning; silly:

     “don’t badger people with inane questions”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hydrofoil ferry sets 160-nautical-mile record in longest sea voyage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, the original article had a perfectly fine title. It’s pretty standard when posting to keep the title of the original article you’re linking to instead of editorializing it, unless you’re specifically going to fix something and note that.

  Here, let me help you: copy, paste.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hydrofoil ferry sets 160-nautical-mile record in longest sea voyage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your comment was inane, which is why I gave the “no, you”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hydrofoil ferry sets 160-nautical-mile record in longest sea voyage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s missing key information, and without that information the title doesn’t make sense, and kind of isn’t as interesting. Now read your comment as if I wrote it back to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hydrofoil ferry sets 160-nautical-mile record in longest sea voyage⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why did you change the title?

  Article title is: Electric hydrofoil ferry completes record 160-mile voyage using standard fast chargers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We need libraries, but instead of books, you borrow musical instruments.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We have a tool library in Vancouver. I don’t think it’s unique?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In my opinion, no, don’t do it. It doesn’t add anything. But I’m old and crotchety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if brains are eggs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What if you’re on a motor bike?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Perfect Battery Doesn’t Exist… Or Does It?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m holding out hope for that solid state one announced at CES. It could be a game changer if real.

  Big if, but still…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Without vowels there'd be no singing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The OG skibidi toilet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I did a complete bathroom remodel⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed about the drain. We have the same problem in Canada and I think it’s because the insurance companies, restoration companies, and builders are conspiring here to keep it that way.

  But I would prefer that the shower was self contained and had its own drain. The wet baths I constantly deal with when I travel are one of my pet peaves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are they for real?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too