Olhonestjim
@Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
- Comment on Fucking pigeons 2 weeks ago:
They did not start this way. We domesticated them. Then we rejected them. They’re still figuring out how to be wild again. All those pigeons you see are the descendants of formerly beloved pets that we threw outside without a care around 150 years ago.
- Comment on Fucking pigeons 2 weeks ago:
For millennia they were beloved pets and messengers. We bred independence out of them and doted upon them. Then we invented the telephone and cast them all out into the wild en masse. It’s amazing they’ve survived this well.
They are as we made them, and as we rejected them.
- Comment on BACK IT UP 1 month ago:
It’s quite likely a belief that sunscreen lotion is a bad thing that harms people. Found that one out from an old high school crush from FL. She looks like leather now.
- Comment on Saudi executes more than 100 foreigners in 2024: AFP tally 2 months ago:
Been there once. Never set foot on land. Close enough. No regrets.
- Comment on Watch. It. 2 months ago:
I’m not young anymore. I will no longer dedicate significant time to any TV show. 26 episode series are creatively ideal. I already have hundreds of books, records, and films to finish, and too little time even for them.
- Comment on Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't? 2 months ago:
I mean, wasn’t gonna.
- Comment on Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't? 2 months ago:
You might want to ask Ajit Pai.
- Comment on Magic Mineral 2 months ago:
Probably because symptoms of mesothelioma take decades to develop, and I only encountered that stuff around a few holiday seasons in my earliest memories.
- Comment on Magic Mineral 2 months ago:
To prove it was safe. They knew it wasn’t, so they changed public opinion by marketing.
“Of course it’s safe! Look how safe it is! It’s fun for the whole family! What do you think we are, monsters?”
- Comment on Magic Mineral 2 months ago:
Aw fuck l, I knew I remembered that shit from childhood.
- Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second 3 months ago:
Cool. I’ve already got more books than I’ll be able to finish before I die. Might as well get back into reading. Fuck those bastards.
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 3 months ago:
Dude, chill.
- Comment on That explains it. 3 months ago:
The post wasn’t about ordinary women going through their lives in healthy ways. It was about young women influencers and the old men who follow them. The reason why is obvious.
- Comment on xkcd #2978: Stranded 4 months ago:
Given the means to process, refine and build in zero g, I’d love to have my own asteroid.
- Comment on What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from? 4 months ago:
I’d love to see another Fallout game like 1 & 2.
- Comment on Toot toot 4 months ago:
Record the farts. Sample the audio. Create music.
- Comment on A surprising number of 'iPad Kids' are on X, study finds 4 months ago:
Parents, all you have to do is talk near them about how cool X is to you, while suppressing your gag reflex long enough for them to cringe.
- Comment on I totally forgot this was an actual shot in a TNG episode. 5 months ago:
I wonder if any actresses were ever unaware of that role when they played it?
- Comment on Oldest computer 5 months ago:
All true, and still it is amazing.
- Comment on A Black woman has never lost the general election for POTUS in US history but 46 white men have lost 5 months ago:
Ok well I’m going to vote once even harder.
- Comment on I'm just gonna stick to slotted, thanks 6 months ago:
Once they’re determined to fuck with your stuff, they’re no longer random. It’s just to delay the occasional dingleberry with a multi tool until they get distracted and forget. “Huh, it doesn’t fit. Oh well, Tik Tok it is.”
- Comment on I'm just gonna stick to slotted, thanks 6 months ago:
Tamper proof is to prevent random idiots from messing with your stuff.
- Comment on DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again 6 months ago:
DRM = copy protection
- Comment on DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again 6 months ago:
I didn’t say new store, I said vintage. If you don’t have one, I’d be surprised. There’s gonna be one somewheres nearby.
As for aging media, you’re right about that. Best make sure we reform copyright law soon. They don’t deserve to gatekeep the entire world’s cultural history.
- Comment on DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again 6 months ago:
The nice thing is that there are millions of discs and players still out there. For anyone who prefers physical media and avoids streaming (this guy!) there is no shortage. Prices could stand to come down. But even if they do quit making them, there are lifetimes worth of vintage media, and newer isn’t always better.
- Comment on DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again 6 months ago:
Really? Because used media stores are booming all over the place. Stores that sell new and used records alongside CDs, Movies, and video games seem to be in every mid size town I pass through.
- Comment on every company right now 6 months ago:
Thats exactly the kind of unethical salesmanship he used to hire for.
- Comment on every company right now 6 months ago:
This pencil is made with graphene!
- Comment on every company right now 6 months ago:
I always thought a good one was to put the pen in your pocket and refuse to give it back. Make him name his price. Clearly it’s yours, not his. Otherwise how could you sell it to him?
- Comment on Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile app 6 months ago:
Sounds like a job for Flipper Zero.