shneancy

@shneancy@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  the streak is half the work, the other half is actually having done the thing. if i just tap “ya i did that” (when i didn’t) because i want to keep the streak going it’s meaningless

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s why i liked duolingo when it was a good leanguage learning helper app, it really did keep me thinking about my target langauge every day at least a little

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  that actually helped me remember that my target language exists, it was good for me to at least have a brush with some learning on the days that i just didn’t feel like doing much.

  what was the final nail on the coffin for me was duolingo neutering the japanese course, they delayed introducing kanji so hard i was seeing the most basic basics like 母, 父, 語, even 何 in hiragana, which made the course deeply counterproductive as reading japanese in hiragana only, when you know the kanji already slows you down considerably. consider: ははははなをもっています vs 母は花を持っています, both mean “my mum has a flower” but one of them has a string of は you need to decipher the meaning of first before you can understand the sentence, the other’s meaning can be understood instantly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨he's back⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  what is happening? is ed sheeran the new beans?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Console war, console war never changes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  no wonder Todd Howard keeps selling skyrim to people, i alone have a 1000h+ in that game!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Console war, console war never changes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i’m not up to date on general console discourse. but i know for a fact Nintendo, though never famous for being cheap, has been going mental lately. $80 for Mario Kart is mind boggling

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do you think freewill truly exists?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  it may not matter at all, but we’re here, somehow, made of sentient flesh, kept on a giant rock hurling through space, spinning around an enormous buring ball of fire. it’s all bizarre and none of us knows what is going on, so why not take some time out of the lives we live as statistical abnormalities, and just ponder on the whys and hows and whats of the things around us, and our own minds

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wanna Ride This Bussy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  there’s always the possibility the one queer person just pretended not to see and let it happen because it’s funny. but the way to prevent this is to hire at least two queer people, then once you see them giggling to each other after the meeting you’ll know something is up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wanna Ride This Bussy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  us Europeans are queer too sometimes (and the lingo is international)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wanna Ride This Bussy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  this is what not having queer people on the team does to companies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I still think he's a beaut.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  so mean to the poor enchilada :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think we've all been there.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  from this graph i therefore conclude i have both IBS-D and Crohn’s disease

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ah yes, seeing deepweb market-esque exit scams on the surface web is a sign of a healthy system

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨gotta be sure...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  windows

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨gotta be sure...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  my porn folder is called “not porn” and also hidden (with the hidden folder feature you can toggle on an off)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd choose 4 tbh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  i don’t think a pill can give you more followers either (not without first setting up a cult and/or a drug enterprise)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd choose 4 tbh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  oh nah lol, i’d just keep a decent amount of money to live comfortably + bit extra for the occasional adhd “new hobby” shopping spree. if “a lot” means billions, the majority of it i’d most likely donate to charities or give away to friends and random people, i have no desire to hoard wealth

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd choose 4 tbh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  1. feels like a trap, once you butn through all your fat you’ll be impossibly unhealthy

  2. is a trap too, if you stop gaining weight from eating then you might trap yourself in the same situation as above

  3. unless you hunt for food, bad idea

  4. decent option, but it doesn’t mention if there’s any pain during the growth period

  5. good option, as lomg as you have control over your strength

  6. very bad option, sounds nice but you will go insane

  7. doesn’t say if online or IRL, having many followers IRL is not desirable

  8. dangerous, erasing any meaningful memories is dangerous

  9. the only good option with no consequences i can think of. i’ll take 3 of those

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s success caused the dev team to reconsider how it should approach future DLC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  as someone who hates turn based games, and heavily dislikes JRPGs and this game has both…

  yeah it’s still amazing, even just the story, character writing, and world building can carry you through at peak investment in the game, for people who actually like the core mechanics it must be even better of an experience (thank god for storymode)

  imo go watch the first ~10min of a silent gameplay (to watch the cutscenes)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Draw an arrow to each temperature⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  or like, if they just kinda put the three temperatures above the thermometer that’d help

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  i’m so tired of ai

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who knew decanters could be in funny shapes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  that glass looks thin… unless you want to be One Man One Hollow Glass Dick i’d suggest you reconsider

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am convinced the makers of those ads are on something strong and very illegal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  seeing as it’s ridiculously hard to begin a career in filmmaking, a lot of filmmakers wanting to get into the field have to start in places where there’s always work to do - and that often haplens to be in ad companies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thats fair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  no don’t apologise, i know that even just writing things like that out makes the world and your mind make a bit more sense for a while. and if you don’t mind some virtual touch i’m sending you a virtual hug. i don’t know what to say what you probably haven’t thought to yourself already, but since i know the critic in your mind probably doesn’t let you hear this often then - you’re doing great, considering everything you’re doing great, keep going

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thats fair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  huh, that is- strange, it sounds almost as if knowing “from the start” about being twice exceptional fucked you up more than being oblivious. very few know about my IQ, and i only got tested at 18, same with adhd where i had my first suspicions at university and started trying to get diagnosed after it. what you’re describing sounds like a deeply confusing child/teenagehood. it sounds like you were kind of taught to feel helpless and doubt yourself

  and oh man, i hope that the spark to do silly projects captures you again soon :( they’re so fun, best of luck <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Y'know...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  bi five? so, ten

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thats fair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ayyy twice exceptional high five, how are the unfinished projects going? it’s a strange life to be both allegedly gifted and also have a learning disability, your whole life you get told how much potential you have, but you can only reliably pull off being kinda average

  but i digress, yeah that’s a fair point. i guess i assumed when they said “better brain” they meant “better brain power”. i too would like a brain that can perhaps manage to do things when i want it to do things, instead of only doing things when they become emergencies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thats fair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  being smart is overrated, and it actively makes anxiety worse because you can come up with pretty good rationalisations and then be anxious faster

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thats fair⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  my skin, i think the one organ that protects all the other organs is long overdue for an upgrade

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nine out of ten dentists approve!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  you haven’t lost that magic - you know why placebo really works? it’s the context, the ritual of going to a “making you healthy” building, talking with a “i’ll make you healthy” person, and then receiving a “healthy making” pill. the ritual is what makes the magic of placebo happen, it’s what makes the belief that it’ll work easier.

  what home remedies/traditional cures have lost is the ritual of watching your grandmother, or in the older times the local wise woman, preparing your “cure”. A wise person giving you a drink or something and promising that’ll make you feel better is on the same level as a doctor giving you a pill.

  just buying over the counter meds without a doctor’s order, or just making your own health brew isn’t as effective

  also don’t forget that placebo work even when you know it’s placebo, that’s how powerful the ritual of it is. i don’t know if it’s some low magic, or if our subconscious has a deeper control over our body than we realise, but the fact is - it works on everyone