shneancy

@shneancy@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  is gemini on all androids? i remember there once was something called bixby, now when i accidentally hold the home button for too long it tells me to enable “circle”. i’ve disabled all of those “smart” features but fuck knows what is going to get automatically installed in an update next week

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're young you better be reading this with a bunch of friends getting up in your space so they can laugh really close to your ears⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  sounds fake, as we all know gen z is loud teenagers, and millennials are just out of college

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So many...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  keep going, i always wanted more moth memes. you’re the change this world neededs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proof that fashion is cyclical, even in nature.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  they were already giving dolphins LSD, masturbating them and trying to make them speak English, i think we should just let them have their pufferfish

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Websites Are Tracking You Via Browser Fingerprinting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  i mean, yeah?

  the cookies you accept, the addons you have, hell, even the size of your monitor when you maximalise the window is a part of your browser fingerprint

  anyone who’s ever downloaded the Tor browser will know it. that browser screams at you if you try to maximalise or install addons exactly because of that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study: US kids who said their social media, phone, or video game use was “addictive” were 2x-3x more likely to have thoughts of suicide or self-harm by age 14⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  hmm, i do wonder which causes which. Depression makes you prone to addictions as you seek anything to give you the happy chemicals. But constant social media exposure is rather harmful when you just take it all in, and that can cause depression Especially if you don’t block keywords for war coverages and politics.

  i stand firm in my opinion that human brains are straight up not designed to take in a constant stream of bad news from around the world, which sucks because we are designed to focus on negatives for our survival. Memories of accidents and deaths take priority over nice memories so that we can avoid dangers better. from evolution’s point of view you being happy is an afterthought, you just need to live long enough to fuck. and across history it worked! we never had to distinguish between dangers nearby and dangers so far away it literally does not matter for you, as all news were brought by foot or with an otherwise huge time delay - they were either nearby or already history, and only one or two at a time. well, never… until today, and our neuroplasticity doesn’t seem to be enough to counter this, and evolution doesn’t work fast enough to fix this

  Could also be a vicious cycle where if you trip and fall once both will create a negative synergy where you try to drown your sorrows in addictive doomscrolling, which only makes you worse

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Many people instantly know what THIS is. Others don't have a clue⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s sad :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Many people instantly know what THIS is. Others don't have a clue⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  your fidget spinner looks like it wouldn’t spin very well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have used this you are immune to all disease.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  i have no idea how to explain it but drying my hands with a towel vs a hand dryer is a completely different experience for me. and the dryer just makes me feel weird

  (i do have some slight OCD around washing my hands though so that might be it)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have used this you are immune to all disease.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  and they dry my hands too much, i need my hands moist but not dripping, and there’s no such option

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  yea i’m bad at geography

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  they’re also protected in China and India, which together with the other ones accounts for like 70% of the world. are they protected everywhere? probably not, there are definitely some countries that have little to no wildlife protection legislations, but i’m not exactly a seagull murder law expert, nor do i want to become one, so i’ll stop at that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  they’re covered by migratory bird protection legislations from what i read. and some of the seagull spiecies are pretty endangered. can’t tell you more than that, i just accepted that the sky thieves dickheads cannot be touched

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  uhoh, my 2 from geography is showing (scale from 1-6, with 1 being fail)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  it does not. Seagulls are protected in: UK, Ireland, all of Europe, all of North America, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Russia, and probably more but i can’t be bothered to go past the first few Google searches to find out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  as someone who’s had their food stolen by a seagull a few times i once found myself in a fit of petty rage googling “can i kill a seagull” and the answer is no, like legally you cannot, they’re protected birds

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So many bands emphatically demonstrate that successful communication is not about what you say, but how you say it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  fascinating how far we’ve gotten in the science of abusing every aspect of human psychology

  there’s so, so many ways to influence others

  recently i’ve been binging some true crime, two videos by two different youtubers, same topic. A mother murdered by her adopted teen son

  • video 1: the mother is presented as a flawed saint, not perfect but with a big heart. the teen is presented as a sociopathic monster, troubled, ungrateful, heartless. the second to last fight he broke her arm. the last fight he killed her. when he spoke of how his mother abused him the youtube comments sang “what a monster, to try to slander his mother after he killed her”

  • video 2: a few more details appear, the focus shifts towards the mother. she once had two adopted sons, the second she adopted so “[her son] can experience having a sibling”, some time later CPS had to intervene as the second kid had bars in his windows and a bucket for a toilet. he was deemed troubled and ultimately ran away from home. she had a tendency to fight with her remaining son, degrade him on the basis of his race “if i hadn’t adopted you, you’d be standing on the border with the rest of those people” (she might’ve said “idiots” but i can’t be bothered to check). she felt like her teenage son owed her money for phone bills. the narrator here goes into detail how antisocial personality disorders can be caused by both genetic and environmental factors, they can be learnt behaviours. the remaining son often left home and lived with others after he fought with his mother, mostly about money. here the fact he broke her arm in a fight is ommited, just mentions how he lived with another person and thought long if he should come back. he’s presented as a troubled teen abused by his mother who taught him heartlessness and who ultimately snapped and killed her. the youtube comments sang “what a terrible woman, how could she treat him like that”

  same situation, two videos giving you the “correct” interpretation of the events. if i hadn’t accidentally found the other one i wouldn’t even have known there was more to the story, it seemed very matter of fact, very objective, just reporting on what happened & the context that caused it.

  it’s really that simple, all it takes is to pick the facts that suit your narrative and present them, you’re not really lying that way, but who would consider it truth either

  and that’s one tactic amongst many

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NOOOOOOO⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s why i keep two books in the bathroom. True Facts That Sound Like Bullshit by Shane Carley, and Brief Answers to Big Questions by Stephen Hawking. Perfect for reading ~10-20min at a time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ratatan Early Access Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  hah same, it was the first thing i did after getting some emulators. and yeah the emulation gives some lag that’s normally not noticable, but in rhythm games that require perfect timing it can make the whole experience miserable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ratatan Early Access Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  you can skip a bar without loosing fever :) take things one at a time!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ratatan Early Access Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  patapon 1 & 2 replay is releasing on steam soon as well! in case you didn’t know

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ratatan Early Access Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  oh heck yeah! as a patapon fan i finished the demo and i absolutely adore it! it feels like the natural evolution of patapon, we skipped a few games that’d make the transition smoother but the soul is there

• ⁨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 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  what is happening? is ed sheeran the new beans?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Console war, console war never changes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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