swordgeek
@swordgeek@lemmy.ca
- Comment on How do I properly and safely clean smartphone? 2 days ago:
I’d love to do a fecal swab test on your phone.
Yep, you’d definitely find some. just like everywhere else.
I wonder how many times you’ve put it in your mouth to hold it.
What? WTF? Never. Not in the nearly 30 years I’ve owned a cell phone have I EVER put it in my mouth. Why would you do that? I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone do that.
I wonder how many times you’ve ate shit.
Well, let’s not get into details. But it’s ironic that the same world with a profoundly unhealthy obsession with a germ-free environment is the same one that has normalized anal sex, ATM, and analingus.
I tend to stay away from both extremes, wash my hands well, keep up with my vaccinations, and don’t stress over the fact that literally every single thing I touch is contaminated. The number of people who get sick (particularly with fecal coliform) from their phones is inconsequentially small.
Yes, your phone is dirty; but if you clean it, you’ll be eliminating a tiny fraction of a percent of the bacteria and viruses you’re exposed to every single day of your life.
You do you, but cleaning phones is almost entirely the product of fear mongering by the media. I didn’t think anyone actually bothered.
- Comment on I have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothers 3 days ago:
Wow, neighbours! My dad was in Red Deer. I had a teacher in Edmonton who made fun of me for being left handed.
- Comment on How do I properly and safely clean smartphone? 3 days ago:
Who cleans their phone? Who disinfects their phone?
I wipe my screen if it’s dirty, and once every month or so I’ll take it out of the case to clean the gunk out.
- Comment on I have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothers 5 days ago:
My dad had his hand smacked and his fingers taped together to force him to write with his right hand. This was in the 1950s in public school in Canada.
When I was in high school in the 1980s, we had a teacher who threw chalk at us.
So yeah, it happens.
- Comment on What are the limits to masked so called ICE agents? Are they just let off the hook and disobey laws while not identifying themselves? Why can't I be in the right by them stopping me first and shoot? 6 days ago:
For those with no personal morals, limits to action are only enforced by consequences.
In the US, there are currently no consequences for immoral or criminal activity by the government in power or their minions (e.g. ICE). Thus, the only limit to their actions is their own morality; and they have been actively encouraging/recruiting support from those with absolutely no moral compass.
So no, there are no limits until consequences stsrt happening.
- Comment on Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down? 6 days ago:
A low hum is almost certainly going to be 60Hz (or 50Hz in some parts of the world) line noise.
As many have said, it’s often a ground loop - but since you have a single device plugging in to unpowered (presumably!) speakers, that’s not the problem. In your case, the stereo itself is producing the hum.
So if you’re in North America, there’s one thing to check before returning. I’m guessing that a cheap Amazon amp has either a wall-wart or two-prong plug. If possible, try rotating the plug 180 degrees and see if that helps.
However, there’s a good chance that the plug is polarized (i.e. one prong is larger than the other) in which case you won’t be able to flip it.
- Comment on Has Canada's government done anything concrete to reduce dependence on the US since Trump took office? Maybe even since the first term? 6 days ago:
Most provincial governments have stopped importing US liquor.
- Comment on What is the difference between an American liberal and a liberal outside the USA? 2 weeks ago:
One difference is that U.S. liberals are still likely to believe in American exceptionalism.
Americans almost universally believe they are fundamentally the best - moral leaders of the world, even if they have temporarily lost their way.
The great protest folk singers from the U.S., such as Woody and ArlonGuthrie, the Seegers, and so many others, feel that they’re fighting the good fight to bring the U.S. back to where it was meant to be: the ‘leader of the free world.’
It’s an infectuous ego that taints the U.S. psyche on a deep and profound level.
- Comment on How often do you change your towels? 3 weeks ago:
There are three of us in the house, and I wash them weekly, more or less.
As for replacing them, I don’t know what to say. We destroy towels in about ten years. My mom had towels that were 20-30 years old and as good as new.
- Comment on How long until we can start shorting years to 2 numbers again? 3 weeks ago:
Most English-spealking people outside the US said ‘aught’ instead of ‘oh’, but definitely about 2005 the ‘two thousand and’ syntax evaporated.
- Comment on How do you "feel" gender? 4 weeks ago:
I’m an old cis/het dude, and while I’ve occasionally fantasized about being a woman, it was entirely out of fascination -l
- Comment on at what point in life it's too late to go back to school? 4 weeks ago:
My wife got her masters degree last year, at age 58.
- Comment on Why is comment section of this video filled with nazis? 4 weeks ago:
The only connection I could find was her name - Erika - which was the name of a Nazi marching song.
- Comment on Why is comment section of this video filled with nazis? 4 weeks ago:
This sounds like a typical AI slop non-answer.
Why does this video draw Nazis to it?
- Comment on Are skin readings a thing when it comes to psychics? 5 weeks ago:
Or they’re part of a cult/gang like 764. Either way, police should be involved.
- Comment on Are skin readings a thing when it comes to psychics? 5 weeks ago:
As many have said, this isn’t a real thing. It sounds like she was trying to groom you. The comment about the other girl wanting to play with you boobs is reminiscent of the 764 group, who are dangerous, violent psychopaths.
Most importantly right now, GOOD FOR YOU for blocking her!
Secondly, you should report this to the cops. Please, PLEASE report this person!
Thirdly, if you did send her more than just a picture of your palm (i.e. and aren’t telling us the whole story), don’t be ashamed. Groomers are very good and very practiced, and can get past all logical defenses.
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 5 weeks ago:
Money.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Speaking as a guy approaching 60, I say get in touch.
It iis so easy to lose friends, and increasingly harder to make new ones as we age. Hold onto those who knew you best. Maybe some won’t survive and maybe you’ll become closer friends with those you didn’t know that well, but make the effort, and do it now.
- Comment on By technical standards were 3D TVs impressive, Why didn't they catch on back then? 1 month ago:
3D has tried to be a thing for well over half a century, and failed every time.
from red/blue disposable glasses to modern headsets, it has always beem a niche for two fundamental reasons:
- The cost to produce content
- The inconvenience to view it
It’s trivial to throw a movie on while you’re folding laundry or cooking. Watching 3D means putting on a device that (currently) prevents you from doing anything else, the Sitting and Watching. And the content is some degree of unwatchable without that.
- Comment on When you wake up, how long does it take for your brain's "OS" to "resume from hibernation"? 1 month ago:
It varies like crazy for me.
I’m an insomniac, and some nights after being up for a while, I’ll fall asleep again within an hour of the alarm. Those days, I struggle to focus enough to sit up, and force myself to move in a minute or two.
Other times my eyes will flick open and I’ll be in full awake mode almost instantly. Some of that was trained behavious from when I was on-call.
- Comment on Why do some people make such a big deal over ages of someone's account on here? 1 month ago:
Ignoring the gatekeepers and the people watching for trolls, there’s one other aspect: a lot of people are posting their account anniversaries not to brag, but to celebrate - celebrate leaving the toxic world behind.
- Comment on What's the name of this 80s song sang by a solo female singer? I only remember her saying "nothing really maaaa-tters" or "nothing truly maaaatt-ers". Has a vibe like I Feel For You by Chaka Kahn 2 months ago:
It doesn’t fit all of your criteria, but Platinum Blonde’s “It Doesn’t Really Matter” comes to mind.
- Comment on Do you have a flagship phone or a car that's 2021/newer but are struggling financially? 2 months ago:
Bye, troll.
- Comment on What types of cleaning products do you *really* need to clean the bathroom? 2 months ago:
- Bleach + water (~1tbsp/L)
- Vinegar + water (1:1)
- Toilet bowl cleaner
- Tub & Tile cleaner
- Lots of rags
90% of my bathroom cleaning is done with the bleach and vinegar solutions (but DO NOT MIX them!!! Use separate rags, etc.) Toilet bowl cleaner is good for the angled bottle and the bluing is absolutely worthwhile.
Tub & Tile cleaner is good for hard deposits, but doesn’t really get brought out very often.
If there was anything else I’d add, it would be a general purpose light cleaner - despite the name, Windex is ideal for almost everything else.
Also, add something like Mr. Clean into this list and you have everything you need to clean your entire house forever.
- Comment on Do you have a flagship phone or a car that's 2021/newer but are struggling financially? 2 months ago:
Did you create an account just to be sanctimonious and superior?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I’m 56, and I don’t have any answers.
Any upward momentum at work stopped for me. I’m slowly descending into alcoholism and sloth. The more I do to maintain the household, the less that everyone else does.
There’s a reason that financially comfortable, socially stable, middle-aged men have a ridiculously high suicide rate.
The worst part - the VERY worst part - is that even after I retire, I don’t see any improvement. I’m going to be slaving away at an attempt to maintain a modest life until the day I die.
- Comment on Did y'all ever felt curious about your parent's past? If your relationship with parents isn't close, how does one get their parent's story without making the interaction awkward? 2 months ago:
When they mention it, say “tell me more.” Or ask them to write it down.
- Comment on what is the equivalent of somatic exercises for the mind? 2 months ago:
That sounds like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Also, meditation trains some of this.
- Comment on What do you call the beleif that gods are just higher beings on other planes of existence? 2 months ago:
Lots of good answers here, but what do you mean by ‘other planes of existence’?
- Comment on Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations? 2 months ago:
The Incredibles and Inside Out both portray realistic, flawed, loving family dynamics. As a parent, they’re hard and beautiful to watch.