GrymEdm
@GrymEdm@lemmy.world
- Comment on AI-powered vending machines that sell bullets could be hacked, says a cybersecurity expert 3 days ago:
Bullet vending machines? Just in case you find yourself running out of bullets while out and about in the city?
- Comment on oahsa rocks guys 3 weeks ago:
Occupational safety may be punk rock, but breaking the rules is early-2010’s dubstep.
- Comment on I want that job 3 weeks ago:
“What do you do?” “I’m a nunya.” “Do you mean a nun?” “No, I mean nunya goddamn business.”
- Comment on What do you like/dislike about lemmy? 3 weeks ago:
I like that it’s moderated fairly lightly but reasonably. Often I can have an actual discussion with someone who doesn’t agree with me without either of us getting banned by a mod who likes one side or the other. From what I see generally a user needs to be very obviously abusive/racist/violent before a mod steps in, even if the content is controversial.
I dislike that I haven’t been able to have those discussions in a while because I have heavily restricted my use for my mental health until after the election. A lot of people (not all by any means) believe it’s ok to bully and abuse other users so long as they’re sure the cause is righteous. The most obvious example are the daily posts/comments, with a lot of upvotes/support, that label anyone who disagrees with or criticizes Kamala (used to be Biden)/Democrats a bot, idiot, worse than useless, foreign agent and so on. Just to be clear I’m not talking about downvoting which is a fairly benign way of expressing disagreement - I’m talking about outright insults. The attitude of “vote with/support me or else” has no place in a democracy founded on free voting without persecution, even if the bully is sure they’re right. If I didn’t mention it, perhaps even if I do, I’m willing to bet someone will say a version of “but it is actually ok this time” and give reasons why. It’s happened before.
Guess what? Very few “policy bullies” think they are evil - they’re positive they’re justified. Christians demand abortion bans, Muslim deportation, religion in schools/government and so on because they truly believe they are saving eternal souls. I was raised in that environment. That a sizable amount of Lemmy users believe it’s correct/admirable to insult others into “proper” behavior makes them very similar in character to those religious extremists IMO. Apparently when the issue is really important abuse is ok.
I’ll just end by saying Gaza is incredibly important to me - I am legitimately very upset frequently by the stories and media. However, I was convinced to support Biden and then Kamala by Bernie Sanders. Bernie laid out his argument with logic and facts and did not once insult my position. I also doubt the posts/comment insults I see all over are winning over undecideds. “I wasn’t sure if I should vote Democrat until I was called a harmful idiot and had my concerns dismissed as being in bad faith”.
- Comment on Be happy if you woke up today and your throat didn’t hurt. 3 weeks ago:
Orgasms, exercise and other stimuli make your blood vessels shrink (vasoconstriction). From the link above: “During arousal, your sympathetic nervous system — the one that activates your fight-or-flight response — kicks in. Just as when you exercise, your adrenaline levels go up and your blood vessels constrict. Less blood flow to your nose means less inflammation, so your nose opens up and you can breathe more easily.”
THC can cause vasodilatation, which is the opposite (blood vessels expand) so it makes sense they’d reduce effects or cancel each other out. Fun fact from the same article, it’s also what causes the bloodshot eyes associated with smoking up.
- Comment on Be happy if you woke up today and your throat didn’t hurt. 3 weeks ago:
Holy crap, it’s true.
- Comment on Be happy if you woke up today and your throat didn’t hurt. 3 weeks ago:
Every night before I go to bed I do a mental health exercise where I list 3 things I was thankful for that day. It’s a habit that is supposed to make you appreciate the good things and help get past the bad. On unremarkable or bad days the list is that I wasn’t in constant/chronic pain, that I got to eat and drink all that I wanted, and that the day is over and I’m in bed and statistically very safe. It may not seem like much on bad days, but if you’ve ever been missing one or more of those 3 things then you know it’s a HUGE set of problems.
- Comment on What does this emoji mean? Is this a British thumbs up? 4 weeks ago:
“Hang loose” is what you tell someone who needs to chill out and let the waves carry them away from their problems man. Align your chakras with the Earth and so on.
Seriously though, the reason I wrote like that is I’m using the slang of roughly 90s/2000s-ish California surfer culture, which is where the hand signal was used to tell people to relax and be happy. Or say hi and let them know you are relaxed and happy.
- Comment on What does this emoji mean? Is this a British thumbs up? 4 weeks ago:
Dude, radical emoji. That’s just a gnarly way of tell someone to hang loose, bro.
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- "I almost wish he was looking up illegal stuff because it would make my workday so much more interesting."lemmy.world ↗Submitted 6 months ago to [deleted] | 2 comments
- Comment on KHAAAANNNNN!!! 6 months ago:
Can I get a courtesy indictment?
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- Comment on SpidermanMyBack.jpg 6 months ago:
His sciatica is most illogical.
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- Comment on It's called "social jet lag". Yes I know about sleep hygiene. 6 months ago:
The convo I got the template from said “Uma musume pretty derby”. Just a disclaimer, I have no clue if that’s true as I rarely watch anime.
- Comment on What a deal! 6 months ago:
I had to look twice.
- Comment on It's called "social jet lag". Yes I know about sleep hygiene. 6 months ago:
Super interesting, and thanks for the sources :)
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- Comment on Escape From Tarkov studio boss says he "did not foresee" players would get mad about charging extra for PvE 6 months ago:
Given the recent solar eclipse, I’m reminded of the people who stared directly at the sun and found it to be dangerously bright.
- Comment on Bill Nye Explaining Exothermic Reactions to Science Deniers 6 months ago:
I have previously wondered what scientists like Nile from the YouTube channels NileRed and NileBlue or Styropyro could do if they wanted to. Nile is a chemist does things like turning plastic gloves into hot sauce and in some of his videos he’ll be making an intermediary chemical and say stuff like, “If I drop this we all die”. Styropyro is legitimately like a mad scientist without the evil, and deals mainly with huge amounts of electricity and military-grade laser builds.
- Comment on Bill Nye Explaining Exothermic Reactions to Science Deniers 6 months ago:
It’s probably Photoshop or something similar. There are a bunch of them based off a pic from that time.
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- Comment on Political Science 6 months ago:
- Comment on I fell into a burning ring of fire 6 months ago:
I wiped down, down, down and the flames went higher. And it burns, burns, burns - the ring of fire. The ring of fire.
- Comment on The miracle of childbirth 6 months ago:
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
― Epicurus - Comment on The miracle of childbirth 6 months ago:
It’s one of my go-to arguments against intelligent design.
- Comment on As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play ads when I pause a video 6 months ago:
That’s an unexpectedly poetic and melancholic way of portraying some lamentable decisions.
- Comment on I like this text. In which Lemmy community can I best share it ? Thanks. 6 months ago:
I can think of two fairly active potential homes for that content: Showerthoughts, which is for random trains of thought that you think others might relate to. Lemmy Be Wholesome is for content that you feel elevates people’s moods, is supportive, shares good vibes and so on.
