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@dumples@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This makes a lot of sense because as we have been seeing over the last decades or so is that digital only socialization isn’t a replacement for in person socialization. Increased social media usage shows increased loneliness not a decrease. It makes sense that something even more fake like ChatGPT would make it worse.

  I don’t want to sound like a luddite but overly relying on digital communications for all interactions is a poor substitute for in person interactions. I know I have to prioritize seeing people in the real world because I work from home and spending time on Lemmy during the day doesn’t fulfill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to eat a toxic amount of culinary herbs/spices?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It really depends on the herb but as a general rule you likely cannot. If you are cooking and decide to add double or triple or even 10x the herbs / spices then the recipe suggests you will be fine. The worse case scenario is that you make it taste bad. That being said everything is poison at high enough doses but for culinary herbs that is a huge dose. You will really have to force yourself to eat large enough quantities since it will taste very unpleasant.

  There are plenty of other plants that are more dangerous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digg is about to be rebooted. Thoughts?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was there that day. In the before time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Multiple Lemmy Accounts?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At one point I had three accounts but am now down to two. I had one at Kbin.social which was my primary and then I had one specifically for browsing lemmynsfw. When kbin.social started having issues I created my midwest.social account. Kbin.social died so I am now back to two. There is nothing wrong with having a few as a backup if your instance goes down or to see a slightly different feed. I think a lot of people have multiple

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your bath mat situation?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We are just upgrading ours for our primary bathroom since we are doing a glow up. We are going to have two waffle style rugs / mats to fit our strange space. One for in front of the mirror and one in front of the tub. We have a large shag style one that was always on the floor but now has been upgraded to be used to get out of the shower and then hang to dry.

  The “permanent” bath mat gives me the ick thinking about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't want to enhance my productivity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Never for when you are in the office. Unless you can “work” by goofing around with coworkers or wandering around holding things while listening to podcasts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't want to enhance my productivity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This when you pad your time and set hard boundaries for what you can do. I like to schedule emails for later in the day. It helps that I work from home

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't want to enhance my productivity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to be as efficient as possible for my job. So I can get as much done in as little amount of time as possible so I can get back to my life. Only goal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a red flag if a potential employer rushes you?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s so many different companies that are just resume hunting. Don’t know why really

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a red flag if a potential employer rushes you?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve found that jobs that are actually hiring move quickly. They move from applications to interview within a few days. Constant talking about within the hour seems excessive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from black farmers and they will ship it to you. It can cost less than your supermarket and will piss off people in power.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had to drop Imperfect Food as well from the same problems. It was just more expensive than I needed. I haven’t found a replacement yet unfortunately. We are now just buying food as needed. I have been interested in a CSA but haven’t done it yet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA| Trump’s FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to defund them⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently watched this wonderful video by Matt Baume that he released 3 months ago about the last time republicans wanted to defund PBS and NPR. The stated reasons and rational always change but its just hatred of non-commercial media

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I took the term "Tree Skirt" literally⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I’m glad to see it. Good thing we have Christmas every year

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I took the term "Tree Skirt" literally⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What a wonderful dress and headpiece. It looks like the best kind of craft. Did you end up wearing it to a Christmas event to show off?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good ear protection for concerts.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have loved by Loops for concerts. They keep all of the music but remove all of the screaming. I used them when I watched Taylor Swift which was all screams and loved it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who stole all the pies? Michelin-starred chef 'gutted' at theft of 2,500 pies.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate throwing away food. Its awful

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wooly bears⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Try white dutch clover. It’s walkable like grass once set it. Worth a try at least. It’s been working well in our yard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They're called leaves for a reason.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just remember that month suggestions online are for certain geographic areas. You might need to move them earlier or later. (The best rules I have seen is when nights are above 50 F in North America)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drink it, I dare ya⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its not even carbonated. I bought it thinking that carbonated coconut water would be awesome. It is not but tastes pretty good.