dharmacurious

@dharmacurious@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just FYI⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s me in person. Online I’m more likely to offer an opinion on a subject, with a caveat that I’m willing to be corrected. In person, if I speak up, it’s because I am either 100% correct, or I have every reason to believe I am. I don’t open my trap unless I am positive I know the answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you don't understand it instantly you will never get it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Instantly got it! One of my favorites. But it makes me sad that not everyone has scream-sang this going down the road with their loved ones. It’s a great experience

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And what car did you learn in?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got a 1978 J10. There’s just something about jeep trucks. Absolutely love em.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting Taco Bell⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty decent! It’s not what I’d choose to be doing, but honestly I like it. If I were in a vehicle they comped some of the repairs on, and not worried about the 1099 at the end of the year, I’d be cool with doing it full time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting Taco Bell⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh it is absolutely a rip-off, even moreso than a normal job. Plus calculating in gas, mileage, wear and tear, higher insurance premiums, and a 1099 to pay taxes at the end of the year in a lump sum instead of receiving a refund… It’s fucked all around. But right now, desperation is the name of the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting Taco Bell⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure; I just started doing it about 2 weeks. It’s my only source of income right now. In the town I’m in, I can typically make 20-30 dollars in a night (4ish hours), earn by time isn’t available here. But in Knoxville, I can make between 1-2 hundred in a night in the same amount of time. It just takes a 45 minute drive to get there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting Taco Bell⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I switched to the earn by time thing on Dasher because of the waits at Taco bells. It’s insane. I spent an hour waiting on two orders the other day, one of which was 3 cheese wraps and a Baja blast, and the other was just like some fucking tacos and a burrito. It was absolutely unreasonable. But hey, dash by time, I got paid like 15 bucks for standing there scrolling through Lemmy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Manic Stew⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Verbal Tic Rice!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raven Big Mom⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Legit thought that was a microwave at first lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artificial Neurons Communicate Directly With Living Cells⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Most people on Lemmy, maybe. The smart watches are popular as shit, as far as I’ve seen. I rarely see someone without one out in public

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can someone tell me what darvo tactics mean? Or tell me if I just don’t want to know. I’d Google it, but OP mentioned CP and if it’s related to that, I don’t want to Google it :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i hunger⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  mampf is amazing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artificial Neurons Communicate Directly With Living Cells⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly? Terrifying. Not to get all "mark of the beast"y or anything like that, but they’re not going to have to force us to get brain-computer interface chips, people are going to line up for them and pay for it willingly. And then after a while, actual thought crimes become a real thing. I don’t want to live in a world where I have to worry about the encryption level of my brain. I don’t want Dear Leader, whoever that may be at the time, knowing if I like them.

  10 years ago, this would have exited the hell out of me. Now? All I can think about is how fucking terrifying it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discuss⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tar and feather then, but use chocolate sauce and roasted peanuts!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists build artificial neurons that work like real ones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen this movie. Run, Tuvix! Run for your life!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just an FYI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I thought my app was glitching out! Lol. That’s why I thought the account was deleted in my first reply!

  Yeah, I remember you! What’s going on? Everytime we’ve spoken has been very fun for me haha

  I love the small town vibe Lemmy has sometimes, it’s so nice seeing that interaction across communities, instead of solely confined to a single sub, y’know?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just an FYI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My app (eternity) is for some reason not showing me your user name, it just says to sign up for Lemmy. Lol. I can’t tell who I’m talking to. Gonna have to give me a hint or three. Lmao

  But ah, yes, no, that’s a bad idea unless you’re very into buttholes of all persuasions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just an FYI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they delete their whole account? Lol. What in God’s name did they say?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just an FYI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And in the pale light I found such an endless love Show me that bunghole

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When your father is clueless⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, someone’s home is best. Lol.

  platonic in the sense of romance. Lol. Like, honestly, fun game with a sexual component like strip poker. You’re not necessarily getting off, or getting entangled with anyone there. I see this is as a game of endurance with a “thrill” aspect.

  Also, I may have said dad above. He’s step dad, and that family is definitely close enough they could play that and it not it be weird for them. I doubt the step dad/son would actually be the ones to mess with the others settings, but they’d probably be down to be at the group event. Lol. Hell, even the mom might be. Super open family. Strong boundaries, but those boundaries are places a lot further afield than my family’s. Lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When your father is clueless⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, here’s the plan:

  We get Bluetooth controller prostate massagers and those egg ones for the folks with vaginas.* Everyone has one in, everyone else has group access to control it.

  We all go to a karaoke bar, and whoever is up on stage we all mess with the remote app while they’re singing and try to throw them off. Everyone’s gotta sing at least once. Try to stay in rhythm while the thing is buzzing, or nothing happens and you’re so focused on what to do when it starts, never know if they’re going to do it or not. Will that low note suddenly become a falsetto? Who knows‽

  I swear to God, if I had the money to buy the things, I have at least 3 friends who would go for this. 4, honestly, but the 4th one would be too embarrassed to go because he’s the dad of one of the other friends. Lol.

  To note, this isn’t a sexual “get you off” kind of thing. This is fully platonic “can you maintain decorum” type of game. It’d be a blast

  *I know very little about sex toys for girls, whatever the best one is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creative way to advertise your restaurant⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a local butcher near where I went to community college. Their slogan is “[Name of butcher] you can’t beat our meat!”

  I was sent home for wearing a shirt with their logo and that slogan on it that I’d gotten from the thrift store.

  Sent home.

  From college

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smöl⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this one of the lizards you can keep as pets? Can I have a giant wall sized glass tank just absolutely full of these little derps living their lives and eating stuff and generally being happy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smöl⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  American or European standard?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dawg...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does it make you want a hotdog real bad?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you say motorcycle⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like to throw the glottus in there whenever possible. Nice glottal stop right between the mo-tow and the sickle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does free healthcare access increase or decrease the need for medical personnel overall?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To preface this comment, I’m very, very tired, and I am providing no sources for this as I am very, very tired and just don’t want to go digging.

  I remember reading a study or 3 in 2015/16 when Bernie first ran and talked about Medicare for all. The consensus from them seemed to be that a single payer system that was free at the point of use would drastically increase the number of people going to the doctor, for about 5 years. Basically, the idea was that the US system incentivizes us to wait to see a doctor until things get Real Bad, Man™, and if we switched it would take about 5 years per group/stage (Bernie’s plan was to lower the age of Medicare enrollment in stages) before things normalized. People would be jumping on the opportunity to get seen for things that they never would have considered before, and would be basically using the hell out of the new system, and each time the age was lowered it would take about 5 years for that group of people to get through that initial stage of doctor-seeing. But once that was done and things normalized, the stark increase in preventative care would grossly overshadow our current system of basically only treating trauma and chronic conditions. The strain on the medical field as a whole would be significantly lessened over time, because preventative care is often easier and cheaper.

  So, again, no studies linked here, but iirc, the consensus was that there would be more people going to the doctor and being seen, especially in the first several years of the new system, but that medical professionals themselves would have less strain (and, my assumption here, less strain means probably less staff needed). I imagine it would change the staffing dynamics, too. We would need more primary care doctors, nurse practitioners, RNs willing/desiring to work in those offices, and probably less need for chronic pain clinics and specialized care units, potentially even things like cancer units and such. If people are seeing their doctors regularly, getting healthier, and generally being less sick, then the need for staffing in situations for people who have allowed things to get Real Bad, Man™ is lessened, and the need for staffing in preventive care is hightened.

  Also, just as an aside, I remember watching this french television show once, dubbed, and there being a thing about a stop smoking campaign, with a tax incentive if you quit. Blew my fucking mind back then, but it makes sense. If the government is backing your healthcare, they want you to less costly to that system, and can offer incentives in other systems they also control. Think about it, “join a gym and get a tax credit for half the cost!” Or “lose 30 pounds this year and get an extra 200 back on your income taxes!” I have no idea if that french cigarette thing actually exists in real life, but the idea of it has always stuck with me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So You Think You Can Hack It? The Cold, Hard Fucking Truth About Alaska⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, my mom showed me that one years ago. So incredibly sad. Like, one mistake and it completely changes your life, your entire family’s life

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So You Think You Can Hack It? The Cold, Hard Fucking Truth About Alaska⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t have time to read the article now. Is that the one where the mom had to breastfeed her preteen kids to keep them from dying, and the dad went walking for survival and died while the rest of the family got rescued?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3151: Window Screen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s fair. Lol.