SolarMonkey
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- Comment on Where are they? 29 minutes ago:
You could put some sort of tall flowering thing under it, like irises, daisies, daffodils, etc. that come back every year from a bulb. Seed shells don’t matter if you can’t see them, they just break down into fertile soil for the flowers :)
- Comment on Melon-chicken-Aspic 3 days ago:
I feel like maybe the chicken should be stuffed with spicy peppers, and the aspic as well, because when it comes out of the pit roast and gets cut into, it’s going to be really small and can just sort of ooze into everything else, or make a sauce for everything else, like whoever finds the watermelon sauce bowl wins the banquet because everyone’s looking forward to the sauce and that gets the meat cut nicely into and nobody quite knows where to find the melon you see. Bc they don’t know how it went together.
Epic.
- Comment on Melon-chicken-Aspic 3 days ago:
I think an ostrich probably has a large enough internal cavity to put a watermelon into. And then you can put that into a llama, and put that into a bison, and make the worlds most epic gamy pit roast.
- Comment on Melon-chicken-Aspic 3 days ago:
That makes me want to try watermelon fried in butter…
I have watermelon in the fridge… hmm…
- Comment on More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic: study 4 days ago:
My guess is the shape of the cap, and maybe even a bit to do with the material (ime pop-off caps are a weaker plastic to allow them to deform around the bottle lip). Screw top plastic bottles have deeper caps than pop-off glass bottle caps.
Thus when stored the inside surface of the pop-off cap has more chance to rub against other surfaces and create plastic dust, and being a weaker plastic it may gouge more easily as well.
- Comment on U.S. residential solar on the brink of collapse 4 days ago:
You may want to look into installing used solar from solar farms. They have to periodically swap their panels and stuff, but they still work fine and have most of their efficiency/life left in them, but for a HUGE cost reduction over buying them new.
- Comment on When we're home, we want people to think we're away. When we're away we want people to think we're home. 3 weeks ago:
I’m always home and don’t care if solicitors know it. If they look in the window they walk past, they see me. I used to try to hide but now I just watch them.
I have a no soliciting sign I wrote myself and taped to the door that says simply “no soliciting, no exceptions,”. If they knock or leave their shit on my door I report them to the company they came from, as that’s illegal in my area. I frame it as their canvassers needing up-training and remind the company that if it continues they are breaking the law each and every time, and if it happens again I won’t contact them about it, I’ll report it elsewhere. I submit the thing anonymously through whatever contact us portal they have and a bullshit email address, so they can’t tie it to an address.
The only people who are legally allowed to knock are canvassers for political shit (and census people but that’s rare) so during election seasons I have a separate sign that says “I refuse to talk about politics with strangers. Go away and take your junk with you.”
I don’t get bothered much. But I do see people walk up to my door, then leave, at least once a week.
I’ve never had a problem with uninvited guests tho, as I’ve never ever had an open door policy for anyone. If I don’t expect you, you don’t come in. End of.
- Comment on Gives a mom a reason to live 5/5 3 weeks ago:
Ok but fr fr I have a chair thing like that (no tube ofc) and it’s the most ridiculously comfortable thing you could ever want to sit and be lazy on because if you fall asleep it’s still comfortable af. (It’s not a beanbag, it’s full of polyfill and foam block)
Add alcohol to it and you’ll never get up, even if you don’t like wine.
- Comment on Draw an arrow to each temperature 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, but that’s not one of the “options” in the list. If you misunderstood what was going on, the closest option is 29 increments, because 0-1 is the first and 29-30 is the last.
It makes sense in a misunderstanding and making a logical guess sort of way. That’s how I took tests, too, and it works way more often than it doesn’t.
- Comment on Anna-mazing pun 4 weeks ago:
Yes!
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- Comment on fake keepass repo on github 4 weeks ago:
Lactose intolerance is rough.
- Comment on Anna-mazing pun 4 weeks ago:
I can hear this picture.
- Comment on Grinding all ways 5 weeks ago:
I spent longer than I care to admit trying to figure this out… and I’m still not confident I got it right.
Are they saying they don’t date so they can work more (bread), the same way they get bread instead of coleslaw (arguably worth a lot more)?
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 5 weeks ago:
I don’t see how that refutes what I said about why people don’t want to pay for it…?
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 5 weeks ago:
lol ok, sure.
In what way? Give examples plz.
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 5 weeks ago:
Nobody wants to pay for all the little individual piecemeal services and shit, because it’s wildly expensive and inconvenient, and because they keep adding ads to the paid stuff anyway because greed, so what benefit is there to paying?
- Comment on What was she thinking when she did this? 1 month ago:
I’m super fun at parties, too! ;)
- Comment on What was she thinking when she did this? 1 month ago:
Have to disagree that it’s not a one-person hairdo. It’s a simple French braid. If she had the Barbie lay across her head with the legs pulled back so it was bent at the hips, she could very easily have done it herself and then positioned the Barbie, assuming she can French braid. You’d only need a couple rows of the braid in to hold it securely, at which point standing it back up would pull the legs closer together and tighten everything up so she could finish and have it held securely.
(Source: had Barbies and can French braid my own hair)
- Comment on US popularity collapses worldwide in wake of Trump’s return 1 month ago:
TankieYankie sounds extra mocking…?
- Comment on Onion be onioning again 1 month ago:
It doesn’t. It takes soap to get silicone lube off.
- Comment on Onion be onioning again 1 month ago:
Skill issue.
Use silicone-based lube for water play.
- Comment on Unfair is what it is 1 month ago:
Popping my sternum in public is the highlight of existing some days. It’s loud, and alarming.
I learned I could do it a decade back but it takes a super specific position that took me many more years to work out so I could do it on demand. Feels amazing.
My hyper-flexibility is probably to blame for it, but it’s super fun :)
- Comment on Windows Is Adding AI Agents That Can Change Your Settings 1 month ago:
Is I/O in this context input/output? I’ve seen it used this way before but I’m not super techie so no clue.
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 1 month ago:
Thanks for taking the time to write all that out for me! I appreciate it and I’ll look into some of those!
Have a great day, friend!
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 1 month ago:
Out of those I’ve devoted a ton of time to rimworld and oxygen not included, are any of the others on your list similar, or others you’d recommend for someone who likes them? I tried dwarf fortress but I found it to be… not my bag. I didn’t get very far into it tho.
(I do like mods, so that’s an ok requirement)
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 1 month ago:
I had a similar problem with ocarina of time (and lemme tell you having to run around in not one but multiple times was a… blast…)
It was the first Gannon fight where you shoot the paintings… I’d never played a Zelda game before and it took me ages to give up and look it up (thankfully this was after the internet was born, and walkthrough sites were all over)
- Comment on China's latest flying car prototype showcases a breakthrough in urban air mobility, offering a glimpse into how low-altitude flight could soon integrate with everyday transport. 2 months ago:
I would hope that by the time something like this launched to the general public, it would be a service rather than an expected purchase. Like self-driving-flying taxis.
It doesn’t make sense to have everyone owning their own when they will probably be largely autonomous to avoid issues with individuals driving them (not that everyone owning a car makes sense either, but I digress), so the maintenance shouldn’t be an issue either.
- Comment on It happens... 2 months ago:
I haven’t had quite that interaction, but I’m equally blasé about it. It’s literally just part of life.
“In the past year have you had thoughts of suicide?”
broad gesture if you haven’t you probably aren’t paying attention… but I’m apathetic, not active. Not that it would matter because when I was actively suicidal it took 6 fucking months to be seen by you chucklefucks…
They always get that concerned face and I have to reassure -them-… like no it’s fine this is just normal for me…? I live with chronic pain, I live with chronic poor-ness, it’s just chronic life (and not the fun drug kind, even). I’m not into it, but I’m not actively thinking about doing anything about it, either. Doesn’t mean I want to be resuscitated if shit happens, tho… and I don’t… (any more chronic issues would be probably one too many, and then I’d get active…) I even know exactly what probably painless method I’d go with, because suffering is dumb. And it’s something I can act on quite literally any time I want with zero effort on my part other than going to the store, so that I’m still here is a great sign!
My current doc (Va changes my doctors every couple years) was the absolute first, out of dozens of people I’ve told that to, who was like “ummm… that’s actively bad… so what is your mental health plan? (Told her I don’t have one, other than suck it up) I’m going to give you an open-ended referral to some outside groups who may be more able to help you, especially on short notice… I get why you don’t trust our mental health… so if you ever want that, just send me a message and I’ll put in the referral for you. Also here’s a list of non-profits that aren’t directly affiliated who may be better suited to help you…”
Fwiw, whatever it is in your life that causes these things, I hope they stay at or below active-planning level. If you ever want someone totally random to vent to, my DMs are open, and I’ll reply with commiseration rather than gaslighting you about things not being that bad, because… well I get how pointless that would be 😜
- Comment on “It Wouldn’t Be Surprising If, in Two Years’ Time, There Was a Film Made Completely Through AI”: Says Hayao Miyazaki’s Own Son 2 months ago:
I’m going to watch it anyway, so there.
But as a brain cleanse, try little Emma. It’s not amazing, but it’s cute as hell. Itty bitty humans smaller than sentient racist livestock.
- Comment on "Sorry I can't read" 2 months ago:
I’ve had my uterus inflated with saline for a specific screening ultrasound. They inserted like maybe 10cc, 5 at a time, so not a lot of volume, and obviously it was liquid. I’ve never been pregnant or anything, and I’m not sure if that would make a difference, but that was the single most painful experience of my life. And I get migraines and have major back problems.
So the thought of not only penetrating the cervix (which is bad enough) but then having something solid enter the uterus (the logical conclusion of penetrating the cervix)? Holy gods no.