moakley
@moakley@lemmy.world
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 15 hours ago:
“Female” is fine as an adjective. It’s when it’s used as a noun that it becomes a problem. But that’s not a new rule or anything.
Consider when someone says “Black people” vs “the Blacks”.
- Comment on Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows. 5 days ago:
Any criticism of conservatism is grounds for removal now. I can’t believe it’s gotten this far.
Is there any Sonic community on Lemmy? Did you make one? I’m a casual fan, but I’d join.
- Comment on Skill issue 1 week ago:
This is definitely an objective opinion based on facts and universal experiences: the best multiplayer experience was Halo 1, when we ran ethernet cables between our dorm rooms. I’d wake up to someone slamming on my door telling me to turn my Xbox on, and I’d jump right into a death match.
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 1 week ago:
You can color with a candle.
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 1 week ago:
Wait until you realize that number 8 is actually teal blue! Gotcha!
The lesson here is not to peel off the labels.
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 1 week ago:
True, but it’s a restaurant crayon, so it’s a little scratchy.
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- Comment on 3's grip looks the most comfy 1 week ago:
2, and it’s not close.
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 1 week ago:
Because protests don’t do shit. There were mass protests over police brutality in 2020.
I get why you feel that way, but it’s just not true.
- Comment on Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content 3 weeks ago:
lamenting
I believe you mean “lambasting”.
- Comment on Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes 4 weeks ago:
So what’s the damage here? I can’t find anything about the targets. Is this why my Xbox is having server issues?
- Comment on Delicious 4 weeks ago:
I always ask for it as thin as they can get without shredding it. It’s possible I’m hated, but that’s how I like my meat, and I can’t do it myself.
- Comment on If I sit in my basement and do nothing, I can't fuck things up 4 weeks ago:
Statistician: “Nailed it!”
- Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 1 month ago:
Trump is a textbook fascist.
- Racist
- Nationalist
- Populist
- Authoritarian
What more do you need?
- Comment on Leo knew it was a joke and laughed because it was just a joke 1 month ago:
From like three years ago? Why post about it now? Especially without providing additional context.
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 1 month ago:
None of that affects me, but if I switch, which one should I switch to?
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 1 month ago:
I’m so sick of this dumb ass argument…
The server question was 100% the reason I didn’t join Lemmy right away. It’s not that I didn’t understand what a server is. It’s that the signup form was asking me to make a decision I didn’t know the answer to, so I gave up.
With a little more hand holding, I’d have joined months before I actually did.
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 1 month ago:
I tried to join Lemmy during the API debacle, but then it asked me to choose a server. It didn’t explain what that meant or how it would affect me. I could read a long, confusing explanation of it elsewhere, but that illuminated nothing. So I gave up.
Eventually I tried again and just chose lemmy.world, since it was the largest. After that it was smooth sailing, and I like Lemmy a lot more than reddit. It turns out it didn’t even really matter which server I chose. (Although now I see some comments from people saying there’s something wrong with lemmy.world.)
You just need to hold the new user’s hand a little. Anyone who has ever designed a UI for an office environment would know immediately that the server question is going to be an impenetrable wall for many users.
- Comment on Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop 1 month ago:
Oh, he’s just going down a rabbit hole! He’s going on a cute little adventure where he does a fucking Nazi salute in front of the whole country, then proceeds to recklessly dismantle huge parts of the US government, but it’s all just part of his magical little journey! Teehee!
- Comment on Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps 1 month ago:
That solves the problem this time, but it doesn’t help if I’m trying to navigate somewhere new.
If it doesn’t have the address for a 30-year-old house in a major metropolitan area, then I just don’t think it’s a viable replacement for Google Maps, unfortunately.
- Comment on Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps 1 month ago:
I’m all for swapping apps, but Organic Maps doesn’t even have my home address. And I live in a major metropolitan area.
- Comment on Once you roll down the stairs, you're all set 1 month ago:
Ok, so what’s the symbol for mobility handicaps excluding wheelchairs?
- Comment on Once you roll down the stairs, you're all set 1 month ago:
Is it possible the wheelchair symbol is being used here to refer to mobility handicaps in general and not specifically to wheelchairs?
- Comment on Culture Wars 4 months ago:
Rereading the title sent me.
- Comment on YSK about Darkpatterns.games, a website that rates mobile games on their "Dark patterns" 5 months ago:
Obviously I don’t know what your finances are like, but is it possible she’s just enjoying herself and considers it a hobby? Comparing it to other games, $100/month can seem ridiculous, but comparing it to other hobbies, it might not be that bad.
I used to be unwilling to spend any amount on a mobile game until I thought about how much I used to spend playing Magic: the Gathering. Sometimes hobbies cost money.
- Comment on Can I not be an adorable junkie 5 months ago:
Another nugget of wisdom from her: one time she asks me, cryptically, “What happens when the wind blows?”
It just sounds like such a profound question. So I’m wracking my brain to figure out where she’s going with this, and eventually I say, “I don’t know.”
“The cradle will rock.”
Of course.
- Comment on Can I not be an adorable junkie 5 months ago:
Fuck. I’ve gotten so used to it on reddit that I didn’t even notice it this time.
- Comment on Can I not be an adorable junkie 5 months ago:
My daughter once asked me, “Do rainbows stop the rain?”
She was three and, in my opinion, very insightful. These rainbows keep showing up right about the time the rain stops. A little too convenient to be a coincidence, right?
- Comment on Get good. 5 months ago:
My wife and I do the same, and the results have been great. An old friend of mine visited me and met my daughter for the first time when she was two and a half, and she just walks right up to him and says, “Hello. My name is _____. It’s very nice to meet you.”
When my current two-year-old is in a bad mood, we’ll ask him if he’s being a curmudgeon, and he’ll say “No, I’m not being a curmudgeon.” They speak in full sentences because my wife and I speak in full sentences. They use big words because we use big words.
On the other hand my daughter is five now and still thinks it’s pronounced “breafixt” instead of “breakfast”, and we don’t correct her because it’s adorable. So we still have fun with it.
I don’t think any of this means they’re geniuses or are guaranteed success later in life or anything. They’re probably both gifted, but that just means they’re a couple years ahead. A four-year-old who talks like a six-year-old is a great parlor trick, but a twenty-year-old talking like a twenty-two-year-old isn’t going to give them a big leg up. That’s why I like to get all my bragging in now.
