SARGE

@SARGE@startrek.website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're still on Lemmy...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  inb4 a bunch of junkies redditors justify their addiction continuing usage because [reason]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In heat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it considered normal to type out a normal question format when using search engines?

  If I were looking for an answer instead of making a funny meme, I’d search “heat movie cast Angelina Jolie” if I didn’t feel like putting any effort in.

  Then again, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve seen someone use their phone to search google “what is 87÷167?” instead of doing “87/167” or like… Opening the calculator…

  People do things in different, sometimes weird ways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beachfront property⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  At first I thought “wow, really? Only 8 seconds?”

  Count out 8 full seconds in your head.

  Now imagine you’re being hit by young teenagers with baseball bats.

  8 seconds is a LONG time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨zoomers are the new blooners⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh damn, that gave me flashbacks of trying to get my page to look the way I wanted it while knowing almost nothing about any type of coding…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨zoomers are the new blooners⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re thinking of Lance Armstrong

  He was a tall, bald black man who was a great actor and starred in movies like John Wick, and also did voice overs for tons of games, including Destiny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Elmo has claimed to be autistic at multiple points. Most recently to my knowledge, to try and excuse his nazi salute.

  So when RFK was drooling droning on about how terrible autism is, and how autistic people can’t use the restroom unassisted, by extension he was saying Musk can’t have a solo bathroom experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get that america is failing if it's duty to suppress the rise of fascist but did the rest of the world just put all its eggs in the america basket?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone, everywhere, has a duty to stop fascism and help their fellow man, regardless of what ultimately insignificant speck of a human decided to put a line on a map.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China has world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor thanks to ‘strategic stamina’⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is such a weird comment, full of “NiCd batteries aren’t good enough so solar/wind are useless because we can’t store the power” energy.

  It’s a test reactor, it’s meant to be smaller than the “big boys”, and in a few years it’ll be smaller and more efficient.

  Sure, it’s not going to singlehandedly power an entire country, but distributed power is better than localized. 1000 small reactors placed all over means less likelihood of system wide failure than a handful of large ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: You can browse reddit with a VPN by using RedLib⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Addicts always gotta justify how they get their fix, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A bit of salt makes it taste more savory⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I can go to my individual comments and check the scores, but I like that I can’t see any cumulative score. I’m a sucker for “number go up” games.

  Lemmy isn’t a competition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do Americanized names of places etc exist?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, so you just wanted to stand on a soap box and let everyone see how virtuous and moral you are. Got it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's with "*checks notes*" everywhere?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And with all fads, it’s cyclical. But on the internet, things move quicker so instead of 20-30 years, it’s more like 5-10.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top Donald Trump official tells Europe to choose between US or Chinese communications tech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a centuries old tradition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof, you must have gotten a shipment of Ferengi pencils, they can be a little… “Eccentric”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What else do you need?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was gonna ask “And just how long is this pork, exactly?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A funny thing about Americans and calendar dates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been told I need to redo paperwork because I marked the date like 12APR2025.

  I get standardization for computers, but for something a person is going to look at I feel like it’s very direct, needs no explanation or interpretation. Anyone who sees it should be able to figure it out instantly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists create world-first touchable 3D holograms that float in air⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t judge until you try some ghost dick for yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I got it on one of those giveaways that steam/epic/gog sometimes do, so I never even gave them money over it and I still want my money back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, I’ve heard jokes about quebecios being snobby with their French but that seems excessive.

  Which makes it all the more hilarious that the French people I know have joked about Quebec speaking “garbage French”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solid voting advice⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European police say KidFlix, "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world," busted in joint operation.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I know what other video I’m never watching.

  And people wonder why I don’t like being around any vehicle that carries things…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I paid 1k for my shitty pickup in 2018, it’s in worse condition than when I got it, and about 100,000 more miles on it.

  It’s supposedly worth 3500 now. It needs about $300 worth in parts alone to get it into what I would consider a condition worth buying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European police say KidFlix, "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world," busted in joint operation.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s what I’m thinking of, camera footage of a vehicle interior.

  Driving down the highway, going under an overpass when a brick gets tossed by some kids and goes through the window.

  Passenger hit, husband is driving and screams.

  You know that scream they mention in The Princess Bride? That “only someone experiencing ultimate suffering” can make?

  If you know, you know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rocky rock rocking⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, that’s a jpeg representation on your screen of a photo of a rock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Content moderation is what a 21st century hazardous job looks like⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried being a moderator on a forum once, and after alerting admins and the FBI about csam less than a week in, I decided I was done being a moderator.

  It was a forum for RC stuff, mostly diy rc planes.

  Unfortunately, therapy only helps you cope, it doesn’t let you forget.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it rude to reply using English under posts in a language you can’t speak?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had more conversations than I can count with people I would never be able to talk to in person, all using our own native languages.

  The original posts are in English, people comment in their native language, and I use a translator, then respond in my own language. Is the translator perfect? No! Neither is theirs.

  With the way most translators I’ve used work, it’s easier for the non-native speaker to try translating, since the translator might try and use different words that entirely change the meaning, but likely list possible alternatives. A native e speaker will understand the alternatives while a non-native speaker probably won’t.

  That’s my thought process anyway.

  Never had anyone who wasn’t pearl-clutching or virtue-signaling complain about it. And I’ve had tons of conversations with people I’d never have talked to otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is content like this banned on .ml for being "political"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing says “we are a free and open community that welcomes others” like moderators banning discussion of poor moderation.

  Yes, I do understand what the rule is there for. No that doesn’t make it any less hilariously shitty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you realize that the ass is you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A few years ago I purged my face book profile with a script that edited every post with lorem ipsum, and then deleted the content.

  It was embarrassing seeing posts from 10-15 years ago. Jesus christ I was an idiot. I still am, but I was then too. (thanks mitch)

  In 2022 I did the same to my reddit account.

  Same reaction.

  Although it was interesting to see my comments go backwards from “burn the system to the ground” to “we need to make a compromise and reach across the aisle” and then from “all religions should be allowed to die” to “Yay Jesus”

  Like I said, I was a big dum

  Oh god I would hate to see my YouTube comment history from my first account…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SHUT UP ABOUT NICOLE⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You first.

  But seriously, it gets annoying, but at the same time it’s the biggest scam on the fediverse right now that I know of. So I feel like a little visibility once in awhile (not 6 times a day) that lets people know about it is fine.

  To anyone who knows: is there a way to filter out usernames containing that name? Like if I could block dms from my chosen instance, that’d be great. I’ve been getting 2-3 a week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No need to use my full name⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He knew that could be a sound of the future. But he didn’t realize how much the impact would be.