Bubbaonthebeach

@Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First darn (and first time using a darning loom)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We never used a loom. Usually stuck an old lightbulb in the sock and then wove the darning thread through. I wonder if the loom makes it any easier?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing wrong with Starbucks coffee. It’s the mixed drinks with some coffee added that are a problem. They are mainly sugar water and other artificial stuff. Tea flavoured drinks are just as bad. Real tea or coffee cannot be mistaken for a pop or milkshake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨women⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well if we were really aiming for equality, we’d only need to do 50% of those.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game over⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a relative once say that she’s vegetarian, won’t eat animals. I point out the chicken she’s eating and has always eaten, and she says “It’s from the grocery store, not an animal”. We had to have a long chat. People too divorced from real food and its sources, have some weird assumptions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon BUSTED for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy— Amazon, its vendors, and competing retailers are price fixing, hiking up prices for consumer products⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Quickest solution? Stop buying from Amazon. I quit cold turkey and the sky does not fall. I still buy what I need. I am sometimes saved from buying stuff that I don’t really need but was easily available. Just stop buying from them. They are the evil capitalism that everyone complains about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CONTACT LEFT!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And the ones who were too young or missed out on Iraq will soon get a chance to do the same in Iran.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There has to be a way for some enterprising soul to start turning over ICE to ICE? There has to be something in the thousands of recruits that can get them arrested by their own?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Time to start taxing them on perceived income, based on lifestyle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone old enough to have used this before GPS?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m thinking about going back to a paper map. Has anyone else had a problem with Google Maps suddenly making insane routing decisions? There are a couple routes I travel often and I check before I leave, mainly for traffic conditions, but have found in the last couple months that Google suggests a completely insane route instead when there isn’t anything to detour around or avoid. It’s almost like routing is now an AI hallucination.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've Hit The Perfect Weight⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And that seems heavy for the person depicted. Doesn’t look to me to be approx 270lbs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You are allowed flavor⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A good bun. A tasty onion. Flavourful cheese. What’s not to like? If it was an American factory bread-like bun with American Cheese, the onion might still make it edible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Good?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK a US passport card costs $30 and is definitive proof of citizenship. It fits in your wallet like a credit card.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently ICE doesn’t have to look at it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘They’ve pickled each others’ brains’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You would think that with all the ‘expert’ tech people out of jobs maybe they could band together and take the billionaires down? It would cause a depression but I think that would be more palatable than the depression that is coming regardless but in which the billionaires will still be billionaires?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Regular gym-goers probably avoid the gym on New Years Day because it's too crowded⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The (BC Pacific) ocean swim group usually has 2 or 3 people show up. Today had 12. I’ll bet Monday is back down to the usual number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Continuous Glucose Monitors⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t continuously wear a monitor, just when I’m experiencing some flux in my glucose measurements. In big print, all the Libre 2 monitors I have had say to double check odd or unexpected glucose readings or reading that don’t correspond with how you are feeling with a finger prick device. I have had the low glucose warning several times and I double check it. Only once has it been a real low glucose reading. Technology can be very helpful but you still have to use it correctly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being afraid of vaccines is literally childish behavior.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What I really dislike is the parents who refuse to vaccinate their children, because big pharma/nature best/other insane arguments, but then take them to an ER when they inevitably get that preventable disease. For fuck’s sake, stay consistent. If you don’t vaccinate, do not go to the hospital later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Haha, Russia 🤏⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Canada’s land area didn’t change. It’s still second only to Russia, I believe. It simply doesn’t show as 4x the size of some other countries in this map version.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know. Microsoft has a multi decade history of forcing people into using an trash product due to CIA/govt contracts corruption or something, never due to being the superior product on the market. So why would anyone think they’d deliver anything worthwhile now? A bunch of crap that you have to overpay to be underwhelmed by has always been their standard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As we have learned, many Americans really do think this way. It isn’t even a joke anymore. Americans will vote massively against their own interests so long as they think it might hurt people they dislike.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That little? I would have thought it was much, much higher. Almost everything on every social media sites is marketing barely in disguise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨plump pumkins⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are they still edible or just enormous garbage and waste of resources?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨tried makin nookie⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Much different meaning of nookie than I’ve ever heard of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sunlight special⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t use enough of that either. Only the bacon looks like it has seen a grill or pan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Poor salmon⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or could it be that the place and time when salmon are easily seen by people is spawning season and at least some of the species turn a bright “salmon pink/red” colour at that time? They are dying then as well, but naturally, so it is still and end of life colour for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dangerous crow⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For 2 weeks and then they are too long but it isn’t time to get the rest of your hair trimmed. So for the next 4-10 weeks they are just a mess. I love short hair but then I need it cut every 4 to 6 weeks so I usually end up growing it out so it only needs to be cut every 6 months. Sometimes I really understand Dolly and her wigs and wish I could wear one without sweating like crazy. Don’t even get me started on the wavy/curly that becomes a frizz bomb as soon as there is a hint of rain but cannot use any product on it without looking like Snape’s sister.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When a person gains weight and keeps the weight on for a long time, is that old fat in your body, or does the fat get replaced over time?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know much about liposuction but I believe it can only be done on subcutaneous fat (just under the skin) but not the deeper intra-abdominal fat that can be the cause of fat related health problems. If you can ‘pinch’ most of your fat then it is probably subcutaneous and lipo would help to remove the excess cells.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Street Racers "bad people"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes the are bad people. Why? Because they only care about their thrill over everything else. They cost everyone money when they inevitably have accidents. Even if they had to pay the cost of repairs for their car, they don’t pay all the other costs - police, emergency, road closure, road damage, etc. They willingly put others, innocent others, at life threatening risk. They never, ever drive as well and as in control as they think they do. Racing is fine but do it on a track that is meant for it. Then if you crash and maim or kill yourself, anyone else involved willingly agreed to be part of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cause and Effect⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know how that would work. Everyone that I know who is anti-vax thinks all the rest of your list is elitist crap as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My collection of records, cassettes and CDs have come out of storage and I started buying new ones. I might even start making mix tapes again.