underreacting

@underreacting@literature.cafe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Another one! Take a guess! This one is pretty easy.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Easy. Predator on a predator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An experimental setting.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I just pretend I need to get off at the next stop and make sure to get up when they’re looking so they can grab my seat. Then just walk to the other end of the cart, or to the door and look at the map only to then “realise” that this is not my stop after all and remain happily standing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Air Tag Alternative⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can set it to update location every minute, hour, ten seconds etc. Then just check the app for last known location. I have excellent telecom coverage where I live, and it can ping for wifi networks as well as gps, so I have personally never lost signal as long as it’s charged.

  The frequent charging might be the biggest downside for tracking a bike, for my pet I can just do it every night when they stay indoors and don’t need it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Air Tag Alternative⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My pet tracker can be set up to only send location when asked for it. It uses a SIM card (pre paid), plus you can call it to listen to the surroundings or have it blink or make noise through the app.

  The app requires the phone numbers of the people who are allowed to query the tracker.

  I don’t know what trackers are available in your country. I found several who had subscription-type deals to have the tracking actually work. I hate subscriptions, so will always choose to pay more upfront to control my usage and cost. It’s a lot more expensive than any sort of air tag.

  With the one I have I can delete the app after setup and only text the number to get gps-coordinates when I wish, but the app works great for my needs.

  It also triangulates with WiFi etc to give a more accurate reading. All such settings can be changed in the app.

  Can’t speak for privacy aside from it can be set up to only send info when queried and only to preselected numbers. Kinda depends what you mean by privacy respecting.

  It does need to charge (varies greatly depending on weather, queries, settings etc) often.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want a variety of fruits included fridge unfriendly ones:

  Could you keep a bunch of fruit at work instead of bringing one each day?

  Or keep a picture of fruit in the fridge with your lunch and trade it for the fruit when you pack your bag so you don’t forget it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I put it in the fridge to keep from overripening. Rarely buy underripe bananas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨was this average bullying behavior?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s definitely bullying behaviour. I don’t know exactly what you’re asking. Bullying can range from ignoring or talking behind someone’s back, to physical assault. They are not average experiences, especially being a repeated event, in normal friendships and relationships.

  Several actions included in bullying are also criminal offenses, and needs to be taken way more seriously by the adult world - not minimised, labeled “bullying” and nothing more being done about it. If someone physically assaults someone else, there should always be a police report filed because then social services will be informed if the attacker is too young to be criminally responsible. Even if it just words and threats, or stealing or destroying someone else’s items.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neil Young Leaves Facebook & Instagram Over “Unconscionable” Policies for AI Chatbot Conversations With Children⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well… YOU could read papers. YOU could look up from your phone and notice the flyers.

  The possibilities are there. There are other ways to get info about local events than from fb. You don’t have to wait for everyone else to pick up a paper.

  Ps. I have plenty of friends and involvement, which most of my current social circle I gathered after moving alone to a new city, without using social media. I lost a lot of acquaintances by leaving fb, but none that I actually miss. My friends are the ones I put effort into keeping in touch with.

  People exist offline. We’ve done so for millennia, and still do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neil Young Leaves Facebook & Instagram Over “Unconscionable” Policies for AI Chatbot Conversations With Children⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a local newspaper subscription that often have articles/info and/or ads for local shows and festivals - one can even go to the library to read it every day for free if paying isn’t in one’s budget (but I like paying for it, it’s a lot of fluff but sometimes they dig up something about how my city is being managed or mismanaged, and they have shone a light on a few desperately needed changes in local government).

  I also know most venues in the area that host small bands and can check their website or get their newsletter through email.

  There’s also flyers being taped up at the store, library and on maintenance boxes and poles around town for current events and activities (that’s how I found my knitting club!).

  There are probably ticket vendors where you can flag certain bands or venues or maybe genres and get an email when something is booked in your area.

  Just walking my city, talking to people, looking in shops and venues, and being present outside I get a ton of info about local events. I don’t miss FB. I don’t need a global mega-site to tell me what’s happening outside my own door.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raising a toddler away from home⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Try not to “blame” the baby for why she can’t keep her old life - it’s hard enough having your family dynamics change so massively going from solo child to having a baby sibling, having it be extra tumultuous because of the baby can really strain their early relationship and be a bigger risk of her acting out or regressing to get her old life back. So you’re not staying here because of the baby; you’re here because you and mom decided it would be nice to have an extra long vacation and be near the hospital.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I continue with exercise if I didn't get enough sleep?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This may sound silly, but it happens to me more often than not that I forget the simplest solution when I wake up from pain: Did you take pain relief medication and wait 30-60 min before giving up on sleep?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thought provoking tee shirt⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because you got caught staring at someone’s chest-area, obviously…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU considers stripping Hungary of voting rights over Ukraine obstruction⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the point of voting if one vote can completely invalidate the massive majoritys vote?