Signtist

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I spent a good few hours every day on a dating site, making sure to really read through profiles and think of something interesting and engaging to talk about. I might’ve just been lucky, but I got a good amount of responses despite my less-than-ideal looks. Found one girl I clicked with, and 9 years later she’s now my wife.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Go ahead, take one⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Got a huge bag for Christmas one year and ate the whole thing in a few days. The inside of my mouth was white with canker sores for a good while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what people don’t understand. Those in power, whether they’re part of the government, a wealthy CEO, or a religious leader, will do what benefits themselves if they think they can get away with it. We keep talking about powerful organizations and what they could do to benefit everyone, but fail to realize that powerful people don’t want to benefit everyone.

  They only do what benefits everyone if they feel like they can’t get away with just doing what benefits themselves. It’s our responsibility to make sure they don’t think they can get away with it, and clearly strongly-worded letters and quippy signs held outside their offices for an afternoon or two isn’t enough to do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The green lean mean killing machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The damage is permanent on a cellular level - the affected cells will either die, or in the case of radiation exposure, can become cancerous instead. If you got a small enough exposure, and immediately sought medical attention to remove the toxin from your body in the case of amatoxin ingestion, then only some cells will be affected, and maybe your organs can continue functioning and eventually recover after the affected cells die off. If the damage is significant, you might survive if you get a liver transplant and dialysis, since the liver and kidneys are the most affected due to their role in filtering and removing toxens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The green lean mean killing machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just similar, it’s the same symptom - they both kill you through damaging your cells’ ability to create proteins, radiation through damage to the DNA itself, and amatoxins from deadly mushrooms through blocking of the cell’s ability to read DNA to create mRNA, which is necessary for protein synthesis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can’t Trust His Testimony.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wholeheartedly believe that anyone who’s amassed more than 10 million dollars in this country is doing something unsavory to get it - we shouldn’t blindly trust anything they say about anything. Mark has orders of magnitude more than that; everything he says should be considered a lie until proven true from multiple sources.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me in my home office at exactly 5:01pm everyday⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was an issue for me as well when I started working from home, but I was able to slowly start getting myself to do things on my own, instead of needing to tack them on to preexisting commitments like going to work, which has actually helped me out a lot. The trick was for me to do the smallest possible thing, and ramp it up incredibly slowly. I started working out again by literally doing one sit-up a day. For weeks that’s all I did, but eventually I moved up to 5, then to more, and added more exercises until now, where I’ve got a whole weekly routine.

  I did the same thing for other chores that needed doing, and it’s been long enough now that I can just decide to do something that I need to do in the moment, instead of always saying “I’ll do it after work,” which would always turn into “I’ll do it after work tomorrow” when work actually ended. It makes outings more fun, too, since they’re not always filled to the brim with all the things I was putting off doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨everyone agrees⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like that people like dogs - they deserve a good home and loving owner - but they make me nervous. I was almost attacked by a dog on the street as a kid, and my dad had to take the bite instead to save me. 2 other kids in my family have been bitten by dogs as well, both times by dogs they had spent a significant amount of time with, but that suddenly got triggered by something out of the blue and attacked. I just can’t trust that they’ll always be friendly, and even one second of aggression is enough to cause some real damage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BIG (like Americans) IF TRUE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, annatto is a traditional cheese dye, but outside of the US cheddar doesn’t often have much annatto if any, so it’s not usually died orange. Here’s a video of someone making a marbled cheddar cheese where one part has annatto and the other doesn’t, so you can easily see the difference in the final product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨W for Uncle Ted⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure that was the joke - a guy randomly trying to kill people did more to punish members of a pedophile ring by complete happenstance than the governmental body whose job it’s meant to be to do so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Quest VIII is so charming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, if you’re like me and like the fun dialogue the most, I’d just focus on DQ8 and see if you like it enough to finish it. If you do, I’d suggest giving 11 another go after that, since that’s definitely the most similar title in the franchise. If you do want to try getting into the custom characters games down the line, 7 reimagined would probably be a decent starting point, since they have some customization while still having distinct characters with personality and voice acting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Quest VIII is so charming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s somewhat divisive. Some people liked it a lot, but I thought it was a bit of a downgrade following DQ8. Since it’s a 3D game on the original DS, it’s a little bit low on the graphics side, and there’s no voice acting or anything. You also get to create and customize your party members’ looks and class, which is something it shares with other games in the franchise like DQ3; some people really like that, but I think it takes away from the interesting party banter like what you get in 8, since the customized characters don’t have dialogue and end up feeling samey. The story is still on par with any other dragon quest game, though, so if you can look past all that, it’s still pretty fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Quest VIII is so charming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good choice to start - DQ8 is my favorite of the mainline titles! 11 is a close second, though. I’ve been playing 7 reimagined, and an really enjoying it as well. I tried playing 7 back on the 3DS and couldn’t finish it - it’s really long - but now I’ve blown past where I stopped back then and am still invested, so it’s shaping up to be a good choice, too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always works and tastes better⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My dad’s got that exact style that he uses when camping. I didn’t drink coffee, but he says it’s great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You are allowed flavor⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A Hawaiian corset tests hundreds; indie hero icon hence absolved.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If vegetarians eat vegetables, and humanitarians eat humans, what do Bavarians eat?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bavarian cream-filled donuts

  Source: I’m classified as Bavarian by diet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I specifically chose my instance by what content they did and didn’t choose to block. I turned away from several otherwise appealing instances because they didn’t block some of the content I would’ve wanted them to. I know I can do it myself, and I do when I need to, but I want an instance that aligns with my interests enough that I don’t have to worry about blocking every problematic group as they pop up. If something changes and the instance ends up blocking things I wouldn’t want blocked, I move to another instance. It’s as easy as moving to another seat on the bus - barely an inconvenience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good to know, thanks! I’ve seen a lot of good things about Hyundai as well, though I do get concerned given how many issues I’ve had with my 2 Kias over the last several years. I was considering waiting to get an EV Corolla when they apparently come out in a year or two, but I also don’t know if I want to wait that long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would also be confused⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually when someone is contacting someone else while working on making peace with their feelings about that person’s behavior, it’s because they want to have a discussion with them about it. It’s unusual for it to be a one-and-done text without expectation of a response. But if a response is expected, it’s then unusual to follow up that text with another concerning a completely different topic. If I were in this situation, I’d find it hard to begin a discussion about her annoyance, which is valid and deserves to be explored, when the current topic is now a winery van.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been considering getting an electric car, and have been researching good models, and I can’t believe how many places are still recommending Tesla. I know the fediverse is far lefter than most other places, but I thought at the very least the general population had stopped trusting Musk and his scams.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please hold⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My work office has a full kitchen that nobody ever uses, so one day I decided to just make cookies for everyone while I was on the clock. As I suspected, nobody wants to be the one to reprimand the guy giving out cookies for wasting company time. I work mostly remote now, but once a month when I come in for a meeting I’ll spend a couple hours in the morning making cookies, and everyone’s always excited for it.

  You’d be surprised what you can get away with by just doing stuff without asking if it’s okay first. Asking first usually gets ideas shot down, but once you’re already in the middle of doing something, most people assume someone gave the go-ahead. Worst case scenario you can pull the “I thought it’d be fine” line, but I almost never have to do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've wondered since I was a youngin⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a reason it’s pushed so hard, and it’s because people in power don’t want to lose the golden goose that is American apathy. They can oppress us as much as they want, and we think having the moral superiority of taking it on the cheek makes us strong. It doesn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If only⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why Trump’s smart - he knows that the American people are fine with invasions without any explanation at all!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a great idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I can remember one or two specific instances of people choosing the worst place to stop and have a conversation, but the reason I remember them is because they happen so infrequently. I might need to say “excuse me” every so often, or squeeze by someone who didn’t leave a lot of space, but it’s never inconvenient enough to warrant remembering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Buy the component cable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For the PS2 make sure you change the output settings to component. I got mine and spent hours trying to figure out why everything was purple. Never even thought to see if there was a setting for it until I luckily found an old forum post that enlightened me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sharing is caring⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Took me a while to realize it’s a reference to how birds feed their young. At first I thought it was some sort of body snatchers thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents... Huh...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My buddy’s parents were like this. They’re very religious, and damn near disowned him when his younger brother snitched to them that he saw a condom wrapper in his trash. This was despite the fact that their older brother was born full-term less than 9 months after their parents got married…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards - X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Coward” implies that they want to do good, but are to scared to do so. There’s no reason to think that, and indeed we shouldn’t. They want money and Elon makes them money; that’s all there is to it. If ethics mattered to them at all, they wouldn’t have been able to climb to the position of CEO of a major corporation in the first place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are they for real?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically it’s not meant to be a positive thing - just a neutral acknowledgement of a topic’s media dominance for that year, but yeah, The phrase “X of the year” is so universally understood to be positive that even with the reminder that it’s not an award, it still feels like an award.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elijah Radcliffe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Danijah Woodcliffe