obsoleteacct

@obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who is the enemy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t read the DOT code in a while, so I genuinely don’t recall if they’re mandated, but I recall that all my trucks had them.

  This is of absolutely no use in preventing people from a close merge on the passenger side where the driver definitely cannot see. Often the driver’s first indication that this has occurred is the crunch. I’ve never seen one of these accidents that wasn’t completely avoidable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that you can usually tell news site's bias based on how complimentary the picture they attached is⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There was a very high profile case of this when Jill Greenberg bragged about intentionally duping John McCain into standing in unflattering light during a shoot for a profile piece in the Atlantic during his presidential campaign. She lit him from below with hard light to look old and and creepy. His team was clearly not that media savvy.

  The atalantic disavowed her actions and I think apologized.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who is the enemy?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to do fleet management. It’s so bad. I never would have believed how many people take clearance signs as suggestions.

  And the drivers test should include a “show me where the truck driver can and can’t see you” portion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are the grievances with the "male loneliness epidemic"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Particularly when so many trans men who have lived as women previously have come forward to validate how much more isolated men feel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is kindness often viewed as a sign of naïveté?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Due to the inherently competitive nature of living in a society that competes for resources, many people assume that a kind, upbeat person will be easy prey for someone tough and pushy. They lack the emotional intelligence to understand that you can be both kind and assertive.

  In reality, you catch more flies with honey. Pretty much every study of game theory concludes that nice but assertive is the optimal strategy in any ongoing interaction. A nice person with a backbone is likely to be healthier boundaries, lower stress, and better relationships with people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is a bit of a utopia for a privacy minded Linux fan. Most social media I’ve had to find my community. Here it is THE community. It would take an effort to avoid it.

  And you have a nice day too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The long hard road⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just say you make bat soup. Don’t try to make it sound fancy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please tell me⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is so much of that kind of marketing at this point, that it had not occurred to me until reading this discussion that “Liquid Death” was intended to ironically over the top.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: What are 'forever chemicals' and why do they matter? – DW – 07/15/2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem with banning it all together is that there are hundreds of critical applications for which they’re really is no alternative for PTFE, PCTFE and various derivative products.

  Could we get by without Teflon pans, stain resistant fabric sprays, and consumer spray on dry lubricant… Sure. I’d really like them to take it out of food packaging. That would be nice.

  But the world needs to interact with incredibly strong acids, and cryogenic temperatures and all sorts of other things for which human lives depend on having an absurdly inert material.