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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moats are back!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Moats, and with climate change being what it is? American alligators are about to be as common as chickens before too long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For Americans, what do you really think of Latin Americans?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Latin Americans are Americans, last I checked.

  I know more low-information, backwoods, ignorant, redneck losers than I can possibly count, and I literally do not know anybody thinks Mexico is the only country that exists. It’s just that they don’t care to differentiate or acknowledge the difference when they refer to anybody and everybody with a “latino” appearance as “Mexicans”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I say kill 'em all.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta geek out a tiny bit.

  Assuming my uncited research from a decade+ ago is correct …

  Citronella was actually extracted from the “Lemon Eucalyptus / Lemon-scented Gum” tree, formerly known as Eucalyptus citriodora but more accurately known as Corymbia citriodora.

  The “Citronella Scented Geraniums” never worked much at all to repel mosquitoes. It was essentially the placebo effect. I’ve done really lame and totally non-scientific experiments myself. The geraniums simply do not work to any significant benefit. People will literally argue with you day and night about this, but it’s just not true.

  That being said, grow scented geraniums to your heart’s content. Burn citronella candles as if your life depended on it. They smell really good and olfactory cues like this will burn memories into your brain that you’ll treasure when you’re older and fading.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Send newts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Newts are underrated. Fight me, but I know you won’t because I know you know I’m right.

  They’re the geckos of the amphibian world. Infinitely more adorable than they have any right to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depends what you're on.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure I get the sentiment, but I’m here for the cashew memes so I upvote and interact regardless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s exactly what I was thinking, glad I saw your comment before making pretty much the same one. Granted, I also didn’t like the 3-D but 2-D style of Bloodstained, but this is orders of magnitude worse based on that youtube vid.

  Granted, the graphics aren’t the main draw to this type of Metroidvania, so long as the gameplay is good, I’ll be happy enough. But, I have serious reservations about the thought process that went into the approval of this design. I’m not usually so opinionated, so it has to the pretty awful for me to call it as much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why didn't the mother just use her private doctor on her yacht?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Child support isn’t treated the same way as consumer debt in pretty much any jurisdiction in the USA that I’m aware of. Things like that and possibly stuff like alimony or similar legal agreements pretty much always have higher limits and more tools available to collect.

  So, it would be a bit of a mistake, in my opinion, to equate child support and its laws with medical / consumer debt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why didn't the mother just use her private doctor on her yacht?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I personally don’t accept the 35% as a 100% true and pure fact, without some citations. However, the percentage obviously isn’t the point here, so I wouldn’t get too hung up on the exact number. Even if it was 3.5%, this general situation is still inexcusable.

  For the record, most places limit wage garnishment for debts at something like 10% - 25%. Certain types of debt, like student loan debt and medical debt, are often lower or on the lower end. And lower income, with higher costs like having children, can also reduce the max %.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that radishes are fucking amazing. They improve heart health and are full of Sulforaphene, a powerful anti-cancer substance. They contain almost no calories⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, depending on your local climate, you might be surprised how quick and easy it is to grow your own turnips. If you’re in a temperate northern hemisphere climate, good chance you can have fresh home grown turnips for 8+ months of the year, if not the whole year. They don’t take a lot of time to reach maturity, you can basically plant a small batch of seeds every few weeks to keep things going.

  Yes, they are delicious on their own, fresh cut in salads, and so on. You can roast/bake/cook them, and they take on a taste and texture similar to potatoes. You can soak them in a pickling brine (1:4 vinegar to water with a bit of salt) for a few hours minimum and that will also eliminate most of the “bite” if you don’t like that part of their flavor profile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2 North American 4 you has been created⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mmm, acorn bread and beaver cheese.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Napkin math: There are roughly 3,500 calories in 1 lb of fat. To lose 50lbs of fat, that’s 175000 calories.

  Let’s get an upper bound of 31 days per month, for 2 months, that’s 62 days. 175000 / 62 approximately 2822.5 calorie deficit per day required. The actual number would be higher.

  The other aspect of this is that, generally speaking, the majority of “quick” weight loss is pretty much always in the form of water loss. Water weighs around 8lbs a gallon. So, you’d need to drop about 6 gallons of water to achieve that kind of weight loss.

  Neither of these are safe, reasonable, or practical in that time frame, for the average person without medical supervision and/or other professionals supporting you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They are German, of course.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Used to be a program on the tv set called Lizard Lick Towing. Never watched it, myself, but now I’m kind of glad I missed it. So, thank you for that CERN. Money well spent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨94.3° F⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I said what, what kitty butt. I said what, what kitty butt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraud⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  On the one hand, I loathe feeling that way sometimes. On the other hand, for the better part of the past decade+ any criticism I had about Amazon was met with victim blaming white knight replies and basically no support. At best I’m probably more on the ambivalent side of things than the no sympathy side, not that there’s effectively much difference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hades is definitely right down my alley, even though I’d never played anything quite like it before. It’s one of the games that reignited my enjoyment for gaming, a hobby that I mostly set aside for about 20 years. It’s one of the very few games I can fire up when I have a bit of spare time and even though I’ve played through the levels a hundred times, it’s still so much fun.

  I’ve tried to get into Hades 2 and so far it hasn’t captured that same level of enjoyment. I think I prefer the relative simplicity of the original and the fact that it takes much less time to start feeling powerful in the original. Much more rewarding. Of course, my opinion on that might change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was fun. It did evoke feelings of nostalgia for me, since Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was one of my favorite games back in the late 90s (tied with Resident Evil) and still one of my favorites of all time. I’m personally not a huge fan of the art style and it does lack a bit of polish here and there, but overall good especially at 75% off. Hope you enjoy it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doom 2016 was my game for last year and into early this year. For what it’s worth, I enjoyed it quite a bit once I got into it. I tried to start it a few times and that didn’t work out, but then suddenly last winter, it all just clicked.

  I had also tried Doom Eternal, and that’s not my thing. Doom 2016 lets you play at your own pace, your own style, and make your own choices on how to play … mostly. Doom Eternal you basically have to play it the way THEY want you to play and use the weapons THEY want you to use and if you don’t then you’re in for an unfun struggle. Doom 2016 isn’t really like that, in my opinion and experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Late stage capitalism⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the same tier of people who drove down to the No Kings protests on a Saturday morning to ride around and shout things at us like “Get a job”. Not a trace of common sense in their heads. Just unhinged, irrational emotion and simple, silly catch phrases. My buddy’s parrot does the same, but at least she’s pretty and sometimes manages to use her words in the proper context.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t doubt the numbers on this scale, but my personal numbers are absolutely not correct, so it does make me wonder how accurate things are.

  There’s some long term bug with Steam in the way they compute playtime. About 4 years ago, I purchased a game, played it once for probably less than an hour and never picked it up again. Steam shows I have played that game for almost 3,000 hours.

  This year, similar thing happened, but not to the same extreme. There was a game demo I downloaded, played through the first level (which IIRC was all that was available at the time in that demo), and now it’s showing I played that game for over 100 hours. I probably spent 30 minutes with it at most.

  Curious what’s going on there or if anybody else has experienced that? Maybe it’s not a widespread thing, but certainly curious that it’s happened to me twice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what humans do when they’re not taking showers. And where does all this water come from? And how did I become sentient?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s all pee, all the way down. Pee. Pee. Pee. We pee when we’re not showering. The water comes from pee. And your dad peed in your mom and then she shat you out. Pee. Pee. Pee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll be sure to let my father know he doesn’t need his doctors’ help for his cancer, he can just fix himself!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good to know. I never realized this was a downside to the Xbox controllers. Granted, I haven’t run into the issue so maybe they auto-update if you connect them to a Windows machine?

  The Xbox controller isn’t my favorite, but it takes AA batteries so it’s nice to have an option that will work if I forget to charge and which has easily replaceable batteries since that seems to be the main point of failure for so many electronic devices these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had one of the shimmering metalic emerald green species land on my shirt this summer and it was honestly one of the highlights of my year. “THAT FIGURES!” I thought, even the animal kingdom agrees I’m a piece of shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Celebrating anti-intellectualism is the biggest danger to humanity⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  'tis the worst AI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Christmas Animals⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Am I missing something? A few penguin references / associations with Christmas, sure I’ve seen that. But, at least in my part of the world, they’re not a major part of the lore – or am I having a moment?

  Either way, this can be easily explained: It’s called being inclusive. The last thing you want is a north pole versus south pole world wide Christmas turf war, best to extend an olive branch andlean into that diversity and inclusion metric for the good of the world’s children and the fate of humanity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do pro athelets get paid millions upon millions of dollars but will be taken off field for something minor? My coach always said walk it off or tough it out. How come its not the same in leagues?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like when mommy and daddy buy their precious little Timmy a car and then he doesn’t take care of it, doesn’t keep it cleaned and maintained, and runs it into the ground. Timmy doesn’t care, it cost him nothing, and mommy and daddy will get him another if that one breaks down.

  Compared to:

  Timmy worked his ass off to buy an expensive, high end pickup truck for the work he does. It took a lot of work and sacrifice to be able to afford it, and without it, he doesn’t make money. So, he takes excellent care of it, keeps it clean and maintained, and he’s careful about how and when he uses it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is comment section of this video filled with nazis?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like it’s coming from someone who cannot differentiate between AI slop and actual real responses. Not surprising in the least, of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is comment section of this video filled with nazis?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Youtube is a world-wide technology and the videos can reach an impressively large percentage of the human population. No matter how good the average person is, there will always be some percentage of bad actors, and the larger the audience, the larger number of bad seeds there will be. Additionally, the nature of relevance algorithms and online social networks, amongst other factors, tends to silo like minded people into networks of similar content. And finally, there are a myriad other factors such as engagement metrics, relative anonymity, and plenty of other things that serve to provide encouragement and cover to comment and create content which would otherwise not be acceptable in most circles in person.

  This means a video which draws attention of people with nazi tendencies as well as allied groups who are simply attention seeking can end up attracting a higher than normal percentage of those groups, and others from congruent social spaces. So long as there’s little to no impactful negative repercussions nor effective moderation of the rules, comment sections can fill with undesirable, despicable, illegal, and/or rule breaking replies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xmas at the mega church⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just mega churches.

  My dad was going to a small little church for years. At some point in a conversation about their church, I asked him what the church does in terms of community service or giving to the less fortunate. His response was “nothing”.

  To me, that should be a pretty high priority for organized religion, otherwise it’s just Sunday social hour and free entertainment … at best.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a tale of two consumers this holiday season — and they're both at Walmart⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But to some analysts, a rise in wealthier consumers shopping at budget retailers is a red flag.

  That was my first assumption and concern as well.

  I think the nebulous powers that be (wall street, corporations, federal government, media) have a vested interest in presenting this with as positive a light as possible. But as someone caught up in all this, my anecdotal experience is that things are much worse than any of those powers are letting on.

  Walmart and Dollar General ARE the race to the bottom. That historically higher end, higher income families are increasingly spending more at these establishments is absolutely not a good sign. Obviously there are a lot of factors at play, but let’s cut the shit.

  People making good money are moving out of high cost of living areas and trying to stretch their money. They’re moving to more remote areas where Amazon doesn’t have same day delivery and the most convenient shopping options are Walmart and Dollar General. These are families that have recognized that even the premium retailers and premium brands have cut back so much on value while increasing prices that they might as well shop at Walmart if they’re getting over priced junk. These are also families who were formerly earning six figure incomes but then suddenly the income earners are being laid off without warning or operating under constant threat of layoffs, so now they’re cutting back.

  None of this is a good sign.