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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's on a mission⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Then you’re definitely not from the Munich area

  Looking back to my first 20 years I wonder why tf we all thought it’s a great idea to bike through storms and blizzards instead of just walking

  That could be me at 18 years, 3:30 am, with way too much alcohol in my blood going home from the sbahn station after clubbing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Perfect Picture of Helth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely. Even if I make pizza from scratch with whole wheat flour and homemade sauce, the amount of vegetables I can reasonably put in/on it is so limited. If I want to mimic a typical pizza as it is served in Germany, I need about 2 mushrooms for the whole thing. Even with the sauce, there is just so much sauce I can put on the dough - and so many veggies I can put on it - before it just becomes a soaky pie. And this is nowhere near a ratio I can really approve of. Our usual dishes consist of 50-80% vegetables. With pizza, I feel like we are just eating 50-80% dough.

  Just because whole wheat is good, tomato sauce is good, veggies are good, and a bit of cheese is good, doesn’t mean the combo of it is anywhere near balanced and healthy. We usually balance it with a huge salad but honestly we just don’t like filling up on bread/dough, so we rarely eat pizza.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Any particular reason it has to be in the fridge?

  The thing is, it is actually not recommended to store tropical fruit in the fridge. So mangos, bananas, kiwis… The other thing is that most fruit doesn’t need to be refrigerated and will still stay fresh at room temperature (assuming room temp is between 20-25°C).

  You can buy a bunch of green-yellow bananas and they will ripen throughout the week without going bad and leave them outside. Apples will last a long time outside of the fridge too - even in warmer/moister climates. So do citric fruit. Berries and grapes are probably the only thing I would refrigerate, as well as cut fruit. (Tbh I wouldn’t refrigerate berries either because that makes them lose their taste, so I’d just eat them right away. They are a fleeting breeze of summer that should be enjoyed within the blink of an eye.)

  Why do you need to limit yourself to one type of fruit? Idk your fruit portions, we eat so much fruit at home that I am shocked we haven’t died of fructose induced liver cirrhosis yet. So get some greener bananas (store outside) for Tuesday and Wednesday, grapes in the fridge for Thursday and Friday, and bring something fresh like a mango for Monday? And just have a sack of apples as an emergency. They, like, really don’t go bad. If you buy fruit that is not fully ripe yet, then as well, leave it outside, next to the apples ideally, and they will ripen by the middle/end of the week.

  Also, veggies?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I, as well, store fruit in the fridge because of fruit flies.

  But man I hate cold fruit :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iSweep⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It helps enormously, this was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for pointing out the noise level, this is actually the other reason I hate vacuuming. I absolutely cannot stand these kinds of sounds and I want to at least be able to let the robot vacuum a room I am not in and not be bothered by it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iSweep⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what exactly regularly means when it comes to emptying, but if it is once or twice for a run of a 70 square meter apartment that is absolutely fine with me. With cleaning, I don’t mind once a day. Do you think that would be enough? Also, may I ask what model you are using? I’ve read so many professional reviews but somehow a stranger’s opinion on the internet feels more authentic xD

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iSweep⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We are thinking of getting a roborock (any recommendations welcome). I don’t expect it to do a deep clean but as it is right now, we have a kid, and ergo, there is sand and crumbs everywhere. We live in a three room apartment. There is so much sand and dirt in the corridor oh my god. I vacuum it two times a day. And then there are crumbles everywhere. I just don’t want to feel like I am walking on literal egg shells most of the time. My back hurts from vacuuming so often and it is loud and unhandy. Will a roborock handle the superficial crumbs, dust, sand? If yes that is enough for me. I need it as an addition to regular cleaning, not as a substitute.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love fucking pasta⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can someone brave enough please FINALLY post the eventual tier list he comes up with

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok your comment sounds a lot like what I am experiencing, now you got me interested in reading the whole article after all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany seeks deal with the Taliban to expedite expulsion of Afghan migrants⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m out of the loop on German politics

  Honestly, just continue to space out for about 3 years or so. Nothing good will come, anything good, any achievements of the past years are being actively reversed, and at that point it’s like a bingo card of dystopian Murphy’s law jit points.

  Just assume everything bad that you can think of with Germany is happening, is happening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For those who have all the right answers for the rest of us⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I mean… A colorblind student at our university once pointed out that red green blindness causes you to see red laser pointers worse than green ones, and he had trouble seeing where it is being pointed at. Our prof got a green one the next day and has been using it ever since.

  There are also several color schemes that are disability friendly so that charts (diagrams and stuff) can be better read by colorblind people.

  So, the analogy doesn’t really work. Colorblind people get to dictate color schemes because that is how inclusion and a low barrier society works. Or am I missing the joke here?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gotta get those tickets!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in my city’s Share&Care chat and you wouldn’t believe how many people keep asking for sound cancelling headphones for their babies because they want to go to some concert

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gotta get those tickets!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Baby carriers are expensive xD

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gotta get those tickets!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s moronic, not gonna lie, but I just want to say, man, being the first one in my friend group to have had a kid, it was bonkers what I was invited to, with all seriousness. Concerts, house parties, clubs,… When I pointed out I have a 3 week old baby it was “just leave it with their dad for the night!” When I told them it was a fully breastfed baby it was “oh then just bring the baby! It’ll be fun!” When I tried to point out that I am exhausted, recovering, and am using any minute that I don’t tender to the baby to sleep - as did my partner - I got “oh wow I thought they mostly sleep lol, well ok then maybe next week at that other house party at the other end of the city? It will be full of people you don’t know and it starts at 10 pm, there will be beer but you can bring some hard liquor!”

  So, to heavily play devil’s advocate, maybe these are new parents that were pressured into being cool and staying the same despite having a baby… By outsiders or by themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I used to be with it"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why aren’t Normies speaking up

  I’m the most bland person you’ll ever meet and I kept all my CDs and DVDs. I would never buy something only as digital/cloud format that I couldn’t burn on a disc. It gave me anxiety from the beginning. I have multiple external storages with the same copies of photos and I still print the most precious ones out. I’ll have music and memories if the internet ever breaks down, I just need a power generator.

  I also absolutely don’t see physical copies of books, music, or movies, as clutter. Booklets in CDs are to die for, and I think it makes for great room decor. If I burn a CD I usually make some collage artwork as a cover to accompany the disc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget the pesticides that are so fucked up that the farmers end up infertile

  I can’t buy non organic bananas, I feel like I am castrating someone. But realistically probably organic also isn’t that much better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i enjoy using drugs and that will never change⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have to admit being and staying sober is much easier for me if I frame it as “it’s a period in my life where I want to be sober, I choose to be sober, that doesn’t mean I have pledged to stay sober until I die”, and allowing myself the idea of a future where I will drink again feels relieving - although I realize it will most likely not happen. So your sentiment with getting back on drugs at 60-70+ resonates with me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My body is a roadmap of pain⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh can I chime in with a question as well?

  What is that “and then there’s this fucking asshole” muscle? Because from the location that is exactly the asshole that got me hospitalized twice for intercostal neuralgia - once with an ambulance ride, highest doses of morphine (didn’t ease the pain and made me very sick and whiny), and an x ray because they assumed I had broken a rib bone.

  When I had my third attack I recognized it was that fucking thing again and that I could do nothing but wait it out for two days. I also realized there is a connection to emotional distress and it probably has a big psychosomatic factor. I hadn’t had a big attack in years but when I get distressed I still get pain in that stripe next to my spine. It gets tense just writing this out and remembering.

  I’ve given birth and with the biggest honesty and calm asked my partner to kill me during labor. The intercostal neuralgia was about 2% less painful than childbirth and I didn’t end up with a cute baby afterwards so it’s really not worth the pain. It’s cramping up to a point that I think the muscle will rip, then it goes away. After a couple of seconds again, cramp, can’t breathe, can’t talk, gone. For days. Nowadays it’s usually not that bad that I cannot breathe but WHAT IS THIS FUCKER and what can I do to strengthen it and, more importantly, to actively relax it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you say you don't like linux on Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For real, I am even calling over friends for help to set up a Windows PC or a printer. I have absolutely no idea about technology and computers. I want something easy and mainstream because this way I have an easier time getting support. Two steps are one step too much. I have a lot of strengths but understanding tech is definitely not one of them. And frankly, I neither have the time nor interest to learn anything about it. I have a great respect for linux and I have fond memories of playing a game on my dad’s computer, but it’s not something that’s for me.

• ⁨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 ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve studied nutrition science and we talked about what you described and yes, the blunt “truth” is that liposuction is the only reliable way to really get rid of “emptied fat cells”. There are a lot of things playing into the dreaded yo yo effect but the fact that it is much easier to refill emptied cells than to make new cells via division is definitely a big factor.

  (“Truth” is in “” because I dislike this term in a scientific context but english is my third language and it’s pretty late over here so I am struggling to find a better suited word)

  Good luck on your weight loss journey. It is an incredibly hard and brave one to take and I admire that you are trying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨yin yang⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In our school in Germany there was an observation: students who do well in math usually have somewhat worse grades in statistics. While students who were bad at math often did better in statistics.

  In grade 12 and 13 it went like algebra, statistics, geometry, geometry (per semester). Basically, you either got A B+ A A, or D B- D D.

  Writing this down I realize they should absolutely make a statistical analysis on these results.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Decided to dig a big hole⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you friends with Dave?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nightmare blunt rotation... or killer rotation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s interesting you point that out. It seems it shows the grip of Reddit and Lemmy as well. Since I am not in the US I am not in touch with their regular news outlets and media. I’ve never seen the Dem shooter before. Somehow he wasn’t that talked about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nightmare blunt rotation... or killer rotation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bottom left is the Trump shooter, bottom right the alleged Kirk shooter. No clue who the upper left dude is

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨tall tails⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The articles on that are a fascinating read, thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Many of the younger generations of folks don't know what it's like to watch TV series out of order by virtue of channel surfing on live TV and grabbing random episodes here and there⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In my opinion, watching TV was a better experience and healthier and better, including for - but not limited to - children.

  (I’ll preface this by saying I am referring to German TV, where you would get one break of commercial ads of 5-8 minutes within a show of 30 minutes, and two such breaks within a show of 60 minutes. I know in the US you get more, shorter commercial breaks. I think that makes the argument a bit stronger; however, I think it still applies to US TV as well.)

  First off, you needed discipline. You want to watch that one show that airs at 3:10? You better be at home at 3:10 then. You had to make plans and keep this scheduled like an appointment, or plan to record it and program a VHS recorder.

  Second, you also had to focus. No rewinding. If you miss it, you’ll have missed it. Stay focused. No phone scrolling, no attention span shortening, no second screen. You better focus your attention.

  Third, you don’t binge watch. I love binge watching as much as the next person. But is it good for you? Cliffhangers are there for a reason. Having this excitement and thrill be resolved within seconds by starting the next episode takes away from the experience. Already knowing that you could just click on “play” any time you want takes something away from having to wait, waiting to know, thinking about it, imagining scenarios how something will play out in your head.

  You get your daily or weekly dose of dopamine from this show, and that’s it. You don’t go on a bender. You are also automatically limiting your screen time. Especially for kids I think that is an important point. You can watch peppa pig endlessly on youtube, until you’re absolutely sick of it, or until your parents put an end to it. But if there is just one episode of pokemon a day, that’s it. You gotta wait until tomorrow. There’s nothing you can do.

  Let’s even say you watch multiple shows in a row. Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Art Attack, Galileo, The Simpsons. Every show gives you something else. Another plot, other emotions, other characters. You have to follow different storylines or have some non-fiction program points. That’s more diverse than watching 5 hours of handmaid’s tale or breaking bad in a row.

  And even ads. Ads allow you to zap. Allow you to release this thrill that we now do with scrolling. But it, again, is self limited - you better be back in time before the commercials end. Who of us has not had days where they spent more time looking at trailers and thumbnails on Netflix etc than they spend watching an actual movie or show.

  I have to add that I absolutely love your point about isolation and watching alone. I will absolutely add this the next time I am arguing that TV was better for our brains, kids, health, and sociality.

  I even feel like when people from the same household are watching the same show, they now prefer to watch it alone in their rooms at their own comfort and pace. How sad is that? Is it more comfortable? Yeah sure, maybe. But TV was more social. Having to be quiet for the sake of the others. Waiting to ask “wait what did he say I didn’t get it” until there is a good time and waiting to reply until there is a good time again. This is effort. This is socializing. This is community. Using quotes from the show you watched as inside jokes.

  Man I really miss TV.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You live in Germany don’t you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that hand sewing is a stupid cheap hobby to get into and reduces your impact on the environment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do that too! But it depends on the repair. If I just fix a seam or a tiny hole in a shirt (you know, the ones that you need 2 stitches for) then it won’t stand out and look cool but just look out of place to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that hand sewing is a stupid cheap hobby to get into and reduces your impact on the environment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I have no clue what thimbles are for. But I realized at some point this year that instead of using some hard surface to push my needle through assy material and/or hurt my finger pressing too much, I can just… Use a metal thing that sits on the right spot.

  Also I know this sounds weird but go to a shop and try them on. It’s weird how much a good fit helps.

  The cutting out would probably be the way to go. I mean you could flap it, so it stays connected to the right spot, maybe it’s time for you to be brave and risk it. Especially since you have a sewing machine! That means the seam can turn out quite nice when put back in place. Anyway, good luck and updates are appreciated!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that hand sewing is a stupid cheap hobby to get into and reduces your impact on the environment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Love the patches. The pockets seem rather big, so the problem is not that you aren’t getting anything in, but that you cannot comfortably put the needle from inside to the outside? And I guess it is too thick to go in and out with the same stitch? If this would somewhat work you could consider a thimble, I recently rediscovered that little metal thing and it saved me a couple of times. Gets you through thick layers as long as your needle is stable (or you’re willing to sacrifice 4-5 needles for a project).

  Are the patches decorative or functional? If they are decorative (i.e. covering up imperfections) you would only need a couple of stitches to hold them in place, right? Or try another glue? If they are functional (i.e. covering up holes and necessary for integrity) you would need a more profound stitch. In that case, would you consider ripping the seam on the side of the pocket to open it up? That would allow you to have better access. Once you’re done you’d obviously have to sew the pocket back on.

  The other alternative is to find a friend with a kid that has small hands and pay them in gummi bears for their labor.