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- Comment on Too soon? 1 week ago:
The double tails are because the house is also sentient and speaking in unison with the Kool Aid man
- Comment on Now, if it was a Pixel... 1 week ago:
eBay actually has decent buyer protection policies. You need to sell it somewhere without that like Facebook marketplace
- Comment on this picture is 27kb 1 week ago:
Ah sorry, man. I guess not a specific jab at you, but it’s weird because I’ve heard people make fun of this a lot and it’s just a bit odd to me.
- Comment on i don't get you 1 week ago:
Weirdly I feel like I self-gaslight all the time to the point where I’m not sure if certain things are real.
Some examples…
Am I really having pain in my foot or am I being a hypochondriac?
Was my boss actually in the wrong in saying that to me or am I just a crazy person?
- Comment on this picture is 27kb 1 week ago:
Yeah I’m a tad confused at why it’s weird to measure by time. If I’m trying to get somewhere deep in the city vs on highway traffic the whole time vs something in between the two, the same distance will give you radically different times to traverse it.
It’s also useful to give other people time estimates. Isn’t it more useful to tell your boss that you’ll be 15 minutes late versus the distance away in miles or kilometers? How about when you’re a guest arriving at someone’s house? Isn’t it more logical to tell them you’re 30 minutes from arrival as opposed to giving them the exact distance away in km or mi, especially when they might not know whether you’re arriving from a high traffic area or not?
There is a lot you can criticize the US for and it would be totally valid. This one is bizarre and unwarranted.
- Comment on kissies 2 weeks ago:
I also work in healthcare and deal with lots of poop and blood and dogs licking my face doesn’t gross me out. Cats on the countertop do squick my out a bit though.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 2 weeks ago:
Also in terms of games…I know Steam compatibility is supposed to be great, but if you use other platforms, you might run into some issues. Most of my library is in the Epic Games store (I know, terrible to admit this online…but they give you a lot of free shit), and I just could not get it to work at all the last time I tried Linux (maybe 6ish months ago).
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 2 weeks ago:
Whenever I try switching to Linux, there is always something that doesn’t work right and takes forever to finagle with to fix if it’s even possible. I primarily a Linux Mint fan, but I’ve also dabbled in a few other noob-friendly distros like Ubuntu and Pop OS.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love using Linux to breathe new life into older systems, but it just isn’t a good option for me personally if my device hasn’t gotten sluggish yet.
As an example, I have an aging laptop that started blue screening a bunch. It doesn’t support the Win 11 upgrade due to it’s processor not meeting minimum specs. So I thought it was finally time to see if Linux would improve it.
First of all, I had a hell of a time installing various distros without having them boot to a black screen after installation completes. Took absolutely forever to finally sus this out on the various distros I tried. Then I find that the couple extra buttons on my basic Logitech mouse don’t work. I go through a million troubleshooting steps before finding out that it’s a Wayland issue, so I switch back to Xorg and everything is cool. But then I start running into lag issues which never occurred on my Windows install.
Finally got tired of the whole ordeal and switched back to Windows. Did a bit more troubleshooting and seemed to have resolved the blue screen issues and now it seems to work perfectly and much better out of the box than Linux. It’s not an old enough device a Linux refresh to be worth it yet.
I get that Lemmings are die hard Linux fans, and I think Linux has some fantastic use cases…but for many users it actually isn’t a good alternative. I find it works best when you want to breathe new life into older hardware or if you have every component specifically built to work for a particular Linux distro. But when basic features don’t work properly without hours of troubleshooting (if you can ever get them to work at all), it’s a little hard to just recommend it to your average Joe whose Windows/Mac computer works just fine.
- Comment on when you need to graduate 2 weeks ago:
At least in the US, when you are attending a degree program, a lot of times you can pick between several different types of classes to fulfill a specific requirement. And then there are often multiple class times available of some of the larger classes. So you can slightly tailor your education to different interests and your own schedule.
- Comment on As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play ads when I pause a video 2 weeks ago:
I have ad free YouTube on the YouTube app on Android. Just takes modding the app through a simple guide. Only works on Android though, not iOS IIRC. The tool is Revanced.
Also for Android Smart TVs, check out the TV app called SmartTube Next.
- Comment on Not happening, dude 2 weeks ago:
Idk if you’ve ever had suicidal thoughts, but they can are generally really impulsive, and not really well thought out. Obviously everyone is different, but many suicides are done on impulse.
I’m doing perfectly fine right now. I’m happy and have a pretty good life. But I know that when bad events happen, those suicidal impulses are just that…impulses. they aren’t something that most people who attempt suicide sit down and take the time to do. Unexpected and intense life events happen that can push even “normal and well adjusted” people over the edge if they have access to something dangerous like that. Imagine suddenly and unexpectedly losing your spouse or your career or etc. Shit happens.
- Comment on Old age 2 weeks ago:
Jesus fucking Christ
- Comment on Old age 2 weeks ago:
I never had hamsters growing up and I have no idea that little kids often got them killed in “random ways”. I can’t even fathom what the fuck this means tbh. Do they mean that people accidentally squish them all the time or something???
Tbh I’m a single adult and was curious about getting a small pet, but idk if I’d be able to deal with something of decent size like a dog or cat. What are hamsters like?
- Comment on It's time to let go 3 weeks ago:
I really wish I had a lemon tree!! I love lemons…not even just putting them in anything, but eating them plain. But then if I had a lemon tree I probably wouldn’t have any teeth left from eating too many lol.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Just stop and think for a second. We’re talking about posting in meme communities. Meme communities are for lighthearted jokes, not radical and serious discussions.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Read OP’s comments. OP does think like that which is exactly the problem.
I come here for the memes, not to be berated for being an “animal abuser”. Memes are supposed to be lighthearted.
I have no problem with vegans. I have problems with militant vegans like OP. Just like I have a problem with anyone trying to radically shove their beliefs down my throat, no matter what topic it might involve.
- Comment on Ska came before Raggae 🏁>>>🇯🇲 3 weeks ago:
Did a newspaper straight up put a pic of him with his head spurting blood on the front page? Goddamn
- Comment on Or we could do metric time 4 weeks ago:
Also imagine your birthday always being on a Monday…
- Comment on Casually dropped this tidbit 4 weeks ago:
I didn’t even realize they could see much at all tbh. I thought most of their navigation was through smell! This is a super interesting article!
- Comment on The best thing to show 4 weeks ago:
Why aren’t more things made of glow in the dark material? What, just because I’m an adult I’m supposed to have grown out of liking glow in the dark things?? Lame!!
- Comment on sleep paralysis 4 weeks ago:
It’s interesting that other people call it “the demon” too. That’s how I’ve always thought of it. The demon comes in various forms for me. Once it was distinctly female. Another time it was a gargantuan shadow beast slowly walking toward me to kill me.
- Comment on sleep paralysis 4 weeks ago:
Dude once I had this particular episode living in a first floor apartment. I was facing the opposite direction, but I heard my bedroom window slowly open and an intruder step inside my bedroom. I was absolutely fucking terrified thinking I was about to be murdered. Nope! Just sleep paralysis!
- Comment on oWo 5 weeks ago:
I mean I think it’s just meant to be a shitpost
- Comment on A face only a mother could love 1 month ago:
Here I thought this was some weird AI image but it turns out it just is some weirdass shit making us think we’re having a stroke
- Comment on This is a Test 1 month ago:
Lmaooo what was she studying?
- Comment on it is wednesday my dudes 1 month ago:
I wish I could be as chill as that frog.
- Comment on Mystical land pirates (with pizza) 1 month ago:
Maybe I’m misunderstanding something…how do you park or get out of a parking space if your car can’t reverse?
- Comment on Hunger 1 month ago:
Delete this
- Comment on I don't think this needs explaining 2 months ago:
Honestly same. A lot of food combo abominations I see posted online look honestly a bit intriguing.
- Comment on I don't think this needs explaining 2 months ago:
I’m a crazy person and I don’t bother to remove the shells from the tails. I straight up eat the shell part with the exception of the bit at the end that doesn’t have meat in it.