spinne

@spinne@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The State of Lemmy (drama)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m an American. I’m not one of the “good” Americans, though, since I’m disabled, not Christian, not capitalist, and not white. I’ve spent my whole life getting shit on as a third-class citizen by Americans steeped in American culture and public school education that has, at every turn, preached American exceptionalism and pulling oneself up by their bootstraps while totally ignoring every benefit offered to them and withheld from people like me.

  I think that you’ve been lucky so far, but now that you’re being asked to sit the fuck down and listen while other people talk, you’re taking it badly. After a lifetime of privilege, it’s really easy to mistake being brought into line with everybody else’s equality for oppression; please don’t do that. It’s a bad look and sets you up to feel bad unnecessarily.

  There are like 8 billion people on this planet and you’re one of about 330 million Americans. It’s pretty reasonable that your perspective isn’t the majority opinion, and that other people from other countries may also think their home is the best possible place to live and everyone else is an unlucky chump. Instead of dismissing all the critical comments as the kvetching of the jealous, unwashed masses outside your borders, it may help to look at them as nothing more than other people sharing their own viewpoints. Also, reading about events like Juneteenth, the MOVE bombing, the Kent State massacre, the Jackson State killings, and the Tulsa massacre may help you better understand why people from other places side eye Americans.

  And seriously, the metric system is based on the physical properties of Earth and base 10 counting, not dead oppressors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been playing so much Hardspace Shipbreaker. I’ve been a lot more dedicated to salvaging old ships than I have in actual career positions. Being a vacuum welder is awesome!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Winter Sale Featured Deep Discounts - any recommendations?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ballionaire is a pretty great stoner game. It’s a pachinko roguelite–excuse me, autobonker

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨somebody has to do it!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You say this like drawing blood from wild beavers is a trivial task!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Halloween older game?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Costume Quest

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hammerheads sharkz⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Whale sharks are the peak of fishitude, my friend

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cuttlefish⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “It’s important to have a job that makes a difference, boys. That’s why I manually masturbate caged animals for artificial insemination.” – rando convenience store customer in Clerks, 1994

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As electricity demand from data centers soars, Meta and Google are looking at a novel solution: harnessing clean heat far below Earth’s surface.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can someone catch me up here, please? The last I read, fracking was typically seen as an environmentally unfriendly process because you break up a bunch of underlying rock, pump out the crude, and replace it with water. It destabilizes the area and lead to hit like small earthquakes. So like, drilling down, releasing a bunch of heat/pressure, and flooding the system with a bunch of water without caring about the oil is supposed to be a safer thing to do? What gives?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been playing No Man’s Sky since they released the 5.0 content update. It’s made a huge difference in the look and feel of the game with things like modeled weather and oceans, and I’ve recently learned that sentinel attacks stop after you blow up the freighter they warp in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kinetic Energy 👟⚡️⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Canada: truly a pioneer in a fun night out. 👍🏼

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kinetic Energy 👟⚡️⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And I thought the Commodore having shock absorbing mats under the dance floor so people could dance all night without their feet hurting was revolutionary!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millions of gamers advance biomedical research⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s really incredible stuff, especially given how not-fun that part of the game was 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say hello to biodegradable microplastics: Plant-based polymers that can disappear within seven months⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It probably is still legal, but it’s not something I’ve looked for in like a decade. We do have products that use ground kernels, but those aren’t good to use on skin–the milling process doesn’t produce uniform particles and the pointy bits tend to compromise the barrier skin provides with very small tears.

  I completely agree that plastic isn’t necessary for good soap, I just like it. I would definitely buy soap made with ecologically responsible plantstic at least once.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say hello to biodegradable microplastics: Plant-based polymers that can disappear within seven months⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I cannot possibly be the only person who misses the soap with the plastic bits in it. If they could do that without the environmental damage (I’m looking at you, Great Lakes ecosystem), I’d be into it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Law Allowing Religion into Science Classrooms Is Dangerous for Everyone⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of me agrees with you; part of me is yelling, “Yeah? Many? Name five!” (Admittedly, that’s the American part and it’s kind of an asshole.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I want a script that fills in other data brokers’ contact information!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone want to join me and my wife?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What time zone are y’all in, and what hours do you typically play?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorbonne University unsubscribes from the Web of Science⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s do Elsevier next!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Costume Quest 1&2 - looking for recs for similar games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Mario and Luigi are great games! I put so many hours into the first one. :)

  There’s going to be an updated and remastered Super Mario RPG released for the Switch next month, and although that’s not patient gamer choice, the original game is still solid and can be played through an SNES emulator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revolutionary Bionic Hand Fuses With Woman's Bones, Muscles, And Nerves⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  ~80% recovery of function and reduction of phantom limb pain. This was one of the most exciting pieces of news I read today!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Favorite autumn inks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Diamine Honey Burst and Robert Oster Red Orange are the perfect colors for autumn leaves :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interest In A Pen_Swap Group?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely interested, I miss getting good deals on pens and ink!