Catoblepas

@Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caught Slacking⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a test kick! I’m very well hydrated!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Long boi⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They fucking deflated him 😭

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One of the terrible things about having a close friend or relative die is that it is a subtle reminder that you've moved up in the line towards the end.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Another terrible death related thing: after a while, sometimes after bad news you’ll think “I’m glad [person] didn’t have to live to see this.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Of all public-facing professions, bus drivers probably get told 'thank you' more than anyone else⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you work with younger kids? I have an in-law who teaches middle school and is generally pulling his hair out over lack of parental involvement. Kid-wranglers deserve all the thanks!

• Of all public-facing professions, bus drivers probably get told 'thank you' more than anyone else
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Same for Bic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans under 30 are so miserable that the U.S. just fell to a historically low ranking in the world happiness report⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It probably doesn’t help.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So jussi⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact: it’s actually a Mexican brand, that’s just the American branch logo. According to Wikipedia:

  The name was formed as the combination of the Disney Bambi and Dumbo films names, which were the favourite movies of Marinela, Lorenzo Servitje’s daughter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the long run, shutting up won’t save you from fascism. Every inch you give is a foot they take, and they will take and take and take if you let them.

  If you’ve never wondered whether people living under dictatorships regret not exercising their rights more when they still had them, now’s the time to start pondering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Redditors told me to go to the therapist but I can’t afford one nor pick one from thousands available. What now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Check your local library and city/county department of health, they may run free or low cost group therapy sessions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US appeals court says AI authors don't qualify for copyright.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He was stretching the truth as much as possible to convince local art dealers to sell his stuff as an investment, got sued for it, and (spoiler if you’re wanting to listen to the episodes) may or may not have intentionally killed himself to avoid going to trial over it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US appeals court says AI authors don't qualify for copyright.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thomas Kinkade did this with art prints in the 90s and 00s. Mass print them and then have ‘trained artists’ go in and add a little highlighting, and charge a premium for it.

  Behind the Bastards has a good 2 part episode on him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you considered going outside and asking people your questions in order to only get answers from ‘mentally healthy’ people?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yall guess who showed up in my dms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s definitely spam, people are just joking about it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This queue for the new swasticar⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And playing games with overtime numbers to maximize taxpayer drain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opening Lemmy in the morning and seeing dozens of unread comments in your inbox makes you think: what the heck did I say yesterday?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, your first instinct is right, it’s a spammer. But it’s one of the few spammers that almost everyone has run into, so it’s just a joke. Like saying you met a Nigerian prince who offered you a huge sum of money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opening Lemmy in the morning and seeing dozens of unread comments in your inbox makes you think: what the heck did I say yesterday?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Both? I have three. Are there more?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the minimum number of words needed to communicate⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer Sandi Toksvig’s method: if you only know one word, make it “hospital.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does 'attempted murder' require a viable method?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Without a body or even injuries and prosecution that depends entirely on proving a state of mind, you probably won’t find a jurisdiction who would give you the time of day with it. The juice isn’t worth the squeeze.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a strong beak, of course⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just any tool use either, New Caledonian crows can make and use hooks. That might not seem special, but the amount of planning it takes to make and understand how to use a hook to retrieve something hidden in a nook is much more sophisticated than figuring out that you can poke something in front of you with a sharp stick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it OK for a baby's head to be rolled all the way back on its neck?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a joke reference to The Exorcist, which features a child whose head spins around due to demonic possession.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New USA fashion trend just dropped!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh god, their hands are all melting together. Ewwww

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“It’s a lemon”—OpenAI’s largest AI model ever arrives to mixed reviews⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure turning on a few more nuclear plants to power shoveling an ever larger body of AI slop-contaminated text into the world’s most expensive plagiarism machine will fix it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨John Oliver promoted alternatives to big tech in last night's episode, including Mastodon and Pixelfed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, the Mozilla guy who got pressured to resign over opposition to gay marriage is the Brave guy?? Fuck him lol.

  Unsurprising he’s also a dipshit about COVID.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I disagree.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Relevant Smithsonian article.

  I’d probably skip on the animal fat and bitumen, but cedar, juniper, and cypress all smell pretty good.

  Apparently the scent could also vary slightly depending on who was being embalmed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨check it before you wreck it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a tweet, but please don’t let that stop you from getting mad about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone know where this is from?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Was it addressed to you? I’d be cagey about something LGBT related showing up addressed to me without anyone I knew sending it, but that might be overly paranoid.

  It looks like it’s a zine made by some New York film company called A24.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is AI making us stupider? Maybe, according to one of the world’s biggest AI companies.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t make me stupid if I don’t use it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit Game Bundle - $25 for 30 games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In the collection description I guess it doesn’t, but if you click on any of the games included it’s clear that they’re tabletop role playing games (some even have it in the title icon). I can edit the post to include that if people think it’s misleading, though

• HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit Game Bundle - $25 for 30 gamesitch.io ↗
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