Cevilia

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who live in southern hemisphere countries: do your mall Santas dress for freezing cold weather?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, new guy! My curiosity is very much satisfied :D

• People who live in southern hemisphere countries: do your mall Santas dress for freezing cold weather?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if you're offered a position you can use to advance your career but it involves people without boundaries, do you tell your maybe-future-to-be manager you don't want to work with those people?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Based on your posting history, you need to find a different line of work, one that doesn’t involve people.

  And if you find one, please let me know so I can do it too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt Amazon are looking to sell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A hotdog should be the opposite of a cool cat, but it's not.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why you never see cool cats eating hotdogs. If they did, they’d annihilate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If video games actually determined our real world behavior, we wouldn't be violent we would be obsessed with powerwashing and all have CDLs.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re winner

• If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Michelin Stars so highly revered when they originated from a tyre company?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. Had no idea that’s how it worked over there, fucking ridiculous. Glad that’s not how it works over here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Michelin Stars so highly revered when they originated from a tyre company?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The Michelin Guide is still run by the tyre company, and for much the same reasons - advertising, and getting people to go through their tyres faster (one Star justifies a stop, two Stars justify a detour, three Stars justify a special trip?) Though inspectors do try to offer genuine reviews, because at this point people who value such things trust the Guide because the Guide’s usually pretty close to reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Michelin Stars so highly revered when they originated from a tyre company?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Just one factual point - restaurants don’t have to pay for a star. They don’t even have to apply to be considered (but it helps). The only costs are those incurred in running a fine dining restaurant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Candles are the percent gift. Of the receiver doesn't like them they can set them on fire and remove the problem.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My mother-in-law keeps giving me scented candles for my birthday. I’m happy to receive them because it’s one less thing she has to worry about - what do I want for my birthday? Scented candles.

  They all end up in the charity shops but she doesn’t need to know that. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah.

  My bad. I always forget about countries that drive on what, to me, is the wrong side of the road.

  Thanks. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Terrible advice. If you’re not actively overtaking you’re supposed to always be in the left lane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Luckily, you’re on Lemmy, and we’re all nerds here

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t have to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  One year I learned it was a valid option, I prepared card tricks and wore a t-shirt that said “It’s OK to choose trick” or something like that, and not one person chose trick. I remember being vaguely disappointed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From what I've seen, public transit is either expensive and terrible or cheap and good.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My part of the UK falls squarely within the first category. But we’re working on nationalising it, so it might improve… by the time I retire /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately it’s not as easy as “join and post videos”. Finding an instance willing to host your videos is a massive issue. You might even have to pay a company to spin one up for you, whereas YouTube will just host your videos for free. There’s the obvious sustainability issue, but for a small channel, or someone who doesn’t have cash reserves and is just trying video-making out, no upfront investment is kinda a no-brainer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes I think Back hole Sun by Soundgarden, just singing about anilingus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Unbelievable sights Indescribable feeling Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling Through an endless diamond sky

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plasma TV recommendations? Looking for a decent 50+ inch display for older consoles.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Should be great for the latter half but I’m honestly not sure how good a snes would look on a screen that big. I suspect “not very”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who was your first childhood videogame crush?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think my first was probably Elaine Marley from The Secret of Monkey Island. I wasn’t used to seeing strong independent women in video games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plasma TV recommendations? Looking for a decent 50+ inch display for older consoles.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems overkill to me, especially if the console is old enough that it can’t output 1080p or higher. How retro are we talking?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd_RE71S0Jw

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not vaccinating is child abuse.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d like to speak to the manager, please.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I came here to say Owl House, one of the best found family stories I’ve ever seen

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to minimise the space taken up by windows partition? (dual-boot)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Try installing the IoT version of Windows, that has way less bloat and takes “only” about 50 GB

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did people start saying "have a good rest of your day"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dunno but I tend to respond “You too if you can!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m on Linux-Wayland by way of Kubuntu

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your last words being "Whoops", probably greatly increases the odds that someone writes about your death⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “…well, shit.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Public libraries are great third places. Larger ones often have classes, groups, and social clubs. And you’ll meet like-minded people just by becoming a regular.