ApathyTree
@ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on *fliiiinnnnnggg*. 1 day ago:
Did you know that in old English, Þ þ was a thorn, which was pronounced “th” like the word the. In Middle English, the shape of the thorn got, well, sloppy, because people are lazy as shit, and eventually took on the shape Y.
Thus, when you see a sign in “old English” (actually Middle English at best) that says ye olde shoppe, you should read it boringly as “the old shop”.
Off I go to ruin more days!
- Comment on Son received an expensive gift from his new best friend, should I ask him to return it? 1 day ago:
Stuff like this is why I have a rule with my friends, because we are all varying levels of broke at various times.
Whomever suggests going out (typically no more than 3 people) must be fully prepared to cover the costs of everyone being invited. They usually don’t have to do so, but it ensures that nobody feels awkward because they can’t afford to go.
- Comment on Wanna Ride This Bussy? 6 days ago:
This comment is the closest I’ve come to understanding the problem, can you be more explicit about why bussy is a thing?
Is it because pussy? But the bum? I’m so confused.
- Comment on Material scientist wet dream 6 days ago:
Just curious, have you watched the show with the same name as your account?
I guess it’s for kids to help them deal with trauma. I downloaded it due to super high ratings, but I haven’t watched it yet (and might not; I don’t have or want kids, but I like having good stuff for friends with them)
- Comment on Amazing. 6 days ago:
When I moved into my last apartment, my entire storage area was full of bags of cans.
They belonged to a neighbor, who was using my empty storage because his was full, I found out 2 weeks later when he came ripping up to my door demanding to know what I did with his money.
When I found out he meant the cans, I laughed, told him I threw out his trash for him, and told him if he ever darkened my door again I’d call the cops.
They weren’t even crushed. His own storage was probably plenty if he’d be less lazy.
- Comment on I'd choose 4 tbh 1 week ago:
5,6,9 only ones that really make a big difference in the grand scheme of things.
Being super strong would mean you’d likely end up doing a lot of physical activity for yourself and others, but it would also mean that your resting metabolism is significantly higher than baseline which handily takes care of the fat/weight problem.
Being taller would be fine I guess but, and I say this as a woman in the bottom 25% in height, it wouldn’t actually make any substantial difference in life, beyond being able to touch the floor in a standard chair.
Having a lot of money takes care of shopping without stopping it, As well as the followers thing (rich people are often famous, and if not they can dump some money into something to make them famous if they want) and I feel being happy over-rides forgetting your ex, cuz you wouldn’t feel bad about it.
- Comment on So which one? 1 week ago:
Some days, to avoid disturbing my sleeping cats, I sleep sideways across the head of my bed curled around them. Those days I swim in a sea of pillows.
So I guess d?
- Comment on That's it. That's the joke. 1 week ago:
I had my uterus inflated with saline for an ultrasound screening before an ablation. It wasn’t a lot of liquid, but it was an absolute screaming amount of pain, and they said it wouldn’t hurt… I knew it would because I’ve had several iud insertions but they refused when I requested something, anything at all, for the pain…
- Comment on Grieve with me 2 weeks ago:
I have these for all my chargeable things. Bought like 4 packs with multiple port types, so I have tons of extra cables in case some die. They are great for game controllers, phones, tablets, rechargeable keyboards, and all sorts of other shit. All you need is multiple ends, and you can use the same cables for everything. It’s glorious if you have a mix of port types.
- Comment on Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected 2 weeks ago:
Oh shit lineage was cyanogen? I used that back in the day and loved it!
I’ll keep that in mind, thanks for the tidbit!
- Comment on What level of interest do you have in "empire building" location based games? 2 weeks ago:
Bring two foam weapons with you, give one to opponent, have blast.
- Comment on Opening my eyes slightly more evokes an emotional response. 2 weeks ago:
That tracks.
I’ve been getting Botox for migraines for over a decade and I mentioned to my neurologist how this seems to have impacted my personality.
When your face does things without your input, you might find yourself feeling angry or sad or something, and not actually know why. We have some pretty good mirror neurons that make us share physical signals with other people, and we take on their emotional state sometimes as a result.
13-some years ago I started getting Botox for migraines, and my neurologist is…. Thorough. He likes doing a bit extra for cosmetic reasons… not with me; I actively decline cosmetic injections, even when he asks about my lopsided expressions (nah dude, that’s just how I use my face -lopsided- and I genuinely like those use lines; they tell you who I am. I’m not trying to look young forever as my body degrades around me…). I need some of my expressions, like anger and confusion…
But I noticed after my deep forehead wrinkles faded (when I was 25… so not normal age stuff) that I’m just calmer in general without the full range of expressions. I don’t get flustered the way I used to. It’s like paralyzing my facial muscles dulled my response to things that would normally elicit a strong emotional response.
This is obviously anecdotal, but it really convinces me that emotions are as much about bodily response as actual response.
- Comment on There he goes 2 weeks ago:
I have no idea, I have prosopagnosia (face blindness) so I don’t bother trying to sort out who is in a given photo. Either way if this pic isn’t from around the 80s, super dated style :)
That’s why I go for basic cuts, solid colors, and timeless patterns. Like this dude (cage or otherwise) I refuse to update my wardrobe to keep up with fleeting fashion. I haven’t grown in 20+ years, why do I need new clothes?Unlike this dude I found a way to make that work without being a sore thumb (even when my hair was pink and purple and people could see me from half a mile away, I felt more comfortable than I’d feel in those clothes)
Unfortunately leapord print and patent leather don’t qualify as timeless. They are very dated. Fashion is cyclical, and we haven’t come back to patent leather or leopard print in a solid while (tho with all the leopards eating faces recently I feel like this is the time to bring back leopard print, if ever!) Especially the shiny pants. Even in the 90s those were outdated.
Now I’m imaging him as the sole person (outside of gimp suit users) who wants that wet black look, and paying through the nose to have new pants made… probably all true, too. Now I’m a bit sad.
- Comment on There he goes 2 weeks ago:
In the 80s nobody would have blinked.
It’s a fine outfit, but it’s super dated.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Would the US destroy itself just to enforce this embargo?
I’m not sure why you find that unlikely at this point…?
- Comment on Fedi platforms designed for mutual aid 3 months ago:
Super sorry for the delay - life stuff got hectic
I think whatever you are planning would be perfectly fine for my needs, since I don’t need much. I was more just looking to see if it already existed but if it leads to a cool collab, that’s pretty awesome too and I’d love to use whatever comes out of it :)
- Comment on Fedi platforms designed for mutual aid 3 months ago:
I mean I’m down but idk how to do shit until I find a guide for it 😅
So like I’m super nervous but I’m into it.
@Darorad@lemmy.world might be into this also. Idk how mentions work but now you both got one, and I feel fancy.
- Comment on Fedi platforms designed for mutual aid 3 months ago:
You and @haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com would probably be good to chat about that :)
- Comment on Fedi platforms designed for mutual aid 3 months ago:
I don’t know how to do anything techy, unfortunately, so I didn’t understand most of what you wrote… most I know how to do is basic tech support troubleshooting type stuff 😅
- Comment on Fedi platforms designed for mutual aid 3 months ago:
I’m moving away from anyone that would be my neighbors, annd my friends anre anlready a bit scattered anround an 4-hour radius from my projected landing spot, but I still want to support the dispersed community I care about now, as well as being part of an underground pipeline for people to safer spaces.
Being online isn’t ideal, but it may prove to be necessary to maintain my network.
I have a few interface points already established if I need a more offline network, but if others want to contribute their goods it will get prohibitively difficult for one person to manage
- Submitted 3 months ago to fediverse@lemmy.world | 18 comments
- Comment on Eat that ramen 3 months ago:
None of those things apply to me so I’m still hopeful. :)
- Comment on Eat that ramen 3 months ago:
I just hope my 40s suck less. I’m almost stable and my country is probably going to collapse. And then the ecosystem around us will follow suit, yaaaay…
I have some people to jointly buy land with, and a zero waste, zero emission farm plan in place to weather the storm. Maybe. If we can all get our shit together super soon… it won’t be much but it’ll be ours and we’ll defend it fiercely. It’s the American way.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 4 months ago:
I’m playing the original devil may cry (ps2 via emulation, so smoothed and upscaled). I’m all in on retro this month, and these enhanced games look pretty good actually.
It’s kinda short, and pretty good overall, but I really can’t recommend it. The controls are absolutely awful; static camera with frequent angle shifts, and character controls that require changing movement direction with every camera angle change, even while fighting, is just… very very bad coming from playing more modern stuff.
If it had a dynamic camera, even a poorly placed or inverted one, the game would be quite good. Instead it’s super frustrating.
- Comment on Fresh sausages 4 u 4 months ago:
Right next to a lace boutique, no less. ;)
- Comment on What games did you complete in 2024? 5 months ago:
I in the last 4-ish months played through yonder, biomutant, ni no kuni 1+2, ff7 remake (#1), balan wonderland, several Lego games, star ocean integrity and faithlessness, tandem, all the cat quest games, several “tales of” games, and a buttload more while I still had the ps+ subscription (which expired in like… August? I won’t count those cuz I had no life at the time. Still don’t but It was worse then.)
My big push at the moment is going through some of the ps3 era titles I’ve never played. I have so many games I buy and just sit on for years… I probably shouldn’t do that, but I buy used so it’s cheaper… But those unplayed games are mostly super long story focused games, so they take a hot minute to get through. I have a few upcoming tales of games, which I now own most of, star ocean, valkeria chronicles, and all the final fantasy games I never slogged through the overwhelming tutorial on and thus haven’t played.
Any games I finish, I enjoy enough to finish. I gave up pushing through bad media long ago because there’s so much more out there. I’ve been really into big story games with minimal or easy combat, but I also really like the short and simple games that you can get through entirely in 10 hours.
Tandem was a really cute one that stuck out. I got it purely because it was inexpensive. It’s a fairly short puzzle game where one character walks through a top-down view and the other is a side scroll view. You have to swap back and forth to use them both to solve puzzles. It’s not super difficult, but it is satisfying in difficulty.
- Comment on Jake paul is cooked 6 months ago:
The person on the right is from my deer friend, right?
Is it any good? I thought about downloading it for being comedy, but so many things listed as comedy frankly aren’t, and that’s all I know about it.:
- Comment on Bros smooth like saliva 6 months ago:
Idk I find this sort of response pretty fun.
I never said it would be fun for readers ;)
- Comment on Bros smooth like saliva 6 months ago:
Fun fact: the entire digestive system is lined with taste receptors, we just aren’t conscious of the flavors. They are used by the body to help determine healthy balance, and are capable of expelling waste more rapidly if they detect a problem (vomiting/diarrhea).
So in a way, you are constantly tasting your own shit. All the time. Forever.
- Comment on Facial Recognition Firm Announces Way To Punish Retail Workers, Shoppers For Forming Relationships 6 months ago:
Well, the bad news is that some tech firm wants to convert the relationship you’ve built with your favorite cashiers into something inherently suspicious. And it wants to do this because retailers are claiming people engaged in theft generally head towards employees willing to help them engage in theft
Yo I didn’t know I could just get help with my theft, wtf? Groceries could have been so much cheaper this whole time!
What stupid logic.