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Vanth

@ Vanth @reddthat.com

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    Anyone here suffering from vilolent and homicidal tendencies? how do you suppress these?

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    Is President Trump a real life version of Frank Fontaine from BioShock?

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  • What X-mas themed things do people who hate X‐mas like?

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  • I don't like sugary sweet Christmas movies but dig a good Christmas themed black comedy horror/slasher.

    Jack Frost (1997) > Jack Frost (1998)

  • What 'bad' movie could you fix with a simple casting change?

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  • Good call. As the scene opened I thought they were siblings. The chemistry was so bad (and Luc Besson is such a pervert), I still wasn't sure after the first scene.

  • What are some funny WiFi network names you've run into?

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  • My sister's network is named:

    Ce n'est pas un réseau

  • How do you personally use upvotes/downvotes?

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  • I upvoter things I like or unique takes I disagree with that still seem interesting and in good faith.

    I intentionally joined an instance that disabled downvotes.

  • What's your drink of choice?

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  • Flavored sparkling waters. My kingdom for a La Croix.

  • What brought you to Lemmy?

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  • I read about the Fediverse years ago and opened a couple accounts across a couple platforms. As I expected at the time, too low volume of people to really keep me engaged.

    I stayed on reddit until same as everyone else here; they killed 3rd party apps and mod tools. I was a mod on a small, friendly little niche hobby sub. It started getting overrun by bots and MAGA types who wanted to make every post about guns and women staying home to serve their husbands. Good members started leaving the sub and I turned from having fun to loathing it very quickly. I created some fresh Fediverse accounts and made the move for real.

  • Simplest Path to Jellyfin Access for the Developmentally Disabled

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  • Ah, thanks for the explanation.

    I would guess the next set of features "missing" from the Roku app have similar reason then. 1) I use a plugin to search and download subtitles from the browser interface; it would be great to be able to do that from the Roku app too and 2) once subtitles are available, easily adjusting the offset.

  • Anyone have a recent covid sickness that wrecked their voice ?

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  • Yes, laryngitis is a known possible effect of Covid. If it doesn't seem to be coming back after two weeks, I would suggest a doctor if you can, maybe even an ENT specialist specifically.

    Stay hydrated, eat well, go easy on your voice, cough drops, etc. Beyond that generic advice, especially if you're a singer, don't fuck around with dumb advice from Internet strangers. I saw someone during the depths of Covid recommend shots of olive oil to "lube" the vocal chords; replies were from people who did it and gave themselves the shits.

  • Simplest Path to Jellyfin Access for the Developmentally Disabled

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  • The feature from web browser I use most that is missing from the Roku app is the option to increase playback speed.

    If you're really a/the Roku app dev, cheers. I recognize it's a passion project for a lot of those involved and I am grateful.

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    Do you think you’d be able to identify a given Gatorade’s color just by taste?

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  • Certain ones, sure. The cucumber lime one is pretty distinctive, for example.

  • Why does it feel like there is currently less new games, songs, YouTube videos, valuable articles and creations in general?

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  • I think companies have gotten more aggressive with theirs algorithms shoveling people towards content that gets companies the most money.

    I try hard to block out right-wing crap (U.S.) on YouTube. I'm talking blocking channels liberally and going into my history to delete a watch if I find a video is spreading misinformation. I still get so much of it recommended. And anecdotally, it's gotten worse this year. Not sure if there's hard data available out there to prove it but I agree with you, OP, it sure feels like it.

    Spotify is obvious. They dumped a ton of money into Rogan so push his podcast shamelessly to ensure maximum return on their investment, despite Rogan being a piece of shit.

  • How close have you ever been to a lightning strike, or related situation caused by a lightning strike?

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  • Ditto, lightning hit our house when I was a kid. We had a TV antenna with a lightning rod so it was more scary than anything else.

    Despite UPS w battery backup for main computers and surge protectors on most dumb things around the house, I still unplug things before a storm out of paranoia.

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  • The first rule of illegal prescription drug mule club is you do not talk about illegal prescription drug mule club.

  • How do you catch up being out of the loop in politics and wars?

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  • If someone has managed to find themselves on Lemmy but pretend they don't know about Wikipedia and YouTube, yes, they deserve to be treated as a troll. Notice OP's new account and lack of response in the comments?

  • How do you catch up being out of the loop in politics and wars?

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  • I educate myself.

    Please don't lump me in with yourself in your laziness and apathy. It's complex, yes, but not "too complex".

  • GOP overhaul of broadband permit laws: Cities hate it, cable companies love it

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  • Under the bills, some kinds of local telecom projects would be approved automatically if a city or town doesn’t rule within a deadline set by Congress.

    The tl;dr

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  • Local to where I was living at the time.

    Smaller, not one of the big ones that's always getting name dropped in drama

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