Just like you, except different.
There's also a line in the road that resembles the lines in the sidewalk, but it doesn't extend across the entire street.
Granted, roads can be paved weirdly sometimes. However, I've never seen such a clean line left over from road work.
Whenever I start to feel bad for losing my youthful looks (and for gaining weight since then), I think back to what it was like being a skinny 20 year old. Yeah, no, I'm okay with being ignored. It's nice to walk down the street without random cars honking at me.
Pansexual woman here. The closest I've gotten to this kind of talk was gushing about Professor Brian Cox's smile to a (gay male) friend who loves documentaries as much as I do.
Yeah, talk nerdy to me, baby
This brings me back. I grew up with older brothers, watching them play through games that I didn't have the skill to complete. I remember my oldest brother playing Donkey Kong Country and slapping nearly every spot on the ground to find hidden bananas/balloons, and exploring to find the hidden games and levels. I learned a lot by sitting back and watching until it was finally my turn to play.
I, myself, never made it to the Special world on Super Mario World, but my brothers did. I can't be sure if that's the first place I saw the words "gnarly" and "tubular," but only because Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were equally as popular in our early 90s household and they definitely used that "surfer" language too. I just remember thinking those words sounded weird and funny, and have a strong mental connection between them and this game.
I don't really have a point to this comment, just reminiscing...
This is why I limit my projects to things that can be completed in a matter of days. My AuDHD brain just won't let me continue the same thing for weeks on-end (unless it's a hyperfocus.)
This is why I like to crochet scarves - I never wear them, but I can get one done in a week and give it away as a handmade gift to someone who would actually wear it. The few times I've attempted a larger project, like a blanket, I've lost steam and just stopped. So back to scarves I go.
Pritt was initially elected to the state House as a Democrat in 2022 but changed his political affiliation to Republican the year after. Republican Party chair Elgine McArdle said in a statement that Pritt had realized that the “Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with.”
So much to unpack here. Originally a Dem, but switched to Rep without realizing how far they are from the Republican party "our parents grew up with"? Or perhaps his pedophilia and instinct to project onto others made him realize the Republicans are a better fit for him?
My mom learned this lesson after she told people about my sister-in-law’s miscarriage. My mom wondered why I didn’t send her get well wishes and I was like, “Well, I wasn’t supposed to know about it in the first place, since sis-in-law didn’t tell me she was pregnant. So messaging her about it wouldn’t be very tactful.”
It took many years and being kept from a lot of information, but she’s finally learning.
It's wild how many people can't separate an animal from the ways it can benefit people. If a goat is making milk, it probably has a baby to feed. The idea of just letting it feed that baby doesn't seem to occur to people. They see the milk as a product for their own use, and if people aren't using it, it's "wasted." It only makes sense if one's never critically examined their choices in a world full of exploitation.
Oh, this is awesome. I remember a post recently about wanting more community activities on Lemmy, and /r/Place was one of the things I said I'd missed the most.
For those who want to participate and can't figure it out (since there's no instructions) -
- Follow the link to http://canvas.fediverse.events/
- Ignore the immediate pop-up - it's not important for contributing to the artwork. Just click the X and move on.
- Look at the bottom of the page, it should say, "You are not logged in" with a Login button. Click that button, follow the instructions. Don't worry, it will not ask you for your password - it will ask for your full Fediverse handle (including the @lemmy.instance part) and it will send you a code instead.
- Check the inbox of whatever username you entered to find a message with a 5-digit code. Go back to the Canvas page and put in the code.
- Click the "approve" button that pops up next.
- After that, you should be logged in. Now you can contribute! Find a spot you want to add to, pick a color from the bottom row, and go for it! Note that if you leave the page idle for a bit, you may be asked to connect again.
There's a cool-down counter in the bottom left of 30 seconds, after which you'll earn another pixel to place. You can have up to 6 pixels ready to go. Once you have 6 pixels, the countdown disappears until you place one. If you lose connection or have to sign in again, it will save the pixels you accumulated. In writing this post I went through the process again to make sure I got it right, and I still had 6 pixels to use when I reconnected.
There's also an Undo button that appears immediately after placing a pixel, but it only lasts for a few seconds. If you accidentally click a pixel onto the image when you're just trying to scroll around, that button is your friend.
Note: I am not affiliated with this project in any way. I'm just sharing what I learned because it wasn't intuitive and I figure others might need a little help getting started.
Edit: Corrected the cool-down time.
Okay, I got a picture. Sorry for potato quality, but I had to take it quickly before a kid entered the room.
See the little symbol of a hand over a dot? That’s all it gives as far as instructions. I thought the picture was of someone pushing a button, but no, it’s apparently a hand hovering over a circular sensor. Which doesn’t even match what the sensors actually look like. The real genius move was choosing to make two of the three sensors black so they blend in with the rest of the machine. I only figured out the water part (right side) after I figured out the ice part (left side) first.
It’s a different machine. I will try to take a picture later.
Edit: Picture added in new comment.
Slightly tangential, but along the same “stupid design” line. My workplace recently got a new water filter/ice machine. It has no buttons. At all. No switches, no tab you press the cup against, none of it.
Instead, it has a no-touch sensor. There’s no instructions for it, no labels saying how to use it. You’re supposed to hover your hand over the sensor to make either water or ice come out, and it takes a second to respond. It took me about a day of trial and error to figure out how the hell it works.
So now when I want to fill my water bottle, I have to set it under the spout and hold a hand awkwardly over the sensor. If my hand moves slightly, the water stops coming out. I’ve found it easier to lean my hand against the machine, right over the sensor (but not touching it directly, or else it won’t work.) Which defeats the purpose of a “no touch” design in the first place.
For a bonus, the sensor reacts when people walk too close in front of it. I work with kids and the dispenser’s right in front of the fridge where they store their lunch boxes. Every day, kids line up to put their stuff away, and every day, the dispenser will get triggered by someone standing too close. Then there are ice cubes sliding around the floor, turning into puddles…
I wish we just had a regular water fountain at this point. So much of modern design has gotten too stupid to be practical.
Complaining about the sunlight hurting my eyes.
The other day, my mom was driving and the sun came out. It had been cloudy all day, so I hadn't brought my sunglasses. She had two pairs of sunglasses in the car and fished around to get them, saying I could use one.
Unbeknownst to me, I distracted her right when she needed to make a turn. We had to make a quick U-turn and get back on track.
Moments later, we had to stop because the road ahead was blocked. Apparently someone had been speeding and there was a fatal accident. We heard the details of the news later that day.
My mom was moved by how, if we hadn't missed that first turn, we could've been at the intersection where it happened. I mean, my mindset is more, "Maybe the accident wouldn't have happened?" But there's only so much we can account for in life. If she sees it as, "Hey, our fuck up turned out to have saved us," I can support that.
Oh, my sweet summer child...
They're talking about fetish play between adult humans. No real cows need be involved.
Not all nurses, but travel nurses make bank. It was absurd during Covid, when nurses who worked for specific facilities saw their patients dying on the regular, were working longer hours, and still came home with the same pay they received before it all started.
Meanwhile, a coworker coming in from an agency to "help out" got paid tons more, even though they lacked the knowledge that comes from having worked in the same place with the same patients for years. Then those running the facilities were all shocked Pikachu face when their own employees burnt out and they had to bring on even more of the expensive travel nurses.
My 9 year old nephews told me months ago that 6-7 was already lame.
Which makes sense. If a kids' meme is at a point where adults know enough about it, it's probably already passé. That's just how this stuff works.
Be normal.
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Where I live (mid-Atlantic US region), snow accumulation is rare before December. I've had maybe one "white Christmas" in my life - lots of rainy ones, though.
January is when the snow starts to really hit, with February having peak winter storms. Before that, it's just like autumn, except without the colorful leaves.
Bojack Horseman called it. Just gotta buy some stock in What Time Is It Right Now.
There’s also the “Oh yeah, same situation” crowd. People who feel the same way, who agree about the state of the world, and also struggle to get by.
Which in itself, isn’t a bad way to respond - it’s honest, after all. However, it makes the idea of “reaching out for help” worse than pointless - not only won’t I get any help, but I’ll get more validation that I was right to feel hopeless in the first place.