DrownedRats

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[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What are you implying here? That self driving cars are actually driven by bored call centre employees?

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kobo was on my short-list not long ago. They seemed like the most polished non-amazon option to me. I haven't switched for now because my old kindle 2 is still clinging to life and because of it being long out of support from amazon I just keep it disconnected from the internet and sideload whatever I want.

With that said though, now that some decent kindle jailbreaking options are available, an old second hand kindle from eBay might actually be a very good option.

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

That'd actually very similar to how trig points work! It's a giant orbiting trig point. Someone call the ordnance survey!

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bear this in mind next time something like a unite the right or Jan 6 happens.

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

No, because even cheap smart phones are often expensive and difficult to repair. My current phone is an s10 ive had since 2020 and even today it would cost me £50 to replace the screen myself.

I refuse to treat my phone as disposable so when i very rarely buy a new phone, ill buy one that i could repair myself and with internals that will last a long time.

Budget phones are usually out for me because they usually become annoyingly slow after only a few years which means i usually end up spending more for a mid range which means repairs cost more if i need them. Therefore putting a decent case on it makes sense.

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That reads to me like someones about to get smote by a lightning bolt lol

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think the bit most people miss here is that most of these weirdly obsessed homophobic types dont think its "just a matter between two concenting adults". Most of them, either on a consious or subconsious level believe gay marriage etc is somehow causing harm to society as a whole. It doesnt just disgust them, it quite literally terrifies them.

In the case of religeous folks, that terror can extend as far as divine retribution (i.e. floods, hurricanes, natural disasters). In non-religious folks, the terror is probably more akin to stuff like "the breakdown of law and order" or some nebulous threat of societal upheival creating chaos. But in a sense, both are effectively the same because it wont ever work to tell them to "just ignore it".

When was the last time that calmly explaining to a religious zealot that their god doesnt exist actually succeeded in convincing them?

I dont know the actual solution to this problem. At least for the religeous folks, it will have to involve religeous figures demonstrating acceptance and disavowing sects that refuse along with a lot of actual progress and exposure to get people to empathise and humanise lgbtq+ people and realise that theyre not a threat. Its possible, its actually quite easy once the balls rolling, but its a difficult thing to do to start i think.

And this is obviously not to excuse or diminish the actions of homophobes and anti-progressives. But its important to actually understand the root of the problem if its going to be possible to change them for the better in the future.

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I live in a place where kinder eggs arent banned and i dont often find rocks inside cheap brownies. Theres a way to have both lol

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Not so fun fact, ths cia used "i love you" by barney the dinosaur as a method of torture for prisoners during the war on terror and beyond!

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I would shoot hitler twice, then bin laden, then beat meta to death with the gun because it would hurt more.

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If being declined concent is going to kill your industry then maybe your industry deserved to die.

Fucking rapist mentaility right there.

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Hoenstly, if youve ever seen a favourite spot or trail get absolutely overrun by instagram tourists and the general public youd understand that feeling.

Theres beautiful spots in the peak district that get so clogged up in the summer that youve got cars parked up and down every single road in a 10 mile radius.

Ive volunteered with groups that do weekly litter picks at some of these spots and trails and we'll often run out of bags.

I dont think its selfish to wish these spots just never got discovered by the public. As soon as one of these beauty spots gets big, its a losing battle against the general public and everyone who wants to make bank from them

 

Ok, so because reasons i have lots of dirty cans building up in my house, and cleaning them all to put them in the recycling has stopped me from putting them in the recycling and caused them to build up further.

Basically, how much does it matter that these cans are clean before i recycle them?

I live in the UK if that helps. Thanks!

 

I don't see the point in doing men's vs women's clothing sizes. Surely there's a big enough variance in size and shape between individuals that it would be more useful to size based off of measurements of body shape?

Take shoes for example. Why is a uk men's size 10 so wildly different from a UK women's size 10?

All it seems to achieve is making shopping for clothes difficult for anyone that doesn't fit into the expected body shape for their gender and make it hard to find well fitting clothes outside of specialist shops.

 

How do these companies come to that conclusion? I think most people start to smell after only 24 or 48 hours max so how do these companies get 72 hours out of their testing?

Im assuming they're fudging their numbers but at what point does it become false advertisement?

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