ArbitraryValue

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My youtube subscription has been invalidated due to credit card expiration and I'm disgusted in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
People angry that Superman represents kindness are outright admitting that they don't want to be good people in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kill them with kindness.

People angry that Superman represents kindness are outright admitting that they don't want to be good people in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

Plenty of people want to inflict pain or see pain inflicted, as long as it's on the appropriate victims, and these people aren't all on the right. It's a common human trait.

What big budget movie had absolutely no buisness getting made? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 81 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The Hobbit trilogy. It's hard to understand how Peter Jackson could mess up movie after movie after movie like that.

Pretty woman stepping on you in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 days ago (4 children)

In my admittedly limited experience, women willing to kiss a guy are still often going to be reluctant to do something that they think might hurt that guy, even if the guy insists otherwise.

Trump administration erase references to bisexuality from Stonewall National Monument site in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But if there are no bisexuals, there are no unicorns...

Bricks and rubble in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

the official app doesn’t have a way to save images from comments anymore

Now even the web interface doesn't make it straightforward to save images. "Open image in new tab" and "Save image as" don't work.

VC behind ‘996’ work culture debate says 5-day weeks won't build billion-dollar startups in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I assumed that the VC is talking about small startups, the sort that have a dozen employees and just one project.

Argentina Congress passes pension boost despite Milei opposition in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I do generally lean towards lowercase-L libertarianism (I don't support the Libertarian party) but running a huge deficit isn't libertarian. Taxes shouldn't be lower than spending in the long term.

MY magical arts are of a less WHOLESOME kind, you illiterate PEASANT! in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Temporarily having the body of a woman would let me learn the answers to some interesting prurient questions, but if I had my choice of temporary body then I would definitely pick to be a bird and experience what flying feels like.

(I don't identify as much with my body as some other people apparently do. It's the only flesh I have ever been incarnated in so it has a lot of sentimental value but it fundamentally isn't me. It's a thing that I have.)

Argentina Congress passes pension boost despite Milei opposition in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I didn't mean to imply that Trump's overall budget is a good one - maybe the cuts could be justified as part of a serious effort to reduce the deficit, but I don't support them when they're accompanied by even bigger tax cuts and the deficit grows.

My mom recently rescued four kittens. They are DISGUSTINGLY cute. in c/cat@lemmy.world
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 days ago (3 children)

And here I am stuck babysitting an inferior human baby.

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Federal judge orders return of man Trump administration accidentally sent to notorious El Salvador jail (www.nbcnews.com)
 

The fascinating thing here is that the government's lawyer, the one supposed to argue against this guy's return, appears to have sided against the government.

"Give us 24 hours to get him back, Reuveni said. "That was my recommendation to my client but that hasn't happened"

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Are old people usually attracted to other old people? (sh.itjust.works)
 

When I was a teenager, I thought people in their 20's were the most attractive. Now that I'm about 40, I still think people in their 20's are the most attractive. It's hard for me to believe that I might ever be attracted to someone past retirement age, even when I'm past retirement age myself, unless the person is like one of those celebrities who look way younger than they are.

This isn't something I can comfortably ask most older people I know, but there's one man who admits that he isn't and one woman who is. Which is more normal?

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"Deleted by creator" sounds like the poster was destroyed by God. (sh.itjust.works)
 

"Deleted" sounds so casual too, like God did it as part of some routine cleanup.

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Saw a mouse in my apartment. (sh.itjust.works)
 

I live a bachelor lifestyle, so I have no food in here. Just alcohol. I hope the mouse figures that out and goes away. I should get some traps in case it doesn't. I hate killing animals but there's no practical alternative.

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Share if you agree! (sh.itjust.works)
 
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I got a parking ticket. (sh.itjust.works)
 

I was supposed to move my car last night but I forgot. The ticket is for $65 but I found a dollar on the ground near my car so I'm actually only out $64.

I set an alarm in my calendar so I won't forget next time.

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There's a new toll I'll have to pay to drive anywhere. (sh.itjust.works)
 

It'll cost $9 each time. They're raising money for the mass transit system by charging specifically those people who don't use the mass transit system and that feels really unfair to me.

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Shopping website search is terrible (sh.itjust.works)
 

Pretty much every major shopping website has terrible search functionality.

I usually want something very specific, for example 60w dimmable e12 frosted warm led bulb. I have not found a single shopping website that won't show me results without many of these terms in the description. I don't want to see listings that say 40w and don't say 60w anywhere, and it isn't hard to filter them out!

Are these shopping websites bad on purpose? What's in it for them?

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Not wearing a respirator in crowded places is dumb. (sh.itjust.works)
 

Before covid, I would be sick with a cold or flu for a total of about two weeks every year. That means I spent 4% of my time sick; one out of every 25 days. Since covid appeared, I've been wearing an N95 in crowded indoor areas whenever I reasonably can. (Obviously I can't if I'm eating something.) My main goal initially was to protect my elderly relatives, but during the last four years I have not gotten sick even once, except from my elderly relatives who didn't wear masks, got sick, and then infected me when I was caring for them.

Why isn't everyone wearing N95s? Sure, it's uncomfortable, but being sick is much more uncomfortable. And then there's the fact that wearing an N95 protects other people and not just the wearer...

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Ka-52 believes Russians and Ukrainians are one people. (sh.itjust.works)
 
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Cars are awesome. (sh.itjust.works)
 

Driving is the most comfortable, convenient, and fun mode of transportation. Walking and biking can be OK but only for traveling relatively short distances in good weather. Mass transit is inherently unpleasant. No matter how nice you try to make it (and most mass transit systems aren't nice) the fact of the matter is that passengers are still stuck in a crowded box with a bunch of strangers and limited to traveling to the mass transit system's destinations on the mass transit system's schedule. Compare this to getting into your own car and driving wherever you want, whenever you want...

I currently live in a place too crowded for driving to be practical - I get that places like this need mass transit. But needing mass transit sucks!

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