semisimian

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[–] semisimian@startrek.website 23 points 2 days ago

In the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event, this response is completely warranted. After 9/11, it was difficult in America to celebrate anything immediately after. You had to address it. "I know we are all in pain, but my son was born today and I'm happy."

The reelection was traumatic for those that remember the insanity of the 1st term. And it ended in a worldwide trauma that we are all still trying to wrap our minds around.

After a while, though, it can be seen as performative. But let's give people time to grieve if they need it.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I have a dedicated windows 10 PC for gaming only. Microsoft is actively trying to brick my machine. I have to read the fine print to make sure I'm not agreeing to the 11 "update." I feel held hostage - it sucks.

I'm thinking of going to steamOS - I'm a casual gamer that just needs it to work when I have the spare minute to fire up a game. I don't have time to do much troubleshooting, but I will make time so I don't get locked into a console. Shrugging emoji.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 14 points 5 days ago

"We surveyed the mother-in-laws and high-school bullies of our participants to gauge personality traits."

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 16 points 5 days ago (8 children)

The meat of the article: "Overall, people were fairly consistent in how they judged tattoos. Raters tended to agree with one another about what certain tattoo features might suggest about personality. For instance, cheerful and colorful tattoos were linked to impressions of higher agreeableness. Large, traditional-looking tattoos were associated with higher extraversion. Tattoos that appeared low in quality or included death imagery led raters to perceive the wearer as more neurotic or less agreeable.

However, these judgments were largely inaccurate. When the researchers compared how participants were rated with how they described themselves, most of the links between tattoo features and personality fell apart. Except for one pattern: people who had tattoos described by raters as “wacky” were somewhat more likely to score higher on openness to experience in their self-assessments"

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"No women, no kids" is good enough for me.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Finally getting around to Andor S2 (I wanted to devote full attention so I had to wait for a break in my schedule) SPOILER AHEAD: I just watched the Ghorman massacre today. Wow. And so many notes from current events.

Andor S1 did an excellent job of characterizing the start of a revolution, I knew S2 wouldn't let me down.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 8 points 2 weeks ago

If peeing your pants is cool, then I'm Miles Davis.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And I just don't give Adam.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Before Jenny, there was Pennsylvania 6-5000. From wiki:

"Many big band musicians played in Hotel Pennsylvania's Cafe Rouge in New York City, including the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The hotel's telephone number, Pennsylvania 6-5000, inspired the Glenn Miller 1940 Top 5 Billboard hit of the same name."

And similarly, Transylvania 6-5000, which is where I first heard it.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this the same accent the indie musicians sing in, where they do weird things with their vowels to sound like they ate a lemon recently?

I've noticed a staccato cadence to some speech that people might say is indicative of autism, but not an accent.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the secret, and it's how they keep it hush hush: they don't take dollars, only shoes. Shoes for the wealthy is like Tide pods for the incarcerated: underground currency. It's more difficult to hide a shoe in your prison-pocket, but I think the wealthy have people for that.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 17 points 3 weeks ago

We just got a set for my son for his birthday. He likes the routine. We have a drip coffee procedure for us parents and I think he likes having his own thing. That said, he was disappointed in the set. The whisk doesn't work as well as the electric one we have for frothing milk. The cups aren't exactly his cup of tea, all puns intended. Etc.

I think it was important that he got the set so he could learn what he likes and doesn't like about the process. Lord knows we've gone through a dozen coffee gimmicks over the years trying to find the best brew. That is our experience. Good luck and have fun; it really is about the simple pleasures.

 

Most of my Dad's Uriah Heep record covers used to freak me out as a kid. They're pretty awesome, though.

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