SHamblingSHapes

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[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People have recognized that species changed over time since the BC era. There are records of such from the Latin/Greek area and the Islamic area and Chinese area. Two dudes didn't magically come up with evolution from scratch at the same time.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 38 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Taylor Swift started out around the same time as the Hannah Montana show, so not that one.

Taylor Swift and her team have too much business savvy to follow a 00s Disney show as a template, so not number two.

Trying to cram real life people and things into "jungian archetypes" is reductionist and the online, self-taught philosophist bro's version of astrology.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lol, jail time. You're funny. It was called a low-level misdemeanor. $500 fine and he went about his merry way.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 50 points 11 months ago (3 children)

A man went on a misogynistic tirade and punched me.

He wanted some thing we were out of stock of. Then he wanted some other thing for free because we were out of stock of the first and I told him I could give a discount but not free. He got increasingly mad. I offered to have the store call him when we got the thing in stock, referred him to another store where they did have it in stock, offered coupons, nothing deescalated him. Lots of screaming, calling me bitch, cunt, whore, etc. He reached over the counter to punch me, which fortunately took a lot of power out of the punch and gave me enough time to shift so he hit my arms instead of my face (mostly).

I hit the panic button early on but the response was a couple min too late.

He was arrested and pled guilty without me having to talk in court, so that was nice.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

That's too much cool for a buddy cop movie. You need a prime and a sidekick, a The Rock and a Kevin Hart.

A movie with Rihanna and Nyong'o would just be two impossibly beautiful people being perfect.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Yee, I drink it because I like the taste and the routine of making it. I drink more coffee than I do tea, but tea still has it's place.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

A stylized topographic map and some rainmeter visualizers.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I find YouTube is less attractive than a year ago. Ads are more invasive and more difficult to remove. Recommendations skew heavily to the rage-inducing, e.g., I watched one late night comedy sketch making fun of Jordan Peterson and then my feed was full of clips of him spewing his hot trash for weeks.

I gave up on reddit earlier in the year when all the API / sub blackout / forced mod removal stuff was going on.

Freemium apps seem to be pushing ads more and more, which makes me more resistant to using them.

If what I read online is true, the days of investors throwing money at anything tech related are slowing down. Which means some companies that have never had to be profitable before now must find a way to do so. Which means tightening up subscriptions and/or more ads.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, I'm going to one up you. Look away now if squeamish.

I woke up with one climbing into my ear. I ran to the bathroom, bashing into furniture and walls because feeling it wriggle around in my ear threw my sense of balance off so badly. And also, you know, panic. I jumped into the bathtub fully clothed, dropped to hands and knees to put my head under the faucet, and turned the water on full force to flush it out.

This was during college years, during a gap between semesters and I didn't have an apartment. I was couch surfing at a friends. After that night, I left and lived in my car for a couple of days instead. There was no way I would be able to fall asleep again in that place.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Digital microscopes are very affordable. Basic models up to 1000x can be found for 50 USD.

Break one up and look at the different layers under magnification.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago
  1. your written English is great

  2. conversation does not need to be debate. What these people really want is to talk. Ask questions, like "what evidence did you find most convincing?" Odds are they won't even notice you didn't agree with them, they just want to be heard.

  3. there doesn't need to be a conversation at all. Drift out of these sorts of conversations or change the topic. I can't imagine a scenario in which debating the existence of aliens with a coworker would be worth my energy.

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 17 points 1 year ago

Of some formulations, yes, there is a shortage going on like a year now. Nothing in the article indicates that it is why this dude isn't having his prescription made available to him.

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