ASeriesOfPoorChoices

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When faced with a series of unfortunate events, I make a series of poor choices.

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ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Watch the Home Movie version for a laugh :)

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

You would love the episode in S4 of Miracle Workers which addresses this scenario.

Basically, the Terminators are in an endless loop killing Johns and being killed by them. It’s just a boring job for them now.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Step 1: MakeMKV

Step 2: Handbrake to AV1/Opus

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

It’s said over and and over again how much better real food is compared to replicated food.

Things still have value, but it’s all “luxury”; that is, there’s no needs that are not being met.

I only say this to emphasise that replicators didn’t fix or replace everything.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Well, basically you have 3 types of people. Humans. Painted humans, and humans with prosthetic foreheads on their real heads.

Then you have SFX aka gods.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

They say it’s detectable all the time, though!

This isn’t a random, one-off comment - in every series, it’s mentioned over and over again how much better non-replicated food is. And getting better/ upgraded food patterns, and so on and so forth.

Hell, it even took Picard a while to get his tea made right.

Now that said, it’s mostly a software issue, not a hardware issue.

But it isn’t a placebo.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Have you ever actually seen star trek?

it isn’t a placebo.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/88d28c0a-cc85-47d8-bde8-13c77a42de4d.jpeg

…yes?

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

But the body on right is so much bigger, and takes up so much wasted space!

The smaller body on the left is more fuel efficient too.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/91b29f97-13da-40b3-9290-1ced1a9e5dd1.jpeg

Plus, body shaming when you’re ugly and useless like that is okay.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Wait until he discovers that things that are further away look smaller. The expression as his mind is blown will be amazing.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Is it just me, or do they look just like the Drazi from Bab5?

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

No-one wants to make (classic) Gorn again, I think.

Why are we so concerned with oxygen production yet we never hear about nitrogen production, though we actually need 78% nitrogen vs 21% oxygen to survive?

Excess oxygen is actually harmful to humans, but all the climate warnings are about losing oxygen, not nitrogen edit: but when we look for habitable planets, our focus is ‘oxygen rich atmosphere’, not ‘nitrogen rich’, and in medical settings, we’re always concerned about low oxygen, not nitrogen....

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

This is why:

A) in spaceships, you can have 100% oxygen environments, at low pressures

B) scuba divers replace nitrogen with helium for deep dives (trimix) - and reduce oxygen.

As for replace oxygen: yes, but that would kill us very quickly.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

We don’t need a precise amount of oxygen - we can survive in a fairly wide range. Think about living in the mountains vs by the ocean.

Nitrogen gets us absolutely high. Balls to the wall high. It’s why gas narcosis used to be called nitrogen narcosis. Also known as the “rapture of the deep”.

Also, oxygen gets you high. Also, oxygen kills you, but that’s another matter.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices, (edited )

Banana is a perfectly acceptable pizza topping.

Edit: by the down votes, I can tell people have never been to Sweden 😂

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Notice how the entire car park to the right (where there is one car) is blocked off by traffic cones? I bet that isn’t helping.

But as for the others… yeah.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

“they’ve changed” - you say it like a corporation has a moral compass, or feelings. It’s just a piece of paper.

If they’re moving money in a different direction today compared to how they did yesterday, that’s a change.

Your belief in if that is or isn’t a change is irrelevant - it is a change.

Did the religious assholes running it have a change of heart towards LGBT+ people? Probably not. But no-one is saying they did.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

I do wonder why the car park to the right of the store is blocked off by traffic cones… 🤷

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Dynamic free domain names are everywhere, and work. Nothing really to setup either.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

As a white person, I am authorising and allowing this joke to be made, and I am retracting and removing any racism labels associated or attached to it.

You’re welcome!

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

That’s specifically a USA problem only. In the rest of the world, the price you see is the price you pay (not inc. restaurant service fees, etc, which are more BS exported from the US)

There is zero reason that the price sticker on a shelf or menu shouldn’t be what you actually pay. It’s not like online shopping where they need to calculate shipping based on distance, or tax based on state of the receiver. And there is no reason they couldn’t even put both prices on the sticker.

But in America, they do it for one reason: capitalism. It’s a marketing scheme. Makes you think you’re getting a better deal and paying less while you shop, so shoppers tend to spend more.

It’s why fuel costs $2.19 ^99/100

Because that’s seen as cheaper than $2.20.

Sorry, but they’re not going to be rounding that final price down to save you 1¢.

In short: you’re as much a victim as everyone else.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Re: credit card companies: you’re right, and you’re not the first to say it.

South East Asia is pissed off at them and their fees too. Starting in Thailand (but spreading) their big banks got together and made a QR code system for instant sending of money (similar to what Australia did with PayID which obfuscated bank account numbers with your own phone or email address, and stacked with Osko, a fast transfer system to bypass the slow (days) bank to bank transfers).

You will see street vendors with food carts with a QR code on it. You want to buy something? You order, they say the price, you scan the code, send the money, show your phone, get your food.

(You can have codes with the payment amount already in it, like in a bill, but since this is just a food cart on a sidewalk, they just have one generic “pay me” code)

Because they are bank to bank, it’s all fee-free.

And yes, in the USA you have Venmo and similar, which has other issues, I think.

In the Philippines so many people use pay-as-you-go and prepaid phone plans, and load up their account with credit, they’ve gone further. People could gift credit to other people for a long time. Now, you can actually pay for things with your phone credit there. (GCash, which confused me for a Google product for a while). There’s only two mobile/cellular phone companies in the country (all the rest are resellers), so it has some monopoly issues. But what it means is since everyone has a phone (doesn’t have to be a smart phone. A nokia style dumb phone is fine), you don’t need cash or to pay VISA/MC.

Cash is garbage. Using cash electronically is good.

Using credit card companies is dubious.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

there are very easy free bank accounts to open.

Traceability is the tricky part.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Re: Australia: be aware that all normal bank to bank transfers are still min 1 working day transfer. Its FAST and Osko which bypass that with their own new network (up to $1000).

Not every bank is with Osko or FAST, and some are with one and not the other. Though I think FAST is fading away with Osko being dominant.

Re: phone number: or email address! It’s great, especially if you have your own domain name. You can make different PayID email addresses for each account you have if you want.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Taxes don’t vary inside a store, you idiot. There are no physical stores that straddle state lines and charge you different amounts depending on which checkout you use.

I’m going to guess you’re both an idiot and you didn’t read my second paragraph where I mentioned this specifically.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Osko/FAST: are fast BSB/Acct# transfers.

PayID: is an easy way to reference a BSB/Acct#.

Together, they are fast and easy, but they are not the same thing and are not required for one to be used to use the other.

Also, “high hundreds” is less than $1000 :-P

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

As a comedian, I am writing you referral for your doctor for a humor-transfusion. Any of the four will do.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

You… are not an adult, are you?

Mastercard and VISA are not banks and don’t offer bank accounts.

Bank accounts are free. Transfers to and between banks are free.

That 1% fee you’re talking about is a processing fee from the credit card companies, which are separate financial institutions acting as middlemen to the banks.

There is no need to use their services. You can just transfer bank to bank for free, with free bank accounts. No MasterCard or VISA involved at all.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

You mean, the fee is already baked into the sticker price, so you’re paying it regardless of which payment method you use.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Chase has some of the best bank accounts in America.

The bank may be awful, but some of their products are among the best in the world.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Heh, they’re in the UK now too? Cool. Yeah, the UK has some pretty shitty bank accounts from what little I’ve seen, so this helps.

Chase are still pricks though, to be clear. Bunch of bell-ends.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Also, PS: this comment I wrote a while back: lemmy.world/comment/5658808

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

That could cause more problems.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

I was wondering what people were talking about! Thank you!

I too, have never seen these before in my life, and I also don’t like tabs. I turn them off for everyone I can, too. I had no idea I was also turning off these ads. Nice.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Yep. It’s always the first thing I do with all new gmail accounts. It’s garbage.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

I use the official app and I don’t get these.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

OP is an idiot. From reading other replies, ads are only for people using inbox tabs/groups, and then only in the promotions tab.

I don’t use tabs, so I don’t get ads. If you don’t go into your promotions tab, for example, in your primary tab, you won’t get those ads either.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

But do you support transholidays?

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

For some, it only circulates when the car is in motion, which is why idling causes extra wear on cars.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Driving slowly is how you do that. Not by idling.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

But in America, Freedom isn’t free.

Buck’o’five.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Because it says more about you than where you are.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,
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ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

I don’t think everyone is an idiot, just you, and other people who don’t use adblockers.

I love how you feel the need to explain why people want to block ad revenue - which just supports me, and makes you look retarded. Yes, block their ad revenue. By using an ad blocker.

Fuck you’re dumb. 🤦🤡

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

You certainly are deficient in many things! 😂🤡

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

😝 🤡

Install an adblocker, and you and OP are moot. There are no ads when you’re not retarded like you. Regardless of what app or website you use. Fuck you’re stupid.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Try installing an ad blocker, and then Reddit doesn’t get any ad revenue from you! 👍

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

If you install an adblocker, then you won’t be giving ad revenue to Reddit, regardless of the method used to access Reddit. 👍

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