For everyone out there who’s now afraid to leave the house: noticing tics does not mean caring or even paying attention to them. Yeah, that guy’s foot is tapping, he’s probably nervous, glad it’s not me, what’s for lunch? Even you see other people’s tics and dismiss them because they’re part of being human. Meanwhile you beat yourself up for your own.
Remember the Reverse Golden Rule: Be as kind and forgiving to yourself as you would to a friend, or at least as kind as you would be to a total stranger.
Like, I’m on a plane. I don’t want to watch Toy Story when I can do that at home, I want to see what the pilots see. And that way every seat has technically a window to look out of.
On night flights there’s mysterious patterns of lights on the ground. What town is this, is that a stadium? Why is there one solitary light in the middle of nowhere? Why are the streetlights yellowish over there and pinkish over there?
The force to throw a cow around, sure. (Although perhaps not a Category F1 or F2.) The accuracy to hit your house, and the control to leave the wall upright long enough for the cow to hit it, maybe not. You should make sure you have an underground storm cellar to get into, because it would suck worse to have the 🐮🐄 🐮 🐄 🐮 be the last thing you see because the tornado picked YOU up and threw you at the herd.
To me, it seems objectively easier to pull into a parking space forward and then back out of the space when you are ready to leave. You don’t have to line up with the lines while driving backwards, and it’s easier to keep from hitting other cars as well. So why back in? To me, the only advantage I can think of is that you...
I always back into my home space. It’s a gift to Future Me who’s always in a hurry, and who may find herself blocked in by someone’s contractor’s extra-big pickup truck sticking out of their space. Anyway, my Odyssey drives like a boat but has a very good rear camera, with guide lines, much more precise than judging that front bumper.
Police are now investigating after a lawsuit alleging a baby was decapitated during delivery on July 9 was filed in Clayton County against Southern Regional Medical Center and others.
No seriously, they’re surgeons, they have needles and thread RIGHT THERE. If they had any consideration at all for the parents they would have reattached the head before giving them the body. Sure they’d still have to know the truth but it would be a less painful memory they’ll carry forever. I had been giving the hospital the benefit of the doubt that maybe by pushing cremation they thought they were sparing the mother some of the horror so she could just grieve. After all, she’s their patient. And then I got to that part. Disgusting.
I’ve been tipping pizza type deliveries 20% since Covid, but it seems high to me. What’s everyone tip their delivery guys? I don’t want to short them, but I don’t want to go broke either.
Since you’re parsing it out, keep in mind that a Pizza Hut delivery driver in Missouri makes $16.64/hr while one in Los Angeles makes $18.64/hr. But I live in West Los Angeles and tip about 18% because it’s a bitch to get through traffic to my street, especially at dinnertime, and there’s no parking. I tip the same percent for weekly groceries from Yummy.com even though the total is much higher so the tip is about $50 because they’re picking out the items, bagging, driving several miles and lugging several bags to my door. If I had to do it all myself I’d damn well tip myself that much!
So I just went and donated blood again and durring the recovery period it occured to me that it takes quite a bit of work for your body to regenerate that lost blood volume and the actual blood cells. Regrowing that many cells seems like it would be fairly energetically intensive. So how many calories does producing all those...
That would be CMV. Newborn babies and pregnant women and cancer kids need CMV-negative blood (if they need a blood transfusion). Thank you for donating.
I don’t know if there’s a TNR (trap, neuter, release) and/or foster organization in your area, but if so they can help get Mama spayed and the kittens fostered and fixed once they’re weaned. If she’s too scared of people to become a pet, she could go back to catching mice in your woodpile (and hopefully getting some food from you as well) without the stress of raising more kittens every year. Or she could get a job on a farm.
In West Los Angeles there’s Kitty Bungalow And Charm School For Wayward Cats, their Instagram is adorable.
I recently moved to California. Before i moved, people asked me “why are you moving there, its so bad?”. Now that I’m here, i understand it less. The state is beautiful. There is so much to do....
Prop 13 (1978) is part of the cruel legacy of Ronald Reagan, who had stopped being Governor in order to gird his loins for becoming President, but was still highly influential. The Howard Jarvis Association continues to poison the political sphere to this day.
California has a multitude of climates. You can take a tram from Palm Springs desert to Idyllwild and play in the snow. Or drive from the beach through the farmlands and wine region to the Sequoias. What we don’t have is reliable rainfall, especially in the regions that need it most. There are very few years when we get the “average annual precipitation,” instead it’s either drought or flood. Some of the worst corruption historically has been about managing floods or stealing water. Very recently we have started trying to do a better job of capturing and storing it for later use and replenishing the groundwater.
Oh please, now you’re going back to the card Thomas played when Anita Hill told the truth about him. Demanding we give someone a pass on douchebaggery and corruption because God forbid we hold a black man accountable is racist. Not as racist as the killing of George Floyd, or the innumerable events that comprise systemic racism, but letting Justice Thomas corrupt the Court doesn’t do one thing to ameliorate any of that. Not that he cares. He’d throw Rosa Parks under the bus in a heartbeat.
I think the reason some people might believe this claim is because we’re taught in school that the moon’s gravity causes the tides. I think the reasoning goes, “well if the moon’s gravity can affect the tides, surely it can affect smaller things too”
You’re forgetting the sun’s gravity. Moon phases are caused by the relative angles of sun/moon/earth. So are the various levels of tides. It must affect werewolves as well.
I’m just curious during thunderstorm, if anyone tried to fire a bullet during storm into clouds? Will the lightning strike the bullet? Mythbusters or someone else maybe did that ?
This sounds a lot like when we tell kids “if an earthquake starts, get under something strong and hold on. Then yell, “STOP EARTHQUAKE, STOP!” until the shaking finally stops.” Of course it doesn’t affect the earthquake, but it feels better than crouching helpless and silent. (It might also help an adult know that you’re okay so far, and where to look for you afterward.) Sometimes a false sense of agency is better than nothing.
I mean, if today i.e. is Sunday then someone long time ago should have said “Today will be Sunday” for the first time in a period from today that is multiple of seven. I was assuming that it was Pope Gregory XIII in October 1582, but looks like he is not. I failed in googling and duckduckgoing out the answer, so I ask for...
But if you’re in control enough to pinch and inhale, are you asleep enough to be really dreaming? Or is your mind just wandering half-awake?
Personally, if I can get to “I think/hope this is a dream” I’m already starting to wake up.
And it’s usually because I suddenly recognize a familiar dream-trope, like “the reason I’m wandering this disgusting public bathroom looking for a toilet that’s not overflowing with X-crements is because I need to wake up and go pee.”
Or the one where I know I’m drowning and I can only hope it’s a dream because I’m trapped and the only way out is to die and wake up gasping.
But I can’t change my actions in the dream itself unless I’m already coming to the end of the natural sleep cycle, and then it’s basically do I wrap this up or extend it a little?
Or sometimes I haven’t fully fallen asleep and maybe I realize this scenario is at a beach or on a cruise ship or in a dock house or a half-lit indoor pool and I’m like, NOPE!
But pinch my nose, check my watch, look in a mirror? I might as well try to run.
I’ve been accumulating old electronics for about a decade now and I really need to safely dispose of them at this point. I know some cities have drop off spots for recycling, but the one near me charges a fee and appears to cater to business clients. Obviously I’m against tossing them in the bin. It’s small things, like an...
I know that there’s a place at UCLA where you can drop them on certain days, run by the LA Sanitation Department, but I tried googling and it was buried under listings that, like you said, charge a fee and cater to businesses. (They’re interested in 20 computers, not your meager hoard.) So maybe your city does have something but it’s listed under Hazardous Waste. If you already know where to drop old solvents and meds, it might be there or they might know.
I think it depends on the cat and also on the moment. Sometimes it’s “Thanks fam, I know you can be relied on to bring the cat food.” Other times it’s “Okay kid, you need to work on those clumsy hunting skills, try practicing with this dead mouse.” And sometimes it’s " Hey, fam, come you never share the good stuff, like that pizza?!" It’s a bit like stepsiblings in a feral cat colony, they teach each other and sometimes fight but also defend and share and groom each other.
Greta Gerwig's movie will race pass the $200 million mark at the domestic box office Tuesday, while Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' will clear $100 million.
As people have said, cars drip water like air conditioners drip water.
If your car is dripping something other than water you should get it looked at by a mechanic. Or at least someone who knows more about cars than you or I do.
But in most cases those other drips (oil, power steering fluid, coolant, brake fluid, window washer fluid, gasoline, Coke from a burst bottle you forgot in the hot sun) would be coming from another part of the car, not out the exhaust pipe.
I loved George of the Jungle when I took my kids to it the week it came out, and I think this weekend I’ll watch it again with my grandkitties. I enjoyed the cartoons as a kid and Brendan Fraser has that same lovable goofy happy-go-lucky energy (and vine-swinger body). Lucky Ursula! The Narrator and Ape are perfect as well, as is the way the story makes fun of itself throughout.
More than 60 percent of young men are single, nearly twice the rate of unattached young women… Only half of single men are actively seeking relationships or even casual dates, according to Pew. That figure is declining....
Wait, you’re joking, right? If only 34% of women are self-rating as “single,” most women have found or are finding acceptable men already. And there’s always cats. Who wants to waste her time with one of those losers? Leave them in their basements.
I’m not seeing any of what you’re describing, maybe you should edit your subscriptions and then filter to Subscribed so you’re only getting content that interests you? I think it’s great for people to have an environment where they can celebrate life events that should be allowed to bring them unqualified joy, but IRL may draw snide comments and abuse from families and strangers and coworkers. I’m an old cis het white mom, but maybe I need to seek out some of those communities and spread a bunch of upvotes like confetti at a wedding.
Honestly though, how many of us would know about how the government completely screwed the people in New Mexico living near the Trinity blast site, without movies like Oppenheimer and Sunshine?
Hair makes good lather. I just lather my head with Neutrogena Healthy Scalp Moisturizing Shampoo, then rub the lather everywhere else, and rinse. Scalp and skin are different words for the same thing. (And no, it doesn’t sting on mucous membranes either. )
I think most all of us here on Lemmy are people with technical background. Most of my professional contacts remained using Reddit, Twitter and even excited when Threads launched....
Gee, Mr. Manager, that’s odd, I lift and carry my husband in and out of his wheelchair everyday because he’s a quad and was a floppy baby who’s never walked, but apparently “all boys being born have higher strength than females just because of biology.”
You’re sure it’s ALL boys? You’re absolutely sure that strength between two individuals is dependent upon their sex? We’re the same age and height. I weigh more because he has no muscles and I do. And yet, SOMEHOW, I’m a woman.
Gee, ladies , why are we NOT surprised at that “boys”/“females” word choice in Mr. Manager’s assertion?
I guess it didn’t take long for the incels to follow the crowd over from Reddit.
Oh you’re also one of the ones who likes to pretend he’s being strictly logical and doesn’t realize how his prejudices and emotional insecurities show through in his posts. I’m sorry you’re threatened by the fact that your masculinity doesn’t guarantee you greater strength than most women. If you want to be physically strong you’re going to have to get off the couch and exercise those muscles and ligaments. And if you want your opinions to be respected, you need to exercise respect for facts, even when it’s women telling them to you. You speak like someone whose notions of “biology” haven’t changed since they were 5 years old. There’s a whole lot of “Mom said I can’t hit girls but I really wish I could” leaking out all over the place in your comments. I’m sorry you’re so emotionally stunted and I sincerely wish growth for you.
Sorry dude, you’re projecting. Not unexpected from a delusional person, I guess. I am already having a nice day, and you’re having no effect on it. Feel free to dodge if you’re uncomfortable.
My muscle memory is having a stupidly hard time shifting from Reddit to Lemmy, so I keep typing out comments I’ve put careful thought into, and at the last minute hitting the Cancel button!
No it’s because Cancel is where Post was (or Send or Reply or whatever it was called, I forget and I’m not logging into Reddit just to check.) I never had much problem with trolls, being anonymous helps it roll off one’s back.
Behavioural pattern (lemmy.world)
Instead of movies and crappy games on those in-flight displays, they should just stream the view out the cockpit window.
Like, I’m on a plane. I don’t want to watch Toy Story when I can do that at home, I want to see what the pilots see. And that way every seat has technically a window to look out of.
Does a tornado have the force to knock a cow into your house?
Like I live near a ranch (is that the right word?) of cows and I don’t want to see some 🐮 as my last image before death. Not a troll I swear 🙏
People who back into parking spots: Why?
To me, it seems objectively easier to pull into a parking space forward and then back out of the space when you are ready to leave. You don’t have to line up with the lines while driving backwards, and it’s easier to keep from hitting other cars as well. So why back in? To me, the only advantage I can think of is that you...
Police investigating, lawsuit filed after baby allegedly decapitated during delivery at metro Atlanta hospital (www.fox5atlanta.com)
Police are now investigating after a lawsuit alleging a baby was decapitated during delivery on July 9 was filed in Clayton County against Southern Regional Medical Center and others.
What’s the average tip for a delivery driver in the US?
I’ve been tipping pizza type deliveries 20% since Covid, but it seems high to me. What’s everyone tip their delivery guys? I don’t want to short them, but I don’t want to go broke either.
Light Bulbs and Your Mouth: A Cautionary Tale (lemmy.sdf.org)
How many calories does a standard whole blood donation burn?
So I just went and donated blood again and durring the recovery period it occured to me that it takes quite a bit of work for your body to regenerate that lost blood volume and the actual blood cells. Regrowing that many cells seems like it would be fairly energetically intensive. So how many calories does producing all those...
Today I saw a mother with her newborns hiding on my wood stash. (lemmy.world)
Why do people dislike California?
I recently moved to California. Before i moved, people asked me “why are you moving there, its so bad?”. Now that I’m here, i understand it less. The state is beautiful. There is so much to do....
Something something The Juniper Tree (lemmy.ml)
Clarence Thomas’s $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It (www.nytimes.com)
The vehicle is a key part of the justice’s just-folks persona. It’s also a luxury motor coach that was funded by someone else’s money....
The other day I heard a friend talking about how "the moon's gravity affects our internal organs." This sounds like bull, but is it? And if so, how would I correct their misinformation?
I think the reason some people might believe this claim is because we’re taught in school that the moon’s gravity causes the tides. I think the reasoning goes, “well if the moon’s gravity can affect the tides, surely it can affect smaller things too”
Can a bullet fired into the storm cloud cause lightning to strike?
I’m just curious during thunderstorm, if anyone tried to fire a bullet during storm into clouds? Will the lightning strike the bullet? Mythbusters or someone else maybe did that ?
New options for shortening names (lemmy.ml)
Glitch is not a big fan of the outside world (lemmy.world)
Where in history is the reference point of modern week day countdown? [SOLVED]
I mean, if today i.e. is Sunday then someone long time ago should have said “Today will be Sunday” for the first time in a period from today that is multiple of seven. I was assuming that it was Pope Gregory XIII in October 1582, but looks like he is not. I failed in googling and duckduckgoing out the answer, so I ask for...
dreaming (lemmy.world)
Does anyone in your life gently pat themselves with a towel when they're sweating, like characters consistently do in the movies?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone do this IRL.
What does everyone do with their old electronics?
I’ve been accumulating old electronics for about a decade now and I really need to safely dispose of them at this point. I know some cities have drop off spots for recycling, but the one near me charges a fee and appears to cater to business clients. Obviously I’m against tossing them in the bin. It’s small things, like an...
Does a cat ever wonder why humans feed them?
Like… what do cats think of their humans?...
My new ficus elastica ᐛ (feddit.de)
I especially like this leaf...
Non-binary Britain
Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Struts to Record $26.1M Monday for Warner Bros. (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Greta Gerwig's movie will race pass the $200 million mark at the domestic box office Tuesday, while Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' will clear $100 million.
Why do some car exhausts drip fluid?
And what is it? Always assumed it was just water but now I’m pretty sure it’s not. Also do all cars do this?
Lesbian rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
NO. (lemmy.ml)
Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes? (xkcd.com)
Inspired by the linked XKCD. Using 60% instead of 50% because that’s an easy filter to apply on rottentomatoes....
Should we be worried about half the male population being MGTOW?
More than 60 percent of young men are single, nearly twice the rate of unattached young women… Only half of single men are actively seeking relationships or even casual dates, according to Pew. That figure is declining....
Why is there such a large amount of communist and transgender related posts on the Fediverse compared to other platforms?
I am not criticizing them, I’m just out of the loop.
The only political map I need (i.imgur.com)
Those of you who shower barehanded: Do you lather and then use your hand, or just shove the soap wherever it needs to go? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
This SUV parking (lemmy.world)
Not enough space for a stroller, had to walk in the middle of the street to go around the SUV.
in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on (lemmy.world)
I assume “Other purposes” is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬
How many Lemmy users are non-technical background?
I think most all of us here on Lemmy are people with technical background. Most of my professional contacts remained using Reddit, Twitter and even excited when Threads launched....
I just hit Cancel by accident AGAIN.
My muscle memory is having a stupidly hard time shifting from Reddit to Lemmy, so I keep typing out comments I’ve put careful thought into, and at the last minute hitting the Cancel button!