lovely_reader

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As someone outside the U.S., what is your default persona for anonymous/pseudonymous users until you know more about them? Just curious. Like, if you don't have any information about them, do you read the words in the voice of a person just like you?

Not awful. I've had only positive experiences. No buyer protections, but it's hard to get scammed buying something in person from someone local, unless you get it home before realizing it's fake/broken, or they kidnap you and lock you in their basement. There are pretty simple precautions you can take against either, not that there's any foolproof solution...but I wouldn't say awful.

Not to promote violence, but I'm afraid nothing is likely to change until people are pushed far enough to do more than hope.

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Would the shrinkage in the labor force make it impossible to provide end of life care and financial support as the larger generations age?

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They're destructive and difficult to deter. If squirrel hate is more common among Boomers, it's probably because they've lived long enough to find this out firsthand.

Those have a 5- to 10-year warranty, depending on which kind. Have you tried reaching out to GE for replacements?

What have you got to lose?

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Any trusted friend who's been around to witness you meeting new people should be able to tell you.

Looking at post-industrial wealth distribution, they weren't entirely wrong.

I figured the purpose was to warn us that these devices have been left plugged in while not in use, which is not advisable because they can become a fire hazard.

That explains why Trump had his doctor release an open letter saying he had a 2cm hole blown in his ear

The collection method the way it's described prevents it from coming into contact with air (just water), but you bring up an excellent point I hadn't considered, which is that maybe millions of years of farts are to blame for the current state of things

If you've seen pictures of people from cultures who don't wear clothing that supports breasts, you can see the difference in shape that constantly fighting against gravity makes.

There are a lot of factors that can contribute to sagging, but bralessness doesn't seem to be one. There are studies indicating that bras likely weaken breast tissue over time, making sagging more likely in people who wear them regularly. Of course, even those studies are tricky to generalize to the broader population because of how many factors there are to control for (breast size, pregnancies, tobacco use, genes, etc etc etc). What we do know is that the difference in breast shape from one whole ethnic group to another is largely attributable to genetics, and as for the photo: those women simply have very different bodies.

Interestingly, photos of African women have been used countless times throughout history to dishonestly market bras to fashionable Westerners. The image of African women who simply have a different body type from their own has frightened millions of white ladies into bras.

No matter how much you want that, getting over your ex won't make you more attracted to your girlfriend/roommate. But there might be someone out there that you will feel strongly enough about that the ex problem will take care of itself.

A concept of a plan.

Would smaller groups feel a reduced strain from that?

It's still true. It's not that the majority of these people are actually thinking, "How can I make the world worse and make the greatest number of people's lives bad?" Rather, they're under the impression that others (probably you) are saying that, and worse, that Trump is somehow their best defense against it.

This came up in an anti-racism group I belonged to many years ago, where I learned to try to be aware of my acceptance of whiteness as "default" or somehow raceless. I also learned not to jump in and center myself in conversations about how race is (or worse, should be) perceived by those negatively affected or sensitive to it—or at least I thought I learned that, but here I am about to press send.

I came away from that conversation with an understanding that while I may feel that my race is immaterial to my identity and my point of view, it is nonetheless a real component of the context of my attitudes and online presence, so it's valuable to ask if there's a reason I'd want to hide it.

It's imperative to get to know a kid's parents and check with them before ever inviting a minor to interact with you in their absence, especially alone. Huge red flags.

A mother struggling in public might well accept your help—as long as you offer it to her. If you instead address the kid, that's gonna be a no from most parents.

Fair, but that's pretty much how a lot of people feel about imperial units, too.

Just to add on: face away from the bathroom mirror and look into the hand mirror, angling it until you can see the reflection of the reflection of the back of your head.

(Figured if someone out there actually needed this advice, the actual method might not be totally obvious to them without explanation.)

Kel has also been a Nick staple as an adult for at least the past 10 years, so kids know him. And Paramount+ has All That and Kenan and Kel, giving younger audiences a chance to become familiar with them.

What type of help would you be offering in that example?

Do you shop at Trader Joe's? Those compostable bags are next level

On The Simpsons? Yeah, there are Black and brown characters.

Your question isn't stupid, but it does make me feel very curious about what potential hypotheses you might have been weighing.