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True dedication in c/cat@lemmy.world
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

I had a cat who liked to be cradled like a baby and I want that back so much. I would do it some with the boy we got after, but I kind of knew that was more for me and he was just tolerating it.

True dedication in c/cat@lemmy.world
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

Not exactly the same but my boy and I did showertime together for probably seven or eight months when he was a kitten and the day he grew up broke my heart so much.

Our shower had an outer curtain and a transparent inner curtain and he would stand between them and watch the water come down while I would shower. It was his favorite part of every day, if he was in another room when I turned on the water he would start screaming and absolutely bolt in, like he was upset I had started without him. It was so cute and his enthusiasm was infectious.

After six or seven months he started treating showertime less as recreation and more as an obligation, his enthusiasm was waning and sometimes he'd arrive late and cranky from being woken by the faucet.

And then one day he didn't come. I knew that day would arrive eventually, but it still hurt a lot at the time. With more time passed though, that half-year+ of showertime being his favorite part of the day are memories I really cherish.

Duolingo is going AI-first in c/linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Opened the comments because I got stuck at this line for a bit. When I got to this part my brain added in commas and it took me a little because even though "teaching, as well as the best human tutors, is within our reach" doesn't really make sense, it still seems less nonsensical than without the commas.

Did you even say 'thank you'? in c/linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I’ll probably get a lot of downvotes for this, but

I'm like 50/50 on this part being sarcasm, it doesn't read like that to me at all but it's also hard for me to picture expecting disagreement with a linkedin headcase to be an unpopular opinion anywhere outside of linkedin.

[meta] is your post discussion or user support? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
We can do better in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Would you say the same about neo-nazis? Let’s a KKK instance on join-lemmy? You think that’s fine?

Three or four years ago wolfballs was a neo-nazi instance that was immediately delisted. But more to the point, if the developers were nazis then yes, I would think it's silly to continue to participate in the community while complaining about it and cursing their names rather than not using it. Even on a federated network, if it's developed by open nazis I would not have an expectation that we'll get rid of the nazi problem and I should keep contributing. Incidentally that's actually why I started ditching the corporate social networks I was on fifteen years ago in the first place.

Don’t play dumb. I’ve been on Lemmy long enough to know their position.

I had never even heard the term "tankie" before joining. The developers posted a lot in the community before it got overwhelmed by redditors a couple years ago. Somehow I missed all of their advocacy for genocide.

We can do better in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

If you want a forum where only tankies are allowed, then don't develop your solution on a federated protocol.

I don't how you read that from what I wrote, I just think it's silly to complain that they are allowed here.

I joined lemmy five or six years ago because I really believe in federated networks. I've definitely learned a bit since then but I'm still not an expert on any of the politics. I can say with confidence though that the devs are well-meaning and their beliefs are sincere, so when you dismiss them as pro-genocide scum it gives me the impression that you've never engaged seriously with the ideas. And if you want to prioritze avoiding sincere proponents of those ideas, there are a lot of networks not maintained by advocates that will give you a much easier time. Staying on the one significant social network built out of those beliefs seems counterintuitive here.

We can do better in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Federation and open source provide a significant reduction in the barrier to someone making their own instance or their own federated network, with whatever modifications they want to implement. That is definitely something you could take advantage of. Federation and open source are not really related to an existing culture in an already thriving social network still being present in some form after you joined.

How am I supposed to go on? in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was making fun of the guy who was arguing with her. That's why at the start of the very next sentence I said I was not being serious in the part you quoted, and then right after saying that I called out that exact behavior.

I get that sarcasm isn't always easy to detect online so I wrote a second short paragraph to explicitly clarify that the first was sarcasm. Sorry for being annoyed but I feel kind of frustrated that still wasn't clear enough to avoid getting condescended to.

"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The first one is correct as others have said, but the second one is not ambiguous enough to confuse anyone nor weird enough for anyone to bat an eye at, you're fine with either.

We can do better in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

And that vast majority of people have for the most part chosen to continue using reddit rather than join a community where that is already the established norm and expect a change in ideology from the one that has been motivating its developers from day one.

No one using lemmy hated what lemmy is until a bunch of redditors flocked here. You're walking into forums built by communists used for years by communists to chat amongst each other and loudly complaining that these communists are allowed to stick around. There are a lot of other places on the internet that match your own ideology more closely, including reddit. Why stay here if you are that upset about the ideology this was and continues to be built on?

We can do better in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] christian@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

(or Lemmygrad or even ML)

Have you considered reaching out to the lemmy developers to point out that it's unreasonable for them to display links to the first two lemmy instances ever, the two that they created and administrate themselves, on their lemmy-joining portal? I think they'd be pretty receptive to that. Those instances are not at all representative of what lemmy is intended to be, and I certainly didn't join lemmy to see the kind of content they peddle.

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Man I'm comfy in bed and really want to sleep but I just thought of a task that will only take me a couple minutes to accomplish. (lemmy.ml)
 

I mean on the one hand, I could take the two minutes right now. On the other hand, I could lie awake for another half an hour thinking about this thing I could easily take care of immediately, and then later on take time out of my day to actually do it. It's an easy choice which is a better management of time, I'll be back in bed in a minute.

Alright, now that I've had a full minute back and comfy and tucked in again I've thought up another task that's even less time-consuming than the last one.

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Campaign mail we got in our mailbox last week mailed by a Trump-linked PAC. We live around an area of Michigan (Dearborn) that has a significant muslim population. (lemmy.ml)
 

Had to check online to be 100% sure the superPAC that mailed it was Trump-linked. I've never heard of Elissa Slotkin before, but apparently she's a US rep for another district in Michigan. Our rep is Rashida Tlaib, who is Palestinian descent, so I'm guessing the PAC's thought process in designing this was they don't want to link Harris to our actual representative so just pick some other random rep nearby.

As someone who does not want Trump to be re-elected, it's at least relieving to know how easy it will be for the democrats to counter these dirty tricks. All they need to do is have their candidate make clear public statements to clarify that she doesn't want this linked to her campaign. Of course, she'll have to clearly point out which specific parts are offensive, so people don't just think she fine with antisemitism. Explaining that being anti-apartheid is not the same as being antisemitic is pretty straightforward though, so this should be no big deal.

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Realizing that my cat spent months teaching me he likes head massages. (lemmy.ml)
 

We've had my cat Roto-Borola (pictured here) for over two years, we got him when he was maybe five months. A couple months back I discovered he really enjoys having his head massaged. He likes me to put a good bit more pressure on his head than I would expect him to be comfortable with.

He's still a very playful cat at times, and I try to engage with that as best I can but I don't always love being play-bitten. At some point a while back, if I'm petting his head and move my hand somewhere else near him, including petting his back or somewhere else on him, it sets off a timer of 15-20 seconds typically (usually around 10-15 seconds with no reaction, when he opens his mouth just a hint it means he is about five seconds away) for him to play bite me. If he's laying on top of me the timer it sets off is just for exiting the ride. I've been playing with him pretty rough by squeezing his head or giving him a little noogie, but it just hit me that this has really been him training me in how he wants to be pet.

So I'll give him a pretty rough noogie and he acts like "oh no, I'm really trying to bite you but I can't when your hand is right there", but he's definitely able to outspeed me. And I'm realizing now in retrospect, I started going for the back of his head because he left me one spot to find where he would pretend that he can't get to me. And he gradually trained me I needed to be more and more violent if I wanted to not get bitten.

So yeah, I put my entire hand around his skull and squeeze a bit tight and somehow he loves this. Realized a few months ago that this is his thing, realized today that this is something he taught me.

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Error with recent deepin-icon-theme update, how should I address this? (lemmy.ml)
 
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) deepin-icon-theme-2024.06.21-1

Total Installed Size:  138.93 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        5.96 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                     [########################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                   [########################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                        [########################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                  [########################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
deepin-icon-theme: /usr/share/icons/bloom/icon-theme.cache exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Running a search for the error I didn't find one for deepin-icon-theme, but the same error for other packages in arch updates show up and the other ones I saw laid the blame on improper packaging. Given that this is the one from the arch repositories and not some AUR package, I'm nowhere near confident enough in myself to jump to the conclusion that this is someone else's fault, so I'm asking here.

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Searching to find a barber after recently moving. I love this. (lemmy.ml)
 
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I'm working on a screenplay for a remake of Castaway, but I'm considering not using a volleyball this time. Give me your best casting ideas for which inanimate object should play Wilson. (lemmy.ml)
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Original concept for a regional ditto (lemmy.ml)
 

Hear me out: a "Wild West" ditto, which looks like a regular ditto but with a moustache and cowboy hat, and when it transforms it looks just like the target pokemon, except with a moustache and a cowboy hat added on.

Unfortunately I have no artistic talent so cannot provide sketches at this moment, but I intend to start a gofundme to commission the concept art sooner or later.

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Relationship advice? (lemmy.ml)
 

I need some relationship advice. I suggested 125% but my wife won't budge from 10%. Is this normal? How did it go when you had this conversation with your romantic partner?

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Grainy photo of my cat sleeping sitting up (lemmy.ml)
 

Roto-Borola usually likes to hang out with me when I'm working at my desk. Earlier today my wife snapped this photo of him chilling by me. Every so often he sits like this, but I think this is the first time we've seen him nap in this position. I laughed a little and it woke him up, he looked at me and did a loud meow and then got up.

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Screenplay for ninety-second trailer of a Christmas-themed horror movie (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by christian@lemmy.ml to c/writing@lemmy.ml
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Hey all, this is my original work which I am very proud of. I worked very hard on this and would appreciate receiving praise and constructive criticism.

screenplay:

Open with a scene of a man alone chopping wood on a snowy day. He is large-bodied and looks visually menacing, it should be clear that he is the villian. He sings an eerie and discomforting tune: "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da"

The next sixty or whatever seconds build up a horror movie featuring the aforementioned villain and a hero named John, a boy around 17 years old, as well as a couple friends around the same age who support him. A couple times cut back to the opening woodchopping "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da" scene.

Nearing the end of the trailer, scene with John and his couple friends walking through the city on a snowy day. The townsfolk jeer and yell obscenities at them. John narrates: "Before the incident, we were treated just like anyone else. But now, whenever we go out, the people always shout."

(words flash on the screen, large font)

JOHN

Very brief scene of a terrified scream

JACOB

chop "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da"

JINGLEHEIMER

Frantic sprinting through a snow-covered forest

SCHMIDT

Scene of John in an attic, which is illuminated only by the candle he holds in one hand. With the other hand, John lifts up and examines a dusty old photo of the villain. "Oh my God. His name is my name too." Candle blows out.

(smaller font)

PREMIERES CHRISTMAS EVE

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What do you guys recommend for language learning from scratch? (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi all,

I want to try to learn Spanish on my own, right now I barely know anything. Asking in the libre culture community because I know a common answer is duolingo but I don't want to install an app store other than f-droid.

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Star-ratings for online reviews would probably be actually helpful if you just excluded all the five-star reviews from the calculations (lemmy.ml)
 

Companies don't pay for four-star reviews, but a person giving a four-star review liked the product overall.

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