That is… sarcasm, right?

Like, you are being sarcastic, yeah?

Honest question because the world is so upside down right now I really can’t tell with these things anymore.

This isn’t an attack as I don’t interpret your comment as being malicious, this is just an observation from an outside observer of this interaction.

You may be right about lonely people and just sharing info you have noted from your own experiences with them in your life but that is a brutal take down of @daggermoon@lemmy.world when they are sharing a major problem in their life.

Your comment may hold true for them but we don’t know that so it feels more like an accusation and victim blaming than being helpful.

Hey @daggermoon@lemmy.world, I’ve been there. It can be rough.

If you don’t have someone to talk to about it have you tried a therapist or other mental health professionals? I find this is one of the most important first steps of any life issue being faced, just talk about it with someone who knows a thing or two about the topic, make it a regular and consistent conversation.

I don’t know your situation but if you need it, this helped me;

Being social and maintaining friendships is a skill that can be worked on, no one can run a marathon on their first attempt, it takes training.

Starting small and working your way up. Saying hello to a stranger in the street or making small talk with a check out clerk at the grocery store is a good place to start. If you struggle with small talk then practice that first and work up from there. If you struggle with social anxiety then breaking through can be hard, some people struggle more than others. Training these skills sets do produce positive results.

*Be kind, honest and fair with all people you interact with. This isn’t a mask to put on, the ideal to strive for is to be those things as a person.

*Talk to people about what they are interested in or doing (learn about them) instead of focusing on talking about yourself.

*Respect others boundaries.

*Regularly check in with those in your social circle/community, don’t wait for them to check in on you.

*Get outside. Don’t just spend time at school/work & home. Find a third place where you can blend in but also be a regular. Cafe, bar, pool hall, library, gym, reading in the park, walk/hike in an area you like… whatever aligns with your interests and feel you could eventually become comfortable existing in that space but it is also a place where you are not required to be social. Eventually becoming comfortable with being in that space lowers anxiety of being there and you start to recognize the regulars and they start to recognize you. That makes socializing easier since you are now comfortable in the space and familiar to others who are regulars as well.

You get back what you give out. Do not expect to connect with everyone and not everyone will reciprocate your attention or interest but if you do it enough you will find those who do. Keep at it and you will find more and more.

Good luck and god speed!

Agreed on Kill Bill… a lot of people say their favorite of his are other movies but I think the Tarantino fans agree about Kill Bill. It is campy and melodramatic but epic.

It is such an interesting movie I think because it skates a unique line between ridiculous Hollywood summer blockbuster spectacle and a traditional story of revenge. The world he creates is saccharine/artificial but the story is something so simple and basic but we connect with on primal level. Going from a tragedy to overcoming incredible odds through skill she gets everything she wants in the end.

The emotions are so basic almost any viewer can connect with them. Binding those two elements together feels disjointed visually but also natural internally. There is magic in film when a director can do that in an elegant and graceful way. On top of all that the visual style, camerawork, sets, music, film grain, pacing, special effects, sound effects, lighting, casting are all excellent.

My only issue with the movie is how at the end during Bill’s Superman speech, he says that Superman is the only true superhero. He is Superman first and Clark Kent second, whereas other heroes are normal people with superhero alter-egos. He then specifically calls out Bruce Wayne/Batman. Not true, Batman thinks of himself as Batman, Bruce Wayne is the fake persona. It is what make Batman and Superman such great frenemies, they are two sides of the same coin, one of hope and one despair but still deciding to be good. They both have legacies their parents put on them that they are responsible for living up to without their parent’s guidance.

It’s a small thing but it bugs me every time.

Tech industry sucks for all the reasons you said. Your perspective is not unreasonable but capitalism and how it affects consumer products is unreasonable. Unfortunately we cant change that in any reasonable amount of time at the moment.

Sticking a tablet to your fridge to make it a smart fridge does provide you the functionality you want from a smart fridge without the ads for all the reasons @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de has mentioned above.

Those two things are not mutually exclusive.

You may want the tech industry to be better and provide the product you want to have but that doesn’t mean they have to. They haven’t shown interest in making that type of product and I don’t think that will change anytime soon.

You can be disappointed in that reality and continue your life without a smart fridge or accept Frankenfridge into your life and live out all your smart fridge fantasies. The choice is yours. Go wild… yolo!

Edit: The dealbreaker for me with the tablet stuck to a fridge would having to constantly charge it. Having a charging cord laced across my fridge would bother me to no end and so would removing the tablet every few days to charge it then stick it back on the fridge. Neither of those options work for me.

But I have never wanted a screen on my fridge so I am not bothered by my smartfridgeless existence. I don’t like too much technology around in my kitchen, or any room tbh, to begin with. I try to only buy appliances and kitchen stuff if it doesn’t have an “always on” light source like LEDs, digital clocks and such. That alone is next to impossible nowadays. How many kitchens have you been in recently that don’t have at least one always on light source on appliances or other gadgets?

There is that but there is also, “yes, it is ok to wake me up by giving me oral sex.”

My group has been using it recently for a PF2E campaign.

We normally use D&DBeyonds built in VTT for a homebrew 5e campaign but from time to time the regular DM takes breaks for a few months to prep the next story arc so one of the other players has been running the PF2E Abomination Vaults prebuilt campaign in Foundry.

There are lots of bells and whistles since it prebuilt and it runs fine on my Mac desktop.

Compared to the last time we were on there over a year ago there have been quite a few improvements, even over the last 2 months during this “break” there are noticeable changes.

Lion’s Mane supplement or just straight up Lion’s Mane mushrooms?

How did they end up helping? I hadn’t heard of this use of them before.

I’d like to know a bit more if you don’t mind. I’m sure some others in this post may want to know as well due to the topic.

I’m a bit of an amateur mycologist and grow Lion’s Mane from time to time.

Congrats btw! Don’t discount your own effort by attributing your ass getting saved by Lion’s Mane. You put in work too I’m sure. Hope you also recognize that.

If the land isn’t otherwise arable, such as extreme desert, then there most likely isn’t any population centers nearby. Minimizing environmental impact would have to factor in the transportation of resources to the facility and grown food out of the facility to consumers too.

I think verticals farms are going to be an important component for future food production, especially with climate change. You are right though, the entire process needs to be redesigned holistically before it is a viable option compared to traditional farming.

That isn’t to say we shouldn’t be building these facilities now though; I think the more we build now the faster we will solve these problems by putting practical research into the needed technology.

Looks like Lion’s Mane to me.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_erinaceus

Very tasty, sauté it with herbs and butter.

Can be cut into steaks or medallions and makes for a good lobster substitute in dishes.

Thank You!!

It’s not lazy to ask someone who seems to know something about the topic within a discussion thread about said topic. You know more than I do on this.

I understand how you may not want to take the time to answer someone’s question but also you could have replied with the link you eventually did instead of saying “Seriously?” Within the context of calling others lazy you could also qualify under the same term since you took the time to respond but not with the answer.

With search being what it is nowadays I wouldn’t know if I am getting a good result to find out the answer since it is of a technical and specific nature I may or may not even know if I am familiar with to begin with. It could take me much longer to figure it out, or I will give up and not be interested in finding out more about a field you seem to have an interest and knowledge about and I am demonstrating I want to know more about.

I think it is fair to ask for more information from someone who shows more expertise in the topic before searching.

Thanks!

Agreed!

I don’t know what this is but it is a topic I am somewhat familiar with and it is somehow significant enough to be a headline.

Curious minds would like to know more.

In the current situation with Israel if the US wasn’t propping up Israel than I doubt Israel would be brazen enough to attack Saudi Arabia which would mean we also wouldn’t have the need to reclaim Bagram airport in Israel’s defense.

The current situation with Afghanistan is the result of another US effort to externally support a country in a military campaign back in the 80s.

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I hope all this never gets far enough for us to find out.

I posted this as a response to a different comment here but figured I’d copy/paste it in response to your question too;

Saudi Arabia has an alliance with Pakistan, including using nuclear weapons as a response in Saudi Arabia’s defense.

If Israel attacks Saudi Arabia, Pakistan responds. Bagram airport is only a couple hundred miles from the Pakistan border and an excellent place for the US to intercept any response from Pakistan headed towards Israel.

Saudi Arabia has an alliance with Pakistan, including using nuclear weapons as a response in Saudi Arabia’s defense.

If Israel attacks Saudi Arabia, Pakistan responds. Bagram airport is only a couple hundred miles from the Pakistan border and an excellent place for the US to intercept any response from Pakistan headed towards Israel.

I don’t know if it is a strong rumor or not, I don’t follow this stuff. I don’t know what he did or didn’t do, only he really knows all that. He’s calling himself out on his own bad behavior, being honest about it and seems to want to make amends. I’m proud of him for that, yeah.

That doesn’t mean I ok with everything he may or may not have done, it doesn’t serve me well to get angry over a rumor that has no bearing on my life and I have no control over.

I think it is ok to be proud of someone who seems to want to be a better person. It would be great if the people who I feel have wronged me would apologize and try to make amends. I think we can show support for someone deciding to make that change in their life. Whether it is a legit change and he follows through with his commitment, only time will tell; but I want to believe it is and that’s ok.

I don’t care about celebrity culture but I read the article and I am proud of him. Must have been tough growing up in the environment he did. He turned to drugs and made a lot of mistakes and hurt a lot of people. It sounds like he is doing the work, walking the steps and being honest with himself about who he is.

I’m proud of anyone who gets the chance to do some serious self-reflection and decides to face their own toxicity and become a better person.

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