Dharma Curious (he/him)

Why does that look so much like my brother had a baby with Leonardo DiCaprio? I’m disturbed

I always knew there was a reason God didn’t make me a rich man.

But what about the crazy German dungeon porn and the sex clubs‽

I somehow missed the twitter craze by accident. Was active on Myspace and then Facebook, but I always preferred my forums. Once I left all other social media, reddit was all that was left, and now Lemmy. It feels a lot more like what I miss, but still isn’t quite the same

Idk, I’ve noticed a lot of people on Lemmy that tend towards their 40s or 50s

Took me far too long to realize this was a reference to the movie, and not a random philosophy post about the impermanence of life

I wish my fingerprint scanner worked D:

Honestly, the only two problems I have had at all are fingerprint scanner (like, lowest priority for me), and the battery continues to drain quickly even when I close the laptop or put it in sleep mode or whatever it’s called

One of my best friends is a vegan, married to a vegan, and raising two kids who are chegans (like, mostly they’re vegan, and sometimes they eat some chicken nuggets at Grandma’s). Through him, I have met dozens of vegans. The most I’ve ever heard a vegan “go on” about veganism is if they’re specifically asked about it. Occasionally, you’ll hear them bring it up in discussions around related things (like if you’re talking about climate change, they may mention that animal farming is a massive contributor, or something to that effect). But mostly, it’s just a diet and they do their own diet thing.

The real issue is when someone asks “hey, wanna go to x restaurant tonight?” And they reply “lemme check the menu and make sure I can!” And then the person who originally asked the question wants to pretend like they’re Christ on the cross because they’re being so put out by the audacity of this filthy hippy to want to eat somewhere they can actually eat, instead of just sitting there and drinking water while everyone else eats.

Yes! Honestly, I love the cold. If it weren’t for the fact that my favorite pass times are swimming and gardening, I’d so happily move somewhere that’s cold all year round. I love bundling up, I love the extra pockets that jackets give me. I love scarfs and the crochet beanies my mom made me when she was still here, and it doesn’t hurt that it’s the only time I think I look decent when I dress like that.

But my GOD the heat stroke when you walk in a store in January. It’s awful

My favorite is the dude who dresses in a skin tight green suit, and ding-dong ditches hotel rooms. He stands at the end of a long hallway, and when they open the door he runs at them in a similar posture to this video. They freak the fuck out and to back in their rooms. But it’s only gonna take one of them not being able to get their key card to work before he gets punted square in the upside down teeth. Lol

Don’t do this in the US. Too many folks with guns who want to be the guy who takes out the first zombie demon

So I’ve seen this one floating around before (not AI specific, just the wheelchair image). It’s not as weird as it may seem. There are a ton of people who have severe balance issues, blood pressure issues that cause fainting when standing, general muscle weakness that keep them from walking normally, and a whole host of other things that may prevent them from walking and balancing, but not from using something like that.

My own mother required a wheelchair for the last 10 years of her life, but would have benefited from something like this immensely for the 10-15 years prior to that. She could use her legs, but she had serious trouble balancing, standing, and walking. She routinely used one of those under the desk bicycle things for years to keep her legs active. That motion wasn’t a problem for her. But she could only stand for a maximum of 1-2 minutes during that time in her life, or walk for about 50-70 feet at most around that time. Had we known about things like this, or thought to make our own, it may have extended her time moving around under her own power before having to go into the power wheelchair. It may even have extended her life by keeping her more active and healthy.

Not trying to be a spoil sport, just putting it out there. Maybe it’ll make someone else consider something like this if they have a disabled person in their life that could benefit from it.

Absolutely! Do you dare speak out against the words of the prophets‽

If anyone is interested in philosophy, religion, or just want to archive it for historical reasons, IIRC sacred-texts.com has a USB version of their entire archive. They sell it, but I’m sure someone could find a work around there, if they were opposed to supporting them* for some reason. It’s a massive collection of philosophical and religious works, and I believe they even have things like constitutions and legal works, as well.

*I know nothing about the people that run it or their ideology

Where?

What’s the best alternative?

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That’s fair. Lol.

Yeah, it’s always weird when a particular hobby or industry uses a common term in an unique or uncommon way.

I love woodworking, and many years ago when I first trying to get some tools together, with very, very little money to my name, a friend of a friend gifted me a bunch of stuff, but it was all metric. My speed square was the only non metric tool I had (I’m in the States). Took me forever to find a metric speed square I could afford. Lol. It suuuuuucked doing the conversion for everything. Lol