Mildly Infuriating

Philip Morris Companies, the tobacco giant behind Marlboro, owned Lunchables for 23 years and used cigarette research strategies to shape the brand.

• Internal documents show Philip Morris shared scientists, technology, and product development methods across its tobacco, food, and alcohol divisions, with Lunchables serving as a model example of that strategy.
• Lunchables was engineered to appeal to kids’ desire for autonomy and to ease mothers’ guilt, using the same consumer psychology approach Philip Morris developed for cigarettes.
• Researchers say tobacco-style regulations, including warning labels, taxes, and restrictions on child-focused marketing, may be worth applying to ultraprocessed foods like Lunchables.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47728994

Used a VPN to my home while in Mexico. Returned a week ago and all my devices (including those that have never been in Mexico) now show they're in Mexico. Google's IP correction form says it can take a month to fix.

WASHINGTON — Astronomers are calling on nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground, calling it the latest threat to the dark and quiet sky.

At a briefing during the 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society earlier this month, the organization rolled out a statement calling for bans on “obtrusive space advertising” because of the interference it could cause for groundbased astronomy.

Obtrusive space advertising is defined in U.S. federal law as “advertising in outer space that is capable of being recognized by a human being on the surface of the Earth without the aid of a telescope or other technological device.” Such advertising is banned in federal law through prohibitions on granting launch licenses for missions carrying payloads to carry out space advertising.

In this day and age, why are we still using these horrible packing peanuts? These aren't even the dissolvable ones.

The cherry on the cake? This is the side of the box.

Bluesky is a better and less toxic website and all, but the fact that you can't hate on Hellaverse AT ALL over there even if your criticisms for it are valid is quite embarrassing.

Even pushing all the LGBTQ representation aside, (Which I and most others who criticised the show don't even acknowledge when bringing this up) I just don't think the writing or comedy holds up in either of those shows (Specifically Helluva Boss) at all, when compared to other similar shows like Harley Quinn, South Park, Bojack Horseman, and The Works Of Gooseworx and Pafbar.

Like there are literally thousands of other media with LGBTQ Representation that are unironically more well written and have better character dynamics and development that I can think of!

The Owl House, DOPE, Heartstopper, It's A Sin, Mission Hill, Don't Eat The Neighbours, Harley Quinn, Celeste, Rock And Riot, The Amazing Digital Circus, Last Of Us, Nimona, Sister Claire, Cheque Please, Memoir Of A Snail, Ted And Toby, Dead End, South Park (Well most of the time anyway), Dead Plate, The Loud House, Fired On Mars, Tuca And Bertie, Arcane, I'm In Love With The Villainess,The Acorn Princess, Guilty Gear, Adventure Time, Bob's Burgers, To Wong Foo, Tokyo Godfathers, Shrek 2, Rae The Doe, King Of The Hill. And that's just on the top of my head.

I won't deny the Hellaverse hatedom can get a extremely pretentious and hurtful! But actively loving a show so much you can't even tolerate when somebody bluntly and casually states they don't like it or simply think it has a couple flaws even though they're a fan is not very robust fandom behaviour either.

If you are a fan of Vivziepop, that's cool, got truly nothing against her, I'm sure she's a overall friendly person, I think she has a very good expressive professional artstyle, I appreciate her achieving her goals, just note that I think her ability as a writer is completely non existent in my eyes.

Hellaverse is the only show I know that has both one of the worst fandoms and one of the worst hatedoms I've ever seen.

I left the house yesterday to take my kids to a water park hotel...but when we were on our way, I noticed he had water shoes on, and I know we didn't pack any shoes.

Fortunately we were able to find these flip-flops at a store on the way. They were only $1, but meh...he likes video games and he needs something besides swim shoes.

But my wife noticed there's a healthbar that looks mildly-penis and now I can't I see it.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/65067336

YouTuber tries to get world's largest star wars lego collection returned - American justice shows its corruption

Share this everywhere, please help the family in any way you can. This should be a slam dunk case.

Updating with follow up videos as well.

Corporate PR statement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWg2bnAqW6k

Leaked corporate email to franchise owners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMUHGBaF04E

Former franchise owners speak out with evidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zedmOopRTm0

Support the creators, funds go to legal fees and helping the family who were victims of theft by the corporate and police coverup.

https://westealfromoldpeople.com/

I have diagnosed ADHD, so I clean my school binders about once a year. It's my last day of school for this year today, decided to throw it all out, and was met with this horrendous amalgamation of tree pulp. Because the thousands we pay to ~~DataHoover~~ Google yearly for "laptops" and ~~ransomware~~ cloud storage means absolutely nothing. Can't fucking wait to graduate.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/60869500

The timing of the boat’s arrival in Seattle and the job cuts was coincidental, but the irony was not lost among the people who hustled down to the locks to see the giant yacht after word spread through the neighborhood and online. Some booed from the shore and heckled the crew.

Bumpers on the side of the boat were about the size of small SUVs, while the back deck had a covered pool and hot tub. More than a dozen crew members were visible, many enjoying the trip through the channel on a partly sunny evening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12acDjXRKog

He wasn't doxxed, he was charged with a crime.

edit: yeah looking back, only slightly annoying.

Ok, definitely more enraging than mildly infuriating, but I don't subscribe to those communities.

Now I got to sort their mess out or otherwise the customer will think I can't even cut straight.

Above the sink the trim is touching the ceiling and a meter to the left and I can fit my fingers between them.

He gave fake addresses and hid on remote islands, just like he did for Covid. He is still a board member for the American company Alphabet. He stepped down in 2019.