Taco2112

joined 2 years ago
[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

Ah early high school (why do my knees suddenly hurt?), I still remember hearing radio ads for the show while sitting in my brother’s car on the way there. The line that sold it for me was that “The toughest guy on the ship is named Jayne.”

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I went to a trade school that was only like 2k a semester or less. Now, I work a job that I mostly enjoy at a small company that actually cares about its employees. It’s work so it still sucks but it’s very tolerable and I’m in a good mood when I got home.

I’m not saying it’ll work for you or it’s a cure all but it’s an option and if you’re miserable now, you’re going to be miserable in two years but if you work towards a trade or some other way to change your situation, who know where you could be in two years. You might even be in the same place but at least you’d have options.

I grew up in an area with a lot of fatalism in our world view and I hear some of that in your comments. The people my age that leaned into that thought are still in my small hometown, not doing a whole lot but they seem happy enough. Many of the people who escaped that thinking seem to be thriving.

I’m not telling you how to live your life, I’m just giving my opinion. In the end I don’t want to have a job either but if I have to have one, I don’t want it to make me miserable every day, that just sounds like an awful waste to me.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

He didn’t even say the shooter might be MAGA, all he said was that the right was looking to pin this on the left before any details were known to the public. They just imagined that he blamed it on MAGA and got pissed off.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have heard of this tradition numerous times, but for some reason when I saw the title, I thought it was a toaster for bread.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

And in that regard, you’re absolutely correct, jeans aren’t the best but they’re pants so they’ll work. If the club doesn’t want to see it like that then you might be better off without the club. Like I said, I personally don’t like to hike in jeans but to each their own.

As far as being in the club or potentially getting kicked out for wearing jeans, you have to pick whether this issue is potentially worth getting kicked out or leaving the group over.

If I were in your jeans and had no deep ties to the club, I would be gone but if some good friends were in the group and I wanted to hang out with them more, I would be willing to to put the jeans away for those hikes.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Without more info, I would technically say that no one is wrong here but the rule is stupid.

You’re the best judge of your hiking ability so if you like to hike in jeans and know you can do it, go for it. I personally don’t like to hike in jeans, they’re usually too hot and heavy for me but I don’t care what others are wearing. Now, you mentioned it was a club and more formal clubs usually have rules and might have a dress code for one reason or another. The rules might not make sense to you but if you want to be in the club, you need to follow the club’s rules.

To take it further, is there a written list of rules that everyone must abide by or is it just a verbal understanding of the rules? If it’s written down and you agreed to the rules to join, then it’s on you for not following the rules. If it’s just a verbal arbitrary agreement on what the rules are then it’s on the club for not spelling it out in the beginning.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We said “Thoughts and Prayers” that’s obviously enough.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Dammit…good work.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In that context it sounds like they are using the word “sadly” in place of a word like “unfortunately”.

“unfortunately, i’m referring to you.”

“Unfortunately, i think you should suffer and realize what an annoying piece of shit you are.”

Now, as to why it’s sad or unfortunate, I’m not sure. It could be that the person saying “sadly” likes the other person but is upset with them in the moment, or the person saying “sadly” could be trying to soften the blow of a mean comment like the one you used in the example, or they could be saying it’s sad/unfortunate for the person they are talking to.

Just my two cents.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Did we need a new slang term for “boofing”? I guess so.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Please forgive my ignorance but the quote you used suggests a clock running without electricity. The article never mentioned it running without an energy source.

I have a tenuous grasp of physics so you could definitely be correct. Can someone with more education on this topic answer if photons can act as an electric current in this experiment?

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you’re talking politically, then I agree 100%, like you said, we’ve done terrible shit in this country from before day one.

If I’m thinking literally though, 250 years have passed, including the start of Industrial Revolution. They would have no idea what anything was or what was going on, just like what would happen if someone today was transported that far in the future. That’s why I always think this argument is stupid.

 

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