[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 19 points 1 week ago

Make sure it has friendly words on the front line Don't Panic.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 124 points 1 month ago

The cost to dispose or recycle should be paid by the companies that produce the product. Products would waste less material and recycling would be profitable for recycling companies doing a public service.

Yes, companies will want to make customers eat that cost. I don't know if there is a legislative solution for that or what.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 22 points 1 month ago

You're very young to have decided that a partner will never happen for you.

The very best thing you can do is socialize without expectation of partnership and learn to have fun and enjoy flirting with people without the intention of following through. When you can get with a bunch of friends, laugh and flirt and go home alone and feel good about it, like appreciate the joy inherent in those moments without ruining it by pining for more... you will be doing yourself two favors.

One, you'll stop feeling like not dating is celibacy - it's just where you're at.

Two, you'll become much more attractive to potential partners, and you'll find folks won't care so much about your looks. The vibe will be way different, for real, because of the self-confidence inherent in enjoying your life without needing anything from anyone else.

Bonus - You might find, by flirting with people you have no intention of sleeping with, that your tastes expand. Just don't tell a woman you're not following through because she doesn't meet your physical standards, that will get you in a dating blacklist in no time.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 13 points 5 months ago

Found your alt account, Elon, nice try.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 18 points 8 months ago

Skydiving, once, in my 20s. Not sure if the chute was on wrong, being slightly over the weight limit was a factor, or if it was just genetics, but when the chute opened, the jerk caused a loud enough pop that my instructor asked if I was okay.

I lied of course, the adrenaline kept me from knowing the deal, anyway.

The first time I threw my back out, after, it was from picking up a piece of paper. These days, when I have the least pain I can still tell my back muscles are as tight as a garage spring.

I had never known a moment of back pain before that day, and I don't know what it's like to walk a mile without back pain now.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 12 points 8 months ago

GODDAMMIT

It is.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 11 points 8 months ago

I can't believe in 2023 we are still in the position of having the only convenient capable way of incapacitating someone from a distance being to destroy their body.

I'm not trying to sound super anti-gun, it just seems like it's not the right tool for the job most of the time, and it sucks that that is the choice we have to make.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 14 points 9 months ago

A local personal assistant that isn't just focused on media consumption or purchasing. I want to ask about my most efficient route or ideal presents for my partner or a medical condition without it being data mined.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 21 points 10 months ago

Being in my 40s, I am relieved to say that I keep finding women attractive that are my age, and I look at people in their 20s as, well, kids. Even in my porn, I keep looking for women more my age.

That's true physically, but also emotionally. There is a humbling nearly all decent people seem to go through in their late 20s to 30s that at this point is a necessary point of bonding for me.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think it's obvious that his parents were mentally damaged and traumatized the boy, nevermind the neglect and tacit encouragement at the end.

Everyone is so hell bent on retribution, no matter the cost. What we want is someone who won't assault or murder others, owns their actions, and repays society to whatever degree possible - zero of those things are developed in prison.

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Getting hyped for 1.6 (midwest.social)

(image is relatively old but I don't see it in the community)

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 15 points 10 months ago

Sunbird worked - I was in the beta - but it turned out to have no encryption whatsoever. I am skeptical.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 26 points 10 months ago

They want to ruin public education and have it pay for private school so no one's child might learn anything they seem progressive. That's been the game plan, that's what DeVos was working on - underpaid teachers and a stifling censorship environment causing teachers and students to leave public Ed is by design.

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