I don’t care what people say, the most important historical event in my lifetime was the discovery and release of the lost Steely Dan tape containing The Second Arrangement

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  • Squorlple@lemmy.worldtoFunny@sh.itjust.worksIt's a trap
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    30 days ago

    Thinking about that time I posted online that it was my last day of college classes so I could only get dumber from there on out, and someone I hadn’t talked to since high school wrote a reply in agreement and my response to them was “It’s like what Smash Mouth said: ‘Your brain gets smart, but your head gets dumb’”











  • I joined after Reddit’s API changes with that site’s willful negligence of its bot infestation on my mind. If the bar for “this account looks like a human” is raised by human users individualizing themselves more, then that requires more effort on bot makers to disguise their bots as people. Accounts look less bot-like with personalities, particularly those which are neither stereotypically normal nor a caricature of a few base traits. With my “The Son of Man” profile picture, as well as my profile description that is all three of esoteric, farcical, and personal, I wanted to be just the right amount of weird while also subtly (and perhaps subconsciously) commentating on the potentiality of Lemmy eventually falling victim to bot plagues as it grows. Despite all of this, I’ve since come across another user with the same profile picture (with a different level of zoom) who also happened to have the same cake day.


  • There are a number of idioms that MythBusters tested, some of which were disproven and some of which were confirmed/plausible.

    It is easy to punch out of a paper bag.

    10 pounds of poop will not fit in a 5-pound bag.

    People can easily recognize the backs of their own hands.

    Taking candy from a baby is not as easy as it sounds.

    People may literally get cold feet when they are scared/timid.

    If poop hits a fan it can indeed create a large mess.

    You can teach an old dog new tricks.

    With an enormous amount of force, it is possible to literally knock someone’s socks off.

    In a race, it is not literally better to hit the ground running.

    You can polish poop.

    Shooting fish in a barrel is fairly easy; the shock wave from a bullet can be enough to kill the fish.

    A bull in a china shop will actively avoid hitting the shelves.

    A rolling stone truly gathers no moss.

    Finding a needle in a haystack is difficult, even with modern technology.

    [EDIT: a couple of other idioms not in the idiom section of the link.

    It is possible to make a balloon out of lead.

    It is not possible to herd cats.

    A goldfish’s memory is not limited to three seconds.

    ]




  • Many AI chatbots or chat assists are by default programmed to be saccharine to the point of disingenuousness. Don’t adjust your values to categorically match what they are programmed to praise or condemn. They appear on the surface as people-pleasers but are actually intended to please their distributor’s investors. Additionally and most critically, don’t fall into the trap of thinking of the machines as people.

    With the AI tangent aside, with human interactions I definitely do feel the disparity between coddling and general treatment in society. If you’ve ever seen people interact with young kids or people with disabilities, especially mental disabilities, people often express overvaluing of their actions and creations to boost their confidence. While it may be a great achievement for that individual’s standards and capabilities and they do deserve praise for that much, lauding a simple piece of macaroni art as being better than the Mona Lisa, for example, is probably not genuine and can in fact undermine the creator’s confidence if they are aware enough to sense that lack of genuineness. However, for some people maybe they’d rather have that piece of macaroni art over the Mona Lisa because it is made by someone they love and care about and they highly value tokens of that person. Sometimes it can feel as if there is a conspiracy against someone if they notice a mismatch between the level of praise they receive and their presence and level of success in society elsewhere, and I too have experienced that sensation.


  • Maybe they got to the dump and there was a big sign and chain across the dump saying “Closed on Thanksgiving” and they had never heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving before and with tears in their eyes they drove off into the sunset looking for another place to put the garbage. They didn’t find one. ‘Til they came to a side road and off the side of the side road there was another fifteen foot cliff and at the bottom of the cliff was another pile of garbage. And they decided that one big pile is better than two little piles and rather than bring that one up they decided to throw theirs down.





  • Many historians believe the 15th POTUS, James Buchanan, was gay and closeted. Openly gay Pete Buttigieg (D) has ran for president within recent years but ultimately did not win his party’s nomination.

    However, there are two determining factors for a more modern day scenario:

    1. While not categorically disqualifying on any legal level, would a lack of heteronormativity be rejected by the majority of voters (as processed through the Electoral College)? Bigotry unfortunately seems to be the winning method.
    2. Will there even be a specter of fair and free elections for POTUS in the future? (Doubtful)