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FartsWithAnAccent, (edited ) in Those who chose "never" in a "now or never" moment. How is it going for you?
@FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

This guy wanted me to help him count cards and we were gonna get rich at casinos.

I decided to stay home and play video games instead.

In hindsight, I’d say pretty good lol

Haven’t heard from that guy in years but I’m going to assume he got murdered by a shady casino owner.

Anticorp,

Or he’s living in a beach house in the Bahamas.

Jackhammer_Joe,

Definitely the Bahamas. With lots of hot babes, sex, drugs and rock 'n roll

stoy, in What's the consensus on swearing here

You may often be understood quite well even without using harsh language in every fucking sentence.

Infact, refraining from using harsh language increases the impact of it when you actually need to for some god damned reason.

So please, consider using some bloody restraint, and only curse when you actually shit ass need to.

I hope that this comment has cleared it up for you, have a lovely new year!

Deceptichum,
@Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

Nah, fucking throw that shit around like it’s Tuesday.

avguser, in Lets start a new Lemmy holiday tradition. What's a song you've been digging lately?

Carvings by Orbit Culture

Found this in a Melodic Death Metal compilation video last week and can’t stop listening to it.

NoMoreCocaine,

I have to question putting Orbit Culture on a melodeath compilation. While it worked out for you, unless the one who made the compilation is trying to give curveballs to the listener, it’s a weird addition.

undeffeined, (edited ) in What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?

Maybe someone here will help me find a song that I listened to with a friend (and danced a lot) during a summer in the late 90s.

It was an electronic dance song which featured a a very raspy male voice singing in Spanish and would ocasionally make the “pull snot from the throat and spit” sound.

My friend and I have been for years trying to find it to no avail… :(

ook_the_librarian,
@ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world avatar

That sound is often termed hocking a loogie. Sorry I can’t help with the more meaty part of your comment.

undeffeined,

Today I learned, had no idea how it was called in English :)

klemptor,

Do you mean the Macarena?

undeffeined,

There’s spitting in the macarena? I don’t recall that.

18107, in What are your best flight tips and tricks?

Listen to the safety briefing. They wouldn’t bother telling you if it wasn’t important.

Keep your seatbelt on for the entire flight. The pilots can’t always predict turbulence, and hitting the ceiling hurts.

HeavyRaptor,

Really? Have you ever actually hit your had on the ceiling before?

18107,

It hasn’t happened to me, but passengers have been severely injured before.

An example of a minor incident.

surewhynotlem, in People who have made and successfully kept their New Year's resolution, what was it and how did you stay motivated?

Intermittent fasting. Didn’t need motivation once it became just “a thing I do”. That took about a month.

CaptKoala,

I started doing it by accident due to life events, irregular shift times etc.

Now it really is just “part of my diet” in a way. I’ve also noticed as a byproduct that my appetite is pretty closely tied to my activity level. Helps when planning meals if I intend to be hitting gym or doing nothing.

HeavyRaptor, (edited ) in What are your best flight tips and tricks?

Many dumb takes here, but also some good ones. Here are mine roughly sorted by importance:

  • (Don’t be a dick - obviously)
  • Choose a direct flight whenever possible. I usually would pick a shitty, more expensive airline over having a connecting flight.
  • If you are planning a connecting flight, try to allocate at least 1-1.5 hours for the connection. Planes are delayed all the time and the shorter the connection time, the higher chance you’ll miss your flight. Your checked luggage can also miss your connection, pack some necessities in your carry-on. (anything more than 3 hrs is overkill though)
  • Noise cancelling headphones/earphones: this is where they work best, blocking out the fatiguing drone of the plane. Highly recommended. Headphones are more comfortable over longer periods than earbuds.
  • Window seats are better for sleeping asile is better if you tend to move around (but people passing by will disturb you by brushing up against you and you feel the floor flexing more as they walk)
  • Cheap airlines: you get what you pay for. You will be treated like cattle but they do get you from point A to B for less money. Be aware they will nickle and dime you every step of the way, bring water (bottle you can fill after security) and some snacks.
  • Luggage: carry-on is better than checked if you can avoid it but sometimes you can’t. For cheap airlines double check the size limits for carry on. The sizes are not standard and cheap airlines try to trick you into paying fees. Sometimes they’ll also take your carryon during boarding to check it in the hold when the plane is very full. You can try to avoid this by queueing and boarding sooner than others, or by bringing a smaller bag that fits under the seat.
  • If you do end up checking a bag you’ll have to show up a bit sooner and usually wait a bit longer after the plane has landed. Place anything fragile in your carry-on! The luggage handlers throw your bag around like they are trying to break something on purpose. If you can’t avaid checking fragile things, surround them with clothes and other soft materials. Also put a luggage tag on your bag, sometimes multiple people have the same bag.
  • Flights during the evening and afternoon tend to have a higher chance of being late/geting cancelled. The effect is slight and there isn’t much you can do about it though. Just keep it in mind if you have a critical time/place to be somewhere.
  • On a long flight wearing your seat belt (even loosely) while sleeping means the flight attendant doesn’t have to wake you if there is turbulance.
  • Wearing a mask is not a bad idea
otter,

Lots of great tips, thank you!

helmet91,

Choose a direct flight whenever possible. I usually would pick a shitty, more expensive airline over having a connecting flight.

I have to say, this is just a matter of personal preference. I cannot imagine myself enduring a 13 hour flight in one go, so I tend to pick an airline that happens to have connections in Dubai. It’s about halfway when I’m visiting my girlfriend, and it feels really nice to walk around, stretch a bit, use a real toilet, etc.

My girlfriend is the opposite, she prefers to come here with a direct flight because it’s less of a hassle and she’s able to rest on the plane all the way.

Cheap airlines: you get what you pay for. You will be treated like cattle

That’s true for European low-cost airlines. Sometimes they would treat you worse than cattle.

However, on AirAsia I had a much better experience, although I only flew once with them.

Generally, in Europe they would mess with your hand-carry.

With AirAsia, my experience was that no one gives a damn crap about your bags. Just follow their rules, and if your bag looks reasonable, no one will say anything.

On a long flight wearing your seat belt

I would suggest that at all times when you’re seated, with one exception: don’t wear it while boarding is still in progress and the seatbelt sign isn’t on. While turbulence mostly can be predicted, in some rare cases it cannot be. But they remind you of that during either the safety briefing or the captain’s first PA.

Wearing a mask is not a bad idea

Duh. I mean, why else would they be hanging right in front of you while the cabin is getting depressurized?

Just kidding. I know you meant medical masks.

Nyfure,

Good points.
Although I have flown a few times on low-cost airlines in Europe, most of them also don't care if you don't test your luck with your carry-on.
They often don't have enough time for thorough checks anyway. I got checked once, and it was fine.
I often prefer to place the carry-on in the hull when offered (personal preference and a willingness to take risks).

Additionally, when flying to or from EU (and associated) destinations, you have EU Flight Rights, such as fixed compensation after certain delays.
This is in addition to the right to get any costs replaced, like hotel, food, and taxi.
There are companies that make it very easy to enforce your rights when the airline denies them. Of course, they want a cut, but either you pay a lawyer upfront or try your luck with them with no risks.

recursive_recursion, (edited ) in What's the consensus on swearing here
@recursive_recursion@programming.dev avatar

for myself I try not to cuss out other people but if I see someome doing something eggregious egregious or I do something stupid then I’ll swear at them or myself

otherwise I try not to swear too much
ymmv

hope everyone has a fucking fantastic holiday tho!🤗

SpaceNoodle, (edited )

It’s spelled egregious you stupid fucker

/j Merry fucking Christmas

recursive_recursion,
@recursive_recursion@programming.dev avatar

thank you for the correction and merry fucking Christmas to you too!🎄😆

Tolookah, in If you could only listen to someone talk about one topic for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?

Trains.

My kid is a train kid, I’m already listening to it non-stop, I won’t make things worse for me or him.

Im_old,

Hello fellow parent. I feel your anguish. I have star wars and dinosaurs. Tbh I’m not even mad, most of the times… I’d just need some more time in the morning before the uninterrupted stream of words!

Tolookah,

Exactly. He’s turning into a Lego kid, but uh, did you know that Lego has trains? (They recently put out a gorgeous Oriental Express train that even I want now.). My biggest gripe about trains is they take up so so so much space.

I am excited for his teenage years for when he wants to sleep in and I get to wake him up.

But today is Christmas, and if you celebrate, Merry Christmas. (Mine is waking now, and it’s 430 am, time to stall him for 2 hours, as my daily gift to momma)

GhostSpectator, in People who have made and successfully kept their New Year's resolution, what was it and how did you stay motivated?

I once went 28 years without having sex, and then again for 7 years.

HappycamperNZ,

So whats the resolution? Is it work on self, find partner with low standards or more money for hookers???

HappycamperNZ, in If you could only listen to someone talk about one topic for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?

The roman empire.

Clearly.

harry_balzac,

The only correct answer. As much of the discussion should also be in Latin.

HappycamperNZ,

Now you lost me.

Unless trebuchet is Latin…

berkeleyblue, in Why does America say 'merry christmas'?
@berkeleyblue@lemmy.world avatar

Tradition, mostly.

Dickens used Merry Christmas in his Christmas Carol and the US used the greeting since the 19th century.

In the UK however, happy christmas is more common as the royals used that phrase.

There’s apparently no big thing behind it. Just the way language evolved with different influences in different regions.

Breakyfix,
@Breakyfix@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

am from uk. merry christmas is very much the common phrase here by a long shot

hellothere,

Agreed - it’s merry christmas and happy new year.

ndru, in Why does America say 'merry christmas'?

Merry Christmas is a popular expression in the UK too.

I think that merriment is actually much easier to attain than happiness. One could be miserable in life, but have a few drinks and be merry.

phorq,

Is it wrong for me to say that the pessimism with a side of alcohol is the most British you could possibly describe being merry?

BigPotato, in What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?

I’d never met anyone but my mom who’d played Solomon’s Key prior to Nintendo straight up adding it to the NSO.

The other game I never hear about was the ID4: Independence Day floppies that came in cereal boxes or something. Don’t really remember the games that well but I do remember trying to collect them all.

Also, I once basically got gaslighted into thinking that Falling Down was just a fever dream of mine until one day I’d heard the name in a Tech N9ne song and it all clicked again.

yamanii,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

Solomon’s Key is more known nowadays thanks to a Gamecenter CX episode they had on it, great game, guess it was popular in Japan to enter NSO.

JustZ, (edited )

Haha, I posted Solomon’s Key in this very thread.

mx_smith, in Is there an artist so horrible that no matter how hard you try that you cannot separate their art from them?

I still listen to Michael Jackson but I won’t listen to R Kelly.

lars,

Loved Michael Jackson music so fucking much. Can’t stomach it anymore.

But the first few moments of Billy Jean…

jennwiththesea,
@jennwiththesea@lemmy.world avatar

Well, one’s alive and the other isn’t. As long as the inheritors of MJ’s estate are decent people, I think it’s fine at this point. Still skeeves me out to listen to his stuff, though. Two verses in and my brain is popping.

DrBob,
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You know that while he was incredibly strange, there were never any credible accusations right? There were a lot of people fluffing the stories trying to get a payout but there was never any evidence of wrongdoing.

Rakonat,

As far as I’m aware none of MJs accusers still say he did anything, and nearly all of them say their parents pressured them to say stuff he didn’t do for a settlement. He was definitely a weird guy but you look at his upbringing and it was trauma after trauma by adults exploiting him for money.

ClockNimble,

If it was one kid? I’d have doubts. Once it passed into double digits? Nope.

Rakonat,

If there is one accusation still active, sure. But every single case I’ve heard of, the family withdrew and admitted they were looking for a cash settlement.

Brekky,

Well to be fair one was found guilty in a court of law and the other (I don’t believe but feel free to correct me) didn’t even have a criminal case brought against him.

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