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kevinbacon, in What's your favorite thing to dream about?
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Teeth falling out

Shieldtoad,

It said favorite dream, not worst nightmare.

HangingFruit, (edited )

Long time ago, someone told me that it means that someone will die or actually did. Few years after that, I had that dream. Family member died.

Had the same dream two more times, same result.

It was always me, pulling my own teeth, one by one.

Edit: They died when I was asleep. Not after during the day.

Kolanaki, in What makes video games addictive for you?
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It depends on the type of game. RPGs and immersive sons are great for escapism. Action games/shooters are cathartic. Sims can be great for exercising problem solving skills (and can also be a power trip). Sandboxes for creativity. Strategy games for harder problem solving (and power tripping).

AgentGrimstone, in What makes video games addictive for you?

Sound design and feedback. If it’s satisfying, I will chase that feeling for 40 hours.

RandomVideos, in Would you choose invisibility or teleportation?

How fast can you teleport? If there is no cooldown, you could teleport so fast nobody would see you being there

AgentGrimstone, in If you could custom make your *perfect* shoes, what features would they have?

Like heelies but the wheels are sideways so you use it like a skateboard. I don’t know how that would work but that’s what I want.

RBWells, in Where do you get affordable scented candles?

TJMaxx, TKMaxx, whatever it’s called where you are. Also good for fancy hand soap.

Bearigator,

Not somewhere I had considered looking but we have one nearby, I’ll check it out

eightpix, in What kind of wearable device do you want? Assuming it will work and feel like you imagine it would
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I’d like to know if there is a sci-fi source for this; I’ve wanted — what I call — infinifabric for a long time. Basically a cross between:

  • the microbots in Big Hero 6,
  • the symbiote from Spider-Man (sans sentience), and
  • programmable matter from Star Trek: Discovery

One fabric layer that can reshape itself into any and every conceivable article of clothing. Perfectly regulates body temperature, water loss, and environmental challenges.

From Altered Carbon: an Oni. Built-in telecommunications. Seems way closer to fruition than DHF stacks. Though, is the stack worn so much as is part of oneself? In universe, it seems that the stack IS the person.

From Dune, Foundation, and that one episode of Star Trek: TNG: a personal shield.

This topic makes me wonder if prosthetic devices count as “wearables”, per se, or not. If anyone out there is in the know — you or someone you’re close to have (has)/wear(s) a prosthesis — please let me know.

hasnt_seen_goonies, in Am i the a**hole for telling my coworkers no?

I’m gonna agree with other people here, you were the asshole, the correct asshole, but the asshole. It sounds like the situation where one kid in a classroom reminds the teacher to give the quiz. The kid is right like you were, but everyone still hates them.

Working with people who aren’t pulling their weight sucks, but throwing them under the bus to the manager also sucks.

acutfjg,

Disagree with the analogy. This is more like a kid complaining that other kids want them to do their homework, while still doing their own homework.

If you’ve got a job you’re trying to offload on others just because you don’t want to do it, you’re the asshole.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod, in Which things have you avoided or embraced on the name alone?
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

I avoided the Instant Pot for a long time because it sounded cheap and all those functions couldn't possibly work well.

I was wrong. I was so wrong.

Yawnder,

Shame!

I mean same actually. I was snobbing it because I used a manual pressure cooker at the time, but now… so freaking convenient.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

Mine makes yogurt from milk and yogurt.

It’s a perpetual yogurt machine.

And it makes chili!

Yawnder,

For us it’s chili, veggie scraps broth, whole chickens, and lentil soups.

CmdrShepard,

Let me get this straight, this machine makes yogurt but one of the ingredients required is yogurt? That’s revolutionary.

0xD,

You need like two tablespoons of yoghurt per liter of milk. Just cook the milk beforehand and let it cool to about 45°C. Mix in the yoghurt and put it in an oven with the light on for a few hours. Voilà!

Seaguy05, in Am i the a**hole for telling my coworkers no?

How do you plan to manage a bunch of people that don’t respect you?

Diplomjodler,

Key learning opportunity right there.

Wogi,

He’s “training to be a manager” which is manager speak for “I have nothing concrete to offer you, here’s an empty promise”

meco03211, (edited )

Or, “take on some/all of my tasks without consideration for your current workload and with no additional compensation.”

SmokingFurry,

Everyone is my dept respects me. They do what I say when I say it. They know I’m in charge and I’m not that bad of a manager. I actually have experience from 2 other stores. It’s the girls in other dept that is so used to the other floor guys, current and old, saying YES YES YES!!! However I don’t say yes which makes them mad.

In my store we have “floor guys” that do everything. We are supposed to know the store and help when and where we can. Which is why we get paid more. However just because we CAN doesn’t mean we SHOULD. Even the store managers are tired of it which is why we had a meeting where they got told it’s not our job. Pissed them off.

I’m not gonna be a store manager. Just someone who manages the guys and what they do. Basically make sure they aren’t fucking off 90% of the day.

RampantParanoia2365,

I just realized “floor guy” doesn’t mean “flooring department guy” and now this all makes more sense.

shalafi, (edited )

Sounds like what I call Pretty Girl Syndrome. Pretty girls are never told no and are appalled when anyone does so. I can hardly hold it against them, it’s just the way life has been for them, but still.

AeroLemming, in Am i the a**hole for telling my coworkers no?

Just sharing my opinion: I’m not a fan of these kinds of posts. You’re obviously not the asshole and it feels like you just posted this for validation. There is no ambiguity here and the post definitely gives off reddit-esque, “AITA for leaving my boyfriend of 2 months after he cheated on me with 9 people and stole a family heirloom worth $200,000 to fund his heroin addiction?” vibes.

elbarto777,

“Am I the asshole for now allowing strangers to kick me in the nuts every day?”

SmokingFurry, (edited )

I was just mad because I had a few people telling me I was a dick, smart-ass, asshole, ect. Just for telling them no. I thought maybe I was being unreasonable.

However I get what you’re saying.

KISSmyOS,

The issue probably wasn’t you telling them no, but the way you did it.

AeroLemming, (edited )

That makes sense. They just sound lazy and upset that you aren’t doing their jobs anymore. The fact that management sided with you says a lot.

can, (edited )

Might I suggest !vent?

SmokingFurry,

I’m sorry 😞 I didn’t know that was a community. I also really did want to know if i did something wrong, but I do see that as a better fit.

can,

Oh no don’t apologize. Your post did well here. Just sharing another community.

No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston,

Top this scenario with the frequent:
“the wedding is in two hours”
and it can also be in relationship advice

sparky678348, in When searching for Lemmy communities do you sort by new, old or top hour etc

All/top6 hours is the way

IonAddis,
@IonAddis@lemmy.world avatar

Top 6 > Top 12 > Top hour > New

Although usually after Top 12 I’ll wander away, or decide to contribute something somewhere myself.

MooseBoys, in Which things have you avoided or embraced on the name alone?

I thought Fight Club was a boxing movie and had no interest in seeing it. I only saw it because I tried downloading Jackass on Kazaa and it ended up being Fight Club. The intro had me hooked.

CmdrShepard,

You’re lucky it wasn’t Bill Clinton “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky” instead.

Scubus,

I thought you werent supposed to talk about it?

ieatmeat,

Wait… It’s not a boxing movie? Haven’t seen it yet for the same reason.

victorz, in Would you choose invisibility or teleportation?

awesome for pranks “and stuff”

Myeah 😏

JubilantJaguar, in Which things have you avoided or embraced on the name alone?

So easy! Whatsapp!

Dumbest. Name. Ever.

So hopelessly of its time, namely that moment when the word “app” was the coolest thing ever among normies because iPhone.

And, cherry on the top, coined by geeks with language skills so poor that they thought “app” rhymes with “up”, which it absolutely does not to anyone who speaks English properly.

What an embarrassingly dumb name.

Globulart, (edited )

I appreciate what you’re saying, but given the literal billions of users I’d say they absolutely nailed it.

AtmaJnana,

If you want to make money hand-over-fist , you can’t shy away from the “normies.” IMO, using “normies” unironically is way more cringe.

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