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angstylittlecatboy, in Why are we as humans obsessed with mass-extinction of our species?

It’s spectacle. Unfathomable situations are inherently interesting.

AdminWorker, in What websites do you highly recommend to other likeminded hobbyists?

The problem with “what to buy to get started” is that that question is tantalizingly juicy to advertisers. Therefore, when a place is found it is usually captured by low quality high dollar cost advertisers (like reddit or amazon or essentially all the other sites that carry and recommend hobbiest products).

I think your best bet is to get to know a few people who actually are doing the hobby (not a advertising influencer) and see the cost points for real hobbiests.

Wumbologist,

Isn’t this the point of the OP, to get info from a few people who actually are doing the hobby?

AdminWorker,

He asked for a generalist site, so a site that has already been captured.

Wumbologist,

I don’t see this reflected in the question at all.

All being related to your hobby.

The way I read it, this last line suggests the opposite. OP wants people to recommend resources specific to their own hobbies.

ryven, in Why are we as humans obsessed with mass-extinction of our species?
@ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

We have only recently (in terms of the length of history) entered an era where we can produce weapons capable of eliminating our own entire species. Wouldn’t it be weird if we weren’t thinking about that?

Lennnny, in So how much "bad" debt are you in?
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

Like £25k for a photography degree from 15 years ago. I moved to the US and paid bits of it back (it’s means tested so you just tell them what you earn and they base it on that). I’ve been ignoring their letters because idk, I don’t really want to pay it back? I remember the mandatory classes where we applied for ucas, so I feel like it’s on them for shoving 18 year olds through the loan system for profit.

FrankenSpinach, in What websites do you highly recommend to other likeminded hobbyists?

Hackaday has been a great place as a starting point for a wide variety of hobbies. And for seeing what fun things people put together

audiomodder, in What websites do you highly recommend to other likeminded hobbyists?

Wikifeet

thisbenzingring,

Stinkyfeet

BreadOven,

🧦

Rhynoplaz, in What websites do you highly recommend to other likeminded hobbyists?

Pornhub. Don’t ask me about my hobbies.

Curly722,

Oscar winning story writing?

PP_BOY_,
@PP_BOY_@lemmy.world avatar

PH is by far the worst porn site

wantd2B1ofthestrokes,

What are your hobbies?

Rhynoplaz,

Fishin’

DancingIsForbidden, (edited )
@DancingIsForbidden@lemmy.world avatar

Oh yes, i saw the uh, that one uh, …erotic… film they shot on the fishing boat! That certainly was an …interesting choice of bait. And a highly unusual catch as well 😳

Rhynoplaz,

Any fool can bait a hook, but it takes years to become a mastur.

Burninator05,

I saw that one too! The actors had to work with what they were given because of the implication from the director.

completemuppit,

Crabbin’

JJROKCZ,

Plumbing

UraniumBlazer,

Designing washing machines

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S, (edited ) in What is an musical instrument would you like to know how to play?
@PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org avatar
  1. Violin so I can play sick violin solos over metal music.
  2. Drums so I can play blast beats all day in literally every local metal band.
  3. Saxophone so I can do this.
Leviathan,

Good to find someone who has the exact opposite taste in Metal that I do. Except point two, blast beats are the shit.

pastermil, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

Politicians

const_void, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

Diversity and Inclusion Officer

Nardatronic,

I dunno. There’s an inclusion officer at my kids school who’s sole role is to make sure kids get the help that they need to not get left behind academically. They don’t have “Diversity” in their title, so it may not be demographic driven which I’m guessing is the distinction.

lorty,
@lorty@lemmy.ml avatar

They mean the C-Suite “position” that changes absolutely nothing about inclusion or diversity in the company.

Anyolduser,

They run the yearly mandatory training that tells everyone that diversity is not in fact an old, old wooden ship.

cricket97,

Very controversial statement but really couldn’t be more true. Of course there might be exceptions but most of the time it’s a cushy job where you are paid exorbitant amounts to do practically nothing of value.

dingus,

This is an interesting one that I hadn’t thought of before. I think the same could probably be said for any sort of corporate job where you’re coming up with stupid corporate nonsense speak. Like whoever’s job it is that’s seems to come.up with a million pointless acronyms for a company that they share with new employees at orientation for some reason.

Diversity and etc. is no doubt important, but should be strived for as a group.

intensely_human, in Why are we as humans obsessed with mass-extinction of our species?

Because when the world is about to end it’s an excuse to not try at life.

Cryophilia,

"I’m not gonna save for retirement because I’m not gonna live past the age of 30 lol"

  • every 22 year old

"Fuck."

  • every 31 year old
Mossheart, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

Landlord

13esq,

Not a job

themurphy,

It’s like calling shareholder a job.

iloverocks,

Its a crime imao

13esq,

But their money is at risk! 😱

cricket97,

I don’t know why people are so insistent it’s not a job rather than arguing that it’s a bad job, etc. Small landlords almost certainly put a lot of time into maintaining the property, handling occupancy, reporting income, etc. How is it any less a job than renting out bouncy houses. Sure some landlords might outsource all this, in which case it’s more akin to holding interest bearing assets, but for a small landlord it almost certainly is a job under any definition of the word.

13esq,

Small landlords put in a lot of time?

How much would you say? My job takes 37 hours a week.

cricket97,

Is a job a job only if it takes a certain amount of hours a week? dumb comment tbh

But to answer the question my friend who owns 2 properties spends probably anywhere from 10-30 hours a week. He mows the grass, takes trash to the dump, makes repairs himself, etc.

13esq, (edited )

Pull the other one mate.

If a landlord is providing services like mowing the lawn and taking rubbish out etc, you can damn well guarantee that they’re charging extra for those services.

You honestly believe a landlord spends 15 hours per week maintaining a property? At that point, you’d be exceeding by far your tenants right to a reasonable expectation of privacy, so are you really that gullible or are you just on some really good shit? You’ve clearly never rented a property yourself.

cricket97,

He does not charge extra for those services. Idk what you are on about, I know for a fact maintaining his property takes a decent amount of work. I don’t respect some internet nobody telling me that isn’t true lol. 15 hours is not that much time.

Pyr_Pressure, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

Health insurance agent, health insurance CEO, health insurance board member, etc

Haywire, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

“Startup founder”

257m,

That depends most startups are shit and fail but they still are useful. But the idea is VCs will just fund thousands of startups in hopes one is a unicorn and actually has a product worth selling.

Haywire,

But the founder is expected to use capital they don’t have to fund the business until it is attractive to people with capital. They are expected to market the product without marketing experience. They are expected to negotiate with people who are negotiating from a position of strength and who has much more experience. They are expected to be personally attractive to get interest from VCs. After they have gotten traction they are expected to be “coachable” and follow the advice of advisors that up until now have not been involved in the growth of the company.

The ecosystem is broken. Founders rarely get funding and when they do they end up losing most of the business they built. VCs are getting very few positive results.

257m,

If big VC firms were losing money in terms of net total they wouldn’t exist. Albeit most of them define success as being acquired by a big company like Google. As for independent VCs most of them are probably wasting heaps of money and just following the hype.

cricket97,

not a bullshit job either. being a successful startup founder is one of the most stressful and hard working jobs out there.

Haywire,

Stressful, expensive, hard working and statistically unproductive.

neptune, in What was the cringiest moment of your life?

If it makes you feel any better OP I worked at Chipotle in a very white part of the US.

When you start out, you heat the Tortillas and the ask about rice and beans before someone else does the hard work.

White or brown?

Black or pinto?

Ok not super racist.

We hire this gay guy and a bunch of kids come in mispronouncing everything. He took major pride in asking them all if they wanted FA JITAS. Very funny.

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