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Letstakealook, in What could my upstairs neighbor possibly be doing to make this much noise?

Many people have terrible gaits and slam their heels down as they walk. I don’t know how someone comes to walk this way, as I’d imagine it is comfortable or great for the joints.

Gormadt,
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Typically it’s due to shoes

I spent a lot of time barefoot as a kid and now I wear barefoot shoes when not at work, I walk on the balls of my feet

My roommate slams his heels into the ground hard enough I can tell when he gets home as I can hear him walking up the stairs outside the apartment

He wore shoes all the time as a kid and primarily wears boots

EinfachUnersetzlich,

What are barefoot shoes?

Gormadt,
@Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Basically shoes that are super wide for your toes and have no difference in height between your heel and the balls of your feet

They also are typically quite light weight

They take a little getting used to at first but after the little break in period there really nice

These are the ones I’ve got

Rivalarrival,

Basically, moccasins. Very thin, very flexible soles, with a wide toe box, so your feet can fully splay. They offer some protection against sharp rocks and similar hazards, but absolutely no support. Some have individual toes instead of a toe box.

JDubbleu, (edited )

They also make your feet absolutely ripped. I bought a pair from Vivo Barefoot a year and a half ago and they took about a month to not be tiring to walk in. I felt muscles in my feet I didn’t know existed, and now my feet are the most vascular part of my body and look like I do some crazy for specific exercise. I can’t wear normal shoes anymore because my toes feel cramped, not being able to feel the ground feels weird, and I feel like I’m gonna slip way more because I can’t “grip” the ground with my foot.

My back doesn’t hurt from walking anymore. Highly recommend, but you gotta give yourself a month to get used to them. Many barefoot shoe stores do 90 day returns no questions asked to give you time to adjust.

dustyData,

Shoes that don’t restrict the feet movements. Basically gloves for feet. Only protect superficially to allegedly allow the foot full range of motion and train and stimulate the use of all the muscles when walking and running. They reached peak popularity back in 2010. Recently some studies had questioned this claims as they seem to increase the rate of injuries, for of course, they provide no ankle support or torsion protection.

macrocephalic, in What is your unpopular flim opinion

The original Star Wars movies were probably really good and genre defining in the late 70s, but they’re just boring and campy now.

tacomama,

I accept this. I saw these when they premiered- like lining up outside the theatre and everyone cheering, etc. That was in middle school and high school and it was a true experience at the time. So, I’ll always have a soft spot for them, but you’re basically correct.

surewhynotlem,

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug

mriormro,
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Old things used to be good, now they’re not so good if you compare them with the new things.

I_Fart_Glitter,

Same with original Star Trek. I love Trek, but that shit is unwatchable. I read the novels to get the context to better enjoy TNG and after, I can’t hand the godawful sound effects and William Shatner’s smug mug. How are there so many episodes based around how “attractive” that man is?!

HubertManne, in What is your favorite time travel movie or show?
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Steins;Gate

Extrasvhx9he,

Great choice

LordOfTheChia, (edited )

IMDb link: imdb.com/title/tt1910272/

It’s on Hulu, Funimation, and Crunchyroll

It has a really good dub

Edit: Might also be on Netflix in Japan and UK

fastandcurious,

Was searching for this, probably has one of the best anime dubs so anyone can enjoy it

Trail,

Especially the visual novel.

captain_aggravated, in What do you call this place?
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That’s a powerline cut.

LEDZeppelin, in What country are you using lemmy from?

Nice try, NSA!

noroute,

Don’t worry NSA already knows were you at LOL

livus, in What gifts are you getting for your friends and family members?
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I don't know, I'm in here to scope ideas.

tacosplease, in Former religious lemmings, what made you quit religion or stop being a believer?

Took a couple decades.

At 13 I realized one’s religion - and therefore whether they live in paradise or suffer for all eternity - depends almost entirely on the place of birth.

Why would God do it that way? There is only one correct religion and thousands of false ones? I would need to be very lucky to have been born into a culture that spoon fed me the one correct religion while discouraging all the others. What were the odds of me not going to hell?

From around 18 on it was religious people’s behavior and politics. Why do religion’s “morals” support irresponsible and hateful legislation?

Mid to late 20s I got into philosophy and realized “because God” is never the simplest answer.

Where did the universe come from? God made it of course.

But where did God come from? He was always there.

Then why couldn’t the universe just be the thing that was always there? Or at least the conditions that allowed for the universe to come into existence?

Adding God into the mix only complicates the answer and makes it less likely to be true compared to whatever our current best, simplest hypothesis is.

NocturnalMorning, in What are some productive things to do when you wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep for a few hours?

Move to the couch, and read a boring book if you can’t sleep. Don’t do anything stimulating or chances are it will make it harder to eventually go back to sleep.

KISSmyOS, in What Linux distro should I choose?

Use Linux Mint until you know what other distro fits you better.

livus, in Can anyone else feel sensations in their brain?
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It's most probably feelings from your nerves, that you are re-interpreting as coming from inside your brain. Kind of like how headaches sometimes feel as if they are in the middle of your brain.

jacktherippah, in What companies have made your blacklist?

I loathe Samsung. Their bootloader unlocking is bullshit. Never getting another dollar from me ever again.

TauriWarrior,

? I unlocked bootloader easily, just enabled it in settings on my note 20 ultra

jacktherippah,

You’ve just tripped Knox and permanently lost multiple features

MeanEYE,
@MeanEYE@lemmy.world avatar

If I remember correctly just “unlocking” doesn’t trip Knox. However installing custom boot or rom, does.

jacktherippah,

It does. Unlocking the Samsung bootloader blows the e-fuse. Locking your bootloader again won’t do anything to restore functionality.

MeanEYE,
@MeanEYE@lemmy.world avatar

It’s been a while since I rooted Samsung device.

paf0,

Yup. Samsung sold smartwatches that promised an upcoming ECG feature to have it only available when connected to a Samsung phone when it came out, but not other Android phones. They also try and force you to put their TVs on your network so they can track everything you do. Never again.

JohnWorks, (edited )

You’re not missing out on much. I stopped using the ecg feature on the Samsung watches when it gave me an AFib warning and I went to a doctor about it. They hooked me up to an EKG and said I was fine and looked at the chart my watch generated and said the chart there also looked fine. I put on both my apple watch and galaxy watch and was measuring both at the same time and the apple watch gave out either high heart rate (I just got back from a walk) or inconclusive meanwhile the galaxy watch fired off another false AFib warning.

Bakkoda, (edited )

I’m still rocking my 15+ year old Syncmaster 245BW as my rack monitor and that’s the last Samsung item I purchased.

neptune, in Be honest: if you had the power to stop time, your morals would go out the window.

Consequences aren’t the only thing that cause people to act they way they act. It’s certainly one reason some people don’t do certain things.

One reason Homelander is the way he is is because how he was raised. If tomorrow I got all Homelander’s powers, I wouldn’t instantly become a psychopath. I mean it might occur to me that any action I might take, and no one could stop me or punish me. But as Homelander observed (at least in the prior season, I’m not entirely caught up) that alienation from his fellow supers is actually a consequence he deals with.

pomodoro_longbreak,
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A good example of this is asking yourself if you would kill your immediate family if you could do so with impunity. For most of us the answer is, of course, no. That’s because of familiarity, and how we think of them as our “in group.” Same goes for anyone else. If you’re morally developed then no one should be afraid of you, except maybe the truly vile.

madcaesar,

I’m not a violent person and never get into trouble but if I suddenly became superman I’d immediately punch Putin to death. And a bunch of other politicans / plutocrats that have made the world 100x worse.

neptune,

This is exactly what happens in The Boys too

Spoilers for the first few seasons: the righteous non supers find drugs to give themselves superheroes so they can battle the corrupt super heroes. Yes, this cheat code to power begins to corrupt them too.

Further, the super hero Council and corporation works hard to replace the roles the military covers. They then become an unaccountable shadow agency that the people want to keep doing the work of the government… But then democracy is slipping away.

madcaesar,

See I wouldn’t do any of that. I work from the top down only. Just keep punching assholes at the top to death, then the next person takes his place. Eventually there won’t be assholes left, so we’ll actually get good leaders 😅

I wouldn’t touch anything else, policing, military democracy it all unfolds as it does. But assholes wouldn’t run for office or lead any douchenoozle armies becuase, you guessed it, punched to death!

lvxferre, in What are some green flags in a partner in your opinion?
@lvxferre@lemmy.ml avatar
  1. The person says “I don’t know” fairly often. It shows that the person is not quick to draw conclusions, based on little to no information; this is gold, it means avoiding a lot of personal drama where they could blame you for things that they assume that you did.

  2. They’re generally on the same page about common acquaintances as you.

H1jAcK,

“Hey hon, what do you want for dinner?”

I don’t know.

“Well, should we go out or cook?”

I don’t know.

“Did you know you’re annoying as fuck?”

I don’t know.

lvxferre, (edited )
@lvxferre@lemmy.ml avatar

That’s different. I’m talking about avoiding to rush towards certainty, not lack of opinion/preference.

That said, “I don’t know… it’s too late to buy groceries, but we got a frozen lasagna, there are some vegs in the fridge, and I could whip some fried chicken if you want. What do you want?” sounds perfect for me. So the issue here isn’t the “I don’t know”, it’s the lack of input.

[Dunno if you were speaking seriously or joking. If joking, sorry for the serious answer.]

H1jAcK,

Very much joking

Pons_Aelius, (edited ) in What are some green flags in a partner in your opinion?

They have friends who are not the same gender/sexual orientation as they are. (good indicator they are accepting of people dissimilar to them)

The read for pleasure.

tburkhol, in What is good to eat when you have no appetite?

Nuts are super nutrient-dense. Just a handful gets you a decent amount of calories & protein. You can crush some up and mix with your oatmeal if they’re too much to chew.

MightyWeaksauce,
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I like this idea!

EatYouWell,

Peanut butter is kinda my go-to snack in general, especially with some of the no sugar added flavored ones (I have one with coffee mixed in that’s amazing).

TWeaK,

Nuts and seeds.

With women who have already had breast cancer, taking 12mg of lignin (found in flak and some other seeds) every day correlated with an 80% reduction in death after 5 years.

Beans are good also. As well as Greens, Onions, Mushrooms, & Berries.

hydrospanner,

(found in flak and some other seeds)

How much anti-aircraft fire do you have to take to get that 12mg though?

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