I had a bird in my basement last summer. Scared the hell out of everybody until we realized it wasn't a bat. Then it was just a matter of herding the panicky little idiot back outside.
Sure, the first year (or two) of COVID were wretched, but most of those barriers have since cleared — yet I’m still struggling. I’ve noticed the same with a number of people within my family and neighbourhood....
Seeing the other post here about YouTuber that went downhill and seeing content creators I am familiar with makes me sad. But how about those that still makes great, high quality content?
I rocked a Samsung Alias 2 for 4 years before I got an iPhone 5. The e-ink keyboard was awesome how it changed when you flipped the screen open to portrait or landscape.
You could really take your pick of Vampire the Masquerade baddies.
Ur-Shulgi, for instance, who looks like a charred corpse, has led multiple genocides, is directly referred to as "violence incarnate," and doesn't seem to have a goal beyond exterminating everything he considers unclean. Depending on who you ask, that may very well be damn near everything, period.
Or Sascha Vykos, who... to call them a torturer is like saying Michelangelo kinda knew how to paint. Vykos is a monster in every sense of the word, and cruelty is both method and goal in a lot of their schemes.
The Matrix is an often used example, but for me it’s the Alien Prequels - especially Alien: Covenant really makes the Original Alien much worse. When the original was released in 1979 it had the perfect Monster. A dangerous killing machine of unknown origin. The missing background of the alien is a big part of its scary mess....
I have my own thought on midichlorians: Qui-Gon was wrong. No big conspiracy or anything. He was just in-universe misinformed, such that cause and effect were reversed.
You're not strong in the Force because you have midichlorians. If that were the case General Grievous's attempt to become Force sensitive by infusing the blood of Syfo Dias would've worked.
You have a lot of midichlorians because you're strong in the Force, and they're drawn to that like flies.
It's still a useful measure, but there's no causal element to them.
Especially when you consider that it was coined to refer to literally impossible action. It's not meant to be about self-reliance or whatever, it's something that cannot be done.
Teach him early and remind him often about how to vet his sources. Things like making sure you know who's funding what you're reading, what the political reputation of the sites you're reading on are, and so forth.
Honestly, this is probably the single most important internet skill that exists, second only to (maybe) information security / data privacy, and I didn't get my first serious classroom lesson on this until I was in my Master's degree program. This is a skill people need from goddamn grade school these days.
Yes, it can be tedious, yes it can be exhausting, but if you want to understand who is, or could be, pulling your strings, you have to understand how to vet your sources. Never learning to do this is the path to Fox News viewership.
My local coffee shop has a no birds sign on the door. It is placed at eye height for walking birds. (lemmy.world)
Happy Christian Pride Month! (lemmy.ml)
Is it just my circle, or has it been a challenge getting into the Christmas/holiday spirit the last couple of years?
Sure, the first year (or two) of COVID were wretched, but most of those barriers have since cleared — yet I’m still struggling. I’ve noticed the same with a number of people within my family and neighbourhood....
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Which YouTuber still creates high-quality videos to this day?
Seeing the other post here about YouTuber that went downhill and seeing content creators I am familiar with makes me sad. But how about those that still makes great, high quality content?
NSFE (i.imgflip.com)
“Stop or I’ll Say Stop Again!” Yells Mom Known for Empty Threats (lemmy.world)
People who do know (programming.dev)
Original post here - startrek.website/post/4186125
What was the last dumb phone you had before your first smartphone? (lemmy.world)
I rocked a Samsung Alias 2 for 4 years before I got an iPhone 5. The e-ink keyboard was awesome how it changed when you flipped the screen open to portrait or landscape.
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How is this not the worst episode of DS9? (lemmy.world)
HOI players are built different (files.catbox.moe)
[Disclaimer:] do not take this too serious ;)
Who is the cruelest fictional villain?
I’m not just talking cruelty in terms of their goals, but also how they went about achieving their goals
Gascar (slrpnk.net)
When you don't appreciate my extremely long cat themed poetry (izzydata.xyz)
Ode to Spot...
What do you think happened to the hikers in the Dyatlov Pass Incident?
Here’s the wiki for those unfamiliar: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
V For Vendetta (lemmy.world)
“Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot.”...
Toddlers are put to work spreading cheer at Japanese nursing home (www.nbcnews.com)
Once a week, Rena Shinohara heads off to work, clocking in for a shift at a job one could say she was born to do....
Which sequels/prequels/spinoffs made the originals somehow worse?
The Matrix is an often used example, but for me it’s the Alien Prequels - especially Alien: Covenant really makes the Original Alien much worse. When the original was released in 1979 it had the perfect Monster. A dangerous killing machine of unknown origin. The missing background of the alien is a big part of its scary mess....
What popular quote are you tired of hearing?
Bonus points if it’s usually misused/misunderstood by the people who say it
What's your favorite restaurant chain?
I miss Fuddruckers and doubt anything will ever fill that hole in my heart.
Hi kbinners! Fuck spez (media.kbin.social)
Teaching children about online manipulation without creating a paranoid world view subject to manipulation?
Ok, this is not going to be a well formulated question, because the concerns behind it are nebulous in my own head....