Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)P

2piradians

@ 2piradians @lemmy.world

Posts
5
Comments
51
Joined
2 yr. ago

  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

    Jump

  • Seconded. The number of people who stay in the left lane at or below the speed limit, watching people pass them on the right to get by, is too damn high. I have no idea what possesses someone to do this but in my area there is no shortage of them.

  • Removed

    Do you think Trump will fall because of the new Epstein emails?

    Jump

  • Not just emails, it will take more than that.

    I have the smallest glimmer of hope that republicans will seize the chance to get the hell rid of him with the momentum around all this. Even if they tried and failed it would likely split them.

    But any type of progress would need some type of smoking gun, which we haven't yet seen.

  • Deleted

    Am I being taken advantage of in Cambodia?

    Jump

  • Be realistic with yourself about what your stay at the family home implies to them. I don't mean that as a conclusion one way or the other. Tell them directly that this is a temporary situation, if that is what it is to you.

    And like another said, contraception unless you actually want a baby.

  • What is the most controversial TV finale?

    Jump

  • I like it since I learned that it ends so abruptly because the last POV is Tony's as he dies.

    That said, it whooshed nearly everyone who watched it and therefore pissed people off.

  • Whats the best voice acting in any video game?

    Jump

  • I don't play as many games as some of you, but Christopher Judge as Kratos is my favorite.

  • What was the stupidest road trip youve ever been on?

    Jump

  • The only thing that worried me was the ether. And I knew we'd be into that rotten stuff soon enough. Probably at the next gas station.

  • What turn of phrase do you hate?

    Jump

  • Fully agree, it contributes nothing but impotence. I make a habit of saying "we're stuck with this unless..."

    Sometimes change is impossible, but not nearly as often as this defeated little phrase gets thrown around.

  • 'Read' and its past tense are spelled the same. How should they be spelled?

    Jump

  • Indeed, I just blurted out the biggest association in my mind to the place

  • 'Read' and its past tense are spelled the same. How should they be spelled?

    Jump

  • On a different note there is Reading, a football club in UK, which is pronounced "Redding". This pronunciation is akin to the Reading Railroad from Monopoly (which I mispronounced all my life until today).

    Little details, picked up along the way.

  • Is Dune derivative?

    Jump

  • That makes sense. Dune itself had derivative elements, and since it was written many other works have lifted ideas from Dune.

    Similar to music from the 60s and other eras.

    I know I have my favorite versions of different works, and most often it's difficult to keep in mind that no art is definitely right or wrong. It's very hard to create something truly original.

  • Deleted

    Permanently Deleted

    Jump

  • I think it's reasonable to ask, but manage your expectations.

    I don't know if you have your own children, but they're a lifelong commitment. When they need you as a parent you have to be there. Your husband knows his son's needs and it sounds like he's doing a great job of helping him heal. Conversely, keeping the son away could lead to feelings of hopelessness...'if I can't rely on dad, I have nobody'.

    This may be the difference between a short term sharing of your husband's time (though not as short as you'd like) and an ongoing situation that creeps up when you'd hoped it was long since done. If that's too much for you, maybe you're not right together.

  • What is a song lyric that you misheard completely?

    Jump

  • It was Thunder Chief for me. I figured he must be bad juju.

  • Removed

    If COVID originated from a lab in China, do you think they should be penalized for it?

    Jump

  • Honest question--why are so many people quick to dismiss the possibility that the coronavirus leaked from the Wuhan lab?

    AFAIK the consensus is that COVID-19 originated in Wuhan. The same Wuhan that has a lab which had been studying coronaviruses for years prior to the outbreak.

    Some folks vehemently dismiss the idea that the lab could be the origin point, but why? What makes them so sure that this would have been impossible?

  • What's a phrase or saying that you learned from your parents that you don't hear others saying?

    Jump

  • I remember a similar one from the 90s. If someone stumbled someone else inevitably would say "walk much?". Or with a traffic mistake "drive much?".

    It evolved into just anything that came into someone's head, like if someone had a premonition "Nostradamus much?"

    I'm glad it died.

  • Removed

    What happens if you cry back at a baby, do they ever figuratively become the adult in the room and stop crying?

    Jump

  • You might get a momentary pause of confusion, but the baby will know you're faking and may start angry crying

  • Deleted

    Permanently Deleted

    Jump

  • Internet personalities/"influencers"

  • Why don't Americans use electric kettles?

    Jump

  • I do. And my kettle boils water faster than the electric stove.

    So when I boil larger quantities of water I prefer to boil ~2/3 in the kettle and 1/3 on the stove with a lid on for max speed; my time rarely feels more wasted than when I'm waiting for water to boil.

    I also use the kettle for hot drinks, of course. I've kept one since I lived in the UK.

  • What's a really popular TV show you just couldn't get into?

    Jump

  • On my second try I enjoyed it...until the final season.

    The show probably got different writers at that point. Whatever happened, everything previously built was just scrapped. It's like they made a list of random outlandish ideas, then shuffled and tried to connect them.

    If they had brought it all home it would have been a good, offbeat kind of show.

  • Who is an actor you can't stand, but everyone likes?

    Jump

  • Julianne Moore. I just don't buy her acting to the point that it breaks the immersion with everything she's in. So I don't watch anything she does.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    2piradians @lemmy.world

    Buyer's remorse is such a strong taboo that it leads people to defend things in their lives which harm them. Can anything be done to start countering this?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    2piradians @lemmy.world

    If you could Thanos snap one person, thing, or event from history...what would you choose?

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    2piradians @lemmy.world

    Jellyfish are the storm clouds of the sea

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    2piradians @lemmy.world

    Nobody ever calls or refers to pooh bear by his name

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    2piradians @lemmy.world
    Serious

    My high schooler worked at a fast food joint. Recently he encountered one of his underage coworkers under the influence of meth, which she said was given by management. What to do?