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papalonian ,

I swear, y'all will find anything to complain about Windows, lol. Not that it isn't sometimes justified.

papalonian ,

Usually when I get into a relationship with someone and their kids have had vibes I immediately start abusing them, like no questions asked

papalonian ,

Don't let @Grayox hear you saying that. He may not like you speaking ill on his God.

papalonian ,

I think you're describing me trying to do 75% of my interests/ hobbies.

papalonian ,

I mean.. not really? I get the meme but there are a ton of merit badges you can do sitting in your room. I was a scout 15-20 years ago, I remember going through my handbook and doing all of the badges I was able to without going anywhere or buying anything in one weekend and asking my leader for like 15 badges the next day.

Though I may have to correct myself, I think these were belt loops I was earning at this point, I don't remember the difference (I think the fancy sash comes a little later, at which point.. maybe my comment was unnecessary.)

papalonian ,

But why invent scissors before you can cut out those little paper dolls holding hands

papalonian ,

It's really frustrating that you read the comment outlining the kind of regulation that would help, yet you somehow think the only kind of regulation possible is "make houses harder and more expensive to build" and dip out of the conversation with a "wow ur dumb lol". It's almost as if you've been arguing in bad faith and have no information to back up any of your takes.

papalonian ,

Wait, so this entire conversation you didn't make a single, tangible point or statement, just sarcastically asked questions doubting the possibility of their being another opinion besides your own, and when they answer all of these questions with sources and examples you run away because they're the ones repeating what their side tells them..? And accuse them of being in the cult..

Can't make this up folks.

papalonian ,

Can you convince NPCs of anything?

He certainly tried with you, and demonstrated that you cannot.

papalonian , (edited )

The difference is that I know exactly why all the thing that are listed is mere propaganda

Think about this outside the context of this conversation. Do you understand how this is cyclical thinking? "I don't have to look at the other side's sources or perspective because I already know they're wrong and I'm right." This is the EXACT logic you used with your statement of, "can you convince an NPC of anything?" No, when they think like you, you absolutely cannot, because as you've just stated, you are not receptive to actual discussion, you think you know everything there is to know about both sides of the debate, and you're not willing to engage in anything that you don't already agree with.

You are so blatantly displaying all of the one sided brainwashed traits you think you're so far above, in the same comments you accuse others of being one sided in. God help us.

Edit: also lol at the "if you just want to do what your side says then fine". My guy showed examples of the regulations he's talking about actually working and said, "here's some sources of this working, we could do something similar". Assumedly without reading anything, you blindly said it wouldn't work and hur dur ur dumb lol. Which person is just doing what their side says again? Yeesh.

papalonian ,

If I'm understanding you correctly, when you say you do housing, you mean that you work on the construction side of things, either literally physically building homes or working with companies that do so.

How does this directly relate to, say, regulation on how many vacant homes a rental company can own? Or regulation on zoning / type of housing able to be built in certain areas?

"Housing not getting built" is not the only issue that needs to be addressed, and seeing as it's the only issue you've given any insight on, it's hard to believe that you, a single person in a country full of people trying to figure it out, "fully understand every aspect of why it's expensive." It doesn't matter to the average homebuyer how much a house costs to build, if the company that paid to have it built is selling it for 3x that price, or they're only renting, or they just want to let the house sit to drive supply lower.

There are reasons that houses are expensive to build, and there's reason that houses are expensive to buy. There's obviously a lot of overlap but they are not the same lists. There is regulation that exists that can mitigate the latter without exacerbating the former. You are simply refusing to look at examples.

papalonian ,

They were supposed to get rid of the squirrels not give them a house.

It were you that done gave em the house now wunnit?

papalonian ,

No dude, this is Lemmy, where the most interesting thing to talk about it how we're not on Reddit.

Not that I think about it, it's kinda like how Redditors used to circle jerk over not being on 9gag or iFunny.

papalonian ,

You've packed the wrong towel

papalonian ,

Seems like most of the older videos from the meme aren't on the channel anymore, at least not under the same upload. Guess he didn't want someone to stumble upon them and be misinformed

papalonian ,

Hate when I H.A.R.D.C.O.R.E. my pants

[OC] Anyone else insist on using the generic name for all meds? (lemmy.world)

Image: 4 panels organized in a rectangle following a sequential order like a comic strip. The first panel is of a man with a very serious face stating, "Hey man, got any diphenhydramine?" The second panel is a grainy picture of the actor Robert Downey Jr. with a slightly inquisitive face and saying, "What's that?" The third...

papalonian ,

Corporations have spent lots of money for their brands to be household names.

Corporations are terrified of their name becoming genericized, though. At least in the US, a company can lose it's protection of the use of their name if they don't fight it being used for things that are not their product. For example, "Dumpster" used to be a trademarked name for a large outdoor garage bin. It became so popular that every large outdoor garbage bin was called a dumpster, and now everyone making and selling them can call it a dumpster without getting sued

papalonian ,

The same way sending them the show will help. If your show is that big they can just look it up reviews or clips on YouTube or whatever. I don't think employers want to watch an entire season of someone's work to decide to hire them, but if it's a recognizable show like some of the ones pictured they may not even have to look it up

papalonian ,

Bro I'm in the same boat as you, I just started lifting about a month and a half ago and I could barely move our Olympic bar, now I'm moving weight I literally thought I'd never touch. It's still laughably low for anyone who's been moderately athletic/ strong their whole lives but it starts somewhere right?

papalonian ,

Hell yeah. Congrats on 200 bro, I just hit 115 this week and I was only shooting for 100 😤 haha

papalonian ,

Please, don't remind me of those dark times.

papalonian ,

My brother in Christ, are we viewing the same image? Thems dishes is nasty

papalonian ,

Well it just doesn't make sense. "don't blame the parent, they're just enabling bad behavior." ??? Don't enable the bad behavior

papalonian ,

Except that this is OP's "adult" daughter. He's not dealing with kids anymore. He's enabling an adults shit behavior.

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    papalonian ,

    Haha, hilarious! Great meme!

    Oh, wait. It's a political post with misleading or inaccurate information with no attempt at humor. Woops, my mistake.

    papalonian ,

    I had an iPhone back when the 3Gs was the newest phone, then an iPod touch 4g after that. None of them had a file explorer while my android phone from the time did. I didn't know they had added one until recently when I saw it on my roommate's phone. So they probably didn't know iOS had one

    papalonian ,

    Yeah, I understand. It does make sense if you think about the demographic that usually uses iPhones vs Androids, I'd be willing to bet 80% of iPhones/iPods (do they even still make the iPod touch?) have only ever opened that app mistakenly haha.

    Not trying to start a flame war or anything, just most iPhone users I know would pretty much never need to use the file explorer.

    papalonian ,

    RIP to a legend.

    papalonian ,

    That isn’t a negative though.

    We aren't saying that they're flaws. Read my earlier comment, I'm just making observations. Nothing wrong with not needing to use an app.

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    papalonian ,

    though I've picked up vaping because of my anxiety...

    Seems like you're already figured this out, but that doesn't really mean anything. People start drinking alcohol (a depressant) because they're depressed.

    Signed, a previously anxious pothead.

    papalonian ,

    I'm probably gonna sound super snobby here so apologies in advance, but I'm not really "using" anything. I was in a bad spot mentally for various reasons (extremely toxic relationship for one) and was smoking weed as a bandaid to deal with everything, but it was at a point where I was consuming copious amounts of concentrated weed 24/7 and acting like a total burnout just to try to feel normal. Once I was able to start getting my shit figured out and began dealing with things in a healthier way, I didn't need to smoke anymore.

    I should say that I do still smoke weed daily, probably more than I should, but I don't feel agitated or anxious when I can't go a few hours/ most of the day without lighting up like I used to. I also know it doesn't actually help with anxiety and just having that knowledge in the back of my mind helped me stop using it like it did.

    TL,DR; "it's all in your head bro, just feel better" /s

    papalonian ,

    Imagine being a Texan trying to brag about having your own power grid, after dozens of people froze to death because of how shitty that power grid is.

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    papalonian ,

    I can't be completely sure what thing that is

    That is the blåhaj. Note the instance OP is posting from.

    For some reason it became a mascot of sorts for the trans community

    papalonian ,

    Maybe I'm dumb but I don't understand the "format" - are the top and bottom sections of text supposed to be related to the middle text? Why is the text over a bottle of alcohol?

    papalonian ,

    Hate when the government loses my servers :(

    papalonian ,

    Not just hotels but houses too. There would be a slot inside the medicine cabinet for disposing razors into the wall. Dude who came up with the idea was probably like, "we'll all be dead from nuclear bombs before any of these fill up or needs to be renovated".

    papalonian ,

    Replace "nuclear bombs" with whatever relevant worldwide threat you'd like and the joke should still land for you 👍🏼

    papalonian ,

    I've got one of those fuck-you flashlights from when I first found out about "enthusiast" flashlights a few years ago. It gets bright enough to burn dark colored objects if you concentrate the light on a small part, works like a giant magnifying glass/ sun combo. I need to buy a charger for the battery so I can play around with it again, it was too much fun seeing people's faces when I made it daylight for an entire street.

    papalonian ,

    Except for when it's like the one plan I made that I was actually looking forward to

    Just gives me confirmation bias that I shouldn't make plans

    papalonian ,

    That's how people feel about the idea proposal in your meme, lol

    ETA I agree the two party is stupid but unfortunately getting "everyone to start voting third party" has never worked every time it's brought up

    papalonian ,

    I don't know anything about Tor and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

    papalonian ,

    I still know incredibly little about the Tor browser and how it works, but I appreciate your response!

    I guess I don't understand what the difference is between using the Tor browser and just using a VPN. I've also got very little idea what a "node" is so that's probably my issue haha.

    papalonian ,

    Garbo post. What is meant by "actually" leftist? Does Reddit make any claims to being leftist that it's failing to back up? Why does your source of memes and internet titties need to align with your views in every way? Are you incapable of existing outside of an echo chamber?

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