Wolf_359

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (8 children)

I can feel the difference between 71 and 73 in my house.

At 73, my kids room is uncomfortably hot. At 71, it has a perfect chill for sleeping.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Of course the kids don't know how to read them. Kids rarely encounter analog clocks and when they do, they have several digital clocks within arms length. Most people wouldn't reach for a slide rule when they have a calculator.

And to be fair, analog clocks are objectively worse than digital clocks in every way aside from aesthetics.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (11 children)

I would argue otherwise.

Wikipedia is incomprehensibly large. Perhaps the largest database of vetted human knowledge ever.

I know for a fact you can find inaccuracies and biased information if you look for it. But it's rare relative to the amount of information that exists there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, RDO is pretty much garbage. Blatant cash grab.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Did you beat the game?

I agree with this guy that it may be the best Western ever written.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I'm so glad it made everyone laugh.

Not going to lie, GPT caught me off guard with this one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I really love that you said test hamster instead of guinea pig.

I'm using this from now on.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think anyone who has worked HR knows why you ask for references.

Because some people literally list their mother.

Because others list previous employers or even best friends who have nothing nice to say about them.

And because some people, having really thought it through and providing the best reference they can come up with, list their buddy Steve who will get on the phone and say something like:

"Jack? Great fuckin' guy man. Works hard and parties hard, ya know? Just keep his psycho ex away from the job site bro, that bitch is crazy."

You can weed these people out without wasting time. Half of what a job interview is about is seeing if people have a good head on their shoulders. If you pick a bad reference or lack a good reference and don't even have the brains to have someone lie for you, it's probably the tip of the iceberg with your bad choices.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah, no kidding.

There are those special weekends though where you think it's 4pm and the clock only says 11am.

I find that getting up early, no matter how tired I am (and even if it means I need to nap later) makes weekends feel significantly longer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To each their own. Just be sure it's making you happy.

I work to live, but I don't live to work.

Life is short and I thoroughly enjoy playing a video game without a care in the world. With a kid and a house, I have plenty on my plate. I don't go out of my way looking for extra work. If the opportunity arises for me to "waste time" I take it and enjoy it without guilt.

Last night I got to play Lethal Company with two of my friends. Most fun I've had in months. No regrets.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Colleges definitely have counseling staff and I don't think it's far-fetched that you could be referred to one.

I mean, this post is definitely fake but that's not why.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm not saying it never happens, but it's not a super common occurrence.

And even if it is, locking down the entire internet and monitoring people in an Orwellian fashion isn't the government's job.

What happened back in the day when kids walked in on their parents doing the deed? What did the parents do when their child snuck a passage of Shakespeare and read all the filthy jokes he wrote?

Oh, they spoke to the kids and guided them through a normal part of life?

I have a son. I would like for him to not see graphic images on the Internet. But when he does, I will explain to him that human beings have sex (which is why he exists). I will tell him that sometimes people like to watch videos about it because it feels good to them. I will explain to him that it's fake, just like the action movies and violence he sees on TV. I will tell him it's nothing like that in reality and I will explain to him that he's not ready to see that material yet.

Fascists always gain control by offering "safety." Ironically, they're more dangerous than the thing they claim to protect you from.

Yeah, making a government list of porn watchers with their watch history available is 100% going to be abused. It will not turn out well.

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