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If nudity was more widely accepted, tattoos would be more popular. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I bet it'd also cause a huge comeback for those rub-on tattoos you used to get with bubblegum.

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[–] 58008@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The film and its follow-up set of miniseries:

From the same writer/director (Shane Meadows), I also recommend The Virtues (2019) miniseries.

Both projects are semiautobiographical. They can be a tough watch in certain episodes, so check doesthedogdie.com for possible triggers.

One of Shane Meadows' earlier films is often recommended, so it's probably one you've already seen, but Dead Man's Shoes (2004) is worth a look if it's new to you.

Black Licorice in c/loweffortmemes@crazypeople.online
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

This heinous gunk from the ancient folds of Satan's foreskin is the "candy" Ted Bundy gave to his child victims to make them realise the futility of resisting just to continue living in a world where people happily eat this half-petrified squirrel excreta for pleasure.

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I don't know what he has against birds, especially ones in flight (lemmy.world)
 
What do you think is the biggest issue with Lemmy? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Not just Lemmy, but all Fediverse frontends: it's confusing and cumbersome. I've been here for 2 years and I still find that it's very much lacking in the "user experience" department. I have add-ons and scripts to 'patch' things that ought not to need patching. I don't know if it's possible for this to happen given the nature of Fedi, but it should be the case that a new user would find it works more or less the same as non-Fedi software and not have to juggle instances and type hideous and long URLs into the search bar. Instance names and stuff like that should be available to people who want to see them, but by default there's little reason to frighten new users with it. Make it be under-the-hood type stuff. One follow button that works for your home instance regardless of where you are on the Fediverse would be a nice start.

Also, privacy needs to be handled better. Again, not sure if that's possible because of the nature of Fedi, but Lemmy should make users feel more secure than reddit or Twitter, not less. Like, it's bizarre that reddit protects my privacy more than Lemmy does, given that reddit doesn't really protect my privacy much at all.

It is what it is in c/Memes@europe.pub
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There is no expectation of privacy when you use incognito mode.

- Google, probably

What's the longest you've gone without a shower/bath. Why? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

A little over 3 months is my record. Mental health issues, naturally! 🥳 🎂 🎉

Anon turns on raytracing in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I never turn it on, the visual difference is too unimportant to warrant such a huge cost in hardware resources (and temperature). It looks different if you have side-by-side screenshots, or if you turn it off and on in-game, but if the difference is several orders of magnitude too slight to be worth it. Higher frames-per-second is more important than realistically-simulated light beams. You can't really have both in large AAA games.

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If one were so inclined, could you take your plot of land, parcel it up into 1-meter-squared (or smaller) sections, and sell each of those sections to different people/companies? (lemmy.world)
 

If I wanted to ensure that my land would never be used for a shopping mall or sports stadium, but I nevertheless wanted rid of the land, could I sell it in this almost 'crowdfunded' piecemeal manner and get my money, while also making the red tape involved in consolidating all of those 1-meter-squared chunks too costly to be worth doing?

Obviously no one would want a 1m piece of land, but maybe if they were doing it for activist reasons (like how the Cards Against Humanity people bought land to prevent Trump building his wall), or even as a novelty where they could buy it for their friend as a joke gift, it might be enticing. People could have annual parties where they go to their land and place a little deckchair on it and drink beers with their 'neighbours'.

A cuppa Jill in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

"Council Juice" in N. Ireland.

Jennifer Grey leaving an Irish court after she and her boyfriend Matthew Broderick killed two women with their car and got off with a $175 fine in c/gifs@lemmy.world
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Jennifer Grey leaving an Irish court after she and her boyfriend Matthew Broderick killed two women with their car and got off with a $175 fine (c.tenor.com)
 
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Rich people know their cosmetic surgery is obvious and uncanny, but that's the point; it's a way of signalling that you belong in a certain income bracket and that you're part of the 1% (lemmy.world)
 

If it were truly undetectable, I don't think they'd bother. They want to look like one of Trump's lumpen-faced groupies or a washed up Las Vegas magician. Their Hellraisered faces are like a meat-based country club membership card.

What are some of the most cringeworthy or embarrassing scenes or moments in TV that you've seen? in c/television@piefed.social
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

This was my first thought, too. Have to skip it when rewatching the show 😆

Her line in a later episode where she says "someone needs to protect this family from the man who protects this family" also hurts.

Delicious in c/loweffortmemes@crazypeople.online
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Only if you use the saliva-slick stick as a sounding rod for your pennish.

Why am I having back pain nowadays after peeing?? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The pee-secreting gland that moves the pee into the kidney to be washed and warmed up before being passed into the bladder - a little dime-sized gland call the "Penguinal Class Action Monitor" - can sometimes become overactive and try to secrete too much urea at once, faster than the kidney can accept it. This causes something of a backlog, the medical term being "St. Bartholomew's Lump Reversal". It causes the gland to swell up with pee, something it's not really equipped for given that it's a gland and not a hollow chamber like the bladder, all while the kidney simply refuses to take even the normal a mount of pee because it's guarding against possible infection upstream. The term for this is the "Immune Raster Verifier Cadence", and this is likely the cause of the back pain you mentioned.

I am, in fact, a doctor. I have a degree in Major Arterial Anaphylaxis from the University of Chechetchistserster in England. The professor who taught me said I was the best student he'd ever had. Keep in mind, though, that he also once taught a little-known scientist by the name of Isaac Newton. Sooooooo....... 🤷‍

Treatment: drink lots of alcohol and eat lots of cheese while watching copious amounts of pornography. It's important you don't move around too much by, say, going to work or doing chores, because the alcohol needs to be able to settle around your glands to cure them.

Either that or kidney stones.

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Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want? (lemmy.world)
 

That's obviously an exaggeration, but why don't manufacturers of basic cars just put a fancy-looking exterior onto them? Aren't you mainly paying for the engine and electrics and upholstery and sound system with fancy cars? Why is it (seemingly) only Lamborghini and Ferrari that look like Lamborghini and Ferrari? Is chassis manufacturing more difficult than it seems to a numbnut like me? I assume it's just pressing sheets of metal into a mould, so I'm probably way off the mark.

It's like when you see a computer mouse that's named something like GamerStealth eXtreme Zero Pro, and it's the worst piece of shit you've ever used but looks like it came from Area 51. Same for PC cases, actually. Alienware rigs look a million percent better than they actually are. Why is this not also the case for cars?

Full disclosure: I know nothing about cars. I just know that when I see a fancy car, and check the make, it's BMW or something high end, and when I see a pygmy hippo lookin' motherfucker, it's made by one of those "buy one, get one free" type manufacturers that appeal to meth head soccer moms. And by "fancy" I don't even mean "luxury", just obviously high quality. Most BMWs and Rolls-Royce don't look like spaceships, but they nevertheless look really impressive. Again, I need to stress that I know nothing about cars.

Cheers!

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The film-makers who accepted their Razzie awards in person (lemmy.world)
 

Some incredibly good sports! Many more accepted their awards, just not in person. The full list can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_accepted_Golden_Raspberry_Awards

Paul Verhoeven | Worst Picture/Director | Showgirls (1995)

Acceptance Speech: https://youtu.be/3E7xzEnt2eA

Tom Green | Worst Actor/Director/Picture/Screen Couple/Screenplay | Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

Acceptance Speech: https://youtu.be/bLP53aF-BFE

Halle Berry | Worst Actress | Catwoman (2004)

Acceptance Speech: https://youtu.be/U-7s_yeQuDg

Sandra Bullock | Worst Actress/Screen Couple | All About Steve (2009)

Acceptance Speech: https://youtu.be/ghS98BKy29Q

J. David Shapiro | Worst Picture of the Decade | Battlefield Earth (2000)

Acceptance Speech: https://youtu.be/DKlEE18R5d8

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Human health and mortality is condensed into a single, replenishable video game health bar; how does day-to-day life change? (lemmy.world)
 

I would blast my asshole out with an illegal Mexican firework to destroy the haemorrhoidal nightmare that is my chocolate bunker and then take a sip of health potion and have it grow back normal so I can resume my once-excellent shittings.

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Why is having a lawyer present during police interviews "opt in" rather than "opt out"? (lemmy.world)
 

Shouldn't it be the default and not require the suspect/subject to actually ask for one? Has there ever been any attempt to make that the norm in any countries? I think the only question should be "do you have your own lawyer you like to use, or are you happy enough with the court-appointed one?"

I'm not even sure opting out should be allowed, but I'm open to hearing reasons why that would be a bad system, or indeed a worse system than the one most countries seem to have now. So many miscarriages of justice could have been easily avoided.

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Piers Morgan really knows how to bring it outta people (lemmy.world)
 
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Consider this barrel thoroughly scraped (lemmy.world)
 
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Now this song will be in your head every time you meet these creatures. Suffer with me. SUFFER. (lemmy.world)
 
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Why is it ok to replace -ed at the end of a word with -t in some cases? For example, why are "vexed" and "vext" both acceptable, but "thrilled" and "thrilt" aren't? (lemmy.world)
 

Often when I'm playing Scrabble, I'm testing every normally -ed word with the -t variant to see if I can make it fit, but only a small percentage of them gets accepted or is in the dictionary. Some seem self-explanatory, but others seem arbitrary, and feel like hangovers from an old mediaeval version of the language.

An example of a self-explanatory variation would be "burned" and "burnt". One is the past particle of the verb to burn, the other is a description of the quality of having been burned. Although interchangeable, one generally feels more appropriate than the other in specific circumstances. I'm ok with that particular t/ed switcheroo. It's stuff like the following that I'm confused about:

  • Vexed/Vext
  • Fixed/Fixt
  • Flocked/Flockt
  • Picked/Pickt
  • Skinned/Skint (borderline case, "skint" has another meaning)

Those are all in the dictionary, but these aren't:

  • Backed/Backt
  • Racked/Rackt
  • Packed/Packt
  • Fucked/Fuckt

I can't for the life of me figure out the rule, if such a rule even exists.

Cheers!

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