Just need to regularly place signs along the border with the temperature forecast (in Celsius) and the current gas prices (converted to gallons). Should scare most of em off.

There’s sort of a racist undertone to that kind of question that can put people on guard. I think you just need to be cognizant of that when you frame a question.

The annoying version goes like this:

White person: Where are you from?

Brown person: Calgary

White person, squinting at their skin: Ok, but where are you from?

Brown person: Still Calgary.

White person: visibly frustrated

The annoying/racist part being that white people are assumed to originate from North America, but literally everyone else (including indigenous people, lol) are immigrants.

The basic question is fine and I’ve never seen someone upset about being asked. But if you go into more detailed questions, keep in mind they might mispercieve what you’re asking.

Fast forward into the future and imagine what you, your opponent, and the world at large will be like after the argument (win or lose).

If everything remains the same, it means the argument was pointless and it’s better to save your energy for something that matters.

The last time someone “won” an argument on the internet was in 1998.

I take oat milk over the other plant based milks I’ve tried. It’s the closest to making it taste and feel “filling” like dairy milk.

They sell cartons of “barista” type milks for plant milks as well. I think they’re more concentrated or have sugar or something to make them a better fit for coffee. Never tried those tho.

Emotional and ready to quit your job/break up with someone/confront someone?

Write down what you want to say/write. WRITE IT ALL DOWN.

Wait 24 hours. Read it again.

Do you still think you should send it? Then send it.

80% of the time my issue was stupid and my reaction inappropriate, but because I kept my mouth shut, all I had to do was tear up a piece of paper.

Thanks dad. That’s served me well.

Were these terrorists in the hospital wearing Combat Scrubs and threatening innocent people with healthcare?

It’s a terrible idea. Now you’re locked into a marriage and only starting to learn if you’re sexually compatible.

Sex and the ability to live together are something I think need to be heavily practised before you even think of settling down permanently with someone.

That said, if you are encountering pushy guys and telling the you’re waiting for marriage makes them back off, keep saying you’re waiting for marriage! But if things get far enough along that you think this is someone you want to be with “forever”, I’d revisit the boundary and see if it still make sense.

This person is dangerously in love with the smell of their own farts.

Like 5.

If they don’t all fit on the bookmark toolbar, there’s too many, and someone’s getting purged.

They’re close to the “learning” part but, if the news is any indicator, they’re still a ways off.

Something about horses and water.

“Is your AI accountable for mistakes? All these idiots are…”

IME they work when the music was actually released formally as an album and there’s metadata available for “an album you can buy separately”. If it’s just regular video game music I haven’t had any luck.

But the AI response was unnaturally long and I didn’t read it, so I just fed it into the AI to summarize it. Then sent them a reply based on an AI suggested response.

And at this point, what are the humans even doing?

One thing about Lemmy that follows the Reddit formula perfectly is there’s always one jerk in every comments section. Don’t let em bother you.

I’ve been getting lumber sticker shock ever since Covid. It hasn’t gotten any better.

Quick sanity check would be to check pricing online for as close to the same lumber you can find on the Home Depot site or similar and see if your local yard is within the ballpark.

Is he saying it doesn’t do anything? Then why is he selling it?

You’ll run into a nasty recursion error if you think about that too much. My parents didn’t remember how they were raised when they raised me. And so on.

It turns out no one knows anything, it’s all fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants bullshit, and the people you should trust the least are the ones who claim to know anything about anything.

I conclude this is a fictitious post that needs editing for clarity.

I wash the parts my mouth touches pretty regularly. The other bits, especially if the don’t get backwash? Maybe a few times a year the whole thing goes in the dishwasher. Disassembly and careful hand washing? Bitch, you’re a water bottle. You don’t get that!

Costco.

Small number of secure entrances. A lifetime supply of batteries and solar kits. Tons of shelf stable food and drink. Clothing. Tacky home decor to make the apocalypse feel more homey.

It would be great.