[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

I didn't believe you but yeeeeeesh. Lots of self righteous penises ITT. If people buy an expensive hard drive, it should work. Not everyone knows everything there is to know about data storage, have a little grace people

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah I thought this was old news. I'm a licensed medical professional in Florida and I received an email from the department of health about these changes 3 or 4 months ago. The one about refusing care on moral grounds is newer, about a month or two old. This has been a thing for a good while now

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

In unrelated news; My mom says I'm the handsomest boy ever

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 80 points 2 years ago

Gotta say, pre-emptive defederation seems like a bit of an over reaction. There's plenty of leftists in other instances, not just hexbear and lemmygrad. Hell, I'm an anarchist that regularly comments on political/social threads in this instance, it doesn't seem to be an issue. Lemmy in general is pretty obviously far left leaning. I don't see the harm in federating with hexbear, unless they show themselves to be actively harassing or trolling. But you'd have to federate first to find out if they will

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

App enabled, AI enhanced cockrings. The future is now

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

I don't necessarily disagree that cats don't have as much emotional depth as humans, but I also think you're selling them a bit short on their ability to think abstractly or emotionally. And it of course varies from cat to cat. They can express fear, affection, curiosity, frustration, satisfaction, anxiety, depression, caution, anger, overstimulation, desire, boredom, jealousy and plenty of other emotions. If you pay attention to body language and their vocalizations/ lack of vocalization, you can interpret much of what's going on in their heads. They're very expressive creatures much of the time. I'm not really anthropomorphizing either. I do that, cause they're cute little goofballs, but it's a voluntary effort I put in when I want to fawn over them a little. It's easy to notice when I'm anthropomorphizing them and when I'm observing their emotional state, as they're usually separate from one another

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Voting with your dollar" is bullshit. Just stop buying oil? Ok, let me go to the no oil store and buy a new car that doesn't run on gas and isn't made with any plastic. Let me spend my entire 5 dollars worth of disposable income to buy a new vehicle. And then take that vehicle to the store that has 0 petroleum products. No cans lined with PFAS, no plastic bags, no plastic packaging, no products made entirely of plastic. Never fly again in your life, or take the bus. Don't you even think about eating out again. Live life as a hermit, make your own goods, provide your own services and maintinence to yourself to ensure an oil free existence. Better start soon too, the planets only getting hotter. Rinse and repeat x8,000,000,000.

Markets are driven by capital. Those with the most capital have the greatest influence. Your pittance of a wage isn't going to change a damn thing. 10% of the global population has 52% of the purchasing power. Even if the other 90% of us all united together at once, about a single thing, we still wouldn't have the purchasing power to overwhelm them. You can't reform a system that's made to perpetuate consumption and pollution. It's cheaper to pollute by design. Do you think it's a coincidence that bills meant to make polluting more expensive either don't get passed or are so rife with loopholes they're effectively useless? Pull your head out of your ass. If there was ever a time this shit show could be reformed, it's long gone.

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

If it was a TIA they'll probably put him on eliquis. Few months of that and his blood will be so thin, the next time he falls he'll bleed out from a subdural or a hip fracture. Can't wait.

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a severe form of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. It's a life threatening skin reaction that's thought to be caused by an immune response to certain medications. The medications known to trigger TEN range from ibuprofen, certain antibiotics (penicillin being one), anticonvulsants, and steroids. We aren't sure what exactly causes it or how to stop it. One day you're taking something for your headache, a few days later you start getting painful red splotches on your skin. Once the first ones show up, they spread, often across your entire body. The redness grows and gets more painful, blisters form, and then your skin starts falling off! Everywhere! The only level of care at this point is to treat you like a severe burn patient, because that's essentially what you are. With large swathes of skin completely gone from your body, the only recourse is skin grafts and management of symptoms. Infections are common during the healing process and the prognosis isn't great. If it progresses into TEN, the odds of survival are about 50%. But don't worry, it's so rare and triggered by so many different medications it's pointless to try to avoid it. If the good Lord decides to kill you with it, there's nothing you can do about it!

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

Don't worry. Next year we're doing 2020 2: electric boogaloo

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Dating advice from older men in general. The shit they got away with was wild

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I'm digging anarchists' more hands on, pragmatic approach to politics. I finished The Conquest of Bread a couple of weeks ago and I'm currently working my way through Bullshit Jobs. Any suggestions about theory, praxis, mutual aid, etc. would be appreciated

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I think lasers are pretty wack when you think about them through this lens. A small, wand-like object in your hand can make light appear from seemingly nowhere. If it's powerful enough it can set things on fire or blind people. Not to mention larger ones like laser cutters or the LLD, used to destroy missiles midflight. Thats sure to blow some feudal peasant minds

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Do you live in a retention pond? How on earth does a belt get and stay damp enough to grow mold? How long has it been sitting undisturbed? I didn't know about leather being antimicrobial until just now. Even then, a moldy leather belt just seems wrong lol

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