[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

A plea for anyone having this happen, be gentle.

It is easy to think a tantrum is because the child wants something and either gets pissed that they don't, or are trying to make a scene to get it.

Sometimes (often?) it is more of a stress and panic reaction. And it can be hard to tell. Even if the tipping point was not getting biscuits.

Whether your reaction is to give in and buy them something, remain very firm that they do not get biscuits today and this is not acceptable behavior, or decide to pick them up and carry them to the car, be a safe and calm presence for them.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

"I used to be FAT12, but i ex-ercised."

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

The authoritarian left and the liberal left have so little in common that it's frustrating the term "left" encompasses both.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Something is terribly wrong.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Apologies in advance, because this is in no way an answer to your question.

It is, however, related to the thought and super cool:

https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

This is the type of information those classified air force documents are full of.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 45 points 4 days ago

A few general traffic laws apply:

1: The UFO is not a legally registered road vehicle and they must yield to all traffic.

2: If you see a hazardous situation, like the UFO not clearly following traffic laws giving you space, you must do your part to avoid injury by avoiding a collision.

So after you do brake for the UFO, or swerve and honk, you may go to the police and inform them of the aliens' traffic violation. They may then get a fine.

If you say "fuck it Im in the right" and crash into them, you are both breaking the law, but you are in bigger trouble for willfully endangering life and property. You get prison, the aliens get a fine.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

"Fear the brown foreigners." expanded to 2000 words and with some fact-inspired stuff shoved in sideways.

This is Stochastic Violence and the Sun can get fucked. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Assuming you are not trolling:

The Sun is being criticized for:

  • targeting a group instead of an individual
  • using scare language when describing this group

Let's say I want to report on "Police finds wanted man hiding in sofa" (currently on BBC with that headline)

My hateful newspaper do a quick check of his Twitter, and go with "Wanted criminal TRANS ALLY found CRAWLING inside leather furniture"

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah good ones allegedly last 200 years if stored correctly. Cheap ones are 5-10. 20 can be expected for quality CDs stored correctly.

But no matter the claimed quality, it's a gamble. Our local library had a lot of 10-20 year old CDs that had developed microbubbles.

5 years is low range for CDs, but common enough that you should be taking backups for anything you keep longer.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 67 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

True, with some modifications:

Some games had online activation built in. Some games would simply not install on a second or third machine without getting permission from the publisher.

Regular CDs have a lifespan of 5-10 years, shorter if not stored ideally. Almost all games had sophisticated mechanisms to prevent backups being taken.

Even if you could take a backup, record associations and publishers lobbied to make it illegal and punishable by severe fines in many countries.

Sony shipped fucking root kits on their CD that would hijack your PC and screw with backup software. EA shipped CDs with autoexexuting software that would actually delete CloneCD and other CD copying software and prevent new installes from working. My copy of Sims 2 came with that bullshit and OH MAN I was not happy about it.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 75 points 6 days ago

At 50 your hands finally heal from that injury at 45, so you can start punching walls at full strength again.

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