Alice

joined 7 months ago
[–] Alice@beehaw.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Social media drug? Like screen addiction?

I think technological solutions can help, eg app blockers and screentime trackers, but that's not even half the solution. You need to figure out what need you're trying to meet with your phone, and find a low tech version. You can't rely on tech to cure an over-reliance on tech.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

These guys are telling on themselves. "She used to be a man, so she'll do [horrible thing]."

So you do [horrible thing] to your partners??

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

Walmart lets us wear pins on our vests, so I used to do that. The first time I had to heave a heavy item against my chest and lost several pins I stopped doing it, though 😕 still get loads of pins every Christmas...

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

Feeling nostalgic and drank a bottle of chocolate milk on my lunch break. Discovered I was lactose intolerant after I clocked back in. I was the only one covering the deli counter.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

I failed at moderating a server with three of my closest friends. I'm not running a server for the entire town.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reddit won't truly be obsolete until we one up the cbat sex thread

 
[–] Alice@beehaw.org 1 points 3 days ago

That makes a lot of sense, thank you.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 5 points 4 days ago

My iconic recipe: All My Favorite Shit, Shoved In A Pot Together

Dice up a white onion, sautee in butter until lightly brown. Drain one can each of black beans, diced tomatoes, and corn. Cook til whenever. Salt, red pepper, and garlic powder to taste.

Sometimes I save some black bean juice, mix it with corn starch to thicken it up, and stir it back in, and eat the whole thing over brown rice.

Alternatively: ice cream. Butter pecan in a waffle cone.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

My mother's policy was that the first time we do something wrong, talk with us, help us learn why it was wrong and how we should have acted. If we do it again even with that knowledge, punish us.

I feel like that would apply here, too, even if you don't see leaving them with the consequences as actively punishing them. But as a kid it's easy to get in over your head before you learn your own limits, and you're not born with the knowledge of how to bail yourself out. I think they deserve a grace period.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

OP WATCH SCAVENGERS REIGN. Unless you're sensitive to body horror.

Especially if you're sensitive to body horror?

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

Not who you asked, but the main thing holding me back is that I don't know how to kick off and don't know how to balance. I'm surprised how many people just kinda know how to do it

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Surprised at the amount of upvotes. I thought dads only said that shit in sitcoms.

 
 

‘Family values’ bill is adopted despite being denounced by the president, rights groups and the European Union.

Kesaria Abramidze, a trans model, was murdered the day after the bill passed. Even if the president vetos it, this law already has a body count.

 
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So basically I was unschooled, and the amount of books I've read in my life is embarrassingly low. It was never emforced like in a school, and with my family's religious hangups, I never tried getting into new things because I never knew what would be deemed "offensive".

But I'm always interested when I hear people talk about both storycraft and also literary criticism, so I want to take an earnest stab at getting into books.

No real criteria, I don't know what I like so I can't tell you what I'm looking for, other than it needs to be in English or have an English translation. Just wanna know what y'all think would make good or important reading.

ETA holy shit thanks for all the suggestions! Definitely gonna make a list

ETA if I reply extremely late it's because it took me this long to get a library card in my new locale.

 
 

It seems like I'm always hearing about family vloggers getting put away for child abuse. I'm not into family vlogging, so maybe I'm wrong, but people always make it sound like these two channels were popular.

But then they go on to describe their videos, and it's always parents doing insane shit to make the kids cry on purpose, or announcing on camera that they're withholding necessities from the kids or something. I've never heard anyone say they like these videos, and I can't imagine why they would, so then how were they supposedly popular?

 
 

Torrenting this show isn't an option. Every torrent I've tried has this specific episode missing, with a duplicate episode in its place. Most of the streaming sites do, too. The only stream I've found is on vidsrc.me, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to download it.

I've searched around and found multiple recommendations for video downloader sites, and several people suggested the Firefox extension DownThemAll!, but I've had no luck. It's a generic "can't find video" message every time.

I'm guessing these apps and sites worked at some point but they updated their API. Hoping against hope that someone who's done it recently can tell me how they did it.

 
 
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