LanyrdSkynrd

joined 2 years ago
[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

I was thinking "Mr. Pizza Hut" was some kind of mascot(which I guess gorby kinda is). It made sense to me because there was a Nintendo game with the Domino's mascot.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Prevent it by dealing with the source of the moisture, which is likely the shower if it's only in the bathroom. If you have a bathroom exhaust fan, use that during and after showers. Opening a window can help if you don't have one.

When my vent fan died last winter, I used a small dehumidifier because the moisture got really bad. Dehumidifiers take a fair bit of energy, but that energy is converted to heat, so it's basically the same as using electric heat.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

Green chili flakes are cool. They're milder than red chili flakes, so you can get more of the pepper flavor for the same amount of heat.

Freeze dried shallots are also fire. A little expensive, but it's a good lazy source of allium flavor.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 21 points 7 months ago

I don't think it's funny, fwiw

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 33 points 7 months ago (4 children)

That was my experience with therapy. The only thing I ever got from it was someone to talk to when I was completely isolated. Everything else felt very unsuited to the seriousness of my problems.

My guess is that they just don't have the tools to really help with serious mental health problems. I have no real knowledge of what therapists are taught, but it seems like therapy is really more geared toward helping with less serious issues.

One thing I noticed is that there is no kind of consistency of treatment. They all seem to be just trying different unproven things and deciding what they think works. I've had therapists that want you to find some kind of spirituality, want you to try some weird device, want you to fill out worksheets, even had one that wanted me to smile in a particular way. It's the wild west out there.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I get why Republicans think inflation is a good thing to campaign on, but what are they saying they'll do about it? It made more sense when they were blaming it on the stimulus checks, but nobody thinks more checks are coming, and Trump did the stimulus checks.

Maybe American voters are just stupid enough that saying "shit is all fucked up" when the opposition is in power earns a vote.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's a huge difference between personal politics and organizational politics. There's massive inertia and the fact that it's by definition a democratic socialist organization.

There's value in joining if there's no other org you can be a part of, or maybe to poach people, but you'll never drive them significantly left.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This pdf has his manifesto with footnotes that explain everything and a lot of good research into the stuff that led up to it.

It's a good read, it changed my opinion of Dorner. I still fully approve of his later actions, but his motivations were basically all personal.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

I recently bought a cool looking 1920's copy of State and Revolution from eBay for $15. I've had good luck buying used leftist books from there, especially the ones that were printed in large numbers.

To add to the ebook recommendations, Anna's archive has the biggest pirate collection of ebooks online.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

Turn an orgy problem into an orgy opportunity

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

It's hard to finance a car that old, although you'll probably have trouble financing anything right now with limited credit. A buy here pay here lot will get you into a car, but you really don't want that.

Only thing you can do is try to build credit. Make a credit karma account, it gives you instant credit reports updated every day, and they have a tool to suggest credit cards you qualify for. Then use them each month and pay them off when the statement comes, it doesn't have to be a lot, just enough that it shows up on your credit report. You can get a pretty good score jump in a few months.

Also, you can absolutely lie about your income to credit card companies, they don't check anything. Just don't lie to any other lenders, because they will check.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I realized they were in the right age group when I looked the song up, but listening to that to be funny seemed at odds with the way they looked. They're probably not that much older than me, but they looked like frail old people to me. It was a whole ordeal to get her in the truck.

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