"I regret my toxic racism leaked out of my bubble and caused the scale of environmental damage it did."

Smart alarms on a smart watch. Set a time window where it'll wake you up at an optimal time in your sleep cycle. Been using the one built into Sleep as Android for years, which another person also mentioned, but a lot of smart watches have smart alarms built in

I second this, been using it for years.

The smart alarm feature that senses when you're already moving around a bit is great too, especially when used with a smart watch/fitness band of some kind

If they're all ganging up at once, coming from all directions, I feel like it wouldn't take that many to nip you in the nasties and go for the jugular.

Assuming there's some kinda animal instinct where they know to go for vulnerabilities (some animals know to aim for hamstrings and necks right?) I'm not sure I could handle 10 unarmed and in regular clothes

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!

Is that someone pole dancing in a pond??

Nice

As someone who struggled with analog clocks into my twenties, being able to see the hands move gives me a better sense of time passing and I remember reading stuff that supported that. I have a better sense how much time I have left for something looking at analog vs digital basically and it's a fairly common experience apparently

iirc, there were some statements from companies (Microsoft?) that we won't have to worry about AI's effect on climate change because it'll also come up with the solutions

It's a style of bidet actually. I had one in a house my family lived in as a kid. Never understood it, installed a hand bidet instead and that one was left unused just sitting next to the toilet

Ah, no need for the "/j" then, that's just straight up facts!

Credit Hollering Elk

Aaaaand I just realized the joke is she's chastising him for "acting helpless" when that's probably exactly what she's doing... Had to come back to comment once it hit me

Clothing issue maybe? Or improper for a lady of the time to squat/bend down in such a manner in public? Those would be my guesses

I recommend the style of crutches that don't go to your armpit, forearm crutches. I was on crutches for months a few years back and that was much more comfortable for me at least.

And the algorithms for Lemmy seem simple enough in my experience. You sort by active to see what people are actually engaging in, sort by hot if you wanna see what's building momentum (not sure if that's actually it but that's what it feels like) and sort by new if you just wanna basically see internet stream of consciousness

Oops I mean "the creationism happened".

/s of course

I think this is quite the popular opinion, even among people who enjoy social media. I feel many people just accept this is the current state of things. But yeah, the evolution happened as the stress to monetize increased, so anything to keep people on the platform.

If you post something that makes someone stay on platform long enough to see an ad or two, wonderful! The algorithm will bless you with exposure and the emptiness in your soul will be filled with likes.

Social media platforms want to make ad revenue, they need the audience to stick around and they will employ all kinds of psychological trickery to do so.

I dunno why but he was one person that popped into my brain thinking about this. He's got some devoted fans that I imagined would go that far, fun to have that thought confirmed.

But yeah, still weird

Finally watched "Nope". Loved it. I love horror but usually prefer supernatural stuff, so slept on this one a good long while, but man, great character writing, excellent story telling. I see why so many people recommended it

Not me but I know KPop stans will pay exorbitant amounts of money on albums not really for the CDs they come with but for the added art books, photo cards, etc. I know one young person who bought multiple copies of physical albums with CDs so that they can get access to earlier ticket sales and stuff. Also apparently some songs are CD exclusive and people get really upset when you suggest they just look for pirated rips online.

So yeah, art books, photo cards, light sticks, key chains, lots of stuff that young fans are buying from artists they follow, and some of those things still come with CDs

Legit, outside of a gay dom situation (which is fine if anyone's into that), when is it not weird to stylistically tattoo one man's name onto another man's body? Any celebrity name feels word IMO.

I can only think of like, dead family member that meant a lot to you as being something I wouldn't question. Or maybe if someone's got so many strange and interesting tattoos already you barely notice the stylized "Mr. Beast" on their ankle.

Larpers larping as other larpers, the dork layers run deep...

I've spent so many hours on it, something about it makes time just slip away for me. But once I get to rockets I get overwhelmed and eventually just start a new colony

Were you into DMC or Bayonetta? I love those games for similar reasons. Might be worth checking out if you're into hack and slash gameplay and you haven't tried them already.

So what is it about RE that keeps you coming back? Were you into all the games in the series?

I feel like you gotta know what kind of games appeal to you. I'm also not into a whole lot of modern games but I got completely absorbed with Outer Wilds and Subnautica. Freely exploring a world with interesting mechanics while you try and uncover what is going on. Love it.

I also found I really enjoy Oxygen Not Included and Frostpunk. Something about making sure all my people are surviving and hopefully thriving really keeps me invested. And the little narrative things in those games are nice icing on top too.

So for games you like, like the RE 4 remake, what were the things you liked about it? Once you know what kind of things you enjoy in games it makes it easier to find more of that.

I knew I'd seen something similar!

Introduced by a college friend. Buddy of mine was visiting my home country, we plan to meet up and he randomly and last minute tells me he's inviting an acquaintance to our meet up. I was a bit annoyed at the sudden change in plans but turns out the rando he invited was a pretty cool lady with a lot of shared interests.

We went to a concert together that weekend, a comic convention the next and the fun kept going.

I'd rather not be specific, people do weird things with comment history and location. But I'll say at least that I have been to more than a handful of SEA countries. Never seen the region broken down quite like you're doing though

I'm lovin' it

That's a good one! Easy enough to just keep a napkin or two in your pocket before a movie, much more realistic than a baggie like a few people commented. Legit probably to most practical suggestion yet

That is one SEA country I haven't been to

So am I, and I've been to multiple SEA countries and I've had popcorn in multiple restaurants. I'll admit, it's not common, but it's definitely a thing that exists.

Yeah, that part of the world, south east Asia

I'd like to, but I'm not constantly getting up to throw them in a bin at a crowded theater. If I had a bag or smaller container to put them I would hold them to throw when leaving but I can't think of a time I was that prepared...

Even uncracked ones. I'll gently work them with my molars until they crack. Time consuming when there's too many though

I've been to a few that had some as starters/light snack options. One of the best popcorns I've ever had was at a fancy restaurant where it was just at the table before we even sat down.

I actually didn't know salty was the normal type of popcorn in the US until my 20s

Was at a theater in south east Asia. Don't think I've ever had popcorn without kernels in this part of the world except maybe in amusement parks or restaurants.

Was the new Deadpool, no kids to target 😔

I like the way you think