Vanth

I just wish I could find an RSS feed of it.

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This dude’s giving “chud” at best. I can think of worse names.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64810156

Netanyahu’s son ‘highly vulnerable target’ while living in Miami as he dodges IDF reserve

Sources needed. Smells like misinformation.

Kongbap says nah, it’s all you need to survive.

Blue collar and skilled aren’t mutually exclusive terms.

It’s skilled or unskilled (takes advanced training or not)

And blue collar or white collar (manual labor or office/desk work)

E.g., a welder is both skilled and blue collar

It was before Trump ran the first time, but my folks were precursor to MAGA. I was not. I didn’t like having to sit and listen to their hateful opinions of people not like them. So once I had an education and job that made me fully financially independent, I left.

Note the name of OP’s instance and engage at your own risk.

I directly saved a kid’s life once, so while I wouldn’t expect him to remember my name decades for now, it would kinda be nice if he shares positive stories of my daring rescue with his kids and grandkids someday.

My name is on patents from several jobs ago. Some nerd reading obscure patents decades from now may note the only lady on the patents is always last in the list despite all the men’s names being in alphabetical order and will wonder if it was sexism. It was.

I still get hits and comments to a travel blog I wrote in the 00’s. It doesn’t have my real name but will probably last longer than most of my other online presences. I appreciate the comments that indicate the reader found valuable travel info in my posts or the comments that say I’m funny.

I’m not going to have kids so I expect to be forgotten from most live humans’ memories within a generation.

I go through phases of collecting/trialing hobbies as a hobby. I develop a list of things I’m interested in, what about them is drawing my interest, how much it would cost to jump into entry-level projects, and a target I want to hit to understand if it’s a hobby I want to keep one not. Also how I’ll learn.

So for me that looks something like:

1. leatherworking, I really want a customized notebook holder that fits exactly what I’m looking for. That’s $20 in basic tools, $50 in leather including enough for simpler projects as I develop skills. Target is to try something simple, like a baggage tag or simple bifold wallet to see if I like it before spending more time and money on it. Plenty of YouTube videos available, local Tandy store has classes, my sister also knows the basics.

2. digitizing the parents’ photo negatives. I want a brain dead project to do while watching movies during cold winter evenings when I’m not going outside. Cost is negligible, I have the stuff I need. Time needed to develop a good workflow and file naming and tagging system. Maybe some YouTube videos if needed, brother is a photographer and willing to consult on workflow. Longer term: buy external hard drives and gift to siblings or talk to brother about his Immich server. Branch off into new project to self-host Immich myself?

I have six more items on the “do I want to turn these into hobbies” list. It’s a hobby in itself to learn about and plan potential hobbies.

Anecdotally, I have a sizeable group of colleagues who cruise together. They’re old Gen Z thru to young Gen X. Some are partnered up, some bring partners from outside work. They call them “family trips”. Lots of queer couples, but not all. The queer inclusivity seems like a big element drawing then in.

I am baffled by it. I get how awesome it is to build a chosen family, but not why they’d find their people and then decide a cruise is where they want to spend time together. I don’t even try to decline politely anymore, I just straight up tell them a cruise is everything I don’t want to spend my precious vacation time on.

Money. If I can’t use it directly, it still frees me up from labor to use my time as I see fit.

More by extension. My dad was a huge Joe Paterno / Penn State football fan. He thought very highly of Paterno as a coach, and leader. I was baffled when it broke just how much he had ignored. Just so cowardly and evil, allowing that man to rape and abuse so many kids so his football team wouldn’t look bad in a headline or two.

Yeah, mostly K-12 STEM stuff. The girl scout council in my area knows me through various volunteering events and call me up a few times a year to help with something. Also a middle school that I helped develop a “music in science” couple day-long summer camp curriculum. I have a decent sized set of work colleagues I’ll draft for help too.

I don’t think I have the skills for door knocking or asking people to sign petitions. Or the right perspective. Like, I’d sign a petition to defund ICE right now, but fuck anyone I would have to argue with to get them to sign it. And I don’t like either major party here (US) so not even for the bad-but-not-tyrannical one would I do work phones or doors for.

I stretched the truth a bit to ensure I wouldn’t be listed as a “critical to be onsite” employee. My sports-induced asthma that I manage just fine was enough for me to check “respiratory illnesses”. So I worked from home and avoided the shit tasks that landed on all the people who wanted to go onsite. They did get prioritized for vaccines months before I got mine, so some pros for them as least. Barely any of the work actually required we be physically present though, it was a pile of crap.

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Yeah, this is a super common theme from queer people in small rural and/or religious communities. Online may be the only interaction they have for information and support.

This is one of those starter date vetting things, like whether your date treats restaurant and bar staff well, and tips (when culturally appropriate).

Is it illegal to not stack your cart neatly? No. Do I want to date someone who puts minimal effort in and pushes simple tasks they deem beneath them onto low-wage workers? Also no.

My condolences. Where is this “competition breeds excellence” outcome that capitalism promised me?

Within the past year I shopped around for a new home internet provider. The legacy companies encouraged if not required talking to a human being to find out anything about service availability and rates and then be subject to a hard sales pitch. Appointment availability for the install was 2+ weeks out. The new fiber companies had all the info I could want clearly online, appointments available within 2 days, with minimal fuss. The legacy company humans were also often incorrect about their own product, potentially lying to make a sale.

If they act like a company from the 90s, they aren’t going to capture customers who came into adulthood after that.

That’s not even touching on the speeds they offer are slower than their competitors for a steeper price.