threeduck

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Men want women like this because it eases their insecurities.

Insecure men see women as a rare commodity (because they're not confident in their abilities with women), and a clingy jealous gf is (in theory) less likely to leave them.

It's another reason why men want younger women, they're more likely to look up to you than an equal, easier to ensure the commodity is secure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The problem is, being petty is against lefty values. Take King Charles and his fat fingers. When lefty's were making of him, there were probably a few fat fingered innocents out there with the same condition who felt self conscious. And that's unfair. Making fun of appearances is untargeted and hurts those in the crossfire. But the problem is IT'S SO EFFECTIVE FOR OPTICS AND MORALE.

So either we give up that effective campaign for ethical reasons, or we just collectively let some people take the L for the advancement of leftist morale and publicity. It's a doozy!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not me! Crispr will save me and I'll live forever actually SORRY

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I think he had a good grasp on consumer desires. Which seems to be really tough for the majority of people, perhaps business people in particular.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Organising what? What should they organise?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

"it corroborates the rumours".

WHAT RUMOURS?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Well now this was just pleasantly well written.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Oh good! Japanese restaurants are often a crapshoot for vegan options, I was concerned how well I'd eat when I one day visit the actual country.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Oh god I want to gift ALL OF MY NEIGHBOURS BATTERY LEAF BLOWERS. I bought one, it's amazing, and we're about to go into autumn 🤢

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't care much about the supposed fidelity, but having a group of mates around each pick an album from my stack is a lot of fun.

It stops people from focusing too hard on the music and going "oh wait lemme queue up this track" etc.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Are you guys just generating insanely difficult code? I feel like 90% of all my code generation with o1 works first time? And if it doesn't, I just let GPT know and it fixes it right then and there?

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Made a book lamp (aussie.zone)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Pieces required. Three books from a thrift store ($6) pretty books are everywhere it seems! Australian lamp fitting with switch from AliExpress ($11), 3w LED bulb from AliExpress ($14).

Things I needed to buy: 40mm drill bit to drill through the books to fit the lamp socket ($12). Clamps to hold the books down during surgery ($20 for two).

Things I already had: PVA glue to attach the books together and seal the pages. Drill and 8mm drill bit, to feed the wire though and out the back of the bottom book. Soldering iron, I had to break open the light switch and snip the wires off to feed JUST the power cable through the drill hole I'd made (power plug too big)

I'm no DIY expert, and this was a fairly easy project. No major hurdles, and it looks great on my homemade ladder shelf.

 

I pre-ordered a pair of Jennen shoes (elevator shoes, so I can be a big boy) from their online site (they no longer have the shopfront on Johnstone street) and got asked for a tip at the end. For basically changing a stock allocation assignment. I had a whinge on their contact forms, and they replied "the tip function is optional".

2 years later I emailed again, saying "I haven't bought a replacement pair of shoes, all because of the audacity to ask for a tip. I get that it's optional, but so is a cashier going 'hey give me that twenty from your wallet', and when the customer goes 'wtf??' the cashier replies 'oh lol it's optional'. You may have thought 'you know, a tip screen could give us free money! What's the harm?', and I guess this follow up email is proof of that harm. Don't bring tipping culture here please!"

I get this reply a day later, and can confirm the tip function is now gone. Loverly! Whinging may be one thing, but persistent whinging made the difference.

 

"Lemmy at em!" says some wisecracking character in my video game maybe, in a referential nod to a relatively niche community in an attempt to appeal.

For the past six years I've been working on Game Over, a Comedy Rhythm RPG, and maybe you'll like it?

There's a little demo on Steam and also one on itch.io which you can play free of charge! What a deal! What a sweet treat for yourself and friends!

Also I don't have a complaints form, so if you have any, please comment below and I will angrily defend myself and take potshots at you.

Call now!

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