snailwizard 7 months ago • 83%
Yes
snailwizard 10 months ago • 100%
We are! I actually got him so into the series he finished well ahead of me lol. But now we are listening through together as we fall asleep :D One Hundred Tales has been a lot of fun, it’s very Tezuka and having watched Pluto recently it’s scratching that very specific itch lol
snailwizard 10 months ago • 100%
My partner and I are about a third of the way through Frank Herbert’s ‘God Emperor or Dune’. It’s getting really good!
I haven’t started it quiiite yet per se but I’ve picked up Osamu Tezuka’s ‘One Hundred Stories’, a period samurai manga retelling of Faust.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
“Science” isn’t a monolithic entity like a deity is. It’s simply a belief in the natural cause and effect of the universe we live in. In other words, science is merely a way to describe and explain our world, derived from repeated observations. When people say they “believe in science”, it’s not blind worship- the idea is to present findings and observations in such a way that anyone could theoretically replicate the experiment, given the proper equipment.
On the other hand, faith is the opposite- “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (“Religion” is a system of hierarchical institution based on spiritual faith or beliefs, btw.) Scientists ask questions about the world, and strive to find the answers, but religious folks are content to let those answers simply be “because God”.
So, to disbelieve in science- rather, the scientific method- is purely a rejection of reality. You can, in fact, reconcile spiritual beliefs with scientific truths to an extent but ultimately, learning more about science leads to its own kind of spiritual understanding and beliefs that tend to reject religion. This is upsetting to diehard religious folks because hierarchies demand constant subjugation of inferiors, and to reject that “place” in the hierarchy is an act of major rebellion in and of itself.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I read a toot about it last night when I was very tired. Apparently there is some sort of (anti-)privacy protocol in universeodon’s source code that is getting implemented to Masto main source soon.
I wasn’t able to find the relevant post, but I do remember that it can only be disabled by toggling ‘Discoverable’ under account options. Evidently Eugen said something along the lines of “it’s what people expect from social media” but the point of Mastodon was to be a divergence from traditional social media, no?
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Hello! I’m trying to transition away from smoking myself (I use medically and recreationally) because smoking is bad for your lungs, but nothing really beats the instant relief from smoking some flower. I personally haven’t tried one yet but I’ve heard a lot of people use a dry herb vape to some success.
shameless plug: @snailwizard@flipping.rocks for more #snailposting
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
In short, no. To explain: you have a bunch of beneficial bacteria living inside your digestive tract. These little guys help you digest your food, and in return they get a free meal. This basically means that the food you eat ferments into poo. Fermentation always results in gas being released (think how the plastic wrap on a bowl of dough can puff up as it proves.) So to sum it up, unless you drank a strict water-only diet, anything you eat can give you gas. (Even then, you would probably still naturally swallow some air with the water, and some would make it to the other end as a fart.)
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Super rad, I’m gonna try and catch Pixel Power tonight at 11
Surely there can’t be bots in Conquest, right? Unless maybe just in the Proving Grounds? Just fought someone with the Venom handle and I’m pretty sure named character accounts are all bots right?
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Some do, I’m sure, just like some humans get addicted to it.
Their names are Niles (on top) and Chibi (bottom.) When she was little Chibi would play this with Niles as much as she could because it annoyed him. Now he is trying to annoy her, but Chibi is just happy to play her favorite game with her sno (snail bro).
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
There’s this idea that things will just “break down” in the garbage but in reality past a certain point in the landfill heap, there’s too little oxygen to fuel decomposition. And that point keeps rising…
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Kbin kbin kbin kbin my friend
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Yes
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
It took me a minute
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Probably uses the Lemmy API to detect which instance you’re logged into or you log in directly when prompted.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Not to get on my socialist soapbox, but we’re so tired and exhausted from work that we don’t have the time or energy to make friends and other connections. The only relationships we really have are romantic ones and even then it’s basically only allowed because it makes more babies to eventually exploit.
So my advice to you is this: don’t worry so much about romance. Try and cultivate relationships online and in person. If you have friendships that will increase your happiness. Plus you will then have a pool of people who share most of your values, and one or two might emerge as romantic partners.
Fresh salmon and cucumber, topped with fresh avocado, tuna, masago, scallions, and ponzu. It was great!
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I spent $300 on mine and my QoL improved immeasurably. Best money I have ever spent. It’s worth every penny!
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I’ve been using and enjoying both. I’ve used Lemmy way more because it has a public API which means mobile apps. Kbin is a bit more to my liking and it’s great on desktop, but it regrettably doesn’t have a public API at the moment. Mastodon is okay as a Twit stand-in but having to brute-force a feed is a learning curve.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
There was a community on the old site called 196, where the only “rule” was that you had to post something before leaving. It leaked over here because of a few splinter communities here popping up on the All feed, but if you look closer most of those posts will be to various 196 communities.
In other words, it’s not actually an enforceable rule, just one of those social things that pop up.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Hi from Lemmyworld 👍
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I’m actually pretty interested in pixelfed, but for now I have three new social media I am trying to learn (kbin, lemmy, mastodon.)
I mostly have instagram as a means of communication with a few key people. It’s also kind of my anchor into “mainstream” social media.
I like microblogging but I prefer a text-first approach; I generally try to avoid using it other than as a messaging app. Lately I’ve been posting a lot on my side account (which is just pictures of my pet snails.) When I do scroll on my main I like my friends’ content (their selfies and art) and I follow a few of my favorite personalities as well (drag queens, local restaurants, Bake Off contestants, etc.)
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I am on Instagram which quite frankly is more than enough for me, thank you.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Glad I could help!
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
If for example you’re on lemmyworld and they defederate from Threads, you won’t see any Threads content, even if you sub to people on, say, kbinsocial who boost Threads content.
If you view those same profiles from say, shitjustworks, and they haven’t defederated, you will see all of their content plus the Threads content.
messy hair, too high to care
****Phoenix Force**** **On Reveal:** Revive one of your destroyed cards and merge with it. That card can move each turn. What do you all think?
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Dating sucks. For every nice person you meet and make a connection of some sort with there’s three or four who drop off the face of the planet. I get it’s easier to just ghost but it’s pretty shitty. (And this is speaking as someone with social anxiety who has definitely ghosted before lol oops)
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Built in HUD for sure. It would be great if I could just check how I’m doing like a Sim. I need an inventory. Let me change my party members
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I am not a microbiologist. However I do know that bacteria are pretty resilient, and most pathogens and parasites can live for at least a few hours outside of a host. Plus your skin is really not all that smooth at a microscopic level, there are all sorts of little nooks and crannies to hold onto.
Drowning wouldn’t really be a concern for them, imo, but additives like chlorine are specifically meant to be disinfectants.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Planet Remina
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I live pretty close to PBR, I might have to check it out sometime…
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
So far I’ve been using Mammoth and Metatext. I like them both but Metatext is edging out at the moment.
Pros of Mammoth: *Plenty of customization options *Nice interface *Translation features
Cons of Mammoth: *A little clunky *Some trouble uploading pictures *Custom emoji/emojos don’t show up (on my phone at least)
Pros of Metatext: *A bit smoother *Nice interface *Custom emoji appear
Cons of Metatext: *No translation options (that I’ve seen) *Some errors when starring posts
Both are pretty decent apps, but once I get around to updating my iOS I will probably try a couple others on for size.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 96%
Unfortunately money makes the world go round. Part of the meaning of “no ethical consumption under capitalism” means that no matter who you are, no matter what kind of service you employ, no matter what you try and do for yourself, somewhere along the line capitalism comes in and causes someone to suffer. It’s pervasive and insidious.
If instances are completely supported by user donations, that’s great. But they will never match the billions of dollars that corps can toss around.
The only real way to prevent corporate influence on anything is to abolish corporations and/or capitalism. In the meantime, though, we as users can take steps to mitigate their influence: discuss proactively, agree to defederate at a moment’s notice, and server admins can refuse bribes/offers/etc.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I’m about to start Junji Ito’s No Longer Human, which is actually an adaptation of a 1948 novel by the same name.
A buddy of mine does crafts workshops around San Diego and I made these at one my partner and I attended recently. I usually wear one at a time and I get such a buzz telling people who ask that I made them myself :)
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Cool :) I think the icon is really cute but I run iOS lol
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Nothing wrong with browsing how you like, but apps are usually more accessible for mobile.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I don’t have an issue with social media companies entering the Fediverse, at least on the surface, because it’s ultimately more users and it’s in line with the ideas of free exchange of information and content. My problem with it comes in when they try to buy instances, communities, or what have you. No one should have a monopoly on the Fediverse, and it shouldn’t be pay to win.
So, my answer is this: because no one can stop anyone from making their own instances, users decide whether to defederate their instances from Meta’s, or Twitter’s, or anyone else’s. Join an instance that doesn’t federate with Meta, or start your own if you have the know-how. Just like anywhere else on the internet, you don’t have to interact with content you don’t want to interact with.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 98%
There are a lot of communities across the fediverse based off of r/196, where the only rule is that you have to post something before leaving. I ended up blocking most of those communities because of the spam.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
!somethingimade@lemmy.world
she’s doing fine, I had to give her up to a family member some time ago though
My buddy from work makes most of his living teaching crafts workshops around San Diego. My partner and I attended a class recently and I made these! I usually only wear one at a time but I still get a lot of people asking me where I got them, and it’s such a pleasure to say I made them myself :) (By the way, if you are interested in one of Rob’s workshops his business is called Toshwerks, and they are usually free or have a very nominal signup fee. Check him out on facebook or instagram!)
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I like the idea of keeping the vote tally, but would it be possible to show the total number of votes after a certain period? Ie: *YTA 567 *NTA 2184 *ESH 35 *NAH 9 *TOTAL 2795 votes
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
Listening to the audiobook of Ursula K LeGuin’s The Farthest Shore with my partner and we’re really enjoying it!
I’m wrapping up Jane McAlevey’s A Collective Bargain, which is a great read especially if you have a vested interest in improving your working conditions. I am also trying desperately to catch up on my comics a little lol
On hold is Michio Kaku’s Hyperspace- I was super into it until I needed to instead read a book about workplace bargaining. Still super into it especially with the recent announcements about grav waves and neutrinos.
Up next, I’m itching to read Junji Ito’s adaptation of No Longer Human, a 1948 novel written by Osamu Dazai.
![](https://i.imgur.com/t1mKmw7.jpg) ![](https://i.imgur.com/4p3B79s.jpg) ![](https://i.imgur.com/BySOKzr.jpg) Serving you mostly last week’s stuff (and older) because I keep “forgetting” to clean out my file (because I keep “forgetting” to get a new box.) Anyway! The list: *TMNT vs Street Fighter 1 *Amazing Spider-Man 122 (facsimile) *The Quarry *Frank Frazetta’s Mothman 1 *Sudden Death 1 *Jeff Lemire’s Tenement 1 *Nightmare Country Glass House 3 *Octobriana and the Underground 1 *The Neighbors 2 *Star Wars Mandalorian Season Two 1 *Star Wars Vader Black, White, and Red 1 Momoko cvr *Last Ronin hardcover edition (took me long enough!) I will try and remember to post back here as I read some of these :) for example I have not seen or read Mando at all so that one is off the table for a bit. I’m also finally working through my backlog a little, which is great but I have literally like two years worth of stuff to read. So.
Hi everyone, sorry if this has been answered but I can’t seem to find my saved posts anywhere. Is that by current design or am I just missing it the button? Thanks!
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I would like to do more actual meal planning lol. Currently I am ordering 3 meals weekly from HelloFresh or HomeChef and making those meals as I or my partner want them. I plan to eat out a few times a week as well. The rest of the time it’s dependent on my schedule and my energy levels, so I pretty much just keep a very rough outline in my head.
I want to use my kitchen whiteboard more so I might start keeping my rough schedule on there. I don’t really like apps because ultimately I want to cut down on my screen time, but I’m sure there are some really useful ones out there.
snailwizard 1 year ago • 100%
I haven’t, in fact
**Spider-Man 2099** *The first time this moves to a location, destroy an enemy card there.* Series: 4 Currently available for 3000 Collector’s Tokens. What do you all think?
According to Second Dinner’s blog, changes are soon coming to Snap’s card acquisition system. Their blog implies that with the next season, they are going to be introducing “Spotlight Caches”, special chests which replace one in every 10 Collector’s Reserves. Spotlight Caches are guaranteed to contain either a New Card, one of the two featured S4/5 cards, or a random S4/5 card. If you already own one of the featured cards, it will be replaced with a “time-exclusive” variant for that card. Click the link above to be taken to Second Dinner’s official blog post for more information. Thoughts?
…I don’t think this Coulson is it. So glad I paid $10 for this /s