I watched so much when I was younger but I pretty much stopped 6 or 7 years ago. I’ll watch a Miyazaki movie if my spouse grabs it, but I won’t seek them out.

There was just too much fan service, filler, and melodrama. Not enough substance to make it worth it. My last attempt was My Hero Academia. It was all the tropes I was tired of and I couldn’t get into it. My friend who was watching it with me said it was satirizing those tropes, but I had given up.

I’m sure there are some incredible shows I’m missing out on, and I definitely don’t judge those who still enjoy it. I just don’t line up with the grooves anymores.

They are great for ambient noise based on the surroundings. You can also do one or two ‘instant’ sounds like a large door booming. Any more than that and it starts to feel like a radio dj testing all the fart sounds in their mixer.

That last line is one reason we’re able to fish successfully. Even large fish tire out because they can’t pull enough oxygen from the water to struggle forever.

If it’s just piano then it’s basically Muzak. The bus itself may even be playing some imperceptibly which you can harmonize with.

I’ve tried headphones with babies before and it’s hit or miss. One would howl instantly if you put them on him while another loved them.

Seems like you found the least intrusive way to keep your kid calm, which I think most people will appreciate.

Great game. I like that you aren’t generally allowed to talk, so everyone ends up with their own conflicting plans.

Put it in VR and it reminds me of the Community episode:

“Jesus wept!”

Hopefully you can capture the source on this video camera once you get through. Must be some wild rock formations in there for the wind to make those noises!

Any mod recommendations for a 5 year old? He’s got a laptop with Debian on it and I’d like to set him up with MineTest, but I’m not sure he can handle the full MineClonia experience.

I have not. Is it worth watching?

I used to think like the OP/image, but now I’m in your camp. You should absolutely eat things you don’t enjoy if they are good for you. But bad pizza crust is just punishing your mouth while gaining weight.

I understand the food waste argument, but it’s wasted whether you eat it or not. You’re wasting just as much if you don’t eat the peel of the banana.

I am personally familiar with that kind of pirate and I definitely appreciate what they do.

Maybe I should cross-post to AskHistory? I’m not looking for anything specific, really more hoping to learn some things while giving Lemmy users a chance to dump info they find interesting.

I will watch all of these. Thanks!

How much evidence do we have for this? I want to believe it since it’s my favorite fact so far, which means I should be extra cautious before believing it.

I loved the show, but never would have guessed it was based on reality. Great facts!

I suppose these are a bit less practical now that bolt cutters are so accessible.

I know some people didn’t like it, but I thought the resolution to the monorail riddle contest was genius (or technically the opposite). Very satisfying.

In the US? It’s never ever going to happen. Even if we had a 100% Democrat Congress it’d never make it through. It would do three things that would individually each be political suicide:

• Topple a 1.6 trillion dollar health insurance industry, including rich lobbyists
• Put over 500,000 people out of work (even if some could be hired into a government-led program)
• Remove the main threat employers use against their employees.

Sure, it would massively reduce costs both individually and overall, and it’d improve the overall health of the US, and it would likely be better for the economy, but I have given up any hope it’ll ever happen. It’s too entrenched. It would be like erasing the oil lobby or the military industrial complex.

I was thinking the exact same thing. The weird length makes it feel menacing.

I agree. Several authors and editors I follow have recommended using ‘said’ and ‘asked’ for the majority of your writing. They are basically invisible to readers; just subconscious tags at this point. Using different words in every sentence is distracting.