It’s almost like I said “some level of intrusive thoughts” and you immediately jumped to me condoning sexual assault.

Like there’s an inability to process degrees of trouble, and a desire to run everything as hard as possible to the worst conclusion when you hear something you don’t like.

But I’m sure I’ve already been banned.

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We used to put dry ice in them and toss them under the liquid tanks as people were cleaning the insides of the tank. Definitely was a great reminder to use the PPE.

Or leave it uncapped?

Fucking hell. Yeah Paris was getting too hospitable

Both times with the new car.

Both times transmission within a thousand miles of the warranty being over (both times on the wrong side of the warranty, but they were cool about it).

Oh hell yes!

Now to get off this third world Internet (Northern California)

Taskmaster

Uk, new Zealand, Australian, on repeat forever and ever. Even throw some of the Scandinavian versions on when I’m feeling focused enough for subtitles

Hotter, stupider and angrier.

Hell yes! Grandma was wild! I love old person stories, so many of them are fabricated, but also so many that I think are fabricated turn out to be legitimate. Oh you did party with (famous people from back in the day)? No shit…

I hate it as a tactic that’s been used on me, but darn if it isn’t effective. Also I genuinely appreciate people who offer their advice when I’m doing something foolishly, but my actions are from a place of genuine ignorance, not trying to catch someone into my friend circle.

Do something poorly/dangerous in the gym, attach yourself (politely) to the person who comes to help,

Or do something you’re passionate about and offer your knowledge to people who are earnestly trying their best but not doing it well (be conscience and ask if they’d like your experience to guide them)

Alternatively go hang out at an old folks home, they’d love your company, they’ll regail you with stories from their glory days, and they’ll probably talk you up to their family.

Volunteer your time at animal shelters/public service events.

Very easy to tell if someone knows what they wrote about in a two minute conversation. My wife grades/t.a’s at a university, it’s obvious when someone doesn’t know the information in person (and she’s very understanding towards people who cannot verbalize the information but still know it). The old professors aren’t very keen to it, but the graders can very easily smell the bullshit.

And if you know the information well enough, but send it through gpt for editing/refinement, that’s usually accepted, unless you’re in a class that grades on composition.

Look back in ten years and do the figures yourself.

It’s not bad unless you want it to be bad. In ten years it’ll be nothing.

Gordo y Feliz

Here’s my tip, for Lemmy hopefully it will never get so popular as to not work any more.

Answer the phone for unknown numbers, don’t say a g-d thing, just listen. Let them address you first.

If they ask for you by name go ahead and respond, if they call back answer with a generic “hi” greeting, don’t let them have your voice or name before you know who they are and what their business is.

A robot will mark your number as a “dead line” and not call you again.

A person will either be trying to reach you (and know who you are) or trying to reach a living person, and not waste their time with an unresponsive line.

Time and contribution from users like me and you, probably more you because you’ve posted something!

Support the communities you enjoy, and report the trolls in the comments. Block people who are trying to cause trouble and encourage others to do the same.

That’s the crux of my statement, yes.

AI doesn’t scare me.

How people respond to it scares me

And that it’s being prepared to drive/copilot government agencies scares the everliving shit out of me.