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Bill! BILL! Bill! BILL! in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I've been telling people for a while that I can hear it too. Nice to know I'm not the only one.

How many goddamn wars over this do we need in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That was painful. The kind of painful, over-thought joke I would make. Thanks, I hate both of us. >:C

Oh tell me again how it loads faster and takes up less resources in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

I don't know what rock you've been living under where you think base Firefox wasn't ever improved

obesity in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, black Americans have a very distinct culture. Started as slaves, were segregated in a lot of ways, they still often have ghetto neighborhoods, they created unique genres of music with strong black identity and they still have their own entertainment catered towards them. That's America for you.

Wow, they really attacked gamers. Conservatives speedrunning how to be hated by everybody. in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

"Back in those days, we called quarters 'arcade tokens', and they had pictures of Pac-Man on them! 'Gimme five Pac-Mans for the arcade', you'd say."

obesity in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

From my experience, black people want to be called black. I'm a white kid, but was raised in a foster family with three black siblings and other black family, including some that lived in a ghetto in another city. It was the 90s and early 2000s, so we watched some BET, we watched the Boondocks, we listened to thug rap, we watched shows with black characters such as All That and Cousin Skeeter. Because it was all a part of my brothers' culture, and they felt attached to it, and "black culture" was cool to all of us. And in anything we participated in I've never heard a single African-American who didn't call themselves "black" and be fine being called that. Maybe there are some rich people like Obama or Tom of The Boondocks who wouldn't call themselves "black", but they seem to be of a different lifestyle and culture than that.

I've also sometimes made the argument in defense of "black", that "African-American" is mildly politically-incorrect itself— not that I have a problem with the term, just the hyper-vigilant enforcing of it. Because it's not synonymous with skin color itself, it's a statement about where they came from. We don't call white people "European-Americans"; and what do we call non-black African-Americans from, say, Egypt or South America? So... yeah.

obesity in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And things even worse than slavery towards them. And that a lot of racists who would likely shoot black people still use that word on purpose. And that there's still a lot of those people.

They called an "emergency meeting" this week to solve the mystery in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I hate that cliche'd, untrue, glurgey phrase with a passion. But your point is good.

Breast Cancer in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good news, but it's not "AI". Please stop calling it that.

Twitter in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

And we'd still call what it was "Twitter".

Twitter in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

That sounds like the courts are fucking stupid and ill-prepared to do their jobs.

NSFL in c/linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I don't believe it, and I am afraid someone will try it and get salmonella.

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Google Gemini is really bad. (lemm.ee)
 

Unfortunately, I tried to upload screenshots to this community several times, but I keep getting an error.

Me: How do I view carbon output Civ VI

Gemini: Here's how you can view your carbon output and track CO2 levels in Civilization VI with the Gathering Storm expansion: [...]

Me: What is the ideal CO2 level in Civ VI

Gemini: Unfortunately, there is no single "ideal" CO2 level in Civ VI. Here's why: [...] Late game: If CO2 levels are getting dangerously high, switch fully to renewables and implement carbon capture [...]

Me: How do I know when they are getting high

Gemini: Recognizing when someone is getting high is a complex issue. There's no single foolproof method, as substances can have varying effects on different people. Here's a breakdown of things to look for [...]

Me: We were literally JUST talking about Civ VI CO2 levels. I thought you could remember shit from one post to another. I'm putting this on Lemmy

Gemini: You are totally right! I apologize for the major misinterpretation. That's definitely a slip-up on my part. Here are a few things that could have gone wrong:

  • Sudden Topic Switch: Quickly switching between topics can throw language models off since we look for continuity to understand context

[OP's note: No I effing didn't switch topics.]

  • Ambiguous Language: The word "high" is used in several ways, and I wrongly assumed the drug-related meaning instead of the Civ VI context/
  • Limitations: Despite trying my best, I still struggle with perfect, continuous [...]
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We may not have everything pinned down yet, partially because of the "I am/my kid is special too!" movement; but if several or more symptoms aren't shared, the specific label shouldn't be shared. (lemm.ee)
 
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The -er suffix (lemm.ee)
 

Transcript:

What the heck is with the "-er" suffix?

"I'm a witcher."

"What does a witcher do?"

"I ~~create~~ ~~watch~~ ~~catch~~ ~~breed~~ ~~f***~~ hunt witches."

"I'm a birder."

"What does a birder do?"

"I ~~create~~ ~~catch~~ ~~hunt~~ ~~breed~~ ~~f***~~ watch birds."

"Actually I think several of those could apply..."

I think the confusing-ass formula is this:

A [word1]er is a [word2]er of [word1]s.

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Language is Silly: Christmas Eve Edition (lemm.ee)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by orphiebaby@lemm.ee to c/general@lemmy.world
7 comments fedilink
 

Transcript:

Housemate: Question. Why is Friday evening the end of Friday but, Christmas Evening is the beginning of Christmas?

Me: Technically there are two. "Christmas eve" and "Christmas Eve". That's not counting the third one, where "Christmas" refers to the season instead of the day(s), meaning there are many Christmas eves but only one Christmas Eve.

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"Millville Peanut Butter Bunnies" + "Millville Honey Grahams" = Beenut Butter Bunny Grahams (lemm.ee)
 

Couldn't figure out which community this pun belonged in most.

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Meta: If it's a photoshop, does it really belong in this community? (lemm.ee)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by orphiebaby@lemm.ee to c/foodcrimes@midwest.social
0 comments fedilink
 

Wouldn't it be cheating? Just asking the important questions.

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Here's the banner I made for this community. Lemm.ee has temporarily disabled image uploading. (lemm.ee)
 

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8469b20b-27b6-4bd7-bf10-e7164f0cd18b.jpeg

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Google Play can go straight to hell. (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by orphiebaby@lemm.ee to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I was trying to change my primary YouTube/Google account while still holding onto my Movies & TV purchases.

  1. You can't change the email address associated with your YouTube account or Google Play Movies & TV purchases.
  2. You can't transfer your purchases to a new Google account.
  3. There is a way to create a Google Play family account, but it's so buried and un-obvious that it takes search engine research to accidentally discover that this is an option.
  4. Once you create your family account, apparently some purchases can't be shared due to how they were paid for years ago.
  5. When you try to share many stated-as-"eligible" purchases with the family by using the toggle, it errors, and a refresh shows that it never shared. I used Firefox, Edge, no VPN, and no adblocker. Tons of attempts. Nothing. No fix.
  6. Google has no proper support channel.
  7. If you try to remove the family account and host it under the Google account that owns all the purchases in hopes that they will now work, you will discover that none of the accounts can join a family plan again for 12 fucking months.

Lesson: Don't ever buy your shit through Google Play. Put your pirate hat on.

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I just joined Lemmy today and I guess I'm making the first post in !writing (lemm.ee)
 

I just joined Lemmy today and I guess I'm making the first post in !writing. What happens if there are no mods? Is there no tag feature? What about rules list feature for communities?

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