GreenMartian

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[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 4 weeks ago

One thing that I feel hasn't been addressed enough by the comments:

**Stay. The hell. Away. From. Social. Media. **

It is toxic, and will bring nothing but misery, jealousy, and insecurity.

We had ours late in life, so had the hindsight of having our circle of friends going through parenthood before us. You mentioned 'social' pressure, norms, expectations, etc. All of them are amplified 10x by social media, which presents an unrealistic, curated view of parenthood. Not to mention the 50 different 'advice' on what you 'should' do as a parent. (You should breastfeed or your baby will be a serial killer. No, just start with formula, it will make your life easier. No, you should give them organic goat milk to help them grow better).

We deleted all the apps just before the baby was born. It has now been a few years since we touched any of them (except FB Marketplace, because buying anything new is ridiculous. And, I guess, Lemmy). The only pictures you'll find of our little one is in our family chat group. The only advice we'll take are from the midwives and nurses that keep track of the baby's growth, and has a 24h hotline for us to ask literally anything.

People you know, including parents, will give unsolicited advice. Feel free to listen to them, but know that most of the time you can tell them off or ignore them. This is your baby. Your family.

And feel free to ignore this advice from a stranger on Lemmy 🙂

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

that one dude who wore the hoodie and had the stroke and then turned out to be fucking insane

I hate this timeline. Living across the Pacific, I actually know about Fetterman.

An Australian shouldn't know the names of so many American politicians. But it's hard when y'all are trying to out-crazy each other every second day.

I couldn't even name our current speaker of the house, yet I can identify Mike Johnson whenever his mug shows up in the news. This is truly the dumbest timeline.

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's hilarious that they say

Swiss made nail clipper with two functions

Followed by not mentioning what the other function is...

Forget the alpha male; this is the year of alpha-gal.

Trans allies 💪 Ban Harry Potter 💪 Christian fundamentalists

Quite an achievement for her to unite two mortal enemies.

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 month ago

"Am I misunderstanding this email from last month where you said X?"

Always get everything in writing. Also helps with making them think twice before committing to a lie in the first place.

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I miss r/beholdthemasterrace from the other place. Someone should create a community on the fedi.

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Except this time the regulatory body was also affected

DOGE fired about 30 members of the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in February, and many of them were part of a department that assesses the risks of self-driving cars

Yes. IIRC it's based on latest LTS kernel with Google patches. So it's been "year of the Linux phone" for a while now.

It's unfortunate that the slop they put on top of it is such a privacy nightmare. PostmarketOS is trying to change that and supports Plasma, Gnome, etc. But it's early days yet and still rough around the edges from what I've been reading.

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Eh, it can work with artificial light. I'll just convert my gaming room to a grow house.

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's supposed to be a temporary fix until proper maintenance can be done ... The amount is probably surprising but not necessarily concerning.

Exactly what I always say about my code.

The was an article the other day about a surge in pizza shop activities around the Pentagon hours before the attack.

Also a gay bar nearby reporting unusually low patronage that night.

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