PascalPistachios

joined 2 years ago
[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think there's a novelty factor in a lot of "innovations" that claim to be the secret to solving climate change. And while not inherently bad they sort of miss the picture in my opinion. Like, the future, in my opinion, should be made of trains and apartments. The dull things that we know work.

On a much more insidious level (not that I think anyone here has ill intent, nor the people working on these technologies) it almost implies that we don't have the technology to stop our impact on the climate. We have the technology, it's all political will.

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

STOP BULLYING MEEEEEE.

Jkjk, it's meant to be a midweek treat for my workplace. Thursday is the middle of the week for us. But yes. I know fruity Friday works so much better, so I just act Extra Gay those days.

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

God, I. I don't know why, but just you bringing up the ability to have a post last for more than a few hours... It hit me for some reason.

I never really realized, but reddit always felt so fast, looking back. A constant, unending stream of novelty. And the only way to be heard was to get in before the rushing tide. It's nice here. I can reply to the people who talk. I'll post and people will engage, I can engage. It's obvious now but I can't believe I didn't notice for so long.

 

I make a fruit platter for work each week, decided I might as well start posting them here. Any thoughts for what fruit I should go with next week? I kinda just tossed this together, haha!

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Adding onto this, you can't really overhaul your entire life unless you have a place to live.

I'm speaking from the other side, I spent some time homeless, and I agree with you. Some people do need more than just a place to live. They need mental health treatment, they need assistance with their drug dependency. They need professional help.

But, it's also impossible for someone to consistently get professional help unless they have a consistent place to rest their head.

Because again, I am agreeing with you, but the part I disagree in is the order of where mental illness comes in. Because I reckon for a lot of homeless folk, they start off fine, and then the trauma of the situation sends them completely mentally loose. I was lucky to have the internet and my friends to keep me stable enough, and even I have plenty of screws lost now.

It's a hard issue to solve, and I genuinely think it'll take decades of actual effort (not half measures) to see some actual gain. And homelessness is literally ingrained into an economy of winners and losers. Because it is a lot more than just stop making people homeless at this point.

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think reddit is going to die (if only due to the process of enshittification and the consequences of going public) but the idea of a mass exodus is a bit of a dream. Anyone who has had a conversation going on in one channel, and then have a mod tell them to move it to a more appropriate channel should know this. The conversation doesn't move, it just stops 9/10 times.

But we shouldn't be preoccupied with reddit as a community. Give what you can to Lemmy and enjoy it for what it is, not wishing it to be reddit.

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Ace Attorney games, I believe the newest trilogy that's set in the past?

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man, maybe I should dust off the old account and do the good ol "taking Tumblr screenshots and posting them on other websites" work myself.

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Same. Replacing doom scrolling on Reddit with posting on beehaw.

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

Hell, even if people move back to reddit, I've made the choice to stay on Lemmy, and give a small community everything I've got.

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oooh, I'm presuming New Zealand then? Honestly, learning about possum fibre was a shock, when my coworkers told me about their possum wool scarf. I still think it's a bit weird to wear the screaming bastards haha.

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I just realised... I can buy possum fibre...........

[–] PascalPistachios@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

All I'm seeing is a place to upload video instructions to the tutorials I'm going to post here. Heh.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by PascalPistachios@beehaw.org to c/diy@beehaw.org
 

A 2 ply with this lovely merino blend I got. All my coworkers are asking me to make stuff now that I have proper spinning wheel. Anyone else here into spinning yarn?

While I'm on the subject, would anyone else be interested in a write up? I don't want the information to stay on Reddit. And while I'm VERY much not an expert, I can at least start posting resources for folk.

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