dmention7

joined 2 years ago
[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've been moved out for 25 years 😂

I just hoped that my family would take advantage of me offering up my server for them to stream from.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Same here. I initially had high hopes that my family would take advantage, but apparently my parents would rather bug my siblings monthly for their Hulu/Netflix/Max/Disney+/Prime logins than install Plex or Jellyfin lol.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Honestly, I get it. If you have a relatively small stash of media, say a couple TB worth, you can pretty easily say "well I watched this movie, so I'll delete it and make room for the next. When you get into the 10's of TB range, the mindset has switched from it being a dynamic, temporary library to a repository. And it becomes easier just to plug in another 10-20TB drive occasionally, rather than trying to curate thousands of movies and shows.

I can see both sides though. There's certainly something to be said for being deliberate about the media you consume--and therefore only needing enough storage for your immediate viewing plans. I'm not quite into the 100TB range with my library, but I definitely have moments where I feel like having so many options makes any given option seem less appealing.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

One thing I've noticed in discussing dreams with my wife is that experiencing the dream first-hand with all the context, emotions, and sense of having "been there" goes a long way toward making a dream feel more realistic or believable.

There have been many times where I'm explaining a dream that felt (and still feel) totally plausible and coherent, but in trying to describe it to someone else, I realize just how unrealistic certain aspects are. Its like trying to explain the plot of an absurdist comedy or something like that.

There's probably an allegory in there for individual perception and lived experiences vs objective reality,, but I'm not feeling quite articulate enough to type it out... 🙃

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

No kidding! At least call it something romantic like a knobby-tired dumptruck.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I used to deliver for papa johns many moons ago. We had one guy who ordered the same thing every Saturday afternoon at about 4pm. I forget the exact details... it was something normal like a pepperoni & mushroom, but then add literally 5x extra anchovies on the entire thing. A typical large was about $12 in those days, and his pizza would be north of $25.

I hated getting that run because my car would smell like fish oil into the next day, but the dude tipped well so it was cool.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks taaty!!

How were the ribs? I've only ever made them American barbecue style (low and slow), but I've always been a little curious how they come out we grilled over higher heat.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

I get that, but these comments strongly imply two things that are generally false:

-The main reason that tailgating happens is because someone is camping in the left lane, and

-Tailgating is an appropriate response to someone camping in the left lane.

Nobody, literally nobody, ever defends left lane campers, but for some reason the immediate reaction to calling out tailgaters for their dangerous driving is to strawman the caller-outer as a left lane camper.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

I love this template, and this is pretty much the "Raw, Live, and Unplugged" version. Perfection!

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I asked for that >.<

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Why is this passive aggressive "hurr durr found the left lane camper" comment on every literally post about left lane tailgaters?

Have you literally never driven in any Metropolitan area ever? I see it daily... lines 10+ cars deep of traffic maybe a single carlength apart, all doing 85 in the left lane, constantly passing middle lane traffic, as if that's somehow going to make the 1/2 mile of traffic ahead of them go faster.

The number of aggressive tailgaters I see during my commute easily outweighs the left lane campers by 10:1

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're not a man, you're a Chicken Boo!

Holy hell, where was that memory hiding out?

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