I don’t care what people say, the most important historical event in my lifetime was the discovery and release of the lost Steely Dan tape containing The Second Arrangement

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  • Squorlple@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldDo you agree ?
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    16 days ago

    So many of OP’s post titles (including on their apparent alts) are weird generic questions that are fishing for engagement. They don’t seem to even “get” all the jokes they share. I’m not quite sure what their objective is, apart from maybe posting content for the sake of content to grow Lemmy/communities. It feels a lot like Facebook pages spamming generic content to grow an audience and then shifting to advertising a product and/or pushing propaganda.




  • I joined after Reddit’s API changes with that site’s willful negligence of its bot infestation on my mind. If the bar for “this account looks like a human” is raised by human users individualizing themselves more, then that requires more effort on bot makers to disguise their bots as people. Accounts look less bot-like with personalities, particularly those which are neither stereotypically normal nor a caricature of a few base traits. With my “The Son of Man” profile picture, as well as my profile description that is all three of esoteric, farcical, and personal, I wanted to be just the right amount of weird while also subtly (and perhaps subconsciously) commentating on the potentiality of Lemmy eventually falling victim to bot plagues as it grows. Despite all of this, I’ve since come across another user with the same profile picture (with a different level of zoom) who also happened to have the same cake day.



  • There are a number of idioms that MythBusters tested, some of which were disproven and some of which were confirmed/plausible.

    It is easy to punch out of a paper bag.

    10 pounds of poop will not fit in a 5-pound bag.

    People can easily recognize the backs of their own hands.

    Taking candy from a baby is not as easy as it sounds.

    People may literally get cold feet when they are scared/timid.

    If poop hits a fan it can indeed create a large mess.

    You can teach an old dog new tricks.

    With an enormous amount of force, it is possible to literally knock someone’s socks off.

    In a race, it is not literally better to hit the ground running.

    You can polish poop.

    Shooting fish in a barrel is fairly easy; the shock wave from a bullet can be enough to kill the fish.

    A bull in a china shop will actively avoid hitting the shelves.

    A rolling stone truly gathers no moss.

    Finding a needle in a haystack is difficult, even with modern technology.

    [EDIT: a couple of other idioms not in the idiom section of the link.

    It is possible to make a balloon out of lead.

    It is not possible to herd cats.

    A goldfish’s memory is not limited to three seconds.

    ]