copandballtorture

joined 2 years ago

Reminds me of the Exploratorium in San Francisco. They have an exhibition that has a long rail with metal coil wrapped around it. On one side, the coils are warm to the touch. On the other side, they're cold to the touch. In the middle of the rail, the coils alternate hot-cold-hot-cold, and when I first touched it, my reflexes yanked my hand away because the nerves interpreted it as "so hot the 'burned nerves' feel cold". Took a few attempts to be able to hold my hands there, and the sensation was very confusing. Would recommend+

Me but with maples

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Lmao are they born fully grown?

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

One in a thousand to even get a chance to talk to someone, what an encouraging system

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago

Well yeah, NA counter-strike is a joke

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 29 points 7 months ago

CNN and NYT were the major perpetuators of Levy's lies; this is not just a Republican problem.

Related reading

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 50 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Absolutely disgusting. The damage of these lies is already done.

"A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on".

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Came here to say electrician. Or anything related to utility (gas, electric, water, Internet, transportation) maintenance. These are often "we need someone 365 days a year" jobs, because they are literally the ones maintaining infrastructure for the rest of us, but those jobs also pay well and are in demand everywhere there are people.

If you're not qualified for that stuff, consider starting with something like Flagging/traffic control. You'll start as the poor sap holding a sign in the rain, but you can study and eventually become the person who designs/approves the traffic control plans, etc etc. Pretty much all utility work requires traffic control.

Surveying/Right of Way/GIS, if you'd rather work in a cube

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

That doesn't seem like world news

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I feel like a spectator at this point. Fully aware of how the system operates and powerless to affect change without grave consequences. Materially, I'm secure. Not reproducing, so I don't have offspring to care about their future. Fuck this timeline, maybe I'll get to return at a cooler time.

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

It's sci-fi with good character development and moral conundrums. It doesn't take itself too seriously and doesn't rely on flashy graphics. The characters are supportive of each other. Like if you took utopian leftist drama kids and told them to make a sci-fi show about humanity trying to do it's best.

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