[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago

dump a load in your bed

Ah, the good 'ol Heard Turd

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm sure for anyone who has real work to do, GIMP will hold them back compared to Photoshop.

But I grew up using GIMP and got some pretty impressive results with it. Now that I have Adobe CC access and have been using Photoshop through that, I am perpetually confused on how to do x, which I know how to do in a couple clicks in GIMP.

To be fair, I'm sure that'd go doubly so for someone who started with Photoshop since it does have an objectively cleaner UI.

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

Who's "he"?

If only one jumps, I'm gonna think "why are they jumping?"

If everyone is jumping and I know I'm surrounded by reasonable people, I wouldn't jump blindly but I'm gonna think "why am I not jumping?"

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've never liked this saying.

I usually hear it as "if your friends [...], would you do so too?" If my friends—who I feel are quite level-headed—were jumping off of a bridge, I think they would probably have a pretty good reason. Is there a bear charging us from behind and they've noticed but I haven't? Is it because the bridge is short and they're safely jumping into some water for fun? (I've done this before. If the conditions are right, it's perfectly safe for those who can swim.)

Surround yourself with good, level-headed people. If your friends are arrogant/ignorant or not all that bright, you can't assume they're right to jump. If you've built up a sensible group of peers and they all are or are not doing something, you should at least consider why you are the outlier.

Then again, I just wanted to dispute this saying. I'm not saying I agree with OP here.

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I mean, this isn't an awful idea...

The real world logistics probably make this more complicated than implied, but I don't mind the intent.

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago

I love me some bullet trains, but there is a certain distance that makes planes way more viable.

There should be a lot more (and higher quality) high speed rail between cities of moderate distance, however.

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You need context from the show to get this meme. This episode is a satire on how women who molest minors are treated differently and how some people are inclined to congratulate the molested instead of seeing them as victims.

It's not nice, and we need to view the attitude of situations like this being "nice" as messed up. Hence the meme.

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 months ago

Uh, no. Almost everything you can do for logical security only requires free software. Something as easy as ticking the box "encrypt my drive" and putting in a good password when installing Ubuntu or whatever is about as easy as it gets and is LUKS2 ("actual security", as far as at-rest data encryption is concerned).

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 29 points 6 months ago

There are...other countries? WHAT!? 🫨

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In a few months though I can handle a change or gap in insurance though so I've got a light at the end of the tunnel at least

This is just so fucked. In no way do I mean on your end, but just that the system begets inhumane situations like this.

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago

"I am not aware of these comments or their context, but if said—yes, I agree they are racist." Not hard.

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