mmm, forbidden snacks! (some of the rocks at the gift shop definitely look like candy)

wow, wtf. what a scam.

this is one reason why i have never had prime. not that i order much from amazon anyway (very rarely, in fact).

i think people think amazon is a lot more indispensable than it actually is.

is the insurance good enough to cover the cost of a knee and a hip for me? because that’s what i’m gonna need if they want me to take up running. at minimum.

this is not a bonus available to employees who can’t take up running, for whatever reason.

i will give you that one. 😮‍💨

what? i can’t speak specifically to crunchyroll (not willing to pay for it), but i watch a lot of movies in languages other than english with english subtitles on roku.

if roku is insisting on this (?), they aren’t insisting on it for other services like hbo.

the ads on roku do not impact my experience, they go away as soon as i open anything.

i suppose it’s that his intent was to train (essentially to control) something apart from himself, but he likely trained himself in the process (created something within himself that he did not control, at least for as long as the response was conditioned).

it’s been a long week.

just checked with one of my teenagers, confirmed they didn’t know freedom fries. which makes sense of course, but i took it for granted they must have heard - it was such a bizarre thing to me at the time!

lol, SCIENCE BELIEVERS like it’s a huge insult

i just stopped wearing any makeup except lipstick and sunscreen when covid happened. i really thought about wearing it when i got my current job and decided that, if i started, i would be creating an “expectation.” i didn’t want to deal with “you look tired” on days i didn’t bother, or feel like i had to whether i wanted to mess with it or not.

now i wear makeup for fancy dress and that’s it.

but respect for people who do wear it often! i admire how nice it looks on my coworker who clearly puts time and effort into a really beautiful makeup.

i mean, i’m no fan of capitalism, but when i take my car to the guy who has been servicing it for 10 years, i don’t mind that he’s itemized the work to ensure that he and the guys who work for him are paid fairly for their expertise and time.

we do, unfortunately, exist in a system that requires money at present.

maybe it’s not a lie if you have grown and changed into a new version of yourself.

agreed. big fan of his work on right-to-repair, but find his libertarian pov tiresome.

supposedly we’re super business/small business friendly. not a business owner, but i expect there are significantly fewer fees and very significantly lower taxes for someone doing business here compared to new york. also a lot less regulation.

it’s the same reason a lot of big businesses come here.

i would be more bothered about knowing i will never be able to afford any life-saving meds that get developed with my DNA than not getting a cut of the profit.

but anyway, i haven’t given them mine, for whatever that’s worth (since i know at least one family member did).

also, my $15.99 plan went up to $18.99 in the last year or so anyway

try talking to some ciswomen and find out if misgendering hurts. spoiler - it does.

edit - fwiw, i keep hearing that lemmy is friendlier than reddit. this doesn’t align with my experience so far, it’s the same hateful shit as always.

there’s at least the two of us