Anyone know if this guy has an RSS feed for his comics? He seems to only post on Instagram. I can’t really follow his work without an RSS feed 🫤

On this note: The Art of Self Defense is a really good movie.

White helmet: riding with the good guys

Black helmet: riding for evil

Joke explaining is an important community service.

Can making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich really be called “cooking”?

I’m fine with plenty of sex on TV. Game of Thrones seems to have broken the barrier in people’s mind for gratuitous sex and nudity in the mainstream and streaming services have capitalised on not having the same restrictions as terrestrial TV. Sex is an important part of human existence and it’s fine to have it feature heavily in our media. The same rules apply as for anything else in story writing… It must make a point, fit into a narrative and be done well.

A few media review sources have had good video essays and articles about the fact that:

1. The most recent generations are really objecting to sex in their media. So tastes are changing. Objectively there is less and less sex in our movies and TV shows.
2. It is very important to show normal sex as part of a normal story. If this is not maintained, then the only way to see any depiction of sex will be porn, and porn is so warped and far from reality that it really should not be our main depiction of sex.

If stories are going to be written, then there will inevitably be bad stories and poor implementation too, and we just have to put up with that. I haven’t seen the media you mention… Maybe it was bad, or maybe it wasn’t for you. Either one is fine. If you want to find good shows, you risk watching some bad ones.

The higher-end the product, the more malnourished and not-happy the model must look.

Only models for low priced products can eat and smile.

This works for peas and you don’t need a recipe. Put boiled peas in an air-fryer to crisp them up a bit. Then sprinkle on whatever spices you like. Can add lemon, or sauces or whatever you like. Experiment as you like. Just be careful not to make it unhealthy by drowning it in sauce.

You could do the same with cutting aubergine into thin slices and making them crisp in an airfryer or oven and making “chips” out of them.

The rules for social media that work great for me are:

• 75% of the time that I think need to comment, I actually don’t need to say anything. I delete my comment and move on.
• once a comment is made, there will not be any reply to further comments. There’s nothing to gain from a back and forth. I’ve made my point, the other guy has made his point. Move on. The only exception will be purposeful invited questions (e.g. helping someone with solving a gaming related problem, answering a specific question regarding my home server, etc).

Reminds me of Welcome to the Internet

Guys, what’s the best Linux distro to install on my PC?

The community:

I’ve done this to myself. I don’t care less about people. I still want good things for people not matter how far away they might be. But I’ve worked hard to try to accept the difference between my circle of concern and circle of influence. I try to do what I can, and the fact that there is large-scale badness, does not undo my tiny-scale goodness. We can only change what we can.

Also, it’s important to know that social media and news pour money into making you angry and upset. It is worth taking a step back and limit your exposure to bad sources of news. I’m off all social media (other than Lemmy) and I follow news only via RSS, only via curated feeds and with heavy use of blacklisting phrases. There’s no point in ruminating and being fed the same trash news all the time. Work towards stopping feeling bad and starting doing good.

This meme I made conveys how I feel about this.

Hor net from Silksong

You are right, yes

10 years old would be 7th Gen Intel which is perfectly capable.

For anyone else budget conscious: you can get excellent laptops by looking for an 8th gen Intel laptops in pristine condition on eBay for <£150. This will be perfect for daily use, web, office, etc. If you need gaming then get a used Steam Deck OLED. This is suitable computing for a huge number of people’s usecase.

Men’s shampoo: is this for dry or oily hair?

Yes

You won’t, but thousands of others will.

When genetic testing became a thing then people started fallingover themselves to submit genetic samples. You get an amusing piece of paper. They get a permanent record of your genome (and the indirect data of most of your family). People really don’t care about their data.

Which one?