i have no idea how to explain it but drying my hands with a towel vs a hand dryer is a completely different experience for me. and the dryer just makes me feel weird

(i do have some slight OCD around washing my hands though so that might be it)

and they dry my hands too much, i need my hands moist but not dripping, and there’s no such option

as someone who’s had their food stolen by a seagull a few times i once found myself in a fit of petty rage googling “can i kill a seagull” and the answer is no, like legally you cannot, they’re protected birds

i’m looking forward to getting a stable-ish job after my trial period. i already accepted an internship and have another offer on the table that can fill in my time nicely

i’m also looking forward to playing Patapon 1 & 2 replay, and Ratatan, and maybe even Silksong but it’s been so long i’m not sure it’s not just a collective hallucination

that’s why i keep two books in the bathroom. True Facts That Sound Like Bullshit by Shane Carley, and Brief Answers to Big Questions by Stephen Hawking. Perfect for reading ~10-20min at a time

that actually helped me remember that my target language exists, it was good for me to at least have a brush with some learning on the days that i just didn’t feel like doing much.

what was the final nail on the coffin for me was duolingo neutering the japanese course, they delayed introducing kanji so hard i was seeing the most basic basics like 母, 父, 語, even 何 in hiragana, which made the course deeply counterproductive as reading japanese in hiragana only, when you know the kanji already slows you down considerably. consider: ははははなをもっています vs 母は花を持っています, both mean “my mum has a flower” but one of them has a string of は you need to decipher the meaning of first before you can understand the sentence, the other’s meaning can be understood instantly

what is happening? is ed sheeran the new beans?

there’s always the possibility the one queer person just pretended not to see and let it happen because it’s funny. but the way to prevent this is to hire at least two queer people, then once you see them giggling to each other after the meeting you’ll know something is up

this is what not having queer people on the team does to companies

ah yes, seeing deepweb market-esque exit scams on the surface web is a sign of a healthy system

windows 10

my porn folder is called “not porn” and also hidden (with the hidden folder feature you can toggle on an off)

every few months i open lemmy and see a bean meme, and then i know the entire day shall be filled with bean memes, then it’ll go away, until a few months pass again and it’s bean meme day again

i don’t think a pill can give you more followers either (not without first setting up a cult and/or a drug enterprise)

oh nah lol, i’d just keep a decent amount of money to live comfortably + bit extra for the occasional adhd “new hobby” shopping spree. if “a lot” means billions, the majority of it i’d most likely donate to charities or give away to friends and random people, i have no desire to hoard wealth

1. feels like a trap, once you burn through all your fat you’ll be impossibly unhealthy

2. is a trap too, if you stop gaining weight from eating then you might trap yourself in the same situation as above

3. unless you hunt for food, bad idea

4. decent option, but it doesn’t mention if there’s any pain during the growth period

5. good option, as long as you have control over your strength

6. very bad option, sounds nice but you will go insane

7. doesn’t say if online or IRL, having many followers IRL is not desirable

8. dangerous, erasing any meaningful memories is dangerous

9. the only good option with no consequences i can think of. i’ll take 3 of those

if a poop hits the fan it can indeed create a large mess.

😭 thanks for testing that, Mythbusters, never would’ve known. what was that quote of theirs? the difference between screwing around and science is writing it down?

or like, if they just kinda put the three temperatures above the thermometer that’d help

i recommend Obsidian! if you use discord or reddit you’ll already know most of the formatting it allows for (Markdown Primer), and it’s very nice to use. So nice in fact, when i finally got around to using it i hyperfixated on moving all of my random notes and texts to it to organsie it

how? wasn’t the whole thing about orange juice that the US just had too many danged oranges so they started advertising it is the breakfast drink? shouldn’t it be dirt cheap?