It’s Brendan, can’t you read?
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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do Brits act like if you fall into a canal, you'll likely drown? UK canals are only waist-deep. Any conscious person who falls in would just stand up, like these videos show.
1·2 days agoThey’re not asking for that, though, are they?
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do Brits act like if you fall into a canal, you'll likely drown? UK canals are only waist-deep. Any conscious person who falls in would just stand up, like these videos show.
2·2 days agoI can’t help but wonder if they’re from the area (or the UK at all) or if this is a fixation on two people they don’t even know. I’d be pretty upset if a stranger kept posting repeatedly about my family member’s death like that, like it’s not already upsetting enough to have someone you know die without a random person on the internet trying to use their death to rile everyone up.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some simple ways to boost your health and mood?
8·5 days agoHaving a good breakfast is always necessary for me when I’ve got a long day planned. 1/2 cup oatmeal with a couple of tablespoons of hemp seeds is 11 g of protein, nearly 20% of the recommended daily fiber, and around 250 calories before toppings. The hemp seeds add protein and healthy fats and the fiber from the oatmeal keeps you satisfied longer. Oatmeal is also supposed to be good for your cholesterol, too.
Chocolate chips, cream cheese, peanut butter, or jam each work great in it. If you’ve never had hemp seeds they’re slightly nutty, but it works well with oatmeal IMO. Don’t forget to add a few shakes of salt.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•WA man accused of hurling rock at Hawaiian monk seal has been doxxed, lawyer saysEnglish
171·6 days agoOh sweet, it’s real? The state senator is right, and bless the people of Hawaii for coming down hard on that kind of behavior.
Have you spoken to a doctor about this? Please do, especially if you have sudden hearing loss in one or both ears. You could have an underlying issue that can be treated, but you want to get it checked sooner rather than later.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•WA man accused of hurling rock at Hawaiian monk seal has been doxxed, lawyer saysEnglish
571·6 days agoWhen a witness confronted Lytvynchuk, he said “he did not care and was ‘rich’ enough to pay any fines,” according to the complaint.
Props to the author for quickly establishing this dude is the worst type of tourist to come to Hawaii and deserves little benefit of doubt.
Afterward, a man “brutally assaulted” Lytvynchuk, his defense attorney Myles Breiner told The Associated Press. Lytvynchuk declined to file a police report on the assault, the attorney said.
So his lawyer pinky promises he was horrifically beat up, but was just too noble to press charges? lol
He said his client is being treated unfairly because he’s a white outsider. “The vast majority of attacks on monk seal and turtle are by locals,” he said.
Oh fuck off.
Maybe that’s true of other babies, but mine is mature enough to handle it. I’ll make sure things don’t get too crazy.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does a PBJ have a defined "up" side?
2·7 days agoWrong, wrong, everyone is wrong! Blend it together so it’s a uniform mix of jelly and peanut butter.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Technology@lemmy.world•'People will buy intelligence from us on a meter': ChatGPT's Sam Altman's AI vision worries criticsEnglish
131·7 days agoIt’s so useless for niche topics it’s not even funny… which is the only thing I’d ever want actual AI for in the first place.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Whats the dumbest thing youve ever heard?
4·7 days agoOh, they can throw in a lot more racist stereotypes and racial slurs! Not doing that to your face is what we’ve been conditioned to accept as progress for the south.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Whats the dumbest thing youve ever heard?
10·7 days agothe most racist thought that I had ever been exposed to in my entire life
Damn, the white southerners have started behaving themselves since I left a couple of decades ago if that’s the worst you heard! Barely even joking, I’ve met so many people where I live now who are from the south that say ‘I just had to get the fuck out’. Gorgeous places, tiny clusters of great people, and vast swathes of shit straight out of Deliverance.
It’s clear at this point you’re not able to have an unemotional conversation about it. Your anecdotal experience as someone dropping the cost of a down payment on a house on a vacation to a place with serious, long lasting issues with the tourist trade and talking to two dudes you are paying isn’t the same as a team of journalists investigating. You keep saying documentary for some reason, which is only revealing you didn’t even bother reading the very extensive article I linked. If you’d like to discuss specific points from it you’re going to have to read it. It’s also grasping at straws to pretend using electricity in a city is just like the environmental destruction or human exploitation happening to climb the mountain.
I hope you find less destructive and exploitative hobbies in the future.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Has/is there ever been a creature that reproduces with creatures of another species?
6·7 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species
What a species is and how genes flow between populations is complex and weird!
A good company costs 60K minimum
You get how that’s even grosser, right?
Don’t speak on behalf of the locals. I personally knew 2 different Sherpas
‘Don’t speak on behalf of the locals, allow me, who knew two dudes, to do so instead’? No, I think I’ll listen to reporting by the BBC, who talked to people whose livelihoods didn’t depend on telling them what they wanted to hear. Obviously some locals do want to climb, but you are delusional if you believe nobody is doing it for money to support their family.
Everything else you’re saying here is irrelevant, I never said it wasn’t physically challenging. It’s just immoral to climb Everest due to the local exploitation and environmental degradation inherent to climbing it. Outside of the nearly 20 lbs of waste each person creates climbing the mountain (the majority of which doesn’t get removed), there are also deforestation issues from locals over harvesting wood to meet tourist demand.
There is not an amount of explanation that is going to move me beyond those facts.
What makes it fake is presenting it as the work of an individual, as those egotistical peak selfies and tedious biographies frequently do. (General) you didn’t make it to the peak, you were helped along by underpaid locals dragging around all the shit that is keeping you alive, who frequently lose their lives in an effort to support their families so some tech bro can get a selfie. It’s a gross way to spend $30k+.
This has been a long standing issue with Mt. Everest, here’s a recent article that does a deeper dive into it: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250530-the-everest-climbs-putting-sherpas-in-danger
I’d rather someone dwell in a basement than exploit local people, litter, and leave literal piles of bagged human shit in a beautiful place that’s dangerous to clean. The level of entitlement is beyond comprehension.
Mount Everest is a fake ass accomplishment for rich people anyway. You don’t carry all your shit, there are lines to the peak, garbage everywhere, it’s basically Times Square for CEOs who want to market themselves as ‘adventurers’. Slightly more death involved each year, but that has more to do with the weather than how Tough someone is.

Do you think they told the fly it was living in a simulation?