Whilst that would be a fascinating pickle to be in, I meant I'm bald.
I can grow some pretty epic facial hair, but it's at the cost of most of the hair on my head.
Sen. Dick Durbin
OK, that's it. The final proof I needed that we live in a simulation and whoever runs it is just fucking with us.
There's nothing I can think of that is totally impossible without a smartphone. Just less convenient to varying degrees. Some of that is because of the fact that you'd need to carry several devices and/ or paper alternatives like we did in the dark ages. But some of it's just because people expect everyone to be carrying a smartphone these days.
For Amazon returns I need to scan the QR code in the Amazon app at the post office. That could potentially be avoided by printing the QR code, but there's no mechanism I know of at the moment to download the code.
I do check my email and online calendar when I'm out sometimes for details if I'm heading somewhere or checking when something is. This could be avoided by using a paper diary and printing out relevant emails.
For watching videos, listening to podcasts and checking Lemmy I'd either need to use a tablet, a laptop (which I generally use at home rather than my smartphone) or a dedicated audio player for the podcasts for portability.
Banking can be done via my laptop, phone call or in person at my local branch (for now).
Obviously phone calls and texts could be handled by a "dumb" phone.
Some restaurants ask you to order via their website or app but I'm sure if you kicked up enough of a fuss they'd find another way of handling that.
I rarely take photos or video but carrying a digital camera could replace the need of a smartphone for that. There are a lot of small, high quality options out there these days.
A smartphone is very useful for navigation but that could be taken care of with a handheld satnav device.
If you have a job that pays you a vast fortune and it's primary requirement is that you look super hot you'd probably invest a little of that money into eating and exercising well too.
I'm 37 and about 6 months ago I woke up and my back and shoulder hurt like hell.
It got better when I moved around but it hurt a lot if I didn't move my arm for a few minutes.
I tried median nerve flossing like in this video and it gradually got better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQWy_M9Lso
Crazy that there was a time (that I lived through) where you couldn't just get an answer to a question like that immediately.
Can anyone enlighten me on why it says the original cost is $26.17 and the cost is $28, whilst they're still asking for a tip?
Gamecube controller for scale would have been better IMO
Also, oh my God she is so tiny and flippin' adorable!
Very interesting. Does anyone know if it's a case of them buying out local brands in a country, trying to make their brand sound like a local one or a mix of the two?
Anybody else think it was messed up that Data kept Spot trapped in his quarters?
I just re-watched TNG "In Theory" (S04E25) and Data says that the door to his quarters is set to only allow humanoids to enter or leave when Geordie finds Spot in the hall.
Whilst I get that it would be dangerous for Spot to wander the ship freely I think it's kind of mean to keep him locked in a small room like that forever. There doesn't seem to be any cat toys in the room but maybe the computer is capable of some sort of environmental enrichment we can't immediately see.
Onlyfans creators will eventually market meat of themselves
Lab grown meat already exists. The same processes could easily make human meat without harming the human.
I'm fairly certain this will at some point lead to a social media fad of people trying, well, people. It seems like every possible stupid action has already been turned into one at this point https://eu.app.com/story/news/world/2024/03/07/what-is-tiktok-chroming-trend/72879475007/
Onlyfans creators already sell stuff like toenail clippings and bathwater https://kotaku.com/belle-delphine-onlyfans-paypal-pornhub-bath-water-1851491916
Wouldn't be difficult to imagine people buying meat made of their favourite creator. What they do with it is between them and their god.
"Do you really want to eat Bella Thorne's ass? Well, for just $19.99 you can fry up a small part of it!"
Nicotine addiction isn't that bad - tobacco companies encourage the belief that it's more severe to keep people smoking
Tobacco companies had to own up to the fact that smoking is harmful in the 1960s when undeniable evidence came out. People struggled to quit because it is somewhat addictive, but mainly because they enjoyed it.
Those companies then encouraged the rhetoric about it being more addictive than heroin. It isn't. In my experience it's less addictive than caffeine.
Here's my history with nicotine:
- Smoked cigarettes from 15 - 26.
- Quit totally for 14 months
- My friend who smoked moved back to town and I smoked when I was with them.
- Switched to vaping 8 years ago.
- Quit vaping in January this year (2024).
I bought 30 cigars at the start of last month (April 2024) and have smoked 9 of them so far. I normally just have 1 a week if I'm having a beer at home but I went out drinking 2 nights in a row at the start of this month and smoked 6 over that weekend.
Am I addicted? Maybe, but I haven't had any nicotine this week and don't plan on having any next week either.