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ChexMax

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  • Poll: Which abandoned Android phone features do you miss the most?

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  • Yes, I was gonna say this one too but it was like 2010 on a phone that had a physical keyboard. You could set it to flash for notifications - yellow for missed calls, green for texts, blue for an app. A simpler time

  • ‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing

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  • How old are you guys, if you don't mind me asking? It seems that generally younger people don't see this as an innate violation of privacy, where older people feel quite surveilled and even like they're being viewed as untrustworthy for someone to ask this of them.

    I've never cheated on my spouse (not even close), I've never felt any inclination to lie about my whereabouts. I can see the safety aspect of this, logically. I would feel offended if my spouse asked me to be a dot on his phone, as if he was asking to own me. We share a home, a child, a bank account, a car, but we don't share location. I don't even keep my location activated for my own use unless I'm actively navigating somewhere new.

    We've got plenty of "normal" problems, but none of them lead me to want his location. I simply trust him enough. It feels to me like if you need your partners location on tap, you must first have other problems

  • We all sleep alone soundly; Maybe the key to a happy marriage is separate beds

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  • I have terrible insomnia, I have misophonia, and I am a light sleeper. My partner talks in his sleep, he's a furnace, and a loud breather, but I'll tell you, nothing conks me out like turning over and being the big spoon on that guy. When he's out of town it's harder (or at least less comfortable) to fall asleep. Sometimes when I really really can't sleep for hours, I'll reach over and just hold his limp sleeping hand and it helps.

    He can fall asleep anywhere and sleep through anything though. If we were both poor sleepers, idk what we'd do.

  • Anyone else do this?

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  • Neurotypicals are always doing this, it's just not as stressful for them. They call it reading the room, or vibe checks or call it nothing at all except being polite. Trying to follow set etiquette in a new situation is a completely "normal" thing to do.

  • Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance

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  • Right but if my neighbor across the street has one, my house is being surveilled a lot more than is theirs.

  • Why are most religious people so easy to manipulate? (serious)

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  • And not just without proof, but to ignore proof if you see it!

    Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

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    Proverbs 28:26 26 Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.

  • Day 365 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing (One Year Anniversary!)

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  • Wahoo! You're a Lemmy institution!

  • Tiny gut “sponge” bacteria found to flush out toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”

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  • Hmm I wonder if women have less pfas in the blood because of periods?

  • ‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends?

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  • I think I could show up at their doors and ask to stay the night in an emergency. They would clothe and feed me and let me cry on their couch. They absolutely will tell the other friends it happened though. My oldest friendship in the group is over 25 years at this point, and the other friendships have all trickled in, the youngest is maybe 6 years, and I only warmed up on one of the guys like 2 months ago.

    Our politics aren't the same. Our religions aren't the same. Our morals don't align. One of them I hate. Some of them are kinda sexist. That's all I mean by low standards. That you can't kick your friends outta bed because you want to stick to your morals above having friends.

  • What big budget movie had absolutely no buisness getting made?

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  • I think I was unclear. Mario is my favorite. I'm the plebian I'm talking about. I'm a gamer and Thousand Year Door on GameCube is my favorite game of all time. I don't mind a bit that they threw thunderstruck in. My dad was in the theater with me and my brother, and my sister, and my nephews. All of us are obsessed with Mario but my Dad and sister, and thunderstruck meant my dad and sister were enjoying that scene as much as us, even though they didn't get the more subtle Mario Easter eggs.

  • What big budget movie had absolutely no buisness getting made?

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  • I think I was unclear. Mario is my favorite. I have been told I'm not really a gamer over it. That's all I meant. I'm the plebian I'm talking about. Thousand Year Door on GameCube is my favorite game of all time, with Stardew as a close competitor. A lot of my gamer friends are fine calling me a gamer but I've definitely been hate kept over these preferences.

  • ‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends?

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  • Our friend group sits at around 17. It ebbs and flows with girl/boyfriends coming and going (though mostly all married now). I hate to say it, but the key is low standards. We don't all agree on anything. We don't all have the same hobbies or even sense of humor. But we don't kick each other out over stupid fights, and everyone is always welcome at everything. If you cut people out when they don't agree with you, or when they screw up, your friendships disappear. You just have to treat it like family.

  • What big budget movie had absolutely no buisness getting made?

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  • Idk, I think the issue here is that Mario is for plebians. I don't know any "real" gamers who would answer a Mario game as their favorite game. Hell they likely wouldn't be naming a platform game period. Why wouldn't they throw in a song like that? Mario is fun for everyone, and it's one of the video games that isn't niche, has little to no barrier to entry and is just goofy and fun. Why wouldn't the movie just be goofy and fun?

  • What big budget movie had absolutely no buisness getting made?

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  • I think Christopher Robin and maleficent were good. As long as they're telling a new story it's fun to see the old characters. When it's just the exact same plot but a little darker and live action over animation it's so dumb. Our CGI just ain't good enough to justify that.

    They're remaking Moana already, and still a new movie, relative.

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    Baby dies after California mom leaves him in car to get lip filler on 101-degree day, police say

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  • parents out there ... clue me in, but isn't this the pinnacle of irresponsibility, even on a cool day?

    What she did is reprehensible, irresponsible, disgusting. That said, letting your baby finish their nap in a climate controlled car used to be very common. You could park down your driveway, leave the car on, bring in your groceries (and even put them away), and then get the baby out, but now able to give him your full attention. It's not acceptable to do that today. I have spent so many many hours in my driveway letting my baby finish their nap. Apparently if you remove the car seat from the base the angle is more dangerous for them to rest at, but unbuckling her means the end of a nap. I have wished it was safe to leave her in there alone every time and if I was a slightly less informed mother, I probably would. I would say if the car is climate controlled it's probably the same amount or less dangerous than co sleeping and like half of parents do that (I do not). Parents make a lot of choices.

  • Genius

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  • Yeah and that doesn't count the time listing the fake jobs, or scheduling the interviews

  • Up to half of the earth's population doesn't have an inner monologue, up to half of the earth has never had a shower thought

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  • Wait am I confused on what an inner monologue is? Is it different from a train of thought? Do I just think I have one? Do people have a non metaphorical inner monologue where they physically hear thoughts? What percent are they in control of the thoughts?

    If your mind wanders, isn't that the inner monologue?

  • What's a really popular TV show you just couldn't get into?

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  • Honestly good you got out. I still think about some of the darker parts of the books. The older and more aware I become the sicker they make me feel.

  • What's a really popular TV show you just couldn't get into?

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  • Yeah, or that it wasn't even sneaky, they just all agreed a couple of those episodes up front would broaden the appeal, and felt confident people would stick around once they got attached to the characters and into the sci-fi