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  • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldHas my mom gone mad?
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    7 months ago

    I wouldn’t feel safe sleeping in a room with a random internet stranger my mom met over the internet. In fact, I wouldn’t really feel safe sleeping in the same room as people I’ve met while playing internet games and I’ve met some cool people. People can easily fake an internet persona over long periods of time. I don’t feel like this is empathy problem on your part. Trust takes time to build and it’s not something that can really be done over the internet if your entire history with the person is based purely on online interactions.




  • Here is some of the important stuff from the article.

    Rather than feeding ducks bread, bird enthusiasts can instead offer them treats like:

    Halved grapes (be sure to cut them in half to prevent choking)

    Cracked corn

    Thawed frozen peas

    Barley

    Oats

    Birdseed

    Duck pellets

    Even with these healthier snacks, Norris says it’s still important to only feed ducks in moderation. If the birds, especially the ducklings, become reliant on people for their food, they may stop foraging or engaging in their other natural behaviors.

    “You don’t need to bring a whole bag of seed, a whole bag of grapes,” Norris says, “You don’t want to just throw a whole bunch of stuff at them.” Instead, a handful of snacks should suffice.

    This is the first time I’ve been alerted to a GDPR related issue. Is this becoming a common issue for people in the EU?








  • This took a few tries, so here is everything I found.

    I got Cowboys & Aliens, but technically that doesn’t work for the xkcd rules because that movie came out the month before my 18th birthday. Very close though. And I guess it’s kind of a case of so bad it’s good, for most people, but for me, it’s the James Bond / Indiana Jones crossover I always wanted and it’s probably the closest thing I’ll ever get.

    I enjoyed Aladdin (2019), Don’t Look Up, and Don’t Worry Darling but I wouldn’t say they are among my favorite films. They only meet the requirement for reviewer score though. And I think audience score is where it’s at for this challenge. Suicide Squad works for this version of the challenge, but not for xkcd on audience score. Anyone can like a film that did poorly with critics.

    This is probably going to end poorly for me, but for the rules as written xkcd challenge, I got Pixels. It’s an Adam Sandler movie, and I know some people don’t like those. I’m not crazy about Adam Sandler films, but this one was about video games and I really enjoyed it. I think Sandler did it justice. His experience with video games seemed to be primarily from arcades, but I think that is a valid perspective.

    I watched it with my roommate during college. I guess some people hate it because they feel the original vision wasn’t done justice for the short film it was based on. I might have seen some of that original short film, I can’t rule that out for certain. But based on the version I found on youtube while writing this I clearly hadn’t. The controversy didn’t detract from my enjoyment of Pixels.

    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pixels