I actually liked the crust after the change. It’s not great, but it was better than most other chains.

We’re already on the same page.

Could I just slam the door on it? I can’t lift fridges overhead like I used to.

I still remember details from books I read as a child. I wish I could go back to the first time I read some of my favorite stories.

/gif_man_crying_dont_give_me_hope.

The best thing about pickleball with trump would be the chances of injury. I can’t tell you how many broken wrists I’ve seen from them falling.

I hear some people enjoy that particular fashion statement.

Supposedly gaben has threatened to release code in a death switch that would make every steam user able to play their games without phoning home.

I know that I would never buy another game if steam went down the toilet. Piracy was fun when I was a kid, and I bet it could be fun again.

Is it just me, or does the tail of the plane look like a :0 faced bird with its wings raised?

If only we could replace the plane ride before jumping into the sky. I once did the math in my head for how fast you’d have to be shot out of a cannon to reach typical jumping height, and it was a doozy. Disregarding air resistance, it approaches the speed of sound… and since we know how much air resistance matters in skydiving, that method is just out.

I’m actually curious now. Wingsuits can get a glide ratio of 2-3:1, right? The US census reports average commute time around 26.8 minutes, which (and I’m really spitballing here), might mean an average of 8-20 miles. Even with the wingsuit, that would mean having to get up above 20,000 feet AGL for the shortest distance. Now you’re talking about supersonic cannon speeds, AND are at a height where they start recommending using oxygen bottles.

Alright, all that was using the idea off getting shot straight up and then gliding from the top. Let’s plug in some horizontal firing. The most efficient horizontal distance is achieved at 45 degrees, not considering air resistance. It looks like you’d be fired at just under 800mph, or 355 meters/second if you like metric, with a horizontal/vertical velocity of 562 mph each. Travel time is about 51ish seconds.

None of that really makes sense without air resistance though. The fastest speeds for a skydiver just cross 300mph, or 450 ft/sec. The record right now is 527.77km/h, and you cannot deploy the parachute at those speeds without injury or death. So that means our 800 mph initial velocity would have to be far greater so you could get as far as possible before air resistance brings you down to terminal velocity. It also takes time for a parachute to deploy (5-10 seconds), which really throws a spanner in the works for timing. I’d also love to imagine the air traffic patterns as people are willy-nilly shot around metro commuting areas.

Hmm. I seem to love mixing imperial and metric measurements.

It’s not a surprise. There’s some good analysis of vehicle advertisements, and one of the big emotions they push with SUV ads is the feeling of being safe in a ‘bad’ situation.

Fear based advertising (in general)

Article that is often quoted about fear in advertising

That/why/how SUVs and crossovers are so popular

Fear in advertising SUVs

You can see it in the various ‘asklemmy’ communities. When I was left wondering if we were being brigaded by folks from nostupidquestions or having a bot trying to drive engagement with simpleminded stuff, I knew the original lemmy feeling was about to be gone.

It makes me a little grumpy that I have to experience the eternal september.

It’s funny, because I actually enjoy the less realistic versions, like ship of fools. Void crew was fun and all, but didn’t tickle my biscuit enough. Sea of thieves was just sort of… boring. It took too long to get into the fun, and then the fun was over too quickly.

Lol, and here I was imagining the average lemming as a mid 30s-40s dude with a linux thinkpad and a preference for femboys with long socks.

Shit, I’m trying to remember from just the memes. Was it something like :q! or am I misremembering it?

When you’re walking alone in the dark all big burly and bearded and just hear a voice calling out sexualizing you it’s scary

The fear is from the group dynamics more than anything else. Gender almost plays no part in it. Age plays almost no part in it. There are several stories about a group of teens attacking a lone adult, and it goes just about as you’d expect. Anyone who is alone and suddenly becomes the focus of attention by a group will (and probably should) become worried, whereas if you’re in a group the (that is, your) reaction can be anything from ignoring to playing along because you have less to fear. All of us can imagine the difference between walking in a group or by yourself when getting catcalled. Most of us have probably seen the difference.

The cops won’t even bother with civil forfeiture. There’s a court case (a shitty one, more of a hearing, but it’s there) involved in that and the prosecutors will roll their eyes for $200. They’ll just put it in an evidence locker, put up a notice in a newspaper that no one will ever see, then 30 days later say that no one claimed it and then they pocket it.

Oh man, I don’t know what to tell you then. Take your aspirin and come reminisce with me about the good old days.

Aye, nvidia makes it so something doesn’t initialize when my computer wakes up… and something that I can’t find is turning on sleep mode in a way that I can’t figure out.

Sometimes Linux does get a groan or two out of me.

Oh, those biology professors and their pet slimes…