🌌 we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars
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stelelor@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Offices stock the bathrooms with that single ply, sandpaper toilet tissue to discourage employees from pooping on the company dime-- NOT to cut cost.1·6 months agoMy 3-year old son has clogged our super-flush toilet on several occasions, without involving any TP at all. So add toddler shit to the list too.
stelelor@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If there are dog days, why aren't there cat days?5·10 months agoThere are three feline modern constellations: Leo, Leo Minor, and Lynx. They’re adjacent, so they’re all visible around the same time.
Leo’s heliacal rising from mid-northern latitudes is around early September. Alternatively, it is most easily visible in the evening in early May. So either early May or early September could be considered the “cat days”!
stelelor@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response5·1 year agoI think that fear is just one of the many responses humans like to stimulate. Spicy foods and deep massages? Fancy pain. Fireworks and laser shows? Fancy lights and colors. I wonder if it ties into the ability to remember that we survived the painful stimulus long enough to enjoy the aftermath, so we’re more likely to seek out that stimulus in the future? High risk = high reward kind of thing.
Also brings this to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus
stelelor@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If everyone had access to healthcare the net benefit of treating the mental illness and other disabilities holding them back would easily cover the cost of the healthcare itself.3·1 year agoI hear where you’re coming from. I can’t even begin to imagine how tired you are after all these hardships. The fact that you’re still writing civil replies to the other person is commendable.
I would like to respectfully say that universal healthcare would have eliminated the need to navigate insurance denials and out of pocket maximums. If we add a more robust social safety net to the equation, you may also not have to worry about childcare and having to stretch yourself thin with work… Would eliminating these battles really not have brought qualitative changes (for the better) for your family?
stelelor@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•When historians are trying to credit the invention of generative AI, they may have to hunt down that one social media post that started the "use only auto-complete to finish this sentence" trend.3·1 year agoWhat is the best way to get the latest Flash player is required for video playback of the day of the day of the day
… I have never written anything about Flash player or video playback, what the hell autocomplete?!
stelelor@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Everyone be using the eggplant emoji as a penis euphemism, I have two thoughts on this ...4·1 year agoThe longer you press, the longer it gets?
My mom introduced me to avocado toast. She’s a boomer, I’m a millenial…
stelelor@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•The government probably has super advanced AI at this very moment that we won't see for decades4·2 years agoGovernment worker here too, can confirm our system runs on COBOL. The wizards who can program it have infinite job security.
That happened so long ago that we wouldn’t even call those people “human”.