GroteStreet

joined 2 years ago
[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look up "Stanford marshmallow experiment".

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hahahah. I don't know how my sleep-deprived brain got to "I am Bob".

Yeah, audio isn't my preferred medium, but since I now commute by car instead of public transport, it's the only viable means of book consumption for me. It's unfortunate because a bad narrator can turn me off of an otherwise good book.

Sanderson's Skyward series have different narrators on Spotify and Audible. One of them I could not stand for more than 5 minutes. The other, Sophie Aldred, is a real pleasure to listen to.

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Huh, interesting. I am Bob is literally next on my audiobook playlist.

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago

I still remember my grandmother telling me she was socially shunned for preferring jeans to skirts. I'm sure she's rolling in her grave right now.

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Sigh. As a fan of Sanderson, Abercrombie, and Gibson, I am now compelled to check out your other recommendations. As if I haven't already had an overly long queue of things to read..

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

It looks like they lifted the ban in the USA too? If you're still keen, do give them a ring.

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

FYI, in Australia they scrapped the rule a couple years ago and you would've been able to donate now (at least blood, not sure about organs).

Wherever you are, maybe check again if they've relaxed the rule.

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I can't stand Rossman's videos; but I respect the hell out of his ideas, principles, and efforts to better the slices of technological life that he cares about.

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

thousands

While technically correct, with $700k, I would argue that, "almost a million dollar" would give me a better picture of the scale of the problem than just "thousands".

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Hello from across the fedi-pond. Good job and wishing you all the best.

~~Apes~~ Fediverse together strong!

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am intrigued by the lore. Do you have a tome I could peruse?

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't even have to open the image to know it's FCKGW!

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