mikezeman

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[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is their admin, and also one of the lead developers of Lemmy.

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Smart people fall for lies, cons, and cults all the time - it is foolish to believe anyone is immune to such things because they're "too smart".

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Did you miss the sentence "even if you still vote"?

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

As someone who loved sc2 and had high hopes for Stormgate, it's pretty hot garbage in its current state. Micro-transaction central before it's even in a close to finished state.

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm in a similar boat of my name not being a big deal to me (also male). However, if a name is arbitrary, why should you change it? If it doesn't matter whether it's your original name or the name of your spouse, why on earth go to the trouble of changing it in the first place? "That's how we've always done it" has never really held much water for me as an argument. If it's of merit, it should stand up to scrutiny without the appeal to tradition.

However, to many people, names aren't arbitrary. From a historical point of view, marriage used to be considered a transaction of property, and a woman's last name had the connotation of ownership. Were I a woman, I would find that quite abhorrent, and even though that connotation has diminished I still don't think I could stomach it.

For some specific cases, names hold recognition. I'm a singer and have friends & mentors for whom performing is their full time job. To change your last name after building name recognition can do serious harm to your fame, and thus income. So most of them in that situation will retain their maiden name for job security more than anything.

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago (5 children)

It's not contradicting itself though. Your first quoted statement says "using high-resolution scanners". The last one says "conventional MRI studies". The methodology is what is different.

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fourth character reminds me of a character my friend played. His name was Jim Spoons, and his backstory was that his wife was murdered and he was trying to find out who the murderer is and avenge her. He carries this out until the final session, when it is revealed that he in fact was the one who killed his wife, and that Jim Spoons is an anagram for... OJ Simpson

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 23 points 9 months ago

I woke up with mold growing in my hair because of this comment

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They wrote mean words on one jar of rice, nice words on the other, and the one with mean words grew mold, illustrating that you should choose your words carefully. That was their intention at least.

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 119 points 9 months ago (3 children)

No it's the mean words

 
[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He's the husband of the vice president, that makes him the second gentleman. If she becomes president, then he would be the first gentleman.

[–] mikezeman@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I honestly think Bernie can do more good as a senator than as vp.

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