KnilAdlez

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I've been thinking of ordering from one of those what I like to call bachelor chow services such as Huel or JimmyJoy. I'm disabled and often don't have the energy to cook for myself but I really want to order out less. Would this be a good investment? They are around 2-3 dollars a meal, but shipping kills that.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm tall, you can ride on my back

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I have a programmable AI that controls my house for me. I can personalize to my preferences completely. I cannot afford my prescription toothpaste that has slightly more floride in it.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's crazy I had just gone on a deep dive about gels in robotics, and I was thinking about setting up my own experiments.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you catch skin cancer early, it's a pretty easy treatment, but you can try vitamin D pills and see if they help at all.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

Apply anyway. Either they are lying about the requirement or you have annoyed them a little for being shitty.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That is a really great observation, I didn't catch that. I agree we didn't see enough about actual dating dynamics, but seeing the people using the dating services but picky and superficial, but otherwise reasonable and compromising then seeing their full ugliness after Lucy's illusionment is shattered was very impactful.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

I cannot say for all universities, and I don't know the details of the contracts in my university, but I can say that for one professor I was a teaching assistant for, he was quite happy with his deal. My university forced professors to become exclusively researchers or exclusively lecturers. Some were more happy than others truthfully but still

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My university actually forced many professors to either be exclusively research or exclusively lecture. And boy did I hear about it.

 

This was not a film about a bunch of marxists fixing the world by understanding material conditions, but instead about Dakota Johnson having to choose between Pedro Pascal pretending he's 6' tall and Chris Evans pretending he isn't.

Yet somehow, this film actually is about capitalism. And how it has reduced the concept of relationships to checkboxes and transactions. It effortlessly jumps from silly romcom to handling very serious matters to making me wonder if the director, Celine Song, is on this site (hearing the phrase 'voluntary celibate' in this film shocked me).

The writing was phenomenal, giving a realistic look at the rich and the poor alike. I could actually gush about the dialog all day, but honestly, I don't want to spoil it. Cinematography was also amazing. Nearly every shot was blocked with beautiful intent or used framing to just make great looking shots. The of anamorphic lenses to form frames and tell the story was gorgeous as well.

To criticize the film, I wish we had a bit more from Pascal's character, I never felt like I was in his head, and Dakota Johnson did not give as good of a performance as the rest of the cast.

So is it about marxist materialism? No, but also in a way, yes. If had to give it a rating, I would say 4.5/5 stars. I might go see it again, because I'm sure there were things I missed.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

You can just be a lecturer. That is usually an option.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

What a that episode of tng where everyone gets infected with a virus that makes them have sex with each other? The third episode of the series? That one.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not as bad as I thought it would be (monochrome for cheaper printing)

 

I remember some time before the internet, and there was so much less knowledge available freely. I assume Shakespeare came from a well to do family, but how did the knowledge of this historical event stay available up for him to hear about it?

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