QualifiedKitten

joined 2 years ago
[–] QualifiedKitten 7 points 5 months ago

I've gotten sick less often since masks & WFH, but when I do get sick now, it feels much, much worse. These days, if I think I might be sick, I stay home as much as possible, and wear a good mask when I do have to be near other people, but if I'm feeling well, haven't knowingly been around anyone sick, and am going somewhere that masks aren't expected, I just don't want to wear a steam room on my face.

Also, I live in an area where masking is still very acceptable. I know there's many other areas where masking is either illegal or just very frowned upon, so I'd probably be pretty hesitant to mask up there, even if I was sick.

[–] QualifiedKitten 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Garmin. You'll probably spend a bit more on the hardware, but there's nothing locked behind a subscription. I had the Fitbit Sense and switched to the Garmin Forerunner 265. If the skin temperature sensor is important to you, you'll want a different model, but that's the only thing I've noticed as missing so far.

[–] QualifiedKitten 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Niche interests and/or local stuff. My city has basically no activity over here, so I still browse the local subreddit regularly.

[–] QualifiedKitten 3 points 5 months ago

Doing better than me! I bet you know more than you realize. I was very off and on, probably had a 200 day streak going, but got frustrated with changes they made a year or two ago, and gave up completely.

[–] QualifiedKitten 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

5 and a half years and you're still not fluent?

[–] QualifiedKitten 3 points 5 months ago

I'm not sure about compatibility with HA (saw this via /all), but I bought the Whynter ARC-14S and a Broadlink IR universal remote + sensor cable so that I could set up some automations and/or control the AC via my phone. I think any AC with an IR remote should work in that setup.

If you're in an area that gets lots of poor air quality days while you'll be running it (my area usually gets a few weeks of terrible air in August & September due to wildfires), a dual hose AC is definitely worthwhile.

[–] QualifiedKitten 3 points 5 months ago

While searching for pictures, I saw something saying that they're supposedly still available for sale in Australia, so maybe there's a chance they'll get worn out before hitting the landfill?

[–] QualifiedKitten 71 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

Great job CNN... Didn't think to include any pictures of the actual leggings?? They're high rise, no underwear hanging out, just the seam shape and placement is similar to a "whale tail".

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/thursday-shares-popular-activewear-brand-86033068.jpg

https://preview.redd.it/its-another-no-for-the-breezethrough-v0-xhext9xq5ted1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15948d77f2b045aeec47988bd60dea4363cb63b7

[–] QualifiedKitten 3 points 5 months ago

Stephen Colbert did a whole series of bits back on The Colbert Report where he formed a PAC, then a Super PAC, and pointed out numerous loopholes in the whole system. So basically, yep.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colbert_Super_PAC

[–] QualifiedKitten 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Ummm.. I might be misunderstanding something, but I feel like I've been able to do exactly that here. Are you using an app or browsing directly on the website?

The app I'm using (Thunder) allows me to block users, communities, or entire instances, and also has keyword filtering.

[–] QualifiedKitten 8 points 6 months ago

🙋

I went crabbing and the resources I found said that killing them before cooking them was likely more humane than boiling them alive, so that's what I did.

My old neighbor's cat once left a paralyzed/twitching rat outside my door, which I found in the morning. I quickly realized that the rat was not going to recover (it had already been there for hours), so I had to figure out a way to quickly end its suffering. I did not eat the rat though.

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