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Me calling into work because I woke up transformed into a gigantic insect

Smell was actually one explanation I thought people reading my comment would think of. I start each day with a shower and wear deodorant, even applying it a second time during the day if I happen to have been active or sweaty. When I’ve worked up a sweat at work or whatnot or if I’ve swam in a lake or pool, I shower afterward. I hope I don’t need to mention this, but I also do wipe thoroughly after using the toilet. I also don’t smoke cigarettes or weed.

With your story of the smoker, that kind of makes me even more inclined to think it’s not smell since I’m apparently light-footed enough to accidentally sneak up on and startle people when I approach them; this has happened a number of times. If they don’t notice a smell or sound when I’m right next to them, then I’m probably not emitting either of those strong enough to be sensed close up. Additionally, my barren experience on dating apps, for example, wouldn’t be affected by smell.

I don’t have any family that I would consider trustworthy on the matter.

Kinda believe:

There is a natural or supernatural force innate to my person that causes almost everybody to dislike me at first blush and those who don’t dislike me immediately eventually become keen to it. Everyone conspires to keep it a secret from me as to what exactly is wrong with me. Everybody I’ve met through school or college has since stopped responding to my messages (in one case even blocking me immediately after thanking me for wishing them a happy birthday), and those who claim to or otherwise act as if they think positively of me only do so to behave professionally, or to exploit me for personal or financial gain, or out of untruthful over-politeness. Regardless of my efforts to be a good person, these results persist.

Don’t be a Ki-Adi Mundi. He’s wrong about everything.

My pipe dream hope is a recast with John Boyega. He doesn’t look jarringly different from Majors and he’s got the acting chops for the range of personalities that Kang has shown so far. Incidentally, it also would make him and his Star Wars costar Oscar Isaac Marvel multiverse buddies. The main problem would be if he has a chip on his shoulder with Disney for how his role was treated in Star Wars. It would be a waste to drop the character and all of the setup and have it affect the flow and potential of the film series.

I wouldn’t say “coincidentally”. Sometimes characters are intentionally given the same birthday as their portrayer. Elizabeth Henstridge’s character Jemma Simmons on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD comes to mind as another example.

You wouldn’t believe how long I’ve been waiting for a refund on this crappy copper I bought from Ea-nāṣir

Certain Lemmy apps show an indicator, such as the baby face emoji, next to newly created accounts. I assume this is a futureproofing measure against spam or bot accounts by bringing the newness of the account to other users’ attention so they know to be more wary of them. Based on my previous experience hunting bots on Reddit, I think this is an excellent futureproofing feature.

If you’re using the Voyager app, you can activate or deactivate this indicator on your end by going to the General settings in the app and switching the New Account Highlightenator. Other users will still see the baby face next to your username until you age out of it, but I don’t know how long that will take.

Welcome to Lemmy!

The best strategy for combatting Trump Derangement Syndrome is also for everybody to get it?

Don’t characterize him as insane. Characterize him and his ilk as calculated psychopaths. Do not let them get away with an insanity defense at the next Nuremberg Trials.

All US paper money is invalid because the Treasurer and Secretary of the Treasury did not actually sign in pen on each bill

Why do we care so much about this gold man’s sack?