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New tongue-stimulating implant offers hope to millions with sleep apnoea in UK first in c/upliftingnews

[–] elephantium 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you looked into a dental appliance? I used to use one of those, it would shift my lower jaw forward to help me breathe.

It's not perfect, but if CPAP doesn't work for you, it might be an option. Maybe something to talk about with your sleep doc

There's now a phenomenon where everyone's (including you) political beliefs are now visible to everyone within a 1KM radius, how fucked are you? in c/asklemmy

[–] elephantium 1 points 1 month ago

😂

There's now a phenomenon where everyone's (including you) political beliefs are now visible to everyone within a 1KM radius, how fucked are you? in c/asklemmy

[–] elephantium 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Idk, how far is that in "freedom units"? Probably fine, the bigots are too far away to get mad at me.

Dogs probably think we are nuts for washing our clothes when they finally smell of us and the places we've been in c/showerthoughts

[–] elephantium 3 points 1 month ago

I thought OP meant that the clothes smell LIKE us in this one.

When Digg has the “Digg Effect” and Reddit has the “Reddit Hug of Death” then what is Lemmy’s equivalent? in c/asklemmy

[–] elephantium 3 points 1 month ago

I was remembering "slashdotted"

Dinner isn't ready. Working on it, though. in c/dull_mens_club

[–] elephantium 7 points 1 month ago

I was surprised that no one posted this yet:

The enshitification of Meetup.com in c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] elephantium 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, basically you'd have to cut those figures down to 1/4 of what they are before I'd consider them reasonable.

I do agree with you in principle -- if the organizer is feeding everyone, it's only decent to pitch in a few bucks to cover the groceries.

To the admins and moderators of Lemmy: How often do you encounter disturbing content? How do you cope with the things that you see? in c/asklemmy

[–] elephantium 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I bet you could get a lot of users if you reached out to some choirs. They might split between signing up for your instance and yellowlemmy.com, though 😂

The enshitification of Meetup.com in c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] elephantium 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Looking at the post, it's $345 for commuters -- or about $70 per meal.

For people staying in the accommodations, it's about $210 per night.

Overall, that seems expensive for a camping trip on Meetup.

When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] elephantium 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I am not sure arguing all the edge cases does anything but muddy the water.

Eh, fair. Still, I was curious what you'd say about some of those edge cases.

I would argue that the way housing is working right now

Well, that's the problem, isn't it? Housing isn't working right now for way too many people. :(

Personally, I have very different opinions on "in an ideal world, here's a sketch of how humane housing might look" and "in today's dystopian hellscape, these are the worst of the worst"

When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] elephantium 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

difference between a hotel and a home. They are prima facie not the same thing

Hey, not so fast. It's easy to say that glibly, but the lines get kinda blurry when you consider long-term hotel stays and short-term rentals. What's really the key difference between the apartment and the hotel when you're staying at the former for a week at a time or the latter for a 3-month stint?

I'm not saying the Venn diagram is a circle, mind you, just that there's definitely some overlap.

When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] elephantium 1 points 2 months ago

What about condos? Is there something that prevents converting all apartment buildings and having owner-occupants instead of tenants?