sunbrrnslapper

joined 1 year ago
[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am a stupid American and I am unfamiliar with all of these (might be a me problem). But now I'm gonna read up!

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (11 children)

I think the cyber truck is a fascinating piece of antiart. It looks like something Homer Simpson would design.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There are parts of the federal government that are wildly inefficient. So it isn't entirely misguided to want to improve that. Appointing Musk to redesign the government's operations is a terrible idea (based on Tesla operations).

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 42 points 5 days ago

I thought it was a myth that kids got tangled up in the cord until my kid did it. Thank God I was standing near by.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Oh yeah, good point.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I think this happens because the publisher owns the content and owes royalties to authors under certain conditions (which may or may not be met in this situation). The reason I think this is I had a PhD buddy who published a book (nonfiction history) and we all got a hardy chuckle at the part of the contract that said the publisher got the theme park rights. But what if there were other provisions in the contract that would allow for this situation without compensating the authors? Anywho, this is a good reminder to read the fine print on anything you sign.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

My kids are autistic, so this would be a -11/10 for them.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I'm currently at this part: Therapist: "what about today? Is today the worst day of your life?" Peter: "Yeah" Therapist: "Wow. That's messed up"

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Underrated comment.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm misreading your comment (coffee hasn't kicked in yet), but are you saying the bot is incorrect or that people view the bot as incorrect because it doesn't support their biases?

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

OMG, what a nightmare. I can only assume you are looking for work elsewhere too. Best of luck to you!!

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Inspiration at its finest.

 
 

My son (10 yo) has a few very strong interests that he talks about pretty much nonstop. We haven't discouraged any kind of talking because he was quite delayed. However it has come to my attention that his narrow focus on these topics can annoy his peers at school. I don't want him to feel ashamed about his interests, but I also don't want him to be ostracized at school. I'd really appreciate any thoughts this group may have on how to handle (or not) this situation. TIA!

 
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