ArtieShaw

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[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 1 points 8 hours ago

it could use a couple of peepholes and an escape hatch. Otherwise, a solid fort.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Spiders, giant spiders, stink bugs, the new type of stink bugs that somehow look grosser than the regular stink bugs, mice... We're absolutely at that stage right now.

Two humans and four half-way competent cats can't keep up.

I've devised so many stink bug removal devices it's not even funny. The first was a paper towel tube with a little bag on the other end. Now I've got a wide mouth jar with some detergent water in it. A fancy little spoon coaxes them inside. They die quickly.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I agree. OK - he may have been a bit evil, but as always - he was a voice of reason.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

This is a really nice idea. Which is refreshing, because my go-to is always something mildly disturbing but not too scary or criminal.

If I were going the wholesome route, I'd add a paper note to the USB or other digital storage, though. If I were to find a LaserDisc from 1990, that would be more or less unreadable without expending some significant effort.

But maybe future folk will have magical devices that can read cassettes, 8-tracks, or whatever.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm a big fan of concealing doll heads behind drywall. The local hobby shop used to sell half-heads (just the face and neck, including eyes), so that was my go-to.

It was also a hard to fix drywall job, so it looks a little janky. It's almost guaranteed that the next owner rips out that section and finds her.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

I, too, like a nice bit of cheese.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 26 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Right? I know a lot of people who were subject to absolute educational neglect for their K-18. Some lean in, but others have questions.

ETA - and some days I smack myself on the forehead and realize something I should have known at age 8 but it just clicked now.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

I don't like it.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago

So I remember hearing in HS US history class that one of the arguments against women's suffrage 100-odd years ago is that married men would now have 2 votes instead of one. This would disadvantage them against bachelors or widowers, who would of course not be able to dictate their nonexistent wives' votes. Unmarried men would only have the one vote, which didn't seem fair.

I guess the idea is not a new worry. It just seems like the fretting has reversed its polarity.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm sensitive to noise, and usually book late enough that the only seats available are in back. And fly at least once a month.

Absolutely decent noise cancelling headphones are available for under $70 US last time I bought some. Mine were called Q30 or something, and they were better than my Sennheisers from 2016-ish. Worth every bit. If one can afford a ticket, one can afford this one thing to make it less awful.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

About 20 years ago I read a grim book about plane crashes. They claimed that the number 1 predictor of crash survivability on commercial craft was being a male between the ages of 20 and 50. They're apparently much better equipped to claw and climb over the other passengers on the way out.

Grim. I fly a lot and think about it at least every other trip.

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