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otp ,

It helps to not have to compete with the in-person and hybrid folks, lol

otp ,

That’s all on you. The a is spaced far enough away, lol

otp ,

People LOVE movies about sexual preferences and gender. Rom-Coms are incredibly popular and that’s literally all they’re about

otp ,

Pixar and Christopher Nolan films used to be the only movies I’d go see in theatres.

I haven’t watched a Pixar film since Turning Red, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I wish I could’ve seen it in theatres. I don’t really do streaming services, so it’s Disney’s loss. Instead of buying a ticket, I’m waiting for a free trial or to watch it with someone who’s subscribed.

otp ,

If you use any kind of speakers in or near your ears, they can damage your hearing if they’re used to drown out sound from the outside.

If you turn them up to overpower other external background sounds, that can be damaging to your hearing.

To avoid having to do this, you need noise cancelling, preferably active noise cancellation. This is expensive, though.

So cheap, and even average or expensive ear buds/headphones can damage your hearing.

Also, generally, something that hurts your ears can damage them.

otp ,

What the hell do they say to summon a “swatting” on someone if they can’t even respond to “This trained guy with a gun says he’s on his way to go shoot a bunch of random people”??

otp ,

I don’t watch TV, so I’m ignorant to this – is this normally something they’d broadcast?

otp ,

If you use public wifi without a VPN…

Hey, at least nobody gets pregnant!

If Trump and Biden both died today, what would happen?

Imagine the following scenario: On the 9th of January 2024 in the morning we wake up to news that President of the USA Joe Biden suffered a stroke and died in White House. The administration confirms that the death was entirely natural and no third party contributed to it. Even before the news reach all TV stations another one...

otp ,

Neither have been elected yet.

I’m pretty sure they’ve both been elected as president. Biden is even currently president, and I don’t think he was appointed or anything.

otp ,

tbf I didn’t read the OP beyond the title! Haha

otp ,

And tobacco.

I think the idea is that they can’t fight a war on those drugs since they’re already there, but they can still win against the others by keeping them out.

It helps when you have relatively tight borders and your neighbours agree.

otp ,

Hey, it’s from the same poster!

Thanks for sharing good news from there, too!

otp ,

Unless there “functional” or “required”.

I think you meant "Unless there are “functional” or “required” cookies.

otp ,

I understand why you say that, and I’d like to believe it too. I still wish there were stats on that…

Especially considering they don’t pay taxes. If the value of their social efforts don’t reach the amount of money they’d be paying in taxes, then they’re actually a net negative.

otp ,

Like I said, I wish there were stats on that.

You say “typically”. I think you mean “ideally”, or maybe even “traditionally”.

I think churches should be required to prove their charity like other non-taxable organizations, or they should be taxed like businesses.

otp OP ,

Will do, thanks. Did lots of thorough checks when I got it, so I didn’t expect there to be any issues now.

otp OP ,

Yeah, interesting. I’ll see if I can record it tomorrow!

otp OP ,

It’s weird – the sound happens when the power supply is plugged into the outlet and the HDD, but it turns off when the HDD is plugged into the PC.

I could look for a blinking LED, but it really does sound like a noise maker rather than something electrical. But I’m not an expert.

otp OP ,

Haven’t been able to record it yet, but the sound only happens when the power supply is plugged into the HDD and the outlet (not one or the other), and the HDD is NOT plugged into the computer.

Plugging the HDD into the computer stops the sound. I was unplugging it from the PC to keep it offline when I didn’t need it. (After safely ejecting and waiting etc. of course)

I guess I’ll just need to unplug the power when I’m not using it, too.

otp OP ,

What’s a bridge rectifier?

The power supply is “universal” (comes with different attachments for different regions’ outlets), so I could see it doing something weird like that.

But it only happens when it’s plugged into the outlet, but the HDD is NOT plugged into the computer.

Could it be expecting some extra power from the PC or something?

otp OP ,

Was it like a little tiny weewoo alarm? Because that’s all I can describe it as, Lmao

otp OP ,

Thank you for the reassurance. I guess I’ll just either let it be noisy or leave it fully unplugged when not in use.

First world problems… having to choose between barely audible noise, or having to plug TWO things in to access my 14TB, lmao

otp ,

Their reusable water bottle is probably just another plastic water bottle

otp ,

Lmao…

“We don’t know yet”, and “No” are two very different answers.

Antivaxxers interpret “No [not harmful]” to mean “Yes [harmful]”.

Completely unrelated.

otp ,

Please tell me he uses bottled water to wash it out

otp ,

The rest may have visited God in another way

otp ,

entry level gaming console

Lol, what would a high-end gaming console be?

otp ,

Those cameras saved my ass more often than not.

Also had them in my classrooms as a teacher and it was great. Not only was I able to close a door to help a single student, but it made a great thing to point to whenever kids were acting up! Lol

otp ,

Nah. Usually the double checking is added onto a list of another person’s tasks with no increase in wages or allocated time! Lol

otp ,

What, does it still belong to Apple after you buy it? Lol

otp ,

Which were stupid for their phrasing, but marketing genius, lol

Some people literally believe that a Mac cannot be called a PC.

otp ,

Not sure what I got as they were saying there was also influenza and RSV in my area…but whatever it was kept me in bed for at least 3 days, and I was pretty sick for a full week. Didn’t fully recover until about 2 weeks later.

I’d been keeping up with all my boosters and even got the flu shot, but I still got hit. To be fair, it hit me maybe 9 days after I got the shots.

otp ,

More of a culture shift. And I think it was traditionally eaten in tight economic times, not because there was any significant meaning or quality in dog meat.

otp ,

Fair enough! Lol

I don’t think I’d give up beef or pork to substitute dog in there.

I did like the point someone else brought up – raising dogs for meat isn’t economical in terms of the life cost.

Chickens, cows, and pigs can feed a lot more people per animal life than a dog can. (Female chickens produce eggs)

Even lamb – they can produce wool and milk (… right? Lol).

otp ,

I mean, there’s that association between manliness and “big eating”, lol

otp ,

I don’t know if it was in my mind or not, but the last bit of water in a water bottle always tasted funny to me, so I’d pour out the last sip or so. In my mind, it was all the microplastics that were too heavy to float up higher, lol

I avoid plastic water bottles when I have the option now anyway.

Xbox Network will implement mass content deletion taking effect from January 9th (www.gamingarcade.co.uk)

Starting January 9, a new policy on the Xbox Network will automatically remove captures (screenshots and video clips) stored for over 90 days, affecting all users with 'historic' content. This move is believed to alleviate strain on Microsoft's servers.

otp ,

Jeez. 90 days is a pretty short period of time.

otp ,

Are you in Russia or Ukraine? Or maybe you’re in a different conflict. But I don’t know why you’re fighting.

otp ,

Lol talking about social skills while not knowing that sarcasm is generally conveyed with changes and tone and other markers that aren’t possible with text…

otp ,

Nice job!

otp ,

what about those useful Google logins tied to everything now? Good luck with that.

What? You can still use your Google account without Chrome…

Unless you’re not talking about OAuth. Is it Chrome’s password manager? Because I’m pretty sure that’s easily exportable…

otp ,

Since you used the possessive, I think you forgot a word.

Employee’s salary?

otp ,

I was confused at first about what ADS is…

It’s ads. Not A.D.S… lol

otp ,

Thank you! I wasn’t even calling it out, I was just legitimately confused, haha

otp ,

How else is China collecting all its data on its citizens?

What games can you not get into because they feel too outdated?

Are there games that you tried but just couldn’t get into because they feel outdated? Games that, in theory, you would enjoy, but don’t because the controls, graphics, writing, or mechanics just don’t feel good anymore. Games that, compared to today, just don’t hold up to your standards....

otp ,

It does have a great story!

otp ,

It did have some positive traits, but the gameplay just didn’t do it for me at all.

I did make it through the whole game, so I feel like I can hold that opinion, haha

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