Potatoes when cooked then cooled actually greatly lowers the glycemic index, so it’s weird but actually not a bad habit to have!

They absolutely do! Some animals mate for life. Some mourn when one of their own dies (see whales, elephants). Parrots who are lonely may self-mutilate. Dogs can remember you and get so excited to see you, even after being separated for years. Interspecies friendships exist. It’s like… I don’t see how people can still think animals DON’T have emotions.

They just don’t make faces like humans do. Although interestingly, dogs developed eyebrow muscles that give them more human-like expressions, which therefore strengthens our bond with them.

That’s why I love the MH series - plenty of value, even just solo’ing it. I’m still trying to finish up World, doing everything I want to do. Unfortunately I have to put a lot of time into these games to “git gud” lol. And of course at the same time, real life responsibilities calls. xD Not quite ready to move on just yet!

I love this theme. This is an epic performance. Thanks for sharing!

Watching Hellraiser 2 was pretty bad. I didn’t understand what was going on, but forever remembered the scary woman with no skin!

Joined! I still visit the subreddits, but it’d be nice to get some NFL traction on Lemmy. :)

Ah thanks for asking this question, didn’t know about the long press. Was getting tired of blocking all these porn/kink communities by visiting the communities themselves lol some of them are… shudder like pls don’t make me go there! xD

Mine’s a bit dark. Dad’s family is from China. They had 7 boys including him. It’s a “mystery” what happened to the girl(s) but not really… It’s not spoken about and I don’t think anyone has the balls to ask anyway.

I’d imagine it’s easier to cheat at something if you’re online. Makes things less personal and takes away any sort of direct confrontation.

https://lemmynsfw.com/communities ?

Not sure what other NSFW instances off the top of my head. I think lemmit.online mirrors different subreddits, so maybe some NSFW options there

That top one’s got a cowlick on its head!

Huh. I couldn’t see the image at first. Clicked on the original post and couldn’t see that either. Went back to start typing this response and in that time, the image loaded. So maybe it’s slow to load or fetch or whatever?

Damn. Glad there wasn’t any vision loss. Yeah I had shingles before too and got treated pretty quick, but it was definitely freaky reading how it could spread to your eyes and cause permanent damage.

Oh geez, I’d be in Silent Hill 1’s Midwich Elementary School. I’m gonna have to fight the kids and roaches and the lizard boss to get out.

Oh no, shingles in your eye?? How was that?

That’s crazy. I went on a tour on this same glacier just a month ago. Wondering if I was at the same ice cave because it was very accessible, had two entrances like described, the drive and hike times are about the same. So very unnerving!

When we were there, our guide even said to be very careful, to not talk loudly, and especially not to linger at the entrance. Because of his experience and also being trained in glacier search and rescue, we felt in good hands.

We were only a total of 3 people. You know nature can be unpredictable, but I can’t imagine 23 people in a fast melting ice cave was ever a good idea. Iceland is most likely going to have to change the law and ban ice cave tours in the summer.

Anecdotal, but I think there’s some kind of immunity component. My parents grew up in a mosquito infested country. When we visited said country, us kids were bitten up while my parents were fine. If it was genetics, you think it would’ve been passed on to us. The locals commonly joked that mosquitos like “new blood.” You could see tourists with itchy red bite reactions while the locals were fine.

Damn that might be mine too. We didn’t get to have video games when I was little. Then I discovered PC gaming via Runescape😂

Tildes is a good example of a healthy community that allows for differences while encouraging good faith discussion. They police for tone instead of wrongness and it’s been working out over there. People are generally happy with the discourse.

A lot of it is in site design, too. There aren’t downvotes, because they’re not needed. There’s a lot of proactive moderation coming from the community by using comment labels. Labels help push comments up or down, and some require you to type a reason why, which encourages thoughtfulness instead of knee-jerk hivemind reaction and pile on. The only publicly visible label is the “good” one, so it keeps things positive. The “bad” label alerts mods and has a cooldown time limit, so it’s less likely to be abused. I believe once it’s used on a comment, the person can no longer reply to it, which helps avoid negative back and forths.

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