It depends…
I feel like we would talk about life, the universe, and everything, then we’d share a lovely stogie.

But since I can’t abide that shit? Then I’d spit that noxious mess up, and depart-myself for… well, whatevs…

For that special, pampered loved-one, I take it…?

College kids dumping stuff (particularly Ivy-leaguers, etc) is a great one. Various friends & acquaintances back East have found literal & figurative gold, dumpster-diving at the right moment.

Situation’s a little different here as part of an apartment complex. They’ll theoretically take care of it all (repair / replace) as long as I demonstrate that I didn’t let it get a bit out of hand at one point. Nuf sed on that.

Most canned store chili is swimming in salt, but I’ve found a decent compromise in Hormel’s. It’s not as tasty as some others, but the price isn’t bad. I almost always start with a base of water-sauteed onions, shredded cabbage, SCO, various seasonings and whatever veggies I have at hand. Put them in some low-cal wraps, add a bit of plain Greek yogurt & hot sauce, and Bob’s my uncle.

A lot of why I’m doing it this way is because my fridge is still on the fritz…

And now, the magical thinking is back with a vengeance, and the westerners descend on them under both pretexts.

I want to add-on that when it comes to the elites, everything’s mostly just window-dressing after the core values of domination, power, wealth exploitation, etc. Religion and magical-thinking can factor in somewhat, but mostly that’s just for show. The orange thing some years back holding a photo-op in front of a church, holding their sacred book upside down is almost iconic of all that…

It’s fookin this:
https://reead8888.en.made-in-china.com/product/JaqUufvMuTrD/China-Reead-Sit-10-Fashionable-Design-Vertical-Vibration-Prolonged-Sitting-Reminder-Mesh-Elegant-Mobility-Breathable-Cushion-Chair.html

And I kinda just included it for larfs. Looks like BS to me, personally.

Amazing, thorough, and even-handed analysis. I both thank and salute you for that. So I’ll edit the title in a bit, reflecting this stuff.

In my defense, I have a disease which leaves me tired most of the time, and I also happen to have floaters in my eyes. This seemed a pretty low-stakes video, so I ‘went for it.’

Altho interestingly, from what I understand of how the eyes and brain work, it seems we commonly fill in a lot of context above and beyond the info our raw vision imparts to us, helping to make our finished vision a smoother and fuller experience. Indeed, i seems like these AI videos actually kind of prey on how that works for us. Very clever, but routinely giving the impression (upon inspection) of being nothing but big fat lies.

Cats sometimes do funny and unexpected things and sometimes people are filming at just the right moment to capture it, but it’s precisely because those things are unusual and rarely captured that they’re big hits online.

I have to disagree here. I’ve had several cats across my lifetime, and almost every one had one or more unique, quirky behaviors that didn’t take much effort to replicate for a theoretical video. Because cats are curious, playful creatures, so whether its using a frozen pool as a skating rink, diving in to boxes of packing peanuts, or yes… playing on trampolines, when you add a favorite person of theirs and perhaps a treat, Robert’s your avuncular figure. The video got me NOT because it seemed far-fetched, but because it was highly plausible, cute, funny, and bite-sized in length.

Robert Prevost seems like quite a nice guy.

Nice guys who speak up with authority are always going to ruffle elitist feathers…

I’m not “stressed” about it in the slightest, moreso what I clearly explained earlier-- i.e. that it wasn’t worth keeping up my regular efforts there as long as the rules were regularly broken.

Sorry for bothering you to this extent, and I have my plain answers, now. Thanks!

So much whiffage in these comments that I’m getting a delightful breeze, all the way over here…

Dang, are you sure? I’ve seen cats do stuff like this with their owners and trusted people, so am kinda baffled why someone would need to use AI for this.

Dammit…

If they break the rules but are inordinately popular (like hundred or more upvotes), what would you do?

It’s not AI, far as I can tell. Are you saying it is?

Garfield is almost never funny, but that example is clearly aiming / achieving ‘funniness,’ so not appropriate.

Again, clearly breaking rule #3.

As someone who’s probably posted three-dozen of my best efforts on OOCC over the years, can you please just do your job?

You seem to have cleaned up some stuff, and that’s awesome to me. <3

At the same time, there’s a certain quandary still present:
https://piefed.social/c/outofcontextcomics@lemmy.world/p/2004583/4th-wall-breaking-omniscience

A post like the above gets loads of likes, yet clearly breaks rule #3 pretty hard.

Now what?

On a tangent,
what’s your stance on various people on YT ‘domesticating’ feral cats and other semi-wild and wild animals by wearing heavy gloves, then repeatedly invading their personal space over a course of days (like a month, typically) and then triumphantly showing that the animal is much-less stressed, and much-less freaked-out by petting, at the end of the video?

I mean, I guess I’m pretty much answering my own question above. I.e. I don’t like it in general, but it does leave some Q’s about what exactly those people are doing in such cases… like, what’s being triggered… what’s being normalized… and all that stuff. It almost kinda seems like a form of slavery and Stockholm syndrome, altho I’m just an amateur speaking.

I used to slouch in chairs when I was younger.

I have a feeling it was a pretty terrible decision for my long-term back health, but whatever. Can’t go back in a time machine and change that shizzle.

I choose to believe!

I’ve no idea what those shows(?) are, but I imagine it would all be pretty amusing.

I’m a fan. Used to do it for stretches, usually in classes and a bit by myself.

Unfortunately, nowadays it tends to be too much for me as my CFS/ME has worsened.

Thanks for sharing!
I have a bike trainer at home, and do something roughly along the lines you state, but less in terms of notes and quantifiables, and more in terms of interoception, which seems to work pretty well. Oddly, higher-exertion activities, such as riding that way, or dancing on my wooden floors, seem to be much better for me than walking, maybe because I get more of a heart workout that way.

I had a big collapse about two years ago and have been rebuilding slowly since then.

Damn, that sucks. Mine has pretty much been a constant all my life, in which it distinctly doesn’t pay to get older.

Btw, in terms of CFS/ME, this chart kind of gives an idea of possible causes and research paths:
https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1568997226000571-gr1.jpg

From this study:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568997226000571