stinerman
I am Stine. Comfort the afflicted. Afflict the comfortable. High School Wrestler™. Can usually correctly use the past tense in French. Suffers from clinical depression. @stinerman@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
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stinerman@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•As an asexual girl who still wants a male partner, would “scheduled sex” be a dealbreaker for men?
11·28 days agoAlso late 90s Midwest here and I got similar information. We also got completely untrue info like if you jizz in a hot tub and a girl gets in she can get pregnant because the sperm will swim into her vagina and from long distances away.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Regulations restricting pay disclosure?English
4·28 days agoIANAL, but employment law is generally “it’s allowed unless explicitly forbidden”.
There is no right to be hired so they’re allowed to include any limitations on who they might hire except for those that are illegal. For instance they can say “we refuse to hire people who live in Illinois” but they can’t say “we refuse to hire Muslims.”
stinerman@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is it weird that i talk to my pets more articulately than i sometimes talk to actual people?
2·1 month agoYes this is weird, but it’s OK to be weird. Keep doing it if you enjoy it. Anyone who tells you to stop can fuck themselves.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Do you have a flagship phone or a car that's 2021/newer but are struggling financially?English
1·1 month agoThe question seems to be designed to find people to look down on, but since you’re asking. No.
My phone is a Moto g7 Power running LineageOS 22.2. My car is a 2012 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Are physical mail generally not under surveillance? If everyone suddently ditched electronic communications and start writing letters, would governments be able to surveil everyone? (Is it practial?)
1·1 month agoIf you’re just a rando, yeah you’re not going to have much to worry about. They also can’t track everyone. But it is certainly possible for high value targets.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Are physical mail generally not under surveillance? If everyone suddently ditched electronic communications and start writing letters, would governments be able to surveil everyone? (Is it practial?)
1·1 month agoMy understanding is that there is an expectation of privacy in the USA in the contents of a sealed envelope. I don’t believe that the government can legally open one without a warrant. According to the case Ex Parte Jackson they can’t. However…
You have to trust that they wouldn’t break that law or someone else wouldn’t open it. Depends on your threat model. And as others have said, the government would know who you are communicating with, just not what you’re saying.
You’re statistically lucky. That’s about it.
Also I exist as a testament to the fact that pulling out doesn’t work very well.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Should I try to reconnect with a friend who's chosen to self isolate?English
4·1 month agoIt’s the only answer. Worst case she ignores you. Best case, you save her life.
Just don’t think you need to do more than that. You can’t help people who don’t want help.
You have to determine if asking for help is worse than not asking for help. It will be hard either way. I don’t know your relationship with your parents but if they care about you and can afford it they probably will help. And if they don’t you can make a plan for how to deal with that. At least you’ll know.
stinerman@midwest.socialtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Things feel way out of wackEnglish
25·1 month agoATCs shouldn’t show up to work until they get paid.
They’re losing because they’re going to get tired of all the winning. Which is why the Republicans losing is actually winning. They’re no longer tired of winning. So they can win again.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What fictional character do you wish was real?English
17·1 month agoGod would be interesting.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why have so many services started using single-factor passwordless authentication in the last little while?English
50·2 months agoIt is coding for the lowest common denominator of user – those who use the same easily-guessable password for everything. Making them click a link to login is honestly better security.
Of course there should be an option for those of us who have a TOTP app and use a password manager.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•did you ever get throttled with an esim?
2·2 months agoRead the title and thought an “esim” was some sort of device (in Europe) that parents used to beat their children with.
I have a similar situation and I’ve landed on “my first duty is to my wife.” What that means to you may be different than what it means to me, but that’s where you should start IMO.
To the TL;DR question, absolutely it’s ethical to be more upset as more bad things happen.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•how do you deal with those characters fully convinced a job is something you have to enjoy?English
2·2 months agoEven if you love your job, you’re going to grow to hate it, to a certain extent.
Yes, I got a job in a line of work I like and now I don’t like the line of work because it’s my job. I associate it with bad things now.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Hot Take Time: What is a popular long-running franchise that just needs to stop?
20·2 months agoFuturama. I think it’s the best 30 minute show of all time but it’s time for it to go. It’s OK. Good things are allowed to end.
stinerman@midwest.socialto
Mental Health@lemmy.world•What pointless advice have you had?English
7·2 months ago“People have it worse than you do, so quit being sad.”
The logical end of this argument is that the one person in the world who has it the worst is the only person allowed to be unhappy.



I was pretty hardcore straight edge in college. Now I drink more days than I don’t.