Well, for God’s sake, keep going. Don’t stop now!
Semisimian
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Semisimian@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Am I the only person who notices the Autistic accent?English0·6 days agoIs this the same accent the indie musicians sing in, where they do weird things with their vowels to sound like they ate a lemon recently?
I’ve noticed a staccato cadence to some speech that people might say is indicative of autism, but not an accent.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Would a matcha set be worth it?English0·10 days agoWe just got a set for my son for his birthday. He likes the routine. We have a drip coffee procedure for us parents and I think he likes having his own thing. That said, he was disappointed in the set. The whisk doesn’t work as well as the electric one we have for frothing milk. The cups aren’t exactly his cup of tea, all puns intended. Etc.
I think it was important that he got the set so he could learn what he likes and doesn’t like about the process. Lord knows we’ve gone through a dozen coffee gimmicks over the years trying to find the best brew. That is our experience. Good luck and have fun; it really is about the simple pleasures.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How to get to Santa Claus beard statusEnglish0·18 days agoHo ho ho, future Santa checking in. Mrs Claus is a hair stylist, so we have some insight into what I’m going to need when the days grow short and the beard (hopefully) grows long.
The biggest thing is: full beards take time. And not just time to grow the length, but time (years) for your face to mature and get those hair follicles in the Christmas spirit. There’s really not much you can do if the fullness isn’t coming in yet but wait. I’m in this phase now. It’s hormones. What are we going to do? Not drugs, not Rogaine: not going to help. Take care of what you got.
But you mentioned you DO have a beard, so maybe you have the stellar volume you need to be St Nick, just not the length. Short answer, skin care IS beard care. Get a good skin care regimen that works for your face and your beard will fall in line. You’ve signed up for an everyday commitment to becoming a touchable beard, and they WILL ALL touch it. Toddlers to Grannies, especially, Grannies.
You have the beard! Now you need the color. This depends on your hair color and how your hair accepts color, so you really should go to a professional. If you want to be a paid, real-beard Santa, a good color job will be the LEAST of your expenses and it will pay off on day one.
Being a good Santa is being a good person. It really is just that. But there is a physical barrier that is conforming to the Coca-Cola ideal of Santa, which is the tutorial I just provided for the BEARD ONLY!
I wish you well and I hope you enjoy bringing hope, magic and love into the hearts of children.
If you haven’t read The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, put it on your list. Please and thank you.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Linguistics@mander.xyz•The World Has Millions of Colors. Why Do We Only Name a Few?English0·22 days agoThere is a game where you try to guess the paint color after reading the name that some paint brand has used. Here: https://colorguesser.com/
“Wow, three whole openings!”
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Does alcohol speed up evolution?English0·1 month agoThat’s the part of The Hulk we are all just told to ignore.
Semisimian@startrek.websitetoHistorical Artifacts@lemmy.world•Statue of Epona and her horses, c. 200 AD, Kongen. BernEnglish14·2 months agoIn Gallo-Roman religion, Epona was a protector of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules. She was particularly a goddess of fertility, as shown by her attributes of a patera, cornucopia, ears of grain, and the presence of foals in some sculptures.
The worship of Epona, “the sole Celtic divinity ultimately worshipped in Rome itself”, as the patroness of cavalry, was widespread in the Roman Empire between the first and third centuries AD.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Bill Gates Bought His Daughter A $16 Million Horse Farm As A Graduation Gift — But Ex-Wife Melinda Says The Kids Were Raised Very 'Middle Class'English0·2 months agoSo, Bill (after the divorce) buys the ranch as a gift, but the headline circles it back to a unsourced Melinda quote ON YAHOO FINANCE! This is another obfuscating hatchet job to whitewash billionaire behaviour by media owned by said billionaires. Please don’t engage. This is non-news. Down vote this to the sewer where it belongs.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What are some of the most realistic fictional movies ever made?English0·3 months agoThere are a bajillion, but maybe you are looking for a specific genre that nails it on the head.
As someone mentioned, there are thousands of social drama films that could’ve easily happened. The success of that type of film is selling a “day in the life” plot.
Someone else mentioned Office Space. That film is a satire, but it condenses and delivers refined representations of the banality of cubicle life that we all can easily relate to. The characters truly seem to be facsimiles of people we’ve known in our working lives.
Someone else mentioned Michael Clayton. It’s an excellent thriller with flawed characters with believable motives that yes, it could be real. And maybe something like that has happened?
What genre will help us answer your question?
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.ml•New U.S. DJI drone alternative just hit the market, it’s only 6X the cost of equivalent DJI droneEnglish0·3 months agoA US made drone designed to be adopted by law enforcement/military with a hefty price tag is probably relying on robust public funds to procure such drones. Lucky for us n’er-do-wells, those public funds are being DOGEd. Right? …right?
And I just don’t give Adam.