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EponymousBosh

@ EponymousBosh @awful.systems

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I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this.

  • Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 21st June 2026

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  • It terrifies me that this man is a psychiatrist.

  • Which browser do you recommend for a low-resource PC?

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  • I've got an old Dell Inspiron N5010 with similar specs. Palemoon and Seamonkey both work decently, and both of them have adblock extensions available. I also agree with the recommendation to change OS if that's a possibility, though I would NOT recommend Linux Lite; I have never found it to be very fast. I'd recommend MX Linux or antiX.

  • Why Linux?

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  • Part of the problem is that the "Just Use BSD" Guys are to the FOSS-sphere what the "Just Use Linux" Guys are to the rest of the world.

  • Should I donate sperm?

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  • From the article linked above:

    Concerned sperm donors should note that these cases are probably considered outside the norm.

    In the cases cited, the sperm donor was also involved in the children's lives. So it's technically possible but very unlikely.

  • Any home remedy to quell anxiety?

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  • If you've got any Benadryl/diphenhydramine in your medicine cabinet, it has some anti-anxiety properties. Not really something you can take for too long, for obvious reasons, but it can help in a pinch.

  • People without college degree, what do you do?

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  • First of all, I agree with the other commenters about getting assessed for a learning disability and/or ADHD. Your post is more coherent and well-written than a lot of stuff by people with degrees, and you were able to do the math to figure out if you were going to pass. If you aren't doing well in school, then it seems like there's something else going on there.

    Second, you might want to check if there's a career center or something near you. If it turns out you do have a disability and you live in the US, there's a program called Vocational Rehabilitation (voc rehab for short) that can help with career assessments and such. If you're not US-based, other countries might have similar stuff; try searching for voc rehab or occupational therapy.

    Third...you school only gives you seven hours to register for classes? That seems insane to me. Is that standard anywhere? Maybe your schools just suck, lol.

  • What is it about Mark Zuckerberg's appearance or demeanor that creeps people out?

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  • People keep bringing up autism as an explanation, and as someone who is on the spectrum, has a sibling on the spectrum, and has at least one or two other relatives on the spectrum as well...I don't buy it. There's Something Else Wrong with that dude. I don't know if I believe in demonic possession, but Zuck is more or less what I imagine it would look like.

  • Redditors discussing "Is the threat of inbreeding exaggerated?" is it true?

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  • Also I suspect that most of the posts on r/inbreeding are fictional. The "niece" and "uncle" have identical writing styles, for one.

  • Redditors discussing "Is the threat of inbreeding exaggerated?" is it true?

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  • Genetically, as someone else pointed out, it's not a huge problem as an occasional thing. Ethically? It gets dicey.

  • Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 7th June 2026

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  • lasik: wearing glasses with extra steps?

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  • Myopia/nearsightedness is one of the most common reasons for needing glasses or contacts. The happy people you're seeing online are most likely ones who only needed their distance vision corrected anyway (assuming the reviews were written by actual humans). I have farsightedness/hyperopia and astigmatism, and I've never really considered Lasik for similar reasons to you.

  • Which game do I get that's under 20GB?

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  • Haven't seen anyone mention Slay the Spire yet. The original is under 600MB and the sequel (early-access) is 2GB. They're both good! The first one is maybe a little easier, if you've never played them.

  • Which game do I get that's under 20GB?

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  • There's a ton of different variations on Pixel Dungeon. Shattered PD is probably the most fully-developed.

  • Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 31st May 2026

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  • "The Catholic Church is an institution which has harmed, and continues to harm many, many people" and "it's really good that the leader of the world's largest religious organization is speaking out against AI and fascism" are both true statements

  • Whats the dumbest thing youve ever heard?

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  • At the zoo, by the meerkat enclosure, I heard a woman ask an employee "what kind of cats are those?"

  • is it true that linux cannot run on a laptop without any SSD ?

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  • I can run antiX on my old Dell Inspiron, with 4 GB RAM and a 500 GB HDD. It's slow when it comes to browsing but it's functional.

  • What's a NON-HORROR NON-DOCUMENTARY movie that disturbed you or made you very uncomfortable?

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  • That's my pick as well

  • What piece of media thoroughly disappointed you?

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  • I guess books fall in the "whatever" category :P I was majorly disappointed by The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton. I actually enjoyed reading about 85% of it, but the ending completely ruined it for me.

  • Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 17th May 2026

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  • Musical equivalent of how a cat feels when you rub its fur the wrong way

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    EponymousBosh @awful.systems

    Would you actually have to go back to high school?

  • Leopards Ate My Face @lemmy.world
    EponymousBosh @awful.systems

    MAGA Indians Went All In on Trump. Many Right-Wingers Can’t Stand Them

    www.wired.com /story/maga-indians-went-all-in-on-trump/
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    EponymousBosh @awful.systems

    How are you supposed to pronounce "Macklemore"?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    EponymousBosh @awful.systems

    Any weird dreams recently?