average man by day, average man by night. / you get more points being on lemmy than you do on reddit / movie enthusiast / formerly /u/doug on reddit

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  • doug@lemmy.todayOPtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldInsomnia [OC]
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    6 months ago

    I legit enjoy getting scared so much that the few times I’ve experienced sleep paralysis I’m like “oh boy! it’s happening!” —but apparently that is exactly how you end a sleep paralysis episode is to just know that it is one/knowing it’s one helps relax you back into sleep.

    Really bums me out.








  • Sadly the older I get the less interested I am in reflex-heavy action titles.

    I know Control had some welcome accessibility options including 100% aim assistance and 1 shot kills (that didn’t affect achievements!), but uhhh, at that point I’m just like what am I doing here?

    I want a multiplayer game with roles for slow farts or non-sweaty people. Phasmophobia’s onto something with having someone sit in a van. Division almost had it with that tablet role they pulled before the game was released, where someone could just be on a tablet and buff/debuff people.

    I’d love to see a 5 player spaceship game like No Man’s Sky where a ship can have someone just watching engines or shields and doing their station with no stress about much else.

    …this comment digressed, but uhhh, all’s that to say this game looks good for people into it, but sadly not for me.


  • doug@lemmy.todaytoComic Strips@lemmy.worldDad!
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    6 months ago

    I remember hearing a dunk on vegans a while back that went “how do you know someone’s vegan? they’ll tell you.”

    but in my experience it’s more like “how do you know someone hates vegans? they’ll tell you.”




  • doug@lemmy.todayOPtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldCough Cough [OC]
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    6 months ago

    Yeah I should’ve hyphenated cream-filled to maybe break up that consistent gap.

    I would literally doodle these on a notepad, take a photo with my phone, jack up the contrast, then put the text in using my handwriting as a font; all in ~10 minutes with barely any QA. I’ve been meaning to remake/re-draw them, but I know myself and the more work I put into it the less I’d enjoy it.



  • doug@lemmy.todaytomemes@lemmy.worldHere we go again
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    6 months ago

    My retirement plan likely involves explosives and a penthouse or penthouse-equivalent that may or may not be occupied by the richest, douchiest person I can successfully stalk.

    My inevitable colon cancer diagnosis is the go signal.

    /s tag for when this comment comes up as “exhibit a”







  • doug@lemmy.todaytomemes@lemmy.worldgood idea
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    6 months ago

    The problem for me is empathy is often the missing ingredient in my disagreements with others, and it’s harder or impossible to foster, teach, or cultivate that empathy via a remote text exchange.

    It is easier to press the button that shocks the stranger when the stranger is in the other room.

    …coupled with that I get enraged at injustice and bigotry enough that it likely affects my blood pressure, as well as my ability to articulate my political views in a respectful and/or cohesive manner.

    Fuckinggoddam piece of shit nazifucks make me want to KILL. KILL. KILL. RRUFUDUDJDJCH JNENDUCHBR




  • I think it was a Reddit scraper years ago that taught me that I should probably lie more often on the internet about my work, friends, family details, etc.

    Just like, little lies that don’t really matter in the comment, but would misdirect an AI or investigator into things that aren’t true.

    It’s just so much woooooork to think about this shit. And to come up with different screen names everywhere? And to like, sub to a city I don’t live in and comment there about shit I know nothing about? Exhausting.

    Thankfully my brothers and three uncles are here to support me. And my alligator.