history ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3h ago • 98%

Just Classicist Problems

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21066079

196 ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 2d ago • 97%

My favorite rule is telling people all about skinny pigs.

cross-posted from: https://dice.camp/users/Shkshkshk/statuses/113331620545269965 > My favorite pastime is telling people all about skinny pigs. > > [@guineapigs](https://lemmy.world/c/guineapigs) > > "Here's a picture of a scrotum with a mustache. He will never know what warmth feels like. If you want him, you're going to have to pick between his happiness and safety. If you want him to be happy and get him a friend to live with, when they argue his friend will bite him in the rump and sides, and he's going to be constantly sick and tired from all the shivering. If you want him to be safe, just get him, but he might actually die of loneliness. Also, he only exists for one of two reasons. Either he is going to have drugs tested on him in a lab (no fur means easy access to the skin) or a breeder was using him to store the genes of a recessive coloration pattern they like. If you still want one, get a heating pad for him to to stand on and some blankets for him to tunnel under, and hope he doesn't pee on the heating pads too much." > > [\#guineapigs](https://dice.camp/tags/guineapigs)

196 ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 4d ago • 92%

Fucking autumn (rule)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/29775043 > Newb looking for fabric advice for a windbreaker > > I just made an almost no-effort cloak, but when I tried to wear it outside I was disappointed to find that the wind cut right through the single layer of no-pill fleece I had cut into a U-shape and draped over my body. Who could have predicted that! 🤦‍♂️ > > I'm currently puzzling over how to upgrade my project into something that could protect me from the wind a bit better. I've got two main ideas: > 1. Add a layer of polyester or vinyl to keep out the wind, plus an additional layer of fleece. That way, the wind can't get through, and it's still decently light. But will it be loud? > 2. Make it out of heavier fabric. I don't care if it's waterproof, I just want to have something that both stops the wind and can be easily thrown over my shoulder like the ultra-wide scarf it is. But my poor little sewing machine 😢 might be too weak to puncture thick blanket material. > > That said, I am new, and i don't know which fabrics are best for which roles. I would prefer a fabric that stops the wind, doesn't make a lot of noise, and can stand up to an iron in case I get some questionable ideas later on about waterproofing my cloak with wax. > > ::: spoiler unreasonably long rant about the weather > Just to be clear, the reason I'm making a cloak is that it's 40 degrees outside right now but I just *know* that next week it's gonna be in the 80s again because you cant spell fall without all here in the midwest, and if I wear my jacket I'm going to transfer all my belongings into its pockets and I'm not going to readjust when the weather decides it's time for August Part 2. That means I'll he walking around with a winter coat on in 80° weather because I'm too lazy to just take my keys and wallet out of my coat pocket and put it in my pants pockets. So I just want something that can do the job without the commitment. I'm a college student, nobody cares what I wear, I could wear whatever I want. I literally saw a classmate show up to one of my classes in fuzzy pajamas last week. This is tame in comparison. Cloaks are comfy, they aren't a hassle, and I can easily adjust to sudden changes in temperature by wearing it differently. I don't care about it holding heat; if I need heat I'll put on my coat. Waterproofing is a low priority, since I won't be outside for long periods of time. I just don't want the wind to go straight through the cloak like it's mesh. > ::: > > Please comment what sort of fabric you think suits my needs best. If I'm completely on the wrong track here, please tell me so; i have never had any common sense at all and never will.

Sewing ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 4d ago • 100%

Newb looking for fabric advice for a windbreaker

I just made an almost no-effort cloak, but when I tried to wear it outside I was disappointed to find that the wind cut right through the single layer of no-pill fleece I had cut into a U-shape and draped over my body. Who could have predicted that! 🤦‍♂️ I'm currently puzzling over how to upgrade my project into something that could protect me from the wind a bit better. I've got two main ideas: 1. Add a layer of polyester or vinyl to keep out the wind, plus an additional layer of fleece. That way, the wind can't get through, and it's still decently light. But will it be loud? 2. Make it out of heavier fabric. I don't care if it's waterproof, I just want to have something that both stops the wind and can be easily thrown over my shoulder like the ultra-wide scarf it is. But my poor little sewing machine 😢 might be too weak to puncture thick blanket material. That said, I am new, and i don't know which fabrics are best for which roles. I would prefer a fabric that stops the wind, doesn't make a lot of noise, and can stand up to an iron in case I get some questionable ideas later on about waterproofing my cloak with wax. ::: spoiler unreasonably long rant about the weather Just to be clear, the reason I'm making a cloak is that it's 40 degrees outside right now but I just *know* that next week it's gonna be in the 80s again because you cant spell fall without all here in the midwest, and if I wear my jacket I'm going to transfer all my belongings into its pockets and I'm not going to readjust when the weather decides it's time for August Part 2. That means I'll he walking around with a winter coat on in 80° weather because I'm too lazy to just take my keys and wallet out of my coat pocket and put it in my pants pockets. So I just want something that can do the job without the commitment. I'm a college student, nobody cares what I wear, I could wear whatever I want. I literally saw a classmate show up to one of my classes in fuzzy pajamas last week. This is tame in comparison. Cloaks are comfy, they aren't a hassle, and I can easily adjust to sudden changes in temperature by wearing it differently. I don't care about it holding heat; if I need heat I'll put on my coat. Waterproofing is a low priority, since I won't be outside for long periods of time. I just don't want the wind to go straight through the cloak like it's mesh. ::: Please comment what sort of fabric you think suits my needs best. If I'm completely on the wrong track here, please tell me so; i have never had any common sense at all and never will.

196 ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 5d ago • 99%

Me talking to my rodents.

I must remind my potatoes of how good they would be in a stew. They are so cute and chubby! [!guineapigs@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/guineapigs@lemmy.world)

Ask Lemmy ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3w ago • 88%

Trying to come up with a list of vague words for different "kinds of animals". Help?

I'm fiddling with a card game concept, and a very important part of it is creatures interacting with other specific kinds of creatures. This necessarily means I need to come up with lots of type names that are descriptive but vague enough to shove literally anything in them. Here's some good examples: "bug" containing ants, shrimps, pillbugs, bees, and literally anything that could be called a creepy crawly; "fish" containing everything from salmon to sharks to eels to octopi; "trees" containing all the stuff you are thinking of as well as those precambrian 6-foot fungi pillars; and "cats" including housecats, big cats, cheetah, and carcals. And that's everything I can think of that would be useful. You see my problem? I know there are other casual-usage words for big categories of critters, but my grasp of the Enlgish language is fickle and leaves me whenever it is most inconvenient. If there is a list I could work from, that would be very helpful. Otherwise, volunteer as many words as you think would be useful.

Ask Lemmy ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3w ago • 73%

Trying to come up with a list of vague words for different "kinds of animals"

I'm fiddling with a card game concept, and a very important part of it is creatures interacting with other specific kinds of creatures. This necessarily means I need to come up with lots of type names that are descriptive but vague enough to shove literally anything in them. Here's some good examples: "bug" containing ants, shrimps, pillbugs, bees, and literally anything that could be called a creepy crawly; "fish" containing everything from salmon to sharks to eels to octopi; "trees" containing all the stuff you are thinking of as well as those precambrian 6-foot fungi pillars; and "cats" including housecats, big cats, cheetah, and carcals. And that's everything I can think of that would be useful. You see my problem? I know there are other casual-usage words for big categories of critters, but my grasp of the Enlgish language is fickle and leaves me whenever it is most inconvenient. If there is a list I could work from, that would be very helpful. Otherwise, volunteer as many words as you think would be useful.

196 ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3mo ago • 99%

one day i'll have a house with a lawn and there's gonna be so much damn native grass...

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11787771 > [alt text: Text that says, "People [say] 'I never see butterflies or lightning bugs in my yard. Their yard: (colon)". Below the text is a photo of a birds-eye view of a large house with an equally large yard. The lawn is covered in standard turfgrass (probably Kentucky bluegrass) that has been recently mowed.]

196 ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3mo ago • 99%

R U L E

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/15802431 > e l y t r a > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elytron

196 ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3mo ago • 100%

National Tragedy yesterday

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/24537643 > A national tragedy happened this morning > > Seriously, do they just let anyone drive that thing? What an idiot of a driver.

Chicago ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3mo ago • 81%

A national tragedy happened this morning

Seriously, do they just let anyone drive that thing? What an idiot of a driver.

196 ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3mo ago • 100%

In light of recent events rule

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3038131 > In light of recent events

196 ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3mo ago • 99%

Cyberdumpster

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/37382707 > Dumpsters

memes ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3mo ago • 100%

Amazon is so helpful

It indeed is an LLM. It's about as smart as can be expected. 

Anthropology ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling • 3mo ago • 100%

Good places for a lay-person to learn about paleolithic to neolithic hominid culture?

Had a cool idea for an ttrpg about growing up in a hunter-gatherer culture in a stone-age fantasy setting. The coolest part of idea, for me as the writer/designer, would be to have a section on "rituals" where I describe their technologies as magical rituals, not just a series of materials and steps. For example, instead of saying "you can get a +1 bonus on knapping checks by heat-treating your toolstone" it would be described as blessing the toolstone with fire, which leads into the idea of magic rock that has been fire-blessed by volcano spirits (obsidian). I am vaguely aware of other technologies, such as extracting glue from animal hide and a tree fungus that smolders for fucking forever when lit, but my knowledge of these is limited. I need a more thorough knowledge of how exactly the pre-agriculture hominids did these things if I want to wax poetic about it.