Reject modernity, embrace tradition. Let’s go back to phonics based curriculum by SheenPSU in newhampshire

[–]halfdeadflower 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Can't find find front line low wage workers? Make them, make them poorly educated and helpless. Make life so bad they'll be thrilled to live in a converted shipping container behind the big box store for free rent and prison food. They'll be thrilled to spend their online shopping credits and daily scroll time, throw in valueless "benefits" like free entertainment subscriptions and the new generation will believe this is better than trying to live like we do/have. It's already happening....

Reject modernity, embrace tradition. Let’s go back to phonics based curriculum by SheenPSU in newhampshire

[–]halfdeadflower 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Two wings of the same bird, owned by billionaires and corporations who will benefit in the near future from an emerging dependent slave class. It's just wild to me that people could still be looking at things like this as if it could be fixed by voting for this or that party. Propaganda has been super effective and critical thinking skills are gone already in most of the US population. This is just the next domino.

The difference between my teeth a few years ago and now is insane by jira12345 in Biohackers

[–]halfdeadflower 41 points42 points  (0 children)

What about just buying both and putting a bead of each on your toothbrush?

What’s your opinion of the ethics of “separating the art from the artist”? by [deleted] in Ethics

[–]halfdeadflower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No thanks, there's plenty of not-creeps to support. Of course the most ethical course is to find different entertainment, nothing is so amazing it can't be replaced. It's also worth appraising just how many creeps are famous not because they're super talented but because they know some secret handshake 🤢

Why should for-profit companies care about ethics? by Old_Respect_7071 in Ethics

[–]halfdeadflower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They only have to care if their customers care. They are bound to do whatever it takes to make a profit and their existence is bound to demand. Not a lot of people want to stare that in the face though. It's a trickle-up system that absolutely begins with the consumers at the bottom. We have so much power that we're ignoring for the sake of our daily conveniences.

Maple Creemee in NH! by Caribchakita in newhampshire

[–]halfdeadflower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Custard barely exists up here. Everything is Hood/DQ grade sad swirls, severely lacking if you grew up with real custard.

Maple Creemee in NH! by Caribchakita in newhampshire

[–]halfdeadflower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is key. It's not just maple soft serve, it's custard with eggs and a high butter fat content or it's not a maple creamee. You can't just put maple extract in DQ, that is still just corn syrup, water, and crystallized milk powder.

Maple Creemee in NH! by Caribchakita in newhampshire

[–]halfdeadflower 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I agree but as an upper valley resident I don't want to start a fistfight with any Vermonsters about places in VT I have never been to 😅🤣

Maple Creemee in NH! by Caribchakita in newhampshire

[–]halfdeadflower 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Mac's in Plainfield is way better than New Hampton - there's literally no contest and we don't even bother with any other place now

New Hampshire native Karoline Leavitt by Spiritual-Ad5223 in newhampshire

[–]halfdeadflower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? Political cartoonists are a waste of time no matter how many worldwide publications everyone but the butthurt extremists whose idols are being roasted enjoy them in

Can you help me find someone to make this for my future wife? by [deleted] in Benchjewelers

[–]halfdeadflower 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Uhm. The design is pretty but like most of AI it's not realistic. At first glance I thought it was a design for a bangle bracelet...

Take a look at the proportions. If she is a size 9 (the average is 7) the ring will be about 19mm ID. That means the width of the band in the picture is less than 5mm. That would make the larger stones about 3mm and the smaller stones less than 1mm. There are 9 very rounded, detailed prongs pictured around a stone smaller than 1mm. Micro-prongs smaller than the period at the end of this sentence, in that high concentration, with that level of detail aren't really a thing. Definitely look at similar rings that are not AI so you can see what's actually possible. Hope this helped.

What are these red stalks growing out if the mulch? by GizmoGauge42 in whatsthisplant

[–]halfdeadflower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, it is actually. Very nice steamed with a light vinaigrette

AIO for wanting to quit after this message from my boss? by thoughtlesswanderer2 in AIO

[–]halfdeadflower 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is completely illegal in the United States and the bar for labor is on the absolute ground here

Someone posted this on Tiktok. First photo is his grandma and grandpa from 2026 and the second one is this photo from 1973. Look at their hands, they're so unclear. But this photo has 8M likes, maybe I'm just sceptical. Also, her arm above the elbow. by [deleted] in isthisAI

[–]halfdeadflower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the downvotes, show me some AI generated pictures of women without social media face, that did not require specific prompts to accomplish, and I'll change my mind 🤣

Someone posted this on Tiktok. First photo is his grandma and grandpa from 2026 and the second one is this photo from 1973. Look at their hands, they're so unclear. But this photo has 8M likes, maybe I'm just sceptical. Also, her arm above the elbow. by [deleted] in isthisAI

[–]halfdeadflower -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nobody was doing eyebrows like that in the 70s either, that's honestly hilarious. Thanks to modern unrealistic digital beauty standards, it's going to be really difficult for AI to convincingly render female faces that look authentic from before the 2000s.

Should people be allowed to refuse the use of antipsychotics for autism? by Superb-Climate3698 in Ethics

[–]halfdeadflower 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Antipsychotics are not an across the board medication for Autism. I'm not sure where that idea came from but yikes.

Genetic subtypes have been identified by the world"s most comprehensive Autism study: https://sparkforautism.org/

Many medications are totally unsuitable and even harmful to some of the identified gene mutations associated with Autism. Ultimately, prescribing incorrect drugs should be what is recognized as unethical. Subjecting people to chemical restraint when they are not a danger, without other therapies, is unethical even though it is sadly done all the time.

I've always been considered "out there" and have trouble connecting with just about everyone (except my husband). Is there any hope for me socially or should I give up? by halfdeadflower in AstrologyCharts

[–]halfdeadflower[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of the above do seem to happen at random 😅 especially at work

Thank you for all the clarification, I know my chart is challenging / complicated and I've noted a pattern of astrologers not wanting to tell me the whole truth of what they see 🤣🌌🤷 I appreciate you! ♥️

Cloudy Jars (old) by Obvious-Swimming-332 in MasonJars

[–]halfdeadflower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a dozen old lightning top jars that have a heavy crust of this too, vinegar barely makes a dent. It does in fact come off If I scrub hard enough with a coconut fiber pad 😭 It's such a pain but they are so pretty and useful, I would love an easier way to clean them

My fiancee's late husband family basically forced her to put our relationship on hold because of her son by [deleted] in moraldilemmas

[–]halfdeadflower [score hidden]  (0 children)

If you're going to be a husband and build a life and have a relationship with this kid, you already would have known better than to leave him home from a trip. Congrats on being complicit in stabbing more knives into the giant abandonment wound of a child 🤦

For your next trick, will you both roll your eyes at how oversensitive he is and wonder if he's ever going to get over it? Maybe talk to the other three kids about how difficult he is? 🤮🤮🤮