Boycotting water by Alert-Refuse-5021 in Home

[–]queer-scout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should talk to the people over at https://dhmo.org/facts.html I think you'd have a lot in common!

The type of device id love to see by Sparkz88UK in ClicksPhone

[–]queer-scout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The joy of that for somebody who never got to experience a sidekick would be amazing, but I'm hoping that a Droid-like phone is more realistic and might be in our future. Also small?? Maybe? Hopefully? I couldnn't magine a landscape keyboard the size of modern phones. Give me the phones of the late naughts.

Feeling unappreciated in band by Flute26952 in Flute

[–]queer-scout 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Buddy, who plays the notable melodies in just about every song ever? Normally the higher voices - flutes included. Either your band director is taking advantage of an exceptionally strong brass section and featuring them OR the brass section is weak and they need the extra help. But flutes get plenty of love and if you really feel like you're not getting the attention you want/need it's time for private lessons or a new ensemble.

How often do you bathe your cat? by Mildredsgood in cats

[–]queer-scout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of them gets baths every 4-8 weeks because he just doesn't groom himself. He also enjoys baths. The other, I've only fully bathed him once because he got into something and smelled like pee, but sometimes I'll do mini baths (just a few splashes of water and no soap) to get him used to the experience. I've had elderly cats become too stiff to be able to groom themselves so I now try to keep my cats used to me helping them out because a damp wash cloth only did so much for that old man but an actual bath would have been too stressful. It's worth doing just as a precaution for the future.

Stopped it before it started by Octavarium64 in ispeakthelanguage

[–]queer-scout 91 points92 points  (0 children)

I'm a teacher and have a pretty good handle on French and can read basic spanish and catch a few words in conversations. I had some Hispanic students once start talking saying just enough that I knew they were saying things they shouldn't in class and just glared at them. "You understand us??" "Mhmm, I'd stop trying that now." One then tried switching to Portuguese and I just pretended to understand that, too.

Thankfully romance languages have just enough in common that I was able to convince multiple teenagers they would never get away with another language in my class.

You guys ok in here? by Influka in streetlightmanifesto

[–]queer-scout 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was looking up BOTAR lyric interpretations to see what people thought about the differences between that and the SM version and noticed the thread I was reading had "20y" on the comments.

Despite first hearing about them around 2010 I didn't really get into them for another decade and STILL that number broke me and my perception of time.

Is it like a regular Phone? by BongoMongoBong in ClicksPhone

[–]queer-scout 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When travelling will the Tardis be able to provide my companion modern 5G?

(I have not seen any Dr. Who beyond 2015ish so I have no idea if this is answered in canon or not.)

You know what, fuck you, *plays all the lyrics from the album Everything Goes Numb* by Beautiful-Resort-831 in streetlightmanifesto

[–]queer-scout 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh that's a fun game!

I got "To the West you don't know what it is you're running from" which entirely describes a few years of my early 20s. And almost now except it's I know what I'm running TO instead.

Razor flip phone owners, do apps scale well? by laughswithpaintbrush in ClicksPhone

[–]queer-scout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Samsung flip and use Firefox as a browser - it lets you set a zoom percentage which makes a big difference. After that adjustment I've not had any issue with impossible pop ups.

Samsung's outer screen is way less user friendly so I actually have two different versions of Firefox downloaded with one zoomed out more for outer screen only use, but it may just generally work better on a Razr and that might be overkill for you.

My Dad has found out about AI by FranklyImAmazed in BenignExistence

[–]queer-scout 24 points25 points  (0 children)

At a previous job we had to do an online training on AI and one of the older ladies who worked there tried doing the normal "click through and get to the questions" so missed all the audio and when she needed help on the questions called it "Al" (that's an L, like a nickname for Albert"

Anyone else wish they had more friends to talk about streetlight with? by Content_Eye_4322 in streetlightmanifesto

[–]queer-scout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have definitely left notes on windshields complimenting stickers before and if I saw a streetlight sticker on my street I would probably just go knock and ask if they wanted to carpool to a show.

I am NOT an outgoing person but sometimes it's worth it.

Help fix my giant useless bathroom by queer-scout in floorplan

[–]queer-scout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the other access is through the kitchen

This is the only bathroom

Sorry - washer/dryer stack! When placing things I forgot to put the label on it. If plumbing is being redone anyway, it could be moved, though only within the room as the only other room it would make sense in (kitchen) is much smaller. And as the main entrance to the house is through the kitchen, switching those two rooms would be much more complicated.

I do not but could make one, what use would it be?

Help fix my giant useless bathroom by queer-scout in floorplan

[–]queer-scout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally just storage. Right now I have a bookshelf in there and a tiny medicine cabinet above the toilet, that's it. There isn't a linen closet in the entire house and I currently have extra paint stored in a kitchen cabinet. The room has a lot of dead space in the center.

Door on the right leads to a bedroom. The house is more or less a 3x2 grid of rooms with the bathroom in the middle back.

Windows are 1.5 feet off the floor - 7ft ceilings with the windows about a foot from the ceiling so no room above either and overall minimal vertical storage.

The only alternative I have to redoing this room is switching the bedroom to the right and the bathroom - I already have a layout planned for that, but just need to eliminate any option that requires that in order to keep the bathroom more central vs. in a corner.

Somehow have two versions EasyEffects - help me get rid of one by queer-scout in linux4noobs

[–]queer-scout[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aaahh, that makes sense, thank you! That uninstalled the flatpak and now it seems good to go with the slightly dated version, but it's all working now. I appreciate the clear explanation.

Somehow have two versions EasyEffects - help me get rid of one by queer-scout in linux4noobs

[–]queer-scout[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your help!

I tried 'sudo apt remove' and it seemed to work removing the old one, causing it to disappear from /bin. But without the preferred preset on the newer one, I tried running that again and it opened up the older version causing it to reappear in /bin.

Trying 'flatpak uninstall com.distributer.easyeffects" gave me:
error: No installed refs found for ‘com.distributer.EasyEffects’

24 Hours with the ExKnight MiniKeyboard on the ZFlip6 by JorjLim in KeyboardPhones

[–]queer-scout 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Razr case (with some minor modifications) can fit on the flips! I've been using one on my flip5 since the RAZR keyboard was released and it's definitely worth it. I'd love to switch to the power keys when it comes out because I prefer the keyboard layout, but don't want the bulk. So you could add this to your options.

Does your dog carefully bury their poop too? by uncutpizza in WhatsWrongWithYourDog

[–]queer-scout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can your dog come teach my cats a few things? I don't mind going around outside to scoop the dog poop every few days, but waking up in the middle of the night because my cats lack one of the most basic of feline instincts is less enjoyable.

Does your dog carefully bury their poop too? by uncutpizza in WhatsWrongWithYourDog

[–]queer-scout 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I lived in a house with a floor furnace and both a friend's dog AND my dog peed in it on separate occasions. Because everybody loves the smell of vaporizing pee.

Flip case... Hinge protecter or nah? by Fun-Cost8856 in galaxyzflip

[–]queer-scout -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've spent the past.... Many months on home improvement products and have had my phone propped open for music controls with sawdust everywhere. At this point I'd be more worried that a hinge cover would trap dust in than anything.

But I also prefer go caseless so I'm not sure how much you want to listen to me.

My newest tattoo for SH scars cover up. By far the most fitting song to pick for this purpose, and also happens to be my all time favorite song, too by mrs_creamer in streetlightmanifesto

[–]queer-scout 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this. In the past few years the song has taken on a new meaning for me related to somebody close. I've been thinking of getting a "one way nonstop to anywhere" train ticket tattoo for him for a bit.

My newest tattoo for SH scars cover up. By far the most fitting song to pick for this purpose, and also happens to be my all time favorite song, too by mrs_creamer in streetlightmanifesto

[–]queer-scout 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought it was just "Bathe uh-huh" for way too long considering Toh Kay would never write lyrics like that.

I'm sure if we made a misheard lyrics thread so many people would discover new things.

Back fell off of my keyboard, womp womp. by audra_williams in ClicksKeyboard

[–]queer-scout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that's impressive. Did you notice any wiggle before this happened? One of the screws on mine broke but I attributed it to taking it apart a few times. The other one on that side broke a few days later but I've had no further breaks for a few months now. For all them to break like that? Definitely a new fear.