I was exposed to a bad PTSD trigger on Saturday and dissociated for a bit and have been in a state of derealization since. Now that my therapist helped me not panic about this feeling, I've found myself curious about how other people have experienced this.

For me, everything seems muted. People and their expressed emotions, colors, general vibes in different situations etc. Everything is just wrong and unsettling. It's like everything just isn't existing enough to feel tangible. Iam fully aware that my perception is very wrong because I've asked people if things seem off at all and they've said no. I was very scared for like two days until I was able to book an appointment with my therapist and now I'm not as scared and the derealization doesn't feel as disconcerting, but it's still there. Hoping things will be back to normal when I wake up in the morning.

like, i'm just trying to post random content. normally i post stuff to /c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone but this topic feels more mature, less silly.

/c/casualconversation@piefed.social only has like 15 votes per post so it's not very active. meanwhile /c/asklemmy@lemmy.world has more like 70 upvotes per post on average. why is the casual conversations community so inactive?

Or a description. I just want to have a chuckle.

I picture this:

Stipulations:

• You cannot die and are immune to disease
• You cannot alter the future such that you change the world from your point of origin. i.e. You cannot become so famous that future people recognize you as immortal.
• If you vary the timeline too much you will cease to exist.

Imagine this scenario:

• All companies start producing mostly using only AI and firing people, because people have no use anymore
• Joe spend most of his income on digital video games products
• Joe get fired because he got replaced by AI now, since AIs are taking over most jobs
• Joe has no income anymore
• Joe doesn't have any more money to spend on video games
• Companies have no more profit, because people don't have income, so people can't spend on their AI produced products

In this scenario both lose, the company adopting AI and the worker. Am I missing something? Is there any possibility besides Universal Basic Income to keep the system running and not collapsing?

I did once.

It was Black Friday of 2006, a week after the release of the Wii. My friend had to work at a store in the mall in the wee hours of the morning, and he dropped me off to wait at GameStop so I could test my luck. Nintendo has always been infamous for engineered scarcity, and the Wii was no exception, so I was fully prepared to leave with nothing but an interesting story to tell. I had never seen the horrors of Black Friday, and was morbidly curious to experience it for myself at least once.

The experience was pretty tame. At first I waited outside the mall. I had my guide dog with me, and I allowed other people in line to give her pets and scritches as we waited. Not gonna lie, me bringing her was a bit of social engineering. Who's gonna hit a blind guy? We got to chatting about what the line was for, and I discovered it was for an unrelated promotion. I asked if I could be let in to wait in front of the GameStop in the food court out of the cold, and they let me enter.

I can't remember if others in the same line came in with me, or if they had already been there, but I ended up behind a dad and his two kids, and they were both getting a Wii. There were only three in stock, so I ended up getting lucky. I even got a copy of Twilight Princess, as well as FF XII on the PS2 as a Christmas gift for my sister.

tl;dr: veni vidi wiici

I just bought a little beef jerky. Haven’t had any in quite a while. It was supposed to be spicy. What I got was something sweet, rubbery and gummy, with barely a hint of heat. (In the US) W.t.f.

When I was a kid, jerky was dry AF, thin, salty, tooth-rippingly tough sometimes, never sweet unless you specifically got a teryaki flavor or something. If you wanted spicy, it was covered in pepper and your mouth would be on fire after just a couple pieces. It was awesome.

Now it’s sugary and chewy. Why people gotta put sugar on everything? Can’t find that dry, thin, peppery stuff anywhere.

What food of yours has disappeared or been wrecked in order to appeal to more people?

I love most things about my job and hate very little (power plant engineer). Love the schedule, problem solving, learning, future potential, coworkers, job itself and the opportunities. Hate the schedule, burns, coworkers, fiberglass and occasional danger.

Assuming there would be a middle class and we didn't destroy ourselves or ended up in a dystopia.

west west bad big bad very bad stalin good lenin good ignore starvation ignore deaths ignore everything just read state and revolution bro

• It should be growable in a small space.
• Would be nice if it didnt require lot of attention.
• Should fill my stomach
• Would be nice if I can grow lots of it in a small time.

1. He has a room full of sith artifacts

2. He influenced Count Dooku to seperate themselves from the Republic

3. He spends a LOT of time with young Jedi younglings and padawans, not in a good way

4. He's been mentioned in the Sith Documents, and has a bunch of photos with Darth Plageuis

I mean people who don't care at all about their privacy or don't think about it, but they laugh at others for trying to remain anonymous on the Internet and so on.

Non-music

If this is removed, I completely understand.

in different social networks I often see a table of fediverse alternatives to centralized social networks like twitter = mastodon and so on, but I noticed that the alternative to reddit is piefed and not lemmy, can someone explain what kind of fediverse project this is, and is it different from lemmy?🤔

SOLVED: It was an obscure Goa'uld dialect.

Is this gibberish? 20 bucks at a thrift store.

For me personally, I use Blorp on desktop and Voyager on mobile. I've tried a lot of mobile clients but despite lacking a lot of piefed features, I like voyager because of the ui

My first TikTok reached a whopping 100k views, but now I only get 50 on average. Is that intentional? It sure feels like it.

A lack of filter means saying whatever is on your mind without considering politeness, appropriateness, relevance, or respect for the situation. People who have no filter may use profanity when they should not or bring up sensitive topics such as religion, politics, sex, body parts, or body odors in ways that offend others. Human communication follows social norms, and these norms discourage creating unnecessary controversy, embarrassing people, or discussing highly divisive topics in casual conversation. When someone ignores these norms, they may be seen as awkward, weird, or socially unaware, and others may feel unsafe or uncomfortable interacting with them. Appropriateness is a skill that can be learned by thinking before speaking, considering the audience and situation, and asking whether something is respectful, relevant, and suitable to say.

Anything fun or interesting going on? Relaxing, doing chores, listening to music, playing games, reading? I wanna hear about it!