knittedmushroom

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[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fella is an English slang term for a man. Which is why they clarify even non-fellas (women/nonbinary) can still contribute. Hope that explanation helps!

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

Fiddling with my clothes/hair/anything within reach. For the big "fancy" idle animations that trigger after like 5 minutes of inactivity, I'd bust out my knitting/crochet or a book.

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Waistline was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!!

 

I've been recently looking into watching my weight and diet again. I had used Noom in the past and really liked their services, but then it came out that they were essentially wiretapping everyone. It seems like every health focused app is selling health information now.

Does anyone know of any good privacy focused health services? Currently I think my only options are logging my calories in a paper book lol.

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

Sadly I was never able to perfectly recreate that cashmere sweater, though I came close. Getting perfect gauge is really hard to do on fitted garments for knitting. Mom had wanted me to learn to knit since I was really little but it never caught my interest until I was an adult. Through the pandemic we did work together to knit a modular blanket and sewed it together once we could meet up in person again! https://imgur.com/a/u4M4ynb

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

So in her defense (and another aspect of why she didn't murder me I'm sure.) Is that she'd forgotten entirely that she even wore that sweater. Apparently it always sits on the edge of her hamper so she visually sees it and removes it to her special wash bag for extremely fancy clothes. But she'd left town in a bit of a hurry for family matters and I'd even volunteered to do laundry. I didn't realize that sweater was extra special on my own.

That "on the side of the hamper" method is what I use for my extremely delicate stuff now, and so far I haven't shrunk anything. yet

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I didn't break something expensive in terms of dollar amount, but my Mom knits. In high school she asked me to do the laundry for her while she was out of town. I knew sweaters went in the delicate cycle, but what I DIDN'T know is even the delicate cycle was too much for her very nice, hand knit, cashmere sweater that fit her perfectly.

It came out felted and 2 sizes smaller. And I felt HORRIBLE then. Now, I'm all grown up and I've learned how to knit myself. Now I think back on that and marvel that I'm still alive and she didn't come home and just bury me in the backyard. That's how I know she loves me. <3

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

I'd bring my Split ergonomic keyboards I've built/am working on.

I'd love to get others into the hobby or crowd source help in coding QMK from those who are already in it. Online forums are a great resource but for some there's no replacing an in-person teacher.

I'll hopefully come back and edit this post when I get home to share a picture.

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully most spices are shelf stable so as long as you find some spices you like you're also good for years. I personally couldn't live without cumin or garlic powder.

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

My go to is https://www.budgetbytes.com/poor-mans-burrito-bowls/ It's much better with cheese and green onions, but still damn good with just the canned beans, rice, and salsa.

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago

I'm taking a shit in my bathroom cabinet now.

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago (9 children)

More LGBT+ relationships that aren't the entire fucking plot of the movie. I wish relationships would develop around the plot narrative like we see heteronormative romances portrayed in action/thriller/etc movies. Right now we only really have movies where the entire fucking plot revolves around how gay someone is and their struggle with being gay and AcCePtInG tHeMsElVeS. It's becoming trope-y and stale.

I just want to be pleasantly surprised someone's LGBT+ in a movie and have the plot move on without fanfare like it would for a straight romance.

[–] knittedmushroom@beehaw.org 132 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Hm, like most opinion pieces, there aren't any hard numbers from studies really shown besides the initial percentages. And I immediately picked up on the second paragraph's

Compared to older generations, younger generations have reported higher rates of victimization in phishing, identity theft, romance scams, and cyberbullying.

Yeah no shit those metrics will skew towards Gen Z being more victimized if you're lumping cyberbullying into the mix! They're one of the first generations that have had to deal with their peers harassing the everloving shit out of them all hours of the day online. As a millennial, I didn't have to even think about putting up with that until at least high school. I'd really want to see what questionnaire wording they were using for the survey data. If the question was legitimately "Have you ever been a victim of phishing, identity theft, romance scams, or cyberbullying?" then I think almost everyone with a social media account for their whole life would need to check "yes."

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