Do you have dream paralysis? That's what I think I have.
Whatever the dream is, and there are a variety of situations, but I'm 'stuck'. I'm dreaming but I can't move.
I strain to get free and move but can't break free.
At the end of the dream I wake up, usually wrapped up in bedsheets and physically aching from trying to unbind myself.
As an example, I had a dream where I was on a reality TV show. The point was to get from point A to point B. I was really struggling to crawl to point B. Then I saw my body on the floor being attended to by an EMT. Seeing my body with the EMT triggered something and I woke up as I was physically stepping out of the bed in real life.
A psychopath that's trying to be good
'contextual knowledge'
this gem was put forward in all seriousness when the data didn't support the claims in the report: "it's not in the numbers, but we have a pretty good sense that this is true"
English: Please : Thank you
French: Aujourd'hui : Merci
Spanish: Por Favor : Gracias
German: Regenbogen : Danke
Swedish: tillhör alla : tack
EDIT: This was just a small play at poetry as I wish I knew all of these languages but do not
Love SomaFM and have the t-shirts, magnets, stickers, etc. to prove it!
Mostly into the DroneZone as ambient while at home or at work. Listening with noise-reducing headphones makes it even better.
raw onion
dear god, how else do you wipe your butt?
Felt a jiggle in SF
Shared from MeFi: "What the size of your book collection says about you"
Get out those measuring tapes...how big is it?
Your book collection.
I thought this was a fun/silly thing to chat about and wanted to share it here.
I use the My Library app on Android to catalog my personal collection (less than 800 books but growing)
Do you ever 'weed' your collection? What's your ratio of print to ebooks? Do you collect in certain subject area(s)? From where do you acquire? (used bookstores, online, new bookstores, etc.)
Thanks for sharing!
Some kind of general pain suppression.
You could turn it off, if you're into that and sometimes pain let's you know there might be a problem, but the endless agony people go through would end.
Starbucks. They moved into my neighborhood and put a bunch of small business owners (cafes) out of business including one owned by a very good friend.
Nestle. obvs
Cocaine & Ketamine, but cutting it with something else, I know not what (tons of money?)
I love and donate to SomaFM.
I have been hooked on the 'DroneZone', but there are lots of other channels on SomaFM that I should explore.
There is very minimal interruption (hourly? and quietly) asking for donations.
AOL - ISP. Not sure order of operations here... I was also on Mozilla/Netscape (1991/92-?)
Bulletin Board Channels: There was at least one gay one in San Diego (ca. 1992-1995). We would chat and post online, then once a month, meet at a gay bar with name tags with our handles.
IRC - fun chat site (at least into 1997 for me)
LISTSERV - this was less useful for me. signing up for 'reading lists' or 'subscriptions' to 'butterflies' 'sourdough', etc. (I honestly do not recall the groups I signed on to) when no one really seemed to be there (1992-94?) though I didn't move with the hip crowd
really? that sucks. really? i am genuinely so disappointed, jeez
I thought a 'concierge program' was similar to OneMedical. You pay an annual fee, have a PCP, but the PCP doesn't typically do much besides refer you to specialists, give advice, or prescribe meds.
I'll pause now
There's a The Cure song in here, somewhere
I felt like that last week at the farmer's market. I hate it.
Setting up a new laptop - How do I get around needing a Microsoft account?
Title I do not want a Microsoft account. Microsoft doesn't need any more info about me than they already have. Thanks
Q re: New Yorker. Article online vs print?
How can I tell which print edition of the New Yorker has the online article? Do all online articles appear in the print edition?
I read the online Interview with Justin Torres, loved it, I want the print edition to frame. The online edition says it was published 12/31/2023, I just can't find it in print.
literature - what does this quote mean?
"He had the handsomest wop kisser I ever saw" -Jean Genet "Thief's Journal" p.185
What does wop kisser mean?
What's the significance of calling it "Israel-Hamas War" vs "Israel-Gaza War"?
I'm in the US.
I haven't discerned a pattern, by the media, in the titling of the horror currently underway.
I've seen Al Jazeera use both phrasings. I haven't determined that other media sites are hardlining their terminology either, but I notice the difference as I browse.
Maybe it doesn't mean anything, but these days people seem extra sensitive about names.
Born this day: David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992)
David Wojnarowicz was born this day (9/14/1954). Artist in a variety of media, and hero to at least one freaked-out fa%%ot in the closet back in the late 80s/early 90s. Whether he wanted to or not, he gave voice and form to the absolute RAGE felt by a population that was dying so those that survived could create a better world for LGBT people. More. More. And this latest book of letters!
Relationship between Alexandrite and Lemmy.world ?
Recently started using Alexandrite and am really enjoying the experience, but have questions.
I'm thinking of Alexandrite as the chocolate shell over my lemmy.world ice cream cone. Alexandrite is not an instance, correct?
I have not found a place on Alexandrite where my subscriptions (joined communities) are listed. Is this not yet available?
I assume that if I join a community in one (either Alexandrite or Lemmy.world) it will sync with the other. True?
I've joined communities in Alexandrite, but they don't show in the list of subscribed communities in lemmy.world. That just may take more time. Yes?
Thanks!
How many fediverse instances are you signed up with?
Title.
Newbie, recently joined, 7/1/23.
Right now, I'm on three: Lemmy.world (my 'main' or 'home'), kbin, and Blahaj Lemmy. I'm looking at Reddthat and sh.itjust.works as well.
Just curious. I know most of the content will overlap, but there are differences in philosophy/moderator style, etc.
Do you like having ONE instance?
I'm loving Alexandrite as the Dove dark chocolate enrobing my lemmy.world ice cream bar!
Unsuccessful at deleting lemmy.world account
I have accounts on Lemmy.world and Blahaj Lemmy and kbin. I would like to delete my account from Lemmy.world as they are not defederating from Meta/Threads. Plus, Lemmy.world is huge and spreading things across the fediverse makes sense.
When I go to Settings and try to delete my account in Lemmy.world, I'm asked to enter my password, I do, the response is a 'Saved' message, but the account is still there.
I want to keep my instance on Blahaj Lemmy, just not my instance on Lemmy.world
There must be an answer that I'm just not seeing. Thoughts?
Can't view comments - "couldnt_get_comments"
Hello,
I randomly downloaded Connect for Lemmy, but I've never used apps on my phone for social.
When I try to view comments I get the error message "couldnt_get_comments"
I'm not sure what could be causing the problem. It makes the app worthless, but I don't want to give up on it if I'm doing something wrong.
Has anyone else had the error message and resolved it?
Thanks
Infinite scroll on lemmy.world?
Is there an option/setting to turn on infinite scroll on lemmy.world?