TheWaterGod

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[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'd prefer something higher resolution, but it's got a bunch of upvotes. If the people seem to like it, I'm not going to remove it.

 
[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 week ago

Numb. Sad. Mostly numb.

I was cheering for Kamala. I wanted the US to succeed. She had the big rallies, the celebrity endorsements, the polls were saying it was neck-and-neck. It looked like sanity was going to prevail. Then Trump just basically sweeps it and it's like...oh. It's easy to call the Americans "stupid" or whatever insults I've seen flying around the internet, but there was a vote. He won the vote. Over 72 million people think that Trump and the Republican ideology lines up best with their ideology. Who am I to argue with that? I don't agree with it, but I guess that's democracy in action. Regardless of what lies were told or what disinformation was spread, people overwhelmingly went out, voted for ol' Donny, and this is the result. That's how she goes I guess...? I don't fucking know anymore dude.

My heart absolutely breaks for the people of Ukraine. I'm sure they'll lose their US support come January. They don't deserve that.

 

Artist: Jeremy Cook

Source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/mqAz3e

 

Source: Adventure Time (TV show)

 

Can't find artist details on this one. Probably AI generated, but I'm a sucker for a e s t h e t i c, so here we are.

 

Artist: Reddit user Donut_Artworks (https://www.reddit.com/user/Donut_Artworks)

 

Artist: James Gilleard

Source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/W2oe2G

 

Photographer: Nickolas Warner

Location: Alberta, Canada

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Hey dude - I won't remove this post because I'm a little late to the party and it's received a good number of upvotes, but in the future, please be mindful of the sidebar rule: "Images should be wallpaper size (at least 1920x1080, or mobile equivalent)." 1200x829 is a fairly low quality image to use as a wallpaper. Thanks!

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago

Hey mate, thanks for the feedback! I'm trying my best to keep this place populated with content but there's only so much I can do. There's no restrictions on posting to the community (except for a few postings rules/guidelines, see the sidebar), so if you have a wallpaper preference or would like to see different types of content, please feel free to contribute and share. Cheers!

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

I've never really thought of coordinating them tbh but it sounds and looks like a neat idea. I've always kept the lock and home screen the same but lately I've been changing the wallpaper to roughly match the season. So right now it's a snowy mountains for winter.

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I gave up on online dating last year and I won't be back. If that means I'll end up dying alone, I'm honestly more comfortable with that idea than suffering though anymore of the bullshit that's Tinder/Bumble/Hinge/etc. It's become such a miserable experience for both sides (men and women).

As someone who had used online dating on and off for 10+ years, I can tell you one of the big problems - money and greed. I know it's always easy to just "blame capitalism", but I've seen first-hand the paradigm shift from an actual useful service (i.e. a way to meet people that you would otherwise not meet) to the blatant greed it's become. The dating apps are so obviously profiteering off people's loneliness it's fucking disgusting. Back before Match bought everyone up, these services used to actually be okay for what they were.

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Nice one!

The artist appears to be Winslow Homer.

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re talking kind of three months in the summer and two to three weeks in the winter for skiing.

To drop 32 million on a house (which is mind bogglingly in and of itself) and only spend three months in it? Motherfuckers out there with way too much goddamn money. That's ridiculous.

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's a really cool idea! I wonder if they could've made it a bit more ergonomic though? Dude at 1:40 is having a tough time with his leg stretched that far. Maybe if the track was closer to the road or if the lift's foot rest was wider?

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Commuter Thunderdome - Two commuters enter, one commuter leaves (the car defeats the squishy human every time).

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I could be wrong about this (it's the internet, I'm sure someone will correct me), but I think public perception of bike lanes in this city got kind of fucked because one of the previous city councils spent a ton of money without really explaining it properly and they were seemingly installing them on streets where they weren't connected/doing much (this has got a lot better now).

So now the whole thing is just one of those "let's blame this" kind of topics. Kind of like "we'd have better blahblah if they didn't waste all the money on bike lanes". Nimbyism is also really strong in this city.

[–] TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Hey, that's my city! I'm sad to say that I'm not overly surprised. I don't know if it's an everywhere thing, but there's a vocal minority in Victoria that have a real stick up their ass about bike lanes.

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