Vanth

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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most days it's an Areopress, sometimes V60. Very rarely, moka or phin. I can and do skip coffee. I do 3 days in a row "dry" every month or so to keep an eye on caffeine addiction. If I get headaches, I take a longer break and dial back usage.

I backcountry backpack and have started carrying caffeine pills in my first aid kit. Not for myself, but for people I run into who are suffering from withdrawal headaches. I've met a couple people who drink several cups per day in their normal life, then cut to one while backpacking or none at all, not realizing they'll go through withdrawal.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My sister had to come out to my parents for like the sixth time. They just pretend they don't hear it. So operation Not-Subtle Propaganda commences. I was visiting for the long weekend and put on movies with LGBT characters to get them desensitized (sensitized?) to the idea of gay people existing.

Ok, so maybe Forbidden Fruits wasn't one to include in this first wave. TBF, I don't think either parent clocked the gayness. They are so stubbornly blind to it.

Now accepting suggestions for next visit I take in ~June or July. They are Hallmark movie people so it can't be too outrageous, FF was really pushing it even without The Gay Agenda™.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 10 points 5 days ago

Several of my great aunts and uncles did this. And yeah, after they moved away they would have small boxes of dirt shipped to them from family that stayed behind.

White, Volga German descended farmer people, moved from the Midwest to the West Coast US.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I would think it's not just people avoiding his movies because he's a sexual assaulter, but the studios too. If I've got a several hundred million dollar project, I'm not going to make a known serial assaulter the face of it. I'm not going to want to be in any way liable if he assaults his female coworkers, I don't want to roll the dice that the public won't turn against him when more allegations start coming out. Not when there are other perfectly bankable stars who aren't confirmed sexual assaulters.

He's a proven liability and one would think studios would want to avoid him and keep their investment safe.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Eeeeh. Not in the tier of Jared Leto, but definitely in the tier of "why does he keep getting jobs, plenty other actors with skills equal to or greater than his who won't sexually assault their colleagues".

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

On the edge of my seat hoping a "canal pusher" is an animal of similar species to the drop bear in Australia or the snipe in US.

Edit: oh, drunk people. So yes, kinda related to drop bears and snipes.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sus fingers

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don't see why. I'm employed. My employer cared that I had a college degree ten years ago, but now I have years of doing the job to point to.

So my high school diploma would have to be pulled, then two colleges would somehow have to say that made my two diplomas invalid, then my employer would have to decide they gave a shit about that more than nearly a decade of demonstrated competency.

At most, I would take a GED test for shits and giggles. I would guess math is the most difficult section for most people. I'm an engineer and use math more and more diverse applications for math frequently, so I expect it would be easy.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I gave up trying to sit for 15+ minute sessions. I have a standing desk and two barstool-height chairs of very different designs, cycling between the three options throughout my workday.

Great that I can work from home. In the office I would look like a fidgety child.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

RRR rewatch. A friend hadn't ever seen a Indian epic before so introduced them to the genre.

Before that, Mantis and Killer Boksoon. Korean action thrillers about contract killers.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If it really is evolving usage, I'll pay attention once it seeps into more permanent media like music lyrics. Or when Fox News starts reporting on it as evidence of the downfall of our education system, (also kids are making toilet wine again and ingesting it through all the wrong body orifices, more at 11).

I'm too old and not cool to worry about rapid lifecycle language trends. If I pay too much attention, I might become one of those adults repeating "6-7" to show they're hip with it.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yesssss, Z peeps, draw attention away while millennials continue to ruin other things with our avocado toast and useless degrees.

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Iron Lung (2026) by Markiplier (filmdb.landmarkcinemas.com)
 

The stars are gone. The planets have disappeared. Only those aboard space stations or starships were left to witness the universe dim, giving the end a name: The Quiet Rapture. Now, humanity decays in the rusting halls of crumbling stations, scavenging barren moons by the ghost light of long-vanished stars. But one moon stands apart. In the darkness of the void, a scanner detects an impossibility: an ocean of blood. In a desperate bid for survival, the last remnants of humanity craft a crude submarine to explore the bleeding depths. They weld one soul inside to pilot it. But as the hatch is sealed, the terrifying reality sets in. Hope in this void is as illusionary as the starlight. This is not an expedition. This is an execution.

Written, produced, acted in by game streamer Markiplier

Indie film inspired by an indie cosmic horror game

<$3 million budget, self-funded release in over 2,000 theaters

 

Have you had one? If so, did the medical professional conducting the challenge stay with you the whole time?

I had one years ago. The person administering the challenge put me in a glass chamber, explained the amount of methacholine would increase until it induced an asthma attack and that how much methacholine it took would determine whether I have asthma or not, then left the room for 10-15 minutes. Looking back now, it seems wild that one would leave when trying to give a person an asthma account. What if I had asthma and was stuck without help for 10+ minutes?

Curious what others have experienced, whether they were left to deal with a possible asthma attack alone or if they were monitored?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Vanth@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

Watched my coworker move her cursor to the right edge of her right-hand monitor to get it to over to the left side of her left-hand monitor. When I offered to show her how to adjust her display settings, she said she was used to it and didn't want to change it. I don't think I can walk by her desk while she's working ever again.

What have you got?

 

Also New York and Missouri

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/anthem-insurance-cap-anesthesia-coverage-time-limits/6040608/

Anyone with an Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plan will soon have to pay out of pocket for anesthesia if a surgery or procedure goes longer than expected, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

The health insurance provider said they will no longer pay for anesthesia care if a surgery or procedure goes beyond a specific time limit. This will apply to patients in Connecticut, New York and Missouri.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists said Anthem can pre-determine the time allowed for anesthesia, and if an anesthesiologist submits a bill where the actual time of care is longer than Anthem's limit, the company will deny paying for it.

EDIT!!! Just hit the wire 30 min ago, https://abcnews.go.com/Health/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-policy-new-york-connecticut-missouri/story?id=116479985

 

Inspired by a post since deleted, I feel bad for probably coming off judgemental about the poster's taste in the movie that drove him to consider sailing.

The earliest desired media I can remember that drove me to figure out sailing was DC Talk, a Christian rock band. Pop music was not allowed in my house, so a Christian group was tantalizing and scandalous to a rebellious, young Vanth. Things escalated from there.

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