toynbee

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 38 minutes ago

That's interesting. My mother was blind in one eye and so had no depth perception. I'm pretty sure she rarely drove me anywhere after I got my license and I was the youngest in the family; my dad did most of the teaching-how-to-drive so I guess I never had cause to consider what impact a lack of depth perception might have had on driving. She did drive, though, and never got into an accident or even had a ticket in my lifetime.

If she hadn't told me, I might never have known about her visual issues. I think once or twice I might have seen her miss when trying to put a straw in a cup or similar things, but that could happen to anyone. She did sometimes ask me to switch to her other side when out walking so that she could see me, but navigated crowds without any issues I observed.

Sorry, I didn't mean to get off topic. I was just considering how it might have impacted her in ways I might not have thought about before.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

All good. Hope you have a great day!

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

The OC said in a different comment that you must be on the college network to set it up.

You don't need to tag me, by the way; I get a notification if someone responds to me directly.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Ah, that does complicate matters. Good luck.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (7 children)

You could install an android emulator on your personal computer then run the authenticator from there.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Ripley the monorail.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

All good information, thank you for the recommendations! Hopefully your cat stays as healthy as she can.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I was wondering whether the original post was intentionally referencing this.

 

edit: It's not a great picture, but I was trying to remove anything that could be used to doxx.

The cat pictured is Ripley. Don't tell her I told you.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

She is an old cat for sure.

It's hard to say whether it's bothering her. The ear was very visibly swollen before the draining. She never used to hold it sideways like that, either - that's developed over the last two weeks or so.

She's mostly been minding her own business - we had trouble even finding her to take her to the appointment - but recently she's been very clingy and rubbing (to be fair) both ears against us. I suspect it's itchy at the very least.

Honestly, she's so old I'm just worried about her.

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Maze hurt her ear! (lemmy.world)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by toynbee@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world
 

According to the vet, she probably scratched her ear and nicked a blood vessel, causing a hematoma. They drained her ear, but it seems to be (fortunately slowly) refilling. We're planning to schedule another appointment for Monday, when they said they could basically sew her ear together to prevent it from happening again. I would have guessed they would go for cauterization, but apparently not.

edit; She's also quite underweight (apparently she's six pounds). I thought that was because she's getting old (she's approaching fifteen years) but the vet says she just needs to eat more. We got her some wet food to entice her appetite.

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Remi is needy (lemmy.world)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by toynbee@lemmy.world to c/aww@lemmy.ml
 

He's a good boy, though.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Not Shoot 'em Up?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In case you enjoy webcomics, especially extremely vintage ones, there's one called Sluggy Freelance. One pretty early storyline has the protagonists encounter vampires and discover that turning into a vampire automatically makes you skinny, gives you abs, etc. They recommend that the vampires advertise this, which is initially rejected, but ...

I don't know whether it's maintained its quality, but it looks like it's still ongoing! I don't have the time to spend hours of my life reading comics anymore, but when I did, I greatly enjoyed this one.

edit: https://sluggy.com/

 

Either it was a local thing (I originally got the picture at Good Will) or my search skills are lacking. My wife loved it so I wish I could get her a reproduction.

 

Earlier today, I basically passed out. (I've had guests for most of the past week and have had very inadequate sleep.) Before I fell asleep, I texted a friend about a YouTube video that might interest them (Legal Eagle suing Honey). Then I fell asleep.

While I was sleeping, the friend responded with their insights about the case. I have no memory of it, but apparently the attached picture is how I responded to their comments on a video about a legal case. For some reason, that friend did not respond.

edit: Just refining the wording.

 

Like the title says, I accidentally blocked someone. I tapped the three dots under someone's post and then accidentally tapped again as "block user" fell under my thumb. This user doesn't seem like someone I want to block, so I would like to unblock them. I found the "blocklist" under my profile, which says it lists blocked instances, communities and users; but (while I haven't blocked any instances), I only see communities. That said, it's not allowing me to scroll through the blocked list, so possibly the blocked user is lower in the list. If I navigate to the user in question, I see how to block them again, but no option to unblock them.

How do I find a blocked user and how do I unblock them? Thanks in advance.

 

I'm not even sure how many chickens I can fit on my current hard drive, but it's probably more than the number of persons I can fit.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by toynbee@lemmy.world to c/music@lemmy.world
 

I've loved this song since I heard it on American Dad! It took me an embarrassing number of views to realize that the older and younger couple are supposed to be the same people, though. (Knowing Portuguese might have helped.)

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by toynbee@lemmy.world to c/music@lemmy.world
 

This song is very relatable.

 

I don't know why she cares. She's chill about everything else. She's never met a raccoon. She's never met any wild animal other than a praying mantis. Still, when my TV wasn't wall mounted, we had to make sure not to put on anything raccoon related or she'd try to jump into the TV, Super Mario style.

 
 

Before last night I didn't even know my sister still painted. It's great that she does.

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