What it feels like when someone calls instead of texts...
Thanks for the participating post OP. Sorry for the first commenter's vitriol and angst. I hope you continue to share with us. This is social media, not peer review of a white paper. Those with bad social skills are the ultimate failure here. Thanks again for being social digital neighbor.
::: spoiler I was not responding from emotions, but instead from logical empathy. Personally, immediate and/or sharp negativity in response to posts is the main reason I do not post regularly.
When a person is motivated to try to make a post, and then faces the frustration of not knowing what community it fits within, they have already overcome climbing two large hills of resistance. They have invested the effort required. At this point, as they summit the achievement, any negativity is effectively training a neural pathway. We are all only chemistry. Stealing the reward of dopamine they deserve is training them that this pathway is defective. That mechanism is not optional; only a matter of scope of self awareness. The momentum is important too. The more immediate the positive feedback, the more it reinforces the behavior. When the immediate reaction is negative, or fails to reflect the magnitude of invested effort, the potential reward scope is greatly limited.
I noticed it and simply tried to offset how it would impact me while validating the frustration I would have felt if I was the op. It was not intended for you, or even as an insult. I am just as guilty of unintended negativity at times and in certain contexts. Everyone is a bad neighbor at times. It is not an excuse, just an observation. I'd still give you a ride, or share a cup of sugar if you asked neighbor.
I am physically disabled and in social isolation. I just want a place to be neighbors and hang out with real people. This type of text allows me to collect my thoughts despite the pain. It is the only place where I still exist in my voice. That is why I care.
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This is the sort of shit that AI is robbing us of. I look at this and my immediate reaction is "yeah this isnt real".
Other people are saying its an old photo and they've seen it before and im choosing to believe them, but still. This world is so full of such cool shit, and I'm not going to believe any of it any more.
I already don't believe dogs today can skateboard and I saw them before YouTube even existed.
That's how things look when you dig them out but not the top. I've seen people drive their cars with giant pillows of snow on top. This pic wouldn't be all that hard to set up. Just dig the phonebooth out near the beginning of the storm and then wait. It'll look like this.
I'm not sure I understand. The snow on top looks like the snow on bottom but most snow looks alike. You can tell someone dug it out since the snow around the booth is less.
To me it looks like someone dug it out, ignored the top, and then waited a few hours and took the picture.
Yes, that's what happens when you dig something out in a snowstorm. You'll get that overhang. Snow is pretty sticky and has pretty good structural strength until you disturb it. In nature that formation is called a cornice. You get them on mountains that blow snow over a ridge.
Sigh. One last attempt. Magically remove the booth. You'll notice that the volume of snow on top of the booth perfectly fills the gap of the now removed booth AND the gap around it. As in: No one dug it out. The top caught the snow that would have gone around the booth.
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j4k3@piefed.world · 30 pts · 226d
What it feels like when someone calls instead of texts...
Thanks for the participating post OP. Sorry for the first commenter's vitriol and angst. I hope you continue to share with us. This is social media, not peer review of a white paper. Those with bad social skills are the ultimate failure here. Thanks again for being social digital neighbor.
bonenode@piefed.social · -1 pts · 226d
j4k3@piefed.world · 8 pts · 226d
::: spoiler I was not responding from emotions, but instead from logical empathy. Personally, immediate and/or sharp negativity in response to posts is the main reason I do not post regularly.
When a person is motivated to try to make a post, and then faces the frustration of not knowing what community it fits within, they have already overcome climbing two large hills of resistance. They have invested the effort required. At this point, as they summit the achievement, any negativity is effectively training a neural pathway. We are all only chemistry. Stealing the reward of dopamine they deserve is training them that this pathway is defective. That mechanism is not optional; only a matter of scope of self awareness. The momentum is important too. The more immediate the positive feedback, the more it reinforces the behavior. When the immediate reaction is negative, or fails to reflect the magnitude of invested effort, the potential reward scope is greatly limited.
I noticed it and simply tried to offset how it would impact me while validating the frustration I would have felt if I was the op. It was not intended for you, or even as an insult. I am just as guilty of unintended negativity at times and in certain contexts. Everyone is a bad neighbor at times. It is not an excuse, just an observation. I'd still give you a ride, or share a cup of sugar if you asked neighbor.
I am physically disabled and in social isolation. I just want a place to be neighbors and hang out with real people. This type of text allows me to collect my thoughts despite the pain. It is the only place where I still exist in my voice. That is why I care. :::
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 226d
I'm a dick, and if that bothers you than fuck you!
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 225d
This is the sort of shit that AI is robbing us of. I look at this and my immediate reaction is "yeah this isnt real".
Other people are saying its an old photo and they've seen it before and im choosing to believe them, but still. This world is so full of such cool shit, and I'm not going to believe any of it any more.
I already don't believe dogs today can skateboard and I saw them before YouTube even existed.
grte@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 226d
I haven't seen a payphone in a hot minute.
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 226d
I... Actually can't remember the last time I saw a payphone...
TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 226d
That looks like what the 1980’s thought public telephones would look like. Pops up from the ground perfectly lit.
Eldritch@piefed.world · 14 pts · 226d
It's likely a Japanese pay phone. So it's more accurate than you think.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 226d
Looks like Japan. I hear they get crazy snow in the mountains.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 226d
Maybe if you got rid of that old yee-yee ass haircut you got you'd get some bitches on your
dickphoneKolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 226d
Oh, better yet, maybe Bell'll call your dog-ass if he ever stop fuckin' with that brain surgeon or lawyer he fucking with. 🎵 phonebooth 🎵
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 226d
“WHAT!”
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 226d
Cold call
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 226d
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 226d
Appa, Yip! Yip!
bonenode@piefed.social · -21 pts · 226d
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 226d
It's an interesting pic that's not AI, enjoy.
bonenode@piefed.social · -2 pts · 226d
teft@piefed.social · 5 pts · 226d
The fediverse is full of grumpy assholes. Just gotta ignore them and the downvotes and keep on keeping on.
Also blocklists are your friends. I tend to block the most egregious grumps on here because I value my mental well being.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 226d
You are absolutely being mean spirited though
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 226d
It has no context provided. Nothing in the rules requires that it be a mystery.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 226d
Yes they removed the snow and carefully placed on top of the phone booth. Very considerate.
*Since some people seem to need it: /s
teft@piefed.social · 9 pts · 226d
That's how things look when you dig them out but not the top. I've seen people drive their cars with giant pillows of snow on top. This pic wouldn't be all that hard to set up. Just dig the phonebooth out near the beginning of the storm and then wait. It'll look like this.
cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 226d
Around here that’s called Snow luggage
someguy3@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 226d
Except here you can see the snow on top pretty much perfectly matches what's not around the phone booth.
teft@piefed.social · 7 pts · 226d
I'm not sure I understand. The snow on top looks like the snow on bottom but most snow looks alike. You can tell someone dug it out since the snow around the booth is less.
To me it looks like someone dug it out, ignored the top, and then waited a few hours and took the picture.
someguy3@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 226d
The top of the booth caught the snow that would have gone around the booth. Notice the overhang on top and the narrowness around the booth.
teft@piefed.social · 7 pts · 226d
Yes, that's what happens when you dig something out in a snowstorm. You'll get that overhang. Snow is pretty sticky and has pretty good structural strength until you disturb it. In nature that formation is called a cornice. You get them on mountains that blow snow over a ridge.
bonenode@piefed.social · 3 pts · 226d
someguy3@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 226d
Sigh. One last attempt. Magically remove the booth. You'll notice that the volume of snow on top of the booth perfectly fills the gap of the now removed booth AND the gap around it. As in: No one dug it out. The top caught the snow that would have gone around the booth.
Btw this is not a cornice.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 226d
Wait, are you suggesting someone actually placed the snow on top of a phone booth?
someguy3@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 226d
Thank you, that explains a lot.