Enthusiastic sh.it.head

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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • Worst I hurt myself: Older, much larger cousin broke my leg by landing on it in a bouncy castle.

    Injury that pissed me off the most: At 13, I loved jiujitsu and rock climbing above all else. At my last jiujitsu class before going to California to, among other things, go bouldering in Joshua Tree, I sliced my heel badly on the metal bottom of the dojo door that had about an inch and a half of clearance from the floor.

    Shoes in general, let alone those super-tight climbing shoes, were out of the question for two weeks. I’m still mad. Of all the ways I could’ve got hurt, it was the fucking door on the way out that took me down.


  • Primarily the audience. The artist can approach a project with a certain set of ideas, precepts, and motivations, and attempt to communicate something, but the interpretations of the audience supercede that IMO.

    That said, different levels of engagement inform different interpretations. For instance, there’re folks who watched Starship Troopers that didn’t understand it was satire until they listened to the director’s commentary. Knowing this does impact an audience’s interpretation when engaging with the work - all of a sudden, certain things lend themselves to closer consideration. But the audience still brings their own experiences, sociocultural context, and ideas to a work of art. Over time, it is the audience’s interpretations that carry on as people share that experience.

    Ideally, a work stands on its own without reference to paratext/the creator’s claims. But those can play a part in informing your own interpretation.












  • It’s not the worst idea, though of course you’d need to figure out if taking a job in another city is worth maybe having to move your family/your wife having to transfer or find a new role herself.

    Don’t limit yourself to this, but something to think about re: searching: What private labs operate in your part of Canada (Lifelabs, Dynacare, etc.)? Who holds the contracts for hospital lab sample/supply transportation (this can be tricky to suss out, but if you find yourself near hospitals at all, think about the branding on courier vans you see)? Etc.


  • I see you’re at lemmy.ca - are you a Canadian? If so, and you don’t mind sharing, where in the country do you live?

    Your experience makes me think something re: logistics operations in the medical industry could be of interest, and I see postings from time to time. But availability really hinges on where you are. Won’t lie, they are stressful jobs, but compensation and benefits can be good, and there’s some opportunity to cut your teeth on projects like route optimization and/or get paid PM training.


  • Before my local pub closed, there was a friendly paleontologist who would pop in from time-to-time.

    My favourite thing was to go up to her and say “So in Jurassic Park…”, which always prompted an impromptu lecture about dinosaurs, what Jurassic Park (any of them) got wrong, and whatever else she was thinking about, which was always super interesting.

    Last thing I learned about was heated Discord debates among her colleagues about dire wolves.




  • Lol, I’m a booster of the term sh.it.heads for members of my Lemmy instance of choice [exactly as is, broken link and all], so I feel like I’m the wrong person to ask :p

    ‘Toot’ for Mastodon posts makes some sense to me - where ‘twitter’ and ‘tweet’ are reminiscent of bird song, ‘toot’ for a service whose mascot is an ancestor of the elephant fits. ‘Trumpet’ feels a little longform - a ‘toot’ captures the short form a bit better. Heck, this follows for the fart interpretation too - quote child me to my father once, “A toot sounds like ‘toot toot’. That was ‘blaaaarrrrrrrrrgh’”

    Skeet? From what I’m reading, it’s an unofficial term combining ‘(blue)sky’ and ‘tweet’, partially for differentiation but I imagine in part because it’s hilarious. Official term IIRC is just a post.

    Idk man - people just choose terms and whatever is repeated the most frequently eventually becomes standard nomenclature. 🤷‍♂️