What exactly does “configure plugins on web pages” mean? Is it supposed to be Wordpress? And why wouldn’t you just tell them to Google it?
Artist creates their own problems.
It’s fun an all or whatever but let’s not forget that this “artist” is making a shitton of horribly misogynistic crap
I had no idea. That’s pretty bad…
Edit: Oof, yeah they’re a piece of shit
Do you have examples/context? I’ve seen these comics around here and there but I don’t recall seeing anything misogynistic
Oh neat, misogynistic and transphobic
Yeah, I feel like if someone is misogynistic being transphobic always comes along.
Nah, I’ve met some trans-inclusive misogynists unfortunately. It’s rare, but it happens. Some cis men who date trans women are like that.
Look at his website and scroll through his comics, it’ll be pretty plain to see.
Yep, fair enough. Didn’t even have to scroll that far
It’s completely fair to ask a favour of an old friend, I’ve both asked and been asked of favours from people I haven’t spoken to in years. However, I think you should be upfront about it, and not act like you’re trying to get in touch for other reasons. Something like “Hey, it’s been a while, but I just came across XYZ and wondered if you could give me a hand?” is completely fine IMO.
a former roommate called me out the blue one day like eight years after he moved out. we hadn’t talked since then. after the reminiscing he tried to get me to switch utility company. that’s crossing a line, i feel.
Oh, definitely. But that’s also where the “upfront” part could have saved them: If they had contacted you and been direct about “hey, I’m selling utilities now, would you be interested in switching?”, then followed up with “on another note, it’s been a while, wanna grab dinner and catch up a bit?” That would have been a completely different story.
not to mention he’d lived with me. he knew we paid like 0.2¢/kWh. no way he’d get me to switch.
Point two cents per kWh? Holy hell; that’s 75 times less than the US average. Were you feeding a ton of rooftop solar back into the grid or something?
no, that was just the normal cost of power in norrbotten from 2010 to 2020. varying by time of day, of course. 18 öre/kWh was peak price.
now that i’m no longer living up there i’m forced to cough up more than 5 times the price. they raised it from 60 öre/kWh to 250 when inflation was real bad, now we’re down to like 120 öre/kWh. it’s shocking how bad it has become with increased interconnectivity in the european grid.
Edit: I’m an idiot who can’t read. of course you’re right, it’s two cents.
Cries in german energy prices
oh no that was a few years ago. we are very much suffering from your prices now. they’re dragging the whole of europe along.
I can see from the available data energy prices across Europe have indeed become somewhat homogeneously.
I can’t find any sensible source that speaks about germanys role. Care to elaborate?
germany doesn’t split the power grid into cost regions, like most other countries. that means you get the same price everywhere, regardless of if you live in an area with a power surplus or a deficit. as far as i understand germany, most generation is in the north and most heavy industry is in the south. with cost regions, the north would have cheaper electricity and the south would have reason to invest in generation capabilities. as it is, your power is expensive everywhere and you need to import a lot.
sweden has lots of surplus capacity in the north, but not the infrastructure required to get all that power to the south. when germany buys a lot of our power, the extra demand drives up the price in the southern region, which means they need to “buy” power from further north, which pulls those prices up with it.
there has been some talk here about putting “export duties” on electricity to prioritise domestic users, but i don’t know if the eu allows for that.
I’ve had this happen and I just want you to put in the 30 minutes to catch up instead of treating me like an object.
Opinions will vary here, but I like when the reminiscing comes after the request. If we catch up after talking to each other out of the blue, then you ask me for a favour, I tend to think that we only caught up because you felt obliged to do so to butter me up. It could be viewed as manipulative.
Bonus points if you ask me for a favour and I say I can’t right now, but you still take the time to catch up. That’s a pretty strong signal that you view the relationship as more than transactional. It also means I’m more likely to change my mind about doing that favour.
That’s fine too.
It’s just when someone asks you for help and disappears that I hate. Like your only worth is TOS problem and they’re done with you now
I would actually prefer that they’re upfront about contacting me because they need a favour, and then using that as an opening to catch up. If they first spend 30 min catching up before jumping to “btw, could you help me out with this” it gives the feeling that they only did the catching up to get me to help them. When it’s the other way around, it feels like they genuinely want to catch up a bit, and used the favour as an excuse/opportunity to contact me to catch up. A personal favourite is if someone wants help with something in the house and asks if I want to come over to help them out and then we can get some beers and a pizza afterwards. Having something to do together can make it a lot easier to pick up the conversation with someone you haven’t met for a long time.
Better than trying to get him to sign up for a timeshare.
