[-] SharkWeek 36 points 6 hours ago

See also: following the rules too precisely.

[-] SharkWeek 4 points 22 hours ago

Not sure about sounding, but yes the L flag is the coolest <3

[-] SharkWeek 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My current car is an old heap called "Adventure Car" which earned it's moniker after I did a bunch of off-roading with it, expecting to kill it and then get something newer ... it not only didn't break but is still going strong 5 years later.

Many of my previous cars haven't had names, but all my motorbikes have.

[-] SharkWeek 2 points 1 day ago
[-] SharkWeek 2 points 1 day ago

Hi, just replying again to say, I may have found my ideal bra today - it's one made for doing yoga in :-)

Going to test it properly this coming week ...

[-] SharkWeek 3 points 1 day ago

Hi, just coming back to this since I found a thing ... today I was trapsing around looking for seamless underpants in a sports shop and stumbled upon bras made for doing yoga in.

Less restrictive and more breathable than sports bras, and with thin removable pads. Also, made to look somewhat pretty.

I'll be testing one out properly this coming week ...

[-] SharkWeek 2 points 2 days ago

Handguns are not legally available to civilians in the UK, rifles are limited to bolt action, shotguns to 3 round magazine at max, and there's few places to practice.

I know Americans all want to be Rambo, but the solution is community led direct action like the group features here are doing.

[-] SharkWeek 4 points 2 days ago

Flats above shops are usually cheap, people who live in them often don't have a lot of choices in where they live.

[-] SharkWeek 4 points 2 days ago

I got training on a new piece of scheduling software last week (over Teams of course, can't be having any of that pesky human interaction!). The first slide of the presentation was a really really bad AI picture, which turned out to be a sign of the quality of the new software.

[-] SharkWeek 1 points 2 days ago

Don't forget all the lovely coerced ~~rape~~ sex, objectification, and depicting people with facial flaws as evil!

You can have a bit of homophobia too, as a treat.

[-] SharkWeek 10 points 2 days ago

In the UK it's not unusual for people to live in small apartments above shops like that, and in a terrace fire can spread very quickly.

Fire doesn't obey orders and isn't selective of it's path, and stepping from property damage into intentionally risking the lives of innocent people is a very dark path to follow.

[-] SharkWeek 3 points 3 days ago

Sig have really shot themselves in the foot

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submitted 2 weeks ago by SharkWeek to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone

Big text dump incoming ...

A couple of weeks ago I completely fell apart; I was ill, and pushed myself beyond my limits. The outcome was the most honest conversation I've ever had with my wife, and the conclusion we came to is that I need to air my emotions so I can process them healthily.

So, I've been trying to do that. I've cried at sad bits of TV shows, laughed joyously while teaching my wife to dance, and this last week at work I let myself be angry at incompetence.

When I was little I had emotional problems, and the solution at that time was physical discipline. Since coming through that I've been reserved and private, and taken a certain pride in being able to remain calm no matter what.

When I was angry at work I was careful not to direct it at a person, I focused on the task of fixing the problem. While doing this a member of my team came over to give me an update on his work, I nodded and said ok (all that was really needed) and he looked like a deer caught between the headlights.

I think I really scared him because he was subdued with me for the rest of the week, I've made sure he knows I wasn't angry with him.

So all that is to say, how do I deal with the guilt of scaring someone? I want him to be at ease around me ... my plan is to take some nice food in next week to share with everyone, but I haven't got any more tricks up my sleeve and I want to be able to express anger in a healthy manner in the future.

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submitted 1 month ago by SharkWeek to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

About a year ago I picked up a copy of Dirt 4 for very little money and put it on the side to play later (it appears that rally games drop in price when they no longer feature the latest cars).

One of the environments it features is Tarragona in Spain, which is where I live. Having actually started playing it I can say that the modeling and course design for my home stages is absolutely spot on - I live in a small village halfway up a small mountain which is often used for the WRC, and the stages really do feel like my daily commute.

The car handling, progression, team management stuff, etc, is good - with the variable difficulty settings it's very accessible to casuals like me :-)

At about 3/4 completion I'd give it top marks, and I'm enjoying it a lot more than the more simulation oriented rally games.

Screenshot for context

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submitted 2 months ago by SharkWeek to c/WomensStuff@lazysoci.al

My work is up and down like a yoyo at the moment, to help avoid doom scrolling during quiet patches I've decided to start reading (nobody at work is going to pay attention to plain text on my screen, we're all in the same boat).

I've got a copy of Naomi Altman's The Power to start off with ... any other recommendations?

(Obviously can't be anything smutty or very funny because I need to be low-key, and lighter stuff would be easier to pick up and put down when I have actual work to do)

Thanks in advance :-)

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by SharkWeek to c/armedqweers

Hi, Iḿ not in the US, but earlier this year had the opportunity to try shooting firearms of various sorts for the first time, and it's something I'd like expand my knowledge about ... when I go on youtube the videos I've seen have been American with a right-wing lean which range from comedic, through surreal, and into creepy.

It would be nice to see content from people who are vaguely normal.

(Edit: especially if it has to do with revolvers!)

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submitted 11 months ago by SharkWeek to c/television@lemmy.world

Are there any other shows out there of this sort of lighthearted nature, yet made with quality writing, out there?

It feels like a lot of recent things we've watched has been a bit grim and/or relies on spectacle rather than telling a good story and working a few jokes in along the way ... the world is on fire, I'd like to stop it and get off, if only for a few minutes at a time.

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