Here’s my small collection lol, I use all of them at the same time every day cause I have very little access to sunlight and theyre used to treat my sleep disorder. Behind the smaller lamps is also a pair of light therapy glasses

Some things worth knowing: they can trigger manic episodes in folks with bipolar disorder, and won’t produce vitamin d like the sun, as they shouldn’t emit any UV, so if you have a vitamin D deficiency you’ll still need a supplement or sunlight. And you need to sit within the correct distance from them for them to work properly, it will vary depending on the lamp and a decent lamp should tell you that distance in the user guide/manual

Try not to use them too late in the day, as that can screw with your sleep- if you dont have my sleep disorder you should be okay to just go by when the sun is up or has set, as a guideline for it being too late

Carex makes the nicest ones I’ve used by far (thats what the big one in my pic is, though an older model, they have nicer ones out now). There are some other brands that make less expensive ones, but they may not be as bright or have as ideal of a light spectrum. If you have any questions feel free to ask, I’m not an expert but my condition has necessitated learning a lot about these things

I believe the slate is an ev if you’re talking about an internal combustion engine

Man, I wish I cost $7000000. We gotta stop setting unreasonable standards

Alien is 100% an excellent example! Its one of my favorite examples of the aesthetic ☺️

Thats fucking beautiful lmao

Yeah cassette futurism is an aesthetic subgenre of retrofuturism that imagines a SciFi future where the capabilities of technology are greater but its still has the construction and aesthetic of tech from the era of cassettes

So like the way theyre still using CRTs and magnetic tape media in Blade Runner but they can zoom and enhance, there are androids that mimic humans, and they have flying cars

Its SciFi but the technology that powers the future is frozen in time, like with steam punk, atom punk, and disel punk

There’s a more active cassette futurism comm, I didn’t realize this was a different one and is empty: !cassettefuturism@lemmy.world And its predecessor from before lemm.ee shut down !cassettefuturism@lemm.ee

They were created in the image of a reddit sub by the same name. Any would give some examples of what cassette futurism looks like- that being said I’m delighted I saw this lol. You could also share this on one of the Loops comms if you haven’t already and would like to :)

That was fucking fantastic, what a fun way to hear a familiar song with new ears

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the dimensions, thats helpful context!

Thats 0.8 × 4.5 × 1.8 inches for anyone more familiar with imperial :)

Man, in the thumbnail he looks a whole lot like Robbin Williams

This isnt quite what the sub is for and I do not understand it, but I’m glad you’re having fun lol

Please explain chuck tingle I simply must know more

I think translating ICE related materials and resources into more languages is gonna be really important…

My understanding is that the restriction comes from the great depression, when the government was worried about people poaching deer and decimating the population by hunting more than was allowed

And then we just never got rid of the exception.

Similar to how short rifles were restricted to create additional charges for bootleggers transporting alcohol during the prohibition, since being in a vehicle really benefits from having a shorter gun so bootleggers would cut length off their barrels so they could more easily handle their guns in the vehicle

Ahh, okay thanks for filling me in

Thats super interesting context, thanks for expanding on what they said!

Eughh 😬

I feel like that should probably be in a museum if its gonna continue to exist… It being part of a private collection and being sold feels kinda gross…

Interesting read, thanks for sharing

How is that not assault with a deadly weapon?

What does make big rocks into little rocks mean?

Is this actually shitpost? (I dont know anything about curling or what’s happening in the Olympics 😅 did Canada actually cheat or is it a joke?)

Forgot to reply lol. The local kink community has social events often on a schedule I can participate in, and its mostly just queer neurodivergent nerdy folks, so thats been my big community connection so far, and has been really good for me.

I just recently started going to my normal event again after a weird stint on a daytime schedule. It was lovely to see and catch up with folks again, and I ended up making plans to go work on a car with a friend I sometimes see at that event. It was a blast and we replaced a starter motor which was super cool ☺️

I’d really like to have more opportunities to engage with community though, so I’m hoping to find more ways to feel connected :)

Thats so cool, thanks for the plant milk history lesson!!