official ‘very cool post’
so much interesting stuff in here
I’m a professional fire performer/circus sideshow performer at a historic venue. I know a lot about the weird, morbid, and obscure. I’m fun at parties :)
I also have a split tongue and love to show it off. I’m fun at parties :)
Is this your way of flirting?
I have a partner so not really? If anything it made dating harder because people are scared of it and I was always upfront about it. Other freaks love it however, as do dentists lol
Other freaks love it however
Useful dating advice
Why do dentists love it?
I’ve always wanted a split tongue. Does it make a difference when it comes to eating ass/lickin clits/penii?
Hard to say since I’ve had it since 2017. It still functions the same as a regular tongue but has additional features so make of that what you will. Fwiw I’m a gay woman.
How dangerous are these fire shows for the performers?
Incredibly, but that’s why we’re insured professionals. In addition to the obvious dangers of burns and fire spreading, fire eaters and breathers risk chemical pneumonia. Sword swallowers risk permeated stomachs.
Who certifies freaks and what does the certificate entitle you to?
That was a joke, there’s no certification. But I’m part of the longest running permanent sideshow in the US and have a forked tongue
Though currently on hiatus, I do HEMA (historical european martial arts) so know a thing or two about swords and swordfighting.
What’s your weapon of choice?
The one I’m most familiar with is longsword, as that’s what our group trains with predominantly. I also really love one handed sword&buckler - I’m not necessarily good with it but it’s super fun.
I prefer great weapons, as much as they tried to talk me out of it.
I assume you mean greatswords and such? Those are cool for sure, but I can see people having reservations due to safety for sparring nd such - though correct me if I’m wrong, those were not much used in duel scenarios and such - how do you generally use them, outside of solo drills?
Also, in terms of safety - I just saw a review of a zweihander trainer by Regenyei, looked interesting. Basically an upscaled longsword feder by the looks of it - unfortunately the guy only talked about it with sword in hand, and it was a close-up so it was not very well done review, but it might interest you these exist now. I at least didn’t see any up until now.
I assume you mean greatswords and such?
Anything that requires two hands to reliably use. We use the term to refer to greatswords, spears, and the like.
correct me if I’m wrong, those were not much used in duel scenarios and such - how do you generally use them, outside of solo drills?
The only people willing to duel with people using these weapons tend to be people that use these weapons. I was told all the reasons why not to use them before I started, with “and it will hurt a lot” given between each of the other reasons. Basically this:
I can sense what you deleted from your browser history when you interact with me online.
Yes, in case you were wondering, that upvote opened the channel. From your phone history, I think you have pretty good taste. On the laptop, it’s mostly boring work stuff, but clearly your son is using your login for college stuff and some other stuff you don’t want to bump into if he forgets to use incognito mode next time. Give him his own login and he’ll stop changing your desktop wallpaper.
I took several post-grad classes in theology from a college affiliated with a specific denomination.
I’m able to identify a lot of music from the first beat / note. But only music that I know, which doesn’t include a lot of mainstream pop.
I can read and write using the Standard Galactic Alphabet from the Commander Keen series
I have a lot of niche knowledge about specific issues relating to different brands/models of laptops and phones. it’s very rare I find an issue I can’t diagnose within an hour with prior knowledge. ask me anything I suppose?
oh, also, I happen to know that Ohio is the only state that doesn’t share a letter in common with the word mackerel. works for the territories too. doesn’t really get more niche than that.
My laptop doesn’t work underwater. Is it the brand of charger?
e: Nevermind I pulled it out and it’s still not working. Must have been a coincidence unrelated to the water.
hmm, sounds like a classic PEBKAC error.
God no, my chair hasn’t worked since the catapult incident
I’m an expert in consequential greenhouse gas accounting. Which is the sub discipline of GHG accounting that specializes in understanding how policies and decisions impact global GHG emissions.
For some reason I remember a lot of ANSI terminal escape codes. They were used all the time on DOS machines, and work in a similar way on Unix terminals.
I like the bell one. It’s useful to print a few of those at the end of what you expect will be a long program run to get your attention when it’s done.
It’s a good idea, although some terminals will pause output when they play the sound. I always disable any sound from my terminal anyway, because computers should be seen and not heard. 😆
Oh interesting. I tried turning off sound and now ctl-g flashes the terminal instead. (Fwiw I’m using the built-in terminal on a Mac.)
They don’t work on windows terminals?? I only use the color ones but I will be devastated if it turns out they only work in Linux.
Alt + 0232 to 0234 for my French fam.
- I am a beast at movie and tv themes
- I’m very good at guessing boardgames from just very few clues (bu i think that part of that skill is that people who ask usually don’t ask for the deep knowledge)
- I have a triggerable wealth of knowledge about random trivia facts. During some conversations i will just randomly remember something related to the current topic and then spout it. My goto fact when someone asks me to give some random trivia is that alpaccas have a set of razor sharp teeth between their molars that they use mainly to bite off other alpaccas testicles
I’m very good at guessing boardgames from just very few clues (bu i think that part of that skill is that people who ask usually don’t ask for the deep knowledge)
Antique collectors stealing from other antique collectors. Go!
Oh hey i just discovered my lemmy app has notifications.
Uhm maybe “Hoity Toity” aka “Adel verpflichtet” in my native language and the name Tom Vasel prefers?
Haha spot on!
I’ve always agreed with that saying “jack of all trades, master of none, but better than master of one” … but I didn’t expect to feel so frustrated that I don’t have any fun niche knowledge.
This was a great question, and I’ve loved reading all the answers!
yea you and me both. Let’s sit in the audience and have fun
I’ve been learning about air quality consultation as a backup business plan over the past few years. Buying commercial-grade sensors, researching various aspects of air quality, monitoring, and purification techniques. Nothing crazy but feels pretty niche to me.
I once worked for a company that designed “educational” programs that turned out to be little more than glorified corporate propaganda!
Ask me what the appropriate level of cynicism should be when it comes to anything related to “corporate culture.”
Go on… ask me.
I’ll bite. What is the appropriate level of cynicism when it comes to anything related to “corporate culture”?
Kill all corporations.
I don’t know how to articulate an answer to this right now, but I wanted to say that this was a great question, OP — there’s some really cool answered here
