OlinOfTheHillPeople
@OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world
- Comment on Caves 1 week ago:
OP’s house:
- Comment on X gon' give it to ya 3 weeks ago:
I’m not sure if I get it, but here’s his wiki:
- Comment on bitey 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on When did we stop saying "things are fire" to "things are cold"? 3 weeks ago:
Those were both common stoner/skater/hip-hop terms when I was young in the 1990s. I imagine that they’re much older though.
- Comment on The Beginning of the End 4 weeks ago:
Is that reflection on the water from Venus? I’ve never seen anything like that!
- Comment on Dormice 1 month ago:
The edible dormouse (Glis glis) was considered a delicacy in ancient Rome, either as a savoury appetizer or as a dessert (dipped in honey and poppy seeds). The Romans used a special kind of enclosure, a glirarium, to raise and fatten dormice for the table.[6] It is still considered a delicacy in Slovenia and in several places in Croatia, namely Lika, and the islands of Hvar and Brač.[7][8] Dormouse fat was believed by the Elizabethans to induce sleep since the animal put on fat before hibernating.[9]
- Comment on What is the best closing scene in the entire Star Trek Franchise, and why is it Kirk, Spock, and Bones singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"? 1 month ago:
- Comment on In honor of the start spooky season (yay!), I have a question about an apparently beloved spooky meme/skit. What about "David S. Pumpkins" is so funny? 1 month ago:
!Wade Boggs’ Carpet World!< !Wade Boggs’ Carpet World!< !Wade Boggs’ Carpet World!< !Wade Boggs’ Carpet World!<
And one last piece of advice, Liz Lemon, from someone who’s been on this side of the business for a long time:
!Wade Boggs’ Carpet World!<
- Comment on We need to get to the bottom of it! 1 month ago:
- Comment on There exists a position inside the earth where it is possible to cook a perfect pizza just by leaving it there 1 month ago:
This would be a good question for What If (xkcd).
- Comment on Pager sales are probably really, really down right now, even for pagers. 1 month ago:
- Comment on The Button 2 months ago:
I think so Brain, but if you replace the ‘P’ with an ‘O’, my name would be Oinky, wouldn’t it?
- Comment on It's no longer Wednesday, my dudes. 2 months ago:
This is surprisingly real:
- Comment on Texas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Matters 2 months ago:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
- Comment on The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster 2 months ago:
This is an article about a tech disaster. “Tech disaster” is literally in the title.
- Comment on The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster 2 months ago:
Vichy Twitter
I’m stealing this! It’s way too good!
- Comment on The Curvaceous Period 2 months ago:
- Comment on hail satan 3 months ago:
- Comment on ecologists be like 3 months ago:
You have now been banned from midwest.social/c/truecomics
- Comment on Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker not? 3 months ago:
It also seems to ignore most of the posts that it could actually be helpful on. Like no-name blogs and Fox News.
- Comment on Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO 3 months ago:
- Comment on xkcd #2963: House Inputs and Outputs 3 months ago:
No mention of the chimney.
- Comment on While we're all worried about the future of America, the misogynous racists out there must be dying of stress right now 3 months ago:
74,223,975 as of 2020.
- Comment on xkcd #2960: Organ Meanings 3 months ago:
Other way around:
www.etymonline.com/word/appendix
Technically, the organ you’re thinking of is the vermiform appendix, which means “worm shaped.”
- Comment on "Fry" is an ambiguous word in English 4 months ago:
- Comment on AAAAAAA.... This is so hard!!! 4 months ago:
Alt text:
Hint: If you ever encounter this puzzle in a crossword app, just [term for someone with a competitive and high-achieving personality].
- Comment on Who was Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's late president? 5 months ago:
The Butcher of Tehran.
- Comment on Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad 6 months ago:
I just watched it for the first time and… I really enjoyed it. It’s a little off-brand for Apple, but a great ad overall.
- Comment on Congress to examine Havana syndrome again after Russian involvement report 6 months ago:
- Comment on In a thousand years teachers will have a hard time explaining the origins of one of the most dangerous and ill-conceived weapons ever invented: the lightsaber 6 months ago:
“We believe it was used for ceremonial purposes…”
