garbagebagel
@garbagebagel@lemmy.world
- Comment on It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? 4 weeks ago:
Recently I watched an press event with a Canadian politician, who was switching between French and English as we must sometimes. He was talking about a bag of apples (which his colleague was holding) costing a stupid amount of money. He made the mistake of saying a bag of potatoes, which i found fucking hilarious as I speak both languages and understand the mistake. Unfortunately for him, the people criticising him were morons and were like WHY WOULD HE SAY POTATOES IS HE STUPID.
- Comment on Damn right I'm a silly goose 1 month ago:
Idk if this is an effective life hack but I’ve seen a few instances where just appealing makes things go away (whether they were warranted or not).
Just last week I had a friend appeal a ticket just because he didn’t realize it was paid parking, they let him go as a first time incident.
My partner has appealed 3 tickets on separate occasions and gotten away pretty scot free (twice, a typo on the ticket and once the cop showed up to the appeal and told him to donate some money to charity in lieu of forcing him to pay the ticket). Most of the time it’s more effort for them to fight you on it, so you might as well try ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Damn right I'm a silly goose 1 month ago:
I thought they just meant because it’s paid parking not that they didn’t know how to park. Many jobs I’ve had have paid parking, which is bonkers to think you’re paying to be at work but such is capitalism.
- Comment on If tomorrow it was announced that aliens were real, highly intelligent, and in communication with our governments, no one would be talking about it by Halloween 1 month ago:
Ok I know you have the s but I’m legitimately so confused. Last month people were actually talking about how scientists said that it’s likely aliens have been living among us for a long time. And didn’t the white house make some big alien announcement a while back??
Am I losing it or is this whole thread just a big joke on how those announcements went nowhere
- Comment on Shart, not fart 3 months ago:
Never shoes, baby
- Comment on Ah sweet! 3 months ago:
I’m not vegan or vegetarian anymore because I have a lot of allergies that prevent me from eating plant based anything. But I also try to limit it to locally and ethically harvested when I do eat meat.
I identify as agnostic and definitely don’t believe that any one living being is better or more special than the others (except maybe cats).
- Comment on Ah sweet! 3 months ago:
This is unironically one of my favourite questions to ask new friends. I’ve gotten a variety of answers, but my own response has always been yes, if the person was healthy and had clearly consented.
In my opinion, cannibalism is bad for two main reasons, 1) it can be unsafe if the person was ill, the meat has spoiled, or if it’s done too often (this has been studied in cannibalistic rituals) and 2) it’s unethical if the person doesn’t consent to it.
Eating animal meat is non consensual and there can be diseases in there too - many people have died from it. Just because it’s more socially acceptable, I don’t really see it as an ethically better decision.
- Comment on TEAR OFF YOUR SKIN 3 months ago:
Got destroyed by mosquitos today. Feel you.
- Comment on I wonder how many US babies have been named Donald in the last few years and may live to regret it. 3 months ago:
I’m sure there’s deeper takes on this but from my understanding, it’s a mix of things: 1) he convinced them he’s not like other politicians (which is true, he was not a politician at all) and 2) he convinced them he’s the “pull yourself up by the jockstrap” American dream and everyone can be like him - that’s just the typical American lie they’ve been using for decades if not longer. Then sprinkle a little bit of christofacist fear mongering in there and you got some undereducated folks excited to see someone who’ll “fight” for their American dream.
- Comment on I wonder how many US babies have been named Donald in the last few years and may live to regret it. 3 months ago:
Woke commie queer is my middle name
- Comment on Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way 3 months ago:
Glad I’m not the only one! I am extra old and use my Hotmail too…
- Comment on Happy International Blue Screen Day 3 months ago:
Damn this morning I wished so hard my company was in the affected group. Alas, we all still had to work.
- Comment on Turtle might still be alive 4 months ago:
ACHABB
- Comment on Maybe it was someone from the future. 4 months ago:
♾️?
- Comment on Maybe it was someone from the future. 4 months ago:
As a Canadian I’m sorry for the Americans but I’m also fucking terrified for what this means for us. We’re already seeing it bleed (pun intended) into our borders and I don’t think I could handle if our politics went further that way. This is gonna affect a whole lot more than Americans.
- Comment on Loyalty 4 months ago:
Reminds me of when they tried to kill Speedy Gonzales. It sure as heck wasn’t mexicans that were complaining then, we love that little mofo.
- Comment on Thanks, Amy. 4 months ago:
Wait is that what those little holes do???
- Comment on Nutella 4 months ago:
I’m having such a visceral reaction to this picture I can’t even really explain. Why would you do this
- Comment on Live your best life 4 months ago:
Actually though the thought of eating a salad with ranch makes me ill. Like, ranch is a dip it is not for drowning my delicious greens in it. Creamy dressings in general (except for Ceasar) are just not the thing.
- Comment on Thanks, Google 4 months ago:
I have the opposite problem where I know there are better alternative routes but google refuses to acknowledge them.
- Comment on I need to wake up early 5 months ago:
And honestly if they’re looking for affordability, I have a $25 mi fit (or at least that’s what it cost when I bought it 6 years ago) that has the same functionality. The app for it is shit, but it does the job.
- Comment on *Naruto 6 months ago:
My parents at 24: oh shit you’re pregnant better get married
Me at 32 living in sin and child free: is another plant too much responsibility?
- Comment on EPIC personality test. Which personality are you?!? 6 months ago:
Yes both thanks
- Comment on I learned so much 6 months ago:
Que embarazo
- Comment on Giving someone oral is the most intimate thing you can do for someone. (IMO) 7 months ago:
I’m mostly sex repulsed but I find giving oral way more manageable than penetrative sex. Mostly I just don’t like being touched but yes like someone else said, knowing that you’re causing the pleasure for someone else is the appealing part of it. Especially if they’re vocal about it.
- Comment on Guys will meet him and just say "hell yeah!" 7 months ago:
Do you mean like intrusive thoughts that we normally stop, or is there a different part that we’re not even aware of?
- Comment on oWo 7 months ago:
In my experience, the politicians that are out there passing laws to criminalize homelessness are usually the ones that are more outspoken against the rights of LGBTQ people. In any case, trans people’s existence has nothing to do with anti homeless laws. Stop trying to conflate the two.
- Comment on oWo 7 months ago:
Bruh what the fuck did trans people/trans allies have to do with the circumstances that created these issues? Stop using them as a scapegoat.
- Comment on I feel so old. 7 months ago:
It also fucks with the quality of videos to the point where they are unwatchable if you have an android
- Comment on I feel so old. 7 months ago:
I mean, holler also means contact me so it could be that, it would just sound a little silly. Not like holla at ya boi