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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was gonna stop cornposting but then I saw this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I’m someone else in Ohio and I want that shirt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly we’re probably way too late to stop that from happening. That’s been part of Elon’s plans for a long time. Battery power, robot tech, space technology. And Elon isn’t the only player eyeing what’s out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep reading about how they don’t have enough helium supply. Is everything fake news?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy dying?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lemmy has lost that funny spark and energy, but it’s because of the weird niche user base. Other platforms don’t all have this problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point it might be the wisest decision⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The Bible says that the time of Jesus’ return will be like the time of Noah when everything was shit. But instead of flooding it, the next time will be destruction by fire. The rainbow was just a promise not to flood it all again. But it gets better after that! That’s my paraphrase version.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's important!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had shitty American school French when I went to Paris and I did my best, and nearly everyone said they didn’t speak any English which I knew was a fucking lie. I have since decided not to speak French. I’ve still got Dutch, German, Korean and a little bit of Norwegian on top of English. France is the only country in Europe I don’t want to visit again. Rural France was better but I still don’t plan to go back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It can be harder to surveil private conversations if everyone just used sign language.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah my daughter is studying ASL in college right now and have learned a lot about sign language recently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why not just move to a gated community⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is also more legal protection from trespassing. It isn’t illegal to be on a public road or sidewalk in a neighborhood you don’t live in, and you can’t be trespassed unless you commit a crime. If the road and sidewalk are privately owned they can tell you to leave for any/no reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10 Richest Americans Have Gained $700 Billion in Wealth Since Trump Reelection⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d love to see a graph of that growth including growth rates during the previous handful of presidencies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE's 'Frightening' Facial Recognition App is Scanning US Citizens Without Their Consent⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My area got flooded with Flock cameras during Biden’s last year. Both parties want the surveillance no question. But they also want to be in power. God I hate those cameras.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She is making a GREAT point⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have had a vasectomy, but I don’t have sex anymore so is that a double negative and I’m about to birth millions of new lives?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NOW!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s always right around my birthday, and I go camping that week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great Depression: Part Deux⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think usage is regional. Although I’ve never lived in a region where anyone actually used the term wieners. I’ve heard franks used sometimes. But mostly it’s brats, sausages or dogs. Brats are only bratwurst. Dogs are only hot dogs, it doesn’t matter what kind of meat or even vegan, but it’s unseasoned. Sausages are any other seasoned meat in a casing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grocery shopping⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah we have a place around the corner called the market where people shop for free. You can only shop twice a month tho.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grocery shopping⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just as simple as that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Landlords are parasites⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, it’s more of a testament to how car-dependent our area is. You can live without a house, but you can’t live without a car, or access to someone who will drive you. Housing here is comparitively affordable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Landlords are parasites⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I work with a lot of homeless, and I have known a few who have rented a car in a pinch. But you’re right, most just have an old beater they own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Landlords are parasites⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In my area, the majority of homeless have cars. A car rental can be more important than a home to rent for survival for more people than you might think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metal bands⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There must be some other word for a bundle of sticks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Built to last⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I still have my original NES and N64 from when they came out. Both still work with zero maintenance. I used the N64 last week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They say remote working less productive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My commute is 20 minutes of curvy back roads. No traffic. Some farms and livestock, some forest. The roads get too much heavy truck use to be safe for cycling, but it’s a really nice drive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some are too young to understand ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The guy is not wrong. I have dozens of HDDs but he’s talking about an actual hard drive. I also have a wife, 3 1/2 kids and my dog just died. I’ve seen some shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mmmmm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the ASSMAHN

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually agree with the sentiment of this post even though there are obvious exceptions. Your character doesn’t change when you’re drunk, just your inhibitions. So yeah, getting drunk reminds me I can be an asshole and probably I want to be more often than I do.

  But you know what I’ve never done while even blackout drunk? I’ve never cheated on my wife. Because I don’t want to do that. I’ve had crazy hot women ask me to hook up and I was too drunk to even say, sorry I’m married. All I could get out was naww.

  I’ve felt bad because I have seen devistation in the face of young women being blown off by an older dude but I was too drunk to express myself. I was also probably too drunk to be a great lover at that time, so maybe I did them a favor. But when you’re that drunk and the next morning all you can remember is destroying the ego of a skinny 25 year old, you know you didn’t imagine it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meh, I'm more of an Aragorn fan...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this less?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cause and Effect⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t help that there is way too much shitty, agenda-funded science today. And science we aren’t supposed to question. And science driven entirely by profit. Like, isn’t questioning science part of science? Of course the response is completely unreasonable too. All of my family are research scientists, and if a discovery doesn’t meet capitalistic goals, is it even a discovery at this point?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's got the talent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Surprise Cincinnati reference. I’m here right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shortly After Xbox Game Pass Prices Spiked, the Page to Cancel Game Pass Subscriptions Was Overwhelmed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Between the cost of housing and the cost of food, and the fact wages aren’t that much better than they were 15 years ago - you’d think they would realize they are asking for the scraps people have left.

  I’ve always just bought games when they’re on a good sale, I’ve never had a game pass type thing. But maybe they just want to squeeze a bit more out of their most loyal customers and they’re accepting that it is a dying model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Before you could waste hours on the internet you could waste it on the phone with those who you were with just hours ago and who you would see again in just hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know you’re not lying but I didn’t own a bong until '92.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Before you could waste hours on the internet you could waste it on the phone with those who you were with just hours ago and who you would see again in just hours⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me the bong hits were more in the 90s, it was more pipes or joints before that. People talking on the phone all day was more of a '70s and '80s thing. Non-stop busy signal. And then later we added modems to the same line.