DagwoodIII
@DagwoodIII@piefed.social
- Comment on Room for cream? 5 hours ago:
Foam
- Comment on How do people get rid of or sell stolen jewelry? I ask cause the news says the the Louve thieves can never sell it because it so known? 1 day ago:
[off topic?]
https://thrillingdetective.com/2018/10/30/philip-st-ives/
Philip [Raymond in the movie] St. Ives is an ex-newspaperman who has become a professional go-between, acting as a middle man between the police and the underworld. Insurance companies would rather pay half the value of a policy to the crooks than all the money to the victims, and the victims [usually] want what was stolen back.
The movie is pretty good, and the stories are ecellent.
- Comment on Not Looking for a recipe or a how to guide. But when meth rolled thru my town they called it either redneck speed or bathtub speed. With all chemicals did people really do it in a bathtub?? 2 days ago:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_gin
Bathtub gin was the phrase used during Prohibition.
“Bathtub” is a holdover, like bootleg.
- Comment on I AM BETTER 3 days ago:
“By the time I was your age I’d saved enough money to move into an apartment with no room mates, and I had enough money left over to buy a car.”
- Comment on I AM BETTER 3 days ago:
He was slashing one of his colleagues, Robert Hooke, who was shorter than Isaac.
- Comment on I'm too stupid for this 3 days ago:
Old joke.
Professor writes a formula on the blackboard. He says “Obviously, this is…” Then he stops, looks at the formula and rushes out of the room.
The next day class resumes. the professor walks in with a big smile on his face.
“I was correct. It is obvious!”
- Comment on Public service announcement 4 days ago:
Larry Flynt has entered the chat…
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Not entirely absurd.
I mean, it wouldn’t be weather satellites, but the ancient Romans could ahve built hot air balloons.
Check out a novel, “The Guns Above” by Robyn Bennis. Napoleonic war with air ships.
- Comment on Black Widow 1 week ago:
Mon dieu! My garden is filled with aphids, and my cabbages have an unpleasant odor!
- Comment on Black Widow 1 week ago:
I can’t believe that no one has ‘Lesbian Bed Death’ as a band name.
- Comment on Which fly came first? 1 week ago:
The term “fly” in the context of pants originates from the Old English word “flowan,” meaning to flow. It refers to the piece of fabric that covers the zipper, not the zipper itself. The term gained popularity in the 19th century when tailors began using it to describe a flap of cloth attached at one end to cover an opening in a garment. This usage was particularly noted for its association with the right side of men’s trousers, distinguishing it from women’s garments, which may have different openings
- Comment on Black Widow 1 week ago:
Can you imagine how badly it stinks to be a Lesbian black widow spider?
- Comment on TRUMP 2 weeks ago:
I have repeated this story numerous times.
After that tape came out, a conservative woman went on The View TV show to defend Trump.
One of the panelists kept using the phrase ‘pussy.’
The conservative woman asked her to please stop using that offensive term.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
You mean a ‘truck?’
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Get a cheap racket and hit a ball against a wall.
Chances are that your boss is going to judge you based on how well you play and/or how well you act.
If you show enthusiasm and make a good attempt, you might impress them with your grace under pressure.
If you mope and say “I don’t wanna” you’ll look like a whiny kid.
It’s not about playing tennis, it’s about figuring out what the boss wants to see.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
You can’t drive a car if your feet are so big they can kill several orphans!!
Use your common sense!!
- Comment on If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories? 2 weeks ago:
First chapter of “Creatures of Light And Darkness.” Roger Zelazny. A god controls a gladiator’s mind and removes all memories of his past.
TV show ‘The Prisoner.’ Psychoman episode. The bad guys convince a man he is someone else, then tell him he needs to pretend to be the man he was.
“Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind” Never seen it myself, but the plot involves getting memory wipes to get over bad relationships.
“We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Basis of the movie ‘Total Recall.’
“The Forever War.” Joe Haldeman. In order to train soldiers quickly, the troops are dropped into tanks where they ‘live’ other lives. You are a Zulu warrior fighting with spears, or a Hessian cavalryman, or a Burmese partisan.
- Comment on xkcd #3151: Window Screen 2 weeks ago:
[off topic]
I’m sure that there are plenty of much simpler ways that Cueball could have learned if he’d asked the guys at the hardware store for advice.
- Comment on If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories? 2 weeks ago:
I didn’t like the book or the movie.
It’s a great idea, but imho it wasn’t used very well.
- Comment on If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories? 2 weeks ago:
The Apple TV show “Severance” is mind fucking presented as entertainment.
It imagines a process whereby you can be made to forget all your personal history. Employers use it so they can have workers who don’t care about anything except the company and their jobs. At the end of the day the ’original you’ comes back for 16 hours.
I can think of some other science fiction that deals with the same idea.
- Comment on Does anyone know? 2 weeks ago:
My friend mentioned to me that there are two types of cinnamon.
I happened to pass a spice stall at a local shopping center and started chatting about cinnamon. The guy behind the counter knew quite a bit, but pointed out that he wasn’t an expert.
The aren’t just millions of books you’ll never read, there are millions of books you will never haver any idea that they exist.
- Comment on Does anyone know? 2 weeks ago:
Happy Birthday, internet stranger.
- Comment on Does anyone know? 2 weeks ago:
Kurt Vonnegut said that one of the scariest things that every happened to him was the day he looked around and realized people he’d gone to high school with were running the world.
- Comment on Does anyone know? 2 weeks ago:
Take a lesson from Mao.
The true revolutionary hides himself among the masses. Only adventurists and posers boast of being Marxists.
- Comment on How realistic is it for me to learn Japanese so that I can experience Anime better? How long would it take to learn? Has anyone attempted this? 2 weeks ago:
Yur Inglick iz turrbul!
[kj]
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
imho you should just rip off the bandaid.
The longer you wait, the more chance for them to find out accidentally.
If you go in and face them you control the narrative.
- Comment on Could a minority in US Senate essentially disolve the federal state? 2 weeks ago:
The Federal system is like any other pact. It needs everyone involved to follow the rules in order to function.
Yes, if a group decides to destroy the system and the rest of the people decide not to fight, the system collapses.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Context matters.
“Sir” can be an insult, and “asshat” can be a compliment.
- Comment on One of the best parts of Cyberpunk (as a theme) is the ubiquitisation of cultures 2 weeks ago:
C’mon.
What’s the point?
Acting like an eight year old and taking words at their literal meaning?
You’re subverting your own thread.
- Comment on Different species of animals could have a noise or calling that means "human" and we would never know. 3 weeks ago:
What other species think about me is none of my business.