AskKbin

This magazine is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

Voyajer, in did anyone else from the USA grow up being forced to say the pledge to the flag in school?
@Voyajer@kbin.social avatar

Forced? No. But I was was questioned or disciplined by a few teachers for not saying it.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod, in did anyone else from the USA grow up being forced to say the pledge to the flag in school?
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

I got sick of it and made up my own pledge:

I pledge my cheeses to the hag
of the untied snakes of harmonica
And to my public, the Richard Stans
One nation, under Zod, invisible
With liver, tea, and just us for all

dominoko, in did anyone else from the USA grow up being forced to say the pledge to the flag in school?
@dominoko@kbin.social avatar

At some point in high school I stopped standing. I want to say my freshman year but I could be wrong. It was just on a whim one day, although I was a bit of a rebel at heart, I was not the type of student to get in trouble for anything.

Anyway, from the day I first decided to ignore the pledge, I was never reprimanded for it. Some teachers would stare daggers at me but I never received any punishment nor were my parents notified.

Edit to add: The time period would have been sometime from 2007-2010

Goathound,

Interesting, I never got in trouble in High School but every 1st period teacher I had was obssessed with making sure each and every student was pledging their allegiance, and the closest I got to getting into trouble was refusing to pledge. I had to write a letter explaining why I wasn't going to anymore.

We were even stopped in the hall, 3 minutes until your class? Too bad, you have to wait in silence in the hall and be late to your class.

frozen, in did anyone else from the USA grow up being forced to say the pledge to the flag in school?
@frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz avatar

Yep. Unfortunately, I was raised in a very conservative household and didn’t start questioning those beliefs until college, so I never thought twice about how weird it is to force students to stand up and pledge allegiance to something they literally can not understand the full meaning of.

rockhstrongo, in What is this air compressor part called?
@rockhstrongo@lemmy.world avatar

It looks like it could be a cold start valve.

From Google: “An air compressor cold start valve bleeds air from the compressor head during the first few pump revolutions, reducing torque requirements for starting a motor. This helps the compressor start easier.”

wagesj45, in Will you caption this meme template?
@wagesj45@kbin.social avatar

Liberals living in a small conservative town.

roofuskit, in How old are you?
@roofuskit@kbin.social avatar

Old enough to remember when games were on channel 3, young enough to vote with the common good in mind.

Rhaedas, (edited ) in Kbin federation change?
@Rhaedas@kbin.social avatar

Maybe to avoid repeated questions like this there should be a set place on at least the home page to have a notice of potential issues. Sort of like a status of the general system, since there's a lot more going on under the hood than just a webpage loading. As far as real estate for such, right top under the settings seems fine for a line or so of text or something.

And it turns out that's exactly what is done. Just saw a notice about a planned outage tomorrow posted. I do think it should be at the top and not below all the subscription/magazine info though, and maybe a bit more "flashy" with an obvious border contrast or something.

Another edit: Okay, someone is either reading this and liking the idea, or it's total coincidence and they figured out it would look better.

tal, (edited ) in The cheapest mortgage rate I can get today is 9.13% which is insane. What's the lowest rate you can get?
@tal@kbin.social avatar

For the US, June 2023:

https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/mortgages/todays-mortgage-rates-for-june-26-2023-rates-trend-higher/

For a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage, the average rate you'll pay is 7.06%

The average rate for a 15-year, fixed mortgage is 6.46%

greatwhitebuffalo41, in The cheapest mortgage rate I can get today is 9.13% which is insane. What's the lowest rate you can get?
@greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net avatar

Damn, what country are you in? I bought at the tail end of the 2008 crash. Things were still low but, coming back up. I think I’m at 4.5%

My friends parents bought in 2007 and keep making terrible financial decisions so they can’t refinance. If I understood right their interest rate is 15% or something INSANE.

briefingWizard936, (edited )

Romania. We are in the EU but not in the €urozone. We still use the local currency. For the same amount in € the rate is 6.40%. Total ripoff compared to the Northern/Western parts of the EU which is why I didn't sign shit. They can go fuck themselves.

greatwhitebuffalo41,
@greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net avatar

Ohhh. Damn. Hope things get better

briefingWizard936,

I'd rather leave the EU for places with better opportunities for making it big fast.

czech, in Confused about how lemmy.world and kbin are linked to each other...?
@czech@kbin.social avatar

Ernest is the creator of kbin and the admin of kbin.social. When another instance federates with your community it creates local copy of your community on that instance. The first admin of the kbin instance is always listed as the "owner" of the federated community but they cant actually take any moderation actions in your community. I believe the admin of the federated instance can moderate what appears on their instance though.

justlookingfordragon,
@justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world avatar

Ooooh okay.... that make sense. For a moment I honestly thought someone was just lazily mooching off my content (it has happened before, sadly) but if that's basically the default setup for every community not native to kbin, then I don't have anything to worry about. =)

Thanks for explaining! ^^

z2k_,
@z2k_@lemmy.nz avatar

That’s just how federation works. Even between Lemmy instances.

Your community is also on this path on the lemmy.ml instance: lemmy.ml/c/breath_of_the_wild@lemmy.world

justlookingfordragon,
@justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world avatar

Huh, weird. When I click that link, it does show the community and the sidebar/rules, but not a single post. Is that supposed to happen?

z2k_,
@z2k_@lemmy.nz avatar

Federation is a bit weird, because I searched and discovered it yesterday it should start syncing new posts from that date for lemmy.ml.

justlookingfordragon,
@justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world avatar

As long as it does start syncing eventually, that’s fine with me. I would just have found it weird to kinda “block” that particular community/magazine/etc. across all instances if the end users don’t even get access to the content.

… but then again, the Fediverse is probably just overwhelmed ATM so things like these slow down for a while. It’ll probably get better once the dust settles a bit after the reddit exodus (reddodus? rexodus? exoddit? I can’t think of a good portmanteau)

dedido,

Rexxit!

jessecreates, in What drives you as a person?
@jessecreates@kbin.social avatar

My newborn baby, playing some more Zelda, and the potential for a new adventure

chaos_rat,
@chaos_rat@slrpnk.net avatar

Congratulations!

Hyperreality, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?

Heat and peel (slowly). You can pop some hot water in it or use a hairdryer.

Strong alchol on a cloth or papertowel to remove what remains.

If all else fails WD40 also works.

This is from removing labels from cars, where you have to be careful to prevent damage to the paint/clear coat.

With glass you can use a razor to scrape off whatever remains, but mostly it's not necessary.

HeartyBeast, in Is Grammarly premium worth it?
@HeartyBeast@kbin.social avatar

It depends if you really want to send all your text to a third party. Feels like a privacy nightmare waiting to happen to me.

zebus,
@zebus@kbin.social avatar

I agree, I wouldn’t use the always on feature, would just be for a specific project.

Easy_Fox, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?
@Easy_Fox@kbin.social avatar

I normally just put it in the dishwasher alongside everything else and the heat and the steam do the job.

CIWS-30,

Depending on the dishwasher, that may not be a good idea as the label can clog the dishwasher filter though.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • AskKbin@kbin.social
  • localhost
  • All magazines
  • Loading…
    Loading the web debug toolbar…
    Attempt #