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kersploosh, in We've already started this year off with crazy shit. What else do you guys think will happen this year and why?
@kersploosh@sh.itjust.works avatar

Violent chaos in the US. One of three things will happen:

  • The Supreme Court sides with the states that want to remove Trump from the ballot. Trump’s minions cry foul and lose their minds.
  • Trump gets on the ballot but he loses to Biden again. Trump’s minions cry foul and lose their minds.
  • Trump gets on the ballot and wins. Trump and the GOP take that as a mandate to govern with impunity, and run roughshod over the country.
Nemo,

Sure, violent chaos, but very localized. Even most right-wingers aren’t devoted to that tool.

The ones that are… they’ll be trouble, as you say.

Pratai,

I’d be willing to bet money they’re a lot less localized than you think.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein,

Yup, the radicalized ones became radicalized through the Internet - there is no specific place in the country that is “safe” because literally anywhere may house a zealous believer ready to get pushed over the line.

Like tens of thousands of little terrorist sleeper cells.

weirdbeardgame,

Yeeahhh that’s kinda the vibe I’ve been getting as well

xkforce, (edited )

Yes and it would very much fit the pattern:

2020: pandemic millions die

2021: january 6th

2022: Ukraine is invaded by Russia

2023: Gaza

2024: ???

callouscomic,

2024: Papua New Guinea launches nuclear device to blow up moon, because why not.

TheAlbatross, (edited ) in Why do Germans have no sense of humour?

Because a lot of German humor is pun based and when the translated into English, the joke doesn’t land and so the English started this farce that the Germans ain’t funny

Germans are plenty funny, the English are the problem

cashews_best_nut,

Are you jealous of our humour?

TheAlbatross, (edited )

The Germans? Jealous isn’t the right word, but I do enjoy it. I like the joke about the vampire on the Tandem bike.

The English? Ahahaha hell no, but the pathetic englishman is a funny character for sure. The English lost their knack for comedy some decades ago and many of the modern ones are kinda just relying on shock humor that isn’t really funny and kinda just makes em seem like bigoted geriatrics yearning for glory days when they were relevant.

Liked The Mighty Boosh well enough tho.

givesomefucks,

Bruv, do you even watch British Panel shows?

TheAlbatross,

Horses for courses innit

someguy3,

Like this one?

youtu.be/gG62zay3kck

I thought it was funny then I realized English isn’t far off from that.

m4xie, (edited ) in Why do Germans have no sense of humour?

The Germans have excellent humour; in fact, they take it very seriously.

As they say, “German humour, it is no laughing matter!”

meekah, (edited )
@meekah@lemmy.world avatar

Being german, I’ve already heard this joke a thousand times, but it’s so true that it makes me laugh every time. I think many germans are big on sarcasm, where arguably the main part of the joke is the complete seriousness of whoever makes the joke.

badhops, in Why is there a ICC case of genocide against Israel but not China or Russia?

i’m a grumpy old troll … who lives under a bridge

Canyon201,
@Canyon201@lemmy.world avatar

I just read news about the case against Isreal, clearly Russia and China have done much worse for much longer hence my question.

Mr_Blott, in We've already started this year off with crazy shit. What else do you guys think will happen this year and why?

A completely new type of cheese

FR0578Y73,

I feel as though dolphin cheese remains largely unexplored

Mr_Blott,

I was thinking of pigs but I like the cut of your jib

Rand0mA, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

I got totally fed up with all the shit, content being spread everywhere and not knowing where to go to watch the things i wanted to watch, prices constantly going up all the time, quality dropping like a lead weight.

So switched to iptv. All the channels from uk, us, and a handful of other countries in europe including ppv sports etc. Also has a stack of disney, hulu, netflix and apple+ bundled in. 14usd a month. Installed on a firestick 4k max pro extreme limited edition. Has an epg, biggest pain is waiting for the epg to load the initial startup each day. Takes a couple of minutes. That being said, you can skip the epg if you want to skip straight to a channel.

Pirates ruled the 00’s until streaming services cracked down on axxo and the gang, then spent the next 15 years or so destroying media amd convenience. Piracy will have amother day again soon, i can feel it in my wooden leg

fsr1967,

Which IPTV provider?

scarrtt, (edited )

I use EPG dot best. They’re an EPG provider who give you lots of detailed information about each channel and show/movie and nice clean logos and everything.

You can filter large EPG files from your IPTV provider into much smaller ones that only include the channels you actually watch. The smaller EPG file means that the app uses less RAM on my Nvidia Shield too

It’s not free and it’s kinda finicky to set up, with a weird workflow, but it works well once that’s done

Kolanaki, (edited ) in We've already started this year off with crazy shit. What else do you guys think will happen this year and why?
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Actual aliens will land and just be like “y’all need to chill the fuck out.” And then quarantine the whole planet so we don’t fuck up the rest of the galaxy until we get our collective shit together.

PlutoniumAcid,
@PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world avatar

That would actually be a nice change. Can they also put the troublemakers in time out? Please?

intensely_human,

Maybe they could spank us too

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Bad, naughty, awful Zoot!

Stern,
@Stern@lemmy.world avatar

I feel like if aliens rolled in it’d be violent somehow. Either some QAnon type schizoid takes shots at Intergalactic Franz Ferdinand and we get absolutely fucked in the war, or they land solely to tell us they’re taking over.

But maybe I’m just looking at Earth’s history of colonization of the various countries a bit too closely.

HerrVorragend,
@HerrVorragend@lemmy.world avatar

And we all will be like: “Who’s fault is it!? The Russians! The Chinese! Old White Men! Young Black Men! The Jews! My stupid neighbour…!!!”

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

“Actually it was the dolphins. You guys don’t even wanna know what they say about humans.”

Phillmebucket,

You might be joking but a lot of indications are pointing at this. There has been a lot of buzz in the UAP community for the past three or four years and even some members of Congress are now starting to ask questions.

A congressman was interviewed a couple of days back and he was talking about a debriefing that he got from two Air force pilots that were flying just off the coast of Florida. They recently upgraded their radar systems and they’ve been detecting a lot of anomalies and have encountered craft that are behaving in ways that as of now we don’t consider possible. He said with no quibble in the interview that the US or other foreign Nations have no equivalents of these crafts.

Now whether we’re talking aliens, extra dimensional beings or non-human intelligence is anyone’s guess but something is coming down the pipeline.

PlutoniumAcid,
@PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world avatar

Occam’s Razor tells me to ignore alien theories. There’s so much secret shit being done, I’m certain it’s all man-made.

intensely_human,

But the Fermi Paradox is a paradox because the lack of alien contact is the weirder explanation.

Alien visitation of earth actually takes mystery away, which was introduced when we realized there should be aliens visiting earth.

Gork,

Yeah they shot down like 3 UFOs and a Chinese spy balloon. One of the UFOs was likely a hobby craft (the one in Alaska was likely a middle school science project). But the other two remain to be explained.

A year later and we’re back to just not talking about any of this, like usual.

Nemo,

Isn’t that more likely to be an artifact of the brand-new radar system? New systems always have bugs.

sbv,

no no its aliens that flew across the galaxy and have nothing better to do than harass the locals

intensely_human,

They flew across the boundary between parallel universes, and if you can’t think of a reason to visit another civilization I hope you never get put in charge of planning the family vacation.

Kolanaki, (edited )
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Now whether we’re talking aliens, extra dimensional beings or non-human intelligence is anyone’s guess but something is coming down the pipeline.

With how, just… Uncool everything turns out once it’s scientifically explained, that thing is probably nothing more than sasquatch. Instead of something that would change our very perceptions of reality, we just get a new species of primate that has somehow eluded capture for a long time.

stoy, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

None, I refuse to sign up for any subscription, unless it can be done through gift cards, so I know that I will only spend a static ammount of money when I can afford it.

TheDoctorDonna,

You can use gift cards for your Netflix subscription, I did that until I got it wrapped in to my internet package.

stoy,

Yep, I did that for a while untill it just wasn’t worth it to me any longer.

Nastybutler,

Have you heard of Privacy? It’s an app that sets up virtual credit card numbers and you can specify how much or how many or how often that number can be charged. I mainly use it for “free” trials that want a credit card to bill if you don’t cancel after the trial period. I set a $1 limit so the company thinks it’s a real card when they do the small feeler charge. Saves me the hassle of remembering to cancel.

You can obviously use it for other purposes, like when you might be dealing with an iffy vendor.

willya, (edited ) in What do normal people look at on their phones?
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The majority are on TikTok, instagram, Facebook, YouTube and X. Probably Tinder and Hinge after those.

Nastybutler,

Yup. The people I work with are mostly 20 to 30 years old and they are predominantly on TikTok, Insta and YouTube

GregoryTheGreat, in Good “Buy for Life” Brands

I’ve read some recent reviews on doc martens being total garbage now.

jws_shadotak, (edited )

Danner is my go-to brand for quality boots.

I’ve been issues a lot of boots from work and the Danners are the most comfortable by far. They made it through some real shit, too.

proctonaut,

Love my danners but I still go through a pair a year with my current job. Last job I got about 5 years out of a pair.

jws_shadotak,

Oof, that’s rough.

It really depends on the job, I guess. I wore the Danner Reckonings for about 2 years straight and they were a little rough looking but still in great shape. The tip of the boot where the sole curves up the front was starting to peel. The worst I did with them was mountain climbing and some very wet environments.

Some of the dudes I worked with were sent to an area with a lot of lava rock, which absolutely shreds boots.

proctonaut,

I wear the Quarry composite toes but mine peeled like that too. I work in rubber manufacturing and it just eats the shit out of everything.

adaveinthelife,

My opinion is they were garbage in the 80s/90s too. I would wear the soles down like an eraser in a matter of months. Warranty or not, that’s not bifl to me.

Clbull, (edited )

I have that problem with all kinds of shoes and trainers, regardless of the price tag. I bought a pair of Adidas Men’s Hoops 3.0 a few months back and to my surprise, the soles haven’t worn down on them yet.

But I feel like it’s only a matter of time until a hole starts developing in the soles, which means they’re gonna be waterlogged in any kind of wet weather.

johannesvanderwhales,

That’s kind of the nature of the soles they use, but there’s not really such thing as a sole that won’t wear (and if there were, it probably wouldn’t be comfortable to walk on). Instead high quality boots are made to have the sole be easily replaceable using constructions like Goodyear welt, stitchdown, and Blake.

FloMo,

Can back this up as someone who used to wear them daily at a dealership job.

Don’t know if I’m getting old or they changed something but they’re just not as good/comfortable.

Can’t speak on if they wear down any faster however, didn’t get that far.

Soku,

Doc Martens got sold and moved the production to Asia. The dip in quality is very noticeable.

The people who used to produce Doc Martens now work for the company called Solovair. I haven’t tried their stuff butt apparently they’re as good as Doc Martens used to be.

boneheed,

Having worn Doc Martens most of my life i’ve now switched to Solivair, last pair of ‘Docs’ i bought wore through the upper in 6 months and ripped my feet to shreds, the Solovair i replaced them with are still like new after a year and are the comfiest boots i’ve ever worn.

The only downside is explaining why you’re wearing ‘knock off Docs’ to hipsters, but i generally go with ‘They’re Doc Martens with all the Vietnamese Child Labour taken out (allegedly)’

FIST_FILLET,

i would loooove to get a pair of solovairs, but i can’t get over the slight silhouette change where the “ceiling” part of the boot (i know nothing about shoe anatomy terms) has a slight bend inwards as it reaches down and connects with the “floor” :(

legopika,

You mean where the sole is stitched to the leather?

boneheed,

Yeah, the iconic yellow stitching on Docs is likely trademarked, Solovairs are grey stitching.

boneheed, (edited )

I’m not sure what bit you mean, I have the classic 8 hole boots and the shape is the same from my perspective?

There are differences as i went Matte finish for the Solovairs and obviously the stiching is a different colour (smooth sided sole too) but i’m more concerned about the quality/fit/longevity of my boots than the Docs aethetic anyway.

Taniwha420,

Same thing happened with Blundtstone. Production moved from Tasmania to Vietnam. They swear everything is the same, but I’m looking at these two different pairs of boots …

toothpaste_sandwich,

They definitely are not really good anymore: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOzFLT3S_I6UHHrezP…

You’re probably better off wearing something like Red Wing’s Iron Rangers, though there’s multiple brands that are pretty good. Meermin comes to mind for Europeans. Solovair if you’re really into the Dr Martens look.

/r/goodyearwelt used to be a good resource for shoe stuff, not really sure if there’s something comparable on Lemmy yet.

FloMo,

Didn’t know about Solovair, much appreciated!

I’ve kept a pair of Docs around because I still think they make a great fashion staple, but having a pair that could actually be comfortable/good again would be amazing

fortniteplaya,

Yes, they got rid of the lifetime warranty and I personally haven’t worn them, but people tell me their old ones work well and have a similar opinion as yours.

rishado, (edited )

They have a model that’s still made in England and comes with a lifetime warranty, everything else is trash

Edit: they discontinued it, weak

someguy3, in What's the funniest mishearing of song lyrics you've had?

I just can’t understand 90% of lyrics.

cheese_greater,

Im a big “subtitle” guy so I hear you 🧐

waz, in What's the funniest mishearing of song lyrics you've had?

Baking Carrot Biscuits != Taking Care of Business

cheese_greater,

Loled

Mr_Blott, in Tools of the Trade

Also, a tape measure that doesn’t retract until you push a button is better than a tape measure that retracts until you push a button

Peppycito,

Sez you

Mr_Blott,

Sez someone that never had one 🙃

Peppycito,

Oh I have. For a bit. Then I put it in the bin where it belongs.

Mr_Blott,

Fair enough. If like me you worked in building you’d appreciate it, I’m sure

papalonian,

MFW someone has different preference than me: 😡

Peppycito,

I do, and I don’t lol. I’ll use a ruler if I don’t want it to retract.

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

I pay for Apple Music which I use for 10+ hours a day, and YouTube premium through a family plan which I also heavily use. I refuse to pay for anything else beyond one music source and one video source.

Jeef,
@Jeef@sh.itjust.works avatar

Do you use YouTube music at all since it’s included with premium?

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble,

I tried it a long time ago and it was shitty and never looked again. I assume it doesn’t offer lossless music playback so I’m happy with Apple music.

toototabon, (edited )
@toototabon@lemmy.ml avatar

The UI is what I dislike most, but Itàlia not awful. I’m guessing that lossless music has better quality? Deezer offered something similar and I didn’t get what was the pro. I don’t think my ear is trained enough to notice a difference (until I listen them both b2b, maybe then I will).

Appoxo, in What do normal people look at on their phones?
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Transitioned to Lemmy and manga reading during lunchbreak.
During commut it’s podcast.

slightperil,

Dude, he asked about normal people. Not us!

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