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radix, 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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If recent history is any indication (it’s not, but it’s fun to think about), the craziness won’t even start for a few weeks/months:

March 2014: MH370 disappeared.
March 2015: Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 is intentionally crashed in the Alps.
April 2016: The Panama Papers are leaked/published.
February 2017: The Oscars’ presenters forget how to read.
February 2018: Parkland, Florida school shooting.
March 2019: The Boeing 737 Max is effectively banned from flights after a string of crashes.
March 2020: Covid doesn’t start, but finally comes to a breaking point and restrictions are implemented across the US.
March 2021: The container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal.
February 2022: Russia invades Ukraine.
February 2023: US Air Force shot down a Chinese spy balloon.

Nemo,

It all started with the Cubs winning the 2016 World Series. They didn’t break the curse, they somehow transferred it to the rest of us.

weirdbeardgame,

We need to go back Marty! We need to stop the Cubs from winning the world series!

Nemo,

I would not be surprised if it’s time travelers who put us in this mess in the first place.

intensely_human,

Well, in the second place

Bishma, 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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The lack of snowpack in the US plus ocean temps that are already 6σ over historical averages are probably going to make for an “interesting” summer. As a result, I suspect crop failures are going to get a lot more coverage this year.

hoot,

This is the real scenario, right here. Everyone is so focused on increased disaster occurrences that it feels like this is invisible - until its not. Last summer Alberta was under drought conditions, and overall crop yields were 67% of the 5-yr average.

Less and less snowpack means less and less water to deal with worse and worse drought conditions.

kent_eh,

Not to mention increased wildfire risk.

skeezix,

What about fudgepack how does that figure in?

intensely_human,

Also there’s a lot of political pressure disrupting farming too. Food could be a big problem this year.

Heliumfart, in What do normal people look at on their phones?

Hacker news

WeLoveCastingSpellz, (edited )

I can’t find a goood rss feed for it :(

Heliumfart,

I just use harmonic app… I’m sure that’s not the coolest most hackery way to access it, but I’m too busy working on my sawmill to piss around…

habanhero,
WeLoveCastingSpellz,

thanks

Kolanaki, (edited ) in What do normal people look at on their phones?
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From my observations: Normal people don’t look at their phone; they listen to it.

If you’re expecting normal people to answer: Do you even know where you are right now? :p

sarcasticsunrise,

That’s something I never even thought of, but damn that’s accurate. Living in a big ol city, sometimes use public transit - yeah this is totally the case

cabbage, in Why do Germans have no sense of humour?
@cabbage@piefed.social avatar

For me, German humour is at its best when it's using subtitles in the German language - not really through puns, but by using language to highlight contradictions and absurdities. Obviously, this humour does not translate well at all.

After learning German and re-reading some Kafka stories I was struck by how stories I had read as somewhat somber in English were actually full of a weird sense of humour in the original German. It's still absurd and unsettling, but somehow Kafka is also funny.

Then again, he wasn't German.

someguy3,

subtitles

Subtleties?

cabbage,
@cabbage@piefed.social avatar

Subtilities! Writing with a swype keyboard has its shortcomings.

iso, in How to migrate multiple reddit subscriptions to lemmy?
@iso@lemy.lol avatar

Voyager app has that feature on its settings page.

sexybreachmain,

That feature aint working. How exactly do you use that?

iso,
@iso@lemy.lol avatar

As it says in descriptions. Go to reddit.com/subreddits, you will find “multireddit of your subscriptions” on top of right sidebar. Right click and copy it and paste to Voyager.

It is not automattic tho. You’ll need to manually subscribe communities.

Grayox, in Good “Buy for Life” Brands
@Grayox@lemmy.ml avatar

Solovair are better than doc martens by a mile.

corsicanguppy,

Apparently doc maartens sold out and are junk now.

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

Fist fights on national television in American congress.

ChillPenguin,

We could only be so lucky. It would hopefully start to take some of the older ones out of government.

waz, in Good “Buy for Life” Brands

JanSport backpacks. My wife had the zipper wear out on the backpack she has had for ~20 years. She contacted the manufacturer. They don’t make that particular bag anymore so they just sent her a comparable equivalent with almost no questions asked.

Vex_Detrause,

Yup they will just send you a new one. I’ve been using the same black jansport bag for > 5 years. As far as I can see the new ones they sent has the same quality as more than 5 years ago.

grasshopper_mouse, in Why do Germans have no sense of humour?
@grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world avatar

May I introduce you to Flula Borg

bjoern_tantau,
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

Flula Borg is usually more on the silly side. Typically German humour is more deadpan. At least nowadays.

hperrin, (edited ) in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

I’ve gotten it down to just Hulu, Nebula, and Dropout. Everything else from everywhere else I pirate. I’m getting rid of Hulu next.

I also technically have Prime Video, but that’s because they force me to have it, even though I just want Prime shipping.

ramsgrl909,

How is Dropout?

hperrin,

I love it. It’s my go to if I’m bored sitting on the couch. They’ve got a lot of great shows like Game Changer, Make Some Noise, and this new one called Very Important People. If you’re into D&D, there’s Dimension 20. I’m not a big fan of it, but it’s one of, if not the, most popular shows on there.

bjoern_tantau, in What's a webcomic that should just end already?
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This reminded me to check if Megatokyo is still going on. I’ve stopped reading it years ago because I could not follow the plot anymore.

BottleOfAlkahest,

For those curious, it does appear that megatokyo may be getting updates but they’re infrequent, a few a month and not on a set schedule. There are like 9 chapters out now though.

Curious_Canid, in What is the least shit online store of the shitty ones? such as: Wish, AliExpress, etc..
@Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca avatar

AliExpress screwed me recently. A vendor sent me the wrong items. I mean, they weren’t even the same kind of items. I disputed it with the vendor and they said they’d sent the right things, so there.

I opened a case with AliExpress. They asked me for a whole lot of information, some of which didn’t make any sense, along with some pictures. I sent them everything. They sided with the vendor.

Fortunately, I had paid with PayPal. PayPal looked over the information from both sides and promptly refunded my money.

I don’t expect to be doing business with AliExpress again any time soon.

Linkerbaan,
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

Ordering from AliExpress is a risk but factoring in the times you get screwed over it’s usually still worth it over buying 1.5 times the price to get it from Amazon (and possibly still get screwed by Amazon).

PayPal for the win btw

earmuff,

I have ordered so many things over the past 8 years on AliExpress and the only issues I had was shops not delivering the right amount. Disputing that was never an issue. I wonder why so many other people have serious issues with it.

pearsaltchocolatebar,

I bet they’re waiting too long to open the dispute.

UnityDevice,

How did you pay with PayPal on AliExpress? They haven’t supported it in years?

pearsaltchocolatebar,

It’s the default payment option for me.

noobnarski,

I dont know what you are talking about, I use it all the time (although I am in Germany)

Curious_Canid,
@Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca avatar

I think some vendors support it and some don’t.

gever4ever,

They started to accept Paypal a few years ago, actually.

But there was a long time I didn’t use AliExpress because of that.

solrize, in Is Sync for Android worth the cost?

Is this about a Lemmy client app? Sounds silly. Voyager and Jerboa are both nice, depending on your UI preferences. What is so great about sync?

dingus,

You’re being down voted, but now you’ve got me legitimately curious…

Would anyone out there be able to explain what sort of additional features Sync has they makes it worth the price? I’ve been a Voyager (formerly weed) user practically since it was created and I think it’s a great experience.

IuseArchbtw,
@IuseArchbtw@feddit.de avatar

Wait until you try out Eternity!

Vanth, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?
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Prime because it’s bundled with free shipping, I can’t remember the last time I opened up the app though.

I recently dropped Disney+ because I wasn’t watching enough to warrant the money. I’m burned out on Marvel and Star Wars.

A video platform for a very specific niche sport that is tough to find in the US. I keep the $5/month subscription year round, even out of season, because I actively want this group to succeed.

BottleOfAlkahest,

I pay $5 a year for dropout even though I don’t watch all of their content enough to probably warrant it some months. I tend to binge D20 and Um, actually mostly. But they’re a good company, making good content, and trying not to exploit anyone in the process. We need more of that and I’ve been lucky enough I can afford the $5 a month sub.

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