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helmet91, (edited ) in What are your best flight tips and tricks?
  • When traveling to/from eastern Europe, always have your checked-in luggage wrapped. In those countries, especially in Hungary, there are many thieves among luggage handlers and there are many horror stories regarding in what conditions the passengers received their belongings at the end (if at all). While you cannot 100% eliminate risks, wrapped luggages are much less likely to be tampered with. It’s also worth wrapping it when you care about the outer texture of your luggage (sometimes the cargo area of the aircraft is really dirty).
  • In the terminal building, find your gate first, so that you know exactly where to go when the time comes. Until then, go, find a comfortable seat somewhere else, far from the gates. At DXB I know a couple of cool locations where there aren’t many people waiting, so there are plenty of free space plus much cleaner toilets nearby due to less frequent usage. However, I’ll keep that information to myself, because I still wanna be able to enjoy those less crowded areas when I’m traveling.
  • Pay attention to the safety briefing and really think it through. You have to remember it in panic situations. Pay attention to every single little detail, because everything is said for a very good reason. (Just as an example: when they say “pull the oxygen mask towards you when it appears in front of you”, you really have to yank on it (okay, maybe don’t rip it off; I have no idea how strong to pull it), because the oxygen flow starts only when a safety “pin” is released, which can be done by pulling on the oxygen line.)
  • If your clothes are in your checked-in luggage, always have at least one set of extra clothes in your hand-carry.
  • Pay attention to the airline’s guidelines when packing your luggage.
  • During an emergency evacuation do not reach for your belongings. Just do as instructed and leave the aircraft as you’re told, ASAP. For this reason, keep your passport in your pocket and try to wear clothing that will be suitable outside as well to some extent. For example, wear your shoes and wear a sweater at least. (And pants as well, but I guess it doesn’t need to be mentioned.) You will get your belongings back at the end (if they’re salvageable, I guess).
  • Others already mentioned it, but it’s so important, I need to reiterate: don’t be an asshole. It is common sense, yet there are so many people not following this rule.
stoy, in What's the consensus on swearing here

You may often be understood quite well even without using harsh language in every fucking sentence.

Infact, refraining from using harsh language increases the impact of it when you actually need to for some god damned reason.

So please, consider using some bloody restraint, and only curse when you actually shit ass need to.

I hope that this comment has cleared it up for you, have a lovely new year!

Deceptichum,
@Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

Nah, fucking throw that shit around like it’s Tuesday.

OsrsNeedsF2P, in What's the consensus on swearing here

Lemmy has a hard-coded swear word filter that replaces a number of words with removed. Not seeing words makes you less likely to use them yourself.

stoy, (edited )

That depends on the instance, on lemmy.zip I don’t have any filters to my knowledge.

ShittyKopper,

it used to have it hardcoded in software but I believe they made it an instance option a bit before the reddit exodus

Vlyn,

We do as far as I know. But more for actual slurs (like homophobic ones).

Generally I’m against filters, if someone writes a bad word I want to see it and then decide for myself if I report and/or block them.

KSPAtlas,
@KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz avatar

You bitch ass motherfucker, most don’t

jflorez, (edited ) in Lets start a new Lemmy holiday tradition. What's a song you've been digging lately?

Stan Qualen by The Southern River Band. I love their brand of rock

Edit: youtu.be/62Vfzet8XIA

eagleeyedtiger, in Lets start a new Lemmy holiday tradition. What's a song you've been digging lately?

Can’t explain it but I’ve been listening to Slipknot’s Psychosocial and Portishead’s Roads a lot lately, after not hearing them for a few years.

NounsAndWords, in Why does America say 'merry christmas'?

We like to brag about our ability to still pronounce the R sound.

Similar to why Brits say Happy Christmas, honestly.

IWantToFuckSpez, (edited )

Lol no. You yanks can’t pronounce the R. The only real R is a rolling R. If your tongue is not tapping and vibrating against your palate you are not pronouncing an R.

sab,
@sab@kbin.social avatar

There's a slight chance I could be convinced to accept the french R into the company of real R sounds, but I agree the rolling one is where it's at. The American one is something special.

TulipanJones,

If Americans aren’t pronouncing an R, then what letter are they pronouncing?

IWantToFuckSpez,

[ɹ]

elbarto777,

Stupid comment. You’re referring to the Spanish R, or in a language with a similar R sound.

Imagine if a French or German person told you that their R is the only way to pronounce the R.

This kind of misguided gatekeeping is exhausting.

SirSamuel,

Dude it was a joke. The first comment was a joke, and the reply was a follow-up “no u” joke. I’m sorry you can’t read into subtext without /s

Also, Spanish R? Have you not heard of Scots? It’s called apical-alveolar trill, and I wish i could pronounce it better lol

elbarto777,

Oh. Teehee. All good then. Happy holidays fellow lemming.

SirSamuel,

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biofaust, in If you could only listen to someone talk about one topic for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?

Philosophy.

Potatisen, in If you could only listen to someone talk about one topic for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?

Carl Sagan or Richard Feynman talking about physics or astronomy.

PsychedSy,

Feynman. No question.

rynzcycle, in If you could only listen to someone talk about one topic for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?

Astrophysics/cosmology. I'm more artsy geek than STEM geek, but there is a tremendous amount of beauty found in what we know and don't know about the universe.

oo1, in Why does America say 'merry christmas'?

Merry also means drunk - at least in common British English.
Therefore it is quite an easy state to attain either from the offy, or a few pubs tat are also open for a few hours in the afternoon.

traches, in What are your best flight tips and tricks?

While you’re in the security line, take all your shit out of your pockets and put it in your carry-on. Same for your belt.

Kelsenellenelvial,

I always took a light jacket with lots of pockets. In line, transfer all your things to the jacket and put that through the scanner. After security transfer everything back and pack the jacket.

RagnarokOnline,

This is a great tip, honestly. I’m always looking for ways to make the post-scanner process faster.

AmberPrince, in If you could only listen to someone talk about one topic for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?
@AmberPrince@kbin.social avatar

I had to listen to a guy talk about the fanfic he was writing for 4 hours. So anything but that I suppose.

Elephant0991, in What are your dental hygiene tips and hacks
@Elephant0991@lemmy.bleh.au avatar

Listerine seems to help remove plaque effectively. Since start using it in the middle of the night when I wake up, not getting regularly cleaned doesn’t seem to be a problem anymore. This is coupled with flossing and thorough brushing of course.

Ferrous,

Haven’t there been talks of a link between mouthwash and throat/mouth cancer?

Elephant0991,
@Elephant0991@lemmy.bleh.au avatar

There seem to be published scientific paper that some scientists disagreed. There are alcohol-free mouthwashes too.

Teon, in What's the consensus on swearing here
@Teon@kbin.social avatar

What the fucking fuck kind of panzie azzed question is this. If you can't handle a few fucking grown up words your life will just go down the shitter.
Don't be a whiny azzed biotch and ask such fucked up questions.
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That is all.

Lophostemon, in What's the consensus on swearing here

What the fuck do you care cunt?

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