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shalafi, to science_memes in Magic π
shalafi, to comicstrips in BEST DAY EVER

There are people volunteering to “house” pubic lice to keep them from going extinct.

shalafi, to mildlyinteresting in Number of natural waterfalls in each state

There’s a place on the Blackwater River I have marked. So far I’ve traced 7 waterfalls trekking uphill from the water side. But I can hear more in the distance!

The biggest one is a monstrous 3’ high.

shalafi, to piracy in Film studios demand IP addresses of people who discussed piracy on Reddit

I’ve always read it that action must be taken, above and beyond speech.

Legally, a Conspiracy exists when 2 or more persons join together and form an agreement to violate the law, and then act on that agreement.

I could argue that these users collaborated to break the law and did so, but I don’t see that being argued. Fuck I know, INAL.

shalafi, to lemmyshitpost in Why is this so hard

Me too! Back when we thought COVID could spread easily from surface contact, I found myself at the grocery trying to decide WTF I was going to do.

“Uh, dare I stick my fingers under the mask, or, what?”

shalafi, to memes in Skirts are breezy and comfortable. Fuck off.

Wore women’s camo leggings with an olive-drab utili-kilt. Damn that was comfortable. But wearing a kilt in the woods and the heat? Just didn’t feel right to me, and I’ve tried a couple of different kinds.

shalafi, to asklemmy in What's the funniest WiFi network name you've seen?

You gonna love my story then:

old.lemmy.world/comment/5993464

shalafi, to historyporn in US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973

^ Fellow Cold War survivor right here.

shalafi, to asklemmy in So Kissinger must have had use to someone? What did he do right and for who?

remember him for setting up talks with China, and detente with the Soviets. The founder of realpolitik and symbol of Western imperialism over the last half of the 20th century

Now we’re getting to my question!

shalafi, to asklemmy in So Kissinger must have had use to someone? What did he do right and for who?

See this comment? It’s a pretty good breakdown.

old.lemmy.world/comment/5707971

shalafi, to memes in Early bird

Yep, America all right. Couple of things:

  • In some states it’s illegal to leave children of a certain age unsupervised. I think it’s 11 and below here? People do it anyway and no one’s looking to prosecute, but it’s a thing.
  • I can’t speak for every municipality in America, but the elementary schools around here do not allow kids to walk or bike to school. Either that, or every single parent, no exceptions, disallows it, because I’ve never seen a child that young coming into or leaving the school on their own. FFS, when I used to pick up my stepson, same car every day, the teacher had to put their hand on the roof and look me in the eye through a rolled-down window. That was literally the rule.

So like I said, “some of the younger ones aren’t mature enough or raised independently enough”. It sucks, but it’s true.

I have an 8 and 10-yo. They love my house because I allow them freedom. We went to a huge camping place to get married this weekend, local outfitter sort of thing. I gave them some instructions and warnings, cut them loose. Their helicopter mom would shit her pants if she knew they walked all over the woods alone.

(And of course we got the usual comment below crying about capitalism. I’m not sure if these people expect that no one works for a living, or they don’t do it on a coordinated schedule, or what.)

shalafi, to memes in Second Cousins

I FEEL that. I thought another man was my father until 8th grade.

“Who’s this Steve guy you’re talking about?”

Everyone looked at me like I just grew a second head.

shalafi, to memes in Seriously, so many buff Moons on my front page

It struck me as odd as well. Those words don’t go together, like, at all. :)

And besides, GenX never give two shits about the Axis powers. The Cold War was our war. And while I didn’t hate the Russians back then, I sure as hell do now.

shalafi, to asklemmy in Non-religious Republicans of Lemmy, how do you reconcile your non-religious convictions with a party that bases a lot of its policies on religion?

LiberalGunNut™ here! It’s because of quotes like these:

Karl Marx — ‘Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary’

Ida B. Wells advised, that “the Winchester rifle deserved a place of honor in every Black home.”

There are more, can’t think of them ATM.

shalafi, to memes in That's right

Sigh… Country used to be pretty good. Now that Nashville has discovered algorithms, they just churn out formulaic shit that sounds exactly alike.

Saw a 5-minute video a couple of years back. I think it was 5 of the (then) current country songs, blended one into the other. You could not tell where one cut off and the next picked up. Sounded like 5 singer collaborating on a single song.

Had my details a bit off, but here it go:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8SwIvxj8o

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