Tangential: If the toilet paper shortage during the pan wasn’t enough to wake Americans up to the need for bidets, nothing will. We’re savages over here.
When I was a teen, my older brother told me how he got trapped in a cycle of buying candles for light when his electricity was shut off. He thought, “I could pay this damn power bill if I didn’t have to buy so many candles!”
I got trapped in a similar poverty cycle years ago. I couldn’t replace broken dish-ware because I kept having to buy disposable plates for my meals. My mother bought me some cheap plates for xmas that year to break the cycle.
It’s the fallacy of the cheap boots. A rich person can buy nice boots that last ten years. A poor person has to buy cheap boots that need to be replaced every few years. In the end, the poor person spends more on boots with less to show for it.
I’m gonna sound like a dick who didn’t really address the intended question, but why use those sites? Not being on corporate social media solves the problem. I know that doesn’t work for a lot of people, so apologies to those folks.
Someone I used to work with gets paid a truly ridiculous amount of money because she changes jobs around every 14 months to 2 years. She hates every job she takes and is constantly worried that her boss hates her in every role. I don’t think she’s happy, despite the huge pay. I’d rather be happy. I work to live, not live to work.
Got lucky. But one year my wonderful kitty got very sick and had to be put down on Xmas eve. That coal hurt for months and years. Happily, I’ve worked through it. My two kitties got tuna on Xmas day.
And invalidate the person who corrected me? No. I’ll live with my shame. I’m pedantic about writing, spelling, grammar. I made a mistake. I’ll live with it.
When I was nineteen, a friend was driving us home on LSD (please don’t do this). He said that was like a game. The third person in the vehicle said that didn’t make him any more confident. We got home safe, somehow. Lucas, if you’re reading this, good job. Also, fuck you for driving while we were on drugs.
No, you’re mistaken. Lonnie is on the Right, which means his satellites reflect and amplify prayers. Or at least get a pass. He hates LGBTQ people, so he’s “good.” /s
How to start the day off strong (startrek.website)
Hot earth (lemmy.world)
Lemmings without bidet: how do you deal with your period?
Do you regularly take half showers between tampons or you’re fine with just drying for the most intense days?
Too damn high (lemmy.zip)
How to prevent link hijacking on sites like Facebook, Reddit and Twitter?
Lately I’ve noticed some mainstream sites injection tracking links into literally every link on their site....
Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know? (www.aljazeera.com)
Billionaire has never heard of the Streisand effect. (lemmy.ml)
Taking for granted (startrek.website)
Those bastards at Fisher-Price knew exactly what they were doing. (global.discourse-cdn.com)
Did any coal-in-your-stocking type of things happen to you on Christmas Day?
I discovered a few carpenter ants in my abode and immediately waged war against them. I shall prevail and reclaim my territory.
Pray for their safety (startrek.website)
frog (lemmy.world)
Pro-segregation rally in Arkansas, USA, 1960s
It's like a game where you can't make mistakes (s13.gifyu.com)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (startrek.website)
When I throw something at the trash, I holler “Cobain!” instead of “Kobe!”...
NASA has some explaining to do (startrek.website)
Also, the Jewish God and Muslim Allah are on the International Space Station.
What do you like about socialism?
Mouthwash (i.imgflip.com)
Merry ChristmaX (lemmy.world)
They don't understand. We built these machines so that we can work more. (startrek.website)
The current state of Twitch (startrek.website)