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i like when people use big words cause then i can learn a new word. it’s nice knowing words to say stuff with
lemon balm tea & chamomile tea are magical. weed and podcasts are huge helps with the constant night ruminating
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that the word "silhouette" was just a guy's name (and he had nothing to do with silhouettes)English
12·1 year agodaguerreotype, mesmerizing
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[Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.world•Nazi family celebrating the 'bright' future they were making for their children, Germany, ~1937English
122·1 year agolol the wife’s annoyed smile
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Technology@lemmy.ml•My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine AnymoreEnglish
47·1 year agoThat’s a perfect way to put it. I remember starting college and being really excited about the cloud, having my stuff accessible anywhere, changes automatically saved, etc etc. but now I don’t want any of my shit anywhere near their servers, it’s mine and mine alone and I’ll manage it myself and buffer against losses the best I can. I’d rather have myself fuck up and break a hard drive rather than let microsoft or apple wipe my stuff over a bug or because I didn’t pay them enough. Horrible, misleading bullshit.
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."English
267·1 year ago“superior attitude” is an obnoxious way to describe someone rebelling against shitty rules because they have standards. “you’re not special” etc is the usual bullshit I get – and of course I am not – what I think we rightfully think is that nobody should be beholden to shitty practices and standards.
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Technology@lemmy.ml•Modern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBGEnglish
912·2 years agoif you watch steve jobs’ 2007 iphone keynote it’s incredibly depressing now. he brags about how the iphone can load full, rich webpages instead of awful mobile versions; he loads the NYT website and gets the whole lush landscape desktop version, and taps to zoom in on certain elements. i used to be such a dork and so into tech in high school, it seemed so promising and wondrous.
i bet jobs could’ve yelled at spez about the API changes and gotten him to relent
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Technology@lemmy.ml•iOS 17.4 is now out with support for third party app stores in the EUEnglish
13·2 years agobut just roll it out everywhere, if it’s such a forward thinking company. i don’t understand where this precedent came from – you can of course install whatever you want on macs. what makes phones different in that regard?
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•If we can ban trans medical procedures, why haven't we banned circumcision?English
552·2 years agoit’d be easier to brush your teeth if you didn’t have any teeth
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•If we can ban trans medical procedures, why haven't we banned circumcision?English
253·2 years agobecause we are a stupid, prudish, and vain country. we don’t want people to enjoy jerking off too much, nor do we want to reverse the trend of mutilation, which would make the old guard feel like they’re the broken ones
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Memes@lemmy.ml•You wouldn't download an entire media libraryEnglish
86·2 years agoi really hate how they call it a ‘library’, very disingenuous if it’s all on their servers and predicated on their fucking license agreements
what if real libraries had to throw away books because harpercollins got pissy. would anyone stand for it? (probably yes)
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Apple@lemmy.world•A ‘$3,500 Chastity Belt’: Early Apple Vision Pro Adopters Alarmed to Learn VR Porn Doesn't WorkEnglish
123·2 years agohonestly i have an oculus and simply blowing up a standard 16:9 video works perfectly fine
my allergies got better as i lived with cats longer. either way it’s more put-up-with-able than not having a cat
is there a ralph’s around here?
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Memes@lemmy.ml•Police chief fired after twice asking captain’s wife for nude photos on SnapchatEnglish
1·2 years agodeleted by creator
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Autism@lemmy.world•Are dating apps uniquely challenging for us?English
21·2 years agothank you - it’s very hard continually coming up with perky, happy sounding chat up lines and sending them off into the ether with little response. how do i even know how well i’m doing?
gotta have clouds for the clouds to break
it’s ridiculous how much anxiety i get about work then once i force myself to start working i feel way better in like 5 seconds. look at me i’m Contributing to Society!
everyone knows this. not everyone has access to Proper Healthcare. surely a crowd sourced answer you can google to verify is better than nothing






In the US children get shot and killed at school on a monthly basis and all the government can think to do is age-gate porn and ban books