Pilkins

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Pilkins,

In their minds, this is loving your enemy. Because Christians are right and everyone else is wrong. So forcing your beliefs on people is a good thing because you’re saving their souls.

Pilkins,

Keep working, drinking, and sleeping. Not much else to do no matter who wins.

Pilkins,

Need an HD remake of DQ8!

Pilkins,

You’ve never seen The Kingsman?

Pilkins,

Look up “Kingsman church scene” or watch the movie. The scene is one of the best action scenes. Won’t necessarily spoil the movie but will give up some info.

Pilkins,

For me at least, it’s more of “conservatives are crazy, conspiracy-led, bigots but liberals are annoying.” and this of course only applies to the most outspoken of both sides.

I know plenty of people who vote republican, that are decent people (not antivax, not racist, not homophobic), but are either religious or gun nuts. Hell, I have a coworker that agrees with 95% of democratic policies but will never vote for them because they’ll “take his guns.” Do I think they’re dumb, sure. Do I think they’re evil, no?

Liberals I see like vegans. The core messaging is right, but the preachier you get, the more people are going to dislike you, even if they agree with you on principle. Even though I’ve voted democrat in every election, I couldn’t help but roll my eyes when someone told me I should stop using the word “marijuana” because it’s racist.

I don’t really want to hang out with qanon, racist types or people where I have to be careful of saying “mailman” instead of “mail carrier”. Obviously if I had to choose, it’d be the latter, but I don’t have to choose because 80% of people aren’t that politically motivated every second of their day.

Pilkins,

Depends on context. If someone is saying “wow I hate all gays and hope they’re put in extermination camps” then sure I’d speak up and tell them they’re a piece of shit. If someone says “I think gays should have equal rights but personally I think it’s wrong” then I’d shrug it off. I think there’s a line between outright hatred and ignorance/cultural/religious-norms that people ignore too much. Qanon type people are too far gone, but the others I think could change, and immediately shutting them down as racists or homophobes doesn’t help sway them.

Pilkins,

I mean, this made up person definitely sounds difficult to deal with. But this is getting into qanon territory basically, and I don’t think the vast majority of conservatives are like that. Plus I believe you can have open discussions and say “I disagree with that entirely” without adding “and you’re a bigot” at the end. It’s also easier in real life to tell if someone is genuinely hateful or their heart is in the right place but they’re a bit of a moron.

My whole gripe with overly-progressives is that they’ll completely write someone off as evil for not being progressive enough. It seems you’re assuming I’d never speak up against genuine racism, when originally my point was "it’s annoying when people tell you saying ‘marijuana’ or ‘mailman’ is racist and transphobic.

Pilkins,

Tbf my way of thinking is probably based off my environment. I live in a liberal area but work in a conservative work environment, so all the conservatives I know don’t have Trump flags, stickers, spout antivax shit, etc. but all the liberals I know feel more empowered.

But as far as the political parties themselves go, I agree. Neither side is doing anything to address the class divide, which would help nearly everyone.

Pilkins,

You’re giving these guys too much credit. They don’t follow the news or read anything, ever. This is the same coworker who, when a hasidic Jewish person walked into our shop, said “I thought Amish couldn’t work with electricity” and was 100% genuine.

Pilkins,

Church Street Blues by Tony Rice

Pilkins,

Same, actually. He’s the only office I’ve gotten a response from that shows my letter was actually read. Everyone else just sends the generic canned reply back.

Why do many microwave ovens hum in an interval of a minor 7th?

Something that I’ve noticed across most of the microwave ovens that I’ve used is that when they hum while cooking food, I can pick out 2 distinct tones. One of them is pretty clearly 60 120 hz, the 2nd harmonic of the AC power frequency. The other is consistently a minor 7th above that (which would be somewhere around...

Pilkins,

There is a fan running and then the actual microwave itself. If you lower the power setting, you can hear the fan stay on consistently but hear the microwave shut off and on. If the power is at 100%, the microwave runs the entire time.

Pilkins,

A like a mug of broth. But there is a TON of sodium so that’s a once in a blue moon drink.

Pilkins,

This might be alright. In my younger days I’d dip rice krispie treats in nacho cheese and it was actually a good savory/sweet combo.

Hundreds of elongated skulls found in Perù (lemmy.world)

One of the hundreds of elongated skulls that were discovered in 1928 at Paracas Peninsula in Peru. Cranial deformation was practiced by the Paracas civilization (800-100 BCE) by tightly wrapping the head in cloth, during the first few years of life, in order to elongate the cranium

Pilkins,

Talking out my ass here so please research and verify, but at least for the woman with elongated necks, it was originally to make them unattractive to men of other tribes. Over time, this turned into a specific beauty standard for their own tribe.

Pilkins,

I thought this was just a meme until I went there earlier this year. The food ranges from bad to bland.

The only legitimately delicious British food I had was a parmo. They got one thing right. I’d eat that every day.

Pilkins,

It’s a meat cutlet battered and deep fried, covered in bechemel sauce and cheese. Common in the Teesside area.

Pilkins,

Mostly in pubs, but I did try a few places. Carvery buffet, a few different full English breakfast places. Those are the things I’d chalk up to bland but not bad. Brits truly do use less seasoning from what I could tell. Even the takeaway I tried was pretty boring, and all you have to do is fry and salt that stuff.

I don’t think your comparison of fast food vs. fine dining is fair. In the US, and the few other countries I’ve been, “pub food” or family style restaurants are usually always good. They’re not high quality but still tasty. I’ve only been to 7 countries so I’m not super well traveled, but the UK is the only place I’ve been where I consistently didn’t enjoy the food. I can only remember one meal in Serbia I didn’t enjoy.

Pilkins,

Hahaha that explains why it’s a standout then.

Pilkins,

Lol dumbass

Pilkins,

Plus Japanese 7-11 is considered decent food. Compare to 7-11 here where any food is a combination of salt, more salt, and sugar, with maybe some protein or carbs. I imagine this quality difference expands to other establishments as well.

Pilkins,

I wanted to change my parents’ wifi password to something everyone in the family would remember instead of the random default gibberish password.

My dad said no because it took the Comcast guy a long time to set up, so I’d probably mess up the work he did… I had worked in IT for 7 years at that point.

Pilkins,

I’ve always wanted to do a long distance train journey and was shocked at the cost. I didn’t do the math, but even driving is probably cheaper if you really want to see the scenery.

Pilkins,

Look awesome. Nothing better than a good ole burger.

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