I just realised that I have never seen or used it, neither crude oil of course, but there are more variants of it than this natural mineral that powers a lot of the world....
I looked up “coal garden” and it unlocked a memory from my childhood. I think my older sister had a science experiment type of toy that grew crystals like that.
I recently switched from wireless to wired headphones (Samson SR-850, probably the best for the very reasonable price) and my chair’s wheels instantly started eating its cable. Right now I’m using a small plastic hook that came with a face mask to keep it off the floor, but I’d like to hear other solutions.
My local Greek place does this and I always assumed it was an Americanized gyro. They’re super tasty and we love eating there. Interesting to know it’s actually done in Greece too.
Tempting. My husband and I have stood in silent exasperation many times while grace was said over holiday meals. These are Baptists, and one of my uncles is a pastor, so prayers are long and wordy.
“My relative is asking me to pray to Poseidon for calm seas while her daughter goes on a sea voyage to convert people into our cult of human sacrifice.”
I vaguely remember asking my mom about this when I was younger. Mom was the religious leader of our family, and I considered her a good authority on the subject because she said she almost lost her faith in college and did her own research which led her back to God.
She told me the act of prayer itself was a form of praise, an exercise of humility and deference to God. It doesn’t mean that God will change his mind; it just shows you’re humbling yourself before him and submitting to his will.
It hardly makes sense to me now but I bought into it 100% at the time.
I don’t know what denomination your uncle is, but to my Baptist relatives, Catholics are not Christian, or not the right kind of Christian. In fact, most of them were raised Catholic and converted to Baptist in adulthood, and that’s the point at which they say they became a Christian.
When I still considered myself Catholic, I used to do bible study with some of them and would get upset when they talked about “before I became a Christian.”
Now with the clarity of atheism I realize it’s such a dumb thing to be upset over. It’s like if I were a Marvel fan and they used to be too but they all switched to being DC fans.
I wonder if we’ll ever get out from under the boot of the two-party system. Yang’s Forward Party is trying and they’re supposedly making progress, but man I just feel so tired and jaded at this point.
Why downvote? That’s exactly what I’m saying. I get news updates saying this person and that person have been elected at the local level, and the work is slow but supposedly they’re chipping away at the problem. I want to be hopeful but find myself wondering if it’s just propaganda.
That’s exactly what the Forward Party is doing, as I understand it. Local level, working their way up. And like I said to the other person, I want to be hopeful because I get updates about local candidates running and winning local elections, but it’s hard to know what’s truth and what’s propaganda.
Also from what I understand, what they were trying to implement is ranked choice voting, though it’s been years since I delved into it and don’t actually know if they’re still trying to do that.
What's your hobby or hobbies?
Personally: Hiking, biking, photography, DnD, and fixing things....
Have you ever seen coal in real life?
I just realised that I have never seen or used it, neither crude oil of course, but there are more variants of it than this natural mineral that powers a lot of the world....
The man can't help himself (lemmy.world)
How do you manage your headphone cables?
I recently switched from wireless to wired headphones (Samson SR-850, probably the best for the very reasonable price) and my chair’s wheels instantly started eating its cable. Right now I’m using a small plastic hook that came with a face mask to keep it off the floor, but I’d like to hear other solutions.
They're just like us (lemmy.world)
XXX (sh.itjust.works)
What is a dish whose component parts you all like individually, but put together as a dish you think is nasty?
Why do people around me tend to increase their responsibility load (i.e. have children, become a manager, do charity, etc.) while I (30M) try to avoid it as much as I can?
What's something you've done that you weren't supposed to but don't feel bad?
A young family member is going on a mission (lemmings.world)
So for the rest of this day, I’ll be getting texts from 17 other people responding to this prayer request....
Man changes name to Literally Anybody Else and announces US presidential run (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/9649718...
Now, that's just showing off (lemmy.world)
Rain on your wedding day isn't, in itself, ironic - BUT a song titled "Ironic" getting the very concept of irony wrong, that is the very core of irony, so... well done.
Saudi Arabia to be appointed chair of UN’s gender equality forum (www.amnesty.org)
you don't need consumerism or mass media to be happy (slrpnk.net)