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potpie

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hello I'm a Latin teacher and I have lots of weird hobbies

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nixCraft, (edited ) to linux
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Poll: users, do you regret buying a laptop or desktop with an Nvidia card because of drivers and other problems?

potpie,
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@nixCraft after years and years of struggling with driver issues because of Nvidia, I finally got an AMD card, only to struggle with some kind of bug that mysteriously crashes about half the games I play. Bad luck on my part: the issue seems to be limited to a small set of cards. I just like to complain about it.

rysiek, (edited ) to random
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May the Forth be with you!

potpie,
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@rysiek if anyone posts this on a platform with a music option: Indiana Jones theme

nixCraft, to random
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this developer retired or resigned from software giant after 22 years 4 mos, and became a farmer. bro is living his dream. https://x.com/timokonkwo_/status/1785340149582143947

potpie,
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@nixCraft even more impressive considering he is a goose

arstechnica, to random
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AI marketing hype is coming for your favorite gadgets

The "AI mouse" is just the start.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/ai-marketing-hype-is-coming-for-your-favorite-gadgets/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

potpie,
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@arstechnica feels like we speedrunning this dystopia now

RickiTarr, to random
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Okay, a little mystery also for today. After the Toxic Club, my
brother and I got a strawberry limeade at a little drive inn, and drove around this Conservation Area, but then we start seeing this fence with these signs, it's like 8 foot tall with lots of the fence totally blacked out, and these signs placed on them that say:

Saline Valley Ranch, No Hunting, No Trespassing

This fence went for miles, and miles had to be incredibly pricey to put in, it reminded me of the fence they'd have at a minimum security prison, but we didn't see cows, horses, crops, nothing but woods and hills and miles and miles of giant fence.

We try to find information about what it is, but there's basically nothing. My husband looks it up on Google Earth, and finds Little Saline Ranch, and I look it up, and it says permanently closed, and even less information is available about that. Google Earth shows lots of wooded land, a lake, and a few open fields, but we couldn't see any buildings or animals, nothing like that.

So, looking up that I find this article about mysterious happenings in the area:

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2018/10/31/hunting-ghosts-miller-county-other/9408986007

It mentions several people seeing a Bigfoot type cryptid in the area, so obviously the fence is to keep it in. My other guesses involve a government blacksite, as it isn't too far from and airforce base, or a doomsday cult, what do you all think?

potpie,
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@RickiTarr It's a... valley? And a.... ranch? No wonder they're trying to keep it... hidden.

RickiTarr, to random
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It is Hilarious to me that after cats get to a certain age they rarely communicate with other cats through meowing. Cats are very good non-verbal communicators. They meow at us, because we are too dumb to understand, and they are baby talking to us.

potpie,
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@RickiTarr I had a cat once. She swiped at me for the first time a couple years in and I thought hey, if cats can give the cold shoulder, surely they can understand when they get one. So I frowned at her, made a snide comment, and left the room. She walked in cautiously to where I was after a minute, and I quickly made eye contact, got up, and left that room too. The third time I forgave her with pets and nice words. She never swiped again.

nixCraft, to random
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How much ram did your first computer have at your home ?🤔

potpie,
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@nixCraft 4MB. An IBM 486 with Windows 3.1. What a time.

Alice, to random
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I’m vegan, but I eat chicken because those little jerks deserve it.

potpie,
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@Kierkegaanks @Alice "dollar store dinosaur" is so poetically perfect

RickiTarr, to random
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You are Entangled with someone, you'll see them throughout your life. You are connected in some way that always brings you back to this person. There's a good chance you don't like each other at all.

potpie,
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@RickiTarr In college I had a coincidence guy: I saw him all over campus multiple times a week. Most likely I just recognized him more easily because he looked so distinctive (always dressed like early career Jon Fratelli, same hair too), but I couldn't help feeling there was a cause to it. One day I confronted him, stopped dead in my tracks to turn to him and I said, "hey, I see you around a lot." He took it completely in stride and just said, "it happens."

RickiTarr, to random
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I don't get the genre of T-shirts and bumper stickers that are Wives proud of their husband's jobs.

potpie,
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@RickiTarr @Waitnwallflower I would need one that says, "proud husband of a director of--actually you know what there's a lot of things in her job description and she does a whole lot more that her title doesn't even capture--can I just email you later?"

RickiTarr, to random
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Tell me a silly/funny childhood story!

I'll start:

One time in Sunday School, the teacher was talking about the difference between humans and animals, and mentioned that Animals had Tails and humans didn't. I let her know this was not true, because my Dad had a tail, just in the front, instead of the back. The teacher was silent for several seconds, and tried to correct me in a church appropriate way, but I doubled down, and insisted that my little brothers also had front tails too. This got so heated that the teacher had to go get my parents to take me out of Sunday School.

potpie,
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@elverkonge @RickiTarr One time I was messing around with one of those rocking video chairs and flung myself forehead first into the wooden top of our ancient console television. My vision went blurry and I immediately hallucinated a smell, but I didn't tell anyone because I thought I would get in trouble.

One of my goals as a parent now is to foster a behavior pattern that would help my own kids seek help in that situation instead.

RickiTarr, to random
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Friendly reminder that all those emo kids are full grown adults now. If you were an emo kid, please tell me if you are still so fabulous.

This is a more Green Day Type Emo, Billy Joe haircut, black with blonde streaks, t-shirt with a tie
Giant black hair cut in a rocker girl shape, thick black eye liner, so many necklaces involving black leather and skulls
Bright long green hair, all the black eyeliner, choker necklace, green and black skull t-shirt

potpie,
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@RickiTarr In high school my friends and I were the emo kids, but we were too lazy to dress in any special way or style our hair. Well, except for Gabby, but she went all out punk so I'm not sure if she counts.

RickiTarr, to random
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Y'all I realized that I have a really bad tendency of not looking people in the face especially strangers, it feels really intimate for some reason, does anyone else do this or have suggestions for being better about it?

potpie,
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@RickiTarr solution: sunglasses forever

Pros: no one can tell where you're looking
Also pros: look cool
Cons: none

RickiTarr, to random
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When you get a new house, You get 8 keys made, give 4 to friends/family, put one in your wallet/purse, hide one in your car, bury one with your gold, the last one goes to a stranger to see if they can solve the mystery of what it goes to.

potpie,
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@RolloTreadway @RickiTarr I had a friend in grad school who, one time as we were walking towards her office, fell silent as she took out her key ring. She stood transfixed for a moment, staring at the keys in her hand. "I always thought, when I was a kid," she said, "that I'd be an adult when I had a lot of keys." She paused. "I guess I'm an adult now."

RickiTarr, to random
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What's a good movie to watch with your Mom?

potpie,
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@RickiTarr "Mother," the 1996 comedy with Albert Brooks, not the trippy Jennifer Lawrence one.

rooster, to random
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    potpie,
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    @rooster wacky Latin teacher

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Y'all, did you know there's a sex move with genitals in mouth?!

    potpie,
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    @RickiTarr Ah yes, I've heard of that. I believe it's called.... frippery? Something like that.

    MrLovenstein, to random
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    Secret Panel HERE 😂 https://tapas.io/episode/2619139

    potpie,
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    @MrLovenstein I have literally become skeletons.

    nixCraft, to gaming
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    what about you?

    potpie,
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    @nixCraft Damn straight. Getting good at something like that takes time and attention. Most of mine is already claimed, so... I embrace the casual.

    nixCraft, to linux
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    Can you guess which Linux distribution this little penguin is using?

    potpie,
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    @nixCraft Trisquel I bet.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    If two restaurants were going to date, who would date each other?

    potpie,
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    @RickiTarr Cracker Barrel is dating Chipotle. They don't seem to have much in common, the age difference seems inappropriate, but they look happy I guess and it's not really our place to criticize them so.... anyway.

    Chrishallbeck, to random
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    I’ve been saying “semantic satiation” over and over to the point where it’s just lost all meaning to me.

    potpie,
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    @Chrishallbeck there's a name for that... I wanna say.... Paul?

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Share your cute adorable face, or don't, just be a lurker!

    This my face in the sun, and my poofy hair and my eyes looking at you

    potpie,
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    @RickiTarr okay sure

    RickiTarr, to random
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    What is the hardest you've ever worked?

    If you want to tell me the hardest you've ever worked it, please provide photos.

    potpie,
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    @RickiTarr My first 2 years teaching, I started the day at the high school and did the second half at the middle school. Starting out is hard because you're still figuring everything out and making so much material in planning. But I was also getting certified through a county program, which meant occasional 3 hour sessions after school. Plus I lived an hour away. So some days I'd be up at 5 and home at 9, up till 2 grading and planning. Almost falling asleep while driving was my breaking point.

    Chrishallbeck, to random
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    Is the definition for “anymore” drifting? It feels like I’m seeing an increase of sentences like “The burger was great! I’m gonna go there once a week anymore.” where it’s a positive indicator instead of the negative use I’m used to.

    potpie,
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    @Chrishallbeck Yes, in some dialects. I remember hearing a paper that mentioned this at a linguistics conference I went to twelve or thirteen years ago.

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