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I grew up with incandescent bulbs, and it was hell. The waste, in both trash and energy consumption, was horrendous.

The (thankfully) short age of flourescent reduced energy use, but the trash was worse, and the light categorically regressive.

LEDs are, in all ways, superior. You buy cheap-ass crap LEDs, you’re going to get a worse experience, obviously. Despite some negatives, LEDs are still the best lighting technology available. Feel free to complain, but there’s no better option right now. Wanting to go back to incandescents is vinyl-turntable-level, selective memory, retro hipsterism. And also super shitty for the environment.

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But did her black friends have Nikki Haley for a friend?

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Fucker grabbed that tail, and once he had a hold, he couldn’t let go lest he be eaten.

I hate the comparison; Trump’s as much a tiger as I am a blancmange. But his base are like pirhanna, and there’s no apt metaphor involving dumb, swarming fish.

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God, I hope you’re not joking. I can’t tell; that could be an Onion title.

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Put me down as preferring to no be bitten by anything.

That’s one unattractive fish.

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Interesting. Similar here, only it’s paracord and fancy knots.

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Do you have any bookmarks for evidence supporting this claim that you could share?

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That’s because many of them are off-duty cops. And why would you arrest your friends?

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Like, she doesn’t have a office with a door?

One year, we got a tank of compressed air and a bunch of balloons and stayed after work and literally filled his office with balloons. Floor to almost ceiling. Not only was it hilarious, but popping the balloons the next day was a lot of fun, and clean-up wasn’t too hard. You absolutely need compressed air for this, and even then it took an hour or so to do.

These days, I guess it’d be seen as environmentally wasteful; balloons aren’t recyclable, I think. Plus, it only works if she has dedicated office with a door. If it’s still an “office” but shared with another person, you could still get their permission; maybe they’d agree to hotel in a conference room until the balloons are popped.

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I’m only ignoring it because what you’re saying isn’t in the dictionary definition of “fascism,” and I’m not a political theorist. I’m just going by what the good book says.

belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and/or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy

What about Stalin makes you think he demonstrated any of this?

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instead of voting on whether or not it’s unpopular and thus appropriate as a post.

That’s because it’s absurdly counter-intuitive. Maybe that was the original intention, but it was doomed to always have this problem. Literally: we vote literally the opposite you vote everywhere else.

But this brings up my favorite pet peeve about Lemmy: the authors wasted a perfect opportunity to fix one of the biggest problems with Reddit, which Reddit kinda eventually fixed with awards, except they monotonized it. If Lemmy had the ability to do emoji responses like github, it’d go a long way to solving the problem that voting has a dual-purpose – and contradictory – use: to elevate as “interesting,” and to demonstrate approval. And now behavior is entrenched.

But you can, usually, vote based purely on exposure to the topic

You lost me. You’re suggesting that you vote based strictly on personal opinion, I think?

Since I have seen people order (or try to order) milk with a wide range of cuisines

I live in the Midwest, close to Wisconsin. If you don’t, you might be surprised at the wide variety of things Midwesterners will put cheese curds in.

Oh! I lived through, and absolutely adore what happened in Japan with dairy. At one time, cheese was (as I understood it) to be fairly widely regarded as being disgusting. On a trip to Singapore a while ago, I discovered the Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory, which made ice cream in cheese flavors. And not, like, mascarpone; no, full on Gouda and Roquefort! It is hilarious! I’ve recently seen some similar offerings in the States, but I love that it was the Japanese that went from “hate” to “bizarre combinations even Americans would shy from.”

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I think that’s a local thing. My grocer carries them, and they’re always in stock. I line in the Midwest. But I seem to remember eating them a lot in Oregon, too?

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Round, yellow, rough skin? Crisp like an apple, but sweet like a pear (less tangy than an apple)? If that’s what you mean, 100% agree. They’re fairly common, IME; we got them all the time in PA, and see them frequent-ish in the Midwest.

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I’ve heard rumors that, while we see two kinds of mango in the US, there are many more varietals in India, and they’re all better. I’d like to have access to some of those; mangoes rock.

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It’s been a couple of generations since we’ve had a world war. We’re due. With any luck, the Russian nuclear arsenal will be in as good shape as the rest of their military.

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I’ve occasionally wondered the same thing about sexy time. Like, what if they don’t both like the same kind of sex? One likes it rough, the other sweet and soft?

I suppose the answer to that is obvious, but it leads me to questions like: how are accusations of rape handled when one twin was consenting? Again, the answer seems obvious, but aside from the biological challenges, conjoining raises a whole host of other minor dilemmas.

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They were written by someone who’s exposure to anything martial - and probably anything more strenuous than making a trip to mom’s cupboard for more Cheetos - has been through film.

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Master and Commander. It’s atmospheric and fun, and I’m sad they didn’t make more with that cast.

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Minnesota’s.

Minnesota’s group is approaching this a smart way, from the local up. They’re not spending much time in the high-profile positions; they’re tackling local elections. Gets people used to the idea, and they stack higher and higher positions as they’re going. It’ll take time, but starting at the top and working down is a lot harder.

Is this how CA is approaching it?

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Humans. Where is my snow?

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Yeah. I want the name of the hedge fund. It’s not like it being secret will help; they’ve already given away the strategy. No name, no game; bullshit.

Probably written by some C level extrovert whose panties are in a twist because he doesn’t see “butts in seats.” It’s so sad to not be able to roam around your office space lording your position over the peons, boo hoo.

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This absolutely cracked me up, and my wife didn’t understand why I found it so funny. It took a moment for me to realize it’s because it’s the same schtick as one of my favorite passages from any book.

Two stoned people are having a conversation:

VIRGINIA: Are you hungry?
ANDY: No. (Long reflective pause.) Wait a minute. Did you mean am I hungry for food, or am I hungry in the abstract, like hungry for knowledge or adventure?
VIRGINIA: What are you talking about?
ANDY: You asked if I was hungry.
VIRGINIA: Did I?
ANDY: Yes.
VIRGINIA: Well, are you?
ANDY: Am I what?

A Child’s Garden of Grass, by Jack S. Margolis. 1970

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OK, it’s not yet possible anyway.

BTW, a speeding ticket was mailed to your house because you were tracked exceeding the limit for the road you were on. You were also tracked as passing through an area known for frequent drug crimes, so now you’re on a watch-list as a high-probability illegal drug exchange suspect. Your insurance has been notified that you’ve been tracked engaging in risky activities, so your insurance premiums have increased. Based on your extrapolated sexual activity from collated data of yours and other’s data, that’s also increased your premiums; and since that’s flagged as “risky behavior,” the police database has been updated to increase your “potential suspect” rating, which will be used if you’re ever in the vicinity of a crime when it was committed.

As icing on the cake, all of your location tracking data is being sold to data brokers, for commercial interests to use in whatever way they see fit. It’s how the government funds all of these extra benefits you’re being provided!

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Not at Starbucks. I mean, you can customize your order and ask them to tone it down on the additives, but if you just order off their menu, you either get a black coffee or (I like how OP said it) a milkshake.

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