They are brainwashed. I got a cold for the 2nd time this season. My dad: well you shouldn't have gotten the flu shot. My response in front of the whole family: I thought you didn't go to college let alone medical school. How did you have the time with all the television you watch?
I remember going to the first fast n furious at the theater. Ice storm during the movie so everything was covered in ice after, had to chisel around the door just to open it. But that didn't kill the racing spirit in some of them. They got in their cars and tore out of the parking lot. 2 slammed into trees on their way out. Another didn't get far, jackknifed himself on a light pole. I just sat in my car watching it, way better than the movie.
You know 20 years ago I lived there and everyone was so kind, hopeful, and excited for the future. They saw their lives improving and their freedoms growing. When Obama was elected people would stop me in the street, give me a thumbs up. They knew enough that it was a big deal for Americans. They felt a part of the world and hopeful for the future.
Then Xi comes to power, locks down everything, youth get fucked, 24/7 propaganda against the west. Last time I was there for work before the pandemic and people were stopping me in the street to tell me how much more powerful China was over America. Shout nasty things to me in Chinese randomly. He really is a dictator and fucked those people over. My friends are extremely cautious on what we discuss over the phone or by email now. We don't need our own Xi rising to power again here.
Its definitely an apartheid state. Unlike South Africa the ruling ethnicity is the majority. They've been at war with the minority since it's inception since that meant physically displacing people who didn't want to leave. I don't believe peace was ever an option Israel honestly considered.
It's like the government just stopped caring to protect us at all. Every regulatory system has been broken. You are being sold carcinogens every day and there is no help coming. Have a nice day!
Law enforcement officials came across a staggering find after being tipped off about possible drug-dealing: dozens of dog-food-size bags of psychedelic mushrooms worth an estimated $8.5 million at a home in rural Connecticut.
Oh I'm so grateful they are expending resources to catch this non-lethal drug before it hits the hands of groovy people. Meanwhile opioids have killed how many this year alone?
First time skiing, friend was desperate to get someone to go so I went. Paid for everything like the meme says except the lessons. "I can teach you! Let's take this lift up to that ridgeline". I don't know any better so up we go. Get there and it's pretty high, oxygen is thin and a blizzard moved in. "Ok, ready?" He says. "What do I do?" I ask. "Just crouch down and twist back and forth to slow yourself. Here we go!" He replied and then off he went.
It started out fine. I'm upright, the snow is powdery so it is helping to slow me down and I kinda got the twisting movement right, for the first 50 feet. Then the ground dropped beneath me and suddenly I'm cruising at what feels like mach speed. There is no twisting anymore, just barrel rolls. I finally stop and my arm is no longer in the socket. I just lay there wondering if I had died and hell really was frozen over. Then a ski guide came up, asked me if I was ok. "Uuuuughhh" I answered him. He then asked me if I could make it down on my own which I answered with a stare of both death and fear. Another dude arrived with a sled. By that time I had regained the ability to talk and popped my arm back in place. At the bottom they offered to call an ambulance but I was largely ok, got the direction to the ski lodge bar instead.
10 hours later my friend finds me. "There you are! I was wondering where you went!" This is a story of the first and last time I went skiing.
Man these people forget the days when a month of Spotify would afford you 1 CD. I remember cause I would spend half my paycheck on music. I'm just sitting here happy for services like Spotify and YouTube in my life. I remember a time when music and information was much harder to obtain (even illegally).
This invention is a training system which enables a human being to acquire sufficient hyperspace energy in order to pull the body out of dimension so that the person can walk through solid objects such as wooden doors.
I like the images open while scrolling but hate that a video under the fold just starts playing whenever it loads. It's getting more prevalent too. Is there a way I can stop it using mobile Firefox and ublock or would I need to manually block every video source?
Every race gets one cool ability (aussie.zone)
My method to get people to stop talking to me
Conversations seem to die once I use this line ¯\(ツ)/¯
Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare -- And Fast (www.rollingstone.com)
The right-wing policy agenda written for a new Donald Trump presidency would “greatly accelerate” efforts to privatize Medicare...
rule (lemmy.cafe)
The favorite child (lemmy.world)
Trump Shares Poll Result Predicting 'Revenge' And 'Dictatorship' As Top Priorities (www.huffpost.com)
Can we please get autoplay blocking for videos?
I just had 2 play over themselves on my feed. I'd rather not block channels or users just to stop it. Videos should never autoplay in the threads
What stupid thing have you done bc of a movie?
I’m expecting some child recreating superhero stunts and gerting hurt
Spotify to axe 1,500 workers to save costs (www.bbc.com)
Sen. Mitt Romney Says He Would Vote For 'Virtually' Anybody Other Than Trump or Ramaswamy (themessenger.com)
Australian naval personnel injured by sonar pulses from Chinese warship (www.abc.net.au)
The whole situation sickens me (slrpnk.net)
Who wouldn't want to finance warm cardboard? (lemmy.world)
NASA Plus Streaming: "our new ad-free, no cost, family-friendly streaming service unlocks our Emmy award-winning live coverage, embeds you into our missions through new original video series" (www.nasa.gov)
Millions of dollars of psychedelic mushrooms seized in a Connecticut bust (apnews.com)
Law enforcement officials came across a staggering find after being tipped off about possible drug-dealing: dozens of dog-food-size bags of psychedelic mushrooms worth an estimated $8.5 million at a home in rural Connecticut.
Amazon made $1 billion through secret price raising algorithm -US FTC (www.reuters.com)
Bro, come skiing (lemmy.ml)
Sequoyah Tiger - Punta Otok (youtu.be)
Time for something new. She hasnt put out any albums since 2017 but here's hoping.
Spotify re-invented the radio (lemmy.world)
Can’t even seek through songs.
Israel attempting to solve their issues diplomatically with Palestine
Spicy meme order up!
Ford poised to fire all ~10,000 striking workers in Louisville, Kentucky and Sharonville, Ohio Plants (archive.ph)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/830212...
Walking through walls Rule (patents.google.com)
This invention is a training system which enables a human being to acquire sufficient hyperspace energy in order to pull the body out of dimension so that the person can walk through solid objects such as wooden doors.
TFW: You spill Yamok Sauce on your lap
How can we stop auto playing videos while keeping media previews?
I like the images open while scrolling but hate that a video under the fold just starts playing whenever it loads. It's getting more prevalent too. Is there a way I can stop it using mobile Firefox and ublock or would I need to manually block every video source?