yesman

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Swim goggles are better at making a seal, and are more covenant to throw in a drawer or something.

 
[–] yesman@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (6 children)

Lot's of people avoid using the word retard. But that's hard on some people because the loss of that word can decimate their whole vocabulary.

I support your freedom of expression; language is hard, and some people need verbal prognostics to make their point. It's rude to pick on people just because of a diminished capacity.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 23 points 10 hours ago

I considered that, but the only thing ambiguous is who always lies and who never tells the truth. Everyone knows who the third is.

 
[–] yesman@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago

A coworker saw me using a terminal and educated me that computers used to just be just a terminal with no mouse.

 
[–] yesman@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Hey, remember that time ICE was under attack with artillery or other explosives? No doubt led by Field Marshall Walz. Buy War Bonds!

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (13 children)

I don't know why Iran would be more credible. Counting Israel, the three regimes are all infamous and world-class liars. If we can't trust the word on any of them in isolation, trusting one over another would be madness.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I looked this up, and honestly pretty tame.

one of the stories:

Struwwelpeter describes a lazy, dirty boy who does not groom himself properly and is consequently unpopular.

Devastating. In Irish lore, ghosts appear to be phantasmagorical dancers in the forest and if you join in, YOU JOIN IN. As I mentioned elsewhere, a trespass unto the wrong part of the forest or even stepping in a fairy circle might provoke the faeries to kidnap your infant.

The Irish stuff is less cautionary tale and more explaining why terrible shit happens for no reason.

EDIT: another story from Struwwelpeter

Die Geschichte von den schwarzen Buben ("The Story of the Inky Boys"): Nikolas (or "Agrippa" in some translations)[7] catches three boys teasing a dark-skinned boy. To teach them a lesson, he dips them in black ink.

Based.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (8 children)
[–] yesman@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (6 children)

For starters, Irish faeries are not like tinkerbell. They like to play pranks. Like kidnapping babies and replacing them with mimics. The creature we'd recognize as the Headless Horseman is Irish folklore, as well as the whole concept of Halloween. Bram Stoker, an Irishman need not have borrowed from Eastern European traditions, because the Irish had a bloodsucking undead monster too.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago

Every time I see a white dude pilot on my flight I get a little nervous. I hope he's qualified and not just here because his uncle owns the airline.

 
[–] yesman@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] yesman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Earth's population has nearly doubled in my lifetime. I'm pretty sure we're not quite endangered yet. I'll also point out that poor countries that tend to spawn brown players are well above replacement levels if you count those as people.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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