[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Unless the local is me. I am terrible at giving directions. "Go that way for like, three... maybe four intersections. Turn left when there's like a store or something on the side of the road. When it seems like the right time, turn left again, and then like... uh... there's a tree... You know what, let me just give you the address and hope that GPS works out for you."

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago

I'm seeing a lot of games with awesome cover art but pretty standard gameplay for its era. You gotta pick something with truly dogshit gameplay to counter the cover. I present the NES game Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:

I was the kid who liked to stand in the horror section of the video rental store, look at the covers, and read the descriptions of scary movies I was way too meek to ever actually watch. This comes along, and I think it looks pretty cool! My mom paid good money to rent this and so help me I spent a good chunk of my evening trying to figure out how to do... literally anything. I wandered back and forth as Dr. Jekyll for a while before I bumped into too many pedestrians and turned into Mr. Hyde. Then I wandered back and forth as Mr. Hyde until I believe a bird killed me. Never made it past the first level.

That is a truly horrendous game with badass-looking cover art.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Can't speak for the second game, but Wizards & Warriors 3 was fucking awesome.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Delaware has 3 electoral votes and a population of 1.018 million.

Wyoming has 3 electoral votes and a population of 584,000.

Wyoming is almost twice as over-represented as Delaware in the electoral college.

California currently has 54 electoral votes. If CA was as represented in the electoral college as Wyoming is, it would have 200 votes.

So you could argue that both Wyoming and California can claim to be more disproportionately represented by the EC than Delaware.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Here's Life Expectancy vs. Healthcare Expenditure, and there you can see Americans on average living about as long as people in Turkey or Poland while spending dramatically more than people in Germany or Switzerland.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's not even plausible to imagine a world where people aren't trying to break and exploit economic or government systems. It's like an ecosystem where there are always plants and animals trying to find new ways to gain advantage, even if it involves full-on parasitic behavior. The only thing we can do is try and design a government dynamic and robust enough to respond to the most dangerous and aggressive mutations.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

The Pop-up Book of Phobias is also great.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I thought Jedi couldn't have kids?

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

Nothing that makes noise or takes batteries.

Board books. Toddlers are murder on books with paper pages. Stick with classics like Goodnight Moon or Dr. Seuss, or if you want something more recent the Little Owl series by Divya Srinivasan, or Calm-Down Time by Elizabeth Verdick are really good.

Playground/beach toys, like a bucket / shovel / rake set that parents can keep in the car. They'll likely get lost, so go for cheap and sturdy over premium and expensive.

Sidewalk chalk, like the huge fat ones.

The water based coloring books someone else mentioned are great, too. No cleanup (beyond the occasional water spill), they can be reused, and they're great entertainment for the car.

And yeah, like others have said, coordinate with the parents.

And if you hate the parents, get a Furby knockoff or something else that makes noise.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 62 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sounds like something that demands an LBJ-style federal response.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Why'd they change it?

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

And the Carolina Squat!

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I just wanted to feel rested in the morning for a change!

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From LIFE Magazine

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I couldn't really argue the point.

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I'm in the fucking emergency department. I'm not feeling very grateful right now. Read the room.

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I thought a half cup would be okay.

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From LIFE Magazine, July 30, 1956

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On a windy beach. In the summer. With a dog and a child.

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In August. On a windy beach. With a dog and a child.

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