[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 3 points 51 minutes ago

Well, that's the cutest thing I've ever seen. (Apologies to my cat.)

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 21 points 18 hours ago

Don't have an answer but I'm genuinely surprised and impressed that the majority of responses aren't people being snarky about religion and instead, just folks trying to help you out!

Good luck!

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

In that we murder a bunch of people, other folks weaponize the mob to murder specific people so as to take their stuff, eventually descending into a situation so bad that we appoint a successful general as a dictator?

Maybe?

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Dressing in drag had been a staple ofEnglish comedy for decades if not much, much longer In the first world war guys were doing it for concert troupes (essentially, vaudeville acts by and for the soldiers.)

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I love it! Really made browsing more enjoyable and I feel like it sort of rewards others for being interesting (in as much as a comment or reply from me could be considered a positive.)

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Really well put.

I responded to a "why do Conservatives feel x" sort of of post as I have a few conservative friends and we'd talked about it.

Ended up in a multi day back and forth where I was accused of being everything from Hitler to sociopathic and had one person follow my comments around for a while afterwards.

And in the end? I feel no one was informed and none of it had any reward.

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Ha, yeah exactly. That's one of those where you can kinda guess how the comment section is going to go.

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Never heard the term comment sniper but damn, I like it!

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Ha, I have a similar process. I use Connect as my app which has a feature for user notes, so if I've tagged someone with a good note, I try to respond and vice versa.

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Hey wait a sec...!

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Was about to answer the billionaires one, realized there are better ways to spend this limited beautiful moment of life than being virtually shouted at.

How about you?

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

About 20 years ago I spent the year after high school in Europe. Went backpacking to Italy with friends, one of whom was absurdly handsome, not all that bright and quite forward.

Well, in Rome we met a group of pretty girls who spoke no English but with sign language and a phrase book we figured they were visiting Rome as part of their high school graduation fun. Got a number and promised to meet them in Naples.

Fast forward, we arrive in the evening in Naples with no plan or place to stay hoping to connect with these girls.

We find a payphone, handsome fella grabs it and starts dialing. And then we hear:

"Uhhhh. Ci? Is... Uhhh. Shit. Is your daughter there? Your daughter? Hot daughter? Phone? Fuck. IS YOUR DAUGHTER THERE? I'm the guy from Rome? FUCK!"

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Tkachuk jersey for a Flames fan. I imagine a Huberdeau sweater would have the same effect.

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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion... Nor is it enough that he should hear the opinions of adversaries from his own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations. He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them...he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.

  • John Stuart Mill
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This is her posing for a recreation of her swearing in.

In 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress. In 1972 she became the first Black candidate to run for a major party's nomination for president (and the first woman to run for the Democratic nomination.)

While she struggled to be taken seriously by the Democratic establishment, she had no illusions about her presidential run but said she did it "in spite of hopeless odds... to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo."

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She was initially furious I interrupted her nap with a warm clothes delivery.

Probably still is, between purrs at least.

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In the words of C3PO, "I have decided that we shall stay here."

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Please, put down the simultaneously plastic and rotten fruit this time, please?

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Please let it be the right half.

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Vote for the change you want to see.

The Republican party got remade because trumpists showed up and outvoted the party elites. No reason it can't happen for the Left except for laziness and apathy.

If all the progressives furious about the state of affairs now had shown up for Sanders in 2016, I doubt we'd be in this hellish timeline. Sadly, he needed the young progressive vote to show up.

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My elderly cat loves sitting on the computers, I think because they're warm. She's very obedient and leaves when asked but I'm wondering if anyone has had similar issues and found something appropriate and warm for them to snooze on?

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