iowagneiss

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[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's the Swedish bakers dozen so you can eat 3 raw eggs + shells on the way home and still have a dozen eggs to put in the fridge. It takes three eggs to equal the calories found in a small donut which is why the bakers dozen eggs is 15 instead of 13.

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I know the frog mating calls for all species of frogs in my area and volunteer for the local DNR to survey frog populations in my county. It's a good indicator of water quality.

I took a random amphibian research class as an elective, loved it, and still do it 20+ years later.

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago

Cars with oil filters like that always roll in when you're not busy, so they don't get to cool in the lot, and you get to watch your skin melt when you accidentally touch metal. Good times.

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I was gonna say let me cross over real quick. I'm American, so I'll bring my own guns as long as you can provide some healthcare.

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're just going to need more people in general, so they can let us die sooner and replenish the workforce.

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 15 points 1 week ago

Can we just call it the Quwitter?

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Or your pizza to not have been carried on its side, as I learned. That was actually when I quit getting any food out. Tipping is a broken system, and fast food shouldn't be eaten anyway.

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except Comic Con is rare, and they don't have to take down their "gun show this weekend!" signs here in Iowa because that's every weekend, or so it seems.

Agreed though. I was actually worried about what maga might do if Harris won, so I made my first purchases before the election. I had to provide ID, enter some personal identifiers into a website and be approved by a federal agency. It took an extra 30 minutes or so.

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah Mullvad is coming in pretty steady on that front.

[–] iowagneiss@midwest.social 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The number of people still mad at Biden...

I work in a college financial aid office, an one of my responsibilities is outreach to former students whose loans are in delinquent or default status. This is the only part of my job that makes me want to quit, but that's besides the point.

The number of people who rant about Biden forgiving random people's loans but not theirs, or forgiving student loans of celebrities and athletes (that's apparently a talking point for these people?) is staggering.

I like to remind them that 1) Biden did try to offer sweeping forgiveness of 10-20k, but he did not have the authority to do so on his own, so he acted with the authority he had, and 2) now Republicans have full control of the executive and legislative branches, so we can wait to benefit from their plan to help students. I get crickets on that last point.

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