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[–] RagingToad@feddit.nl 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still hate the trend of creating video's of something that can be summarised in 2-3 lines of text. So I can ask, right?

And yes I am also a lazy mongrel. I think. What's a mongrel? I am lazy.

[–] dnzm@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Also, for some folks, videos are a massive pain to watch due to accessibility issues. I'm medium lazy non-mongrel but I happen to have shit hearing, so fuck me, right?

[–] tal@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

What’s a mongrel?

It's a non-purebred dog. Which, amusingly, tend to have fewer health problems than purebreds.