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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 16 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Credit where credit is due.

I live in NYC and voted for him, but I honestly thought he'd be bogged down by an entrenched bureaucracy and not actually do much.

It was worth the price of admission just to see the Lesbian Fire Commissioner.

edit = The Fire Commissioner was an EMS Chief before getting promoted. Back in 1995 most of the front line EMS workers hated the idea of being pulled into the Fire Department. They liked being independent. It took a long time, but now the tail is wagging the dog.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 16 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

What I would give to be the person in charge of lesbian fires.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 13 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

You wouldn't last a minute at a lesbian fire.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Ten seconds, fifteen if I've just been in a previous fire. I'm bi-flammable btw.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago

You flamed out twice??

The self own? Those are rare.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Oh I can last far longer than you think.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Like they used to say on Reddit.

Pix or it didn't happen.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Club doesn't allow cameras you'll just have to use your imagination.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, like you could get into a club.

Maybe a club sandwich?

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Nice one, I particularly like that it's a sandwich based snap from an account named Dagwood.

👉🏻😏👉🏻

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

I like the cut of your jib, indeed I do!

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago

Oh they call me the fireman, cause baby that's my name...

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

It was worth the price of admission just to see the Lesbian Fire Commissioner.

Why? Is she building a series of canals to divert water for firefighting? Because that would be legit funny. Because it's a dike.

Happy pride month. I think/thought Lesbians took ownership of that term, stripped it if it's derogatory meaning... and I'm meaning it endearingly. Not like the F word. That's loaded with historical context and I wouldn't use that. That'd be like a white guy using the N-word endearingly...that's really just not possible. Exception for Bob Dillan in "Hurricane", of course. If I'm wrong please let me know.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

In my opinion if you're not a dyke it's better to not apply it to a person.

I think the joke about a lesbian building a dike is funny personally so you got away with that one.