Rolando

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[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Sure, but... is "too much discussion" really a problem that Lemmy has? This is kind of a threatening time for some of us, especially if we don't have a lot of friends irl.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're right that it varies by state. For example, in Pennsylvania, the ballots have to be received by 8pm on Nov 5. Source: https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/vote/voter-support/mail-in-and-absentee-ballot.html

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED

  • vote early if you can
  • tell your friends to vote early
  • contact your local campaign and see if you can help -- it's not too late!
[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was going to agree, but I haven't had Brach's candy corn in a while, every so often those large companies change the formula to make things cheaper* so it's hard to be sure.

*latest fad

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

The youtube algorithm determined the following: people who watch the kind of videos in your history, are also interested in recording netflix shows. And it was right, because you are in fact interested in that (general) topic. This is another possible explanation.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who's the drummer? I don't recognize him. ~/jk~

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

!truecomics@midwest.social is almost at 700 subscribers, and is the number 4 community on midwest.social by users/month.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

So whoever carries that anime figure is literally Luciferian.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

My BFF had this skill: whenever they sang an Elvis tune (like "Blue Moon") their cats would start humping. They weren't singing it weird, maybe a little more warbly than normal. Anyway, we were in this zoo once, and I said, "I wonder if that lion would react to your Elvis songs the same way your cats do!" I was just kidding, but my BFF started singing the same way and that lion suddenly became VERY alert and stared right at us. I started wondering if a properly motivated lion could leap that gap that was keeping us separated, and what I would do if it reached us. Anyway, my point is: it depends on how you sing it.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Found the one I was thinking of:

Turns out there are plenty of examples of people taking body pillows on a date.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I was gonna finish with "...an ANGEL OF DEATH!!!" and start to air guitar. If she does the intro scream, she's a keeper.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

I coulda sworn I saw a similar one where the guy took his Pokemon card out on a date.

 

Intro by Rolando: I recently compared Jim Woodring to @pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org's work on !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org, and @JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee suggested I post something here about it, since pmjv's European. So here is a cross-post of one of pmjv's more accessible pieces. For more info about what's going on, see: https://analognowhere.com/log/2022-04-30/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/21198712

 

One of these links should work for you:

Looks like @clark@midwest.social started this a week ago. Examples of and discussions on the classic "The Outbursts of Everett True" 2-panel comics from the early 1900s, in which a portly man objects violently to everyday wrongdoing.

 

... I think learning about Nicholas II really contextualized fascism for me. The tsar was a traditionalist authoritarian rather than a fascist, but he really shows, I think, how ordinary people can hold totalitarian beliefs and still be ‘good people’ (note that I would never call the tsar a good person, but bear with me). Oftentimes people say “X is fascism” but quickly backpedal if real-world comparisons are drawn between family or friends. “They’re a good person!” they object, “Just misguided! Not like the other rubes!”

But Nicholas II shows the face of genuinely conservative authoritarianism. The face of the mediocre man, who puts no deeper thought into his beliefs than to parrot what he was raised with and stubbornly resist all challenge to that. He was not exceptionally cruel in terms of personality. I think probably a significant minority of ‘nice’ people, in Nicholas II’s circumstances, would have turned out just as big a piece of shit as he was. ...

see here for the full comment by @PugJesus: https://lemmy.world/comment/11418466

 

A cyberpunk story originally published in 1987! Kind of interesting to see that era's depictions of cybersecurity and AI.

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