Honestly, carefully looking on marketplace, being willing to travel to the bougie end of town got me a high end microwave for cheapish and I'm never ever going back.

Sensor reheat, just heats my damn food. Frozen food setting, hell yeah, all thawed perfectly.

The rich live better and I'm fine enjoying their leavings.

9mo ago

Five years ago The Freedom Convoy formed to protest the government taking away peoples rights. Today peoples rights are actually being taken away and there's not even a whimper.

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Related story, basically the hardest I laughed during covid.

Being a good Vancouverite, when those convoy fucks wanted to parade around and honk at hospitals, hundreds or thousands of us with bikes got in their way and kept them away from the hospitals.

Okay, so we're blocking an arterial and some convoy fuck is screaming at us about how, in his words, "we've got to protest smarter." He then finally realizes we have been politely letting non convoy cars through the lane next to him, so floors the accelerator and aims for that lane. But, he didn't shoulder check and slammed right into a car in that lane in front of a cop. So for the next however long we got to point and laugh while advising him about the merits of shoulder checking and how he needed to drive smarter.

Gotta love when an asshole causes a 100% fault car crash with no injuries.

9mo ago

Meaning of the phrase “Hang dead.”?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

I wonder if one of you is switching the words around from dead hang?

A dead hang is when you hold yourself from a chinup bar.

9mo ago

Why are all the questions here so negative? Why not ask new and interesting things?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Cheese grater.

9mo ago

Everyday I have to block dozen of "x"-moe communities while scrolling the main feed. Is there an easier way to purge anime from main page?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

I can't speak for OP but personally, I want to help as many small lil communities as I can as I think that's the best way to expand.

9mo ago

Boycotting FOSS projects in the wake of the "buy canadian/european" movement makes no sense

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Stabilizing might not be quite the right word I'm looking for. But for example, trying to connect a new wifi card etc. Or when one program updates but this causes instability and you have to undo the update. Even from the handful of linux wizards I know, their battle stories with updates or new configurations are enough to terrify someone.

9mo ago

Boycotting FOSS projects in the wake of the "buy canadian/european" movement makes no sense

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

I think you're missing the point a bit.

Both BuyCanadian and BuyEuropean are about supporting their respective economies as they are boycotting America's.

For Canada, we're looking at a recession (brought on by our "ally") so people are trying to help fellow Canadians out as things get rough and people lose jobs.

While I support FOSS and recommend them in threads etc I fully understand why they don't meet all the goals of those movements. (That being said, I think one of the most rocking counter punches would be EU investment in stabilizing Linux enough to make it a feasible alternative to Windows/Apple for casual and corporate users, solid shot to 2 of the magnificent 7.)

9mo ago

Are there any USB cables that last a reasonable length of time?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

What an interesting pair of choices; "I'm going to look into a month old asklemmy thread to be kind of dick."

You must be a fascinating person with a thriving social life.

Cheers.

9mo ago

Are we modern humans, across the board, enormous wussies compared to people, say, 150+ years ago?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Physically, most of us are way weaker and in worse physical shape. (Look at old time photos for far people, or sideshow people labelled as "world's fattest man" who would not raise an eyebrow lumbering through walmart these days.) I wonder how the balance of more manual work vs our sedentary and fatty lifestyles would play out.

I also think folks were more ready to die or get hurt as that's just how things happened, so probably more willing to be beaten as part of a strike etc.

9mo ago

What do you believe that most people of your political creed don't?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

I have no idea what point you're trying to make other than, I dunno, some crazy shit like everyone who disagrees with you is a Zionist or something?

But I stand by that post, if you voted for a third party, you helped trump. If you're trying to wrap your stupidity around the plight of the Palestineans you either aren't following the news or never really cared about them in the first place.

I get that this is probably the first humanitarian crisis you've seen on social media and pretended to care about but as you grow up, hopefully you'll realize there are sometimes unfortunate restrictions around your choices. While I would have loved a better option than the Dems, the choice was them or trump. If you voted third party, you helped put an administration that is absolutely hostile to them and worse than what would've been the case otherwise.

Sorry if reality sucks but whining about it like a petulant child isn't going to change it or rally others to your cause.

9mo ago

What do you believe that most people of your political creed don't?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Ahahaha, "As long as you're respectful one can disagree." And a paragraph later "hey, this guy pointed out trump would be worse for Palestineans that means he is down with genoicde!!!!"

Could you prove my point much harder?

9mo ago

What do you believe that most people of your political creed don't?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

I think on the Left we have a "virtuous" cycle/feedback loop that results in increasingly outlandish positions.

Essentially, for most people there's a serotonin feedback when people upvote, applaud, reteeet etc. People, responding to incentives like anyone else shift their online discourse to match.

Similarly, even beyond the positive feedback, on thr Left no one wants to be a white cis male contradicting the feelings, emotions or arguments of a POC or LGBTQ+ person.

The Right doesn't really have this problem as the Far right opinions are generally understood to be reprehensible to most people so those movements have evolved to work on dog whistles etc.

It's a structural issue but one that puts us out of touch with the mainstream (consider defund the police, transgender athletes or immigration until we were getting murdered in the polls and it was too late to do anything.)

9mo ago

Why is there no yearly refreshed covid vaccination recommendation for adults (like from the WHO)?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

I certainly think so! Though admittedly, I, like many Canadians, am feeling all extra patriotic given America's threats and bullshit.)

9mo ago

Why is there no yearly refreshed covid vaccination recommendation for adults (like from the WHO)?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Canadian here, my province asks that everyone get their yearly flu and covid vaccines, both of which are available for free in any pharmacy.

10mo ago

(Not sure if you guys can answer this) Guy at my sister’s school keeps meowing? Is this just teenage behavior?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Thank fuck social media wasn't around when I was a weird 10 year old.

10mo ago

Anyone else get censored and banned at [email protected] for simply voicing a opposing opinion?

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Lauchs @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Naw, you're confusing or conflating hate speech with disagreement.

They are very different things. And to some extent, I get it, just like the trump bubble, things are easier when you are safely coccooned away from anything that challenges the narrative. I just don't have much respect for it from either side.