“I’ll give you a buffalo nickel if you’ll calm down just a little bit.”

Friday, I’m in love. On another note, learned I was born on a Friday, just today.

Old guy here. No one’s saying you can’t complain. We’re simply saying life was worse in many ways, so here’s some perspective.

With perspective you can sort out, “hell yeah, we’re doing way better” from “hell no, this shit is slipping backwards”.

80s Los Angeles had Beijing levels of choking smog. Today (01/08/25) it’s burning to the ground. So if I say stop bitching about the smog, that doesn’t mean I don’t care about the fire. Nor does it mean I feel you should have suffered the smog.

First time seeing one of those online I commented that it looked like plasticky Chineseum. Looks like the head would just snap off. Other folks said they’re actually great axes. Anyone?

Did that once, just like a cartoon. And while stumbling around bleeding, I stepped on it again. Had to get stitches.

NFL used to be the only sport I watched. Back in the day, you could see some crazy shit, about every game. For the last two decades every play is a formula. I mean, you already know what the play’s going to be and how it’s likely to work out. Boring as paste.

Anyone even know what a “flea flicker” is anymore?

That’s exactly what happened. Owls sleep in the same trees woodpeckers go for, hollowed out and starting to rot.

I like the cut of your jib.

Love how these commenters are all offended by a thing that will never get off the ground, or be heard again.

Y’all were around for the first time, right?

Or Fight Club. Or Barbie. Or

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Legal everywhere in Europe except Ireland and Turkey.

One element is to smile with your teeth. If a woman smiles with her mouth closed, it’s just a friendly thing. Old gf told me that and a couple of decades of observation have born that truth out.

Know that face you make when you really want to smile, but are obviously holding it in? That can work.

Making strong eye contact, holding-it-in-smile, then blushing away, just to look again with a full-teeth smile sends a strong signal.

OTOH, if you have to consciously think about how to compose your face, you better be a trained actor. Humans have a solid sixth-sense for the disingenuous.

In any case, don’t merely stare without expression. Yikes.

Bingo. The stupid shit I see called racist around here. Yikes. Plenty of real racism to go around y’all!

Been telling you libs to get armed, train, learn, prepare to defend yourselves. Been saying for years, these aren’t a bunch of dumb, fat, rednecks.

Lemmy: LOL! Gravy Seals! What a bunch of pathetic losers!

Also lemmy: The right-wing fascist Christians are taking over!

ALSO lemmy: Give up your guns!

Fuck it. I can’t protect you, I can barely protect my own family. Have fun on the trains!

Thank you for your witty and concise answer!

Downvotes like this is why I’m hating lemmy. OP asks an honest question:

Nerds: FUCK YOU!

Yes, the majority of servers are Linux, and yes, most are Debian, of which Ubuntu is a variant.

The generation that fought fascism in the West is almost completely dead. And so, here we go again.

Litigation isn’t what you think. A local lawyer had a radio program where he explained our “sue happy” culture.

You only hear about crazy shit, because it’s crazy shit. How many people suicided on New Year’s Eve? Bet you can name at least one! Because blowing yourself up up in a Cybertruck, with fireworks, on New Year’s, in front of Trump Towers, is crazy. Apply this to everything you see and read in the media.

Judges do not have to hear every bullshit case, plenty gets tossed. Most lawsuits have merit and are boring as paste.

Also, lawyers won’t take your stupid case to court. They’re happy to charge for time and advice, but they will not bring legal scat before a judge.

For one, they know these judges, have to work with them for years. Want to piss those judges off with frivolous bullshit? Retain a lawyer and go to court. He’ll tell you how to act before that particular judge.

For two, lawyers want to win, low risk tolerance. Think they’re taking every dumb case to court just for a paycheck? No, they have a reputation to think about. Who’s hiring a lawyer that loses all the time or has a rep for taking losing cases?

tl;dr: Neither judges nor lawyers are stupid and frivolous lawsuits are rare.

Well I’m not going to fuck it. I don’t think.

Chop the bottom off so it doesn’t poke you in the ass, sew it shut with leather shoelaces. Hell, get fancy and tap a few circular rivets in there. Good to go.

BRB, looking through my wife’s boot collection…

Funny part is, y’all think I’m joking.