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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Convicted Paedophile Was Chosen as a Parliamentary Candidate by Reform UK⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The thumbnail reminded me of Grand Moff Tarkin, the full image not so much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It was always my favorite spot to play golf and then I see this new sign that they put up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m guessing this is next to a golf course, and people try to keep playing the ball after it lands in the cemetery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The script is mysterious and important.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This article says the director was a friend of a friend, and "the first animated film made in Scotland played on his national pride.

  It also says I got the order wrong, and that he declined all those roles after The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

  faroutmagazine.co.uk/bizarre-story-sean-connerys-…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2022 was a bleak year 😢⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. If it looks like that on the inside, why show the cross section?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The script is mysterious and important.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit, I never even heard of that, and the poster gives me an idea why. Was this by request from his grandkids or something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No you don't sit on it. In the olden days people used this to make orange juice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Most functional War of the Worlds merch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The script is mysterious and important.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sean Connery turned down both Gandalf in Lord of the Rings and Morpheus in The Matrix because he didn’t understand the scripts. He turned down Dumbledore in Harry Potter because it was too fantastical. Then he tried a reverse approach where he accepted the next role he didn’t understand, because clearly that was where the money was at. So he accepted Allan Quartermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a movie which flopped hard. Then he ragequit the industry and retired.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon enjoys the little things⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Grocery store apples in Seattle are actually pretty good, and the above statement still holds true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨```curl -u "lab_tech:olympic_medalist" https://usa-curling.org/podium```⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it common for curling athletes to be doing it full time? I don’t know many curlers, but all the ones I’m familiar with have a day job, including the ones in Norway, where there’s a pretty strong focus on winter sports.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just a few⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also somehow the King James version is authoritative, after who knows how many links if translation phone games?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank the lord it's over⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re going to be saying that a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how could this happen😔⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually, yes. But in some movies they drive the plot. The sex scenes in A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010) are hilarious, help establish the character, and are a pretty challenging wank.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FCC to crack down on liberal late-night shows, 'The View' for not giving equal airtime to GOP guests⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure all of the GOP would love to go on The Daily Show to get roasted by the host and booed by the audience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate when this happens⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember to only mark the worms that are fucking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy: Beans ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Please don’t post that without a trigger warning. Some of us are IE6 survivors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(TW) Phishing mail in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also infuriating, so you’re going to be pissed off and more likely to click the link without thinking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(TW) Phishing mail in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also triggering to anyone upset by ICE murdering people in the streets. I’ve never been scammed, but the idea of my emails automatically announcing support for the gestapo stirred up some feelings in me.

  … which is why it’s an excellent phishing email, hats off to them. I’d be way more likely to rush to the link in this case than if I received a standard “your account is being locked” phish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I figured the 2004 release as the PS2 slim turned the tables again, but that was still before the Wii came out in 2006. It’s possible that story only counted the original PS2 and this chart counts both, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaires plot to flee California over proposed super wealth tax⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s a tax on holdings applied every year, 5% is significant. It’s best compared with property taxes, which is another tax which works in a similar way. Property taxes are often capped at 1% of assessed value.

  I’m in favor of taxing the rich, and taxing their holdings at 5% (without too many loopholes) would exceed my expectations. I expect this to get whittled down to around 1% before actually making it into law, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's job has perks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I see now that they brought it back after a couple weeks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's job has perks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought 4chan was dead? Are people posting green texts somewhere else now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a linguist⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With the Lingua::Perligata module you can write your perl in Latin instead. My coworker says it’s more readable that way if you know Latin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't know, I speak german⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Korn means “grain” in German, so both the name and illustration suggests this is made from fermented grains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An argument for using plastic straws:⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL mate is to Uruguay what durian is to Thailand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do plants in a green house get enough co2?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure how they capture the carbon dioxide, but it’s delivered to the greenhouse itself from a giant tank outside the building. I realize that’s probably not the part of the process you were interested in, but it’s all I’ve got.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do plants in a green house get enough co2?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly it’s fine as others have stated, but sometimes they pump CO2 in there. One example is Friðheimar tomato farm in Iceland, which enhances photosynthesis by using carbon dioxide produced from natural geothermal steam](fridheimar.is/sustainability/).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TFW you get the old gang back together⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Grossest president so far

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon sees through the lies⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost like the amount of salt matters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My family got ISDN, a slight upgrade from dialup where you got two lines, so your mom could talk on the phone while you were waiting for websites to load about 14% faster.

  Problem was, the extra line also had a phone number, and both numbers reached both lines. Our new number apparently used to be the fax line of some business downtown, and we’d get phone calls from fax machines several times a day. The other end was a robot, so yelling that we’re not a fax did nothing.

  We had to borrow a fax machine so we could receive the fax. It was an ad from Dell. Then we called the number on the ad and asked for our number to be deleted from their database. Thankfully they turned out to be the only vendor faxing that number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So are fax machines. The bulk of the faxes received by corporate fax machines in the 90s were ads.