countrypunk

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bon appetit.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It would be tasty except for the textures do not for together. Apples + pasta is not a good combo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bon appetit.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This is some vile ChatGPT creation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The South in a Nutshell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Uhm actually this inaccurate where are the dollar generals, the family dollar right across from one, and the Jack’s which is the only restaurant in town aside from maybe a Mexican restaurant ☝🤓. I’m not seeing enough churches in this area. Clearly fake. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The South in a Nutshell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll give it to them that that’s possibly the best name for a gun store

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The South in a Nutshell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m from a pretty rural area in the south and yes, hunting is common which is why many have guns. IMO it’s more ethical to know exactly what the process is to get your meat and take its life respectfully than to just eat something from a grocery store that suffered its entire life and know nothing of the process it took to get it on a shelf. Like you said, it is definitely healthier in most cases because it’s grass fed and free range. Store bought meat tends to be way fatter than it should be. One time I visited a chicken plant/house and the poor chickens were bred to have so much meat and fat that most of them couldn’t walk or could barely limp. No way in hell that’s healthy for the chicken or the human consuming it.

  It’s also important for the environment for humans to hunt because surprise, we’re also animals, and we’re an important part of the food chain especially because we took out or greatly reduced most of the other big predators like mountain lions and wolves. Deer and rabbit overpopulation can become a HUGE problem if there aren’t people sustainably hunting and keeping their population in check. Most important thing is getting a clean shot and making sure that the animal doesn’t suffer.

  Another reason people keep guns is for pests and the likes. One time a snake got into my chicken coop and decided it was a good idea to eat one of the fake ceramic eggs that I keep on the nests so that the chickens know where to lay. Eating that egg was a death sentence for that poor snake, and a slow and painful one at that. Since I don’t own any guns I called my neighbor over and he shot it so it didn’t have to suffer anymore. There’s a lot of situations like that that happen out in the country where a gun is useful.

  Of course, there’s always the MAGA nutcases who hoard guns like assault rifles because they think that Armageddon is coming or something. Or the people that use them as a status symbol or to intimidate others. Those people are obnoxious and I don’t want anything to do with them. We need to teach much more reverence for guns because they can easily take someone’s life. They’re not some toy to display.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just do them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What if I just did my task right before I go to bed…

  No, I’m too tired, I shall do my task tomorrow.

  What if I just waited until the afternoon to do my task, I want to relax.

  Oh my, where’d all the time go? I should do it before I go to bed.

  falls asleep

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just do them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a TARGETED attack

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Single-bladed razors are superior!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I will say that I do get more razor nicks using a safety razor but it’s pretty effective at getting that good close shave + I save money and it’s better for the environment

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Single-bladed razors are superior!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s what I do. Works fine. Saves money to not be buying heads all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Better hurry, before they run out of....1's and 0's...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazon does take SNAP for select items in my experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I win a fight with a lion?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Talk over and faster than it. Make up scientific studies to sound credible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this town has been well known for a long time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is poetry

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon starts selling Hyundai cars, more brands next year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You bet I would…except when I have to pay for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Only someone from Sweden will find this funny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my god that’s an abomination

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Researchers: Educating young people about social media would be far more effective than a ban - Finland can show us how⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is such a good approach. I suspect that countries like the US and Aus don’t want their citizens to be media literate so that they can be easily manipulated.

  I had unlimited internet access and a smartphone from a very young age and had no idea about cyber security and why free apps are free because of their selling of data. I fell for a fair amount of scams and got some viruses. I’m sure that there’s embarrassing stuff online about me that I posted as a kid out there somewhere. I spent most of my teen years on YouTube and Instagram (around 12-15 hours a day of screentime, sometimes more).

  It wasn’t all bad. The internet helped educate me on puberty and identity when I had little to no sex education. I am much more tech savvy than almost all of my peers and am skilled at troubleshooting and fixing things for people. I somehow broke my social media addiction this year and am able to help my friends learn better internet hygiene too. I think that by having that extremely unhealthy relationship with technology it helped me realize that I need to live in the present moment and how much better I feel without social media in my life (still use Lemmy tho).

  One thing that’s horrifying to see is that a very large portion of my peers at college are completely addicted to TikTok and Instagram reels. Sometimes I’ll walk into a room and there’s a large group of people and everyone’s sitting in a circle and scrolling on their phones. Sometimes in the middle of conversation people will start scrolling and shove something they found on Instagram on their phone into the middle of conversation that has nothing to do with it. It’s like people can’t sit with themselves and be bored for a second without that massive dopamine hit that short form content gives them.

  I don’t think that it’s entirely a personal issue/failure, although at the end of the day you’re the only one who can truly control your actions. Instead this is a common pattern that I’ve observed and these apps are intentionally designed to be as addictive and distracting as possible even at the cost of expierencing life. It definitely resembles drug addiction. Not to mention that they prey on people with mental illness and who are in bad life situations.

  The point is, young peoples’ relationship with tech and specifically social media is a huge issue and I get the need to do something about it. There has absolutely got to be hard regulation about the way these apps are designed to prevent the level of addiction seen today for all ages. I wholeheartedly agree with the Finnish education model and think that my life would have been a lot better if I’d had that, but holding social media corporations accountable is of equal importance.