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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You can fit 74 Germanys inside a Texas roundabout. The European mind cannot comprehend this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honorary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Crazy how this meme is supposedly almost a decade old and this is the first time I’ve ever seen it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have one, but it only gets used a few of times a month. Usually by my wife when she just wants to make a small amount of coffee in the French press, or to boil water for instant foods. If you don’t really drink tea, they aren’t that useful for the amount of counter space they take up, and I can see why they aren’t as common here as they are in the UK.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does everyone hate Income tax ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Most Americans opt to have their employer take the taxes out and send them to the government for them. But its not required, we can choose to receive all of our pay and take responsibility for sending the government their cut ourselves. Its a PITA, but some opt to put their taxes in an account to earn interest for a year before paying the government. They view paying monthly as “giving the government a free loan.”

  When you have your employer do it for you, your pay stub breaks down the amount you started with and how much was taken out for each tax. We can see what we are paying in tax on every paycheck which is why so many Americans complain about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A very curious situation indeed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I’m going to live in a beekeeper suit treated with permethrin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pants⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Blue jeans on a white t-shirt, she’s killin’ me in that miniskirt.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought: Drova - Forsaken Kin Kamiko Spiritfarer Beseige

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨spicy one⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the holy sea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crikey ⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think he’s chatGPT?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Cons⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, my steam controller stopped working, and they don’t make them anymore. Yes, I know I could buy a used one on ebay but I’d rather have a new one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should just be happy that we aren’t all still calling it “tin.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes trains⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Americans can’t do high speed rail because we have aircraft, automobile, and petroleum industries who don’t want us to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mood⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dale Gribble has entered the chat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoyed the hell out of that game. My only complaint was that the loot lacked variety, and it was a bit more on rails than what I think of as a proper open world RPG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t think of any that I wasn’t fully aware of the criticism.

  But I did play No Man’s Sky, Cyberpunk 2077, and Fallout 76 for hundreds of hours each right at launch and enjoyed every moment without significant issues, despite being fully aware of all the hate being thrown at them at the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have used this you are immune to all disease.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In theory, if it worked correctly, it should be hygenic and better for the environment. But as other commenters have mentioned, in reality they get jammed alot and so the same wet section gets used over and over. Or the owners don’t actually wash the roll and it just gets respooled and put back when dry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have used this you are immune to all disease.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. It’s a reusable towel system for drying hands in a public bathroom. It’s basically a really long roll of cloth that is supposed to get pulled down as its used and goes down into another rolld and washed and put back. I haven’t seen one in a really long time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nuclear family⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The freakiest part about this is how believably muskrat’s face photoshops in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The “damn it I forgot, let me google it” option, back then, was looking it up in the set of encyclopedias your family probably had. Or if you didn’t have a set, or needed more elaborate information, you went to the library.

  I remember it was a big deal as a kid when we got the encyclopedia Britannica on CD-Rom. So I could just type in what I was looking for instead of having to try to find it manually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is lemmy so political?!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Andrew Jackson was the cruelest YET. Give Trump more time to cook and we will see.