Pringles

@Pringles@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bro caught slippin⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  To abscond should be in more peoples vocabulary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone old enough to have used this before GPS?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  By the time I started driving, we already had gps, but I do remember my dad pulling those folder or foldable maps when driving somewhere for the first time. His advice on how to read these things was “Look for the river crossings. It usually doesn’t matter much which road you take, you will always end up at the same crossings.”

  And this is why, when planning a road trip in the pre-waze days, I would always check the river crossings first and when is a low traffic time to cross them, because you don’t want to be stuck for 2 hours because an ungodly amount of drivers need to be squeezed through a narrow tunnel.

  But nowadays it’s hardly relevant anymore, only to make sure you don’t take too long of a lunch/dinner break or get stuck in said situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is real. Big controversy regarding cheating in Olympic events because of the size of suit worn by jumpers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Olimpics

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The man who drove his car into 100 people should be able to drive again, Judge rules.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is exactly how it should work and not nearly enough people recognize that. It’s part of the social contract: You break the rules, you get punished. After the punishment, you are a full member of society again.

  Otherwise you just get punished again and that should not be the case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Question for the Americans. If Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, or Greenland dropped a nuke on Washington DC, would you be angry at the bomb dropper, or would you think we had that coming?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Listen mate, the capital of Greenland is literally Nuuk. Isn’t it always winter there? As if it were a man-made nuclear winter? The Americans merely built the bomb, but the Greenlanders are the bomb. Don’t open your mouth against the Inuit or they will intuit a nuke into it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do we ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be honest, those baby on board stickers are pretty dumb. Nobody goes “This car doesn’t have a baby on board, awesome, now I can break check them like a maniac”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A friend of mine is also left handed and I only found out when we started a game of darts and he switched hands. Under communism writing with the left hand was not allowed for some reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not the ending per se, it’s how rushed it all was. Dany going villain was always projected, especially in the last published book. But it’s the rushing of the storyline and the distinct decline in quality dialogue that made it so bad. The storyline could and should have been fleshed out more with maybe even 2 extra seasons. Instead the seasons were shortened and they tried (and failed miserably) to wrap it up quickly.

  As for the dialogue, compare the dialogues of Tyrion and Varys from the first 3 seasons to the last 3 seasons and you will wonder if those are the same characters. They were quick witted and sharp in the first seasons, but in the last 3 it’s all “Hur hur, you don’t have a cock” jokes. And that’s just one of the more obvious flaws. So many story threads had no conclusion, the actions stopped making sense, what should be a multi month voyage is reduced to days, etc, etc, etc…

  It will be taught in movie colleges as a warning for decades, if not centuries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zootopia⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can I pay in fridges?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i am a simple person⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That and Civ V

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨vindication⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The band Steps was just way ahead of its time.

  5. 6. 7. 8. My hoob scoobs baby is driving me crazy, my obsession from a western and we dance all night

  (Or something like that, haven’t heard it in a decade but holy crap that was a nasty earworm)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bruh... 🫩⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m still convinced he’s a sith lord, so I think he doesn’t talk as weird as he does when he’s not playing the bumbling idiot. But I probably would still prefer to look like him just in case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woke up this morning pondering THIS question⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They build their homes in the pond out of reach of predators like wolves or bears. They also dig escape routes from their den under the water. They’re herbivores so it’s not for fish, btw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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  The hole for the tool (I actually don’t know the proper name) is small enough for ants to get through.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got 3 of those at home (actually got one as a gift last week) but we don’t use it because the open honey jar attracts ants. So we use spoons. I do like it though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone in tech confirm?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I plan to open a bar when I stop working in tech. The farm life is not for me, but I love the atmosphere of a good bar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always wear protection, folks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought my wife noise cancelling ear plugs for sleeping because I (in her words) snore like a pig. She has several recordings to back that up. So I bought her these noise cancelling earplugs (Soundcore A20 in case anyone is interested) in the hopes it will allow her to sleep. I will eventually get surgery done for it, because I also have apnea. She hasn’t put them to the test yet because it’s not always that she can’t sleep, but I hope they will serve her well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A bear, exhausted from abuse, attacks its trainer— Hangzhou Safari Park, China⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The amount of AI videos when it comes to animals is nuts these days, so I think this is a legitimate question to ask.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Religion⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My brother was studying to become a Jesuit and there was this running joke amongst the Jesuits about praying where they would go “Why? God doesn’t exist.” This may sound hypocritical and it kind of is, but they consider the religion more a moral framework rather than something to rigorously believe in. That’s also why Pope Francis resonated with many non-believers because, at least the modern Jesuits, apply the moral lessons of the New Testament with a healthy dose of rationality (they are considered the intellectual branch of the church for a reason).

  Very few, if any, Jesuit these days believe in the existence of a god, but they find value in the moral framework and how they can apply that to make this world a better place. It’s the only religious order I can stomach to have conversations with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA Announces No F1 26 Next Year, F1 25 Will Get a Major Expansion Instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Initially it made a lot of sense though. The differences between each fifa version between the first one and 2003 were massive with each iteration. But as the graphics got better and better and the gameplay was more or less settled, it became less sensible to have a new edition each year. After fifa 2003 there were noticeably less differences between the iterations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon travels overseas⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Restaurants per square mile? That’s an obscenely stupid metric for measuring obesity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can do anything at Zombocom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy made a sad face. You have to provide a picture now. We can’t sleep unless you do!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Rush is actually a pretty good band. I remember listening to them a lot when I was 17-18. Now I have to listen to them again…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neither an empire, nor chicken⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Last I checked it was a fast food chain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You just had to ask that question⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The copilot in outlook feature is super handy for summarizing mails from one colleague who writes half a novel each time. That’s about the only handy use I have found for it, for the rest it’s annoying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FMK⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The dead one or the new one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨newbie player⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And the river, but don’t ask them to play stud.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Preserving is important, sure. But if the settlement required them to delete it and they keep an offline backup and this ever gets out, the settlement is voided and it opens up a world of hurt for them.

  This is not a debate about the merits of preservation but about legal repercussions for the Internet Archive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And open themselves up to massive penalties? That would be beyond stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad to hear this. Some weeks ago I was pondering how to do age checks unanimously and this was pretty much the idea I came up with. It just makes a lot more sense because it does what you want without revealing anything private.