poppy
@poppy@lemm.ee
- Comment on PSA: Libraries 4 months ago:
Overdrive and Libby are the same company, just a heads up.
- Comment on Den Fujita's (the founder of McDonald's Japan) prediction for the year 2971 is a shitpost in itself. 8 months ago:
I googled and apparently the ganguro style has died out which makes me feel old.
- Comment on *sad laughing noises* 8 months ago:
Yep he had a kid to feed couldn’t just sit on his pride and wait for a job in his field to materialize. So he worked that while continuing to look which did take a while.
- Comment on *sad laughing noises* 8 months ago:
That was basically my dad, but at the meat counter at the local grocery. :(
- Comment on I'm guilty, lol 8 months ago:
I’ve caught myself doing it multiple times in one message before. 😔
- Comment on I'm guilty, lol 8 months ago:
😛or 😁 depending on context
- Comment on Email admin 9 months ago:
Yeah I’ve literally never gotten an email from AliExpress over an order in my life lol. They don’t even email me confirmations or shipping notices. Which I like cuz then I just get a nice surprise 2-3 weeks later lol.
- Comment on They lied to us 9 months ago:
I wonder if you were thinking of chop suey, which has one of its origin stories being from San Francisco?
- Comment on They lied to us 9 months ago:
It was actually Texas.
- Comment on They lied to us 9 months ago:
Kinda like “chai tea” is often said in English too!
- Comment on They lied to us 9 months ago:
Also Turkey (the bird) has to be the most hilariously named bird. Different languages attribute the bird to a different location.
slate.com/…/turkey-in-turkish-and-other-geographi…
Snippet:
But English, Turkish, Hindi, and French aren’t the only languages with geographical confusion over the origin of this gobbling bird. Irish and Welsh call it after Turkey, but that’s probably just borrowing via English. Armenian, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, and Russian also refer to it as some sort of Indian bird, while Dutch, Indonesian, Icelandic, and Lithuanian get slightly more specific with their inaccurate Indian geographical references and call it a bird of Calicut. Khmer and Scottish Gaelic, on the other hand, call it a French chicken, Malay calls it a Dutch chicken, and various dialects of Arabic refer to it as a Roman, Greek, or Ethiopian chicken. The most sensible of the geographically confused names are the languages that name it after Peru, including Croatian, Hawaiian, and Portuguese. I mean, at least Peru is on the right continental landmass, even if it’s home to the Incas while it was the Aztecs who domesticated the turkey.
Fun!
- Comment on Plant Natives 9 months ago:
I’ve noticed swallowtails love parsley! When I “raised” swallowtail caterpillars once as a kid they mowed through the stuff.
- Comment on Spring Bee Guide 9 months ago:
Or Illinobee or Minisobee.
- Comment on Get the ketchup. 9 months ago:
Yes. They also had a Hidden Valley Ranch flavor and an unbranded pickles flavor and pizza. The Mac n Cheese and Pizza ones were ok. I didn’t try the others I got tired of the gimmick and have better ways to use my calories.
- Comment on Surely there is no way that this could... backfire 11 months ago:
Do you know what the hell it was used for?? Did they like…pin old school Map Quest instructions to it?
- Comment on Salamander 11 months ago:
youtu.be/-ZkV7_TlmLo?si=_a3ncz0bqBorDEw4
At about 30 seconds you see one out of water moving. Slowly. Lol
- Comment on I have to pay extra to remove ads from Prime Video 11 months ago:
The thing is I don’t think a majority of people pay for Prime for Prime Video. I obviously have no statistics for this, but I think Video is just a “bonus” on top of the shipping. I don’t know anyone who uses Prime Video as their main source of streaming.
- Comment on An easy way to enlarge a photo 1 year ago:
I swap back and forth between reading physical books and books on a Kindle. Some times when reading a physical book I almost try to press and hold on a word to get a definition if I don’t recognize it. I’ve thankfully never actually done it but only because I catch myself.
- Comment on My children will refer to me as father. 1 year ago:
When I was a kid my dad forbade me from calling him “dude”.
- Comment on Someone in props in getting fired for that 1 year ago:
One of them is Meryl Streep.
- Comment on Sure buddy just take as many spots as you need 1 year ago:
Some of the quotes on the Silverado I found specified mirrors not included (example), weird that that’s not a consistent thing.
- Comment on Sure buddy just take as many spots as you need 1 year ago:
Not who you were talking to, but out of curiosity I googled. Obviously this differs based on year, but current model Silverados seem to be 75-80" (1.9m-2m) with Corollas averaging 70” (1.8m), neither including mirrors I think and mirrors on these type of trucks are often extended.
- Comment on Where can I find recipes without the author's personal anecdotes? 1 year ago:
Or your library, some even digitally so you can just get them on Libby and not have to drive to the library! Plus then you can screen cap your favorite recipes. 😁
- Comment on Milk 1 year ago:
Almond milk uses tons of water compared to other plant milks, but still much better than cow milk at least.
www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46654042
I have a hard time finding oat milk without added sugar, and I also find it expires much faster than almond milk. I get unsweetened oat milk if I think I’ll be able to go through it quickly enough otherwise I have to dump like more than 50% which feels like a waste in a different way.
- Comment on When the pizza party is too expensive, you go with the EncourageMint 1 year ago:
I worked for a bank that did this shit. Gave us a packet of seeds and a note that said “Thanks for helping us GROW!”
- Comment on The Fediverse should do what redditors have always wanted and Reddit Inc. has always refused to do; Distinguish between NSFW and NSFL. 1 year ago:
Still doesn’t work in Voyager sadly.
- Comment on Why is cooking a food item method called different things by what the item is, or what is the criteria? 1 year ago:
You might be mildly allergic? Bananas as soon as they hit my stomach make me feel like I’m going to throw up.
- Comment on The Minecraft wiki has been moved from Fandom to Minecraft.wiki 1 year ago:
Yeah Bulbapedia is fan-run and does exactly what it needs imo.
- Comment on Why don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them? 1 year ago:
Rainwater typically has a TDS of 20 mg/L or less. Fresh water from lakes, rivers, and groundwater is more variable, with TDS ranging from 20 mg/L to approximately 1,000 mg/L. Brackish water is, by definition, water with TDS exceeding 1,000 mg/L and ranging as high as that of seawater, at approximately 35,000 mg/L.
- Comment on How did indigenous people survive hurricanes in the carribea 1 year ago:
Wow, I watch a show about restoring historic homes in Galveston and many are from before 1900. I’m surprised so many are still standing after a hurricane like that!