SirSamuel
@SirSamuel@lemmy.world
- Comment on What's the point of specifically Americans identifying with other cultures if people born there will just make fun of them for it? 4 days ago:
I’m Appalachian. Yes I’m of Scotch-Irish descent and my family name is most definitely English, but I’m Appalachian. My forbears were rednecks and communists. And bigots. And public servants. And settlers (murderers of many indigenous peoples). And Union soldiers. In my ancestry are victims of rape and rapists. I’m most comfortable in Northern Scotland and Southern Scandinavia. The land calls out to something ancient within me. I want to raise sheep and live above a barn. My tribe is nebulous, and I’m at peace with that. Some are not.
The United States is a melting pot, and personal identity is both exalted and at the same time completely irrelevant. You’re “American” first, and everything else second. Some people cling to a tribe or identity to call their own. Since no one in Europe knows what a “Packer” is, they’ll say they’re Norwegian-American. They want recognition of their tribe. They want to identify with something bigger, and have the security of others of their tribe when they travel. They want connection. I would hazard that most who put their foot in their mouth while traveling don’t realize the faux pas. They think it’s a way of connecting with others from another place.
“Oh! You’re Italian? Hey, so am I! My mom makes the best Fettuccine Alfredo. I love cannoli. Do you like pizza? Please see me. Please accept me. I’m alone here and no one will riff with me. I’m trying to connect. I’m trying to meet you halfway. I’m trying…”
- Comment on He'll arrest you with his nippies ❤️🔥 1 week ago:
From a more civilized age
- Comment on He'll arrest you with his nippies ❤️🔥 1 week ago:
Honestly just that entire late 90s early 00s serious action movie vibe. Blade, Matrix, Underworld, Postal, Max Payne, Dark City. Not eXistenZ tho
- Comment on He'll arrest you with his nippies ❤️🔥 1 week ago:
False.
Add a black leather trenchcoat. Katana for flair, but not required
- Comment on Unrealistic 2 weeks ago:
Jim Gaffigan. Skip to 0:31 of you can’t wait thirty seconds
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zh-W851XgU
Also, I couldn’t find this elsewhere, but I only tried once. If you have a non-YouTube alternative of this video you’d like to share, please do and I’ll edit my post
- Comment on BIG (like Americans) IF TRUE 2 weeks ago:
The average American eats this much cheese every day for lunch
FIFY
- Comment on New flat earthers update btw 4 weeks ago:
Someone get me a towel!
- Comment on Real and True 1 month ago:
9 is my setup but I don’t gis on my computer, it’s just my home office setup
- Comment on Too much prying, I get it 2 months ago:
“There were a large number of ranks in the armies of the Empire and many of them were untranslatable. Three Pink Pig and Five White Fang were, loosely speaking, privates, and not just because they were pale, vulnerable and inclined to curl up and hide when danger threatened.”
Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times
- Comment on what would happen? 2 months ago:
Plastic rocks. Plastic rocks fall on the redshirt
- Comment on Potentially life-changing if you're eligible 3 months ago:
No, not autoimmune. It’s basically kidney stones in your joints. It is caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricemia). The uric acid forms crystals in the joints, shredding tissue and cartilage, causing pain and inflammation.
It’s generally agreed that while diet has an influence, it’s not the only factor. Some are predisposed to developing gout while others with the same diet never do. Reduced kidney function, excess alcohol consumption, obesity, medications, and a bunch of other stuff can all contribute.
For severe acute flare-ups Prednisone is very effective at reducing inflammation and pain. If the gout persists, there are medicines that can decrease uric acid concentration in the blood.
- Comment on Potentially life-changing if you're eligible 3 months ago:
Gout is no laughing matter. It’s very painful
Unless you have Prednisone, then it’s a joke
If you’ll excuse me, I have clouds to yell at
- Comment on I will just leave this here.... 3 months ago:
You conveniently left out this bit
but those that move there, or are “settlers”, or endorse and support the “settler” policies [italics for emphasis] are certainly land thieves.
So… yes?
Also conscientious objectors exist. Like, I get where you’re coming from, but you have to admit your absolutism isn’t completely factual
- Comment on I will just leave this here.... 3 months ago:
There’s no such thing as second generation land thieves. A person is either a land thief, or the descendant of land thieves. I can go back at least five generations in my family and no land thieves, but I’m still a descendant of land thieves. I’m white and live in the US, so it’s a forgone conclusion. I’m also a descendant of a rapist somewhere in my lineage, and a victim of rape as well.
People born in Israel and just existing there aren’t land thieves, but those that move there, or are “settlers”, or endorse and support the “settler” policies are certainly land thieves.
To be clear, Benjamin Netanyahu is a cunt, for sure, and a land thief.
- Comment on spongebob big guy pants okay 3 months ago:
Ah, yes, I too read The Bikini Bottom Horror
- Comment on Goodnight sweet prince 3 months ago:
- Comment on Goodnight sweet prince 3 months ago:
- Comment on Also pretty poor, with shitty health care coverage...am I getting warm? 3 months ago:
- Comment on Also pretty poor, with shitty health care coverage...am I getting warm? 3 months ago:
Is…is that not normal idle behavior? Like, my fingers will trace lines on stuff I’m holding without me really giving it any attention. Drumming rhythms on a surface with my fingertips is an option too.
I thought everybody did that stuff
- Comment on What are you doing, lady?? 3 months ago:
This one never fails to get a giggle out of me
- Comment on sushi delivery 4 months ago:
So a chicken pot pie is actually a calzone
An an apple pie is actually a dessert bread bowl 🤔
- Comment on YouTube TV loses all Disney content 4 months ago:
Same!
Binging Fargo rn, season one is pretty great so far
- Comment on The amazing invisible detail. 4 months ago:
Neat! Thank you <3
- Comment on Shower. I hate the wet place 4 months ago:
It was the dishes and public spaces before i got earbuds and twenty-seven podcasts to listen to.
It was before sleep until I started taking edibles before bed
It was the shower until i got waterproof earbuds
Now I just overthink while I’m trying to have conversations with people
- Comment on Dubious Islands 4 months ago:
You must be fun at parties
- Comment on I always wondered why hotel rooms had bibles 4 months ago:
Personally i blame the lead poisoning
- Comment on I always wondered why hotel rooms had bibles 4 months ago:
I can’t say I’m surprised. He falls right in the middle of that demographic. I grew up listening to The Mississippi Squirrel and Eric the Awful. I grew up watching The Cosby Show too, and Hercules. Some of the old stuff is still enjoyable, even if the artist isn’t. Not all of it tho. I can’t watch most Kevin Spacey or Mel Gibson movies
- Comment on What's the deal with breakfast in bed? 4 months ago:
My wife has an autoimmune syndrome that makes stairs painful in the morning. I wake up, make coffee, bring her coffee and a snack, and about an hour later when I know she’s awake I bring her breakfast in bed. We eat together and talk about what we’ll do for our respective days, and if there’s anything we need to coordinate for the day that’s when we talk about it. By the time she’s done with that she’s mobile enough to do some stretches and loosen up enough to walk.
As someone else said, coffee for morning breath, eat breakfast, then brush teeth. It’s about being served breakfast as soon as your ready to sit up in bed
- Comment on I always wondered why hotel rooms had bibles 4 months ago:
It’s a funny song highlighting the hypocrisy of televangelists and, by extension, for-profit religion (even if it’s non-profit according to the IRS, we know they don’t open churches to help people)
- Comment on I always wondered why hotel rooms had bibles 4 months ago:
Would Jesus be political if he came back to Earth/
Have his second home in Palm Springs and try to hide his worth/
Take money from those poor folks, if he came back again/
And admit he’s talked to all those preachers, and say they been a-talkin to him?
Would he wear a pinky ring, would he drive a fancy car/
Would his wife wear pearls and diamonds, would his dressing room have a star?
If he came back tomorrow there’s something I’d like to know/
(Would you tell me) would Jesus wear a Rolex on his television show?
- Ray Stevens, “Would Jesus Wear A Rolex on His Television Show?”
