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BonesOfTheMoon

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  • Huh

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  • When I was a kid we had so few POC in our schools; it was simply because there weren't many here yet. I had one black person in my grade school and three in my high school. It was just our population then, the area was mostly European immigrants back then. It has changed immensely now, and the racism against immigrants here is pretty vile.

  • What substances are the local addicts using that make them always bending over at the waist?

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  • I really do. It's terrible. I acknowledge that there is a public nuisance and safety aspect that they bring to the community because of addiction and why people on the other side get frustrated by it, but nobody goes out in life and thinks "I'll be a homeless drug addict, that's the way to live". It's a product of multiple factors, poverty, etc. And it's absolutely terrible to try and get clean off substances, especially when you have no home to go to when you're done.

    This is what happens when you have conservative governments. They're absolutely fine letting these poor people rot.

  • What substances are the local addicts using that make them always bending over at the waist?

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  • That's fucking awful.

    I really wish we had very harsh punishment for drug dealers here.

  • What substances are the local addicts using that make them always bending over at the waist?

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  • I'm continually afraid they're going to topple over.

  • What substances are the local addicts using that make them always bending over at the waist?

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  • I was downtown today and saw at least 6 people doing it. It's just infected everything in the city, not just the people who are addicted and suffering, but the public nuisance and safety aspect because of them too. The library today felt so sketchy.

    My neighbour who works downtown told me she flat out hates them, she goes outside to smoke and they're screaming at her to give them one and threatening her when she says no. It's terrible on both sides.

  • What substances are the local addicts using that make them always bending over at the waist?

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  • That's awful. Holy shit.

  • What substances are the local addicts using that make them always bending over at the waist?

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  • It's apparently a neuromuscular reaction to the drug in the spine. Called the fentanyl fold, someone told me in another comment. I wonder what the long term damage neurologically is.

  • What substances are the local addicts using that make them always bending over at the waist?

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  • Aww. It's so terrible to see them this way, especially because it's been an exceptionally cold December.

  • What substances are the local addicts using that make them always bending over at the waist?

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  • Ohhhhh! I didn't know that was a thing! Thank you. Fentanyl is a real problem here so of course that would be it.

    These poor people. It's absolutely dreadful what's happening.

  • Remember snow?

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  • December has been cold and snowy here this year. It's kind of nice.

  • Free Clip

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  • Don't blame it on Yokie!

  • Older people (30+) online, what would you advise younger generations in regards to life?

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  • Everything feels like it happens so fast now and yet I have nearly no free time despite all this convenience. I did things one at a time and had to make an effort to do things like shop or go to the bank or pay bills or whatever. I cannot believe how many books I read and all the time I spent in the local library just browsing the stacks of all sorts of random shit; it was not routinely pared down to popular books, but had all sorts of odds and ends. I deliberately listened to music by putting a tape in the machine, and it was active listening. Radio was creative and beautiful. The local bar I spent time at was home to all sorts of burgeoning local bands. Food was not "small plates" at trendy bistros, but was sizeable satisfactory portions of ordinary food. A trip to the mall was an adventure, and my mall even had a library branch in it. You went to fish fry dinners at the Royal Canadian Legion on Fridays. One restaurant we used to go to we had to write our order down on a pad inside the kitchen, and the cook would come and slap your food in front of you. If you phoned someone and they weren't home, you just phoned later on.

    Nothing felt shitty and overly marketed and ads just existed and weren't tailored to you. Television sitcoms lasted 26 seasons and you had to wait until next week to see the next one.

    Even social media was better before Facebook, it felt organic and you made friends for life. Even early Twitter felt like this constant humorous conversation even if you didn't agree with someone. Nobody was routinely crucified for misstepping in public (not that they shouldn't sometimes). Things were definitely more generic but didn't feel fake and marketed and inauthentic. Google was better and actually found things and didn't just spit out a few results and then start adding unrelated things.

    I'm not trying to sing the ballad of the boomer in B Minor; I appreciate convenience. I am tired of seeing bloated companies turn everything into shit. I want art and music and local watering holes to flourish. I want food to be good and satisfying. I don't want every episode dropped at once. I just want things to slow down.

    So my advice is slow down. Do one thing at a time. Go places and do one thing. Go to old restaurants. Go read paper books at the library. Go listen to a band at a bar. Do things. Don't reduce it all to your phone. This is my goal for the new year is to do things.

  • What is your opinion on Libertarianism?

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  • They're morons, and they're just conservatives who want to smoke weed. Whatever your opinion of size of government, you have to have some central systems to run a society.

  • Australia is banning social media for kids under 16.

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  • Well then we would not have Lemmy

  • Australia is banning social media for kids under 16.

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  • I think if people knew a lot more about how children are exploited online they would understand more. It does seem extreme, but also it's scary what happens.

  • Australia is banning social media for kids under 16.

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  • There was a good interview in Rolling Stone with Carl Newman of the band The New Pornographers. Last year the band's drummer was arrested and later convicted of sexually pestering children and CSAM possession. (Yes the name is an unfortunate coincidence but was their name for many years before this drummer was a member, and it refers to something else).

    Carl talked about how devastated the band is by all of this, and a family member who works in the court system gave him some advice, talking about how pedophiles are always looking for an opportunity, and how you really should not have anything about your children online because they WILL use it no matter how innocent, and how you should watch your kids incredibly carefully online, that it's not just kids from vulnerable families getting trafficked.

    I see that it feels intrusive, but I myself read a lot of judicial decisions online, and the pedophile ones are always HORRIFIC. Just because there isn't a physical victim doesn't make it better. One case the police were notified by an ISP about a guy and they went to his house and found a child sized sex doll in his home. One thing leads to another. A lot of the testimony by men who have not committed physical crimes talk about how they were depressed and just began going into more extremes of porn, and just ended up beginning to watch CSAM as an extension of this. They would get phallometric testing which would show they are sexually oriented to children so this isn't always true, but the easy access to literally anything via the Internet sure isn't helping anything.

  • The reason women cover their drinks

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  • Bunch of ugly bugs. This photo smells like gas station boner pills.

  • Does anyone else miss traditional forums?

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  • I miss Livejournal, the original Livejournal where you were able to tell people intimate things about yourselves and make friends for life.

  • Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world.

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  • Registered midwives here have university degrees and a professional college to answer to. The US seems to have "lay midwives" which is pretty much nothing more than a doula, and certified nurse midwives. The level of education is very different.

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    I actually really love department stores.

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    Nah, a sweatshop somewhere in Asia.

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    I kind of like it.

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    It's absolutely true.

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    Why not?

  • Microblog Memes @lemmy.world
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    Good morning, please have a thought you probably never had before.

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    Good evening I choose getting the job done.

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    I like him.

  • Microblog Memes @lemmy.world
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    My 1990s Stephen King paperbacks do too spark joy.

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    If you know you know.

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Once I said to my therapist "I'm sure you hear this kind of thing all the time", and she said "No, this is like top 5".

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    You couldn't handle a little smack? I snorted ANTS.

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Yes Facebook is a dumpster fire, but this is always interesting if you are on there.

  • Antiwork @lemmy.world
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    Next!

  • News @lemmy.world
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    News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline.

    www.theverge.com /news/709209/news-media-alliance-12ft-io-takedown-paywall
  • memes @lemmy.world
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    If you want to see my pusswatcha, dress like men in hair metal bands from the 1980s.

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    It's high fashion.

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Jordan Peterson's house in Toronto up for sale as he and his wife relocate to the U.S.

    nationalpost.com /news/canada/jordan-peterson-toronto-house-for-sale
  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    Good morning to sovcit vanifestos, and only sovcit vanifestos.

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    The finely sliced rings or death.