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  • Like me really

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  • I always tell people the very last thought I had before they ask the question, even if it’s completely random. However, I try to walk the thought process back to get to a point where it’s clear I am listening to them. It’s a bit like a Pinky and the Brain bit, except we’re all smart, just not on the same wavelength.

  • Doesn't hurt as bad as a d4

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  • One of my overdue projects is to disassemble a magic 8 ball, remove the dice from it and make a digital magic 8 ball. I plan to bequeath the removed “dice” to a DM I know.

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    Is it true that people misuse the word "racist"/"Anti-Semite" /"bigot" to shut down criticism?

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  • Well, Israel is a country, not a group of people, nor is it explicitly a religion, despite having an official state religion.

    To wit: If criticizing Israel is antisemitism, then is a criticism of Poland seen as anti-catholic? Are criticisms of Somalia seen as anti-Muslim? Denmark/Anti-Lutheran, Thailand/anti-buddhism, Turkey/anti-atheist?The last one is a bit of a stretch, since Turkey is merely officially secular, and not explicitly atheist, but my point is that for the above named pairings, criticism of the state isn’t considered to be attacks against the religion.

    It’s a bit silly to have an exception for just the one country, isn’t it?

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    Is it true that people misuse the word "racist"/"Anti-Semite" /"bigot" to shut down criticism?

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  • It’s fun to be silly and the fediverse has a bit of a “ministry of silly walks” vibe to it. I hope that helps clear things up.

  • TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill

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  • I just had this funny thought— so boomers adopted and settled into Facebook after millennials made it popular. And then everyone except for boomers stopped actively using it. It’s kind of their “retirement social media platform.”Now you have TikTok, which the millennials flocked to after GenZ popularized it. Does this mean after Gen Z flees the platform that it’s just going to be the Facebook equivalent for millennials?

  • TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill

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  • It’s like people forgot about that.

  • What's a personal weakness you possess that is entirely not relevant to your daily life?

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  • I guess I also want to add that when I go out, I’m always in a helmet, knee and elbow pads, and wrist guards.

    You never quite know what’s going to happen out there —A few years ago on a wide trail, someone in front of me panicked right as I was about to pass them and they moved directly into my path. I had to bail off the trail to try to “run off” my momentum, but they stepped more into the way and caught my skate with theirs just before I could get a foot down. I wound up in a semi-uncontrolled fall that saw my wrist guards taking the brunt of a tree I was going to dodge if I’d had my feet.Last year on a freshly paved road, my wife let out blood curdling scream from behind me as we were bombing down a hill. I swung into a power slide to stop but instead of sliding, my wheels just kept traction and I suddenly found myself heading for a curb at about 20 mph with only a few feet to maneuver. It was bad, too. Curb, couple feet of grass, then broken and uneven sidewalk, followed by mangled and rusty metal fence. Clipped the curb and went down hard on my pads and helmet – cracked my helmet on the sidewalk. Walked away fine. (Buy good helmets and always replace your helmet after a crash.) My wife was fine. She hit a small rock and panicked. Didn’t even fall.

  • What's a personal weakness you possess that is entirely not relevant to your daily life?

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  • I know – same! I fall constantly on traditional skates.My wife is the opposite. She can’t figure out in-line skates, but traditional skates just work for her.

  • What's a personal weakness you possess that is entirely not relevant to your daily life?

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  • In that instance. I’d probably drag a wheel, or use the alignment of my feet to slow myself down, paired with an occasional spin stop.

  • What's a personal weakness you possess that is entirely not relevant to your daily life?

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  • I’ve never really thought about it. I’m not a fancy skater – my skates do have brakes, so my technique isn’t such that I have to plan for never using them.

    If I have the width I’ll slalom down hills to bleed speed - even doing little loops up the hill at the turn of each switchback to bleed off speed. If there’s not enough room to slow down, I might bomb though if it’s safe to do so (because that’s why roller blading is so fun, anyway). I might skate on one foot and drag a wheel behind or make my toes point toward each other slightly, just out of parallel - the greater the angle, the more drag the out of alignment wheels produce. I often tend to drag a wheel or use the brake, then spin to stop, before resuming.

    There are other techniques for stopping or slowing down, but those are my go to’s.

  • What's a personal weakness you possess that is entirely not relevant to your daily life?

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  • I never learned to ride a bike and every attempt has been met with injuries as soon as I build a modicum of confidence. But I can rollerblade like nobody’s business, so I got that going for me.

  • 🫩🫩🫩

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  • Good. I don’t want them bitches to think they know me.

  • YSK about 15 bean soup.

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  • I honestly have no recollection. It was about 10 years ago. I probably just used like half the seasoning packet with salt and pepper. (Because that seems like something I’d do.)

  • Animal shelter workers hospitalised after FBI uses furnace to burn seized meth

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  • I guess it’s normal practice to do this, but not normal to be incompetent about it.

    Also: hehehe

    FBI spokesperson Sandra Barker told CBS News that the agency routinely uses outside facilities for controlled drug evidence burns.

  • YSK about 15 bean soup.

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  • I once forgot about it in a crock pot using the fast cook method and basically boiled the whole thing into mush. It made for a delicious bean dip.

  • Fuck you in particular

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  • Amen to that. I thought about having a serious look around, but I’d rather not deal with their nonsense.

  • Fuck you in particular

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  • Hitting the back button takes me back to the page I was visiting. An annoyance.

    Disabling content blockers seems to prevent the behavior, but then you’ve disabled content blockers.

    I experience similar broken site behavior from other online platforms, too. I suspect Shopify is trying to annoy users into not using adblockers.

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    Trump declines to call for unity after Charlie Kirk killing in stunning move

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  • He can’t even unite both sides of his face.

  • Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Shot In Utah

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  • I wouldn’t trust Trump, either. But the BBC probably fact checked him.