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Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•You're asked to vote for the food and drink that best fits the region you live in... What would you vote for?2·12 days agoGreen Chile, and various food items smothered in green chile, with a craft beer from one of the kajillion small breweries we have around here.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•I found this while cleaning out some old boxes.4·16 days agoI have a complete set of these, minus the holographic cards, because a friend I had in elementary school gave me his doubles.
I’m pretty sure I read an article the other day which mentioned in passing some people getting haircuts at the protests up in San Francisco. So I don’t know, maybe it’s a thing.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If someone where to use the term "Adult Playground", what would you think it describes?5·23 days agoI don’t know if it’s still there, but when I visited the town of Ayr in Scotland about 25-ish years ago, they had a playground very similar to that right off of the beach. Everything was large enough to accommodate adults, and I think it may have actually been castle themed. No ball pit though. They did have a thing like a tilted merry-go-round that was at waist height and had no handles. Not sure what it’s called, but it was probably the funnest and most dangerous single piece of playground equipment I think I’ve ever come across. There were about a dozen of us traveling together, and I don’t think a single one of us walked away from that thing without catching a boot to the face at least once.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•They are officially known as string trimmers. Where are you geographically and what do you call them?7·23 days agoWeed whackers and weed eaters were used fairly interchangeably where I grew up in the US southwest and mountain west.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Would a matcha set be worth it?2·25 days agoIf the process and tradition of it appeals to you, then sure. You can find a cheap matcha set for under $20 (I think I saw one on Amazon a while ago for $10), so it’s not like you need to spend a ton of money to try it out.
I’m kind of lazy so I use one of those electric milk frothing whisks instead of a traditional bamboo one. But if you use that type of electric frother just be sure to use it in a vessel with high sides and a fair amount of extra room otherwise you’ll be wearing your matcha instead of drinking it.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto Science Memes@mander.xyz•Ach aye, Scottish words for plantsEnglish5·1 month agoThe Scottish people I’ve heard say it actually called them “piss-a-beds,” which trips off the tongue a lot easier, but that name comes from the fact that as an herbal medicine they are apparently a pretty effective diuretic.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs8·2 months agoI could have sworn some billionaire already tried this a few years ago, and it failed miserably.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Could Elon Musk build the Golden Dome? Here’s how much SpaceX CEO stands to gain11·2 months agoAt this point I’d be genuinely surprised if Elon Musk could successfully build a Lego set.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump admin permits sale of device that allows standard firearms to fire like machine guns251·2 months ago“We were going to win this,” said the former senior ATF official. “These things are not like bump stocks."
Forced reset devices are actually exactly like bump stocks in that they’re legal because they force a distinct action of the trigger for every round fired. The legal definition of a machine gun is a firearm that fires more than one round per single action of the trigger. They haven’t bothered to amend or expand that definition, so these types of devices keep skirting by on a technicality.
I suppose the argument could be made that forced reset devices work in a very similar way to a machine gun’s auto sear, the difference being that they act on the trigger of the gun rather than the hammer, but it still doesn’t meet the government’s own definition of a machine gun.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•RFK Jr. Took His Grandkids for a Dip in a Sewage-Contaminated Creek For Mother’s Day111·2 months agoBehind the Bastards did a four-parter on him last year. It was a pretty wild ride.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•Guess the Episode (Pt 4)4·2 months agoI rewatched What You Leave Behind yesterday and I’m like 99% sure that shot was in the episode.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto xkcd@lemmy.world•xkcd #3084: Unstoppable Force and Immovable ObjectEnglish15·2 months agoThe fact that the car had brakes to begin with would suggest that it is, by design, a force which stops regularly.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump blames Biden 'overhang' after GDP shrinks in first quarter, says growth will 'take a while'10·2 months agoGonna be even more fun when all the empty trucks leaving from the empty west-coast ports I’ve been reading about for the past few days become empty shelves over the next few weeks. The real pain hasn’t even started yet.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Blames Biden for Disastrous Q1 Economic News: ‘NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS’402·2 months agoYes, comrades, Emmanuel Goldstein has struck again. Obviously this is all his doing.
Would if I had somewhere to go. It’s cute that you think we can just snap our fingers and immigrate somewhere, but while most countries are happy to have Americans show up at the drop of a hat to spend money as tourists, nobody wants us staying there to live. Unless you have a ton of money, advanced degrees in an in-demand field, or a job waiting for you and willing to sponsor your visa, moving abroad is very difficult. I have none of those things, so unless I win the lottery I’m pretty much boned. Or until I have a legit asylum claim, or Austria decides having an Austrian great-grandfather is enough to qualify you for birthright citizenship, whichever comes first.
Because one of the many things shoe-horned into this bill was the removal of suppressors and short-barreled rifles from the NFA, this has been the subject of conversation in a lot of the gun subs on Reddit. It’s been fun watching some of the boot-lickingest right-wing gun owners absolutely shitting all over this bill on account of how bad it is. Even the AR15 sub, which doesn’t usually allow political threads, was like, fuck it, we’re leaving this one up because everyone needs to know what absolute garbage this bill is.