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MrsDoyle

@ MrsDoyle @lemmy.world

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  • Japanese hospitality wears thin as overtourism takes toll

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  • Oh dear. I was planning to visit Japan in the autumn. Guess I will give it a swerve. Maybe Korea then? I haven't flown anywhere since the Before Times and have a hankering for foreign travel.

  • Those of you who did not graduate, why?

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  • It was partly because my parents forced me into a scholarship that was tied to teaching afterwards - I was entirely unsuited to being a teacher, but neither of them even attended high school, and to them being a teacher was the pinnacle of achievement. I was pretty good academically but university overwhelmed me, so between that and no incentive to succeed, I failed miserably, only passing a few courses. I ended up getting a professional qualification (not a degree) in my 30s and had a decent career.

    Living in a squat for a few years showed me I would have made a fantastic electrian or plumber, but you had to have a penis for that for some reason.

  • T-Mobile Will Shield You from Internet Outages for $30 a Month

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  • That sounds like a protection racket.

  • Here's What Netflix's First Big Redesign in a Decade Looks Like

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  • But but but it saves users from doing "gymnastics with their eyes"!! Jaysus, what a load of bs.

    I hate algorithms, they narrow everything down, desperate to squeeze you into a little box. FB knows how old I am, so while I'm stalking my nieces it shows me ads for incontinence pants, tea towels and comfy shoes. It became a complete turn off with Netflix, it's part of the reason I cancelled. Don't miss it.

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  • Oh yes, I'd forgotten about Winnie. I have a lot more respect for science and literature prizes than the peace prize though. Harder work, I reckon.

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  • Is this the first Nobel laureate to run a country? How bloody amazing. Well done Mexico!

  • Double chocolate

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  • I my (extensive) cookie experience, double chocolate usually means the same amount of chips, but the dough part is also chocolate flavoured. Hard to tell in this instance, but the "double" cookies may be a shade darker.

  • Side of bed debate - Which side is left?

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  • This is the correct answer. It's how ships avoid running into each other. When whoever is steering the vessel is facing the bow (front, usually the pointy bit), port is their left, starboard their right. Ship's running lights are red on the port side, green on the left. So if you're out on the water at night, you can immediately see whether a ship is coming towards you or moving away. The rule for passing an oncoming vessel is "port to port", thus avoiding confusion and collision.

    Sitting up in bed I would consider the headboard the stern, because I have my back to it, and the foot the bow. So the area to starboard is right, and portside is left. Ahoy maties!!!

  • Search engines down?

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  • 4 year anniversary + my poorly received first comic [OC]

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  • The dark side of the moon isn't dark, btw. It gets as much light as the other side.

  • How old is the oldest building in the town you live in?

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  • 1626, three-storied house.

  • I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun

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  • I still use my iPod Classic. I can plug it into my car for when I'm out of FM range, and I have a Bluetooth adapter for it that plugs into the headphone socket & lets me listen via my hearing aids. It's better than a phone for me, because the mobile signal is weak where I live, and most of my garden is out of WiFi range. It fits all my music and still has room for podcasts.

    iTunes sucks though, ugh.

  • Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause

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  • Almost all the ads I've seen on Prime video are for other Prime movies. They never appear during a natural break in whatever I'm watching, just burst right in in the middle of a scene. They elicit zero positive emotions, and I am about to cancel my subscription.

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    Why is coloring your face considered racist?

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  • What happened to "You're welcome!" as a response to "Thank You"? It's not even included in the canned answers on an apple watch. Have we as a society abandoned it?

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  • Someone said that to me just the other day! That saying "no problem" implies there might be a problem. Crazy. I'm thinking of switching to "well it was quite an imposition on my time and energy to help you out, especially given you're not paying me, but I'll let it slide this time because you seem like an ok person and I'm in a good mood" just to annoy them.

  • What happened to "You're welcome!" as a response to "Thank You"? It's not even included in the canned answers on an apple watch. Have we as a society abandoned it?

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  • I go with "no wuckin furries".

  • What's the best advice you've ever received?

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  • "You can love the company as much as you like, but the company will never love you back." - My dad.

  • Hammer-headed bat from Africa

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  • Is he the one that landed that B52 on the moon?

  • Hammer-headed bat from Africa

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  • "In no other mammal is everything so entirely subordinated to the organs of voice." That is just hilarious. Imagine if Dracula transformed into this fellow. "HONK HONK HONK!"

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4aNctAuqM