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SirSamuel

@ SirSamuel @lemmy.world

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  • I choose violence

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  • Best reply yet

    Five stars

  • What gives you the serotonin you need?

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  • I have this stuffy. It sits on my bookshelf, and when I'm angry I'll look at its stupid stupid face until I feel better

    He originally appeared here, and Topatoco still sells the stuffy for Kate Beaton

  • Song of the Day: The Man Who Sold the World by Nirvana

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  • It's funny. Because of my age and culture growing up I didn't hear a lot of David Bowie. I heard a lot of his songs as covers first, and in many cases I prefer the covers over the original. Even when I heard the original first I sometimes prefer the cover

    I think The Man Who Sold the World is a good example of that. I've known it's a David Bowie song since the first time I heard Kurt say "that was a David Bowie song". But I will always think of Kurt and Nirvana first when I hear it. Which makes me the Xennial equivalent of those kids that said the Beatles covered the Justin Bieber song Let It Be. And I accept that

  • Literally

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  • Cheers!

  • What is your oldest living presence on the World Wide Web?

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  • I would've said Elfwood, since I posted some cringey drawings there in the late 90's. Since Elfwood is closed, remnants of my presence still exist on TOR.N (theonering.net). It was a pre-movie Lord of the Rings fan website, which, amazingly, still has Barliman's chat room. I wonder if my Battle of Fanghorn Forest poem is still there somewhere 🤔

    ETA: so in answer I'd say about 28 years old. If you'll excuse me, I need to drink some Ensure and clean my dentures

  • These fancy weed gummies My brain did me in

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  • I am old. Possibly wise. Definitely experienced in life.

    Repeat after me:

    Stimulants in the morning

    Weed in the evening

    Water all day

  • Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate

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  • Ahhh, regulatory capture. As American as regime change

  • feed me now

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  • In the winter I wake up at 5 and go to sleep at 10. In the summer I wake up at 6 and go to sleep at 11.

    I refuse to change my circadian rhythm for an arbitrary secular time change. It's dumb

  • Please stop

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  • Jim is most definitely gonna die for the hive. If the queen thinks jazz is sexy, he'll die even sooner

  • Can some please explain to me why it is that your health insurance can deny you medication, even if your doctor says you need it?

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  • Exactly!

  • Can some please explain to me why it is that your health insurance can deny you medication, even if your doctor says you need it?

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  • While CICO is universally true, it doesn't account for a few other factors. For instance, gut microbiome. Gut flora has a strong affect on cravings. Also mental and emotional health also affect self control and regulation. Food "science" has created craving monstrosities snacks that are as addictive as cigarettes. Personal health issues like PCOS and thyroid dysfunction will affect how many calories are consumed by the body and how those calories are used within the body.

    So yes, eat less and lose weight. Sure. Some people can lose weight eating junk. For others it creates a reward cascade in the brain that leads to overeating. Just eat less. For some that's as practical as telling a lifelong smoker to give up the habit. And that's why medical alternatives to self control exist, but aren't successful without addressing the root cause of the obesity.

  • What's the point of specifically Americans identifying with other cultures if people born there will just make fun of them for it?

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  • 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…"

  • What’s your most controversial opinion?

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  • What’s your most controversial opinion?

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  • You probably call an All Terrain Armored Transport an AT-AT too 😤

  • What’s your most controversial opinion?

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  • It's pronounced "gif"

  • No warning, no siren: 6 US service members killed in Iranian strike that hit makeshift operations center in Kuwait

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  • Of course, if you're fighting for your country and you get shot or hurt, it's a terrible tragedy. Of course, of course. But maybe, maybe if you pick up a gun and go to another country and you get shot… it's not that weird. Maybe, if you get shot by the dude you were just shooting at, it's a tiny bit your fault

  • He'll arrest you with his nippies ❤️‍🔥

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  • I know AI "art" is frowned on here, but I think

    this was worth using enough electricity and fresh water to supply Rhode Island for a day

  • He'll arrest you with his nippies ❤️‍🔥

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  • From a more civilized age

  • He'll arrest you with his nippies ❤️‍🔥

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  • Honestly just that entire late 90s early 00s serious action movie vibe. Blade, Matrix, Underworld, Postal, Max Payne, Dark City. Not eXistenZ tho

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    SirSamuel @lemmy.world

    A chicken pot pie is a quiche with very mature eggs

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    SirSamuel @lemmy.world

    If a politician was very vocal about the evils of Dungeons and Dragons and it was revealed that he regularly played CRPGs, would the media call the resulting scandal Baldursgate?

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
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    How do I get testing?