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TheFlopster

@ TheFlopster @lemmy.world

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  • Common issue

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  • Trumpet, keg, piano keys...yep, this all checks out.

  • Deception_irl (Art by Li Chen)

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  • If it's brown, lie down.

    If it's black, fight back.

    If it's white, goodnight.

    The only problem with the rhyme is that black bears can have brown fur, and that's gonna cause...problems.

  • Blame_irl (Art by Igdoods)

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  • Don't forget the godless atheists!!

  • The USA prided itself on a nation of immigrant, heck even the Statue of Liberty says it. When did immigrants (US citizens from the old world) become anti immigrant and why?

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  • Mostly personal opinion incoming, with a few facts mixed in: I think the message on the Statue of Liberty was what the best of us at the time wanted the majority of us to be. I'm not sure we ever were.

    First we get the Puritans, wiping out Native Americans, and trying to push their religion on everyone.

    Then you get the slave trade, which is not immigration, but a large influx of a new population regardless, that was suddenly a problem for some when those people were free and citizens.

    Then you get the Ellis Island years. Immigrants would get here, get sucked into "the American dream" of capitalism (which can help only very specific people), then want to close the door behind them. That way none of the new, filthy immigrants from (insert ethnic/religious group of your choice) could get the same advantages. But everyone kept coming.

    Now, in power due to the way everything got handled (badly) after our civil war, you have a combination of the religious right, who want christianity to continue to be number one, and the racists, who want to make sure their daughter doesn't sleep with anyone who's the wrong color. They were always here, festering in the background, but now they've gained power, and they're louder than before.

    The rest of us are still here, suffering, watching the country we were told was great reveal its ugliest population to everyone. I'm left wondering if we were ever a country who actually wanted immigrants. Or if it was merely aspirational.

  • Just reheating my pizza

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  • The surroundings indicate that they are in a hotel, and do not have a stove. And likely not a microwave either. Hence this setup.

  • 2025 temperature blanket WIP

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  • You take the high temperature (or average or low; whatever you're going for), for every day of one year for a specific area/city, and then each row/stripe is one day.

    Before you start you assign each temperature range a color. The hotter days tend to be in the reds, oranges, and yellows, the colder days in the blues and purples.

    There's a lot of variation. You can make the range 10 degrees for a lot of the same color, or change every 3 degrees for a lot of different color changes. You can do stripes or squares. You can do the average temp of the city you were born in during your birth year (with a unique color for your actual birthday). Or the same idea for a kid's or friend's birthday year. You can do the current year, in the city you're in, for a snapshot in time. (This also means it can't be finished until the year is over, lol.)

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  • My biggest problems here are the phrases "no objections" and "evolve".

    • "No objections" is unhealthily controlling. You absolutely can object, and it's gross that he seems to think you can't.
    • "Evolve" makes it sound like people who don't go on dates are somehow not as human as the rest of society, and are not doing what they're "supposed" to be doing. I don't like that either. It strikes me as being in the same vein as how you're "supposed" to be heterosexual, and get married, and have children. Because that's what "normal" humans do.

    If those two phrases weren't in the response, I'd find the situation weird, but not overall objectionable.

    It's your dad's attitude toward you that feels wrong, not the date itself.

  • A look into the future...

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  • I wish the maga loyalists would start their own country and leave ours. If I have to choose between orange asshole and brain worm... I think we're better off with brain worm.

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    Are there older people with ADHD still taking stimulants?

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  • My boyfriend in his 40s finally got diagnosed with ADHD by a psychologist after suffering his whole life. The psychologist recommended stimulant medication.

    Now he's talking to a nurse, and has been prescribed a few different drugs that have helped some with his anxiety (gabapentin, zyprexa, the occasional xanax), but she refuses to prescribe a stimulant to address the ADHD because "it might make his anxiety worse".

    Why the fuck do you think he has anxiety? Could it be because he has had unmedicated ADHD for DECADES, and every time he tries to concentrate to complete a task, he can't? And every time he tries to not dwell on bad thoughts and bad memories, he can't make himself think about anything else, so he spirals downward? Because his ADHD is unmedicated? Jesus Christ.

    Sorry for the long rant. We've been seeing her for a few months, but I'm losing hope that the actual problem is ever going to be addressed.

    TL;DR: I wish I could get my bf into the category of "older person with ADHD taking stimulants".

  • When you finally by your own house

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  • If you buy a home in which an HOA is already established, then yes, it's required. And good luck finding a neighborhood where one isn't already established. If you get a small enough town or cheap enough neighborhood, maybe.

  • The Healthiest and Unhealthiest Cities in the US

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  • I'm afraid Arlington cemetery is in Virginia. This is the Arlington in Texas (near Dallas/Fort Worth).

    Edit: Lol, I didn't even look at the healthy cities. I went straight to the naughty list.

  • personal best on facebook

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  • I wouldn't have said this is Far Side. This doesn't look like his drawing style. But I could be wrong.

    Also, Far Side has some great jokes. I'm a fan.

  • personal best on facebook

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  • The bouncer / security guard is asking for ID (identification), but the hillbilly thinks he is asking if he has any "idee" (idea pronounced with a very strong accent). So the hillbilly is asking "idea about what?"

    We're not at the height of comedy here.

  • What's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?

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  • I'm honored!

  • What's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?

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  • I bought a reusable tote for like $3 in the section at the front of Target where they stick all the cheap stuff. It looks like it's made of woven burlap. It says "Going to Market" on the sides. It's shorter than the standard reusable tote, but a reasonable width.

    I bought it on a whim and thought it would sit in my trunk after I forgot about it. I use it all the time, and I've gotten a ton of compliments on it at checkouts of various stores.

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  • The movie Castaway. This gif is sped up, which is making it more comedic looking then it was intended.

  • Drinks_irl (Art by Lopaaz)

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  • This is not how you spell tequila or ethanol.

    My job here is done. Spellmaster away! flies off

  • Never forget

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  • That's not how you spell lettuce.

  • Marshmallow Test

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  • This is what I've said since I learned of this experiment. I'm only waiting for the second marshmallow if BOTH of the following statements are true:

    1. I want two marshmallows.
    2. I trust the adult to keep his word.