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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 23 points 1 day ago

Loving that Leap of Faith...:-)

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 6 days ago

Upvoting!

Wow, somehow I never came across that copypasta. Perhaps that's a good thing, for the sake of my sanity?:-P

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the examples that you mentioned, I do agree. I suppose I should have added a caveat like I "usually" take the initiative to comment, except where it seems obvious so the response is not necessary or helpful for anyone.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago

Well I was focusing chiefly on the title but the article itself isn't entirely unlike my description either.

Once again blind-sided by Trump, European leaders read paragraph after paragraph of the US proposal with a mixture of disbelief and panic.

It is not like Trump won the election yesterday, or that he was President for 4 years previously. Feel free to be shocked... but (hopefully) not that shocked.

Then the article ends with a very pointed:

But Europe has vowed to get its act together so often. Inertia, not Russia, may have become its own worst enemy.

Which seems somehow familiar...

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The newspaper has to try to get its clicks. This is why they keep repeating the same stories over and over again, acting each time like it's the first that anyone has ever heard of the situation...

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Ironically with the Fediverse crowd, they would do far better to be genuine.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 14 points 1 week ago

Bones I guess?

Meh, ~~living~~ being undead forever is not for everyone.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 12 points 1 week ago
  • you had what it took to survive longer than those who burnt out before you
[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 2 weeks ago

I am of course referring to the Lemmy version, also known as the reverse poop knife.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 16 points 2 weeks ago

That he admits to...

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 12 points 2 weeks ago

I mean... I feel like Hitler might have borne some of the responsibility as well.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Sus! If this were realistic, then where is the poop knife?! 💩🔪

 

I am not aiming to convince - much less convert - anyone to anything (this video looks to me like pseudo-Buddhist philosophy), but I enjoyed this piece to mull over and thought I'd share in case you might too:-).

 

Context: I made a poll on PieFed about the new post flairs (so if you are one of the few hundred people who have a PieFed account, follow that link and answer there). Unfortunately Lemmy has neither polls nor post flairs, so this post is to open up the discussion to the wider Fediverse, or rather the subset of it that encompasses Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed, which is called... what exactly?

Is Threadiverse too traumatic & tainted by association with Meta's (all but entirely defunct) Threads? Is The Verse too cool/poetic/nerdy (but niche) to be understood? I highly advise against Lemmyverse bc mainstream normal people are far less tolerant of tankies than we who are here are willing to put up with. Simply listing the software available sometimes is the best option - like the Interstellar app supports all of Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed, but most support at best 1 or 2 of those - but usually is too long to say and does not roll off the tongue, plus will just keep growing as time goes on. Is Forumverse thus the least bad of the available options, or perhaps you have a better idea? 💡

Anyway, the start to a listing:

  1. Threadiverse
  2. Forumverse
  3. (The) Verse
  4. Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed
  5. Something else?

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- source for image

 

(Not my OC, so thought I'd share, if it works despite the defederation)

 

Not my OC, nor even current, but I hope it makes you smile nonetheless

 

(not my OC nor my OP, just helping spread the message around:-)

 

It's kinda damn cool no matter what! 😎

 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/413830

(the top image is a screenshot of a post that was on Lemmy, but then it was removed.)

 

For me it was only 2 out of at least 3, if I count "hear about" as being more than a casual mention (I wanted the title to be shorter but I actually mean looking up as in reading an article about, to find who / what / why / etc.), and if I ignore the cache of explosives found in Virginia.

For context, the three that I mean were: the driver in New Orleans, the truck explosion in Las Vegas, and the shooting in New York. (Edit: people are saying that the last one is not strictly speaking related to terrorism, at least that we know of. A better title for this post would have been "violent" rather than "terrorist" events.)

Damn, we sure live in "interesting" times! 🙄

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/6234778

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23669729

(not my OP, just trying to help add content to the community and increase awareness of other communities as well - i.e. follow the cross-posting trail for even moar fun:-P)

 

(not my OC, just reposting so this community sees it too)

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