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Not what you think! (lemmy.world)

I'm a disability support worker and I host a D&D session for some teens with autism. Being typical teens, fart, poop and butt jokes are hilarious. Also, they're always looking for loot, or the McGuffin, or trying to hide loot, inside the dead monsters' butts. We've had to implement a new rule... I had a shirt made.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by SkaraBrae@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Are there any social media platforms that are not USA or China owned? Are they any good?

Specifically, I'm looking for a replacement for Facebook and Instagram for sharing information and photos with family and friend groups.

Edit: Thanks, everyone. I've got enough here to work something out.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago

I worked with a guy that proudly proclaimed that he voted for the right because they looked after the rich.

He was not rich, but he purchased lottery tickets weekly and stated he'd rather get screwed while poor than pay more tax if he, some day, became rich.

And that was the day I realised that we're fucked.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 61 points 6 months ago

Bill Cosby. I was raised on Bill Cosby albums and TV shows. I can't listen to him any more.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

There's not a restaurant built that I can't fly - Zap Brannigan

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

An American Werewolf in London.

I stayed up watching it on my brother's black and white TV. My parents had no idea. I nearly shit the bed afterward when my brother jumped on me in the dark and yelled "raaaah."

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

It depends on whether you're referring to individual refried beans or the dish 'refried beans' as a whole.

If it's the former, it would be 'too many' (individual) refried beans.

If it is the latter, it would be 'too much' (of) refried beans... Unless you had multiple servings, in which case it would be 'too many' (servings of) refried beans.

That is my opinion: as such it is subject to change should further information come to light.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago
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Boromir was the only member of the Fellowship who tried to take the ring. He was vain and entitled, believing that he alone, of the Fellowship, was worthy of the ring. He was a thief and a traitor.

Boromir was a Lord of Gondor, and he wanted everyone to know it. "His garments were rich, his cloak was lined with fur, and he had a collar of silver in which a single white stone was set."

Boromir did not redeem himself. He failed to protect Merry and Pippin from the orcs, who wouldn’t have found the hobbits wandering alone if it weren’t for Boromir’s actions in the first place.

Boromir would not have felt remorse or apologised if he had succeeded in taking the ring; he only did because he was caught. His image was so important to him that his “heroic” death was staged to create sympathy and goodwill so that he would not be remembered through the ages as a thief and a traitor.

Boromir got what he deserved.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago

Brussels Sprouts.

When I was a kid my mother used to boil them. I would gag from the taste. Mushy vomit-balls of awful.

A few years ago I watched a Jamie Oliver video on how to cook them properly and now they're a staple with roasts and meat + 3 veg at our place. My wife, my oldest son and I fight over who gets the most.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

It looks like a copy of Snake Tales. The art on this one is a bit rougher than what I recall from Snake Tales, but the style is the same.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Sharp tools. Check them before you start. Check them after an hour or more of sustained use. Replace (disposable) blades more often. Sharp tools make work easier and safer, and you have the added benefit of a cleaner finish on the cut.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It depends.

  • If you are dining, then place it on the far side of your plate.
  • If you are sitting at a table, but not dining, then place it approximately halfway between the dining position and the table edge.
  • If you are standing by the table, then I'd go with about 4"-6" from the table edge.
  • If you are standing by the table in a high traffic area, then I'd go with 6"-8".
  • If you notice someone nearby who is particularly animated when speaking, then I'd aim for the centre of the table.

This answer assumes the table in question is a dining table. Coffee tables are a whole different kettle of fish; and don't even get me started on side tables, bureaus and credenzas!

Edit: formatting

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 75 points 2 years ago

This isn't an article. It's an ad.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Unsolicited medical advice drives me nuts.

Gee. Thanks "doctor" for your advice. Obviously I'm going to listen to you after you watched a three minute YouTube video and not the doctor with six years of medical training and education!

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