[-] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Trump's position may have come as a surprise to Hungary, she added. Orban "did have to tone down his objections" to the renewal of sanctions against Russia, and is now forced to "carefully navigate his ties with Moscow and Washington."

Oh how I laughed at the lapdog.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Glad you like it. It honestly just encompasses so much in two short words.

"Oh he's a total door puller".

Boom. You instantly know what you're dealing with.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Ugh. My friend and I have a name for people like that - door pullers. It came from this one incident we saw while travelling for work where some rich dude started angrily pulling on the door handle of the car because his driver (his actual driver, like not an Uber or taxi) wasn't fast enough unlocking it.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

Deadmau5 is a massive cunt in his own right

Tell me more please. I wasn't aware of anything to do with him other than his music, some of which I enjoy.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by khannie@lemmy.world to c/homevideo@feddit.uk

I was gifted a 4K bluray player for Christmas. Whopper!

I immediately bought my favourite movie of all time - Aliens. I only got around to watching it recently and HOLY COW the detail. I grew up watching it on a VHS that I recorded off the TV.

I'm looking for some recommendations for things to visually blow me away. I was thinking of Interstellar, but I did watch that recently enough.

All suggestions welcome and thank you!

edit: Some absolute bangers of recommendations here, many of which I wouldn't have considered. Thanks folks!

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Some things may go without saying, but Belgium's food agency issued a public health warning as the festive season wrapped up: don't eat your Christmas tree.

The unusual message came after the city of Ghent, an environmentalist stronghold in the country's northern Flanders region, raised eyebrows by posting tips for recycling the conifers on the dinner table.

Pointing with enthusiasm to examples from Scandinavia, the town website suggested needles could be stripped, blanched and dried - for use in making flavoured butter, for instance.

Asked what they thought of the idea, the reply from Belgium's federal agency for food chain security, AFSCA, was a resounding "No".

"Christmas trees are not destined to enter the food chain," it said in a statement.

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submitted 1 month ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Coming up to Christmas I generally make some small donations. Some of these I ask for as Christmas gifts because I'm old and basically have very basic wants and needs so I'm hard to buy for.

Curious to hear if / what others do.

I've expanded my annual list to include:

  • Wikipedia
  • Lemmy.world (my home instance)
  • Mozilla (I'm not happy with how they spend their money necessarily but I'm very thankful to have Firefox)
  • Signal messenger
  • A few Ukrainian things (u24.gov.ua is the official site if this is your thing but there's a great lady on Reddit I give to occasionally too)
  • The guardian (I read so many articles from there linked on here that I feel like I should and I really appreciate the lack of paywall and easy cookie rejection but never use the site logged in)
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submitted 2 months ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Me: Ireland - Approximately 2 minutes until poll in hand is the longest.

I've been seeing long lines for the US elections even for early voting. Seems completely unnecessary.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 82 points 3 months ago

If a child gives you anything, anything at all, blade of grass, shell at the seaside, whatever - take it with real, heartfelt thanks. It is all they have to give.

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submitted 3 months ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.org

They just crossed the line. Very tight race in the end.

Live tracker here.

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

Mine have built a decent number of very small scratches and they're getting annoying so I'd like to get rid if at all possible.

I've seen various things suggested including:

  • lens scratch repair kit (reviews don't look great on amazon)
  • baking soda paste
  • non-abrasive toothpaste
  • furniture polish (temporarily fills in the scratch from what I can tell)

I'm reluctant to try any of them without some first hand accounts. No lens coating on these so no worries there.

Thank you in advance!

edit: I just want to say thanks very much to everyone. I ended up getting my prescription emailed to me and buying a new pair for €17 (about $19 USD) delivered on a site that one helpful poster linked. Looks like they will take about 3 weeks to get here so I'll put up with the scratchy ones until they get here.

When they do arrive I will take some pictures and test the various methods I found online then post up what works and what wrecks the lenses.

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submitted 4 months ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

The sale of disposable vapes is set to be banned under proposals going to Cabinet.

The Minister for Health is expected to get Government approval to draft these laws which will ban the sale, manufacture or import of single-use or disposable vapes in Ireland.

Stephen Donnelly plans to introduce this ban on environmental and public health grounds.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by khannie@lemmy.world to c/documentaries@lemmy.world

Absolutely fascinating stuff. The power of social engineering, charm and confidence by two very young kids is mind blowing. Some very funny bits in it too.

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submitted 5 months ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

An Australian man is set to appear in court after being arrested for the alleged theft of more than A$600,000 (€359,880) worth of commemorative coins linked to the popular children's television show "Bluey", police said.

The 47-year-old is accused of stealing 63,000 unreleased, limited-edition A$1 coins from a secure warehouse in the Sydney suburb of Wetherill Park in June, according to "Strike Force Bandit", a special unit police set up to investigate the theft.

"Strike Force Bandit" is honestly an incredible name. For those not familiar with the show the father is called Bandit.

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I do it too.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by khannie@lemmy.world to c/tenforward@lemmy.world

For those not in the know: England are facing Spain in the final of the Euro football championship.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 171 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Such alliteration. I'm in awe. Like 6 B words in a row and not one of them is bitch.

Amazing.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 76 points 11 months ago

40 built total, some exported with roughly 7 active in the Russian air force according to Wikipedia. Cost to build around $330M.

From what I understand the reality after the last one was downed is that there were probably 4 left active with the rest being used for parts because of sanctions.

Absolutely savage work.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 105 points 11 months ago

"Hey Vasquez... Have you ever been mistaken for a man?"

"No. Have you?"

Top ten movie zinger for me. Delivered perfectly. Loved her character so much.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 145 points 1 year ago

In fairness the setup was absolutely beautiful. She's some woman for the zingers.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 116 points 1 year ago

Folks this is a troll who created the account two hours ago.

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