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  • SwampYankee@mander.xyztoMemes@lemmy.mlTrue 😄
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    1 year ago

    I just started my switch to Linux and the only things that don’t work out of the box on my brand new Lenovo laptop are things that have no bearing on the actual use of the device. And frankly, spending hours fiddling to make things work is much more satisfying than spending hours trying to figure out how to stop Microsoft spying on me.


  • As others have pointed out, the outdoor activities aren’t that big a deal. It’s homeowner shit that they’re good for. Granted, I still think the full-size flagship models are pointless, mine’s just a mid-size. I can transport small engine equipment (ride on mowers, snowblowers) that wouldn’t fit in 99% of roofed vehicles. I can throw pavers, gravel, mulch, dirty tools, gas cans etc. in the bed without worrying about cleaning the interior or stuff getting into cracks, or noxious smells. All my plant waste from trimming and raking goes right in the bed and down to the local transfer station.

    I had a spent oil jug crack in my SUV once and it took months for it not to smell like a mechanic’s garage, not to mention the sludge stuck in corners that I literally could not get rid of and the permanent stain in the upholstery.






  • Historically it doesn’t matter what the creator of anything prefers unless it’s an “unveiling” and they name it on the spot.

    I can’t for the life of me find it now, but the gif was introduced with an image that contained in its metadata a statement that “it’s pronounced jif”. You can still find it somewhere and open it in notepad and read it for yourself.


  • What’s frustrating is that anyone can find a piece of evidence for their argument, and there are propagandists everywhere offering up grand narratives full of such evidence. So when someone is extremely concerned about children getting sex changes, and you say something to the effect of “that’s not really happening” they’ll just come back at you with a few examples and you’re like “yeah but a few examples isn’t a statistical trend and you’re blowing this way out of proportion” and then they call you a groomer. Like, I’m not okay with it, but also it’s not something that we need to be specifically worried about and build an entire political movement around. Like children get attacked by sharks occasionally (probably more often than they get sex changes), but there’s no mass political movement to shame parents who encourage their kids to swim in known shark habitats.


  • Even if the lights are leveled correctly, part of the problem is how directional LEDs are. On a flat surface you’re fine. If you’re cresting a hill so your vehicle is level and there’s someone coming up the hill towards you, your headlights are shining directly in their eyes. As soon as you start descending the hill your headlights are now pointing in the right direction relative to oncoming traffic again. Adjust the headlights down and you just change the angle that this happens at. Adjust the headlights down so it only happens on particularly steep hills, and your headlights are basically useless because they’re not illuminating enough of the road in front of you.







  • SwampYankee@mander.xyztoMemes@lemmy.mlprecise
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    1 year ago

    Bruh, you’re posting “several militant liberation organizations” propaganda and trying to suggest that “several militant liberation organizations” are hanging out with Jews and playing badminton or something. You clearly do have a mental disorder.

    I have zero problem with anything you’ve posted EXCEPT that stupid Twitter thread full of propaganda photos. War is hell and people at war do terrible things. Don’t pretend your side doesn’t, asshole.


  • SwampYankee@mander.xyztoMemes@lemmy.mlprecise
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    1 year ago

    Those pictures are all over the internet, but here’s the specific article I got them from which I’m sure you’re very interested in. You know the Nazis took pictures of Jews playing in orchestras and doing sports and shit, right?

    I’m not a Zionist, but I’m also not a fucking moron. The world shouldn’t be surprised when Israeli children get murdered in their beds, but we also shouldn’t pretend it didn’t happen and Hamas are just joyriding in golf carts with smiling old Jews. You’re quite literally trying to manipulate people into supporting Hamas, a terrorist group that murdered and kidnapped over 1k people two weeks ago, for fuck’s sake. And you accuse me of manipulating people by posting photos of the aftermath? You’re a gaslighting piece of shit. See a therapist.

    For the record, Israel disgusts me more every year. Netanyahu needs to be ventilated the same way his supporter did Rabin and I hope the settlements in the West Bank burn to the ground.