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Footprints in the Sand
  • I always preferred the memes that were about solidarity and class consciousness over the hero worship/dick riding ones

  • Chip Enjoyers - What's your favourite brand/type of chip?
  • American mode: takis

    British mode: shoestrings or Dick's Drive-in style

  • Rook.
  • This is absurd. Rooks move in straight lines.

  • Do we need to create increasingly more children for a stable economy?
  • Debt jubilees used to be a thing. I guess we kind of get a limited version of that with student loan forgiveness

  • How I Defeated Fascism With the Power of Love
    1. Fuck those chumps, this country isn't their problem any more
    2. The only way this country stops sucking so bad is if lefties get very serious in a big way
  • This needs its own song
  • The medium is the mess

  • Jan. 6 Situation Room Officer Reveals Trump Fans ‘Came That Close’ To Murdering VP In Stunning New Interview
  • Thank god for that. If I laughed too often I'd need healthier and more expensive coping mechanisms than just comedy and alcohol

  • Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be privileged and safe
  • Be sure to mention me in your manifesto, champ

  • iPad rule
  • Boomers without any entitlements are just loosers

  • TIL that some people do not have an inner voice and think in different nonverbal ways.
  • For me it's like there's another me inside my head who just talks at random. I can usually control it, or maybe it controls me, or maybe it is me, or just a part of me. I think a lot of who I am as a person consists of the words bouncing around in my head and my relationship with them at any given time.

  • Romney Says He’d ‘Have Immediately Pardoned’ Trump If He Were Biden
  • Flame wars must be, while we defend our lives against a butthole who would devour all; but I do not love the quip for its sharpness, nor the meme for its oddly specific irony, nor the troll for his lulz; I love only that which they defend

  • Top US ethics watchdog investigating Trump over dinner with oil bosses
  • Unironically, though; There's a lot of work to do restoring the norms of governance that made America seem "exceptional". We might still be the biggest dog in the room in terms of real power, but our soft power is a shadow of its former self.

  • Romney Says He’d ‘Have Immediately Pardoned’ Trump If He Were Biden
  • The smallest coil of shit turned out onto the chests of voters in decades!

  • Seems fishy
  • Back when facts were some shit you repeated just to have something to say

  • Romney Says He’d ‘Have Immediately Pardoned’ Trump If He Were Biden
  • Don't worry, at some point he'll say one normal thing and people will remark on how he's so reasonable compared to the others.

  • Trump Reflexively Asks Michael Cohen To Silence Michael Cohen
  • Like a single piece of perfect popcorn hand delivered by an angel

  • Cable News Refused to Report Trump's Bombshell Quid Pro Quo Offer to Big Oil Execs
  • If you don't like radiation, just don't gaze upon the elephant's foot! Jeez, can't a guy eat his star shaped pickles in peace?

  • Impromptu English muffins (first try!)

    200g flour

    5g baking powder

    Pinch of salt

    30g oil

    125g milk

    Truly idiot proof. You just mix and roll out, cut with a glass cup, and cook in a pan. One came out undercooked, just split in half and toast right in the pan, it was actually the best one of the lot

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    Highland Samoas

    These are basically samoas (the Girl Scout cookie) built on top of full sized Scottish shortbreads, laden with caramel, toasted coconut, and dipped in chocolate. Normal samoas are designed so you can eat the whole box before you hate yourself. These accomplish that aim with just one.

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    Suddenly having a hell of a time using my DS4 controllers on PC

    I'm used to it being kind of simple - I'd configure DS4Windows, install hidhide etc, and connect via bluetooth. Now, no matter what I do, no game wants to read inputs from any controller I set up. Feeling defeated after a couple hours of poking around. Not looking for anyone to spoonfeed me a solution unless you've had the same issue and solved it, just grumbling.

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    Teapot replacement lid appreciation

    This is my teapot. It's about 1.5L and has a forward handle for the wrist crushing weight of it. It's a monster, made in America. Sadly I dropped the lid a year ago, and have been using a bowl to cover it, which clatters and makes a hell of a noise from the steam.

    Is there a better way? Anywhere that sells lids? Failing that, share your ersatz teapot lids.

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    Some Turkish city names translated directly into English

    Compared with human history, I sometimes think my own setting isn't badly written enough to be realistic.

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    I made a charcuterie board

    Stealing from Weissman's board ideas, I made a gastrique with shallot and dried chiltepin for the cream cheese. The rest is all cheap and cheerful Lidl nibbles.

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    My first build, with sound test

    GMMK 2 Barebones Steelseries Doubleshot keycaps Kailh Box White v1 switches

    Really happy with it after about 11 years with a Cherry blue MX Das Keyboard, which is starting to break down. I'm exclusively WFH, so I get all the clicks.

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    TIL I can play PS4/PS5 on basically all my devices
    www.playstation.com PS Remote Play | Download the PS Remote Play app and stream games to your device | PlayStation

    Stream your PS4 games to any compatible iOS or Android device, PC or Mac, PlayStation Vita, or PS TV. Download the free app now.

    PS Remote Play | Download the PS Remote Play app and stream games to your device | PlayStation

    What other secrets is Sony keeping from me?

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    The fakest tonkotsu

    This is LIKE tonkotsu, if you don't have chashu pork or bones to make your own broth.

    I was inspired to attempt Joshua Weissman's new quick recipe, but it ended up with more of a FutureCanoe vibe. I went to every shop in town looking for pork bones and struck out. It took all weekend.

    My only options were admitting defeat or conducting a science experiment involving premade ramen broth, pork Bisto, gelatin, and duck fat emulsified with a blender.

    Also my tare was bonito and konbu powder rather than real stuff. The Asian markets in town didn't know what shirodashi was, so I had to fake it.

    The pork is cured and slow roasted belly, which is itself extremely nice and I'm not mad at that substitution at all.

    Still pretty good. I'm happy with how my eggs turned out.

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    MP Resignations - Question

    I have been seeing Lab MPs resigning, and articles calling for more of them to do so, and calling "a vote for Labour a vote for genocide". Nothing I've read explains why resignation is the preferred strategy, and it's not very clear to me how it helps. What do they hope to achieve by resigning, and am I wrong in thinking that these resignations only play into the hands of Conservatives? Sorry, I'm very naive about UK politics generally and I don't get how this isn't pointlessly self destructive.

    Acknowledged that there are appalling things happening, in Gaza and with the party leadership, but I'm interested in learning the logic for this specific response.

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    Dads @feddit.uk The Snark Urge @lemmy.world
    Commiseration Thread

    We all stumble. We don't always have someone to talk to about it, so there's this thread. What went wrong and can you ever forgive yourself? Probably not, if you're like me. No judgment.

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    mechanical pencils @lemmy.world The Snark Urge @lemmy.world
    Have you tried the Uni Kuru Toga Advance?

    I miss my old Kuru Toga - a piece of the inner mechanism was lost. Was thinking of an upgrade, next time I get that "treat yo self" mood.

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    Gradually_Adjusting The Snark Urge @lemmy.world
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