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Cake day: September 29th, 2023

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    • we’re all working too much to have the free time for it
    • there are (effectively) no third places where you can hang out with the expectation to meet people without the expectation of spending money
    • to get anywhere you generally need a car, highways and roads divide and spread everything which makes walking or biking difficult
    • social media is run for profit, not for the sake of actually connecting people
    • these above issues feed into the issue OP is pointing out. If you are lonely and your life isn’t going too well, then you’re gonna seek answers for this complicated issue. And fascists are all too willing to take advantage and provide simple answers. It then turns into a self feeding cycle.

    In other words:

    • Capitalism
    • Capitalism
    • Capitalism
    • Surprise, it’s also capitalism
    • Don’t worry, capitalism has just the solution for you!


  • garbagebagel@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonegirl what rule
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    2 months ago

    One of my favourite recipes has a comment in a similar vein and it tickles me every time.

    For context the recipe is for Oatmeal Cakes, which are baked in a muffin tray.

    The commenter says: “I wouldn’t make these again. Although they are not called a muffin, they do look like one in the picture. They are nothing like a muffin. I only realized after I had all of the ingredients in the bowl that the recipe did not call for any flour.” (2/5 stars)


  • Oh wow thank you. Keeping this in mind will help me remember to stop mixing in the sugar with the dry ingredients before reading the rest of the recipe, then having to throw out all of it because I find out that the sugar should’ve been mixed with something else. This is something I’ve done way too many times cause I’m an idiot.




  • Also due to the quicker cooking time food comes out with different texture. My chicken thighs are juicer, chicken wings are crispier, grilled cheese is crunchier, and potatoes come out just right.

    I know they are a pain in the ass to clean but the few months we went between air fryers were more painful. I don’t understand how our oven makes such bad chicken strips.






  • While I hate Tesla as much as the next person and definitely don’t think anyone should be buying new ones, it’s a little unfair to ask people to just dump their car and buy a new one. That’s a very privileged perspective of like “oh ya I can just sell this and get a new one” especially if (I assume) the value for them has dropped.

    Besides, buying a new one will just put more money into other capitalist pockets because even though other car manufacturers aren’t outright Nazis, they’re still capitalists.

    Many people that bought Tesla in the earlier days thought they were doing a good thing, so I think it’s unfair to punish them now if they can’t afford/don’t want to buy a new one. Put a fuck Elon sticker on it something, sure.



  • garbagebagel@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone11 years ago
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    5 months ago

    I was gonna say… The use of singular they has been around for a heck of a lot longer than 11 years. I didn’t realize it dated all the way back to the 14th century though, that’s neat.

    I get the point, that it wasn’t in common use until somewhat recently (even growing up I had textbooks that used he exclusively), but it’s not a new radical concept of the English language either.


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    5 months ago

    I’ve always understood them as either/or, although I always though people wput their preferred one first. Sometimes people will use both when they’re questioning or just want to test one out to see if it feels more comfortable, or sometimes they truly just don’t care.

    Though I remember someone once wanted each specific pronoun to be used depending on what you were saying (i.e. she went to the store where their friend was waiting), which I would try to respect but honestly that’s a whole other level of thinking and I can’t imagine most people being this particular.