hopeless optimist

i don’t notice a difference in bananas.

I was taught to buy organic if you eat the outside (apples, herbs) but not if you peel it (bananas, garlic).

Side by side the organic herbs and spinach seem way healthier at kroger but the garlic and bananas seem identical on the inside. taste the same to me but i’m getting old and that could be just me losing my sense of taste.

at new seasons the non organic produce looks as lush as the organic stuff at kroger.

you get Legionnaires’ disease from air conditioners. It’s called that because it was figured out after a bunch of people died from improperly maintained air conditioners at a hotel hosting a Legionnaires convention in the 70’s!

oh neat thank you for the tip I will check Parenti Lofi out!

ayyy i’m reading Parenti because of you nice to see you in this thread :)

if you haven’t tried them https://tildes.net and https://metafilter.com are both decent

i have no idea how you’re supposed to get a tildes invite without being able to post though

class warfare and capitalism always come down hard on marginalized people. Leftists believe in solidarity and equity which can often mean using your voice to protect and amplify marginalized groups.

they also have a great indigenous comm for example.

the terminally online know without clicking that the link is to the ‘today’s 10,000’ comic just from the context!

I fucking love hexbears. the weekly trans mega threads are my favorite place on lemmy.

At the same time I have probably blocked more hexbears than any other instance’s users. I don’t enjoy fighting online and just block anyone who is remotely aggressive or who i see bullying others.

I rarely see blocked users in the trans or other hexbear megas though (my client shows when a blocked user posts just not the name or content). I think there are some who use the server to argue their political positions from but it’s definitely not the majority.

I don’t blame anyone who can’t abide the more ornery ones but if you ignore them the rest are just lovely and willing to share a lot of knowledge.

there’s already been changes folks have posted about in the current health care system so it sure seems like it

people don’t like a boot on their head. in a broken system violence often is the answer. the outpouring of support you’re seeing for our new folk hero is the collective masses cheering one less fucking boot on their head.

this is what I came to say as well, god that dick’s deluxe I don’t even eat meat anymore but i still crave those fuckers

after hours gaming at work with awesome ukrainian colleague.

we all get regular beers from the fridge. ukrainian co-worker is sitting there and suddenly spits his drink all over the floor and looks utterly grossed out. He reads the label with scrutiny and says loudly ‘guys, vat thee fak is ROOT BEER?!’

oh how we laughed

‘the better your skill the more money you make’ and other myths capitalists sell you

i spent a month learning to shower in cold only water just to do it. Much respect for you being able to maintain that i was quite happy to get back on the warm water after the month was over!

call it Flex Appeal

bro marketing like ‘Flex on your whole crew!’

I can sleep through the night

actually impressive

100% chance you ordered from temu or ali express and got this message while waiting for a package right?

They sell your order info along to scammers who time these right around when you’re expecting your order.

Pretty clever! Definitely a scam!