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In an effort to be more positive amidst all the negativity and bad stuff going on right now, what are you looking forward to? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago

I'm taking three days of annual leave between Easter and ANZAC day next month. I'll be out of the office eleven days straight. Time to properly unwind.

People outside the US, do you still consider America a democracy? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Not for quite some time now. Not since I learned about the electoral college.

What's your version of "I DON'T like it but I do like people who do like it"? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Boardgaming. I play an occasional boardgame with my friends, but I'm not searching youtube clips for strategies, importing first-print Euro games in the original German and printing English-language stickers for the boards, or watching Essen livestreams every year.

It's like Sisyphus pushing the boulder up hill in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy".

Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

But it WON'T blow my mind because all these articles ever say is "eh, maybe".

Be kind to your elders in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

It hasn't been that hard in my experience. Ignore shifts in the social landscape until the yung'ins reach a consensus about it, and always remember that time just before the dotcom crash when a company got venture funding to deliver tuna subs by mail.

Is there any negative consequence to wearing socks inside out? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

There will be a price. Don't do this unless you want the fashion police to rappel in through your smashed windows and beat you while you choke on tear gas.

What redditisms do you hope don't come to lemmy? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Karma-farming. Please lets just be our genuine, authentic, awful selves.

Did you (like me) take up drinking Earl Grey because it was Picard's beverage? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I tried it because it was the captain's favourite. Regrettably, bergamot oil is not for me.

The best part of marriage is always having someone to scratch between your shoulder blades for you. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I'm not allowed another wife.

The best part of marriage is always having someone to scratch between your shoulder blades for you. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm over 50.

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The best part of marriage is always having someone to scratch between your shoulder blades for you. (lemmy.world)
Why is it that you can't buy a 2 Liter container of beer or coffee? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

If you're buying two litres of cider, it's not because you like cider.

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Is it possible to eat a toxic amount of culinary herbs/spices? (lemmy.world)
 

Either all at once, or over a lifetime?

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Is dessert a snack or a meal? (lemmy.world)
 

My position is that it's a snack and husband tax must be paid. My wife is arguing that it's a meal or occupies some third food space and it's entirely hers. Who's right, court of Lemmy?

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What are the levels of BBQing? (lemmy.world)
 

To explain what I mean, I think you can level up a cooking style. For example, pasta. At level 1, you're boiling dried pasta and adding sauce out of a jar. At level 1, you add your own spices. Level 3, switch to fresh pasta. Level 4, make your own sauce. And finally at level 5, make the pasta from scratch.

So with BBQ, I guess level 1 would be cooking the meat so it's neither burnt nor underdone. Maybe level 2 is mixing different meats/cuts that have different heat/time requirements and cooking well. Further levels = ?

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What three unrelated movies make a perfect set? (lemmy.world)
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Tesco's Laser-Etched Avocados to Save on Packaging Waste - Core77 (www.core77.com)
 

I'm sharing this because any reduction in unnecessary packaging waste is good for the planet - and because I think laser-etching avocados is funny. 🙂

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Alternatives to onion grating (lemmy.world)
 

I followed a Jaime Oliver recipe for curry, which started with grating onion, ginger and garlic. I liked the curry, but grating an onion is a miserable job. He said that technique unlocked the onion's 'sweetness'. How much difference do you think I'd notice if I used a food processor?

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Why does melted cheese just taste better? (lemmy.world)
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'Reef stars' restored Indonesia's blast-damaged corals in just 4 years (grist.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13601128

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8027175

'Reef stars' restored Indonesia's blast-damaged corals in just 4 years

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Loki (spoilers) (lemmy.world)
 

I noticed that one of the monitors in the loom control room had "SKIN?" written on it in the dust that covered it. It seemed pretty mysterious and I was sure it was a detail that was going to be important, but it never came up as far as I noticed. Any theories as to what it's about?

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It goes straight to his head (lemmy.world)
 
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Book recommendations for cosmic horror on a spaceship (lemmy.world)
 

I've been on a cosmic horror kick lately, and what I'd really like to read is stories or novels of the awful and unfathomable on a spaceship. Stories where we go to them, poke what shouldn't be poked, scan what shouldn't be scanned, and things proceed from there.

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