NataliePortland

@NataliePortland@lemmy.ca
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Joined 1 years ago

Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make

I’m ready!

It’s more that cities tend to make people liberal. Some folks in small towns have never met a Muslim person or a Korean person. They have only a family tradition of racism in their small white racist town. People in cities have to live alongside many different types of people, and get to eat different foods and have different experiences. That cures racism.

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“…..no I’d still rather not”

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Some users have come to this thread to answer this question honesty and openly. Without cussing or name calling or anything.

I think it’s shameful for people to be downvoting them. Downvote something for being off topic, or for being violent or hateful that’s fine. But for having an opinion that’s different from yours in a thread specifically asking for that?

There are always going to be people who you disagree with. On every topic.That kind of behavior will only push people away.

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Dude awesome. I mean you gotta hand it to them. Killing it with affordable electric cars, solar panels and now this. It’s a step in the right direction, and that’s more than you could say about UK

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Every other car uses LIDAR and Elon thinks he’s such a forward thinker for shunning it. So dumb

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I mean to be fair, there’s nothing you can write on a bomb that makes it better

“Hope this message finds you well”

“Tell your mother I said thank you for the birthday card”

“Save 10% at checkout when you enter the code FREEPALESTINE”

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This is a meme about a scary book called House of Leaves. It’s a book that will make you feel unwell.

When a person tells you that a loved one has passed, ask what the their name was and say it back. It can be awkward when that comes up and you might not know how to respond best. I’ve found that most people don’t want you to feel bad for them, but them saying their name and having a chance to talk about them is often a nice thing.

I’m in healthcare so death comes up a lot. “David. That’s a nice name. Where was he from?”

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I want to stop ruminating about things I wish I would have said or some stupid thing I did say or why did I do that

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Every word of that sentence made it worse. Flip those patents straight to heck

They’re called “spaceships

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I’ve been seeing those too. And one of them says “72 hour protection” like what? You’re not showering for three days but you’re just going to febreeze you vageeze and call it good ? Insane behavior

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Do conservatives just want us all to give in to our enemies? And then let them take Poland and eventually the US too? Bro. Some people's kids. The US has been at war in one form or another since the 50's. We have fought proxy wars against them as recently as Syria in 2019 and please don't forget that they are regularly attacking the US through ransomware attacks against hospitals, local governments, water bureaus, and banks. They are also attacking our elections through misinformation and bribery. They have directly threatened our country with nuclear war as recently as last year. If conservatives don't love our homeland enough to defend it than thank Biden for your safety.

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You know when you see a minivan completely covered in homemade signs about trump and Jesus and illuminati and stuff? Like it looks so unhinged that you just feel bad for the mental health of the person driving it?

That’s what this ad looks like. It looks like how Trump thinks. Unwell.

I was walking in flip-flops on asphalt when I sneezed. I opened my eyes after sneezing and my flip-flops were now behind me but facing forward and neatly arranged. What happened when I sneezed? Did I put my feet together, slide the backward to release the toes, jump up and then forward about 18”? All without noticing and in the span of one sneeze ?

We went to a bar where she immediately bumped into a friend. They talked for over 30 minutes about old times and friends I didn’t know. I felt so awkward I just left without a word. I doubt they noticed.

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I haven’t been back to Reddit since June. Am I missing anything?

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I love this. They're going to spend all the party's money on Trump's legal bills leaving nothing else behind. And a Trump with no political experience is running the show. It's a perfect disaster. Dems are going to crush them. Let's see what other rights and protections they will take away from women before Nov.

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Well, for once the police managed to stop a shooting before it took place.

My little rule is that it’s okay to have Mac n cheese for dinner or frozen pizza so long as I add a veggie

Broccoli is my favorite and so easy. Steam it, boil it, fry or roast. Just add salt and pepper I love broccoli!

Try roasting veggies! Yum!!! Just chop up literally any veggie you have ( okay not lettuce though you psycho) and toss with olive oil, roast in oven on 400 for maybe 20 minutes. Super good! If you’re a good cook or feeling creative you can add spices idk maybe garlic powder that’s easy!

Here’s another trick: BEANS! people don’t usually think of beans as a vegetable but they are! And I think beans are the best vegetable of all! Each one is tastier than the last! Full of fiber and nutrients and even protein. Heat up a can of black beans WITH THE JUICE. Add cumin. Scoop em up with chip! Eat pinto beans. No recipe needed! Pinto beans are delicious! Garbanzo, navy, red, Lima. Yum yum yum! One day you meet the king of all beans, the boss level. The butter bean. Ohhh what a bean that is. The bigger the bean the better and the butter bean is the biggest of all. Sauté them with oil and spices, serve them on toast! Be happy! Spread joy!

(If you’re about to comment that beans are not a vegetable please do me a favor and ask google if that’s true. I’ve had too many conversations about this. Beans are a vegetable. They’re the king of vegetables!!)

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Why is it always Rand Paul? The poor man does not understand how spending and taxation work.

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His hands are so small

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Here are two friends chatting. Right friend tries to tell a story about “showing” something . Left friend (annoying friend in this meme) interrupts the story to label right friend as “showerrr”, meaning someone who shows.

In the second frame left friend is in a shower, a play on the word from the first frame.

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Sister it’s kinda crazy to me. Lemmy will downvote news posts with credible polls showing Biden dropping, and upvote any questionable source that says otherwise. I’m also a Democrat but to me a credible news story should not be disparaged for saying something I dont want to hear. It doesn’t do any good to hide from the truth. “You must know the enemy in order to meet him on the battlefield”- Sun Tzu or idk maybe I just made that up.

I mean what is pro.morningconsult? I’ve never heard of that ever. And I’ve seen Rueters posts get downvoted! Rueters!

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They’re more about banning books and rewriting history. I’m sure there’s overlap with being a Trump fan but I don’t think Trump is necessarily what it’s about. They’re trying to brainwash kids to think slavery is good and gays don’t exist and nonsense like that

I hope they try! The GOPs hard stance on this just keeps helping Dems at every turn. They’re digging their own graves

I don’t want to see anybody get hurt. Those North Koreans should maybe just stay home.

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Remember the time he first met Angela Merkel (former German PM) and he asked her if they could make a trade deal? She told him "No, Germany can't make direct trade deals, we can only trade through the EU"

But he didn't understand what she said so he asked her again- ELEVEN TIMES.

My favorite though was the time he was bragging about his high score on an IQ test "It was a very hard test. There's no way Joe Biden could have passed it." And then we found out he didn't take an IQ test, he was being tested for dementia. The questions he found to be very hard were "What year is it?" "What city are we in?" and then there was a picture of an elephant and he had to say what kind of animal it is.

But Washington Post is worried that Trump may be losing his trademark mental acuity, I guess.

I live in a major city but like I’m in a bad neighborhood so there’s only one grocery store within 5 miles. It makes no sense. A food desert in a major city so that I’m forced to drive just to like get screws from a hardware store or toilet paper or something

I'm doing my part!

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I’m kinda over paying for it. I really only got it for Jon Oliver and it’s basically free on YouTube so idk. Also on my computer I click on my Max bookmark and it’s like “hey we’re not HBO max anymore! Now it’s just Max! Redirecting you now…”

What? Am I going crazy? What is even the point of that.

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Thank you for sharing your story! While it's a great example of anecdotal evidence, the "whoever" that came up with these conclusions are called "scientists" who perform research based on scientific evidence. It's great that you feel better for having seen a chiropractor, but many do not.

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I bet they were remembering the story of the Egyptian Archaeologists who discovered a jar of honey and they all had a taste. Then they found a fetus in the jar.

Oh you know what- Snopes says it didn’t happen! It’s maybe just an urban legend.

Right now they are arguing whether article 14 includes the office of Presidency or not but I had to stop listening because I was getting myself worked up about it. Is the presidency an elected office- yes or no? If yes then article 14 includes the president

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I need to get off the jinternet

So rad! I love how organic it looks. You know if sci-fi movies they sometimes make the alien spaceship look very organic? (battlestar galacitca, arrival, alien..) Like it grew that way instead of being built? That blob shape reminds me of this. Maybe in the future we will have spaceships designed by AI that looks like this blob.

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Speeding tickets? Oh ya I’m great at that too