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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

LOL, we has 2 and have never used them. One is at camp, where we have a gennie, and we sold the other at the flea market.

The only hot drinks we make are coffe and we have 3 machines for that. If we need hot water to cook, we heat it on the stove top. I just can't see why we would want one. Am I missing out?

Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Drive through rural Mississippi. The wealth gap is nuts just from what you can see on the highway.

Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Only place I've live where this is taboo is Chicagoland. And that's to be expected with the muddy snow.

Here in the South we usually don't have carpets, no reason to take our shoes off.

Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

That's very surprising. Where have you visited?

Illinois-shaped corn flake sells for $1,350 [2008] in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago

That's not even close!

Gamekeeper and apprehended poacher, Bedfordshire, UK, 1854 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Poor person snags a rabbit for dinner. State pays a warden more to nail him than it would have cost to pay for his food. Some things never change.

Oof! Right in the Holy Spirit! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Y'all know that's a flare gun, right?

Hook, Line, and Sinker in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'm on the water a great deal and haul in everything I can find. Cleaned up Tuesday's haul and ended up with about 15 sets of hooks, swivels and sinkers. On Monday I found a whole cast net by the creek, without the lead unfortunately (I melt it down).

What is the most unique thing a person has done or is? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

These surgeons were moving fast, I can see it.

I was sawing wood one night and barely touched my thumb webbing, split open like a mouth. Bet you could take 3 fingers an single forward and back stroke. You can for sure with modern blades.

(If anyone is considering a new saw, get the kind with this sort of edge: https://www.amazon.com/REXBETI-Folding-Camping-Pruning-Quality/dp/B07BLQBN8X/ Those are modern day light sabers.)

Costume of the First Ku Klux Klowns, Tennessee State Museum in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Damnnit! Came here to post that.

'Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror' starring Doug Jones as Count Orlok releasing this month in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Ah, wondered why they didn't mention an A-list star.

"Why won't my adult children talk to me anymore?" in c/[email protected]
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Being that you can read blocked or deleted posts by simply clicking "source", what's the point? Looks like a great way for mods to call attention to posts they don't want seen. (lemmy.world)
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Where can I post a short story and get some serious review? (lemmy.world)
 

Finished a short horror tale yesterday. Is there a spot on lemmy that would get it read and criticized?

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My wife, newly hired, was asked to un-blur her camera during a routine meeting to confirm her I9 information. This seems like a violation to me? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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She had interviewed and met both remotely and in person, this guy was merely an HR drone confirming her documentation. I was a little bent when she told me he had asked her to remove her blur filter "to have a look at her working environment, make sure it's not cluttered" (something along those lines). No one else at this company requested such. Was he way out of line?

I should note, this is my PC in our living room and not where she will be working from. And this guy wants a look around our home?! Told my wife to bring this up once she's settled in, ask HR if this is policy. She started today!

She thinks it's a racism thing. I'm not so sure, but I don't have any other explanation.

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Thinking about taking up cross stich, but I have no idea what I'm asking. (lemmy.world)
 

Where do I begin to even see if I'm interested?

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Looking to buy, but I'm clueless. (lemmy.world)
 

I'm wanting something to run around the hood and offroad, mostly in deep sand. An electric version of this: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/coleman-mini-bike-bt200x-g

What else do I need to be concerned about?

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Presenting the firearms trifecta. Mossberg 500, AR-15, Colt .45. (imgur.com)
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I got no arguements (imgur.com)
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Anyone know what these are? Found in NW Florida, December (imgur.com)
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How do I find owls arounds here? I hear Barred Owls all the time, never seen one. (lemmy.world)
 

Got a couple of acres in a NW Florida swamp. Been hearing Barred Owls for years.

How do I spot one? And tricks other than sitting still and being quiet? They seem to come pretty close. Can I "bait" them somehow with a box or something they would like to visit?

Funny story: First night I camped, three were doing their call/response thing. Every time they called, closer, and closer. Freaky sounding, one of the calls sounds almost like a child crying out.

For some reason, my idiot self thought coyotes were closing in. (Yes, I know well what coyotes sound like.)

Got a little freaked, grabbed my .410 (tiny shotgun) and decided to take the fight to them, scare 'em off (didn't want them rooting around my site). Again, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, promptly got lost.

Got home, "Hey Google! What do coyotes sound like?" Oh FFS. I am not a clever man.

Saw a Pileated Woodpecker the other day though! Super cool and way bigger than I thought.

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Tips on carrying a 1911 for a small guy? (lemmy.world)
 

Probably just not feasible, but I have many pistols and the 1911 is what I'm best at. I carry an LCP MAX and some other .380s, but I'm not so hot with those. Also have a slightly larger Ruger 9MM that works great. Just about can't miss with the Colt Government Model.

I suppose the answer is to practice, practice, practice with the smaller guns?

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[OC ]Window prism and wedding bouquet (imgur.com)
 

Saw this on the table. Been waiting all year for the prism to start working well!

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So Kissinger must have had use to someone? What did he do right and for who? (lemmy.world)
 

It stands to reason he must have been doing something right to have stayed so close to the halls of power.

I was a toddler when he was carpet bombing Cambodia, never knew him as anything but "an important person" that was sometimes on the TV. Only learned of his crimes in the past decade.

How did an in-your-face war criminal retain such influence for so long?

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