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  • Me_irl

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  • Well, thing is that most of them are not only deeply personal, but unedited. I get them out in a rush while I'm still kinda reeling, then rarely go back to them. So they're a mess, and all but a handful are on paper because that's faster when a dream is already fading.

    I dunno, I'll take a look through and see what I have that's somewhat sharable.

  • European Glow Worms

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  • I'm not seeing a downside

  • Is it safe to stand on top of a ceramic toilet tank?

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  • Legit, I saw one break once with a patient just leaning on it with one hand to reach a cabinet above the toilet.

    It wasn't really catastrophic, but if a 200lb dude leaning against one with only part of their weight can crack the ceramic, there's no way standing on one is at all acceptable.

  • Swamp

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  • That sounds like something Auntie Ethel would say

  • Me_irl

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  • Fuck, I've written poems and short stories based on nightmares. None I'd ever let anyone else read because holy fuckballs do I have some fucked up nightmares, but still

  • db0 has gone mad with power and liberalism

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  • Did I stutter?

    Nobody but jackasses use the term.

  • db0 has gone mad with power and liberalism

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  • Pretty much, nobody using the term turbolib unironically is ever going to be on the good side of any issue.

    And that proves true in this case as well. No power tripping here

  • Better than Frank's AND non American!

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  • 'Salright, we know you did it in gimp

  • Never a dull moment (reprise)

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  • Those are the biggest stones on the planet (next to the ones dangling between my legs).

    Or that's a tiny knife. Like the one hanging between my legs.

    Instructions unclear: dick is shredding my undies because the tip is now a chisel

  • Never a dull moment (reprise)

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  • Alas, that c/ is low traffic.

  • Never a dull moment (reprise)

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  • It's way easier than people make it out to be, unless you're chasing very specific things. Like, if you want to literally split a hair in two, expect to spend time refining your techniques.

    Otherwise? You're rubbing metal on a rock. You can sharpen a knife on a brick and get a damn sharp edge on it in five to ten minutes, no bullshit, no hyperbole.

    There's two things that matter: burrs and removing burrs.

    What's a burr?

    When you rub a knife against a rock long enough, the very tippy edge is going to roll over a tiny bit. That's a burr.

    Once you get one all along the edge, flip that sucker and do it on the other side until a new burr forms. Boom! First thing done.

    Now you have to remove that burr and finish up the edge. Use real gentle pressure and alternate sides on the same stone you just used. Lift the back of the knife a teeny bit higher than when you were grinding it before.

    Do this maybe five times each side, then check the edge. Most types of steel, you should be able to make a clean slice in a piece of paper. If it can't, give it a few more passes and try again.

    If you raised a burr in the first place, you'll get rid of it fairly quick, so if you've hit maybe twenty passes trying to remove it, chances are you didn't raise a burr, you just thought you did. No biggie, they can be hard to see or feel sometimes. Particularly with really hard steels. Might have to go back and try again.

    However, there's a nice little trick to help. Get a sharpie and mark that edge. When you're grinding, if you've got an angle close to what's already there, you'll remove the ink and know youre on track. If there's a band of ink left at the edge, you're too shallow. Ink left towards the back, too deep.

    Truth is, for a useable edge, it doesn't matter what the angle actually is, only that it's fairly consistent along any straight sections. Yeah, the more acute the angle, the better it's going to work for some tasks, but a morr obtuse one has benefits too. So don't worry about nailing some arbitrary angle. That's for later, once it becomes a hobby as much as a tool maintenance task.

    Legit, while you can get fiddly with sharpening and fine tune a given knife to be better at specific tasks, that's optional. You can take a crappy knife, run it over a crappy stone and cut things. That's what matters; that it works. And the learning curve to get to where it works isn't huge.

  • Never a dull moment (reprise)

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  • Hearts just broke

    !like that knife!<

  • Drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk

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  • I feel that!

  • How long and how hard would it be to get a star removed on The Hollywood Walk of Fame? Asking for a friend.

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  • I've got something long and hard for stars.

    It's a telescope.

  • What's your theory on where the sun goes at night?

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  • Ummm

    Where

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    Sun

    Don't

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  • Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messaging

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  • True, I was just kinda hoping maybe graphene had found a way around that, that I hadn't heard about yet.

    Rcs kinda sucks, but it would be nice to have it as an option. And messages isn't an option for me, sooooo lol

  • Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messaging

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  • Yeah, but you still have to use messages, right?

  • How come in movies tv shows books etc at court they make it seem like swearing on the bible prevents you from lieing? If my family or I was in danger I would lie my ass off to get out of it..

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  • It's a social more, nothing more ;)

    In other words, it doesn't matter what you swear by, it's the open swearing that matters in terms of legality. See, the oath is what makes perjury prosecution "acceptable". When a witness is sworn in, the process isn't so much about them actually promising to tell the truth as it is a warning to them that truth is expected and will be enforced.

    Yeah, historically, there's more to it than that, but it boils down to everyone involved knowing that truth is expected, and lying comes with consequences (well, if you get caught at it, and can't avoid those consequences in some way. The system ain't perfect at its best, and is rarely at its best).

    Swearing on a bible is just tradition based on centuries of christians and christianity being in power. You can opt to "affirm" instead, giving an non religious oath that is just a binding.

    But, in any real terms, an oath isn't necessary to begin with. When the system/state/government/people have the power to punish you for lying, they don't even really have to notify you that lying will come with consequences. Doing so is a nicety that at least prevents anyone from being able to say they didn't know they couldn't lie. Not that trying it in the absence of an oath would be worth spit, but it saves time.

    But having an expectation of truth under duress is a cultural thing. And it can be a form of duress. You can be compelled to appear and give testimony, with consequences got refusing. In other situations, being under duress can be a defense against a charge, though the standard for what degree of threat serves to meet that criteria is pretty steep. But it's an understood thing that you aren't supposed to lie during legal proceedings. It doesn't have to be that way, but it certainly does make it easier to have a degree of conformity to the truth among people that might otherwise lie.

  • Why you're probably stroking your cat completely wrong (and how to do it right)

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  • I missed it!

    My faith in the internet is restored!

  • It's Sunday, how are your pets doing?

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  • Judas priest.

    Obviously, chickens are absurd. But this rooster? He's quickly gone to plaid.

    So, when weather is bad, he comes on the porch in a big-ass crate.

    It used to be he would kick up a fuss, get all whiny and sometimes even peck.

    But this spoiled rotten bird now ruuuns to the porch as soon as the door is open, stands right in front of the crate growling and whining. Since my crippled ass can't pick him up there, I have to remind him to move to the ramp where I can get him.

    Normally, this leads to him tuk-tuking, buck-bucking, and throwing in the occasional whine while his feet try to speed him across the distance to the crate (and the treats inside). It's endearing.

    Well, tonight was wet. And so was he. He was droopy and drippy and ridiculous.

    But this is the first time in months that he's actually gotten wet. So he'd forgotten the power of the TOWEL!

    I scoop him up, expecting his usual fuss at being swaddled. See, the terry cloth holds onto feathers weird, so it's kinda like a gentle noogie as best as I can tell.

    But tonight, he gave a single whine, then realized he was less wet, more warm, and being snuggled up against a human with a furnace for a body. He immediately melts while I dry him, pet him, and croon gentle words about how silly he is.

    When I put him in the crate finally, he almost falls over because he's just that relaxed. But he saw his dish of treats, started tuk-tuking and picking things up and putting them down.

    Anyway. Chickens.

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    Romancing the gith

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    Amon Amarth, We Rule The Waves

  • Just Post @lemmy.world
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    The Inhumans TV show was doomed before it aired

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    Nekrogoblicon, Show Me Your Goblin/ Fiend

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    Judas Priest, War Pigs

  • Metal @lemmy.world
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    Igorrr, Infestis

  • Casual Conversation @piefed.social
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    Pets Sunday, How Are They Doing?

  • Men's Grooming @sh.itjust.works
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    Welcome aboard!

  • Just Post Something @sh.itjust.works
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    Baaawwwwwk!

  • Casual Conversation @piefed.social
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    Pets Sunday; How Are They Doing

  • Metal @lemmy.world
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    Castle Rat, WIZARD

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    Is anyone else having trouble uploading images?

  • Pet Peeves @sh.itjust.works
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    test post

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    Pets Sunday, late.

  • Music @lemmy.world
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    John Moreland, You Don't Care Enough For Me to Cry

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    GWAR, The Great Circus Train Disaster

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    Opeth, Paragraph One

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    Psycroptic, Architects of Extinction

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    Byzantine, Floating Chrysanthema

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    Igorrr, Blastbeat Falafel