pantyhosewimp

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[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Even after you do, you still have to find a definition

LOL! 99% of people absolutely do not look up a new word when they hear it. If the listener thinks it makes the speaker sound smart then they get a vague idea of the meaning from context and then start using it – often in the wrong context. All the dummies of the world repeat this process and it spreads like a virus.

And thus, another word with a very specific meaning gets turned into another broad-meaning synonym. If don’t believe me I’ll caveat all over your nuances until you verbiage.

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

I’m not judging your sentiment, but I’d like to offer a possible solution.

I don’t know about Canada but in the USA what you are talking about is possible: a bar that excludes certain people based on a category of your choice.

Due to anti-discrimination laws this is not possible with a public business, but it is possible with private clubs. If you have heard about Elks Club or Moose Lodge or The American Legion. The organizations have clubs that restrict membership and only allow members to enter, and they operate bars.

I know a guy who jokingly said, the VFW was started so that veterans could drink on Sundays.

You seem very motivated, so maybe evangelize this idea among the community and see if you can get something like this up and running in Toronto. Or, such a thing might already exist.

Good luck. You might end up creating exactly the space you want with like minded folks.

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The White Death

The Lactonic Plague

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe it’s the taurine, alpha gpc, and B vitamins that make the caffeine more effective for him

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Well, the guitar is, after all, a peasants instrument.

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Right now, in the mostly-free-press parts of the world, I now think that dystopian scifi no longer serves as a warning of what not to do but instead acts as a numbing agent to increased oppression.

This is going to sound very Maoist or whatever but we need more utopian scifi like Star Trek TNG. We need utopian visions imagined for us so we have something to work towards.

It was so refreshing to watch the Chinese TV show for Three-Body where the world was at peace with each other and trying to solve this bizarre global mystery. Sure, the Chinese government was painted as much more competent than American & European governments but Hollywood does the same thing with the US government too.

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That $900,000 dollars is just what they bill you if you have insurance. If you pay cash directly to the hospital you can negotiate the amount down to $740,000.

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Back in the day there were only re-tweets and bookmarks. Then Facebook likes became popular and Twitter changed bookmarks which could be private or public into fully public likes. So annoying. Likes should have never existed on Twitter.

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 year ago

Billionaire overlords are only funding dystopian sci-fi so that we see the evil society they plan to foist on us as inevitable. Utopian scifi like TNG is revolutionary.

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Ding! Fries are done!

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