tchotchony

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[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No, but shooting them is an extreme reaction. I'm a woman alone. If this would have happened to me, I'd have barricaded the door, fled to another part of the house (there's more than one door in), put more barricades in between us and made absolutely sure I screamed the neighbourhood awake. Once there's more people to subdue him, the main problem is solved. Damages are to be covered by insurance. Now if he carried a gun, that's an entirely different matter. Still, I don't own a gun, never will, don't think I'll ever need one. Once a culture sees "shooting someone" as a first solution, things are down the drain imho.

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Flemish here (aka dutch-speaking). We say first June, sixth November etc. English isn't our native language, so M/D/Y is weird as fuck and completely illogical to us.

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

If it's in a biodome, I'm sure they'd be thrilled to give you a bit more information if you mail them your question. Please report back with the reply!

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

They also seem to lack vision straight above them if they're sitting on a light surface. So if they land on your computerscreen or window when it gets darker, you can flick them and they won't see you coming. This will only stun the things for a second, so be quick to actually kill them/pick them up and dispose of them.

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because I can't fit a crate of beer in my backpack, ofcourse!

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I spy a disturbing lack of racks and baskets and places to attach packs to go grocery shopping on your hybrid though. ;) Many city people don't own a car (or only use it for taking their sports bike out of the city), so I guess they use their gas money for that. I wouldn't know, I'm a one (utility) bike only person as well.

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Pillow looks like it's screaming already

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Well, you're right, this is a bike meant for transportation, not sports. Still counts as a bike though, so original comment is right too. Everybody in the Netherlands and Belgium has one of these (and if you wanna do cyclocross or bmx or fast road cycling, you have a second, third, ... bike)

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Then do this to computer-shaped instrument controller systems that have accounts that can not have passwords changed or the application won't run. Or service accounts, so if you pop in after 6 months, nobody knows the current password and the IT guy only comes in 2 hours/week. And that was yesterday. And no, no contact information present...

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 18 points 2 years ago

Secretly? I thought this was common knowledge. Mine definitely demands worship and pets every day.

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I renovated a house from the '70s last year. We now have triple glazing instead of single panes, the roof and side of the house are inslutated, we got solar panels, water-saving showers, a greener water heater (would've loved to move away from gas, but my budget only stretches so far and the asbestos roof will have to be replaced in a couple of years), and soon the driveway will have its' non-porous gravel replaced with pavers designed to let water through.

Global warming won't be fixed by that, but if we all start making greener choices when we can I have hopes we can avert the worst.

[–] tchotchony@mander.xyz 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Optional extra point to add on to #5: if the community that needs to replace a subreddit isn't here yet, MAKE IT. And advertise it, so it can get popular. Be the change you want to see!

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