HandwovenConsensus

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... would YOU download a plant? in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Why? It's not like you're costing the shop money by taking trash off the floor. If anything you're more likely to spend money at the shop you do it at for supplies and such.

Both "200" and "160" are 2 minutes in microwave math in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

1:60 = one minute and 60 seconds, or two minutes.

120 would be parsed as one minute and 20 seconds, or 80 seconds.

Took me a bit to get too.

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

I fixed it lol

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

I still don't get why it's called that.

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

That is such a funny mental image.

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

"Drink" is such a weird word in how it has both a general and specific meaning, but no other word for the general meaning is commonly used.

"Drink your milk! No drinking until you're 21!"

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 49 points 6 months ago (4 children)

My parents didn't specifically tell me if Santa Clause was real or make-believe. They wanted me to come to my own conclusion, I guess. My dad is a rationalist person, and my mom's from a culture that doesn't traditionally celebrate Christmas.

So what I believed was that the appearance of presents on Christmas was an unsolved mystery, and Santa Clause was just a hypothesis to explain it.

I suspected the real explanation probably involved the tree working as an antenna for some kind of cosmic energy that triggered the appearance of presents. Perhaps in ancient and more superstitious times they discovered this phenomenon by accident and continued to put up the tree ever since.

Biden's clemency for Kids-for-Cash judge undeserved, some say in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From what I understand, it was a blanket pardon for anyone who met certain criteria, and this judge just happened to meet them.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

What they should do is push for voting reform. There are tons of proposals for voting systems that solve the two party stalemate and the issue of gerrymandering.

If they really wanted to stop the insanity of the Republican party, that's what they would do. Until they do, they are complicit in it.

"Have a duty to shareholders to maximize profits" musk is scurd. in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately, that's not true. Dodge vs Ford Motor Co established the precedent of shareholder primacy when Henry Ford was successfully sued for attempting to reduce dividends in favor of reinvesting profits.

Everett seeing a horse car for the first time in 12 years (1906-12-27) in c/truecomics@midwest.social
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

I feel like there must be a layer to this joke I'm not getting.

Like, who is this targeted at? People who overestimate the sophistication of their city? Surely there must be more to it than that.

Clint, What? in c/stardewvalley@lemm.ee
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Grapes in a burrito sounds weird, but raisins don't sound too bad. Maybe he's planning on dehydrating them.

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What is a must-see movie from or about your country? (lemm.ee)
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What food is considered a local specialty of where you live? (lemm.ee)
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Meta- Community input requested on the rule to state which country you're answering for when you reply to a post (lemm.ee)
 

I really don't want to be overly strict with the rules, especially while this sub is so small. But I think this is an important rule, and I'm considering being more strict about its enforcement.

The reason I think it's important is that this is meant to be an educational community. In many cases, I assume people don't say where they're from because they assume it's obvious to people based on their answer. It may be, to people from the US or familiar with its zeitgeist. But this community isn't just for them. The last thing I want is for this community to suffer from US-defaultism.

For that reason, I'm thinking that from here on, if I see an answer that doesn't state which country it's for, I'll give a reminder. After that, the poster will have 24 hours to edit it into their post, and it will be deleted if they have not done so.

What do you think? Too strict? Not strict enough?

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Did Captain Pike block multiple phaser shots with a platter? (lemm.ee)
 

Just finished watching Season 2 episode 4. During the shootout near the end of the episode, Captain Pike blocks at least a couple of shots with a random platter.

What was the platter made of that it could dissipate so much energy?

Strange New Worlds has really grown on me overall, but that scene seemed really silly.

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What confuses people the most when they visit your country for the first time? (lemm.ee)
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How far back into your country's history could you go without needing a translator? (lemm.ee)
 

I asked this before elsewhere, but I thought it led to some interesting answers.

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What do you do to protect your car from the sun? (lemm.ee)
 

I always try to find a shady parking space whenever I need to park for awhile. I have a steering wheel cover, which is a lifesaver. Sometimes I think about getting one of those boards you put on the windshield, or even a full reflective car cover, but I'm not sure if that would be worth it.

I also tend to worry that parking in the sun is bad for my car battery (I have an EV.) Are there any grounds for that worry?

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Ask The World - A non-regional community for asking questions about other countries and cultures (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee to c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
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Ask The World

!asktheworld@lemm.ee

Back on reddit, I really enjoyed participating in the various "Ask " subs, so I'd like to get something similar started here. This community is going to be for general questions for anyone from any country, not directed as a specific country. Ask about culture, lifestyles, geography, whatever you want to know that might be different in a different place.

I hope some of you will be interested. I'd really like to see Lemmy grow in general.

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What would you change about your country's culture if you could? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee to c/asktheworld@lemm.ee
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Please remember to say which country you're from. We don't have flairs here.

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What's a typical school lunch in your country? (lemm.ee)
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What's the next major holiday coming up in your country? (lemm.ee)
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Lemmy is part of the same Fediverse as Mastodon, right? So how do I interact with Mastodon instances from Lemmy? (lemm.ee)
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