A 3 day old account that only posts clickbait links to 2 domains, n24hr.com and sciinsider.com – I wonder if there’s any connection.

From https://whois.whoisxmlapi.com/:
Parsed domain name: n24hr.com
Created date: June 13, 2024 18:02:23 UTC

Parsed domain name: sciinsider.com
Created date: May 2, 2024 12:24:55 UTC

S04E02, ~33min into episode. Conversation between Firecracker and Sister Sage.

Firecracker:

Purpose. I sell purpose. These people got nothing. Maybe they lost a job or a house or a kid to Oxy. Politicians don’t give a shit, mainstream media tells them to be ashamed of their skin color, so, well, I bring 'em together, tell them a story, give them a purpose. Which would you rather believe? That you belong to a community of warriors battling a secret evil, or that you’re a lonely, inconsequential nobody that no one will ever remember?

If they used the native instance blocking feature to “completely block” the instance that actually only hides posts from that instance.

From https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-12-15_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.0_-_Instance_blocking,_Scaled_sort,_and_Federation_Queue

Users can now block instances. Similar to community blocks, it means that any posts from communities which are hosted on that instance are hidden. However the block doesn’t affect users from the blocked instance, their posts and comments can still be seen normally in other communities.

The Chicken and the Pig

The fable of the Chicken and the Pig is used to illustrate the differing levels of commitment from project stakeholders involved in a project. The basic fable runs:

A Pig and a Chicken are walking down the road.
The Chicken says: “Hey Pig, I was thinking we should open a restaurant!”
Pig replies: “Hm, maybe, what would we call it?”
The Chicken responds: “How about ‘ham-n-eggs’?”
The Pig thinks for a moment and says: “No thanks. I’d be committed, but you’d only be involved.”

Sounds like “hazing.”

I’m not going to try to convince you otherwise but I just want you to recognize that your position is that you’re ok with “bad” people being killed as a form of punishment and mine is that ensuring that label is always appropriately applied is an impossibility.

I don’t like the thought of terrible people getting to continue to live if they’ve done irreparable harm to others, but I’m also not ok with saying that we totally need to burn THAT WITCH because Goody Constance totally witnessed them communing with the devil.

Osama/Hitler getting killed in military action - fine. An abused child/person killing their attacker - look the other way. Giving Edward Snowden lethal injection because he totally deserves it for endangering Americans - not acceptable.

Consider what your thresholds are for what constitutes witnesses and admissions of guilt. For example, confessing to crimes that weren’t actually performed by them, do you honor the claim anyway?

And does a group of police witnessing a suspect or conversely a group of the suspect’s friends witnessing a police officer do something heinous count?

Remember any mistakes cannot be remedied.

The possibility/certainty of intentional or accidental false convictions doesn’t affect your acceptance of the state meting out permanent punishment?

Do animals count as actors? Turner & Hooch could be interesting with Tom Hanks drooling and running on all fours and Beasley The Dog playing a detective.

https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-12-15_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.0_-_Instance_blocking,_Scaled_sort,_and_Federation_Queue

Instance Blocks for Users

Users can now block instances. Similar to community blocks, it means that any posts from communities which are hosted on that instance are hidden. However the block doesn’t affect users from the blocked instance, their posts and comments can still be seen normally in other communities.

That’s colloquially referred to as retail therapy. I don’t think occasionally indulging in it is bad as long as you’re cognizant of its purpose as a coping mechanism and understand the relief/pleasure it provides probably isn’t going to be long-lasting.

In my family, all impulse purchases had to be “justified” with whatever flimsy reasoning was necessary. I don’t think that’s any better and if it’s not coming at the expense of things you actually need, it’s good to be able to decide you want something just because you do. Otherwise you can start going down the path of, “Do I really need cheese on this burger? Do I really need variety in my food? Do I really need to be eating three times a day?”

Life should be lived, just don’t lose sight of the big picture of course. Also, I’m sure other people around you approve of your buying deodorant :)

1-800-IFEELOK

I remember people arguing about the flavor and the rumor was that it was made from varying mixes of leftover (or line switching) soda so each batch was always a little different.

EDIT: I have no idea what that phone number connects to now, probably don’t call it!

IMO, combos shouldn’t be more than 20% cheaper than ordering items a la carte. Like, it shouldn’t be legal to price things that way. It’s just ridiculous that you get ripped off unless you order like, 500 more calories worth of food than you should really be eating in a single meal.

Around July last year my local Taco Bell was selling the Chalupa Cravings Box for $5, purchasing the items separately was $12.47 before tax.

• Chalupa Supreme - $4.79
• Beefy 5-Layer Burrito - $3.99
• Crunchy Taco - $1.69
• Cinnamon Twists - $1.00
• Medium drink - $1.00

And right now I can order a Cheesy Bean & Rice burrito:

• Beans
• Seasoned Rice
• Creamy jalapeno sauce
• Nacho cheese sauce

=420 calories, $1.49

But a Bean burrito:

• Beans
• Cheese
• Onions
• Red sauce

=360 calories, $2.19

But you can add the onions and red sauce to any menu item for free…why the $.70 difference? Adding seasoned rice is $.30, nacho cheese sauce is $.69, creamy jalapeno sauce is $.19 – I really don’t understand how they arrive at the prices for their menu items at all.