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HopingForBetter ,

After a quick search through us history, alcohol was banned around 1920 and lasted for about 13 years. The marijuana ban that we all know of happened, get this, in 1970, and states began pushing back only 3 years after. So, alcohol was banned far longer than marijuana. The d.a.r.e. campaigns and other propoganda coupled with the inability to do scientific studies on the drug created the mass panic. There were not serious problems, other than some politician needing a platform.

HopingForBetter ,

You’re going to have to provide some source for it being illegal. Arguably, it was contentious in the 30s, but the first official ruling was 1970.

It also seems like you don’t understand that it being banned 50 years ago is not the same as it being banned for 50 years.

It was banned in 1970, but 3 years after, states pushed back.

Alcohol was banned in 1920, and 13 years later, it was unbanned.

You are coming across as very emotional about this, but you are showing how little you have researched. I don’t have time to bring you up to speed if you are only going to keep your fingers in your ears while you shut your eyes and scream how right you are.

Have a good day.

HopingForBetter ,

You do realize that your providing sources for someone else who didn’t doesn’t make them less emotional, nor my original post “ironic” for not knowing your sources.

I stand by my original post, which was a cursory google search of us history.

Thanks for providing sources.

However, my ultimate point that it was never a gateway drug and bans were consistently protested remains.

Is your point that I’m wrong for not knowing everything because I said “Here’s what I found, stop being emotional and show me what you found.”?

Good day.

HopingForBetter ,

What an unusual shrimp.

HopingForBetter ,

Voda - water

ka - a little

Vodka - water, a little

Checks out.

All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week (arstechnica.com)

Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced....

HopingForBetter ,

Those poor multi-billion dollar…

Nope, I cannot even finish typing that sentence.

Fuck 'em.

HopingForBetter ,

My hands feel weird…

HopingForBetter ,

Spam, spam, spam, spamSpam, spam, spam, spamLovely spam, wonderful spam

HopingForBetter ,

I’ll agree that competition is not as robust.

However, it will be interesting to see how many “non-techy” people discover how easy it is to find content for free without ads.

HopingForBetter ,

Good o’le “Bobwehadababyitsaboy”

I also remember when CarrotTop did the C-A-L-L-A-T-T commercial, so that’s fun/old…

HopingForBetter ,

*Please?**Please?*Please, please!?

HopingForBetter ,

So, without reading the article, I’m assuming it’s lethal to humans and not just an issue where we all need to tell the closest rat to have a glass of cranberry juice for their uti.

HopingForBetter ,

Okay… Sheesh! Text message, email, voicemail, and now lemmy post!? Fine, I’ll call to schedule my yearly appointment. Happy now, doc?

HopingForBetter ,

The ps1 game discs often played OST music in regular cd players too. I remember walking around or riding in the car with a few game discs and my portable cd player. Good times.

HopingForBetter ,

It’s good.

If you’ve never played the games, it may take a few episodes to figure out, but my kids (who’ve never played) enjoyed it.

The universe has so many characters, factions, and creatures that I would say not even 1/4 are in the first season, so there is a lot of in universe room to expand and explore story-wise.

Not often I say this about new streaming series, but I highly recommend!

HopingForBetter ,

Absolutely.

HopingForBetter ,

Seconded.

I’ve played most of the games.

New Vegas is best for overall gameplay.

Personally, I like 4 best, but that’s because I played it first and the newer interfaces and voice-acting integration is smoother (it’s a newer game, so this is kind of th point). But, everyone I’ve talked to says New Vegas is the best, and I have to agree.

HopingForBetter ,

I definitely would argue most people don’t ever work 8 hours a day.

Even when I was scheduled in a factory, I had 10-15min here, 30min there of downtime waiting on the line, going poo, being told to change posts, watching people drop pallets and then everyone scrambling to pick up the spill.

That’s why I’ll always advocate work from home. Get your shit done, and get on with life.

HopingForBetter ,

It’s a very hard line to tow.

I think the death penalty should really only be allowed for mass murder / enslavement.

However, I doubt any billionaires are innocent of enslaving people, even if it’s “I paid them ($0.07 / day, which is slave wages)!” So, fuck the ultra rich. They didn’t get there by hard work; they got there by exploiting people and the system. Finances are not unlimited, so funneling that much money to yourself means you are directly depriving whole communities of livelihood and, almost always, actual life.

HopingForBetter ,

Well, Putin did increase his army by 1…

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Sorry, but um, actually, that’s a hyphen. An apocalypse is the goddess from Pirates of the Carribean who is in love with Davy Jones.

HopingForBetter ,

Apostrophes create contractions, hyphens create compounds.

HopingForBetter ,

Welcome to Nightvale

How does the day-to-day work of not wearing shoes in the house?

I have been reading a lot lately about not wearing outside shoes in the house and it interests me even more because I’ve been saving to re-carpet my whole house. It hits me every now and then about how to do things though, like, say I’m cooking all day on Sunday then need to take the trash out. I’m assuming it’s change...

HopingForBetter ,

Agreed.

The carpet is for my comfort, I’m not hosting it.

This reminds me of a similar discussion on reddit, years ago, about garbage disposal care: The absurdity argument was someone referencing a plumber who told them that the only thing that should ever go into the disposal is water.

HopingForBetter ,

Add some quality of life to this by installing multi-layer plastic sheets with perforation at the wall for easy cleanup when you forget whether your current shoes are indoor or outdoor.

HopingForBetter ,

This citizen kombats.

HopingForBetter ,

I really just wonder how easy it would be, psychologically, to start a Red-Blooded for Jesus organization, rake in profits under a non-profit tag, then “have to close because of the economy” and retire.

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But only banned books

HopingForBetter ,

Woah… I forgot about all that.

Waking up to the latest AAA that was started 36hrs ago at 75.8kb/s.

Of course it dropped to 0.9kb/s frequently, but it still downloaded.

HopingForBetter ,

Lemme c if I can xplan.

Hot air goes up.

Rocks ata top are also up.

So, more hot at the top makes the rocks hotter ad hotter, lika microwav, until they boil and melt tye tip of the mountain of, then, boom, volcano.

HopingForBetter ,

So, any recs. on good dumb tvs?

I’m upgrading to a projector soon, but also would love a few screens with actual buttons on the device incase of the inevitable remote loss.

HopingForBetter ,

This is my thought:

Good enough laptops are about $200, and Linux is free.

Then there are fairly good projectors for like $80 or less that have hdmi, av, rgb, etc. with an led bulb.

So, grand total about $300 for a massive screen and zero ads.

HopingForBetter ,

Unless you’re trying to achieve 4K on a projector, you definitely don’t need a $12k model.

Similarly, sound is dependent on the user. I’ve used many projectors that had decent speakers. Yes, speakers can be expensive, but not outlandish unless you’re going for an audiophile set, but then you’re going to drop money either way because most TVs don’t have movie theatre level speakers.

I’m just interested in having a big enough picture without paying a fortune or having unskippable ads while I play Horizon: Forbidden West.

An $80 projector works just fine for me.

I’m not trying to build a theatre or anything here.

HopingForBetter ,

All I found in a cursory search were commercial displays. But I’ll keep looking.

I’ve got a 30"? VISIO that’s over 13 years old and doing just fine. I’d love to get another something of that quality; planned obsolescence sucks.

HopingForBetter ,

For my current use, (mostly screen sharing) I think it has to be connected.

Also, I think most smart tvs require regular updates or they “won’t work”.

It’s worth a shot though, I’ll have to look into it.

HopingForBetter ,

Hey, thanks for letting me know I need to block you and your community.

K, thx, bi!

HopingForBetter ,

Just post that the answer is simple:

can (root; split) for - 1 =sam if (all “null”) then (n = n+1)

Watch the rage answers roll in.

HopingForBetter ,

I ended up befriending the few who tried to bully / antagonize me before graduation.

Haven’t talked to them in forever, so probably would go to the nearest hang and catch up on life.

HopingForBetter ,

You eat pizza sideways, don’t you?

HopingForBetter ,

So, it can lay flat to charge…

…but it has to be upright to play music…

?

HopingForBetter ,

It seems like you’re reaching really hard for it to be an issue.

Book stands hold phones very well.

So do old cassette cases.

I find my hand usually does a good job too, but sometimes I prop it between my knees.

If you really want it to be an issue, I guess it could be, but you’d have to try really hard to be inconvenienced.

I just learned that the Time Cube is no more. (lemmy.world)

Some of you may remember this absolute diamond of insanity that was the “4-Day Time Cube.” This was the go-to example of the internet as a universal amplifier for communication - for both the sane and insane alilke. It was there from nearly the start of the world-wide web, back in the 1990’s. Alas, it ceased to be some...

HopingForBetter ,

Any word on who got the $1k?

HopingForBetter ,

I’m just expecting ads with any “start” button press.

Press start ADS!

Change equipment by pressing start to access the menu. ADS!

Press start to conti ADS!!!

HopingForBetter ,

Gotta do something about that pesky morning breath.

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6!!! I got 6! I got 6 on the sun stare!

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Altered Beast (side scrolling platformer/ beatemup with Godzilla style bosses)

Wise fwom youw gwave!

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Pronounced Kyle

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Oh my!

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