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    What was your last dream about?

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    I wish for you to find love for yourself and acceptance with those that will appreciate you for who you are. 🫂 The impact of trauma can be hard to reverse but not impossible. But the good news is that even an old beat up RV can be repaired, restored, used towards building/buying a new one.
  • dandomrude@lemmy.worldD

    Considering all the technological advances humanity has made in the last 50 years, has humanity evolved in terms of civilization, stagnated, or regressed?

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    Society can do nothing but evolve. The world has changed and society has changed with the aspects best able to continue in the modern world being those thar continued. Is society better off or not is a good question.
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    What do you think of the very angry sport fan ?

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    almacca@aussie.zoneA
    It's an interesting thought experiment to look at sports fans getting overly excited by people chasing a ball bouncing around like an anthropologist studying group behaviour in primates. I can't see them as anything other than gibbering apes after doing that.
  • interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI

    Is there anywhere in the world that you visited previously that you'd like to return to if time and costs permit? Why?

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    Buenos Aires, for being the only time I left Brazil and for the tasty empanadas.
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    I would expect that judges have a fine moral compass for which crimes are worse than others. Better if they don't need to follow some administration's counterscientific "tough on crime" whim You make a compelling case for maximums though. I hadn't thought of it as being a way to reduce torture or death penalty in the countries where that's on the table in the first place
  • C

    What are your grammar bugbears?

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    Oh, if anything, unless it's in the last element, it's easier to see paired items in the list ( ',' -> next element; ' and ' -> still the same element, with 'and' inside). When it's the last element, it's indeed ambiguous. And then there's /u/hakase 's comment: “They went to Oregon with Betty, a maid, and a cook”, where Betty is the maid mentioned.
  • H

    What is palantir in lord of the rings / tolken, and what does that fortell about the dystopian company palantir?

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    Originally, The Great Elf Smith Feanor Created three gems (the Silmarils) that captured the light of the trees, Gold, Silver and combined gold and silver light, they were blessed and holy. They were Stolen by Melkor/Morgoth, w the help of Ungoliant, the Mother of Shelob. The Brothers of Feanor Spread out, and they Vowed to get the Silmarils Back, The Palantir were then created by Feanor so the brothers could coordinate w each other over distance. In LOTR, We see that Sauruman has one, and Sauron (Servant of Morgoth) Has one. - His power and influence worked through it, he could see the minds and the intentions of those who looked into it. Originally they were just for the Brothers to communicate. The Silmarillion is my favorite book, really worth reading, IMHO better than all the LOTR + Hobbit, Its the total Backstoiry/Prequel to LOTR and Tolkien Died before it was truly finished, His son Published it, and it's brilliant.
  • mothra@mander.xyzM

    Can you recommend a good camera app?

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    mothra@mander.xyzM
    Thank you! It took me a while to find the api2 but I got there. Well that does it then
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    PERCHANCE QUESTION New faces too much the same?? HALP!

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    muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.comM
    How much energy is it worth wasting on stupid shit for our entertainment? U don't need lights it would be far more efficient if u used a headtorch. Is the energy usage of ur TV worth the entertainment u get from it?
  • muji1414@lemmy.worldM

    “21-Year-Old: Need Real Advice on Greys & Balding

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    2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de2
    Those people are conspiracy nuts. Don’t listen to them.
  • C

    What is Brock's ethnicity from Pokemon?

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    Born and raised in Pewter City - Kanto Region
  • C

    What do Americans have to worry about that Canadians dont?

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    everything
  • P

    What should be done with the unemployable people?

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    public execution
  • A

    What will replace digital era?

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    in-person social interactions
  • B

    What nerd terms should one know while on lemmy?

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    gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zoneG
    Tailscale is a tunneling service which allows to easily connect multiple different networks together. For example, if you have two computers in different locations, they can talk to each other as if they were in the same location using a tailscale network.
  • E

    How do you know you're in the right relationship, or how do you realise you're in the wrong one?

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    zdl@lazysoci.alZ
    Jesus say: Blessed are they who honour the wise of every nation, and make not mockery in their name: for they shall inherit respect among all peoples.
  • salcie@jlai.luS

    What are your advices to cool homes without AC ?

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    If youre making a point and part of it is a lie, it is completely wrong. Lets begin by growing a pair of balls and owning up to your mistakes instead of hiding behind condescension.
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    What do you think antiauthoritarianism is?

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    What do you mean? Leftism is the even distribution of authority and Rightism is the concentration of authority. Leftism is the polar opposite of authoritarianism by definition.
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    If you want to advocate for any matter, what is the best social media with the highest reach to do that?

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    Bluesky. because of who rusn the site you'd probably get banned on Twitter for advocating for anything morally good
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    How to double under constraints

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    With prostitution, you don't even need the initial 20, but that's basically a kind of work so I don't think it's in the spirit. Probably ditto for finding someone dumb enough to buy your overpriced single gram. If you can actually build a client base and find regular suppliers that changes, although then you have to deal with the risks of being a drug dealer.