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Cake day: August 4th, 2023


  • As a tall man who likes to walk at night, I have long understood that women alone at night do not wish to encounter me. So when I happen to find myself following a woman down the street, I will either slow down, cross the street, or stop and look at a sign or something for a minute to give her some space.

    In a dangerous and shitty world, a person has to find subtle and quiet ways to express care, compassion, and solidarity. It costs me nothing to make a woman feel safer.





  • Codex@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldI do not feel serenity.
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    16 days ago

    I’ve expressed a similar sentiment as “it’s easy to be enlightened up on a mountain.” As in, big whoop to all the wise hermits who fled society to find peace: that’s not being above the problems of the world (except literally), it’s hiding from them and pretending that ignorance can be bliss again. The real work is maintaining peace and wisdom in the face of monstrous injustice.













  • Codex@lemmy.worldtoCasual UK@feddit.ukAm I being dense?
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    1 month ago

    Several of these irritate me but ultimately evoke a solid

    But fuck me playing with the person who came up with these would test my patience.

    Pizza, V? I suppose cheese and meats are optional. One can. Some do. If we get into “It has minerals in it!” then we’ll have to argue about what atoms are, so fine, pass.

    Guitar (!) Strings, A? I know about catgut, for violens in my mind, but let us wiki it. Huh neat, catgut is intestenal fiber from usually goat or sheep, sometimes cat-tle, but never actually cat. And, while still preferred for concert harps and classical instruments, guitars all mostly switched to steel in the 1900s (and nylon or mixed later). So when was this game printed, how old are you imagined-ghost-of-the-author?