InquisitiveApathy

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[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 108 points 3 months ago (21 children)

They're serious about following the rules because their entire social and community structure stresses conformity. If you break the norms of the faith there are serious repercussions and you can lose your entire family, community, and support structure. When they're alone with others who aren't of the faith they are definitely far more lax. I've drank beer and even had chocolate with Mormons before lol.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 244 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (46 children)

I have family in Utah and there's a pretty common joke in this vein.

Why do you always invite two Mormons to a party?

Because if you only invite one they will drink all your beer.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Seriously. There is either some serious misconduct going on or this police chief definitely didn't come up with a polite enough excuse not to attend their bosses bosses boss's church fundraiser.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 26 points 3 months ago (3 children)

As someone who also only drinks black coffee I agree. Their signature taste is literally burnt because of the way they roast their beans. It's terrible.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

I've tried Google's suggestion of water/vinegar and a bit of dish soap in a bottle, but they don't seem to go for it at all.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought this method was only geared for fruit flies, not houseflys.

Flypaper strips can be effective depending on the severity and location of the issue and are fairly cheap. It won't be 100% effective, but it might help. Just be very careful about where you place it if you have any pets or children.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

We've got swallows that do this where we live. As I'm making this comment I can hear my cat faceplanting into the window to attack them in the other room.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I haven't had a chance to listen to the new album, but it's a bit sad to hear it went in a poppier direction.

Honestly though, Worlds is a masterpiece that was created as pushback against the EDM trends of the time when it was released. It's not necessarily unfair comparison, but it is a recipe for disappointment if that's what you're going to use as your baseline for all new music.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago

The bear has a circle beard. A goatee is traditionally only the hair under your chin, but the definition is pretty loose nowadays.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 25 points 4 months ago

This excerpt from the linked Wikipedia article for the name abstractly summarizes it nicely.

It reached the rank of the sixth most popular name for girls in the United States in 1912 and maintained that popularity through 1920, but then its popularity dropped quickly afterward.[2]

The name Mildred was very common about a hundred years ago, but never really at any other point since. If you see the name Mildred without seeing the person in question your first thoughts will be that they are extremely old. That's really about it.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 93 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Stop it. Executives don't understand sarcasm and you've doomed us all!

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You seem to be conflating two unrelated points. When people say "tourists need to go home" or "we need less tourists," they aren't referring to some philosophical argument for the existence of tourism as a gauge of economic health for the middle class.

These phrases are almost exclusively speaking in regards to tourism's negative effects on the local environment and population. Heavy tourism has a tendency to cannibalize an areas resources and then alienate or push out the native population.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

That's how it shows up for me at least. Reduced aspect ratio and the top/bottoms of images are cropped to a standard size. I have been needing to wait a second for the image to fully load it's full format rather than needing to interact with a post though - it just happens automatically when it's in view on the screen.

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