In case anyone reading hasn’t seen the full thing:
https://thenib.com/this-is-not-fine/

Just needs some of the text updated to current news.

Americans are now considered morons (left and right leaning)

Why the left-leaning ones? Because we didn’t do enough to prevent this catastrophe?

Unwelcome where, exactly?

the language is bullshit
i don’t think it’s worth learning french for almost any reason

Personally I’m learning French because it’s the language of bande dessinée, and in order to enjoy more BD, plus run my sublemmy more effectively, it’s an obvious choice.

Anyway I find French much harder than Spanish, but am slowly getting the hang of it… I think. Gender is complete BS to me, and it seems like there are tonnes of little grammar rules to follow. Is that why you called it bullshit, yourself?

…I have never heard another person say those things.

Haha, I can totally relate to someone making up expressions, then sticking with them. For example, a couple I made up for whatever reason, and still employ with a frequency:

• Oh, rabbits! (expression of surprise, sometimes used as a mild curse)
• Well, shut my mouth and spank my bottom! (surprised, Southern-style)
• Smooch my ruby, red rump! (tauntingly, Bender of Futurama-style)

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EDIT: Oh, and my grandpère used to loudly exclaim “Fiddlesticks!” when he was obviously angry or deeply annoyed. I’ve never heard that term used ever across old literature, films, etc.

EDIT2: Back when the TV series Deadwood was running, I remember someone online asking ‘why are they swearing using completely modern terms?’ and someone else answering ‘because if the show used authentic curse words, the characters would all sound like variants of Yosemite Sam.’

I dunno, speaking as a Naked Gun / Zucker fan, I think I might have enjoyed that! :P

Just to sideways add-on: as we know, unhealthy stuff can sometimes be replaced and upgraded with something else. Let’s take white rice. It so happens that there are other grains that are more nutritious and fibre-rich than even brown or wild rice. It also steps around the issue or rice naturally containing arsenic, which could be an issue for rice lovers. Substitutes might be things like barley and wheat berries.

Personally I’ve found steel-cut oats to be my very favorite rice replacement. Very nutritious, and I even prefer the flavor. They also naturally have a nice, calming quality, not unlike hops, valerian, skullcap, etc.

How to use? Well, SC oats can seamlessly replace rice 1:1 in soups & stews, no problemo. As a side dish, one will probably want to rinse them after cooking, as it can get a little slimey, a bit like sushi rice.

Yes, people seem to commonly associate “oats” with breakfast, but steel-cut oats are a different beast than rolled oats. They taste significantly different due to being whole, and less processed. Give it a try if you’re daring, and I think you might be pleasantly surprised!

Unbelievable.
It’s sort of the anti-Clinton, full of wonkish facts of the time, but like the coming admin, directed towards blame and hate.

Which too-often snags the common person in to a vague basket of ‘yeah, we gotta get those guys!’ sentiment.

Haha, it won’t of course,
but it’s a nice gesture. :D

Thanks for the honest reply!

Thanks for the reply, matey.
So, assuming I’m getting all that correctly, then you seem like you’re prone to spinning-up some dark fun which suits *you*, but not necessarily the object of the joke, necessarily.

TBH, I’ve struggled with that myself, many-a-time. Argh…

I’ve made a joke about someone killing themselves on both lemmy and Reddit.

How was that funny, if I may ask?

If you don’t keep up-to-date with what’s going on, and don’t exercise your vote, then everything around you is pretty much an ‘Illuminati scam.’

Welcome to the easiest way to scam people. XD

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I’m not sure that’s really the opposite side, in reality.

Understood; just wanted to add on.

My point is more or less that this doesn’t have to be a closed-book situation about fish oil. Maybe it can help in some other way, and/or maybe it really can work as ‘advertised’ in conjunction with other substances. Certainly wouldn’t be the first time, if so.

Most fish oil is completely ineffective:

I’ve personally noticed some powerful effects from fish oil: 1) it can act as a neotropic booster, particularly in conjunction with SRI’s and similar meds / substances, 2) it can cause me significant insomnia (no arrhythmia) if I take ~6-8 capsules.

Is that germane to this thread? Probably not, but something seems to be going on. Maybe fish oil has been studied so far on too limited a basis.

@cheese_greater@lemmy.world

Seems like millions of redditors say just that through the many slaps in the face to users, then hang around anyway. :S

Thanks, Blaze.
Appreciate. ^^

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I think when they said that, the implication was that there was no need for such. I.e. it interrupted the flow of the story and didn’t add anything useful, other than perhaps pandering to a certain crowd.