Catoblepas

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[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does Puerto Rico not get funds from feds for roads? I thought funding for that was tied to the drinking age being raised to 21, but now that I’m thinking of it that might be interstate funds. Which PR wouldn’t need for obvious reasons.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That’s often how transphobes define detransition, because they have to juke every stat they can. (Not saying that’s why the authors are doing it, but they are probably having to navigate a scene filled with data based on that) When bigots say X% detransition, they don’t mention the *re-*transition that many go through, or that many detransitioners don’t “return” to their birth sex identity because they never had a binary gender identity to begin with.

By their definition I’ve detransitioned before when I was off hormones and not making an effort at presenting as male, but it was 100% situational and I knew it was a temporary thing while it was happening.

Transphobes intentionally muddy the water by letting people assume that the colloquial definition most people use—deciding you aren’t transgender and that you want to return to your birth sex—is the same one they’re using. But it’s absolutely not.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I don’t even want to think about all the microplastics created when people sand their builds they’re going to throw in the trash or ignore after a week. Small comfort that most people are too lazy to even do that. People are more careful around wood dust than microplastics, it’s nuts. And like, wood dust isn’t harmless either! Don’t breathe any of it, but definitely don’t breathe the plastics!

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 56 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They’re probably lying about it, both because they know it looks bad to be fucking with kids and because being unsuccessful makes them look worse in their eyes.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly you should assume all supplements are toxic and full of heavy metals, because that shit is virtually unregulated.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sales metrics, I guess. Ikea always asks for it when you check out, and I remember having to ask people when I worked at a retail clothes store untold ages ago.

God dammit, not Frank! He was just a week away from retiring at the banana factory!

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 weeks ago

You still have REM as far as I know, you just don’t remember it.

Source: I also smoke a lot of weed, but have screaming in the middle of the night PTSD nightmares I don’t remember when I’m woken up from them.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 29 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

You know the joke, if people had wings we wouldn’t fly because we’d consider it exercise? That, but with escaping the Matrix and landlines. You can still go pay your phone company to activate one… just nobody does.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 weeks ago

I was going to say ‘didn’t they just blow up a neighborhood with fireworks the same way a few years ago?’, but that was the LAPD. Of course they learned nothing from watching someone else fuck up.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

This is doubly true for the card payment terminals. The on screen options are all in different places, orders, and with random questions thrown in. What’s your phone number? Do you want to round up to donate a car to starving kittens? What’s your zip code? Debit or credit?

Also, because this system is apparently developed by a maniac: where I live (might be national and not state level, not sure) EBT cards have to be used on some terminals by swiping, not the chip that comes on the card. But to swipe, first you have to use the chip and let that fail. So if you see someone using an EBT card that looks like they have no fucking clue how to use a card, it’s probably that they’re actually using it the only way they can.

Absolutely insane design choice, especially for people who may already be facing delays like separating items into two separate transactions for non-covered items, having to remove items that seem like they should be covered but aren’t, etc.

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