toynbee

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

A very similar interaction happened in the beginning of the book Good Omens.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Surely that wasn't 16 years ago.

Surely.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That's very kind of you, but I hesitate to take the word of the noteless and I can't just take you at your word that you are bereft of hinges.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It's too bad I don't have a note about you, because I feel like that would make this more contentious but probably interesting.

If I were going to make one about you, and you were as honest as you think you can be, what do you think it would say? I haven't looked at your post history and I don't remember your username from elsewhere (sorry), so I'm genuinely curious how you'll choose to represent yourself.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

As is that guy with the glasses.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I can't comment on your particular client, but I suspect most of them should support it in some form.

It looks like Thunder is available for Android and iOS. I dont really use it but I do have it installed, so I took a look. It has a "user label" function that looks pretty similar and is added through the same basic process.

Note that I am very much not an expert on Lemmy and even less so on anything Apple, but I bet a way can be found! And if not you always have the option of submitting a feature request to the developer of whatever app you do use.

Good luck!

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Hey, just be happy you're not in ICQ.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know where this building is located, but in the USA, "ground floor" and "first floor" are oft used interchangeably to mean what I'm guessing you would call the ground floor.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

As for what they are, the green text in my screenshot.

How depends on how you access Lemmy. In my client, Connect, I expand a comment, tap the three dots to the right of it, and click "add user note."

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I don't know that I have one now, but when I was a kid I liked "minimizing" because it was a pleasant pattern to type.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Both excellent points!

 

They almost blend together.

 
 

Newbie was a rescue from a dog fighting house. According to the shelter from which we got her, they couldn't get her to fight, so they used her for breeding. For her entire life with us, she had scars from where they tied her down for breeding... But despite coming from the most abusive background imaginable, she was the absolute sweetest dog. She was in my life for about a decade and, other than in her sleep, I never once heard her make an aggressive sound.

Unfortunately, she died a few years ago from a failing pancreas. She's the only dog I ever had to choose to let die. I wish she were still here.

edit: She was really stinky, though.

 

A while ago, Maze hurt her ear. Since then we've been giving her all kinds of medication. Obviously things aren't pristine, but she's doing way better and her wheezing has nearly disappeared!

 
 

My wife pronounces it three different ways, each of which she can support. I pronounce it one, but other than that it's the way I've heard it I can't support my pronunciation even after some searches. What's yours and why?

 

Last week, I made a post about a demon in my backyard at 4am.

For anyone curious, this is how it disguises its form during daylight. Pretty convincing and a lot less unsettling.

 

My 5-year-old has set up a selection of large rocks on the railing of my back porch, which my kitchen faces.

In the kitchen, there is a small TV with a red status LED, which due to the window construction reflects twice.

As I naively walked into my kitchen, the only person in my house awake in the early morning, the rocks and lights lined up in an alarming way. I got quite a start.

(I know the picture isn't great quality ... I think the phone camera didn't want to focus on reflections. Also I zoomed in to hide my kitchen clutter.)

edit: Clarifications.

 

Do you want to live in the city or country? Either way, why? Is there a specific place you'd like to live?

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