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Somebody once advanced the theory that the pyramids may have been public works projects, to keep the whole economy from collapsing. The pharaohs had accumulated so much of the available wealth, they spent some of it to put people to work. I think that’s an interesting speculation.

Companies pandering to a money-spending public - son of a gun, who would have seen that coming??

Found Alex Fresco!

Same here, I signed up immediately. Also had a google phone # for a while, but never used it and I don’t think it even works anymore. I think they only created those to gather test data for voice recognition.

In the early 60s my teenage cousin constantly held a “transistor radio” like this up to her ear, listening to top 40 stations. I bet it sounded similar.

In my defense I have ADHD.

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By then shuttle flights were so routine I didn’t even get up to watch the liftoff. My mom called me before work and told me it blew up.

Christa McAuliffe trivia: she was the only one in her training group who didn’t throw up on the “Vomit Comet”.

In the most absolute historical sense all borders are arbitrary made-up lines on the ground.

Good antidote: play Superfreak in your head.

Drawback: now you have Superfreak playing in your head.

Minor flex, I’m actually pretty good at solving these without any letters. It used to drive my parents crazy. Not much use unless you are able to get on that show.

I’m just looking at lemmy.world in a web browser - does that count?

IDGAF if it’s the best (mint), it was easy to install, easy to transition to from Windows, and in 6 months hasn’t given me any trouble. I just wanna use my computer.

I thought federated meant people see your posts no matter where you log in. But if going to piefed means you’re “leaving” lemmy, kthxbye I guess. I don’t see the need for an announcement.

Clever. For me simply not being interested in buying stuff is sufficient.

Indeed, which is why getting shot in the heel was every warrior’s Achilles Heel.

The story of Achilles has always creeped me out. Imagine getting shot in the heel with a fucking arrow. Seems like one of the worst places. OTOH I guess no place is exactly good.

Popup blockers aren’t as satisfying as a browser plugin that adds a “Fuck Off” button to them.

I used to feel that way, but Trump has done so much damage he’s just not fucking funny anymore, and I wish people would stop generating all the noise to point out how stupid he is. We know, and by now it’s WAAAY past funny.

Sadly Mr. Japan died in April.