You could take a stab at figuring out what happened to Amalia Earhart, who DB Cooper was, or why Big Foot doesn’t eat at Burger King (but loves Dairy Queen). The big questions of our time.
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👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•When you buy stuff online, do you use your real name, or a false name/nickname/pseudoname?English8·2 days agoYears ago I used to sign up for free samples of things (found on a freebees sub) using the name Freema Balczak, because then I’d know if one of them sold my info… but mostly for shits and giggles.
In 1975 Barry Manilow wrote the songs that made the whole world sing, the songs of love and special things.
Anybody got a sexy mnemonic that includes subphylum, subclass, superorder, suborder, etc? Or, more to the point, what taxonomic system gets us to the orgy the fastest?
👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why does Dairy Queen sell food?English64·5 days agoOnce upon a time there were two types of Dairy Queens. Some were just ice cream, but the ones called “Dairy Queen Braizer” sold hot food too. Eventually they all sold hot food.
👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Spicy food never affects my gut and everyone thinks it's really weird. How unusual is this and what could be happening to explain why spicy food doesn't affect me?English2·7 days agoSpicy food never had an effect on my stomach until one day in my late 30’s. Now there’s a fuzzy threshold where I’m OK, but there’s a limit. A whole serving of my favorite bulgogi is always too much.
👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto Science Memes@mander.xyz•this thing fucking sucksEnglish14·8 days agoIt just exists. It’s not its fault it distorts spacetime around it until it becomes one of those coin donation funnels at the mall.
Not names, just adjectives.
They’re even the right colors for my 6.5lb spotted lady and 14lb orange torpedo
👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto Technology@lemmy.world•Dyson Has Killed Its Bizarre Zone Air-Purifying HeadphonesEnglish3·9 days agoIt was a joke. I feel like we’re all living Brazil 2.
👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto Fediverse@lemmy.world•Been a good couple of yearsEnglish25·9 days agoHoly crap! I just got used to thinking that its been over a year since the blackout… but that shocking realization was a year ago now. Thanks, everyone!
👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto Technology@lemmy.world•Dyson Has Killed Its Bizarre Zone Air-Purifying HeadphonesEnglish6·9 days agoWait, those weren’t made as a prop for Brazil 2?
👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Anyone actually say during an interview that the reason they want the job was because they need money?English4·10 days agoWe were born into a system that requires that we make money if we want to participate. Hopefully the means of doing so has at least some desirability beyond that, even if only “this line of effort seems interesting enough that I wont constantly fantasize about stepping in front of a fast moving bus, and thus ruining its driver’s money making obligation too.”
Horses know how the world works, that’s why they’re always giving it the middle finger.
👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto Science Memes@mander.xyz•It's not supposed to make sense...English46·11 days agoMy favorite thing about quantum physics is that Schrodinger’s Cat was presented as a criticism. It was the most ridiculous extension of quantum superposition that Schrodinger could come up with. But then all the quantum physicists went, “YES! That’s a perfect way to explain it. Let’s teach that to middle schoolers!”
According to their press kit, their casino alone has 93,000 feet. All of them square for some reason.
“How I ended up spending 2 hours listening to a shark ramble about their action movie spec script: Fingers.”
👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•When do you finally calm down after buying a house?English16·12 days agoIt all becomes normal after a while but I still stress about the things that could take it away. Treefalls during big storms and fire hazards and places where people might trip and gutter overflows and was that a carpenter ant and and and.
A now, ten years later, we’re doing some minor remodeling and a lot of those money stresses and fears of the unknown are coming back.
“That one to left, that’s the most gorilla that can ever gorilla. Look how hard it’s gorillaing! Name it accordingly.”
Many years ago when we finally sunset out first generation servers, we took them out to a gun range and let the support department have the first shots.