Nemo

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I once sneezed so hard while lying down that my sock flew off.

Like you, I use a handkerchief. If I'm wearing a T, I might instead lift up the collar and sneeze down the front of my shirt. More gross for me but more hygienic for everyone else around. The third option is to drop into a crouch and sneeze into my elbow between my knees, funnelling it towards the floor.

I would rather do one big sneeze than lots of little sneezes, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Okay, so, first, none of us are biologically masculine or feminine, because those aren't biological concepts, they're social ones.

People who are biologically male tend to be assigned masculinity, and same with females and femininity. And just because something is socially constructed doesn't mean it is not important — as a million memes will tell you, we live in a society.

I think the heart of the issue is who assigned the gender roles: The gender role you want to assign me isn't important; the gender role I assign myself IS.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Labyrinth - if you've never played it, all the players are moving around a maze collecting items on cards they draw from a deck. Whoever collects them all first wins. You can move as far as you want each turn, but the catch is you first change the maze (the whole board being made of movable tiles), then move your totem. It encouraged complicated spacial reasoning and leaves room for sabotage of other players. Any number of players can play; you can even solitaire it if you want.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Had that at U of Chicago in the early aughts.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Lycos search on Netscape Navigator

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I took the cargo hitch off my bike and set it down somewhere in the basement...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I read the book because my wife is from Sitka. Apparently there is a disproportionately large Jewish population in real life as well, though not nearly like in the book.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Or Sitka, Alaska?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

No, I want more weirdos. Philosopher, artists, and madmen. Misunderstood geniuses on the wrong side of the law. Grown adults who play with (not collect, play with) Lego. Urban utility cyclists. Artisanal cheesemakers. Artisanal videogame makers. People rewriting the Bible for the postmodern era. Macro-scale scavenger hunters. Ghosts of Christmas yet-to-come. People who learned all their longest words from books and would only be guessing as to how they're pronounced.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fight? I'm sure you meant "keep as a pet". And obviously the microlions. I'd feed them ground beef and try to maintain a breeding population, eventually sell them as pets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

and "sepulchre"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

extremely grumpy and unprepared

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