shalafi @ shalafi @lemmy.world

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Yep. Given the choice, most people would rather be getting laid. Apparently lemmy finds this idea distasteful.

Used the total power of a modern household, but you could FIX it! Dad and I took a few trips to the grocery store to test and buy new tubes. If dad couldn't hack it, call the repair guy. Imagine it being cheaper to have a man come to your house a few times than to buy a new TV.

I pack a Life Straw. Saved my tail once. Cut the top off a beer can and sucked down creek water. Tasted like flat tap water.

Best? This is more for on-the-water activities, but always carry a sponge. Know those giant, yellow, cleaning sponges? Yep, one of those.

You can sop up messes, swamp out the kayak/canoe/boat, get the sand off the tent floor, cool yourself, cool your gear or seat, much more. Got the tip off /r/kayaking years ago when a noob asked for little known tips and tricks. Carry one on every outing now and get bummed if I forget it.

My other trick I never hear talked about is hair ties. Got sick of replacing rubber bands after every outing. I use them on every trip, in the woods or on the water. They make great zipper pulls, and you have one for use right there! I've held my shoes together in a pinch, lashed gear to my bag, can't even tell what all I've done. It's a rare hike that I don't use one. BTW, this thick rubber bracelets are great too, tougher but not quite as multipurpose.

I know we hate Amazon, but here is what I got. Bonus, they came shrink wrapped in tough plastic, totally flat and easy to pack. Not a sponge expert but the quality seems pretty good, I've had worse from Dollar General. A cleaning supply place would probably sell you a properly tough one.

Similarly, a pair of water shoes never leaves my truck. I have wussy feet, can't do without. Also, it's something else to wear if your drying your shoes/boots on the line. While we're at it, I always have a length of paracord. Too many uses to name.

I'm a big flashlight nerd, and this Olight lives on hiking bag's chest strap. Weighs nothing and I have yet to kill it in the field. The clip is secure but I still lash it on with a hair tie. Bonus: Steady red light to not kill your night vision, blinky red for emergencies or, as I use it, so my wife doesn't lose track of me on the trail. Clip it on on your front, Iron Man style, clip it on your hat brim, also has a magnetic base. Of all my good flashlight, it's the most used. OTOH, overnight, I wouldn't trust the tiny battery alone, always carry a spare light.

I'll stop now or we'll be here all night. I could go on about caribiners?

LOL, I heard that gif. Timed it in my mind, on the money OP.

Looks like white Wombat poop.

Even in Florida, even in tiny lakes and swamps, the water is plenty cool under the top 2'.

He also dated Grace Jones. Prime human indeed.

Lies! That gif is sped up 2000%!

5'9" is average for an American male, a mere 3" shy of 6'. Plus, this graph is not only false, the scale is laughable.

Ethnicity: the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.

That doesn't mean they have 600 genetic lineages.

Nah, there's a limited number of face types. It's just that humans pick up on tiny differences making it seem there are millions. Also, OP didn't change the hair, same expression, Ross' face is blurry and obscuring those tiny differences, stuff like that.

Apparently I'm African. Had no clue!

My shotgun's flag is nailed upside down.

No. The Holocaust was 6 million Jews. There were plenty more Slavs, Poles, gays, disabled (mentally and physically), political prisoners, etc. Hard to get numbers as everything you read is focused on Jews, which were indeed the majority.

Society hasn't become that bad. It's becoming that bad again, and almost none of us are used to it.

Been dumped by three women, the day after they saw me cry. Good news! My wife is fine with it, as rare as crying is, and comforts me. But y'all women don't have a good track record in my book.

Hah! Terry Pratchett could have run with that.

Granny Weatherwax: "What's wrong with your ball thingie? Looks leaky."

Magrat: "Oh! I got it from Boffo Novelty and Joke Shop (No. 4, Tenth Egg Street, Ankh-Morpork). It's supposed to be a top-of-the-line scrying ball!"

Weatherwax: "You got swindled you wet hen. That's a crying ball if I ever sees one."

Nanny Oog: "Now Granny, give young Magrat a break. Here honey, have a shot of this. Always puts me right on top of the world! And sometimes on the bottom, which is just as well."

Weatherwax: "I can't be havin' with you two. Goats need fed." (jump starts her crappy broom)

"The enemy's gate is down."

The side with the seam is down.

A 99-1 vote to drop the anti AI regulation is hardly the government voting against. The Senate smashed that shit hard and fast.