slingstone @ slingstone @lemmy.world

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If someone wanted to purchase this legal weed, say, in South Carolina, is there a guide somewhere indicating what is legally available in that jurisdiction?

Asking for a friend...

I remember the term for the fascists in Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here was corporatists. That novel was contemporaneous with the rise of fascism as I recall, and it's a chilling look at how America might have gone fascist back then. It's pretty relevant to what's happening now.

And now I'm blind. Thanks!

I liked Google+, mostly because it wasn't Facebook, I guess.

You knew your favorite show had made it when it was on the cover of TV Guide. I know I was happy when Babylon 5 got a cover.

Game related - monochrome monitors

Four color CGA was amazing, right?

The top dial on the TV had the VHF (lower number) stations. The bottom had the UHF( higher number) stations. In spite of all those channels being available, many places only had three, maybe four that had a station in range to be received intelligibly.

I tried explaining universal precautions to a pastor of a church I was attending, and pointed out that there is a Christian commandment to love one's neighbor that overrides one's personal desires. He could not dispute my points, but he also didn't do anything to implement safety procedures.

Guess who left the church after the unsurprising COVID outbreak?

I realize a lot of people here aren't believers, but my point is that even within the context of religion or common wisdom, masks make sense.

There's been a lot of talk lately about how decades of lead in gasoline, pipes, and in other places likely damaged generations of people's ability to reason. I'm sincerely beginning to think this is a bigger problem than we'll ever truly know.

Yeah, it's weird that we've relegated this amazing technology that lets you communicate by voice (and now video) to the back burner in favor of a far more cumbersome one that removes so much context in terms of tone.

RIP SGU

Didn't gun control ramp up when the Black Panthers started exercising their rights to bear arms? Funny thing is the Panthers seem much more like a "well-regulated militia" than this Wild West, permitless carry, anything goes BS.

People act like their mamas never told 'em to cover their damned mouths when they cough or sneeze. It's the same damned thing, only masks work much better at keeping your filthy germs from infecting other people.

Common sense ain't common, they say, and this anti-mask nonsense is just proof that it's true.

This game rocks. I love the fact that I've got a home brew version on my Wii of all things. Getting it back on the PC, though...I used to be able to do crazy crap with the Arilou Skiff using the keyboard controls. Never felt the the same with a controller or a touch screen.

I guess what I want is a suggestion for a good history of the labor movement.

Wrapping that cable around an AT-AT's legs at the Battle of Hoth is something I'll always remember from those games.

Are there any good resources that give an overview of some of this stuff? I must confess my ignorance, but your words are stirring and I want to know more.

Well, crap. I really want to go somewhere far from the global conflicts that might arise in the future but still live in a relatively modern and developed country. New Zealand seemed like it would be a desirable destination, but if it's on the same trajectory as the US, UK, and Canada, I guess it wouldn't be an upgrade.

I really want to be as far from likely military (particularly nuclear) targets as possible. I feel like we're on the precipice of something truly awful.

Oh, well. I wonder why they let Amazon ruin the second age, them?