triptrapper @ triptrapper @lemmy.world

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I learned about torchiere style lamps a few years ago and I really like them. You've seen them before. They're usually floor lamps and they point upwards to bounce the light off the ceiling. Unless you have a dark ceiling, they do a great job of spreading the light around the room without being too bright.

Smart bulbs are, of course, more customizable, but recently I've gone back to analog lights I can just turn on and off.

How else would they keep the price at $60? To be serious, though, I haven't played it and maybe it's worth it.

What's your problem? If you had a financial windfall that meant you could retire, are you saying you wouldn't?

I guess it's good they acknowledge the need for an exception to the law, but even in the case I described it sounds like the person in danger would be waiting even longer to have their case reviewed. That said, I don't know how long the process normally takes anyway, or if a name change is a viable protection from domestic violence.

Fuck this bullshit. And as usual, anti-trans laws don't just hurt trans people. Anyone changing their name to escape abuse or domestic violence would have to broadcast their new information to the public.

Does India have a higher rate of violent sex crimes compared with other countries, or have I been propagandized? I don't want to be the guy who says, "WTF is happening over there?" so I'm curious if something is, indeed, "happening over there."

Was I not supposed to roll joints with this stuff when I was 18?

My parents were Catholic, so they never talked about sex per se. My "talk" was my dad saying, "I want you to remember to always respect women. And that means not doing anything inappropriate." Very informative.

OP wasn't arguing that Italian-American culture necessarily resembles Italian culture. Of course they're different. You're implying that the concept of "Italian-American culture" is superficial or illegitimate because it differs from the way that Europeans talk about international or intergenerational identities, and that's some prescriptivist bullshit. "Genuine cultural identity"? Get out of here.

If the shooter was black they would have sent the SWAT team within an hour. I can't believe the chief was saying this shit out loud. "We knocked on the door, he didn't answer, there was nothing we could do."

This story is bananas. After Moturi was shot, it wasn't until he went to the press that the police made an effort to arrest the shooter. Here's MPD chief's unhinged response to the criticism.

https://youtu.be/A0TCnMHHhwY

As a young photographer, he was a hometown hero for me. Rest in peace.

Either he's never heard of John Chau or he's trying to become the next John Chau.

I'm a white American.

Most friendly: Portugal. They seem to be a happy bunch in general, and they all seemed excited to have visitors. Lisbon, Cascais, Lagos, and all the little towns in between.

Least friendly: Iceland. They could just be less open and emotionally expressive with strangers, but unless it was a business transaction I was frequently ignored when I said hello and people seemed uninterested in having a conversation.

I frequently hear this stereotype from people who haven't been to France. I specifically hear that the French are rude to anyone who doesn't speak French. My experience was that they can be rude to Americans who assume everyone will speak English. I would do my best to have a conversation in French, and the locals would usually take pity on me and switch to English.

I'm not denying there are unfriendly French people, but I would expect anyone to get tired of tourists who don't make any effort to speak the local language.

It's so funny when they think Biden has a cult of rabid supporters.

A country doesn't enforce tarriffs on other countries... unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

And who would I be buying it from?

Is that how you think this works? Nobody gets to choose where they're born, and people tend to stay close to their families or other support systems, and their jobs. They might have partners or kids who are similarly invested in the area. Not so easy.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not disagreeing with your general point that right-wing terrorism is ignored by the media. Just wanted to clarify that you said "every one of them had a manifesto" but the Vegas shooter did not. That said, a lot of the details of his life are things I associate with right-wingers: worked for Lockheed, owned rental properties, 2nd amendment, lots of cruises. Like you said, I would describe his motive as "disdain for other people/society" but for some reason that's not considered terrorism.