memes Memes Colombus was a Bastard Man.
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 5 months ago 100%

    Of course, there was over 100 years between Columbus' voyage and the voyage of the pilgrims on the Mayflower.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy To those with 2+ monitors on your machine: What's your use case, and how much does it actually boost your productivity?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 6 months ago 100%

    I used to use my 3rd monitor for company email and chat programs so they would stay out of the way of my actual work.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy How do you deal with internet trolls?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 6 months ago 100%

    Do not feed the trolls. Do not engage.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Do you remember what your first ever favorite song was? What was it?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 6 months ago 100%

    Burl Ives - The Whale

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  • 196 196 Games rule
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 7 months ago 100%

    aggressive spelling

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy I’ve just turned 40. What advice would you older lemmy users give me?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 8 months ago 100%

    If you are in the US, cram every penny you can in an IRA or 401k if your employer offers it. You're gonna want to retire some day.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What's the consensus on swearing here
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 9 months ago 100%

    I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit. -- Mel Brooks

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  • lemmyshitpost Lemmy Shitpost Reel Big FishGPT
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 9 months ago 100%

    cool. cool.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Are you ok (really, are you)?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 9 months ago 100%

    I'm not about to kill myself or anything but no I'm not ok. I just keep breathing and waiting for the sweet relief that death will bring.

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  • politics politics Senate confirms 425 military nominees after Sen. Tommy Tuberville drops his hold
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 10 months ago 96%

    How did that fuckwad get that much power that he can hold up all those promotions? That doesn't seem to make any sense.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy How do you justify continually using take out delivery services?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 10 months ago 100%

    I'm lazy and I have the money.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy You find yourself in a room with people. Everyone else is someone you have had sex with in your life.
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 10 months ago 100%

    That's too much crazy in one room.

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  • memes Memes Why though
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 10 months ago 100%

    Where are the Boomtown Rats in this diagram?

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What are some promising solutions to solar power's lack of night time availability? Is "transoceanic power transportation" on the list?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 10 months ago 100%

    Probably not. Energy storage is probably the better idea. Check out this link and scroll down to this sections on types of grid energy storage. https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/sustainable/grid-energy-storage.htm

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What was this year's dinner argument?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 10 months ago 76%

    Alive and uneaten

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 10 months ago 100%

    The Murderbot Diaries

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What news source or sources are you go tos
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 10 months ago 100%

    NPR mostly

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy How did you break your addiction? Was it hard? Any tips for those waging a war against addiction?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 11 months ago 100%

    Naltrexone and a change of scenery.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What app you americans use for personal conversations?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 12 months ago 100%

    sms

    I have family who use facebook messenger but I refuse.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Gen Z, please talk to me: what management works and what does not?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 97%

    Exit interviews can be a goldmine. Some people who don't want to burn bridges might hold back and tell you what they think you want to hear but others will tell you exactly what they think.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Can you tell me about any lesser-known local fruits or vegetables in your area that you think more people should discover?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    We have those in southern Illinois too

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What's a show that should've gotten cancelled or ended SOONER than it did?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 93%

    The canonical answer is "Happy Days".

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  • worldnews World News Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors'
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 88%
  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy The amount of money in your bank account magically doubles RIGHT NOW, does it make a big difference? Does it change your life at all?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    Which account?

    checking - no change

    savings - nice bonus

    IRA - I might be able to retire eventually

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  • memes Memes 2023-08-09.jpg
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%
    filename.`date +%s`
    
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  • theonion The Onion The Onion takes the shot and hits hard.
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 66%

    This is a valid opinion and I don't understand the downvotes.

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  • theonion The Onion The Onion takes the shot and hits hard.
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 97%

    I personally take great delight in the misfortunes of deplorable people.

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  • politics Politics Right wing commentator, Ben Shapiro pictured at the Barbie movie wearing all black, frowning and holding a stack of angry notes he took during the movie.
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    Don't forget to mark it not safe for work if you're going to post a picture of a pussy.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Arthur C. Clark once said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". What technologies do we have today that would look like magic to people from the past?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    Remote controlled garage doors.

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  • blahaj Blåhaj Blåhawhat?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    I had to look that up the other day too. Wikipedia has what seems to be a reasonable explanation. Take a look at the "In Culture" section. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blåhaj

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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    I think I've seen enough internet today.

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  • programmerhumor Programmer Humor this is right way
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 60%

    This is why things break. Read the docs!

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  • stlouis St. Louis, MO | Gateway to the West This is your periodic reminder that what goes up must come down. Please do not fire your guns in the air.
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    It is true that I have no idea how to have fun.

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  • nostupidquestions No Stupid Questions Lemmy is part of the same Fediverse as Mastodon, right? So how do I interact with Mastodon instances from Lemmy?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    You can follow Lemmy communities and users from Mastodon but I don't think you can do it the other way around. Mastodon does not have communities and Lemmy will not let you follow users as far as I know.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy So... are Lemmy users also generally crypto supporters?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 85%

    No. One is a decentralized social media platform. The other is an environmentally irresponsible pyramid scheme. They have nothing to do with each other.

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  • stlouis St. Louis, MO | Gateway to the West This is your periodic reminder that what goes up must come down. Please do not fire your guns in the air.
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    It doesn't hurt to ask

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  • linuxmemes linuxmemes Please use Ctrl+R
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    Ctrl p is the appropriate keystroke to replace the up arrow.

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  • books Books what book or books have you read that were so good that you didn’t want to put it down?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    Here are a few of my favorites:

    Susanna Clark

    • Piranesi
    • The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

    Vonnegut

    • Cat's cradle
    • Slaughterhouse Five

    Douglas Adams

    • literally anything he ever wrote

    Mark Haddon

    • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    Margaret Atwood

    • Oryx and Crake

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    • The Lathe of Heaven

    edit: formatting

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  • reddit Reddit Does anyone know of a program to parse and display JSON downloaded via Bulk Downloader for Reddit?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    or load it into postgres and use pgAdmin to slice and dice.

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  • reddit Reddit Does anyone know of a program to parse and display JSON downloaded via Bulk Downloader for Reddit?
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  • ProfessorGumby ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%

    I don't know about a gui but jq would be the command line way to do it.

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    New Communities ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%
    St. Louis folks, stop by and say hi! https://midwest.social/c/stlouis

    [stlouis](/c/stlouis@midwest.social) !stlouis@midwest.social

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    Henry Shaw Cactus and Succulent Society annual show and sale - July 29 & 30, 2023 – St. Louis, Missouri hscactus.org

    Henry Shaw Cactus and Succulent Society welcomes you to attend the biggest cactus and succulent event in the Midwest. Browse and buy rare plants and pots, and enjoy the show featuring St. Louis’ top growers.

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    Cats ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 96%
    Sweet Greta Ryder McTuffins Magoo, Destroyer of Worlds is a mighty hunter.

    She is very proud of herself after catching a mole and dispatching it with a vigorous shake. And, yes, that is a Tile hanging from her neck. She has to wear it when she’s outside.

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    Succulents ProfessorGumby 1 year ago 100%
    Henry Shaw Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale - July 29 & 30 - St. Louis, MO hscactus.org

    Henry Shaw Cactus and Succulent Society welcomes you to attend the biggest cactus and succulent event in the Midwest. Browse and buy rare plants and pots, and enjoy the show featuring St. Louis’ top growers.

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