SomeoneElse 2 weeks ago • 100%
Please let this be true because it’s fucking hilarious!
SomeoneElse 3 weeks ago • 100%
Just a reminder (yet again) that the world is bigger than the US. I live in the UK, we don’t water our lawns here. Grass will grow literally anywhere with no human involvement. Letting your lawn grow a little longer is great for wildlife - the bees love the clover! In you live in the countryside get a sheep/cow/goat/donkey/llama and you’ll feed livestock without having to mow it either.
That said, fuck leaf blowers. There is absolutely no need for that noise.
SomeoneElse 3 weeks ago • 100%
I’m in the UK so didn’t see the last one but during the previous one I found looking around at the darkness and observing how all the birds went quiet was a bigger deal than the actual eclipse of the sun. I mean that was still really cool, but the dark and stillness was uncanny.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19150058
SomeoneElse 1 month ago • 100%
No problem! I’ve got to do a big clear out soon so expect dozens of photos of incomplete projects across a variety of crafts soon. Lucky you(!)
SomeoneElse 1 month ago • 100%
The free pattern is here if anyone else would like to start and abandon another project!
And this might break the rules, but here’s one I did manage to finish!
SomeoneElse 1 month ago • 100%
Number 1 of my ~200 unfinished projects. I could spam the shit out of your new community! Also I vote for the name c/UnfinishedProje
SomeoneElse 1 month ago • 100%
Yeah, I thought the same when I wrote the comment. I’ve read a bit more about him and what he was charged with. In the UK he wasn’t convicted of grooming - they prosecuted him for it but he was found not guilty. I think it was a consensual relationship, but of course a 19 year old having sex with a 12 year old is rape regardless of consent in the UK and he was (rightly) convicted of that. In the Netherlands however the law is different, it wasn’t considered rape but something like “morally offensive actions”. So from the Dutch pov he’s not actually a rapist, which might explain why the Dutch Olympic committee don’t seem to think it’s that big a deal. Despite that, I still think a convicted pedophile rapist should not be allowed to compete in the games, but that needs to be made clear in the eligibility requirements by the IOC, rather than the wishy-washy “role model” contract.
SomeoneElse 1 month ago • 100%
All Olympic athletes sign a declaration saying they’ll strive to be a role model or something similar. I’d say a convicted rapist shouldn’t be considered a role model and therefore shouldn’t be allowed to compete.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17955803
cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world/t/944445
SomeoneElse 3 months ago • 100%
This would make an excellent embroidery project… and it just so happens I’ve been looking for inspiration 🤘🏼
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I use a wheelchair on occasion - when I’m unwell and use my wheelchair I measure about 3cm taller than when I’m well and have been walking!
SomeoneElse 4 months ago • 100%
I’ve never heard it called “bad tension” but I have POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) which fits your symptoms. I can’t maintain my blood pressure when I stand still (or if I get too hot, bend down, lift my arms over my head, eat a big meal…) my heart rate skyrockets to try to compensate and I ultimately faint.
I was diagnosed in 2012 and they’re still tweaking my medication to try and get it right. For most people it starts in their teenage years and they “outgrow” it within 5 years. For me it’s second to moderately severe Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, there’s no outgrowing it. I can’t go anywhere that requires more than a short walk from the car to a seat - queues are literally my enemy - so I use a wheelchair. The amount of dirty looks I get when I get out of my wheelchair to move to a more comfortable seat, or to go to the toilet etc are awful! Not only are a lot of disabilities invisible but not everyone who uses a wheelchair can’t walk at all. Grrrr!
SomeoneElse 4 months ago • 100%
That’s what makes the comeback clever…
SomeoneElse 4 months ago • 100%
I’m the mod for both communities but every time I post there someone comments that it doesn’t belong! 😅
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/19705534 > Believe what you see, not what you’re told
SomeoneElse 4 months ago • 100%
Swear away friend. As long as you’re not inciting violence or using slurs/language to intimidate, have at it.
Malcom Tucker will always be my favourite go to when insulting politicians (or anyone actually) “You’re a fucking omnishambles, that’s what you are. You’re like that coffee machine, you know: from bean to cup, you just fuck up.”
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/12816281 > bugs
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
Still shows as donations disabled to me. No doubt that $400k will be sorely needed despite the boys getting the drugs covered.
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
Go fund me is paused as they got the insurers to change their minds (with pressure from Missouri lawmakers I believe). The kiddos will get the drug they need.
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
Don’t worry, I have a life threatening illness and reduced life expectancy anyway. And I’m not suicidal. It was already my preferred way to go, this ordeal with my mum just made it crystal clear in my mind. Thankfully I have access to everything I need already so I wouldn’t get anyone else in trouble and my loved ones understand my decision and feel similarly. It being legal would be a bonus, but I’m not letting a law stop me.
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
My mums been in hospital for 10 weeks. She only 62 and was admitted for a fairly routine infection after chemo for breast cancer. Since she’s been in hospital I’ve lost count of all the things that have gone wrong but the most distressing thing is the hospital delirium she’s developed. I’d never have believed my mum could become so violent and abusive, it’s like she’s a completely different person. She has absolutely no agency over her body at the moment, she can’t even sit up unaided. It’s so horribly undignified that it’s completely cemented my decision to commit suicide once I get a terminal diagnosis (or a diagnosis that I know I couldn’t deal with graciously). I can’t have children so it’s a small comfort that I won’t inflict the pain and heartbreak I’m experiencing from my mum, but I don’t ever want to treat my partner how she’s treating my dad. I’m going out on my own terms if at all possible.
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When I was very little, maybe 2, my mum had sat me down in front of Sesame Street while she did some chores. Not long after I came running into the kitchen “mummy mummy there’s a birdie in the front room!” She said yes, that was big bird and to go back in and watch it. I kept running back to her increasingly more upset about the birdie until she came into the living room to find a pigeon had come down the chimney and was irately trying to escape. I know I was too young to remember it, but I swear I can recall the feeling of vindication!
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
- too
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
My partner is newly diagnosed at 40 and while on the surface it seems like he’s a just “shrug it off” guy, he’s not able to fully ignore it - there’s so much inner turmoil. He always feels bad for not doing XYZ and he’s never truly able to enjoy doing something else instead. He can be temporarily distracted by an enjoyable/relaxing activity, but he does care. He always cares. And he never feels like he deserves to enjoy anything when there’s so much to do at home/work/his life. It’s unbelievably distressing. ADHD is a spectrum. I’m so glad that you are able to shrug it off and enjoy other things, but that’s not the reality for all ADHD sufferers.
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
Or move the pedals to the touch screen. So convenient!
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 66%
I get the sentiment but you’re glossing over two important things; 48.11% of people voted to remain and there hasn’t been a second referendum.
Half the country wanted to remain, the other half are racists and/or idiots that believed the outright lies peddled by the leave campaign. Latest polls suggest 60% would vote to remain today but we’re not being offered the chance to vote on that. Voting labour in general elections doesn’t mean we get to rejoin the EU.
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 98%
I’m high risk as I’m immunosuppressed. I’ve had 8 vaccines, shielded for well over a year and always wore a mask. I finally caught COVID last week. There’s not a doubt in my mind that I would have died already if I hadn’t been vaccinated. My oxygen saturation levels just keep dropping - 90% today. I’m going to have to go to hospital ☹️
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
He looks like a ghoul in that pic.
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
“Expelled” doesn’t just mean “from the body” or “expelled from school”. Synonyms are exiled, banned, barred, driven/thrown/cast out, transported, ostracised etc. In the UK we still occasionally expel people from towns using antisocial behaviour orders. Can they still sneak back in? Sure. But if they’re caught they can be fined, arrested and even jailed. If you have an electronic tag you don’t even need to be caught in person.
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
I genuinely had to check Wikipedia to remind myself which civil war we call the civil war. It’s the Roundheads apparently, and even that’s split into the civil war I, II and III. Ridiculous.
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
Exactly as it sounds then! Thanks for spelling it out for me!
SomeoneElse 5 months ago • 100%
Cool cool cool cool cool… what’s photovoltaic?
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I caught whooping cough as a kid. Nearly killed me. It’s a terrifying disease.
SomeoneElse 6 months ago • 100%
No, he voluntarily returned his membership to the academy and they banned him from attending for 10 years.
SomeoneElse 6 months ago • 100%
Advance free give aways in exchange for “honest” reviews. Still shady af.
SomeoneElse 6 months ago • 100%
Yeah. His enclosure hadn’t been cleaned in years and years, he let kids and elderly people swim in his pool and ride the aligator and the guy used UV filters on the windows of the enclosure so the gator had a brutal vitamin D deficiency. It was also obese, malnutritioned and had a spinal deformity as a result. The owner was given many chances to bring the enclosure up to standard which he didn’t do.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10902481 >
I don’t know anyone irl who might be vaguely interested so I thought I’d post here! I’m making this hat for my MIL when I see her in a few weeks. It’s a free pattern and [you can find it here.](https://crazyhands.net/liana-cable-knit-hat-pattern/)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10008769 >
cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/2079589 >
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8984669 >
cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/2708460 >
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I know this will vary a lot, so hypothetically let’s say you currently WFH/work remotely at least 3 days a week. Your commute to work takes an hour max (door to door) each way. If you were given the choice of a 4 day week working onsite, or a 5 day week WFH (or as many days as you’d like) for the same pay, which would you choose?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/3466450 >
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/4382300 >
Such a helpful photograph. I’ve really got a good sense of what the property looks like… ![](https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/f724365f-c5c9-4b9b-a066-c2da353b6c90.jpeg)
URL link to a post here because lemmy links are still my nemesis: https://lemmy.ca/post/ https://feddit.uk/c/clevercomebacks !clevercomebacks@feddit.uk
In the UK, the broadcasting rights for tennis are moving from Amazon prime/discovery+ to sky-sports. The price is increasing from ~£6 a month to ~£35 p/m. I know there’s plenty of live streaming sites available to watch live matches, but when the tournaments are in the US or Australia the time difference doesn’t work. Are there any sites that allow you to watch tennis matches on demand?