Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?
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    Canadian, so it's not all that different, but why. can. I. buy. liquor. in. a. PHARMACY?

    Don't know if this is just a California thing, but it was weird as fuck. What's even weirder, in light of this, is they didn't go whole hog and sell cigarettes too. 'Cause helf.

    Side story: Went into a Dollar General and bought a can of Sapporo. Ok, not so weird, it's functionally a super basic grocery store with a bunch of other cheap goods. Guy at the counter said, "Oh yeah, they make this beer in some place very far away". Looked at the can - I'm pretty sure he meant Japan, not Guelph, ON Canada.

    He wasn't wrong but I did chuckle.

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  • Anon shares his dating preferences
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    Now I'm curious, are there any FOSS dating apps out there? Even as kind of a joke?

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  • Anon tries smoking for the first time
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    I've moved to vaping, but every so often I'll have a few too many and crave a cigarette. I regret it about two puffs in every time, shit's gross - and I say this as someone who smoked for almost 20 years.

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  • Anon shares his dating preferences
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    It actually is -

    -I'm not interested in having kids, so I'd want a partner that feels the same.
    -I like exercising, so I'd want to be with someone who does as well, particuarly if they're into (insert physical hobby you enjoy)
    -I like to go out and do (insert activities in meatspace that often involve meeting people), so I'd be interested in someone who likes to do that kind of thing over just sitting at home scrolling the internet.

    These are good qualifiers that more or less equate to the same thing as OP states without coming across like a dick. From there, if someone was to introduce someone to OP, they can make a further determination of compatibility, and if someone doesn't match due to the blunter version of the above it can be as easy as "I didn't really feel a connection, [and unless she's actually kind of a removed] but she's a great person and I hope she meets someone awesome".

    Edit: That said, if you're the version of yourself that doesn't match what you're looking for, you should be working on that before seeking a partner IMO.

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  • What’s the craziest or most outrageous (maybe even NSFW) incident that led to someone being fired from your workplace?
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    Someone got really drunk and was in the bathroom willing to take all comers at a work function.

    It was a shame, I liked working with them.

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  • Are there any occupations you uniquely oppose the existence of?
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    Naturopaths.

    Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there's folks doing sane, evidence-based care in this area. But I've seen so much bullshit from practitioners, ranging from the grossly unethical to the blatantly dangerous, that I find them hard to trust about anything as a group.

    Besides, we already have health professionals that can provide good, evidence-based care (issues like ego v. evidence/new findings to improve care notwithstanding - but there's crappy people in all fields) - we call them doctors and nurse practitioners. And we need more of those.

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  • Taking the fight to Reddit... FOR MONEY.
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    Man, ever since the early 2010s I've thought about Ender's Game a LOT - and it's always this part of the book, never the zero-g laser tag or genocide-by-arcade-machine parts.

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  • Is martial arts really that useful?
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    Break falls are the only skill I've kept from my martial arts training, but it's literally the most useful one.

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  • ReBoot s1e1 - remastered and uploaded by Mainframe themselves
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    "Hey Al, they're remastering our series." "WHAT?"

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  • ReBoot s1e1 - remastered and uploaded by Mainframe themselves
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    These folks are doing fantastic work. If you're a Canuck, find the Reboot Rewind folks on your social media of choice, they're going around doing screenings of their doc (and some of the D1 footage I think) in Canadian cities.

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  • To those who hate anime, why do you hate it?
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    This is close enough. Thank you!

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  • To those who hate anime, why do you hate it?
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    I would pay good money for an alternate dub track of KOTH by a voiceover cast with strong Japanese accents, reading Japanglish approximations of the original script with same inflections they'd use if it was a standard anime.

    Boomhauer alone would be a fucking blast.

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  • Automation be like
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    Fucking competence. I wish I was bumbling fool with severe Dunning-Kruger more often than I care to admit.

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  • Rule
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    Am middle-aged(ish) nerd, can confirm this would work.

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  • without saying how old you are, how old are you?
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    As a kid, I thought Trailer Park Boys was an accurate, contemporary documentary about the world I lived in (or at least that of my friends who lived in the trailer park down the way).

    Edit: Oh, and you had to go to a Chris Brothers store to buy Chris Brothers pepperoni - Sobeys didn't carry it yet. It was glorious every time.

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  • without saying how old you are, how old are you?
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    I wanted to be option C sooooo bad until the money ran out on the first leg...

    Maybe tomorrow...

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  • Married people, where do you land?
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    I mean, a hike is really just a long walk. It often refers to long walks in the country or wilderness, but that isn't a necessary component.

    That said, I don't know if anyone has any real strict distance thresholds for a 'hike' (see: minimum 10 miles/16 km or something). I could maybe see adding a caveat that it should be for purely recreational purposes, rather than say walking to work or something.

    Fuck it - you're an avid hiker IMO. Walks in nature are nice, don't get me wrong, but I like all the hidden gems you can find hiking in an urban environment (I count graffiti, weird posters, dilapidated buildings/infrastructure, weird shit on the side of the road, etc.)

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  • Tired of Wordle? Sick of feeling stupid at the behest of the NYT crossword editor? Looking for anything new to enjoy with your Sunday coffee other than chatting with your loved ones/cat/the void? This is the post for you! There's all sorts of codes and ciphers in the Gravity Falls world. Why not take some time to try and solve them yourself? You *could* just look up answers in Google, but where's the fun in that? What you *should* Google is 'gravity falls cipher keys'. Give it an honest try yourself, then come back to share your answer! Today's selection comes from the depths of thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com. Assuming I'm arsed to do this again, future selections may come from there, the Book of Bill, Journal 3, the show itself, or maybe something custom! Have fun!

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    Sup, folks who have woken up to this community based (seemingly) on my two pictures of everyone's favourite pandimensional equilateral pal today? For those who don't know, there's another possible cipher hunt ARG going on right now. You should buy the Book of Bill (our dorito overlord commands it!), but the website of interest is thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com. Check it out! Anyone have any theories about all of this? Right now, mine are: 1) There's going to be a movie, set one summer after season 2. I'm very skeptical of season 3 being a thing, but could totally see a movie or at least a long special on Disney+ happening. 2) Someone really, really needs to go back to Confusion Hill in Piercey, CA, ask some questions and post about it somewhere. The map piece under the monitor, that looks suspiciously similar to a puzzle piece, is less ringing bells and more screaming like a disembodied head. Plus even if it turns out to be nothing, it sounds like a nice way to kill a Saturday if you're close enough (*cries in Canadian*)

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    This is the only time I wish there were more active fandom communities in the Lemmyverse. Ah well, still beats the alternative. *cough* thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com *cough*

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    Because someone, eventually, is going to make this post anyway, we might as well get it over with. I know someone posted something a week ago, but I feel something a little more neutral would be useful. There's a lot of talk on lemmy.world right now about lemmy.ml at an instance level (edit: see here: https://sh.itjust.works/post/20400058). A lot of it is very similar to the discussions we've had here before- accusations of ideologically-based censorship, promotion of authoritarian left propaganda, 'tankie-ism', etc. The subject of the admin's, and Lemmy dev's, political beliefs is back up as a discussion point. The word defederation is getting thrown around, and some of our beloved sh.it.heads are part of the conversation. What do people think about lemmy.ml? Is there evidence that the instance is managed in such a way that it creates problems for Lemmy users, and/or users of sh.itjust.works specifically? Are they problems that extend to the entire instance or primary user base, or are the examples referenced generally limited to specific communities/moderators/users? Are people here, in short, interested in putting federation to lemmy.ml to a vote? To our admin team and moderators: What are your experiences with lemmy.ml? Have you run into any specific problems with their userbase, or challenges related to our being federated with them? Full disclosure: I have very little personal stake in this. I don't really engage with posts about international events, I don't share my political beliefs (such as they are) online beyond "Don't be a shitbag, help your fellow human out when you can", and have not run into any of the concerns brought up personally. But I'm also not the kind of user who would butt against this stuff often in the first place. What I *will* say is that I have not personally witnessed activites like brigading or promotion of *really* nasty shit from lemmy.ml. I cannot say this about other instances we defederated from before. But again, this may just be a product of how I use Lemmy, and does not account for the experiences of others. This is just an opportunity for those who *do* have strong opinions on this topic to say their piece and, more importantly, *share their evidence*. If nothing else, given similar conversations a year ago, this will be an interesting account of what sh.itjust.works looks like today (happy belated cake day everybody!)

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    For those who might ask "What does that even mean?", this is what I'm reading that triggered the question: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/transformative-experience/ Recent can mean the most recent you can remember, even if it was years ago. Interested in what y'all might say.

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    Or, less provocatively, are there any cocktails you like that use saline?

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    Decent video and song from a local band!

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    Final edit: Has nothing to do with specific terms used, this person is correct. Language setting related problem. https://sh.itjust.works/comment/173272 First Edit: Damn, seems to be working fine now. Wonder if it was community-level wherever I tried to post (don't know if language filters can be implemented at that level. Can't remember what I tried to reply to), or if TheDude is updating some stuff and I happened to post at just the wrong time? Or maybe it was a post from another instance? Second edit: Ahhh, interesting. So it was a reply to https://kbin.social/m/main@sh.itjust.works/p/435069. And the offending word at least seems to be 'Beehaw'. Anyone have any insight re: what's happening here for a mostly Lemmy illiterate sh.it.head? Original comment: Just had a weird experience trying to reply to a post. Is there a language filter now? I used a very soft cuss often spoken in normal discourse (starts with a d, ends with an n, 4 letters) and got an error. Is someone able to explain the rationale? Maybe it's just me but casual cussing is a) pretty much my default mode, and b) from the outside doesn't seem like a real problem that needs to be addressed. People cuss on the internet. Now, personally not opposed to a filter for clearly derogatory terms (you know what they are, don't @ me), but my recent experience seems a little extreme.

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    Anyone know a good website for show (music) dates at the various venues here (particularly for things where a guitar is involved, but open to other stuff too)? The challenge I've had for a while is this: Bands post stuff in a bunch of places, but if you don't know the band you're unlikely to see it. Venues post upcoming show dates, but if you don't know the venue (or follow all of them) you probably won't see it. Stuff like Apt613 is ok, but kind of limited. By dint of geographical data Facebook captures a lot of events, but Facebook also sucks (one because it's Facebook, two because for some weird reason it may randomly think you're in Toronto if you're out and about, I assume by way of colocation data from invading Torontonians). I flat out refuse to use Twitter. Many have tried to keep up with events in town to maintain a calendar (Covert Ottawa Guy comes to mind, there have been others too), but most have failed or have such a broad focus that things get missed. But I still hold out hope for an indie web solution - some person or group still trying to keep abreast of the scene themselves and tracking what's coming down the pipe. Does such a thing exist in 2023 for Ottawa? More broadly, how do you folks discover upcoming shows (or events in general) you want to check out?

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