Sorry you got jumped on as a new user a bit.

The karma system on reddit encourages posting and reposting stuff that everyone has seen before to get fake internet points, and maybe what you win is a “more powerful account” for the algorithm instead of everyone getting a more or less equal voice.

You can still get people to follow you and build a tribe if you want without that, and you are also free to start any community you like, so a few mods don’t end up controlling all the online real estate and steer the conversation unfairly.

Plus its simpler. Sometimes simple is good.

1846 historical account by Francis Parkman called “The Oregon Trail”, narrated by Frank Muller. Francis was around 24 at the time and as a white male, certainly was influenced by the prevailing views of his time, but lived, feasted and hunted with Native Americans and directly observed their culture. He captures an era of American History in a unique way.

Plus, it isn’t so good that you can’t fall asleep. +8, would definitely do again.

The cardboard paper towel megaphone should be anyones first choice for both announcements and updates.

Purely anecdotal but I was in Costa Rica in September of 2020. I was struck by the difference and better preparedness compared to the US.

Every store and place of business had not only signs and hand sanitizer at the entrance, nobody was in stores without masks, and I drove by a line of people over half a mile long and 3-4 people deep, of people waiting in line for hours to get vaccinated.

The taxi driver told me there was some program to provide vaccines to CR and what he did was stay in line and hold the place for his family for awhile and then they would wait in line allowing him to work for awhile. Overall they took public safety measures much more seriously than the US, but I was in a wealthier urban area, don’t know how it was in the rural areas.

Having to constantly find new hiding places for the blood chalice, and keeping up with all the latest scanning methods so you can develop countermeasures. Your secret is never truly safe.

Lord Sauron is a simple working class person just like you and me. He received the diamond mines from his father only after he had proven himself. He knows what is best for all of us.

Be Bold. Sort by new and brave the shitstorm. That’s the only way to do Lemmy.

Good name for a band.

I am disappointed with all of you. Please go to your room.

Rapunzel.

+1 for German sense of play

Every goddamn thing wrapped in plastic that prevents crumbs from falling out.

“We should join them. It would be wise, Gandalf. There is hope that way.”

i AM THE BEST! i KNOW these pEOPLE. TERRIFIC! uP IN EVERY POLL!!!

sOMETIMES WINNING ALL THE TIME BORES ME.

I try to translate the post using a simple algorithm to find the hidden coded message intended only for the secret vault, as we discussed previously.

In this timeline, princess Leias bun stayed intact. Wholesome.

Without the American innovation of deep frying a wrapped dough something within another wrapped dough something and serving it in a bucket, I don’t think civilization would be on the positive path it is on right now.

As long as it remains covered the lizard people cannot see it.

Marketing has a bright idea and says lets put AI in pagers.