this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2023
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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's really okay to fully qualify place names that are strange or new to the 99% of the population who don't live in America. #falseConsensus

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't live in the US.

I am lazy AF though

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So you are not from Scooby Doo?

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It's actually closer to 95.8%

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it's not in 4k, I don't want it.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Remember when 720p was HD?

I mean, it's still HD by definition, but the only way I can differentiate it from SD is that it's not a square.

There is also one in Waco Texas that is really nice. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Mammoth_National_Monument

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Timmy taught me this

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's a museum that was built over a dig site that was once a sinkhole/death trap

map link... spoiler alert, it's flanked by a highway and a super ate

[–] databender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Went once, it was awesome