Bougie_Birdie

joined 2 years ago

This looks really cool, but it's way outside my price range.

I'll have to keep an eye out when I'm hiking

[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dang it, this is why I can't have nice things

 

I don't chew a lot of gum, but I like to have something I can keep at work to manage my breath after lunch

I used to be into Five spearmint, if that's a good point of reference. I prefer the stuff that starts out soft, but I guess that's not a deal breaker

I may also be interested in breath mint recommendations

Thanks!

They're coming to get you, Barbara!

I once got to do a tour of a historic fort, and when we visited the magazine the guide told us that garrisoned soldiers were issued wooden button fly trousers. They couldn't use a zipper because a spark might set off the gunpowder, and also they hadn't been invented yet.

[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sure it probably varies geographically, but when the plastic ban came first came into effect for us you'd see a lot of reusable shopping bags that were made from plastic.

I remember reading a study that suggested the typical reusable plastic bag used as much plastic as two-thousand disposable bags. So if you had one of those bags, you'd have to use it once a week for forty years to offset your plastic karma burden.

But anyway, as they say, you should bring your own bag because otherwise they'll make more disposable bags. It has to be legislated, otherwise corpos are going to corpo and we'll continue drowning in plastic.

These shopping bag bans don't go far enough imo. The amount of plastic in packaging, shipping, medicine, fishing, whatever industry you choose - it's just mind boggling.

Here's a funny plastic quibble I have: a store near me sells bread which comes in a plastic bag, but the little clip/tag to tie off the bag they recently switched to cardboard. A token gesture, but hey, it's still nice to see. Now if you want to buy in bulk, you can buy a bag of bread with two bags of bread in it. The outer bag is tied off with a plastic tag.

I'm gonna keep it real with you, chief. I don't like what you said and I wouldn't love you anymore. Your girlfriend is probably a better person than me.

She needs compassionate care. Not to be threatened with eternal torture. You can't fix suffering with the promise of more suffering, that's just pouring gas on the fire.

[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pluto is and will always be Hot Shit.

Actually, it's very cold on Pluto. Which makes Pluto cooler than Fonzie

What doesn't kill you might succeed on a second attempt.

[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago

My mouth hurts so that my heart doesn't

[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 months ago

3 hours of debugging can save you 30 minutes of reading the documentation

I suppose people will always do what they think is easiest

When you consider that a lot of their customers are pretty entrenched in Amazon's services, "Boycott Amazon for a week" is more achievable than, "Boycott Amazon forever."

Now don't get me wrong, I'd love to see people give up on Amazon forever. But sometimes taking a week off is long enough for people to change their shopping habits.

Although I suppose the insidious thing about Amazon is that they only offer an annual subscription so I doubt people are cancelling their service for a week.

 

I've just received a couple cases of clementines which are approaching the end of their life.

I've never cooked with them, normally I just peel and eat them. I'm not sure if I'm up to the task of eating all these in the next few days. So if you've got some tips on something I could do to make them last longer I'm all ears

 

He might be an intimidating dude, but if you give him a hunch he'll give you a hunch back

 

Would you love me if I was a worm?

 

I don't know what kind of adventures these clowns get up to, but I bet they're colourful

 

Looking for cubic zirconium, but my guy keeps finding these worthless diamonds

 

I'm a little late for halloween, but eh..

It was a fun costume!

 

Sometimes you've just got to scream into the void before bed

Good night, Lemmy. Sleep tight.

 

I'm trying to do more digital art

I don't think I'm particularly good at it, but I'm having fun

 

I say "bum" and my wife says "boob"

Interested to hear what you think.

 

I got a new colouring book.

This is from Mythogoria: Darkest Desires by Fabiana Attanasio. Pencil colouring by me.

 

We have this phenomenon where I live where people won't leave your house. Just as they're getting up to go they'll start telling another story. They'll put their shoes on and have another tale to tell. Then with one hand on the door they'll be reminded of something else.

Please get out of my house. I love you, but go.

Image Transcription:

Everett and Mrs True are entertaining two guests. One of the guests stands to leave: "Well, True, I guess we'd better be going home."

Everett rises out of his chair, knocking it over: "I'm glad to hear you say that! I'm tired and sleepy and I have to get up early in the morning! For heaven's sake, don't sit down. Good night, GOOD NIGHT!!!!"

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