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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • Since moving to my current house ~3 years ago I’ve had to replace every toilet seat at least once (the state of them when I moved in was pretty abysmal) and two twice.

    Perhaps becoming an accidental collector of toilet seats wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen to me.








  • My dad, now passed, once said “I’m glad I won’t have to live in the world you kids are growing up in” (or approximately those words). He was primarily referring to privacy and rights, which I think were being directed by Bush at that time.

    I was young and privileged enough that I had noticed a few worrying governmental trends but didn’t really feel myself affected, nor did I have much concern about the future. I now feel his words more impactfully.

    (I know some of the prevailing sentiments on lemmy; I worry about our collective future but don’t resent my dad for his part in bringing me into this world. He was a good dad who provided me with a good life and set me up to continue that after he was gone and, even if that weren’t true, he couldn’t have predicted the world we’re in today.)






  • toynbee@lemmy.worldtoFunny@sh.itjust.worksHappy Birthday
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    13 days ago

    A while back, I got one of those ladles that separates out the theoretically undesirable fat/oil from soup. We don’t consume a lot of soup, but have occasionally had the opportunity to appreciate the ladle. I’d recommend one, but probably wouldn’t give it as a gift.

    edit: At least not a special occasion gift.






  • I thought this post was about the numbers and … Well, I like 16. It’s got a few neat math things going on. 19 is a prime, but doesn’t have much else going on for it.

    edit: I was thinking that 16x3 was 38 and that 19x2 was 38, which would be interesting. However, 16x3 is 48, which I love, while 19x2 is indeed 38, which is still pretty cool. On the other hand, 64 is fun, while 57 is super duper boring.

    Maybe my wife is right when she says I’m neurodivergent.

    edit: This is pleasing to me.

    Sixteens all around