isyasad

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[โ€“] isyasad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

You might be right but that's not a simple casting change

[โ€“] isyasad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Personally I just have a list of animals that I have enough respect for to never consider eating them. If I'm convinced enough, I'll add new animals to the list.

  • dog/wolf ๐Ÿบ
  • hourse ๐Ÿด
  • whale/dolphin ๐Ÿ‹
  • hominidae ๐Ÿฆ It's not very hard because I wasn't planning on eating any of these guys in the first place, but I can see myself giving up beef as my respect for cows grows.
[โ€“] isyasad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I get this too. I didn't think/know it was air pressure though? Seems to happen to me randomly, and rarely.

[โ€“] isyasad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What does a jellyfish-themed party entail? Nature documentaries? Jell-O?

 

An alternate calendar system briefly used by republican France. It had 360 days per year with 5 or 6 "intercalary" or leap days between years. It had 12 months of 30 days, which were comprised by 3 weeks of 10 days. Every day of the year had a unique name: a common plant, animal, mineral, or tool/equipment (ie January 31 was "Broccoli" and May 4 was "Silkworm").

YSK because it's an interesting alternative to the Gregorian calendar and the occasionally-proposed 13 month calendar.

Though it did have some problems such as starting in late September (very unusual for a calendar) and not having a robust leap-year system.

[โ€“] isyasad@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

God Loves Uganda - about the impact of American Christian missionaries from megachurches on the people and politics of Uganda. It's from 2013 and is in desperate need of an update, but it's still very good.
The Punk Singer - documentary about the life and music of Kathleen Hanna, pioneer of "riot grrrl" punk feminism. I love the music and vibes, and Kathleen Hanna is also just a really interesting [real-life] character.

[โ€“] isyasad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I met a somewhat old man on a Greyhound a few years ago who was pretty delirious and drifting in and out of sleep. Turns out he had been traveling non-stop for three days, heading from Georgia to his home in Oakland. He had been on a roadtrip with his friends in (what he described as) a cursed Mitsubishi which broke down a final time some 2500 miles from home. All his friends took flights back, but our protagonist did not bring any kind of ID with him and couldn't take a plane. So there he was, having not slept much at all in 3 days, on the i-10 between Tucson and Phoenix.
He also borrowed my phone to call his wife, who it seemed had not sanctioned his roadtrip at all and was very mad at him. She eventually hung up on him. Handing my phone back to me, he assured me that she wouldn't stay mad at him after seeing his baby-blue eyes upon his arrival in Oakland.

I don't remember so many of the details, but hearing this guy's life story and about his impulsive cross-country roadtrip was kinda strangely inspiring.