I can’t really speak for 41 million people

Of course you can! Just say it louder than other people, it works for politics in the US…

Yeah, I was familiar with, like, the nuts and bolts part. It was the emotional reaction, I guess, I was looking for. So most people just don’t have a problem with it?

In the us, we used to not be able to vote for senators. We elected the house, and the house elected the senators, and that shit didn’t fly. Lol. One thing about Americans, we want to have opinions on shit. Even when we shouldn’t, we gotta voice ourselves. If we tried to switch to a Westminster system here, people would be up in arms about not being able to vote directly for the PM, like we were about senators. Even if it’s a better system. It’s not the greatest trait our country has.

Question from the American here. Does it ever bother folks that you don’t get a direct say in who the prime minister is? It’s a superior system to the bullshit we’ve got going on down here, and clearly, being able to directly vote for the head of state/government doesn’t guarantee shit, I’ve always felt like it not being able to choose the PM was kind of shitty

Yeah, you nailed it. Obvious in hindsight, but until this I had just assumed it was accurate, like, even if everyone wasn’t counted, I guess had I been pressed, I would have assumed there was some formula or something to account for the uncounted or some shit. Kinda wild

Also, village isn’t a word we really use in the US, but now that you say it, I guess that’s kind or exactly what it is. A little village of insane, isolated, meth makin’ hillbillies up in the woods that aren’t accessible by road.

Obligatory it’s bullshit, will never happen, et cetera preface…

The problem with splitting it into multiple states is that each new state would get 2 senators. Our house is capped, the amount of reps we have is how many have, which means they can fuck around with the numbers a bit and potentially take democratic seats away to give to state of Canada, but with the Senate, if it were to split it into 10 new states, we’d have to add 20 additional senators, all of whom would be Democrats (or, at least, most of them). Some of the Canadian parties might last for a bit, but eventually the two party would take over, and they’d all become Democrats, and it would fuck the Republicans. Better to keep it as a single state, do some fuckery on who loses seats to add Canadian reps to the house, and only add 2 senators. Much easier to buy 2 senators than 20.

But honestly, the smartest route would be to make Canada a territory. No senators, no reps, no voting for president. But still citizens. Give it the Puerto Rico treatment.

Love Jan misali, but I disagree with him that base 6 is preferable. Base 12 is best base.

Depends on what I’m doing with it. If it’s something I’m going to be draining anyway, like making a cheese or a thick sauce, or in going to be drying it out, like with a baked yogurt chicken, then I’m gonna pour it out (probably into a jar to save for cooking with), if I’m just having, like, some fruit and yogurt, or making a smoothie, then I’m mixing it back in

Ravenous Omega Warrior

I’m okay with this. I may be changing my username…

I personally know of ~400 people who are absolutely not counted on any census and I’d be willing to bet not included in any population stats. Whole town up in the mountains. I’d imagine if that can happen in the us, it’s not unlikely to happen elsewhere, so sure… But when they do the whole earth population calculations, I always assumed they just checked in a few extra people to account for, like, uncounted towns and shit

I’ve got a good friend who played D&D with us a couple times and found out real quick that not all friend groups are okay with overlapping. It was awful

I feel ya. Same way

Hey, I didn’t realize! That reminds me, I need to go see my original Lemmy account and see what my real reddexit date is

Years and years ago, I was really active on a forum, and one of the members did this world trip, couch surfing with different members of the forum and seeing the world. She and I weren’t good friends. In fact, she irritated me a bit, nothing in particular, just… Didn’t vibe. At all. But a leg of her trip was taking through my state, and she needed a place to crash, so I said fuck it, sure.

She stayed with her best friend from the forum in Boston, and it was a complete bust. They didn’t get along, Boston friend found her irritating, grating, and overwhelmingly boring.

Then she got to my place, and I made a new best friend. We got along so well she stayed an extra 2 days, and we had a fucking blast.

Irl/online can be a major difference, one from the other

Every day we move further from God

My family has always used “shit in one hand and wish in the other, see which one’s ready first”

Already aired, and it was good

I just finished watching through for the first time, I didn’t see season 1 when it was new. I’m about to start it over and see what all I missed. Fucking wild ride. Lord Stamets of the Meme made me watch it, and I am very grateful haha

In my experience, yes. HOWEVER, I’m one of those “welcome to the laundry gauntlet” type people. I do not care for my clothes the way I should. Everything just get washed with little regard, unless it’s something hand made crochet or knit. But I’ve never noticed any bleaching or white spots.

The homemade laundry detergent is so fucking good, though. No joke. My clothes have never felt cleaner. But can someone explain, if washing soda is just baked baking soda, why can’t you just use the baking soda directly? If it’s just to remove the moisture as they say in the pic, why bother doing it, since you’re dumping it into water?

Also, get yourself a downy ball if your washing doesn’t have the fabric softner section, and use vinegar. I love the way our laundry feels once we switched to vinegar.

Could also be a business you owned for a year after getting a business license. Owned my own for a while from 2012 to 2014, and it’s been my employer on all my resumes since. I never include any shit I did after, just keep that one as if I worked there as a supervisor from 2012 to present day. Works wonders.

It’s the best thing ever!