Is there a high percentage of vegans using cocaine? Genuine question here. I do completely agree with you, though.

YES, these are excellent

Like many here, I left reddit during the whole API debacle, and I was doing really good about avoiding reddit for a while, but there’s way less people here, way less communities, and while yes, I could start the communities I’d like to see on Lemmy, I just don’t think there are enough users to have engaging conversations yet. For that reason, I maintain my reddit account, so that I can have those conversations and connections that I can’t get here. I hope it changes some day and we can grow our numbers here.

I’d say Iraq, but being that I was there as a part of an occupying force, it’s my fault they hated me for being there, so I totally get it. That aside, America (as an American) definitely has unfriendly people that one is forced to interact with on a regular basis.

I made several large purchases right after the election knowing that tariffs were on the way (new brakes for my car, new PC, new AC units for 2 rooms in the house). I stocked up on pandemic supplies (masks, toilet paper, cleaning products). I stocked up on bread and AP flour (I’m always baking something anyway, so this isn’t anything out of the ordinary) and froze it. Stocked up on shelf-stable foods for me and my partner, and cat food/litter for our cats (many pet food items are imported to the US). We have a generator and water treatment kits that we can use with the running water on our property. I did all of this slowly, from November up until now. I am not one of those crazy selfish people that goes into COSTCO and buys the entire shelf of toilet paper for myself.

I’ve had a “go bag” for at least 10 years, so that’s always been ready. My partner and I have written up several “what if” scenarios and how we would respond to them (flee the state, or flee the country, what are we bringing with us, etc). We both have current passports. I’m taking a firearms course next month so that I can legally own a gun.

Some people might think all of this is overkill or that we’re being paranoid, but we really don’t give a shit. If it comes down to it, we can literally walk away from this house or lock it down and defend it depending on the situation, and if that makes me sleep better at night, I don’t care what anyone thinks.

Salt & Vinegar chips are amazing

• US (live here)
• Australia
• Canada (many times)
• South Korea (twice)
• Kuwait
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Ireland
• England
• El Salvador

Notes:

• When I was in South Korea, I visited the DMZ both times and stepped over the 38th parallel into North Korea both times. Does that count as having been to North Korea?

If we are counting airports, I have also been to:

• Germany
• Slovakia

Same. I did a summer study abroad program in Amman when I was in college, and everyone I interacted with was very nice.

I dunno about using the descriptors of “smooth” vs “hard”, but I definitely find some numbers more pleasing than others. I have no idea why. I guess for me it’s more about the flow of them, how they’re ordered, how they LOOK. It has nothing to do with primes, odds, even, etc. Like, I just see some numbers and think “I don’t like that one” but then others I’m cool with. 5112 is nice, 7654 I don’t like, for example.

Who’s gonna know? Furthermore, who’s gonna know, judge you on it, and you’ll actually give a damn what that person thinks of you? Screw whatever anyone thinks or says, buy what you want.

2020s smell like nothing because COVID

If she was male and your son instead of female and your daughter, would you be asking the same question? So what if she’s seeing 2 people as long as everything is consensual and everyone is being safe and respectful?

The weekend.

I like the one with Cosmos!

New Zealand

Man, that’s tough. I dunno, I found a single, live bedbug in my apartment once on my computer desk. I killed it immediately and blood came out, but then I never saw another one again and lived there for 2 more years.

Since your money is tight, you might want to get out before you incur fees and owe rent. Did you get the place through an assistance program? If so, I would notify them about the bug as well.

Bed bugs are BAD. Where was the bug when you found it? Was it on you, the floor, your stuff? Was it alive or dead? Could you stay there a few more days without bringing the rest of your stuff from your friend’s place and see if more bugs appear?

Bed bugs spread quickly and can travel on you or your clothes and infest other locations. That being said, it may have just been one. Then again, if it came from the apartment next door, more will likely infiltrate your place. If they are coming from next door, it won’t be enough to spray just your apartment, the entire building will need it.

Sorry for the difficult situation you’re in, this is a tough call.

I’ve sort of always believed in reincarnation, though I can’t recall the first time I was introduced to the concept. I feel like the universe is very cyclical, so why not reincarnation? Although I guess I’m not sure how much of us gets “carried over” into the next life. What makes us “us”? What part of us would be passed on to the next life? I definitely feel like I’ve been here before, though it would be hard to explain why, and perhaps I’m just mistaking that feeling.

Ziti because the sauce gets up in the hole :)

No, but I can tune out some noises better than others. There are some noisy situations in which I simply cannot get through even a single sentence.