Posts by 1dalm@deacon.social
(DIR) Post #AZjGqHKqfav9qnFoYa by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-09-13T15:56:54Z
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@todayilearned The thing I have always found most comical about the Pledge of Allegiance is that it's not a metaphor. It's literally a pledge of allegiance to *that piece of cloth over there*.I'm still waiting on my orders from my kindergarten classroom flag.
(DIR) Post #AZpqX6g6VVqxoGzom0 by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-09-16T18:20:28Z
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@mushroom_soup 😂 That's really funny!
(DIR) Post #AZxWskRZQh3pjB2PM8 by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-09-20T13:02:39Z
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@lowqualityfacts it's the mew of the animal kingdom.
(DIR) Post #Aa2SfaQlidwnndzqlc by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-09-22T22:08:41Z
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@mmu_man @nando161 He pulled the plug.
(DIR) Post #AbD0cHKHsh1kRGg1qK by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-10-27T19:08:03Z
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"The Upswing" by Robert Putnam should be required reading for every American.https://www.amazon.com/Upswing-America-Together-Century-Again/dp/198212914X@bookstodon #bookstodon #JoinSomethingIRL
(DIR) Post #AbEjHqDVeZnBfG5yjo by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-10-28T18:03:40Z
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@lowqualityfacts Calling the fire department is over kill. Children's hands can easily be released with a heavy application of peanut butter to loosen the hair.
(DIR) Post #AbIaWmDw1cur3WjCDo by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-10-30T14:44:14Z
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@Wolven This is true and actually pretty fascinating trip, sociologically and historically speaking. (If it didn't have such serious consequences.)There was actually a Christian prophesy made in the 1800, during the American second great awakening that Israel would be a nation again. If wasn't really very widely recognized, until it happened. This was in no small part something of a self-fulfilling prophesy, where a group of Jewish people were happy to at the time to work with and collect donations from Christians to make the prophesy happen. And then it happened.That would be notable enough, but it also happened to happen just with the advent of mass media and the birth of the babyboomer generation. Mass media would repeatedly reinforce that the babyboomers were really something special (in order to sell them things), and the creation of the nation of Israel definitely reinforced that. AND the Evangelical movement was able to capitalize on a new generation's self centered mentality with a theology of personal salvation. Evangelical babyboomers really believed they really were a special generation, and honestly if you are told something enough you will believe it.Then 9-11 happened. And we just happened to have a babyboomer Evangelical in the White House that appeared to be put there by God himself. This was the end times battle they were prophesied.But it wasn't. It was a quagmire. It was a disaster. Their holy war has been a failure.And then a Black man with a Muslim name was elected president and the lost their f***ing minds.And then came a man promising to Make America Great Again. It didn't matter how corrupt he was, he was God's chosen, he spoke their truth that they believed, and he going to set things right. And from their perspective, he did. He formed an unimpeachable conservative super majority in the SCOTUS. Judges (think about that word biblically) that are now bringing the nation back to God.He'll or high water, they will bring about their end times they were promised.
(DIR) Post #AbKVwTg3UZPPbrEjke by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-10-31T13:02:33Z
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@lowqualityfacts Freestyle swimming is going to be interesting.
(DIR) Post #AbfjpIUZEFdVOnJ54y by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-11-10T17:10:46Z
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@Linux_Is_Best And only in America is the party most hawkish on cutting military benefits there one generally seen as being "pro military".
(DIR) Post #AbfjpKCYsAQChWtjI8 by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-11-10T17:59:34Z
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@Linux_Is_Best No, they don't care about the soldiers at all one way or the other. They don't even think about them. The only thing "Pro military" about the GOP is their willingness to fund military contracts.
(DIR) Post #AbplTncODkOIgntfiS by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-11-15T14:52:41Z
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@lowqualityfacts While true, because of London's high altitude the boiling point is much lower.
(DIR) Post #Ac37JSVSaC3QMZbpGC by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-11-22T01:28:34Z
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@lowqualityfacts I work in environmental engineering and a lot of times I get really weird jobs that amount to "this is urgent but we have no idea what contract to put this under so we'll send it to the environmental guys".One of the more unique projects I've had in my career was at a large reservoir with a drop "glory hole" spillway. The problem was that a family of beavers had figured out they could dam up the spill way and by doing so raised the entire lake level about 3 feet above the design level. Beavers are incredible engineers that cause all kinds of problems.#truestory
(DIR) Post #AcNXZ3nShhXsKYKOAq by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-12-01T21:56:50Z
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@stux He's the Howard Hughes of our generation. He's an engineering genius and he's gone insane.There will be biopic's about him.
(DIR) Post #AcVpwx4khHeUsIdXFo by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-12-05T22:00:36Z
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@lowqualityfacts 32 of them were obscenities.
(DIR) Post #Achg6ZACgO7oYztOW8 by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-12-11T15:06:51Z
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@lowqualityfacts This is why Fire Marshalls now require readily available defibrillators to be placed at all REM concerts.
(DIR) Post #AcieqIfkK77DzHHndY by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-12-12T01:21:42Z
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A friendly holiday reminder that abusing #alcohol consumption during the holiday season is a common way to cope with loneliness and self-isolation. Please consider taking this #holiday season to try to find a supportive In Real Life community instead,
(DIR) Post #Acv5mJsk1jJyjFWipc by 1dalm@deacon.social
2023-12-18T02:25:49Z
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@lowqualityfacts James knows what he did.
(DIR) Post #AdTEerE9xJT3teq76m by 1dalm@deacon.social
2024-01-03T13:45:30Z
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@lowqualityfacts I'm pretty sure that the Episcopals, not the Catholics.
(DIR) Post #AdekwG8FAMZJbyyN0a by 1dalm@deacon.social
2024-01-09T03:09:02Z
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@lowqualityfacts Are you trying to help him win the GOP primary?
(DIR) Post #Ak1QeDG7v1OtQGEaUS by 1dalm@deacon.social
2024-07-17T12:52:28Z
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@futurebird They might not have a plan B, but they are executing their Plan A extremely effectively.