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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by EponymousBosh@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

So John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats does this thing in some of his lyrics where he'll start a sentence out with a verb as though it's an imperative, but it's from a first-person POV. There's a lot of examples but the song "Counterfeit Florida Plates" is the one that comes to mind first, for me. Is there a technical term for what he's doing here?

EDIT: changed wording to be less ambiguous

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by EponymousBosh@beehaw.org to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml
[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

I wish I'd known how much of a pain in the ass having an NVIDIA card would be. I would have gotten a different computer.

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago

"Just a hobby"--famous last words

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 23 points 1 year ago

Surprised no one's mentioned NewPipe yet

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 26 points 1 year ago

I don't think "not wanting to be the target of others' road rage for actually following traffic laws" is childish, tbh

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago

Doing OK. Found out last week that I don't have cancer, so that's always a plus.

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 53 points 1 year ago

In the US, the only time you'd have to boil water before drinking in most places is if there's something wrong with the water system and they put out a "boil water" advisory, and that's pretty rare. It's definitely not something you have to on a daily basis. Some people will use water filters but it's not usually a necessity.

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago

I'm really glad everyone seems to be on the same team here and there's no bad blood between the mods.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by EponymousBosh@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

What it says on the tin. Mumbo Jumbo, a MCYT guy with just under 9 million subs, has a video of him playing Minetest. He was impressed with the Mesecon mod! EDIT: changed to Invidious link, d'oh!

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Basically what it says in the title. I have two cats, both female, one is 16 and one is about to turn 13. The younger of the two keeps showing up with wet paws, and has always been weirdly fascinated by the toilet. We've caught her in it a few times recently.

She seems to be sitting with her back legs on the seat so she can stick her front feet into the bowl. I don't think she's playing with the water; she's never really done that, and doesn't like water much in general. The only thing I can think is that maybe she's washing her paws in it? She's a longhair cat and has some floof between her toe beans, so maybe it's easier cleaning them that way?

We don't use any harsh chemicals to clean the toilet so I doubt she's in any real danger there, before anyone asks. She's not really hurting anything by doing this, but a) it's weird; b) it's unpleasant to have a cat climbing on you with wet paws; and c) she's a dumbass and I worry she's gonna fall in.

Has anyone ever have a cat, or any other pet, do this? Any way to stop it, or do I just need to accept that my cat thinks the toilet is a foot bath?

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

Just deleted my Reddit account.

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 45 points 1 year ago

Was "staying away from Edge" not already standard?

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

The site is down now, because the Neonazi running it was dumb enough to use his legal name on the Paypal account and doxxed himself.

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One of mine lunges out of the litterbox and runs around the apartment yowling immediately after she takes a dump. The fuck is up with that?

[-] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago

I'm like a Kinsey 1.5. Just bi enough to be uncomfortable with the "straight" label but too hetero to feel comfortable claiming "bi." It's great 🙃

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Mine is "bewölkt," which means "cloudy" in German. It's just a lot of fun to say!

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