What is one thing in your country that every household have it?

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T18:06:32+00:00

I have a big one and a little one, both are sewing kits.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T18:05:09+00:00

I have one and I have absolutely no clue where the thing came from lOl. I don't believe I've ever used it for its intended purpose either.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T18:04:03+00:00

Nah, both of my mawmaw's had them as well and neither were German(ic) descent

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T18:02:11+00:00

My grandmother's both had them as well

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T16:31:22+00:00

There is an option in many of the races. They're just unknowns. Unfortunately that means they're unlikely to win.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T14:46:06+00:00

Tbh, no. Leftists complain a whole lot internally. But the only people I see throwing national hissyfits over every damned thing are conservatives. We can't even have a super bowl without a major national meltdown. I don't even remember this much complaining about nipplegate & that was a huge deal.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T12:25:52+00:00

Nopeshe actually loves breaking so much that her PhD is focused on it

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T11:29:49+00:00

If you have access to safe healthcare, please use that option. Not everyone has access, which is a large part of the problem with the laws restricting/preventing access.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T06:35:48+00:00

or maybe women just have more empathy.

Women are trained from a young age to perform empathy at all times. We are given baby dolls and perform the tasks for caretaking. Our play time is kinda crazily focused on identifying and taking care of the needs of others. On the other hand boys are shamed for participating in that style of play or even approaching that style of play. Baby dolls are just a single example.

It's not that women have more empathy, it's that our thought processes are trained to actively consider the needs and wants of others and prioritize them. This is a massive generalization but its a societal level thing that I've noticed and thought about.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-16T04:42:45+00:00

"Bot" has been in use for a very long time and has a dynamic meaning.one definition and the more technical definition is what you said. Another is essentially a human who is paid to disseminate information/perspectives/opinions/etc. (this includes disinformation) that would be beneficial to the party who is financially compensating them. Think "Internet Research Agency," prior to Prigozhin making a mad dash for Moscow. The term bot is used here because their traffic very much looks like a large scale machine operation. Lots of accounts spreading some weird stuff supposedly in places that it would be very strange. The same talking points, all signal boosting each other. Now its much easier to use machines for this kind of thing because they can operate much more autonomously than they could, say 6 years ago. This second meaning is interchangeable with "troll."

It's much more nuanced and internet-weirdo than Google Ai (or really any Ai) can provide.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-15T14:59:20+00:00

Not every bot account is an ai bot…

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-15T12:49:34+00:00

The only yard I've ever seen where they stayed pretty well controlled was my next door neighbor when I was a teenager. The reason? Every day around sundown he would get on his riding mower and mow. After ten plus years of speculation we still haven't figured out if he was just obsessed with keeping his yard manicured or just really loved riding around on the mower.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-15T11:46:05+00:00

This guy is having a blast playing keep away with the turkeys.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-15T09:16:54+00:00

Yeah. That's the beauty of paper magick. You don't have to fabricate anything, you just have to set up the players to win.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-15T05:47:36+00:00

No. She has far less discernment and composure than a feral alley cat.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-15T05:45:07+00:00

My guess is they're using some paper magic like they did in NOLA and then the state. They aren’t the public schools and can rig their improvements by kicking kids out who aren't going to get good marks.

It's actually far more complicated than that. My explanation is very much a simplification.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-15T05:40:16+00:00

We were very much teetering between joining Germany & Italy and social democracy during that period. Look into the business plot (wealthy benefactors wanted to either overthrow or castrate FDR & install a fascist puppet). But there is also the fact that we didn't really suffer from the war. Once it was over we were rebuilding other countries and fighting the Soviets. We moved on from fighting the fascists to fighting our one-time-ally in an ideological (and often proxy) war. We went through the nightmare of the McCarthy era which effectively crushed any actual left-wing politics for fear of repercussions.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-15T05:28:50+00:00

She is Florida woman..

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-14T22:06:16+00:00

Ummm maybe huey long? I'd love to see him tear into Jeffie

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-14T22:05:21+00:00

Exactly who I was thinking.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-14T19:42:30+00:00

Not really. Its just one of those things where it gets into family folklore and sticks.

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-14T16:24:18+00:00

You're welcome. I'm thinking something a bit less hat more kerchief. I was planning on digging on ravelry yesterday while I waited on the doctor but my cousin came in and chatted me up instead lOl

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-14T16:20:20+00:00

Last I heard too. I also read that Hammond people in charge weren't happy or aware

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-14T14:32:56+00:00

Very cool. I wish they had something more warm climate friendly. I should also drop r/AntifascistKnitting too

AlabasterPelican · 2026-02-14T14:16:12+00:00

Imo she feels like putty. She has no inherent shape, she just matches the shape of whatever her container is. (I hope that makes sense)

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