What does it mean for Lemmy communities to be partners? I mean, most of them on the list seem related to Today I Learned, but there’s also Jokes, Comedy Heaven and Lemmy Shitpost. Not putting those communities down, but what does the partnering mean?

We’re not good with it and we hope it’s not too late to turn it around. And no, I don’t know how so there’s no point asking me.

Right now I’d call my mood more embarrassed than patriotic.

It has a mildly sweet taste and also causes brain damage

Well… but so does Jack Daniel’s. Interestingly, the Romans were aware of the dangers of lead poisoning, including that it could cause madness - which they called “plumbism” (plumbum being the Latin word for lead). Kind of like we know about the dangers of alcohol, flavored sugar water, and many other things we consume wantonly. Like us, they apparently just didn’t GAF.

Yeahhh, even if the evidence suggests otherwise, might as well cry SLAVES! cuz maybe there were - and possible evil should be called out even if we don’t know, right? Unless you ever innocently go to prison for being Probably guilty. But oh well.

Dunno what you mean by adjust, but if it were me I would just take it down since it just doesn’t apply to the situation. The response comments are probably enough context.

Another Kirk POV: Watching a Beastie Boys song destroy a fleet of alien vessels… Realizing you were playing the same song when you drove your big brother’s Corvette off a cliff as a kid.

Expecting people to know about that 99-1 vote might be misplaced optimism, since it hasn’t been made into a meme yet.

Thanks, cap’n.

Instead of laws keeping up It also might turn out to be a case where culture keeps up.

Shhh! They and their upvoters want to feel the glow of being justice heroes without looking up from their phone.

Or daily scrum. But to be fair they did originate standup meetings.

But in his time was Vlad considered a wunderkind or a late bloomer?

The early couple decades of cable TV divided the audience into an ad-free overclass and an ad-inflicted underclass. Streaming services, once the province of the overclass, are now dividing their audience the same way.

Small drafting table I got at Goodwill for $4. I’ve used it for actual drawing, and it has an adjustable tilt so it can be flat to use as a plain table.

It’s also great for holding electronic components in place while you solder them into circuit boards - even LEDs lol.

Flat-bladed screwdriver works just as well and has a better handle.