I was one of the first LPB (low ping bastard). Back in the 90s, some servers would just flat out ban you if you were one or the other. I was very competitive in Quake/Halflife/Counterstrike and even had a shirt with the Ethernet symbol and LPB under it. I fucking loved that shirt.
I was i.am/zzottt if anyone remembers the first days of Counterstrike
I worked for the hospital system… I only remember dreading tomorrow and wishing for a moment to catch my breath. I didn’t really get to work from home and I rarely got time off outside of my schedule.
It sucked! I didn’t even get to enjoy other people’s enjoyment 👎
I was part of a skeleton IT crew, we couldn’t fill positions and ran most of the pandemic with only half of the fte positions filled. I was able to move on to a better position and I’m friends with those folks I worked with. We will probably always be close, we lost 5 employees to COVID and we all bonded from the life and death experiences
Seattle police will begin implementing the nation’s first policy that governs the use of police patrol “ruses,” a statement an officer knows is not true but may be helpful to an investigation, according to city press release Monday....
Anheuser-Busch Inbev said Tuesday that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales, in a sign of continuing fallout from a promotion with a transgender influencer that cost it sales....
If the only choice is Bud Light, I will just have water. Bud Light and Coors Light are just the worst beers I can imagine. Not even worth considering. I’d just as soon be 100% sober then drink one.
The worst beer is called Name Tag from Trader Joe’s. I couldn’t even finish one as a joke. I thought it might have gone bad so I opened another and it was the same. I ended up tossing the whole 6 pack. Some beer is crap and I’m just not that desperate.
When I was young life was pure chaos. It was a constant battle and I often looked for things that would ground me and let my mind rest for a bit. I discovered the Peter Gabriel song Washing of the Water. I really liked how he sang it and so I memorized the words. They are good and when its a very dark time for me, the words are a great way for me to gain a little mental peace.
The whole song is beautiful. The perfect balance of wanting calm in hard times and finding peace in the nature of things piped.video/watch?v=Ic4N6rT6Qks
May I suggest a reading of the Voltaire book Candide? Phrases like “Everything will be ok” or as the book often suggests “all is for the best” in the “best of all possible worlds” will take on a whole new meaning.
The book is funny most of the time but it has a very sharp cynical edge about life and positive thinking and how it doesn’t mean much in the face of most life changing events.
Even if they did, won’t they get a lot of false positives because of a large amount of it being sprayed hemp buds that are legal as hemp? Also, I know a lot of dispensaries get their stock like vape pens and such delivered this way already. How does that all work?
I fucking hate the changing of the clock for the season. I wish it was banned across the planet. It’s stupid and statistically shows it’s bad for traffic, deadly to older people, especially men, and generally bad for businesses.
When the small grocery store in my area got Super Mario Brothers there were always 4 or 5 people queue’d up and playing it. That store was a basic grocery story but they did cater to youth with expendable change. Lots of the bulk candies; a few different kinds for 5c, better ones for 10c, good mini candies for 25c… etc
Before or after school, that place always had kids spending some change on something. Once the NES became a household item, that store changed dramatically
For those mentally strong enough to live through the traumas of war and occupation and still resist, the Russians have other methods besides propaganda. The occupying forces do not try to hide their brutal torture chambers, kidnappings of Ukrainian children, and summary executions from their new constituents. Everybody knows the...
Good. Maybe this will actually force them to consider that Russia is going to be set back for decades and be isolated from the rest of the modern world
I dressed up as a girl once for Halloween. I am a CIS dude and it was a very illuminating experience. The worst part of it was I must have awakened something in one of the people at the party because that dude would not leave me alone.
Drunk dudes that won’t leave you alone and start crossing the line? I will never forget.
I love Jarvis, he is such an interesting character. The song Fat Children is a great from that album.
But This is Hardcore was a peak 90’s moment. The world of my memories will always find that time to be my salad days. I listened to that album a lot after a breakup with my first love and it was my therapy whenever I was depressed.
Not sure where else to post this, but I just learned that an old buddy lost his lengthy battle with cancer this evening after putting up a solid fight. If anyone feels like raising a glass to a random stranger, I’m sure he’d appreciate it....
You are a good friend for thinking of them like this. In the old times it was thought that you would think of the recently diseased for a few days so they would see the path to find the other world. Because if we are sad they left and their kin are waiting to welcome them, their path would be brighter if they were missed. So when the mourning days were over celebrate them going home. We should all sing our death songs like warriors going home.
Dude was a icon of singularity. Rare is it to have such an affect on your chosen profession. Forever much respect. His movies hold up to time and are full of so much influence. I am glad he lived a long life. Dude will forever be an icon of bad assery!
We got my husband some Helly Hansen boots the year before last and we noticed a hole in them last year. I am right pissed. If I’m dropping hundreds of dollars on boots, I expect to get my money’s worth. What are your awesome boot suggestions to help me do just that?
I’m a big Solomon brand fan. Idk if you can buy it for life winter boot and use it too but the Solomons I have had wear well and last as long as I have expected them to
I cannot tell you how much I hate this song. And to think that it was the catalyst that was the final straw for Lennon and killed the band. There are other Beatles songs that I hate but this one rises to a whole new level.
people online assume that you live in america, people always that you are talking about america. whenever there are news or discussions and the language that is used is english, everything is about america. I’m tired of it. stop rubbing this stuff into my face. I don’t care about your stupid country
Remember, the social Democrats sided with the Nazis over the socialists. They’ve done it every time they’ve been given the opportunity, and will continue to do so as many times as people fall for their shtick....
Teachers kick off strike in Portland, Oregon, over class sizes, pay and resources (abcnews.go.com)
Teachers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike Wednesday, shuttering school for some 45,000 students in Oregon’s biggest city
FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, with a future goal of 1gbps (docs.fcc.gov)
Now with 70% more hemp (startrek.website)
Peaceful Bike Ride (files.catbox.moe)
The quality of life (startrek.website)
Seattle to implement nation's 1st policy governing use of police 'ruses' (komonews.com)
Seattle police will begin implementing the nation’s first policy that governs the use of police patrol “ruses,” a statement an officer knows is not true but may be helpful to an investigation, according to city press release Monday....
Bud Light brewer is still struggling to sell the beer in North America over trans promotion backlash (apnews.com)
Anheuser-Busch Inbev said Tuesday that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales, in a sign of continuing fallout from a promotion with a transgender influencer that cost it sales....
Do you have a mantra that keeps you going through tough times?
“it do be like that sometimes” is starting to lose it’s magic a little
Ukrainian family of nine was shot dead in their sleep in Russian-occupied Donetsk (www.cnn.com)
Does the USPS, FedEx and UPS give a crap about weed shipments since Hemp sprayed with the same terpenes and looks the same as weed has been shipped legally for 9 years now?
Even if they did, won’t they get a lot of false positives because of a large amount of it being sprayed hemp buds that are legal as hemp? Also, I know a lot of dispensaries get their stock like vape pens and such delivered this way already. How does that all work?
For people who switched to winter time last night, should we end this?
Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet (www.youtube.com)
New Sacha Baron Cohen project? (media.kbin.social)
How Did Anyone Beat This In The Arcade? (i.imgur.com)
Dragon’s Lair
How Russian Propaganda Built an Alternate Reality in Occupied Ukraine (www.themoscowtimes.com)
For those mentally strong enough to live through the traumas of war and occupation and still resist, the Russians have other methods besides propaganda. The occupying forces do not try to hide their brutal torture chambers, kidnappings of Ukrainian children, and summary executions from their new constituents. Everybody knows the...
A funny moment captured by a drone. (streamable.com)
Mirror; files.catbox.moe/uxtizw.mp4...
Russian propagandists are worried about the next sanctions package and freezing of Russian assets. (streamable.com)
Mirror: files.catbox.moe/f0sd0a.mp4...
A resident of Odesa was asked whether she is afraid of more electricity blackouts this winter... I think this is a good representation of Ukrainian spirit at the moment. - Gerashchenko (streamable.com)
Mirror: files.catbox.moe/cg6jjj.mp4...
The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat (piped.video)
The first Go-Go’s album is such a great jam.
Rule/rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Jarvis Cocker - Running the World [2006] (yewtu.be)
Contains swears, which French TV didn’t seem to mind....
Accurate grenade drop on the cab of a Russian Ural truck, while they were unloading dragon's teeth with a crane into huge piles. (streamable.com)
Mirror: files.catbox.moe/ddav4b.mp4...
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Some people who barely knew each other meeting for no special reason. (lemmynsfw.com)
F*$# cancer
Not sure where else to post this, but I just learned that an old buddy lost his lengthy battle with cancer this evening after putting up a solid fight. If anyone feels like raising a glass to a random stranger, I’m sure he’d appreciate it....
Richard Roundtree, ‘Shaft’ Star, Dies at 81 (variety.com)
Florida man allegedly threatened to shoot someone at CVS unless given 'all bottles' of Viagra (www.nbcnews.com)
Just sayin'... (lemmy.world)
Fellow Extreme Weather Lemmings, what are your Buy it for Life winter boot suggestions?
We got my husband some Helly Hansen boots the year before last and we noticed a hole in them last year. I am right pissed. If I’m dropping hundreds of dollars on boots, I expect to get my money’s worth. What are your awesome boot suggestions to help me do just that?
Remote employees ‘don’t work as hard’, says head of world’s biggest commercial landlord (www.theguardian.com)
Steve Schwarzman of the Blackstone group said staff want to work from home so they can save money...
Yousa Bad Boy (feddit.de)
cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/4897386
What is your favorite band/musician, and what is their worst song?
tired of everything being about america
people online assume that you live in america, people always that you are talking about america. whenever there are news or discussions and the language that is used is english, everything is about america. I’m tired of it. stop rubbing this stuff into my face. I don’t care about your stupid country
Private Ownership of Social Rules is Inherently Anti-Democratic (lemmy.tf)
Remember, the social Democrats sided with the Nazis over the socialists. They’ve done it every time they’ve been given the opportunity, and will continue to do so as many times as people fall for their shtick....