slingstone

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on Wet rule · c/onehundredninetysix · 2 pts · 24d

It makes me feel better that we're not the only ones. Maybe there's some kind of common thread. There were a lot of French Protestant immigrants here in South Carolina prior to the American Revolution.

on Wet rule · c/onehundredninetysix · 8 pts · 24d

Fun fact: when it's raining, but the sun is shining, we say the Devil is beating his wife. Southeast USA, btw. I can see how some of these sayings came to be, but this one has never, ever made sense to me.

I feel this one in my soul. I am not an expert cook, though I don't do too badly--but I do need to concentrate on the kitchen. People need to leave me the heck alone when I'm cooking or baking.

on Demon slayer · c/lemmyshitpost · 3 pts · 52d

I'm hearing this to the tune of "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by the Georgia Satellites.

Steam allowed me to use the old security code for my physical copy of Medieval 2: Total War to allow me to download a digital copy updated to work on Windows 10.

Then one time, I believe it was July, there's a knock on the door. I open it, and there's this cute little girl scout, and she was so adorable, with the little pig tails and all. And she says to me, "How would you like to buy some cookies?" And I said "Well, what kind do you have?" She had thin mints, graham crunchy things, raisin oatmeal, and I said "We'll take a graham crunch. How much will that be?" And she looks at me and she says, "...Uh I need about tree-fitty."

Well, it was about that time that I notice that girl scout was a [vast governmental bureaucracy]. I said, "Dammit ! Get off my lawn, [Federal Government]! I ain't giving you no tree-fitty!" It said, "how about just two-fitty?" I said, "Oh, now it's only two-fitty!! What?! Is there a sale on [golden visa cards] or something?!"

on we're cooked · c/lemmyshitpost · 2 pts · 131d

I'm reminded of an exchange in an old TV show:

Well take this for what little it will profit you. As I look at you ambassador Mollari, I see a great hand reaching out of the stars. The hand is your hand. And I hear sounds. The sounds of billions of people calling your name."

"My followers?"

"Your victims."