shalafi

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[–] shalafi 11 points 1 day ago

I'm not gay, and certainly not into bears, but this guy makes me feel I might not have a choice in what comes next.

[–] shalafi 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The pest control is their rent. Would you let them cruise around otherwise?

I got a cool pic of one of my tiny jumping spiders dragging an insect to it's death behind a wall ornament, but I don't want to freak anyone out.

EDIT: Found the pic! Warning: It's very close and very clear and very freaky.

https://imgur.com/IjWvMXQ

[–] shalafi 3 points 1 day ago

My son is about Anakin's age from SW I. LOL, he's too uncoordinated to learn a box knife, let alone a power saw.

[–] shalafi 1 points 1 day ago

LOL, my friend had the 400. We all hated it.

[–] shalafi 3 points 1 day ago

A California lawmaker said he will introduce a bill

Non-story so far.

[–] shalafi 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The energy you're reading is non-ionizing, can't cause cancer.

If an energy source is high enough frequency, and strong enough, it can knock electrons out of their orbit, creating ions. Hence the name. Ultraviolet rays from the sun can knock your DNA around, cause cancer. Radio waves simply cannot. Get the idea?

Nothing coming out of a laptop is energetic enough to even begin stripping electrons from the atoms in your cells.

I could probably tell a little more if you can say how and what "energy" you're measuring.

[–] shalafi 3 points 2 days ago

Apparently a shitload of Mexican men came running over the border since Sheinbaum was elected in June. So they could get away from the woman and vote Trump. Yeah.

[–] shalafi 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.

Lying on an ATF Form 4473 is almost never prosecuted because much of the language is wishy-washy. Ever filled one out?

The odds of being charged for lying on the form are virtually nonexistent. In the 2019 fiscal year, when Hunter Biden purchased his gun, federal prosecutors received 478 referrals for lying on Form 4473 — and filed just 298 cases. The numbers were roughly similar for fiscal 2020. At issue is when Biden answered “no” on the question that asks about unlawful drug use and addiction when purchasing a gun.

https://www.ncja.org/crimeandjusticenews/few-prosecutions-for-lying-on-atf-gun-purchase-form

How's that moral high horse ride for ya? Winning any elections? No?

[–] shalafi 5 points 2 days ago

looking down their noses at the "dumb country bumpkins" in the flyover states

Lemmy, every single day.

[–] shalafi 3 points 2 days ago

Forgot about the donation angle! I'm signed up for organ donation, need to get that more clear in my will, but whole-body donation would be great.

Worst case, med students can have a go, see how bones heal, stuff like that.

[–] shalafi -4 points 2 days ago

Anecdotally, I've only heard women use that sort of argument IRL. Kinda falls in the, "This widget is 80% so I'm saving money!"

Well, no, not if you didn't have to purchase the widget in the first place.

Men are hardly immune, but in my experience it's more so women.

[–] shalafi 0 points 2 days ago
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