wolfylow

joined 2 years ago
[–] wolfylow 3 points 1 day ago

I like your style.

[–] wolfylow 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This guy just needs to let this go! He’s wasting his life on this. Even if he finds it in the next decade - honestly I’m not sure it’s worth it.

[–] wolfylow 36 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Upvote for Tremors which has to be the best awful movie I’ve ever seen. Like, so bad it wraps around and becomes great.

[–] wolfylow 43 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Non-American here. This actually goes a long way in helping me to avoid US-centric news and content for the next 4 years. So, there’s that.

[–] wolfylow 4 points 3 weeks ago

Whoa! No that’s not what I got at all! And if you click into what looks like a still image you’re suddenly in a feed of videos. Who knows what their UX is doing.

[–] wolfylow 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Isn’t this a screenshot from Twitter/X?! So - probably a bot.

I’m not American, but downloaded RedNote (Little Red Book) to see what the fuss was about and it’s been a charming experience. I’m particularly loving the cooking videos!

Very very interesting to see normal Americans and normal Chinese people have discussions together on a social media app. And for them to show each other “slice of life” videos. Probably the first time that this has ever happened?

Utterly hilarious situation, tbh.

[–] wolfylow 7 points 2 months ago

What a great idea - thank you!!

[–] wolfylow 133 points 4 months ago (17 children)

TIL that lead pipes carrying drinking water are still used in the States.

Suddenly SO MUCH makes sense.

[–] wolfylow 7 points 4 months ago

Native English speaker here - my English teacher at school always used to say that in order to write well, you need to read well.

That probably doesn’t help you in the short term, however! But, yes - finding “good” authors you enjoy is a good way to go.

[–] wolfylow 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can confirm - my husband and I started reading to each other years ago. It’s not all the time, maybe a couple of books a year, but always on holiday - it’s an awesome way to be together rather than each stuck into your own book world.

Would recommend!

[–] wolfylow 38 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Reminds me of the Netflix show “American Factory” about a Chinese factory opening in the US.

Quite a fascinating clash of cultures.

[–] wolfylow 66 points 6 months ago

I think this is what happens when mainstream political parties legitimise this kind of anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Everyone is pointing at social media, what about Sunak/Braverman/Patel? Not to mention the odious Farage.

I lay a lot of the blame at their feet.

And also - I realise it makes no sense (the perpetrator is British born!) but as has so often been said: You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into. So yeah, here we are. Madness.

 

Don’t all rush … over 120kg of cocaine packages have washed up on NSW (Australia) beaches over the last few days.

Members of the public keep finding 39kg packages and I can’t help thinking “surely they’d have packed them rounded up to 40kg” … and wondering where the missing 1kg is …

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You have to laugh … I remember Glastonbury, up to my knees in mud - it’s all part of the fun. Having said that, it’s unlikely turn into a survival situation in a field in Somerset, so not really that comparable …

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