It's a cheap battery, plastic, a single piece of wire twisted into a coil, water and flavouring.

And then on top of that they cut corners by not testing it or ensuring to use safe materials.

It's amazing it costs as much as it does. They're raking it in.

My 4yo loves the whole soundtrack. my wife and I just sing along with him

I just showed him hakuna matata and we're singing that too.

Kinda like ACA/Obamacare.

I'm of the opinion Americans want help and want to help others, but get lost in political rhetoric and a culture war designed to ensure no one gets anything.

Mauna Loa is a national treasure. It's one of the greatest things about America.

Might be the best use of AI I've seen

Kids ARE very resilient. That's the problem. Therapists know this despite the joke.

As a kid you're so resilient you'll accept anything as "that's the way it is" and so a child will shape their themselves around that world view. Then they grow up with a twisted view of how things are and it requires therapy to unlearn that.

It's like scar tissue on a wound. You healed but you're not quite the same. That wound is now less sensitive to feeling in it's environment and can even be more susceptible to further wounding.

I can always tell when my wife is on some ad cuz it's just the idea out of no where with no context. The more distant from social media you get the more you see it influencing others.

Look I'm fine if the govt wants to say a particular corporation is too big to fail. But trying to let that company remain private is not how too big to fail works. If you want a bailout, the govt owns your company, and the govt is obliged to maintain ownership for as long as it's deemed too big to fail...e.g. critical to national interests.

The people who dont want to be told how they live desperately want someone to tell them how to live.

People aren't bored enough. It's good for you.

The reality despite what you or i might do, is that 99% of people don't carry around an ethernet or hardwire in when there is available wifi.

The library might be public, but it's still a good idea to communicate your intent or obtain permission prior to using someone else's network in away they might deem to be unexpected.

"Do you have ethernet or wired internet?" is actually a common library question and the response from whoever works the front desk will likely tell you everything you need to know.

Damn Lemmy users are no different from Reddit. Don't read anything. Take anything you did read out of context. Be sure to rage post your own ignorance so we can all read about it.