[-] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Absolutely love liquorice - well at least the British version of it which is like 50% aniseed. Not so much a fan of the Nordic version which tastes saltier than salt.

Other often-contentious dislikes of mine:

  • Butter (ish - I have a really low tolerance before it tastes like it's gone rancid)
  • Yogurt
  • Fish (fish that doesn't really taste of anything, e.g. cod, is ok)
  • Vinegar
[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I know taste is subjective, but as far as I'm concerned, those are three gigantic nopes. 😝

I wonder how many people dislike the same groups of things?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Boost shows that it was edited :|

In any case, it's not outside the realm of possibility that I made a mistake in my original reply! :)

Screenshot from the Boost app


[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Burning effigies of migrants might be, though.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You're not wrong.

I wish I could see the edit timestamps on Lemmy, because I'm sure that comment was different.

The stupid thing is, I'd originally written the comment with quotes to point it out, then chopped it back because I realised that I was massively overexplaining it. Those quotes would have been handy now!

I'll strike my comment out so it's not misleading, but I'll leave it up so this still makes sense.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Same here - my kids had these, but I'm of the generation raised on Roger Red Hat.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Thanks for that - even though it was utterly depressing!

I live in the North of England, near Manchester, so I know our house prices are more reasonable than some other places, but I wasn't expecting that I'd need to earn the value of our house annually to get a mortgage in San Jose. That's crazy!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

~~I think people are downvoting you because "effect" is in there twice.~~

~~The first one is right.~~

[-] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago
  1. The baby doesn't understand English (although they can recognise the rhythm and sounds of language).

  2. The mother understands English

  3. The baby experiences the same emotions as the mother.

In conclusion, read something that will make the mother relaxed and happy. If that happens to be The Cat In The Hat, then great. I read Don Quixote when my wife was pregnant with our first, our second got Moomin and Hairy Maclary (by virtue of being there when I read to the first).

The most important thing is to keep reading to them, every day, after they're born too. Buy tons of children's books (for your own sanity), do the voices and have fun with them.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Nice try Gary Glitter.

(Context)

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Hi all!

I've been looking for a video that I used to play for my kids when they were little, maybe 11-12 years ago.

It's a music video featuring a Korean (?) (maybe Japanese) rock song accompanied by a really cute animation of a hunanoid bunny or cat trying to deliver a cake.

The animation style was line outlines apart from a few solid colours used for emphasis.

The main character is trying to get a birthday cake to their friend's party, other animals are waiting.

He manages to keep to cake safe despite being squashed on the train, bumped on the street, and having a gang of thugs chase after him. While running from the thugs, he bursts through the door of the venue, trips, and the cake flies out of the box and squashes on the floor. It's a happy ending though, because the girl bunny loves the cake even though it's squashed, and the thugs are even allowed to have some cake.

I vaguely remember the lyrics saying in English "It's your birthday" during the chorus, but other than that it was all Korean/Japanese.

Please, if anyone remembers anything about this, help me!

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I got some of the Sunlu High Speed PLA that I've been hearing good things about. On the first print I discovered that, while it prints beautifully, it creates a ludicrous amount of dust going through the extruder.

So I open it up to clean it out, when suddenly the tensioning spring shoots out. Searched for about an hour in total, it's nowhere to be seen.

I'd been thinking of replacing the extruder for a dual gear one anyway, so I took the opportunity to order a nice one from Micro-Swiss.

The problem is, that I have an FLSun Q5, and I'd seen from videos online that it doesn't quite sit flush - you need to print a spacer.

So I needed to get the printer patched up for one last hurrah. The spring was salvaged from a broken clothes peg. And it worked perfectly - not just "well enough", but easily as good as the original.

So in summary, if it helps anyone, losing the spring doesn't mean you need a new part - a clothes peg spring works just as well.

[-] [email protected] 157 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

~~It was a McDonald's customer who turned him in.~~ (Edit: the article I read has been updated)

But I can't help but find the whole thing really suspicious. In his possession they found a gun, silencer, and three-page hand written manifesto.

Who handwrites an essay before going out to kill someone? That just feels hard to believe.

[-] [email protected] 127 points 7 months ago

From an outsider's perspective, I think a lot of people think you guys sailed past the point of no return back in the 80s.

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I'm seeing a lot of international messages getting this wrong, so this is how you refer to the Prime Minister of the UK.

First, we normally refer to the PM just by name, like anyone else. So, "Keir Starmer" or "Mr Starmer".

"Prime Minister" is not used as a title like "President" is. He's not "Prime Minister Starmer". He's just "the Prime Minister" or "the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer".

Unusually, this new PM is also a knight. Of course, this has its own rules.

If you want to use this title, it's not quite as simple as replacing "Mr" with "Sir'. The first name is more important than the surname here. He's not "Sir Starmer". He's "Sir Keir Starmer" or "Sir Keir".

Hope it helps!

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Screenshot actually from the film Chand Par Chadayee (1967)

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Hi,

I've recently bought my first EV - a 2014 Nissan Leaf - and hoping someone a bit more knowledgeable than me could help :)

The car itself has a Type 1 and CHAdeMo socket.

I have a Type 2 to Type 1 charging cable and a separate adapter plug, but I've found that some charging stations have Tesla branding and weird two-part plugs on that don't seem to fit.

In the interests of being able to use as many charging stations as possible, I'd really like to know which adapter would be most useful to buy!

(I've mentioned UK in the title, as I'm aware America likes to do its own thing when it comes to plugs.)

Any help would be really appreciated!

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