I've been feeding my local crows unsalted shelled peanuts for more than five years. They know me and fly into the tree above my driveway and caw when they see me. They're still not at all comfortable around me and won't come down for the nuts until I go back inside. They've never given me any kind of gift unless you count the bird shit on my car.

They're like a Marvel movie in terms of power comparison. If a hawk shows up, they will chase it away. Meanwhile, a single bluejay a tenth their size will chase off five crows by itself. And the crows will just stand there glumly watching a squirrel eat all their peanuts.

What’s it about LA that they’re associated with/have a large homeless population?

It's great weather to be homeless in.

I watch one British guy's videos from where he lives in China. You can actually rent fucking robot legs there that walk you around. Robot legs!

It's wilder that we don't use gasoline in our barbecue grills.

I used to take Amtrak between Philly and DC. It took about 2 hours which is a bit shorter than driving if you're lucky enough to not hit major traffic. The problem was that if it rained you had water pouring into the car from multiple spots in the ceiling. Just an amazing thing to see in 200-year-old technology. Even Amish buggies don't leak like that.

I thought about taking the Acela on that route once. Cost 4X as much and shaved a whopping 10 minutes off the time.

The family behind LIDL is the richest in Germany…

I shop at LiDL here in the US. It's interesting that they're doing so well when they have much lower prices and pay their employees better than other grocery stores in the area, yet these other stores claim to be barely scraping by or even losing money.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Oh no! I'm also shaped like a vagina.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I'm a school bus driver. A few years ago I was about to switch to a different route, and was riding in the seats with my elementary school kids while the driver who was taking over drove and learned the route. This was towards the end of COVID and I had always worn a mask while driving. The kids said "we've never seen you without a mask. Would you take it off?" I said sure why not and took it off. A second-grade girl said "wow, you're really cute, would you marry me?" The entire rest of the bus, sixty-some kids in perfect unison, went "EWWWWWWW!"

The extra-amusing thing is that I look like David Letterman in his "meth Santa" phase, complete with a foot-long snow-white beard and bald head. I'm still worried about that little girl.

Nik Fury ... because he can't c.

Hire people to create the illusion of growth, fire them to create the illusion that you know what you're doing. The cycle of life!

reporting from Bloomberg on April 1

Um ...

No way in hell I could buy a new car. They cost more than my house.

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