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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • One of my most baffling social nights was being invited to poker night at the home of a bunch of Jehovah’s Witnesses. My buddy had married one (that’s a whole different kettle of fish, set that to the side for now lol) and that’s how I came along for card night.

    So anyways… there’s no gambling allowed… so the deal was everybody put in $20 dollars and whoever “won” was awarded the trophy. To keep it totally in God’s hands and not humans gambling, the poker game’s River card would mutate all cards with the same value to Wild cards. So no matter how shitty anybody played or what anybody did, the outcome was quasi-random. Then once everybody had all the chips, they were awarded the trophy. The trophy was a 40oz bottle of whiskey. Which Jehovah’s are not allowed to drink. But don’t worry, it was agreed beforehand nobody would actually drink it, it’s a damned trophy for crying out loud!

    Also we were not allowed (per JW rules) to be socializing in the first place. Also there was rock music in the background while we played which is not allowed. And the JWs would individually disappear to the laundry room to make their pop-only drinks with whatever (pop only!) products each person brought to the gathering in a zippered gym bag.

    I mean. Yeah. It was so fucking weird man.






  • Like really? Nobody could see this coming? Nobody could see that corporations are parasites enriching themselves off others’ struggles?

    This is legitimately a good thing in the long term, hopefully it will allow people to refocus, and take back their pursuit of justice and equality in this society.

    I never watch what companies say, I watch what they do, and I will always factor that behavior into my purchasing decisions.







  • Krudler@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldSay it ain't so
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    10 days ago

    Dude you’re not hitting 80 WPM with pokey-poke

    I worked with a dude that insisted his speed was insane and when we tested him and took errors into account, the actual WPM was more like 15.

    E: anybody who doubts this, please recall that a word is five character average, so 80 words per minute, including shift, capitals, punctuation, numerals, means this person is hitting over 400+ Keys a minute… 7 Keys a second. Ain’t going to happen with two fingers lmao… You can put your fingers on a desk, no keyboard, and you wouldn’t be able to strike the desk 400+ times a minute with your fingertips. Pure delusion.





  • Start learning how and where to ask for help.

    What I mean is that you’re going to have a lot of unmet needs, and you’ll need others to help boost you up. Many of us live like we are islands, but the reality is people support people. But only when you are specifically able to ask for the help you need in clear language. And that is a skill that takes time to develop.