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[–] bricklove@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago

Though the word they are saying might share the same root as fascist. The Latin word fascis referred to a bundle of sticks and as French developed most s sounds before another consonant were dropped (status > etat, schola > ecole). Also c to g and vice versa is a common sound change. The French ruled England for a while and the word made its way into English then.

I don't know if you cared about any of that but I do think it's a funny name that those homophobes gave themselves

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 26 points 2 months ago

I watched the Khelif vs Carini fight and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. I'm an actual fan of women's combat sports and I've seen them kick each other in the head way harder than anything in that match. Khelif had faster hands and better positioning. She earned the win.

I'm related to several collegiate level women athletes and none of them give a shit about trans women in sports. I've never met a trans woman who'd even come close to competing with them.

The people who are most concerned about keeping trans women from competing don't even watch women's sports. Hell, I doubt they even bothered to watch the 45 second fight yet have all kinds of opinions about it.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This is true but coal mining is just as bad and requires orders of magnitude (mineral fuels) more excavation than all of the other minerals combined. If we can stop mining coal by using renewables the total amount of mining will be a fraction of what it currently is. Plus many of the other minerals can be reused where coal just ends up as carbon in the atmosphere.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Shane Gillis was so good at Trump I was forgetting it wasn't him up there

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter! Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

Nick Mullen is my best friend

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

It can mean cringe but it's more similar to the word strange and can be good or bad depending on context. Someone who learns Elvish and wears clothes from the 1920s could be considered weird but interesting. Republicans are the kind of weird that makes you feel uncomfortable around them. "Why are they so concerned about what my children are wearing?" Kind of weird

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

I'm not the person you replied to but their experience sounds like mine. I agree 100% with that. I really enjoy making my own tools and figuring out things for myself but what I find interesting and useful is rarely what other people care about.

I'll lose myself for hours making and axe handle with hand tools or cobbling together my own Linux desktop for the hell of it but creating yet another form to validate on a web app I have no need for is like pulling teeth.

I wish I could be someone's garden hermit and just grow flax and contribute to open source projects

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

I cracked up during the Jan 6th hearings when his aide said she came into a room and saw a broken plate and ketchup splattered on the wall.

The helmet kissing thing at the RNC was insane and hilarious too. Weird dude

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look, I'm sorry I didn't vote in 2016 but I've voted every time since then and started paying attention to local politics. Now I have a protected bike lane next to my neighborhood and the roads aren't full of holes

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Anyone with testes knows they tap low hanging stuff too

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

Physically bobbing and weaving to avoid swords in Dark and Darker

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