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  • too_high_for_this@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldDoomer
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    4 days ago

    Stop paying attention so much. Like, don’t stick your head in the sand, but take a break from news for a while.

    I went on a cruise last year and the news detox was absolutely amazing for my mental health. Someone read a headline about Trump doing something stupid and I was like, who cares? There’s literally nothing we can do about it, especially from the middle of the Mediterranean.

    And when I got home, I realized it’s the same here. I feel like I need to know what’s going on in the world, but if I can’t make a difference, why would I bring more stress into my life? I just come out feeling worse, for humanity, for my own inaction, for the futility of goodness.

    You don’t need to know the intricacies of geopolitics, the price of oil, if the Strait is open, or even who the president is to have a positive effect on your community.

    Go for a walk and meet your neighbors. Some might be shitheads but you’ll be a better person for getting to know them.

    Volunteer work can also reignite your pilot light of hope. I worked at a shelter and the other volunteers showed me the goodness in humanity.

    There’s still a lot of good out there. Don’t let the news convince you it’s a lost cause.



  • Birdshot. Buckshot is for deer, never heard it called deer shot.

    Buckshot is about 10 lead balls, each one roughly the size of a 9mm bullet. It’ll absolutely fuck you up.

    Slugs are more common, though. That’s just a single 1+ oz projectile. Will also ruin your day.

    Birdshot is hundreds of pellets, ranging from .05" - .18" diameter. They lose energy quick, so if you’re 50+ yards away, they might not even break skin.

    There’s dove hunts where hunters completely surround a field and send their dogs in to scare up the birds. They’re constantly getting hit by other hunters’ shots from the other side of the field but nobody gets hurt.





  • Oh man. The article mentions Germans might stare if you stand on the wrong side of the escalator. I did that my first day in Munich.

    A little old lady nudged me and yelled “Lassen Sie mich vorbei!”

    I turned and mumbled “Es tut mir leid!”, and literally everyone on the escalator was staring at me.

    That was like 13 years ago and I still think about it all the time.