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frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•"Airplane!" is the unofficial movie of Air Traffic Control. "Waiting..." is the unofficial movie of waiters. What should be Lemmy's unofficial movie?6·21 days agoLemmings
Is there a film called Lemmings? Seems a safe bet there is one.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Palestine@lemmy.ml•Where are the #FreeTheHostages people now?441·22 days agoone (1) boatload
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Palestine@lemmy.ml•Where are the #FreeTheHostages people now?26·22 days agoapproximately this
This is how satyagraha activism is supposed to go: they’ve made the bad guys incriminate themselves and put themselves in a bad position legally and in public perception.
Do you think they should have chickened out because of the possibility of arrest?
Meme posted by Southern Hemisphere Gang
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Palestine@lemmy.ml•Where are the #FreeTheHostages people now?692·22 days agoHonestly a pretty good outcome so far from their nonviolent action.
Well done.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is “cheese” called in your language?2·25 days agodeleted by creator
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is “cheese” called in your language?72·25 days agoFun fact: folk etymologies are always lies.
I’ve also heard that ‘gringo’ derives from people telling green-clad soldiers to go away (green, go)
I’ve heard that ‘fuck’ is an acronym for ‘fornication under consent of the king’
All nonsense of course.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Non-native people, what language do you think in?4·28 days agoI’m originally from Sabah in northern Borneo, Malaysia
Hey I’ve been there. Hello.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Non-native people, what language do you think in?17·28 days agoCertain topics (mostly household things), I’ll think in Irish.
Or sports… it’s easier for me to think “tá an cailis déanta aige” than “he fouled the player” because my sporting life has generally been through Irish.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.ml•Inside a phone smuggled out of North Korea5·30 days agogood answer
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.ml•Inside a phone smuggled out of North Korea41·30 days agoNo. My uncle has.
@realitista@lemm.ee pulled out his actual visit as a trump card
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto China, 中国@lemmy.ml•China’s life expectancy reaches 79 years in 2024, eight provinces exceed 80 years2·1 month agoBetter have some babies.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.ml•Inside a phone smuggled out of North Korea92·1 month agoHave you been?
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.ml•Inside a phone smuggled out of North Korea6·1 month agoThat’s what I thought yeah; juzt wondering if it was like Yugoslavia
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.ml•Inside a phone smuggled out of North Korea52·1 month agoWas North Korea 3rd world?
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.ml•Inside a phone smuggled out of North Korea191·1 month agoInteresting use of the word “he” around 0:32
It’s weird the way they always talk about the state as though it was exactly one person.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Illustrations of history@lemmy.world•Rower arrangements of Ancient Greek warshipsEnglish13·1 month agoI am sceptical.
I don’t think there’s evidence showing these arrangements.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?9·1 month agoPeople live their lives, they don’t live abstractions on paper. People sleep, wake, do things.
there’s beaucoups of oil in the Usa