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  • Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say "Ni" at will to old ladies.

  • The overwhelming majority of the people guillotined during the French revolution were innocent commoners.

  • Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?!

    You don't need any help from me, sir.

    That's right! ...

  • Jokes @lemmy.world

    Wife trouble

  • This is somewhat similar to how Nicaraguan sign language was developed. Basically, kids at a school for the deaf invented it.

  • Almost certainly. You'd have to go out of your way to find a keyfob system that doesn't. I administer a keyfob system at work, and I can tell you exactly whose key was used on which doors and at what times.

  • The system almost certainly will record every usage of the keyfob. It may also record opening the door from inside.

  • A standard reference model in 3d modeling.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot

  • Apartment superintendent. $62k plus free rent and utilities.

  • At least "crushed by asteroid" is not contagious.

  • Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast (especially series 3 covering the French Revolution) and his The History of Rome series.

  • Jokes @lemmy.world

    Two hunters

  • White noise. I bought a white noise machine years ago when I lived near a large emergency room that had ambulances going by all day every day. It really helped with the sirens, and when I moved away I kept using the machine. My brain now interprets the white noise as profound silence, and I sleep so deeply that I don't know how I ever got by without it.

  • Inmate firefighters are indeed inmate labor, but the issue is whether inmate firefighters are slaves. I don't think that they are, and I also think that lumping them together with other forms of inmate labor (particularly those that benefit private interests) is misleading and hyperbolic when discussing that point.

  • I think you're conflating the general issue of inmate labor with the particular issue of inmate firefighters.

  • But in this case they are volunteers. They specifically applied to the firefighting program.

    There's certainly cause for discussion about the ethics, etc. but calling it slavery or involuntary servitude is hyperbole.

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  • Ye Power Trippin' Bastards @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    I thought I was being pretty diplomatic

    Jokes @lemmy.world

    Of Biblical Proportions

    Risa @startrek.website

    Often-wrong indeed

    Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world

    What is my purpose?