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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Ghost peep!

Why didn't I buy a e-reader sooner? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I've had a Kindle paperwhite for multiple years now (7?) and I use Libby to check out books from my local libraries.

Burning Man contends with unusually slow ticket sales in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

A ticket is $575! And that's like, starting price. No wonder the average income of the attendees has gone up. They're the only people who can afford to go. The rest of us down here spending our entire paychecks on rent and food can't be wasting money on shit like this.

I respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen written in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Her - my - un - ee

I respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen written in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yo - seh - mit - ee

'It'll Be Fixed!': Trump Tells Supporters No Need to Vote in the Future. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Other people organized, staged, and enacted that coup. When he realized it was happening, he decided the coup stagers were "loyal" to him, so he was on board from that point on.

Cop described Sonya Massey shooting as ‘self-inflicted’ in initial dispatch in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you that some people don't deserve a quick death.

But I don't think it should be government sanctioned or within the prison system, because they get it wrong all the time, and the innocent suffer.

Capacitive controls could be the cause of a spate of VW ID.4 crashes in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 119 points 3 months ago (12 children)

#bringbackbuttons

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? July 01 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ngaio Marsh is good, and I'm enjoying them, but if it's between her or Agatha Christie, then Dame Agatha wins every time (personal opinion).

I LOVE a good Poirot mystery story. Gather all the suspects together and then reveal all the secrets everyone has been hiding as well as the culprit of the dastardly crime. chef's kiss

‘You’re gonna need a bigger wrecking ball’: School board member among 1st wave of Capitol rioters won’t step down despite jail sentence in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 64 points 4 months ago (21 children)

*hanged

Pictures are hung; people are hanged. English, man. It's weird.

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? July 01 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I'm about to read book 21 of the Inspector Alleyn series by Ngaio Marsh, False Scent.

If you end up liking the first Jack Reacher book, then I would recommend the first season of Reacher (I think on Prime). It takes some liberties, but follows the story reasonably well. And has an actual large guy playing Reacher, not Tom Cruise.

Keep in mind there were a few years between me reading the first book and watching season 1, so I might've spotted more differences had I experienced them back to back.

I suppose everything is relative... in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They just couldn't write it on a to-do list, because they were illiterate.