MrsDoyle

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Springtime for Hitler, The Producers https://youtu.be/1zY1orxW8Aw

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I was born in the year Princess Elizabeth became Queen. Also, Evita died that year.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Aaaand then there's slime moulds. Some of which can run a maze...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold

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

It's sooo clickbaity - I didn't even click because I knew how boring the actual story would be.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

I tell you what freaked me out - I was tidying up my contacts and my late sister's photo had changed to that of a nice-looking youngish man. She died of brain cancer in Jan 2020. I'd left her contact there out of sentiment, but of course her number has been recycled. Ooof.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I hate headlines like this. There is no "chaos". A bunch of politicians are arguing and having meetings. Bureaucracy chunters along as usual. Paralympics are happening.

If the politicians were having shootouts in the Champs Elysées and disrupting traffic then yes, a bit of chaos in Paris. But they're not. Sigh.

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

It wasn't always this way. When I first started working in the early 70s, women weren't allowed to wear trousers at work. Or have bare legs, even in summer. Women called bullshit, and the rule was relaxed in most places to allow us to wear trouser suits. But as late as the mid-80s I was chastised for wearing trousers at work. I had to point out that the then prime minister, a woman, wore trousers at work!

If you want the dress code to change, then lobby for it to change. I honestly feel sorry for men locked into their own notions of what they're "allowed" to wear. I remember a friend whining enviously about how breezy my summer skirt looked. I suggested he wear a skirt himself. "I can't! People would think I'm gay." Sigh.

Also - men used to make an effort! https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5ec9401b929e439dacc2a56a/master/w_1280%2Cc_limit/Piepenbring-Codpiece02.jpg https://www.thecultureconcept.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/404448.jpg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm on my second Oppo. Decent specs (I like the 512Gb, double SIM slot, superfast charging) and cheaper than anything comparable.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Couple of HR people had sex on a desk, not realising they could be seen from the upmarket hotel across the street. Oops!

There were quite a few other incidents - it was quite a lively workplace - but this was the funniest.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

He then shared particular frustration with the sudden change in his opponent, suggesting that the Democrats had orchestrated Biden's withdrawal to improve their chances.

Gosh, I don't think anyone else has figured that out! This guy is hella smart.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was out walking with a friend the other day and he tripped and fell. His watch told him, “It seems you’ve fallen sharply.” He had to tap the screen to stop it calling the emergency services. The other friend walking with us said his wife’s watch tells her to stand up if she’s been sitting too long. “And she does it!” I’m officially a curmudgeon, grumbling about tech taking over.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

THE WARDROBE.

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