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Knitting is super fun. I used to do it every day until I started my masters. I keep thinking I should restart this hobby. As long as you don’t buy ridiculously premium yarns, it’s super cheap too. I used to find boxes of yarn at yard sales or thrift stores.

I make body scrubs in these.

Used coffee grounds, coconut oil, and some alcohol to keep it from molding

Lmao but fr I wish that scam had a different name, one that makes it a bit more apparent how the scam works. I get the idea of the hog being fattened and slaughtered, but that’s way too metaphorical imo

We mere mortals can never truly delete anything on Lemmy!

The BBC made an excellent documentary on pig butchering scams:

https://pi.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=bW4wYV0V-5s

I knew someone who was a victim of one of these scams from 2019 - 2023

Edit: Sorry, you specifically said youtube. Cringe Link O’Chest moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW4wYV0V-5s

And I also commented twice. Ugh, what a train wreck.

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Ur a poser

To have a solution, you first must have a problem. This isn’t one. It’s only a problem for racists.

Treating people’s lives like political pawns in a campaign is NOT okay. Stop trying to normalize this shit.

Don’t ever speak to me again. Enabling this shit is a horrible thing to do to people. Let’s put you in a camp or send you into a violent situation and see how much you like it. “BuT iT’s ElEcTiOn YeAr” I don’t care

“Just a few hundreds more people in concentration camps and thousands more deported, and we can finally stop the Republicans from imprisoning and deporting immigrants and refugees!”

Democrats having a normal one about human rights, eh?

Edit: This may be a good place to remind everyone that the people we’re de facto targeting with these policies are people with indigenous roots. This can and should be interpreted through the lens of colonialism and our ongoing genocide against Native groups.

Edit 2: Oh boy I cannot believe I have to say this, but these people with indigenous roots are not limited to Mexico and Central America. Does anyone know anything about history here?? My God, I’d assume if one is going to comment that one would at least have the slightest idea what they’re talking about.

Edit 3: And to the people who think it’s some kinda “gotcha” to point out that I’m disengaging from people who are shit-deep in the anti-immigrant hysteria, you got me. Nearly half my family are immigrants, some of whom have been detained and/or deported by our racist border policy, and I live surrounded by batshit conservatives. So yes, this is a sensitive and personal issue to me. If I wanted to talk to people like that, I’d go to the gas station or bar. Lemmy is my opportunity to talk to people who at the bare minimum agree on certain fundamental ideals, an opportunity I don’t have much in real life. I will block and report you for name calling or other uncivilized attacks on my character.

Every Democrat I know irl is a kind, considerate person with empathetic views.

So it’s amazing to me that the party seems to go out of its way to find the most horrific ghouls and status quo warriors to set forth in a federal election, especially really fucking important elections

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One benefit is that if you are a US citizen, and your spouse is not, you don’t have to wait as many years to apply for citizenship. It can also help your application, as long as you are able to provide sufficient evidence that the relationship is genuine and not just to hasten the application. (Still ungodly expensive and difficult to get citizenship though – the idea that you “just marry” someone is an utter myth.)

Navigating credit and finances is easier.

It can be easier to get access to be there for each other during a health crisis, and I know my parents have appreciated how much help their son-in-law has given them when they need moral support during medical appointments, etc. Sometimes he’s been there for them when I am unable.

My husband and I didn’t marry for these reasons, though. We had been in a monogamous co-habitative relationship for five years leading up to the proposal, and it was more for customary/cultural reasons. You’re right that the practical benefits are pretty marginal.

It kinda seems like it’s just a way to trap people in relationships, probably traditionally, the woman

It can be, yeah. I think this is an ongoing problem that was even worse in the past. I disagree that it is “just” why people marry, though. I was fortunate to have parents who are married, but it was always clear they were both equal partners in the relationship. Didn’t really subscribe to traditional gender roles and such. I’m really lucky.

It’s always awkward when someone will ask me, “Who’s the woman in the relationship?” Like, what kind of question is that? But yeah, there are a lot of people who unfortunately do have this idea of ownership. Terms like “trophy wife” seem so problematic to me, like wtf bro.

Gonna finish by adding there are many different ways a relationship can look, and marriage is just one of them. I think if it’s consensual and equitable, it can be a beautiful thing, but so can many other types of relationships. It made sense for my husband and I, but it probably doesn’t make sense to a whole lot of people, and that’s fine. I think no one should ever feel pressured to get married or not to get married.

Hmm, looks like they’re slightly different games.

As first, I assumed they were the same, but now that I read the description again, it says it uses Mahjong tiles, but it looks like it’s not Mahjong.

If I find anything else, I’ll let you know.

There’s this: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.cwde.freeshisen/

Looks like it hasn’t been updated in a while, but I’d guess that doesn’t matter for a game like this

I live in South Dakota. Kristi Noem is an absolute ghoul.

The 15 states that did not apply are Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming.

Fuck paywalls.

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I love it so much. My inbox has been entirely free of spam, and I love the simple design.

Skiff is another good option.

I realize we can talk about multiple things at once, but I feel like this inconsequential stuff like odor and color is completely irrelevant. There can be an absolutely moral, helpful person who smells, looks orange, stands weird, has small hands, etc.

The problem with Trump isn’t his odor or appearance-- it’s that he’s a genocidal maniac who’s the figurehead for an organized and influential group of far-right extremists. Even if he smelled like roses, he’d still be bad.

I don’t give a fuck how he smells. It’s a non-issue.