This CDC article about a study from the 90s looked at 90 children who had ingested cigarette butts. Although some had to be hospitalized, all recovered fully within 12 hours.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00046181.htm

So, yeah, definitely not a good idea.

SE USA. A cashier who doesn’t want small talk here is rare. I’ve even had small talk happen at Aldi’s. I didn’t know they were trained to not do that, as the other poster said.

I love that website. I’m considering getting the printed volumes to support them, even though I’ve read most of the articles already.

You know you’re not supposed to free ball in jeans, right?

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.kym-cdn.com%2Fentries%2Ficons%2Foriginal%2F000%2F037%2F155%2FScreen_Shot_2021-05-03_at_11.05.48_AM.png&f=1&ipt=f1a12a3b5ac0d8f8bf9cd99fec5671604299cdeaf024cdc1952a1e1aa7208e58

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/855189.The_Meaning_of_Tingo_and_Other_Extraordinary_Words_from_around_the_World

You might enjoy this book. It’s like dictionary of random slang words from around the world, with different chapters based on categories.

Personally, I was a little disappointed because 99% of the definitions are just one sentence or sentence fragment. I was hoping to find out a little more about the origins of more of the words and maybe a little of the culture behind them.

Could be! I have no idea.

I’m not an expert, but I believes he codes the Linux Kernel on Asahi these days.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-an-arm-powered-m2-macbook-air-to-release-latest-linux-kernel/

Just memorize and then internalize the lyrics to “Wo Bist Du” by Rammstein and then never get confused again!

If you know the model of your motherboard, you could look up the user manual. Then you don’t need to open it to see if you have two slots. Also, I don’t know your setup. If you have a slot for a physically bigger hard drive, then it might be a good idea to get a bigger storage drive as your second drive. If you like Linux, then reinstall it to your main drive and keep the second drive as storage drive.

Blu Ray players too. I have a Sony BPX 370, and it will play any (non 3D or 4k) Blu Ray or DVD from anywhere in the world.

Over the years, I’ve gotten more accustomed to my sleep paralysis episodes. (Partially because I’ve trained my husband to wake me when I hum in bed. I can’t scream, but I can do a dull, monotone hum.) The result has been my brain making my sleep paralysis demons move towards me faster. in fact, they’ve recently started full-on sprinting at me and jumping towards me in bed. I can even hear their feet pounding as they run down the hallway.

Anyway, I do kinda miss it when they just hovered over my bed instead. So, I feel this comic.

My husband didn’t know I had these episodes back when he first started sleeping over at my place. The first time I had one, I awoke him as I lunged at the air above me, seemingly trying to choke thin air. (For me, the paralysis always seems to lift “all at once.” And, at the time, I frequently felt the “demons” were sucking my energy. I wanted to stop them. I think this was my brain’s way of rationalizing feeling lethargic the day after an episode.)

Anyway, my husband asked me “what was that!?” I groggily responded “she just wants our money I bet, hah!” and just fell right back asleep.

He was confused and terrified. He kept talking to me until I woke up enough to explain what happened.

I came here to say this. I’m not a driver, but I intake semi accident reports. They seem more likely to have accidents when they are bob tailing.

How funny, I only recently learned of 9Front after trying to find out if there’s still a fork going of the original UNIX OS from Bell Labs (which is exactly what 9Front is… I think.)

Anyway, nice article. Thanks for posting.

I had a dream that my cousins and I were having a get-together at my aunt’s house, in the yard. My cousin, John, was the last to arrive and his car fell into a ditch as he was attempting to pull into my aunt’s driveway.

We all ran to his aid. He got out quickly and yelled “I’m okay!”

We all laughed. I said “Wow, this is just like old times! Everyone is here, even (my other cousin) Jane! … wait, Jane is here?”

I look at Jane, and time stops. The color fades from the background, but she is still there in full color, smiling at me. I wake up crying.

Jane (not her real name) died a couple years ago, and I have variations of this dream still.

A lose-your-shit post?

Also, libre office has randomly crashed for me on multiple distros now, while doing really mundane things like… resizing a window or trying to save the document as PDF.

I will second only office. It’s more stable for me.

Finally, a sport gay men can enjoy.

Well, other than college wrestling.

I’ve had no problems compressing Blu Ray MKVs into MP4s with handbrake (using MX Linux). My drive is a branded, internal one (I want to say LG or Asus.) I am at work right now, by I can look at the model number when I get home if you want. Interestingly, I have actually used it on both German Blu Rays and North American ones.

I was born in 1990, and I had a Teddy Ruxpin bear.