🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

Ladies and gentleman skinny and scout
I'll tell you a tale I know nothing about
The admission is free so pay at the door
Now pull out a chair and sit on the floor

On one bright day in the middle of the night
Two dead boys got up to fight
Back to back they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other

The blind man came to see fair play
The mute man came to shout hooray
The deaf policeman heard the noise
And came to stop those two dead boys

He lived on the corner in the middle of the block
In a two story house on a vacant lot
A man with no legs came walking by
And kicked the lawman in his thigh

He crashed through a wall without making a sound
Into a dry creek bed and suddenly drowned
A long black hearse came to cart him away
But he ran for his life and is still gone today

I watched from the corner of the table
The only eyewitness to facts of my fable
If you doubt my lies are true
Just ask the blind man, he saw it too

-- Chalsey wilder

I was taught this int he 4th grade and have had it memorized ever since.

#poem #poetry #writing

@Bradley_JF Restarting your computer is easier than hunting for the reload button on gnome firefox :)

@mc Either way you are right its a problem everywhere. Just not tot he same degree everywhere.

@mc I think it goes way beyond that. When I am in the USA it feels like being in a psych ward. Almost everyone is so broken from being in a unhealthy culture of fear and judgement for so long they cant even reason or function sanely.

Other countries arent immune but they tend to have better mental health and a stronger focus on being accepting that it makes these problems much less rampant.

@mc The world is declining in this direction and its a rampant problem in many places. It seems to be at its absolute worst in the USA, then secondly in english speaking countries. The rest of the world isnt immune to it either, but seems much less of a problem in most other areas (outside of perhaps some religious charlatan here and there).

@dushman

For sure. Having a high prevalence of Linux doesnt surprise me int he least. But 66% is quite significant.

@delve

Every day on the fedi...

@dushman

Yea being the fedit its not **that surprising**.. but still I would have expected it to be a bit lower honestly. I say this as a Linux user myself so I'm happily surprised.

@delve

@delve I wonder how accurate this poll is to the real numbers... 66% linux on the fediverse is surprising, but not THAT surprising, assuming its close to the real numbers.

@matrix seems he missed the point entierly....

That said a person born male who takes hormones pre-puberty, will generally have a female facial structure.

@louisrcouture

Yea ideally it wont be centralized.. Which should happen naturally if there is a good free market system in place. One reason I love co-ops is because they dont destroy the free market, in fact they reinforce it by giving strength to the smaller players (the individuals)

@mian

@mian

I am generally a huge fan of voluntary co-ops (not state enforced)... though int he case of healthcare I'd be ok with state enforced co-ops. I think co-ops are the true and best solution to the healthcare problem in both europe and america.

@louisrcouture

@swiley Actually there is, in fact, a mask mandate in virginia:

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/executive-actions/EO-63-and-Order-Of-Public-Health-Emergency-Five---Requirement-To-Wear-Face-Covering-While-Inside-Buildings.pdf

However you are correct that the mask mandate can not be legally enforced in the polling places and they are required to let you vote even if you are in violation of the mask mandate.

@swiley You spelled it wrong. Its spelled vagina.

@louisrcouture I'd agree with that. Co-ops can exist quite nicely in a capitalist society and is a much better approach that state-run corperations.

@louisrcouture I was in the middle of responding before you even tagged me :)