Acrimonious

joined 1 year ago
[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I like trying to figure it out. It's one of my favorite things about Lemmy that I can find non US focused communities.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah? Big whoop.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I completely understand. I've caught myself saying to my fiance "that's a work truck" a lot whenever I see trucks I like. I drive a truck that I use for work. My definition of a work truck is a lot like mine, not a small bed, if there is a lift it's for function, not looks so unless you know what you're looking at you don't notice it. It's got a single or extended cab and it's got some dings and scratches. If you don't know the size of the bed in your truck you don't use it enough. I haul sheets of plywood and drywall often and an 8ft bed would be great but my 6.5 does the job just fine. I'm changing jobs so I don't know if I'll need it anymore but that truck was my livelihood for a long time.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Is there such a thing as a 22ft long truck? I sure as fuck hope not and now I'm afraid to look it up. My guess is they were towing a trailer.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I lived in Tennessee for a few years. I've never been greeted so many times with "do you speak English?" Sometimes I'd just be like "nah!" And walk away.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Congratulations! When I moved a few weeks ago I had to sell my old crappy table saw. My new one is used but very much an upgrade. After moving it (almost 300 lbs), I started thinking if I ever move again it stays with the house. Deep down I know I'm not smart enough to remember the misery and that's why I'm doomed to repeat it.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Lemmy, reddit is more active and has more content but Lemmy will get there. The front page is awful now. It's full of ads and suggested crap. I subscribed to things for a reason. I liked seeing posts I cared about. This shoving content down my throat approach curiously made me get off the site sooner.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Yes, if a) you were raised with such values? Common sense? Both? And b)if your city has a lot of thrash cans. I'm surrounded by a lack of both so the meme is accurate to the folks that keep trash in their pockets until they get to a trashcan.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The black Panthers tried that. Not saying it shouldn't be done again but let's learn from what happened to them.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

The civil rights museum in Memphis,TN is amazing. What made it impactful to me is very much that. Seeing the buses, diners, the hotel, all modern things made me realize these things basically just happened. Black Americans have had a long arduous road to just exist in the country they were forced to come to. And they're always being gaslit, told it happened long ago, didn't happen, it wasn't that bad etc.

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