hoanbridgetroll

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[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I was on the final day of an overseas trip. I’d been there for several weeks, and my wife flew over and joined me for the last week to see the sights.

I’d eaten the hotel breakfast buffet almost every day of my stay with no issues. So, I grabbed my usual items, including some buffet line shakshuka (an eggs, feta, and tomato stew). It may have been sitting out a while…. Thankfully my wife opted for something else. Yum yum, check out, drop stuff off at my company’s HQ, off the airport, drop the rental, etc.

We were sitting in the airport inside the security check when it started - nausea, sweats, and bad cramps. Not the best look when in a foreign country with serious (and slow) airport security. Got through, beelined to the bathroom, and I thought I got it out from both ends. I boarded the plane feeling a bit better, but it ramped up again once we were onboard and continued for the entirety of the 13 hour flight home. I have seen immense torment inside the tiny bathroom of a 747 airliner, and I think I spent more time in there than my seat. When I did make it out, I sat shivering and sweaty in my seat for a few minutes before I had to go again.

I was thankful my wife was there to keep me hydrated and that the plane was empty enough that I could grab a seat row near the back for myself to lie down, instead of climbing over some poor bastard every time.

Surprisingly, I still like shakshuka.

Quit fucking about on the internet - we need to win decisively and have the election denier’s bullshit shut down immediately.

Call up your county’s Democratic Party and go knock some doors or drive people to the polls with them. Talk to your (sane) friends and relatives to make sure they’ve voted, or have a plan for how they’re going to get to their polling location and vote on Tuesday.

Do that, and we can get back to fucking about on the internet and sharing transgender Star Trek beans memes, instead of fighting off fascism.

[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 57 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

“Shut the fuck up, Donny.” -Harris Walz 2024

[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 41 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Apparently at Critter Depot, if you’re stateside. 2,000 crickets for $54. Subscription discounts available.

https://www.thecritterdepot.com/

[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I get what you’re saying - some games aren’t fun on steam deck controls, or just run like a dog.

But, look at it differently - It’s a PC by virtue of the fact you only have to buy it once to use it in both. My 10 year old XPS laptop and my gaming desktop are very different classes of hardware as well, but they’ll both run Plants vs Zombies that I bought once.

I can’t say that about the stuff I bought on Switch and want to keep playing on Steam Deck.

[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

99 mooftballoons go by

[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago

He has a a free couch, he just needs help getting it out of the basement. Totally fine.

[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

She’s lovely! What’s her name?

[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

American here, what’s exciting in Swedish politics these days? I’d like some reprieve from the dumpster fire that is America for a minute.

[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Snakes? In my snake pit?

It’s more likely than you think.

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