Admiral Cloudberg did an amazing write-up of the Paradise fire. She usually duplicates her Reddit articles on Medium, but I don’t think she did with this one 😔

dalekcaan is 100% right. Sir Pterry’s early books are downright Adamsinian, and while his later books trade the silliness for sharp social commentary, the humor and wit never diminish.

Where are you in your Discworld journey? Which is your favorite so far?

This is a quote from a book called The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Congratulations, you are one of today’s lucky ten thousand, and you are in for a treat! (If you like absurdist British humor

Not again!

I read this in his voice. Oh yeah!

“There were a large number of ranks in the armies of the Empire and many of them were untranslatable. Three Pink Pig and Five White Fang were, loosely speaking, privates, and not just because they were pale, vulnerable and inclined to curl up and hide when danger threatened.”

Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times

InB4 someone talks about how big her balls are

Cool lady tho, thanks for the post

Gotcha. Around here (also US) it’s just an excuse to pull over certain people. It’s used very selectively. TBH I wish they would enforce it equitably, there is a ton of people in this area that never use their turn signal

NGL it is a problem, because who tf gets pulled over for failure to signal? It’s just an excuse to pull someone over for DWB.

You are aware that you are breathing

You are aware that you haven’t blinked yet

That spot is itchy again

A skunk habitat would improve the air quality of NYC. That place is a fetid mire of week old food garbage, stale piss, and rat droppings. Do you know why I hate NYC?

“If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying ‘End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’, the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry”

Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett

I didn’t know .ml made up half of Lemmy 🤔

It really depends on the brand and what you’re trying to do. For passenger auto I’d say Mercedes is the worst offender. From personal experience Subaru has been great about self maintenance and repair. The most complicated thing in regular maintenance is spark plugs, and that’s because of the boxer engine. A friend’s Mercedes, on the other hand, has to have the oil changed at the dealer, because the oil fill is inaccessible without special tools.

On Ford Transit full sized vans, the rear brakes require special tools and are very involved because of the rear axel design, but the headlights and signals are not LED and still easily replaced. Chevy Express cargo vans effectively haven’t changed mechanically since 1995. Some Ford engines have such delicate spark plug inserts that all mechanics have helicoil rebuild kits on hand at all times. If you’re not aware and try to change your plugs yourself, you might very well have to pay for a tow to the nearest mechanic to repair what should’ve been a simple plug change.

I’m not saying your personal experience is inaccurate, but perhaps limited on scope. Or not. I don’t know

Don’t get me started on John Deere tho

godDAMNIT

I’m leaving it up

Creed is just the diet Christian Rock version of Pearl Jamb

Plastic rocks. Plastic rocks fall on the redshirt