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Mostly_Harmless

Mostly_Harmless@lemmy.world
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I went to grade school in Mississippi, (Air Force brat, 1970’s) and here are some fun facts:

  • The day started with the class reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and then singing “Dixie.”
  • Every classroom had a paddle hanging near the blackboard. The principle and many of the teachers also had a paddle handing off of their belt.
  • The "That’s a Paddlin’ " bit on the Simpsons was a 100% accurate representation of my first day in school
  • The Mississippi schools were about 6 months ahead of the Utah schools I came from and they made me do a lot of the homework assigned before I got there.
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iphone. They’re solid and they get updates forever so there is no rush to upgrade. I don’t miss Android and not getting updates 6 months after I buy the phone.

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Coming Soon: “Nikki Haley endorses tRump”

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Interesting. Today Reddit sent a new TOS letter to an old email address (I don’t have any Reddit accounts because fuck u/spez). The username it referenced was created today. I’ve never used this address with Reddit and don’t have any confirmation emails in my box or spam indicating someone else tried to create this account. I changed the password and deleted the account, but I have to wonder if they might be trying to boost their subscriber numbers for an IPO.

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“MAGA grifter” seems like it might be a good side hustle.

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Iran’s goal is to damage or sink an American warship without being directly culpable and without risking their own people.

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Independents in NH are the ones who move the needle. Not respecting the will of NH’s voters would be a stupid, stupid, STUPID move on the part of the DNC.

“The DNC doesn’t give a fuck about you!” would be a great talking point for the GOP.

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That’s likely what will happen and the DNC would be stupid not to accept the will of NH’s voters. The interesting part is that NH independents can vote in either primary. So many (myself included) are considering voting in the republican primary to take votes away from trump.

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Nothing. Anything that happens to me happens for my benefit, even if I can’t see it at that time.

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What??? Why won’t people pay for a $3500 device that might give you neck pain but allows you to browse the web, watch videos, or…um…browse the web for 2 hours at a time?

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