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Ways to tell you have a child #37: the contents of your tumble dryer's lint trap is 50% glitter.

(And your hands are now covered in glitter from emptying it)

andrewducker

Why do people go to the group "Fans of X" and ask "Is X any good?"

I mean, no, most members of the fan group loathe it with a fiery passion and are only in the group to warn passers-by how terrible it is.

andrewducker

Facebook reminds me that we had norovirus on this day in 2021 and 2023. Jane has spent the last 24 hours with D+V. What are the odds?

andrewducker

We went up the hill. There were roses. Nobody knows why. Gideon has theories involving dead people.
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

andrewducker

1. Popper was right about the link between certainty and extremism: (tags:politics psychology belief )
2. Plastic from takeaway containers may fuel Alzheimer's risk (in mice): (tags:mice alzheimers plastic )
3. Is it cheating if your illicit affair is with AI?: (tags:relationships ai )
4. The US "healthcare" system is not fit for purpose.: (tags:healthcare USA OhForFucksSake )

andrewducker

1. Labour's plan to jumpstart city building after Rayner's 1.5m homes drive stalls: (tags:housing uk )
2. Chimps consume a pint of lager's worth of alcohol every day in fruit: (tags:alcohol chimpanzees )
3. Man with Covid for over two years became virus incubator, as it evolved into new variants of concern: (tags:pandemic virus evolution )
4. Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads (and so I will never buy one): (tags:advertising Samsung technology OhForFucksSake )
5. Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms (in Canada): (tags:Canada girls sports school LGBT transgender bigotry )
6. Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From: (tags:politics Child_abuse satire usa uk royalty )
7. An "At The Mountains Of Madness" game, where you play as a penguin.: (tags:penguins hplovecraft games wtf )

andrewducker

Ooh, I thought, that's a really cool t-shirt! And the price is only £24, that's actually pretty reasonable!

Except no, it's £24 plus £6 tax plus £7 shipping *that takes up to 6 weeks*.

And this for an item that's print on demand. Which means, theoretically, they could print it in the UK in the first place and not have to presumably ship it to me by alpaca from Kazakhstan!

Shame, really, it's a nice t-shirt. But not £37 nice.

andrewducker

1. DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing: (tags:politics terrorism USA censorship )

andrewducker

A week and a half ago I ordered a couple of K-Pop Demon Hunters hoodies for the kids from Amazon. I didn't realise quite how much of a trip they'd be making:

8th - Taken from warehouse in Shenzhen (China) and handed to massive chinese shipment company SF Express.
8th - Driven an hour up the road to Dongguan shipment centre.
11th - Transported (presumably by road) 1,100 km to Ezhou (SF Express hub airport, also China))
12th - Flown to Liège Airport (Belgium), stopping over in Almaty International Airport (Kazakhstan)
14th - Flew in to Heathrow
14th - Then arrived in Stansted for customs
15th - Then handed to Hermes in London
16th - Who got it to me in Edinburgh the next day

Total cost, including shipping: £24 (£12 per top).

I am both impressed and somewhat aghast.