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  1. Comment on New report from the US Centers for Disease Control claims more than 100,000 suffer from tick-caused meat allergy and the number is rising in ~health

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    I work with a guy this has happened to, every once in a while he'll try a taste and his reactions to it are pretty intense. He tried a "beyond burger" at BK but they cook it on the same grill as...

    I work with a guy this has happened to, every once in a while he'll try a taste and his reactions to it are pretty intense.
    He tried a "beyond burger" at BK but they cook it on the same grill as regular burgers so it messed him up. That's very allergic imo.

    8 votes

  2. Comment on Where ya from? in ~talk

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    Well, lemme say this. In 1991 some friends and I packed it in the car and headed for Mardi Gras. The car broke down in Mississippi and the mean spirit and hate was palpable, it was such an ugly...

    Well, lemme say this. In 1991 some friends and I packed it in the car and headed for Mardi Gras.
    The car broke down in Mississippi and the mean spirit and hate was palpable, it was such an ugly place (right off the highway for christs sake) that we couldn't bear it and hitchhiked the rest of the way.
    So, as long as we can all keep out of Mississippi we at least have a sporting chance.
    My apologies to anyone from Mississippi that may see this, I acknowledge that there are good people everywhere and I wish you all the best.

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  3. Comment on Without saying where you live, where do you live? in ~talk

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  5. Comment on Without saying where you live, where do you live? in ~talk

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    Near Peer to New Orleans in architecture and drinking but similarities stop there. Our biggest festival is St. Patrick's Day and a bougie art school.

    Near Peer to New Orleans in architecture and drinking but similarities stop there.
    Our biggest festival is St. Patrick's Day and a bougie art school.

  6. Comment on GenX, what is a music video that you feel best represents us? in ~music

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    Ah. Say no more. I thought you asked what I was listening to recently, and so I told you hahah. What you really wanted was : u/cernuno Asked File: newer, newish music that I've listened to...

    Ah. Say no more. I thought you asked what I was listening to recently, and so I told you hahah.
    What you really wanted was :

    u/cernuno
    Asked
    File: newer, newish music that I've listened to recently, but only from the Curmudgeon File.
    As follows:
    Music For Curmudgeons

    Sean Rowe Desiree
    Curmudgeon smiling is funny
    https://youtu.be/XL2XZ2Xoxz8

    Gogol bordello
    New ish
    https://youtu.be/u9v1-1Op9bQ

    Glen Hansard
    https://spotify.link/HjUe9nY14Ab

    John Grant
    Gmf
    https://youtu.be/ekFWPsXXcg0

    Big Thief
    Red moon
    https://youtu.be/VMD2OGlgAEg

    Charley Crockett
    https://youtu.be/d4PkdBTgE1c mi

    Ryan Bingham
    https://youtu.be/eoFwQnHFeYM

    These are less than 15 years old, you may actually know some of it.
    Love Lucinda Williams! I heard an interview with her recently and liked hearing her viewpoint from the vantage of older age.
    Turnpike Troubadours are another band I like too. I still have yet to listen to some of the other songs.

    Thanks for the independence Day wishes, SCOTUS keeps fucking all that up this time of year so not feeling celebratory. I am however, taking leisure and chill.
    Of course, just bc I'm pissed doesn't mean I don't wish you a great independence day!
    Cheers

  7. Comment on GenX, what is a music video that you feel best represents us? in ~music

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    Whew, well that's always going on. I'll send you a link from here at tildes that turned me on to some stunning music a couple of weeks ago. This site is just like going to a record store in the...

    Whew, well that's always going on. I'll send you a link from here at tildes that turned me on to some stunning music a couple of weeks ago.
    This site is just like going to a record store in the 80s/90s where the people who worked there knew their shit.
    Most recently last Saturday,on Instagram.....but it was a tik tom video (lort help us all for we are scattered to the wimds mm hmm) I found this stunning jewel. They are so much that I wouldn't dare try to introduce you or stuff them into a genre.....but....I would totally expect to see them at DragonCon if that helps?
    https://youtube.com/shorts/SQuEmKqW2W4?feature=share

    And now your turn, do me a tildes and share what you've been listening to?
    Woot

    Oops, forgot this : https://tildes.net/~music/16fy/what_have_you_been_listening_to_this_week

  8. Comment on How many of you feel yourselves being drawn back to Reddit for the sake of niche communities and discussions? in ~talk

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    I haven't missed it. Really and truly, it is not the reddit that had value at one time. I was there for 12 years and not on any of the super popular subs anymore. Tildes is a good fit more me but...

    I haven't missed it. Really and truly, it is not the reddit that had value at one time. I was there for 12 years and not on any of the super popular subs anymore.
    Tildes is a good fit more me but nothing will be what Reddit once was and we have Spez to look to over that.
    Going forward it will be much more commercial and bot riddled than it already is now.
    Last but not least: I do not miss the troll type crap that you could count on there. I love that people here are trying to learn something new, or understand something new.
    Reddit feels like a hair salon loaded with catty hairdressers after being here.

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  9. Comment on GenX, what is a music video that you feel best represents us? in ~music

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    I completely agree with your appraisal of who these guys are. Doofus' just like us all. I watched a documentary on the man who wrote American Pie and I felt pretty underwhelmed. I have gone...

    I completely agree with your appraisal of who these guys are. Doofus' just like us all.
    I watched a documentary on the man who wrote American Pie and I felt pretty underwhelmed. I have gone through life trying to tease out all the analogies and hidden meaning. He just put some stuff together and it's real simple Ricky Bobby, it's just what it says. =D
    Still a great song though.

    I'm glad to hear McKee is able to live in a way she wants, that's the real dream. Creative exploration uninterrupted by obligations to keep the payroll going. Not everyone is cut out for touring.
    I love music ,new music old music, fast and slow, mean and funny, but I have never ever enjoyed musicals or theater music lol . More power to her!
    I'mma go have a listen to that song bc now I'm wondering what these guys are saying to their partners...

  10. Comment on What's your favorite read of 2023 so far? in ~books

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    The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. I kind stumbled upon it and thought I'd give it a shot. It's about climate change and collapse set in the future in Florida. I was listening to the book and...

    The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton.
    I kind stumbled upon it and thought I'd give it a shot. It's about climate change and collapse set in the future in Florida.

    I was listening to the book and got it from the local library. The timing was interesting too, as the early start to Atlantic ocean storm naming started about a month earlier than it should. We had just a ton of rain during the time as well.
    It made the book feel very .....front and center , and important.
    Just the idea that collapse and climate change are becoming a normal topic in this way feels like a shift in the larger public understanding, I'm for that.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Where ya from? in ~talk

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    So I looked at your 2020 survey and that was a wild ride! It looks like I may be an outlier somewhat by being older than 50, and from the American deep south, also way less educated than your...

    So I looked at your 2020 survey and that was a wild ride! It looks like I may be an outlier somewhat by being older than 50, and from the American deep south, also way less educated than your norm. However I've always gravitated to more educated people and they seem to enjoy my company so hopefully that will hold true here. My politics are progressive, I hope for a social democracy in my life time.
    I'm absolutely thrilled with all the diversity in this thread , this is promising.
    Cheers

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Where ya from? in ~talk

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    As a mostly life long southerner , I applaud this descriptive. I come to the leftist echo chamber in my own time because I live in a tense political environment all day. My employer only just...

    As a mostly life long southerner , I applaud this descriptive. I come to the leftist echo chamber in my own time because I live in a tense political environment all day. My employer only just recently changed the channel off fox news so my spying on the opposition has been fettered.
    I live in a one of the blue dots swimming in the red sea of Georgia.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on GenX, what is a music video that you feel best represents us? in ~music

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    Paul Zillow, Conversations with Tom Petty, Omnibus Press , ISBN 0-8256-3471-7. The forward is written by Tom Petty so I feel safe he approved of the effort lol. I love this documentary of him and...

    Paul Zillow, Conversations with Tom Petty, Omnibus Press , ISBN 0-8256-3471-7.
    The forward is written by Tom Petty so I feel safe he approved of the effort lol.

    I love this documentary of him and kind of by him because he's really just a guy, he is funny as hell and goofs off and drives his very 1980s looking car.
    https://youtu.be/x_QOk5R_m5A
    Recently I've been listening to some interviews between Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty, he seems to be the only producer TP trusted entirely. Sometimes Jeff would have to tell Tom to take more of the space or else it would be a Jeff Lynne song lol.
    Jeff Lynne still blows mind there is not one ELO song I dislike.

    I remembered Maria McKee as soon as I heard her sing! What a voice! And what a stunning beauty!
    The song she did with Petty's lyrics had a Bonnie Raitt feel to it, made me think maybe she is influenced by her.
    Gotta say though , she has a voice that called for the power in Am I the Only One.
    What's she up to now?

    Sorry for the pop scare lol, that man sounds like a beast ahha, 6'6?! Sheesh and nah.

  14. Comment on What belongs in your "base" hard-copy library? in ~books

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    American Gods by Neil Gaimon is one of my lifelong favorites, so for now I have one in a series of illustrated books. Shadows ,art by Scott Hampton. Love history and am living in one of the oldest...

    American Gods by Neil Gaimon is one of my lifelong favorites, so for now I have one in a series of illustrated books. Shadows ,art by Scott Hampton.

    Love history and am living in one of the oldest colonized parts of America, Savannah Ga. So reading a book written by Jacqueline Jones , Saving Savannah.
    Learning about the first immigrants, the now famous Jones man who stole a Confederate ship and escaped to the north. It's a wild ride of a book.

    Hyperbole and a Half book one and book two by Allie Brosh. This was a very niche internet sensation brought to me by my oldest daughter. I feel the books are incredibly important in ways I don't have the terminology/education to explain. Beyond saying that, these books became like a horcrux for me and my daughter so I must always have them in physical form.
    That's the bookshelf of musts.
    The rest are reference type books for obscure topics, books I haven't got to yet, and a couple of Garrison Keillors chosen poems from Writers Almanac npr show.

  15. Comment on GenX, what is a music video that you feel best represents us? in ~music

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    I noticed the same thing ha. Culture and society change faster with information and the information age really sped up in the eighties. I have close friends still in their 40's and we notice the...

    I noticed the same thing ha. Culture and society change faster with information and the information age really sped up in the eighties. I have close friends still in their 40's and we notice the difference sometimes.

    After I wrote my response to you, it occured to me that Midnight Oil's Burning Beds feels very gen x.
    It was political and a first about climate change and I felt it powerfully.
    It seemed like it was our generations job to make everyone in the room roll their eyes when party pooping their great time with facts like...climate change. While later on, the boomers (hippie types not yuppie types) championed some of this, they were later bought out.
    My sister is eight years older than me and as far as values go we are water and oil. She has always felt like a boomer to me and a total yuppie .

    Thanks for the song, I absolutely love Tom Petty and am amazed at how prolific he was, that I can still stumble over music he did that I had never heard.
    His lyrics connect people in the kindest of ways, I think that's why I still fucking miss him .
    Fun fact: He absolutely did not ever want to duo with women. If I remember the book right, it was personal. Stevie Knicks pestered him for a very long time and I don't know what changed his mind but when they did, it worked well.

    Aye, cheers and here's some Midnight Oil (AWOL Nationn did a great cover if this in 2022)
    https://youtu.be/ejorQVy3m8E

    I had to come back and add that this song is more about restitution and not climate change haha. I'll have to put the correct chip on my shoulder ha.

  16. Comment on Heat sensitivity/intolerance in ~health

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    Ice packs for your neck and some on your wrists helps a little, if you can sit still lol, it's not the end all . I saw an add for bracelets that are actually mini ice cubes (plastic filled with...

    Ice packs for your neck and some on your wrists helps a little, if you can sit still lol, it's not the end all .
    I saw an add for bracelets that are actually mini ice cubes (plastic filled with water) that could be a little help outside.
    Living in a humid climate most of my life and recently coming to the age of menopause like you are, I pretty much just do not go out in the heat of the day. So for me that's noonish to 5:00 . Having shade makes a huge difference, I carry an umbrella if I'll be out in the sun a long time. A hat could do too I guess.
    I unapologetically use fans too. Idk why this brings so much criticism,but get ready for opinions haha.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on GenX, what is a music video that you feel best represents us? in ~music

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    Remember your first reaction to Whip It by Devo? I'll never forget my complete consternation lol

    Remember your first reaction to Whip It by Devo? I'll never forget my complete consternation lol

  18. Comment on GenX, what is a music video that you feel best represents us? in ~music

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    So I didn't comment on the videos from the time because, as you pointed out , that's too hard. However, in my mind this Tom Petty song represents what it feels like to be a genx. Being that first...

    So I didn't comment on the videos from the time because, as you pointed out , that's too hard.
    However, in my mind this Tom Petty song represents what it feels like to be a genx. Being that first generation to know all "the promises" of the previous generation were just not a reality anymore.
    Your picks feel very representative of the era !
    Tom Petty ,Saving Grace
    https://youtu.be/vPYFWnzjIy0

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Some general advice for all the new Tildes users in ~tildes

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    I cannot count the times when I'd done exactly as you described in writing a thought out comment, and then just smh and say "jewelergeorgia, reddit does not care, stop this insanity!" And then...

    I cannot count the times when I'd done exactly as you described in writing a thought out comment, and then just smh and say "jewelergeorgia, reddit does not care, stop this insanity!" And then cancel the comment.
    Like Zelkova, I find I really get that coffee shop itch scratched here. I feel like I'm really getting exposed to things here that I would not have the chance to otherwise.
    Thanks for being here tildes

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  20. Comment on What music documentaries have you enjoyed? in ~music

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    I've learned most of what I know about Bowie's character from documentaries on other musicians. He really faced his demons and was a kind and patient, and available person to so many others in...

    I've learned most of what I know about Bowie's character from documentaries on other musicians. He really faced his demons and was a kind and patient, and available person to so many others in their struggles.
    Imho he really "won" this life thing, and gracefully.

    1 vote