I'd take the lotto ticket. I know my chances are a snowball's chance in hell of winning, but I like the idea of it being a gamble. I wish we could have a lottery in Utah - apparently it's against "god's law" to have gambling, for some reason - they say because it causes addiction. Well you should see how addicted to food and sugary drinks people in Utah are. Give me a game to play so I won't have to see that all around me.
I used to work for a company based in Draper, Utah. Once while visiting headquarters I had one of my Utah-native coworkers tell me that Utah is number one in the nation for Ice Cream, cosmetic surgery, and anti-depressants.
I can't comment on the accuracy, but it just feels right.
That is actually true, we are the number one state for cosmetic surgery and for ice cream - and also for those fizzy drink places where you can mix your own super-sugary drink from several choices.
We're also number one on the list of states for teen suicide and depression. But of course the new bills passed by the legislature to forbid diversity in schools and prevent LGBTQ and trans teens from receiving any medical or psychological aid, will CERTAINLY help.
I remember learning to play pitch-and-putt (simplified golf) and when I finally got the swing right, there was a “thunk” sound twice or three times as my ball bounced from tree trunk to tree trunk. It was like some kind of nature-based pinball. I couldn’t believe it. When the disbelief passed later that day I couldn’t stop laughing.
My father and maternal grand father both got colon cancer around the same time, both got treatment and went into remission.
Both went out of remission around the same time (well, dad came out of remission and grampa got leukemia from radiation therapy) they both died 2 months apart.
Lucky me has a risk of colon cancer from both sides. Yay.
The current recommendation for colon cancer screening in those with a family history is to start routine colonoscopies at the age 10 years younger than the family member who was diagnosed. So if your Dad was 55 when he was diagnosed, you should start getting regular colonoscopies and screening at 45 (which is around the recommended age these days anyways).
Could you choose Italian and become your countrys best linguist by objectively being twice as good at the language as any other native speaker? Or does it turn into Vulgar latin?
The most unexplainable thing was, in the house I grew up in there was closet in the basement that had a bad vibe about it. It was cramped and sort of angled strangely, and it felt weird in there - cold and unpleasant somehow. I had bad dreams about it.
But it was where my mom kept putting our old clothes and toys. One day after school I went downstairs to get one of my toys from the closet, quickly because I didn't like being in there.
I grabbed the thing and shut the door tightly. Well as I was walking upstairs I heard a "click." I looked into the room, the closet door was opening by itself only very slowly and deliberately, not like it was swinging open. There was no way it could have unlocked but, it did, and it was opening.
Just was a very weird feeling, I dropped my toy and I think I broke it as I ran up the stairs!
I heard the knob moving, but didn't see it. It was not a door that would open on its own without some pressure, even when it wasn't totally closed. That was the weird part to me - because I know I did shut it firmly as I hated the space in there.
!calvinandhobbes. While there's not much conversation going on there it's still nice to jump on lemmy and see a Calvin and Hobbes comic every day in my feed. The mod is currently posting C&H's from 1987.
the communities are mostly all science/research focussed, so it's got more of a recognizable culture and you know what to expect going in
very engaged and curious people that post a lot of cool content
I like mander.xyz, and it's a good place to build a community that fits that theme. I'm working on a few health/medicine communities started on Mander.xyz and people really helped get them going
Personally it's Waffles > Pancakes > French Toast, but I like all three. That being said, if I'm in the US, it's none of the above. Those barbarians don't serve these items with maple syrup which is abhorrent to me as a Canadian.
I'm not nuts about any of these to be honest. I make protein blueberry pancakes once a week as a treat, but regular pancakes have way too much sugar and very little protein.
My favorite breakfast foods are matzoh brei and quiche. I guess I just prefer savory!
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