… and yet again America just looks over their shoulder, shrugs, calls it another day and keeps scrolling on Tik Tok or whatever social media feed they were looking at.

What is the deal with this orange orangutan? The rightwing conservative movement can throw him under the bus and get a new idiot to lead their movement … so why hang the fate of your movement on this moron? Seriously … they could find a younger, stronger more charismatic individual to lead them that would be ten times more dangerous than this aging orange deformed sea lion.

lol … I had a few family members with that mentality … you gave it a few gentle smacks to try to coax it to work and often it did work … but when it didn’t, they’d hit it harder, then harder, then harder until the screen just turned into horizontal or diagonal static which usually meant the thing was destroyed.

The problem is that whenever billionaires are about to get hit by a bus … government usually throws a bunch of poor people in front of them to cushion or even stop the bus from hurting anyone with money.

That was the thing with these old heavy CRTs … they could take a beating … they could also give a beating.

In 2000, at around the point when most well off people were transitioning to flat panel TVs, I inherited a large 32" CRT from a friend of mine. They were upgrading and wanted to get rid of their old CRT.

I said I’d take it and use it for my treadmill so I could watch TV while I walked.

The thing weighed 100lbs!!! I had to build a reinforced stand to lift it up in the air and I nearly killed myself hoisting it up and having it nearly fall on me multiple times! And the thing took up so much room … I think it occupied almost the same amount of floor space as the treadmill.

The dangerous thing about these things is that they were big and lopsided … it’s like lifting a huge kettle ball but all the weight of the ball is only on one side and the rest of it is empty air. It was really easy to just drop the thing because you lost balance with it. Or even worse, throw your back and some muscle because you were trying to save it from falling over while you held it.

The logo for the community … CIRCLEJERK

lol … sounds a lot like the evangelical preacher with the million dollar private jet who asked his parishers to give more money to buy a second jet because it would save more people

(I remembered this story from a few years ago and thought it was ‘a second jet’ … I was wrong … the preacher was asking for donations to buy his FOURTH JET!!!)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44305873

Trump isn’t running a country … he’s an evangelical preacher leading a ministry called the United States

Don’t know … I can’t afford internet credits in order to access a connection.

My parents took us on lots of camping trips and I went with them until I was about 18. Then I continued to do it on my own and with friends for a while. It’s been years since I did a full on wilderness camping trip. We’re from northern Ontario and we went out every time of year - bug infested hot summers, wet rainy spring / fall and freezing cold winter.

When you do it often enough, eventually you end up in situations you didn’t plan for … getting stuck overnight, unexpected rain storm / winter storm, equipment break down. Then you just break a quick basic camp, hunker down and wait for the morning or the storm to end. It’s the only option, otherwise you risk getting into more trouble if you keep going. But it also doesn’t mean you’re happy about it. I got stuck several times overnight in the middle of nowhere cold, wet, hungry, tired and miserable … it’s all doable and survivable, it’s just not very pleasant.

It is possible to do if you know how.

But what these videos never or seldom show is that you have to be willing to be absolutely uncomfortable, cold and miserable the entire time.

More like a take from … The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

… but not as funny :(

9/10 for your grandma … Looks like a dual boot setup … a modern fast core system with multiple speed settings on top … and an older OS that is manually operated that can be revealed from underneath (although once the power goes out, you’d have to lose the LEDs)

It sounds like you’ll fit right in … great to have you here … have fun!

I got my side arm, my cyanide pills, my classified dossier…

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Oh wait, sorry, I got the wrong song … :(

Last time this happened, the country affected needed electro shock therapy to help them snap out of their delusions.

I was making light of your question … partly to have a bit of fun … and partly to show that the community enjoys sharing these silly little bits of movie quotes that act like memes. The one I was using is from the movie “The Naked Gun” (the original film from 1988 with Leslie Nielson)

A lot of the meme communities enjoy old slapstick movie content as there is a lot of memeable content there … films like ‘The Naked Gun’ series, Hot Shots, any of the Mel Brooks films and Monty Python.

Don’t be afraid to test your boundaries, comment as you like but with an open mind and kind heart … people will let you know if you’ve said or implied anything negative or positive. Don’t be discouraged if you get no response either … it’s not a popularity contest. The longer you stay, the more you comment, the more you get to know people and the more they get to know you and eventually you become a regular part of the community.

Welcome to Lemmy and welcome to the fediverse.

Usually happens when you are in a rush or are not paying attention. I have that happen to me when I’m rushing out the door and decide to drink a bit of water or a coffee but want to hurry up. Then you lose any amount of time you were trying to save by standing there imagining what they will be writing on your tombstone.