Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space
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I'm listening to An Edible History of Humanity at the moment
And it's good so far, but whenever the narrator says "Researchers" I hear "Beserkers"
This accent/recording/brain combination leads to some very confusing sentences
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When I forget something it doesn’t mean
-it wasn’t important
-I don’t care
-my enthusiasm about the thing was a lie.
It does mean
-I have memory issues bc ND/fatigue
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tfw EDF's fake Japanese architecture is nicer and more sensible than real British architecture
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overwatch shitpost
Mercy is just a necromancer with good PR send toot
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broke: naming your kid Dorian and giving their siblings perfectly ordinary names
woke: naming your kid Dorian and giving them exactly six siblings named Lydian, Ionian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Phrygian and Locrian
There was an *excellent* MLP amv of this song (Twilight Sparkle/Applejack) but it appears to have disappeared from the internet entirely
Thankfully I was such a nerd in 2014 or whatever (and still am) that I have a copy saved on an old hard drive
Doing my bit to preserve the cultural treasures of humanity
Also: Aristocats, Lady and the Tramp, Robin Hood, etc
There are a lot of 'rich girl goes slumming it with the poor for a bit' Disney stories when you think about it
The fact there is no AMV of Aladdin set to "Common People" by Pulp is definitive proof that the internet still has a long way to go
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when you run out of basslines is that an 808 error
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UK Peeps, remember to check if yr eligable for the Warm Home Discount & apply with yr energy supplier if you are!
£140 knocked off your energy bill is like, significant
It's not just pensioners, but many ppl on JSA/ESA/low income or are disabled (or have disabled dependents) can also count.
It's kinda confusing on the specifics, and it seems like different companies commit past the Core Group to differing degrees, so.. Worth checking yours out.
https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme has more info, albeit scant
https://www.theukrules.co.uk/rules/employment/benefits/heating/warm-home-discount-scheme.html has some more info (no clue on this website/how reliable info is), mainly linking this one cuz it has links to company-specific pages for applying.
Look after yrselves!
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Ablism / beware making fun of ‘weird’ products - bc it might be for disabled ppl
Before you laugh at or say a product is weird and bad.
Or for ‘lazy’ people.
Consider—would this be a thing that’d make life easier for disabled people?
Would this be good if somone had coordination or motion problems? Or couldn’t use their hands well?
If someone couldn’t walk?
Often we're not shown as the demographic a thing is aimed for bc we’re not seen as a big enough market. So an abled person is shown in the ad!
PSA: Anyone who works anywhere with a Disabled Accessible Toilet
So many places take the Emergency Pull Cord and tie it up so it doesn't dangle on the floor (usually to 'make it neat'). Often just tied up high, but also to railings, etc is not uncommon.
This completely negates the point of having an Emergency Cord in the first place!
They're that length so that anyone who falls (from a trip, seizure, heart attack, whatever), has the maximum chance of being able to reach it *quickly and easily* before blacking out/etc, regardless of that person's range of motion/vision & manual dexterity.
So, if your management gets you or any other staff to do this? Please let them know how dangerous it is to disabled people (it also fails most H&S codes to do this).
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I misread the Blizzard update notes. Turns out it's "Avatar Filtering" and not "Avatar Flirting"
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@theoutrider So Battersea power station thought it'd get into the christmas spirit by putting up some giant christmas baubles.
The problem is that battersea powerstation is mostly a couple of big towers.
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