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Snowpix

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I’m just your average Canadian wolf. I’m a siren enthusiast and railfan as my main hobbies. I run the Civil Defense Sirens Wiki, and am working on restoring a few vintage sirens (such as a FS&S Model L and a rare Sterling Siren MOD. F) as well as a 1970s Safetran mechanical crossing bell.

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I always thought "beehaw" was a sound donkeys made. Somehow I never made the connection that it had anything to do with bees until now...

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They're on a 2 hour old account... chances are it was created just to troll and spew nonsense.

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Wolfenstein: The New Colossus.

Just doesn't hold my interest the way The New Order did, the stealth seems to be a lot worse and buggy which makes it hard to avoid enemy reinforcements from being summoned, and while the suit is cool that you get, the lowered max health makes the game a lot more frustrating. I've beat The New Order twice, I still have yet to beat The New Colossus.

Netanyahu: US promised to lift hold on ammunition, weapons ( jpost.com )

The United States is expected to lift its hold on the shipment of ammunition and weapons designated for the IDF, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office said on Tuesday, just one day after the Israeli leader accused the Biden administration of preventing the delivery of those arms....

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Don't feed the trolls.

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2005 plus 4 pennies, C to the Anada bitches

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I never really cared for the newer versions of the song. The version I always preferred was the original techno-style version that got taken down.

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Didn't you just tell someone to piss off for no apparent reason in another thread...?

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Not right!

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"Study makes an obvious conclusion everybody with half a brain cell made months prior."

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Especially as it's being flown from a giant oversized pickup truck.

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Ricco Harbor is a chore. Those damn clouds that keep knocking me off the sky platforms are the worst, especially when I'm near the end and get launched. I'm enjoying the rest of the game though the controls are definitely a lot looser than other 3D Mario games.

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If it really were as simple as you make it out to be, we wouldn't be here now, would we? What an asshole.

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Prabhakar Raghavan. Name and shame!
You can thank this douchebag for Google's tumble down a cliff.

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Troll. Downvote and ignore them.

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I want an AI that writes me a relevant poem in every thread.

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The locomotive had long passed in the video of the incident, it just kept driving towards the train until it swerved and nearly took out a crossing signal. Funny as that would be, I doubt the ditch lights were the cause.

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Hahahahahhahahahahahahahaha!

Get fucked, Russia.

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You can tell which ones aren't used for anything. Bed is spotless and unused, tires are clean, and the heaviest load it carries is its obese driver and his similarly obese family. We call them pavement princesses.

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If someone wants to cosplay as store merchandise, that's none of my business!

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I have a feeling Russia will be gaining a few more submarines in the near future. Slava Ukraine!

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I was just there for the games it had back then. I remember when Farmville was called Farm Town, and I was addicted to it as a kid lol

Helicopter carrying Iran's President Raisi crashes, search under way ( www.reuters.com )

DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident....

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Their helicopters are also generally old and with scarce replacement parts due to sanctions. Mechanical failure could easily be the case if not the terrain.

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Won't somebody please think about the shareholders?

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Viva la Robolution!

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Nobody did, they just needed an excuse to be mad. Sad!

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Numbers. The NCR vastly outnumbered the Brotherhood and wore them down. The West Coast Brotherhood has always been isolationist and every member lost added up. The NCR could afford the loss of men, the Brotherhood could not. They didn't "ruin the lore" when the ideology of the West Coast Brotherhood (who have been a thing since the first two games) is the same as it ever was and put them in a really bad spot. They never would have had a chance against a force as large as the NCR no matter how much power armor they had. It doesn't make you invincible.

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The Russian invaders don't want to die? Then get the fuck out of Ukraine and stay out!

Run along back to Russia now, comrade with a brand new account that definitely wasn't just made for trolling and bad faith arguments.

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I'm a part of a small group of railroad crossing signal enthusiasts who run a site that seeks to document railroad crossing signals and their equipment across the US and elsewhere. The site's been around since the 90s and was originally made by an enthusiast named Mike Hickok. He sadly passed away in 2011, so we keep the site and forum alive in his memory. The site's Canada section hadn't been updated since 2007 until I began documenting signals myself over a year ago, and it now has over 1200 pictures from 53 different crossings that I've documented. I'm proud of that, and I hope to get some more soon.

Mike's Railroad Crossing Website

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Haha, you're right! Here you go. Mike's Railroad Crossing Website

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My interests are outdoor warning sirens, railroad crossing signals and trains. The first two are very niche indeed lol.

Russia threatens Britain with retaliation if involvement in Ukraine war deepens ( www.pbs.org )

Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine....

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You don't rise in the ranks of the Russian military by being competent, you rise by kissing enough asses and having the right connections.

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Then why bother even writing that comment? You clearly cared enough to do so.

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Are you kidding? Speak for yourself. I loved retro cartoons like Looney Tunes and the Jetsons when they aired on Teletoon Retro as a kid. Everybody has their own tastes regardless of generation.

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There is a whole lot more wrong with Hartman than what that article mentioned. If you have the time, Saberspark made an excellent (and long) video about Hartman and his fall from grace.

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[Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?

Seen a lot of posts on Lemmy with vegan-adjacent sentiments but the comments are typically very critical of vegan ideas, even when they don't come from vegans themselves. Why is this topic in particular so polarising on the internet? Especially since unlike politics for example, it seems like people don't really get upset by it...

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I said this on another thread posted by a very antagonistic vegan: Acting holier-than-thou, smug, and hostile is not a good way to convince people of your arguments. It pushes people away and biases them against you and the argument you're making.

Far too often I see vegans outright shaming and harassing people for choosing to eat meat, or acting smug and superior because they are making "the right moral decision" and everyone else is lessor for thinking otherwise. I often see them call people "stupid" and "lazy" for not making the same choice they did.

Now, if I came here acting the same way, but I was championing eating only meat and shaming others for eating vegetables, I'm sure vegans would be upset for the same reason.

It's gotten bad enough that a lot of people (admittedly myself included) are put off by vegans and their arguments. Not because the arguments don't have merit (they certainly do) but because enough vegans have acted antagonistic or smug that they get shunned for it when the discussion gets brought up, because it's what has become expected.

If you really want people to listen to you, you need to frame it from a friendlier and more down-to-earth position and not come across as hostile. The human mind tends to close itself off immediately when faced with hostility. This doesn't just apply to discussions about veganism, but any discussion in general really.

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Three-day old account, I wouldn't be surprised if they had another one that was banned.

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It's almost like being extremely antagonistic and smug doesn't convince people of your arguments and just puts them off...

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This might not be a "stupid" question, but it sure is a loaded and leading one that for sure isn't in good faith. Welcome to my block list, enjoy your stay.

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Can't reason somebody out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

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Children can't do that if you're a responsible parent that keeps an eye on what their child is doing. Y'know, the bare minimum of parenting.

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Cat: I'm starving! Feed me!

Me: You literally still have half a bowl left!

Cat: Fake mews. FEED ME.

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Canyoneroooo!

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The restaurant I work at still uses Windows XP on one of its main tills. It breaks down and freezes constantly.

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