• rtxn@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    In an alternate reality:

    Janitor at university. Found locked military case in river. Coworker says FIM-92 Stinger missile. Heavy. Maybe water, maybe live missile. Call police. Military and EOD arrive. Entire campus locked down. Half of workers taken for questioning. EOD open it – full of some idiot’s clothes and books.

    New grudge unlocked.

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      EOD don’t open shit most of the time suspicious potentially unstable shit just gets a bit of c4 or anfo and a send off in place. It’s one of the perks to just say dunno and light it the fuck up.

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      Imagine if it was full of adult toys. That would be something to talk about.

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              Yes, they can. I personally don’t even curse, by default, but I’m not offended to read the random swear, unless it is actively used to be an insult towards someone, which was not the case here.

              I am interested in making sure people are allowed and expected to express themselves freely in this space, unless they break the “rule” I mention above.

              Don’t censor yourself. If there is need for a swear, use it. Just don’t use swearing in place of proper speech.

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        Of course it’s company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo… always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo.

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          Ownership of dildos must be normalized. In fact, I want to propose making mandatory to receive one upon becoming of legal age at your country of birth. Upon entering a new job? Complementary dildo. Entering the military? Camouflage pattern, G.I. Dildo. Graduating? Dildo. College? Dildo. Masters? XL Dildo. Doctorate? Epic Dildo. Getting engaged? Matching dildos.

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    Reminds me of when I made weekly trips to Denver for work. This was when recreational weed first came out. First day there I bought a glass pipe and a plastic container.

    When I flew back home on Thursday I would bury the bowl in the plastic container behind the hotel I stayed at. On Mondays after I flew back to Denver I would dig up the bowl. Beats buying a new one every week or trying to fly with it.

    After many weeks of this routine I didn’t find out until Thursday afternoon that this was my last trip and I wouldn’t be returning.

    Some where out in Colorado Springs there is a weed bowl buried in the dirt. I wonder if anyone ever stumbled across it.

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      Yeah, and this is going to be a great hidden treasure in a post-nuclear wasteland world. Imagine doing a quest to find this treasure, and once you find it, you get nice pre-war clothes and a physics book that will give you +1 attribute to your science skill for reading it.

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        or the opposite - kids who can’t transfer all of their things at once for a reasonable amount of money

        when i studied at a UK uni i couldn’t really afford shipping all my pots, pans, sheets, and books back and forth from Poland every year

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          Must be nice to have owned things. At that age I moved house with a backpack and a bin bag. The fun of apprenticeship wages.

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        I ain’t dragging 2 carloads of pots, pans, desks, and clothes back home for 3 months when I know I’ll be living in probably the same dorm again very soon. A waste of gas, time, and money.

        When I was in college I just stayed in the same dorm and worked. If I had to remove shit I’d have done similar to OP, minus the cool case

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      International students often use it because it’s not feasible to take their stuff home over the summer. I also used Summer storage, because I was estranged from my family, so didn’t have a “home” to go back to and would have to spend the Summer in sublets or couch-surfing (the only accommodation that would accept me as a tenant were student properties, which is why I typically had to be out over the Summer).

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        So students in the US who live in dorms need to move out during summers even if they come back the next semester? That’s crazy.

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    A high school friend put his Neo geo collection in one of those which was a proclamation of wealth I was unprepared for.

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    I’d paint over it, just in case someone thinks it might have explosives in it and panics.

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    I need to look more at milsup storage containers.

    Them: What’s in your GI footlocker case?
    Me: Boots, floggers, and condoms, just like originally intended

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    Actually privately own storage room still cost about 100 € for summer storage today and that’s with inflation.