retro

@retro@soc.octade.net

I like old things. I find myself playing hooky from work to browse thrifts stores and abandoned buildings.

I like secure and anonymous comms such as and .

Here are some of the things of regular and recurring interest to me:


[?]Chrono » 🌐
@joel@polymaths.social

I overshooted with the beard trimmer and had to shave it all off...

But not only that, I almost got rid of one of my sideburns... So I had to trim the other to match

:BlobCatDerpy:

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[?]royal » 🔓
@royal@theres.life

@joel When I got married I was clean-shaven except for a mustache. A few weeks later I accidentally shaved one side of it with my clippers (forgot the blade guard).

I sat there for about a minute, then shrugged and took off the rest.

Since then I've been far less worried about things like a bad haircut... I can always start over!

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    [?]retro » 🔓
    @retro@soc.octade.net

    @joel@polymaths.social @royal@theres.life

    Winter: no razor shall touch my head.

    Summer: get the turtle wax.

      [?]Nanoraptor [She/Her] » 🌐
      @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

      1981: Mechanical Nutritional Reduction Facilities are an option for the Orphan Crisis.

      1996: Nobody likes orphan mincing but we must be realistic here.

      2001: The real issue is improving standards and oversight.

      2010: Let's focus on reducing unnecessary orphan reduction and preserving jobs.

      2019: We should respect differing views on orphan reduction.

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      [?]Nanoraptor [She/Her] » 🌐
      @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

      2023: The debate has become too polarised, too politicised.

      2026: Buskernut: "My grandfather worked in Reduction facilities, my father fought for West Arkotan jobs, and I won't stand by while coastal elites attack our way of life."

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      [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: [he/him/my good fellow] » 🌐
      @rl_dane@polymaths.social

      @NanoRaptor

      Holy mother forking shirtballs, this thread got dark (and terrifyingly accurate) fast.

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      [?]retro » 🌐
      @retro@soc.octade.net

      @rl_dane@polymaths.social

      It inspired me to think about Soylent Green.

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        [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: [he/him/my good fellow] » 🌐
        @rl_dane@polymaths.social

        @retro

        I think Soylent Green might be optimistic at this point. 😂

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        [?]kravietz 🦇 » 🌐
        @kravietz@agora.echelon.pl

        Communist #Poland 1980 toilet paper was an extremely valuable trophy these times, because it was in constant shortage. Once you waited in queue for anything from 6 to 12 hours, you could only buy so many rolls of paper, which is why the happy pair on the photo carries a whole garland, as if it was a trophy hunted in a jungle.

        But hey, bookstores were full of collected works of Marx, Engels, Lenin etc printed on paper, so you know…

        A young pair carrying a whole garland of rolls of toilet paper as the woman turns her head back, with happy smile on her face

        Alt...A young pair carrying a whole garland of rolls of toilet paper as the woman turns her head back, with happy smile on her face

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          [?]Iron Bug » 🌐
          @iron_bug@friendica.ironbug.org

          @kravietz I remember this very well. it was quite usual view somebody brining a garland of toilet papper. and old ladies that had their little business buying it and then reselling with 5-10 times overprise on the corners of the streets. meantimes, all paper for notes, etc disappeared too. because it wa used instead of toilet paper. in villages they simply used newspapers for this purpose.

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            [?]kravietz 🦇 » 🌐
            @kravietz@agora.echelon.pl

            @iron_bug

            That’s why I like what they do in the mountains in Caucasus - a bottle of water 😄 When it’s sunny, you keep it in the sun, in winter you keep it near stove. And warn everyone politely it’s not drinking water.

            @shuro

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              [?]Iron Bug » 🌐
              @iron_bug@friendica.ironbug.org

              @shuro @kravietz in many eastern and asian countries they traditionally used kumgan - a specific tall pitcher witth long spout and lid for this purpose.
              as I heard, arabs used sand.

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                [?]retro » 🌐
                @retro@soc.octade.net

                @kravietz@agora.echelon.pl

                Might one say the writing of Marx can be mildly laxative?

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                  [?]kravietz 🦇 » 🌐
                  @kravietz@agora.echelon.pl

                  @retro

                  More like sleeping pills, when you actually read them. But their actual usability in daily life depended purely on the paper they were printed on. If it was a thick, white coated paper, it was useless for anything than desk leg support. But if it was printed on this thin grey paper, they had so many uses! You could use them in toilet, you could roll cigarettes of them etc.

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                    [?]Wandering Thinker » 🌐
                    @wthinker@libranet.de

                    @kravietz @retro Yes, all it! You are know... 😄

                      [?]Iron Bug » 🌐
                      @iron_bug@friendica.ironbug.org

                      @kravietz @retro I doubt. but it could be used instead of toilet paper too. and actually was. in village toilets one might see some useless books hanging instead of paper roll.

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                        [?]Suspiciously Masculine Server Maid » 🌐
                        @prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer

                        What do you call this?

                        Underpass:1
                        Overpass:15

                        Closes in 6:34:38

                        A highway overunderpass

                        Alt...A highway overunderpass

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                        [?]lil5 » 🌐
                        @lil5@social.last.nl

                        @prettygood I sometimes call it a viaduct.

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                        [?]retro » 🌐
                        @retro@soc.octade.net

                        @lil5@social.last.nl

                        bridge.

                        or overpass.

                        If driving over it on a straight or level grade, it is an overpass. Technically an overpass is a road that allows one to drive over another road making a level and distinct grade separation.

                        If driving under it with a change in grade, it is an underpass. An underpass generally changes its grade to sink under another road, by excavating downward beneath the higher road.

                        If it is a long, level bridge with multiple spans, columns, or arches, it is a viaduct. Think of elevated rail lines in Chicago, or long bridges across wide rivers supported by several spans of piers or arches.

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                          [?]lil5 » 🌐
                          @lil5@social.last.nl

                          @retro @prettygood  so is this a viaduct, bridge or an underpass?

                          Floating bicycle road going under a bridge - located in Haarlem NL

                          Alt...Floating bicycle road going under a bridge - located in Haarlem NL

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                            [?]lil5 » 🌐
                            @lil5@social.last.nl

                            @retro @prettygood

                            This seems to be en exception where I could call this an underpass or a bridge but not an overpass, while technically it could be a viaduct but I wouldn’t call it such.

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