i just asked my wife what i would look like as a muppet and he said "beaker with tits." fuck this gay earth

xe also said i would look like bert with tits. what did i do to deserve this

people will just use polynesian words completely incorrectly with completely made up meanings while being really offensive and won't even care huh lol

mana isn't a stand-in word for magicka, it's a specific word for a very specific and very fundamental part of polynesian belief systems that has literally absolutely nothing to do with anything even remotely similar to "magicka". it's not pronounced "man-uh", it's pronounced "muhnuh" if anything. it's impossible to explain in a few sentences but mana describes your prestige, power, importance, and status in society. it's not something to use in a stupid video game to tell people you've run out of magic power and need to recharge.

tiki isn't some random word, tiki is the first human in some (not all) māori iwi beliefs. "tiki bars" are the culmination of white USamerican soldiers being stationed in the south pacific during the world wars, missing our culture when they leave, and forcing hawai'i and other north polynesian groups to cater to them despite not having anything labelled "tiki" in their beliefs. the closest is the hawaiian ki'i. polynesians didn't even have alcohol before european colonisation (except for one or two very specific drinks in one single culture), tiki bars are purely the result of white soldiers wanting south polynesian culture closer to the USA.

to add onto the previous paragraph, tiki is an atua (the closest translation is a deity but it's not the same, just understand it has that level of importance) in te ao māori. if people are talking about "tiki totems" at best they're talking about tekoteko, an extremely sacred form of carving that represents a real life ancestor. any real tekoteko being sold are the moral equivalent of our real ancestors being sold.

like can people please just think about the words they're using for once. our cultures aren't a fucking joke and we aren't some theoretical group that never actually interacts with the rest of the world. we're here and we're reading your posts lol. stop saying mana when you mean magicka and stop using tiki bars as an aesthetic altogether.

it is insane that no one cares about history. like the common language of reality. no one cares about that. and I know historical fact is contested blah blah blah I’m not making a claim about how to read history or what to count as history I mean as a baseline people are disinterested in history as like a foundation of their own knowledge. the beliefs in their head are not tethered by history. and this is not a problem for them. and I know this because citing history does not persuade people, it’s not a site of revelation. and you’re called insane for bringing it up

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what do you mean the CDC just announced a deadly e. coli outbreak linked to mcdonald's quarter pounders

october 22nd, 2024

the united states centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) has linked a deadly e. coli outbreak to mcdonald's quarter pounder burgers.

right now, 49 infections have been linked to this outbreak. this includes 10 hospitalizations and 1 death. these numbers are expected to rise, and only represent infections that have been linked to this outbreak. the CDC expects the true number of infections to be much higher, because most people recover from e. coli without medical intervention within around a week. and it can take weeks for a confirmed case to be officially associated with an outbreak.

it typically takes e. coli 3-4 days after exposure to cause illness. in some cases, such as those already associated with this outbreak, e. coli can cause death or disability.

so far, the cases associated with this outbreak were from september 27th to october 11th, 2024. infections may have occurred before or after this date range.

the ten states with confirmed cases so far (this list might expand, do NOT rely on this list to keep you safe): wisconsin, oregon, montana, wyoming, utah, colorado, nebraska, kansas, missouri, iowa.

mcdonald's has pulled the ingredients for quarter pounders in some states while they investigate, and quarter pounders may not be sold in those states for a while as a result.

as with all foodborne illness outbreaks, if you think you are affected by this, talk to your healthcare provider. even if just to record and report that you got sick.

as of when I am posting this, it is not yet known for sure which mcdonald's ingredient is contaminated, but the FDA thinks it might be onions. there is currently no list of which specific mcdonald's locations received the suspect onions, or what other restaurant chains, if any, also get their onions from the same source.

this outbreak investigation is ongoing and moving quickly. there will be better answers and more information soon.

Yep this is why I always pick Wendy's

in 2022, at least 109 people were sickened with e.coli O157:H7 (same shiga toxin-producing strain as here) from wendy's, hospitalizing at least 57, with at least 13 people developing hemolytic uremic syndrome.

wendy's was never even able to figure out which ingredient was contaminated.

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The third one (North and Central Gaza) delivers fresh water and food to families and currently only has enough funds to continue doing it for one week. Donations are urgently needed.

when a citizen of the imperial core is driven insane by seeing the evil of American empire for what it really is and truly comprehending the magnitude to the point of no return I think if they don't discover communism many will instead start asking where Dick Cheney really was at 9:30 am on September 11, 2001 and looking for archival footage from tower 7

rejuvenating, expanding, and politically directing public education should have been the single biggest feminist tentpole issue in the united states for at least the past 20 years and i cannot believe that This is the feminist movement we ended up with instead

unfortunately i think it all comes back once again to whiteness, respectability, and recuperation. our leaders became tenure track academics, democratic party adjuncts, and #girlboss #representation