Wild. I learned evolution. It was a whole segment in science class around the 8th grade. Blue state education… can’t believe we used to make fun of it.
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Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Comic Strips@lemmy.world•When life was full of wonderEnglish1·2 days agoWhere I am, I don’t think there are many towns without a library. I grew up laminate poor in the 90s, and even we had encyclopedias.
*I was going to say dirt poor, like dirt floor poor, and the basement was dirt and stone, but the kitchen had laminate. So it was more like post economic boom poor. Laminate poor, eh eh
I could imagine some more rural areas of the world not having access to libraries in their town, or being too broke to afford encyclopedias and other books, or having parents who don’t put importance on it. I’ve met too many parents today in that last group.
Even so, I used my school’s library more than the town one growing up. I’d hope your school had one
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Comic Strips@lemmy.world•When life was full of wonderEnglish1·2 days agoI’m actually thinking about getting a full set of encyclopedias for the house so my 12 year old can use them. He just asked me as I was typing, “are moles nocturnal?” Lol.
I think it helps with spelling/critical thinking to look things up in physical books, and more importantly, I don’t have to be standing over his shoulder as he looks for information, as my son just can’t get the hang of internet safety yet…
He’s absolutely spent time reading the dictionary, he was reading it often between ages 6-8. I thought it was super adorable the first time I saw him doing it. I consider myself pretty dumb too, but being able to seek information properly is so important; “I may not know the answer, but I can try and find it” is core critical thinking in practice.
Of course, this doesn’t apply in the same way when the child/young mind is just typing the question into a chat box for an easy answer, all the while autocorrect is fixing every spelling/grammar error for them. Books man, the easiest parental control there is for learning imo
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some of the weirdest songs on your playlist?English1·2 days agoI don’t know how I missed Country Death Song, thank you for sharing! Playing it now. Might have to go through their discog today
Where would one find diastaric malt powder? I’m about to search it.
Gorgeous job here
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto ADHD@lemmy.world•How tf to actually get into a routine of cooking?English1·4 days agoI cook a pot of spicy beans and use it throughout the week with tortillas, chips, toast, or rice.
Cook one day, eat for 5. Finding a meal you like, and can do this with is pinnacle imo, I agree
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Medicaid is the single largest payer of birthing in the United States, covering more than 40 percent of births across the country.English2·4 days agoSo, folks only started having babies in the 1500s? In your mind, how did people procreate before that?
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Ask@piefed.social•What's your favourite meat that isn't chicken, beef, pork, or lamb?English2·10 days agoFul mudamas for the fava beans is my favorite. White beans in soup and stews are the best too
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How do you all keep the area around the toilet paper dust-free?English2·10 days agoCouldn’t you just buy other toilet paper and leave his dusty roll for his use only?
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How do you all keep the area around the toilet paper dust-free?English3·10 days agoYeah, that dust is getting on your vulva, I have a bidet too. I prefer papers that are similar to scotts, where there is no dust. That extra soft stuff is aweful.
I’d buy what I wanted and just use it myself if my husband cared.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Having the ability to lie and manipulate with no remorse will get you much further in this world than having morals and being correctEnglish2·10 days ago“control what you can” is my largest crutch.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Having the ability to lie and manipulate with no remorse will get you much further in this world than having morals and being correctEnglish1·10 days agoI just had a talk with my son, 12, this morning about the bad feelings we get when we lie, trick, or cheat and are caught. For me, I explained, it can even physically hurt because my chest tightens. Sometime around when I was my son’s age, I decided I wanted to avoid that feeling at all costs, and just stopped trying to lie, or trick, or get away with something wrong, because the risk was never worth it.
I may not be rich, or powerful, or hell even interesting, but I do sleep well at night and nearing middle age, I’ve more love in my life than I’ve ever had before. I hope to pass that to my son. Honest man’s living is superior.
My neighbor will tell me all about her grown son (who I know as a racist shit bag, and his son bullys mine) is so successful financially, yet in the same breath tells me she doesn’t bother wasting money on her garden because she can get free tomatoes from the food bank.
Money doesn’t mean one is successful in my opinion. Are they happy? Do they love themselves? Do they treat others kindly? Do the add to their community in positive ways? Do they never take more than they need so that others can have too? That’s success.
I prefer to have my conscience clean, and be the brokest person out there, than to lie, sceme, cheat to gain some arbitrary “success”.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Ask@piefed.social•What's your favourite meat that isn't chicken, beef, pork, or lamb?English2·11 days agoWhat kind are your favorite? I’ve been making a lot of fava bean recipes lately
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Ask@piefed.social•What's your favourite meat that isn't chicken, beef, pork, or lamb?English4·11 days agoI was vegan for almost four years, only breaking it once sometime in the middle, for a meal of venison a coworker prepared for us.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto News@lemmy.world•Republicans test new red line: DenaturalizationEnglish1·14 days agoYour deleted comments don’t amuse nor inform, but they do make you look like a coward
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What was the worst apartment you've ever lived in?English5·15 days agoThere was a drug house across the street from me once. You’d see people in and out all day/night. One perfect sunday morning, I heard a commotion. Some dude was pissed the dealer stole his money and was trying to bang the door down. It goes on for a bit, until I see the dealer come out the back with a baseball bat, the guy ran off the property to where is car is parked, and called the police on him lmao they called the police on themselves.
Both were arrested. And the drug house was done for, thank goodness. Wildly entertaining.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What was the worst apartment you've ever lived in?English6·15 days agoOne of my worst apartment had bedbugs. Even with my best efforts, they moved with us. Was finally able to detroy them at the second place, but the livingroom (only room with carpet) had to stay empty for 5 months. I was afraid to even put a couch in there.
Still the worst place for me was a one bedroom apartment on the first floor in the sticks. Small little place in New England. The basement had no insulation, broken window, and access for mice. So many mice, on top of that there was a massive draft in the winter. My power outlets gave off a cold draft. How does a power outlet have cold air come through it? It was $600/month for electric heat, keeping my thermostat at 58. Im still, ten years later, in debt from three winters there. The last summer I was there, the septic backed up into the dooryard. It smelled so bad. The landlord kept trying to bandaid every issue. Until finally she paid for the building to get on sewer, and sold the place as a money pit.
She had the nerve to get mad at me after I moved out because when she pulled up the carpet it was gross under it. That carpet was not new when I moved in. I am so clean, I get massive anxiety if my place is not clean, so I’m anal about it. It was just me and a baby who lived there, like- ugh. Stupid bitch landlord, inherited the place from her father and was in over her head.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comto News@lemmy.world•Trump Calls Mamdani a 'Communist Lunatic' After NYC Primary UpsetEnglish8·17 days agoI find it really annoying how Communist and Socialist are two words used interchangeably by these people.
They’re two very different ideas.
I was at the grocery the day after he won the primary, and I saw the New York Post stack of newspapers, with a sensationalized headline about him. I nearly bought all the copies to throw in the trash-
I found this really interesting and thought provoking. I loved the line how ultimate optimism is not always misplaced.