I can relate. My Zippo does not have a design as fancy as yours, but I bought mine on a vacation abroad and because of that it is special to me. Also, the sound a Zippo makes when opening, igniting, and closing it don't get old to me :)
Maybe if you buy a nice, more expensive one, e.g., a Zippo, you are more careful and keep track of it better? Just a thought.
For me that is not necessarily the case. Over the last week or so, I have been using sites like Lemmy Explorer and Lemmy Community-Browser to find communities that have my interest. I have also been browsing 'all' using the 'new' sort option and have been finding many new interesting communities that way.
And the shitty thing is that meat substitutes seem to be on their way out.
About a year ago, when beyond or impossible meat was the new thing (okay maybe a little bit further back), a lot of (fastfood) restaurants were offering these options: Denny's had a Beyond Burger, Panda Express offered beyond orange chicken and I can name at least two local chains that also stopped serving such meat alternative options.
It's a bit frustrating and sad, as it seems very few people really care about the rainforest, bio industry, or global warming enough to even consider alternative meat options.
Last week there was an article published about the USDA approving lab-grown chicken meat. Although I am very excited about this, I am expecting that the likely higher (initial) price compared to regular chicken will prevent Americans from purchasing it, especially now that inflation is so high.
Republicans being republicans. Smh.
Great perspective!
Yeah, very relevant story indeed: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a23494010/kursk-submarine-disaster/
It's probably the surfacing that is the issue. Also, the entire capsule is bolted together: they can't just open a hatch when they surface 😬
Thanks for the positive note.
I am not saying you are wrong or suggesting that you select other types of news to post. I am just noticing a pattern that confirms how much in trouble we are right now, and I feel any actions to counter it are too little and too late and that is depressing.
Every other message on here is so depressing (new record of global warming, more animals going extinct, etc.). Just so depressing 😞
Glad to hear your experience is different of mine. I hope you are right overall.