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TIL that the term "marijuana" has a racist history, and meant to play off of anti-immigrant sentiments.
  • I like this take but it relies on a critical analysis that isn't going to occur to most people. Most people aren't even aware up the word's racist origins.

    I think calling it cannabis helps distance it from it's illegal past. There's a lot of more conservative people out there that still think of "marijuana" as something dangerous and criminal that is used by disreputable people. I think calling it "canabis" will help shed that negative connotation.

    For the record, I call it "weed."

  • The Nairobi Trio - Classic comedy sketch from The Ernie Kovacs Show in the 1950s
  • I think what makes Kovacs so great is that he just did whatever the hell he wanted. Television was new enough where many of the tropes and conventions hadn't been established yet. Kovacs was free to create whatever came in to his mind. I wonder how differently TV would have developed if he hadn't died so early in his career.

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    Strange Brew (1983 1080p)

    Hamlet with beer

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    Thoughts on Schick Injector?

    It's the only safely razor I've ever used and it has proprietary blades. I wondering how they compare to other blades and if it would be in my interest to switch to a different razor. I know some people are going to say go Feather or go home but what about other available options?

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    Can you retrieve hidden posts?

    I have my feed set to hide posts after I've scrolled past them but it seems once they are gone they're gone. Is there a way to see things you've hidden if I want to revisit a post?

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    Elvis Presley - Hard Knocks

    Hard knocks

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    Anyone else having trouble with word filters?

    I need a break from news in middle east and added some keywords to filter out but it doesn't seen to be working.

    To clarify, the words should be comma separated, no?

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    Blur NSFW stopped working

    Show NSFW toggles just fine but blur quit working at some point

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    Will there be a history function?

    Boost for reddit had a "history" feature in the lateral menu showing all posts that you clicked on.

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    Expand/zoom images in comments?

    Right now images in the comments are fixed to the thread width and I can't open them or zoom in to see detail.

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    InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)SA
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