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Cake day: September 5th, 2023

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  • The tram I was on with my dad and little sister struck a woman, she had an umbrella open so she didn’t see the tram (it was a sunny summer day). It cracked her head open and I’ll never forget that sound. The driver panicked and only opened the front door of the tram, right where the woman was laying on the ground, so we were forced to walk out of the tram and jump over the pool of blood gushing from her head. My dad tried to make us not look but I saw the hole in her head, and her brain. I was 10 and my sister 8.
    She died on the way to the hospital.
    And I just realised I now live in the apartment building right by the tram tracks where it happened, haven’t thought about that memory for a long time.










  • This thread showed up like it was meant for me in this very moment as I’m currently laying in my sofa and blasting this on high volume and drowning in the vibe:

    Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 2: Release (Real World Gold)

    Haven’t heard anything truly like it so I think it fits the thread.

    This album has been with me since my childhood.
    My mom used to house sit this crazy special house during the summers around 1998-2005 that belongs to a clay sculpture artist, my mom discovered this band there and loved this album especially.
    It was mostly my mom, me (born 1990) and my little sister (born 1992) in the middle of the woods all summer break in this absolutely dream like house, it’s something out of a movie really.
    A lot of the house was built by the artist dude, with tons of handmade clay sculptures, mosaics, wooden details of animals and twisted tree logs built into the structure. The sides of the road through the woods to the house was filled with totem poles, human-ish figures and other sculptures.
    We just enjoyed the woods and the house, made clay art and nice food, went bathing in the river and took care of the garden.
    There are so many deeply connected smells, sounds, sights and feelings in me to that house, it really affected me in a great way.
    I so wish I could post photos of it but I have no contact with the owner and don’t want to do it without his permission.





  • M137@lemmy.worldtoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.worksFriendly Reminder
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    17 days ago

    Not rare with boomer LGBTQ+ people here in Sweden, I know several and had many around as neighbours etc. throughout my whole life. One of the people who checks your ID and stuff when you vote in my area is trans (mtf) and has been doing that for 30+ years and it’s nothing odd for the vast majority who meet her, I think she’s in her 80s now. Was always curious and liked her when I was a kid and went there with my parents. Still like her of course, and it’s always so nice to see her still doing that.



  • M137@lemmy.worldtoSteam Hardware@sopuli.xyzSteam Controller
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    18 days ago

    My only worry is the ergonomics of it. They had to cram so much that it looks like the sticks and buttons are too far up while the track pads are too far down. I haven’t used a steam deck, but it does look more comfortable than this controller does. I hope it doesn’t end up with that feeling of nothing being in a really comfortable place (except the triggers and bumpers).