When did "Wasa crackers" go from "those large ones next to the Melba toast" to "two meter wide product section in the supermarket"?

Even the small supermarket we just went to has at least 13 different types. And most seem interchangeable.

🧵

#food #consumerism

Fifth run. I think we're done for you as the test subject is now taking out the innocents with a keyboard while Fur Elise plays.

Time for a carrot snack.

Outcome: apocalyptic.

Fourth run. Just before hitting the single person panic sets in and the train is removed. Unfortunately a baby panda and baby polar bear are knocked out in the process.

Outcome: multiple innocents died.

Third run. Unexpected outcome: a box was brought in and all innocents, including train driver, were carefully moved into the box / holding cell. The train tracks were not touched.

Outcome: all survived.

Second run of the simulation. Toddler went full scourged earth and went for apocalyptic train track removal.

Outcome: Everyone died. Even the baby panda.

First attempt. The driver is removed.

Maybe toddler is going for Kobayashi Maru (#startrek) style solution here. The only way to win is to not play according to the original rules.

Outcome: the innocents survived. Train driver went to a farm upstate.

Trolley problem with toddler. Let's see how this goes.

@src_esther Also in the north of the country. For example: twice a year in the centre of Bolsward.

It's a nice experience when the heavy horse carts, with their solid wheels, come racing over the canal streets.

edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n0dH0Y6urU Is this similar to what it looks like in Denmark?

@EvilCartyen @afewbugs

To everyone who is nice: thanks for the comments. It's interesting to see people's experiences and how there seem to be regional and cultural differences in what people think of this.

Here's a video of a chicken cosplaying as a duck. No cows were hurt in the making of this video. No-one sat on the chicken.
https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115054684910511303

Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague it came up that they have never sat on a cow. Like, not even once in their childhood.

Another colleague listening in admitted they also have never sat on a cow.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a cow.

Have you sat on a cow?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.

Hi #Fediverse. Despite most adults in my childhood claiming otherwise it seems the older I get, the more hobbies I enjoy.

Just like how there's more interesting books than there's time left to read, I find there's no way I can cramp all my hobbies in whatever time I have left in life (whether that's a decade or ten decades).

As I suspect this is a common issue: do you have a strategy on how pick and/or prioritize specific hobbies?

#askfedi #advice #help

PSA: if you're considering the purchase of an internet connected radio be aware that it gives your housemate easy access to dedicated xmas music stations.

Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo... christmastime

>I spent a few weeks in an English middle school during my summer holiday (yes, really),

@EvilCartyen @afewbugs

@EvilCartyen Apparently so. Admittedly I do have a rather low capacity for predicting whether people are going to trust me or laugh with me.

This was something I was hyper aware about when working as an industrial safety trainer. Bit less so when posting on the internet..

Aaand it is time for the reveal! It's a small block of injection molded ABS with a pad printed layer. Or: a yellow #lego brick with the letter W.

Four people figured it out. Thanks for not spoiling it for others. First was @mattdawhit who somehow figured it out without any real hints. Also to James, @CiaraNi & @cazmockett

This one was fun. Thanks for all the excellent comments. I'll post a new one later today and will use the hashtag #MicroGuessr (hint: it'll be another human made item).

>Now here's a fun thing many people don't know about #Holland.

The Netherlands. "Holland" sounds more casual.

>Due to the ever rising popularity of #cycling,

Cars sales & use are rising faster than bicycle use. That said. Bicycle use is slowly increasing among some groups & areas.

>gas stations all over the country have been converted into bicycle repair and rental shops.

Are they? I dunno.

>Here's the one in Hoevelaken.

That one indeed is. There's a gas station across the street though.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115606554953534570

If you wonder how the initial spread of misinformation works...

Step 1: someone casually mentions an untruth inside a package of otherwise interesting and believable information.

Step 2: a couple 100 people share that.

Future step 3: others remember this and eventually retell their own version

Anyway: oops and sorry.

Now here's a fun thing many people don't know about #Holland. Due to the ever rising popularity of #cycling, gas stations all over the country have been converted into bicycle repair and rental shops. Here's the one in Hoevelaken.

Quick reminder. Hoevelaken is not just any town. They have a passion for quality. Discover it!

And that's what this thread is all about.

#amazing #quality

People of Hoevelaken love putting items in dedicated boxes. #Dog poop goes here.