betweenthesixes

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Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy in c/technology@lemmy.world
People that chew ice must be immune to brain freeze. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] betweenthesixes@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I chew ice just about every single day and have never, ever had a brain freeze from it.

I have had plenty of brain freezes from slushes and shakes.

Puerto Rico plunges into darkness as power outage hits more than 1.3 million customers on New Year's Eve in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] betweenthesixes@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Apologies if this came off as rude, I truly meant no harm. While I understand the specifics in this case are relatively trivial to most, my intent was to simply underscore the value of fact checking and attention to detail when correcting someone. This was likely a poor instance to attempt to convey that message.

Puerto Rico plunges into darkness as power outage hits more than 1.3 million customers on New Year's Eve in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] betweenthesixes@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Actually, it was paper towels. Why not fact check before attempting to correct someone?

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