Haaaaa! My daughter has this as her background on her iPad. It was at her school and she thought it was hilarious.

Oh it absolutely is! Congratulations on quitting smoking, one day I will join you.

Yup, that’s what a group of them are called. I had to look it up to confirm!

I wouldn’t say friends exactly but we have a pair of ravens that live in our yard. They have a symbiotic relationship with the cats. The cats catch mice and voles and then leave them in the front yard for the ravens, who are more than happy to gobble them up. There’s a whole unkindness of ravens that live in our woods but these two hang out around the house. In the spring there is constant squawking and chatter from them, it’s so cool to hear.

We also have a permanent resident hummingbird somewhere near the house. He loves the deck and will hover quite close to you when you’re sitting out.

And I can’t forget the flock of wild turkeys that roam the neighborhood. Every afternoon they stroll through the yard and last summer a mama and her babies were roosting in the trees out front. Around seven years ago there was a pair of albino babies born and now that flock has white feathers throughout. I have a video somewhere I should post.

It’s a veritable bird paradise over here lol.

It reminds me of Richard Scary in the best way.

That you for the rundown on this! I’ve always wondered and hoped that this was the case. I really like that they give you the space to be creative and test things out. I would imagine that makes you more nimble out in the field. Able to pivot and not be reliant on orders from above to make decisions.

I’ve worked with the navy quite a bit as a supplier so I totally get the part about procurement! But seriously, fuck March madness. It drives me crazy to see the waste just because your budget might get cut.

I love playing video games, especially open world ones like Skyrim, BG3, AC, and the EE versions of Neverwinter and such. Or Divinity 2 couch coop with my husband. I cannot stand watching tv or movies on the other hand. I always feel like there’s something else I should be doing, whereas with games I am doing something. Tv is also like coffee to me, it wakes my brain up and I can’t sleep. All that being said I don’t play that often. Usually in bursts and then a different hobby takes my attention for a few days/weeks/months. I don’t mind the repetitive tasks/quests generally, it’s nice to have a set, familiar goal sometimes and then back to the storyline. I never play games online, I don’t want to be pressured or heaven forbid yelled at. I just want to wander about, pick some flowers, kill some dragons. You know? I am a bit of a completionist for maps and loot, don’t really care about the achievements though.

I do agree with you on the gamification thing. It does nothing for me and just annoys me. Glad that it works for others though!

Not sure where you are but apparently tonight is a good night for them across Canada! I’m going to wander out later and see what I can see.

I have the same keychain from when I was 15, so over 30 years. My buddy had a party at his house and someone left their keys. After about two weeks and no one claiming them I switched my crappy keychain for it and left the keys with him. It’s a fork that the tines have been made into curls, lays flat though. It makes me happy to look at.

I had a friend named Violet that went by Vi, pronounced like vie. That might work for you? Aside from that I quite like Nika. I don’t think anyone would associate that with a slur.

Yeah nicknames are kinda picked for you, but I think you should always be allowed to say “my name is Veronika, but I go by ….”.

That looks really interesting. I’d like to know if the boot loader is locked.

Thanks for that!

I’m allergic to tomatoes and am in the middle of a brutal hay fever attack from eating crap salsa, so I’m gonna go with the totato

Oh my god, someone else on Lemmy that’s heard of Jimmys Chicken shack!! Loved their music. They hung out in the same circles as me back in the 90s, though they were a bit older.

I went to summer camp with a girl that was an extra in Godfather 3, Jacobs Ladder, and some other movies. She was awesome, we were pen pals for years after

Oh, and I worked in a bar with the wife of a B tier country music star. Whose name absolutely escapes me right now as I don’t listen to country music.

Edit!: I just remembered my best one. A local restaurant was featured on You Gotta Eat Here and I was one of the people interviewed for the show. Best part was our very small village had two very small newspapers at that time and I ended up on the cover of both that week!

I wonder if they found yours and that inspired them?!

My friends initials are M.E.A.T

Oh I like the way you think, that’s brilliant!

Oh wow, this was a favourite album of mine back in the day. Thanks for the memories!

I really like that! I agree with the other commenters here that to me it feels really hollow when we’re not doing anything to back it up. This though feels meaningful. I’m going to run this by my team for our future classes. Thanks!

Edit: I realized I didn’t answer your question. Generally it’s along the lines of “we are gathered here on the traditional lands of the Snuneymuxw people. We are fortunate to live, work, and play in these lands.” It varies and people add their own bits in, but that’s what I hear mostly. Maybe I like what y’all say better because it leaves us right out, we’ve butted in enough, this is about the First Nations.