[CW: sex trafficking] Diddy's LA home raided by Homeland Security in connection with a federal sex trafficking investigation, officials said. by Dbumba in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

Black Epstein be like

Any Americans here visited China recently? Looking for visa & travel advice by Dbumba in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the info, any idea how much Swift charges? Appreciate it

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Any Americans here visited China recently? Looking for visa & travel advice (hexbear.net)
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Howdy Howdy Howdy brace-dark-cowboy amerikkka

American here, planning on visiting China for the first time at the end of the year.

Specifically wondering if anyone here has any advice on the visa process for American citizens -- I've been researching myself but I keep finding either conflicting or outdated information since things seem to change rapidly.

From what I gathered, one needs to make an appointment window to the closest Chinese Consulate and apply for a travel visa in person-- which is then good for repeat visits up to 10 years? Or are there single use visas as well?

Also I'll be happy for any advice about visiting in general-- it's a huge country and a lot of ideas to sift through. Was suggested for phone (android) VPN, sim card, WeChat, WayGo, Baidu, 12306, Didi, MetroMan, and Trip.com (missing any?)

Mighty obliged folks, yeehaw deng-cowboy

Liberals unironically say this daily at this point by Dbumba in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos smuglord

Is there an alternative to squats? by Dbumba in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Leg press if you're at a gym-- replicates the motion with less stress on stability.

Lunges / Reverse lunges w dumbells and Deadlifts both hit similar muscle groups.

Efficient Exercise is basically alternating between pushing and pulling exercises.

American football and baseball are an Anheuser-Busch InBev psyop to normalize getting regularly drunk because those sports are otherwise unwatchable by Dbumba in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I've always sort of wondered the obsession and deep emotional connection some people have with sports.

The best I can come up with is its part tribalism, but more so I think it's experiencing vicarious success. If you put in the emotional work to follow your team, especially with a displaced loyalty during losing seasons, their successes are your successes by proxy, but it also distances you from their failures.

Success irl is hard to come by and this is a chance to feel success without actually working very hard towards it, other than the emotional investment

Idk does anyone have any other thoughts why some people get so attached to their team?

Small Kentucky town urged to evacuate after train derails, spilling chemical by Dbumba in c/[email protected]
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Happy Thanksgiving (author unknown) (hexbear.net)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Excited to hear my family's brain damaged hot takes, completely unprompted. Post yours below.

So far when simply mentioning the Zelda movie "they'll prob make Link trans", how Michelle Obama was actually a man, and you can still drop dead from the covid vaccine at any given time.

What’s a boomer opinion you have? by Dbumba in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

To be fair, I doubt a true boomer would be able to understand any part of this comment. Any person born before 1993 can't jpeg, all they know is download virus

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Its Super Bowl Sunday! Reposting one of my favorite all-time pictures of modern American culture (hexbear.net)
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Sports; i get the appeal but also the disdain/criticisms. I'm fairly nuetral on the matter. But some people treat it like a cult and its legit scary

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