• matlag@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    After all, wxthout proper ID, there is no reason to believe they are ICE and not some street gangs in the kidnapping for ransom business.

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    Mr American Psycho will put himself in prison before he attempts to do anything radical on behalf of the people of California. He will have the national guard execute all the homeless people in LA before the World Cup though, you can count on that.

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      22 hours ago

      We’re so cooked, the rightwing propaganda has already incepted the notion that he’s a radical leftist anarchist sympathizer into the population. I overheard some folks at work talking about it, some otherwise reasonable enough people.

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          They’re referring to beer that is limited to 3.2% alcohol by volume. Historically (and even still in many parts of the U.S.), you had to go to a dedicated liquor store to buy beer or spirits that are stronger. Beer that is limited to 3.2% can be sold at convenience stores and often at normal food shops. Due to its low alcohol content, it’s often considered garbage beer, “yard beer,” or American beer.

          It’s often easier for underaged folks to buy this kind of beer, since these shops do not always card their clientele, whereas a liquor store will usually have a better culture around checking ID’s.

          Also, just because it’s on rotation in my playlists, Adam Carroll’s Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler makes reference to 3.2 beer.

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            They’re referring to beer that is limited to 3.2% alcohol by volume.

            Holy shit, it’s a real thing.

            Up here in Canada, you’d have to get a Radler to get anything 4% and under. I don’t think I’ve ever had a normal beer under 5.5%, and some of our beers go clear up to 7-8%. And I’m not even a drinker - I have maybe a single drink a week, and typically go months between drinks.

            I mean, sure, you can get the dealcoholized/0.5% stuff, but that’s like sex on a boat.

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              Just looked it up because I cannot believe 3,2% Alcohol is considered much for beer in the US. It is not. First of all, it’s apparently 3,2% of weight not volume. In Volume it’s about 4%. And it’s not considered strong (or even regular) beer, which is 5-6% vol., which is in line with what I (as a German) would consider as about right for beer (Most German beers are at 5% vol.).

              • Also, the notation is weird. 3 point two percent would be 3,2 (EU), 3.2, or 16/5… In the US, I can’t imagine anyone writing 3.2 as 3/2. We do most of us understand basic division.

                I’m as confused about the notation as everyone else.

                We demand answers!

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                  I’m just noticing that the / is next to the . on my keyboard…

                  Did this just start out as a typo?

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                  As a former ESL teacher and redneck, I’m guessing it’s 1 part sub-par literacy, 1 part phobia of metric (*not… Math?!*😱), and 1 part cultural acceptance of both (& more). Coupled with the fact that it’s half the problem, and you have your mouthbreather fraction - or faction, even.

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                  3/2 makes sense as a way to represent how someone would actually say it out loud. “Three two beer” is common term used to describe beer with 3.2% alcohol by weight. "Three point two percent beer* works but is just shortened and 3/2 is a pretty good way of capturing the sound.

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      Leader of the pro-Trump Project 2025 suggests there will be a new American Revolution
      Kevin Roberts said the revolution will be bloodless “if the left allows it to be.”

      This was 07/04/2024

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      Was gonna say, that’s how you start a civil war.

      Not saying that’s a bad idea… But the implications are worth looking at.