Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 days agoTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.feddit.ukimagemessage-square195linkfedilinkarrow-up1533file-text
arrow-up1533imageTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.feddit.ukWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 days agomessage-square195linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKwiila@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoThe greatest measure of our society’s most tragic failings is that I can’t just get on a train/boat asap to give you a hug. Fuel ain’t free and community doesn’t benefit power, so by neither measure can I afford the day(s) away for affection. And thus does the loneliness pandemic deepen.
I could use a dirt nap.
I could use a hug
Hug if true.
The greatest measure of our society’s most tragic failings is that I can’t just get on a train/boat asap to give you a hug. Fuel ain’t free and community doesn’t benefit power, so by neither measure can I afford the day(s) away for affection.
And thus does the loneliness pandemic deepen.