• Tillman@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    A high school friend put his Neo geo collection in one of those which was a proclamation of wealth I was unprepared for.

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    7 days ago

    I’d paint over it, just in case someone thinks it might have explosives in it and panics.

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      I had something similar from a flea market surplus shop when I was in HS and kept it in the bed of my Tacoma to hold tools. It was cool as hell with its desert camo paint and dings and stuff. Well, after 9/11 I became popular with the cops cause I’d get pulled over, and told to stand by the hood of my car with both hands on it, while they checked it.

      After about the 5th time, I sold it and bought a bed box.

      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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        I have a wooden howitzer ammo crate that I used to keep in the back of my Jeep for tools until a similar traffic incident.

        I still have it, it just stays in my garage now.

      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
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        It can cost more to bring stuff home and back tbh depending on your method of travel, you can’t leave your stuff at university, and a lot of people live in on-campus housing which shuts down all summer.

        It can be way cheaper to find cheap storage facilities (or a local friend and pay them). It’s not just for lazy rich kids.

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        I ain’t dragging 2 carloads of pots, pans, desks, and clothes back home for 3 months when I know I’ll be living in probably the same dorm again very soon. A waste of gas, time, and money.

        When I was in college I just stayed in the same dorm and worked. If I had to remove shit I’d have done similar to OP, minus the cool case

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        or the opposite - kids who can’t transfer all of their things at once for a reasonable amount of money

        when i studied at a UK uni i couldn’t really afford shipping all my pots, pans, sheets, and books back and forth from Poland every year

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          Must be nice to have owned things. At that age I moved house with a backpack and a bin bag. The fun of apprenticeship wages.

    • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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      International students often use it because it’s not feasible to take their stuff home over the summer. I also used Summer storage, because I was estranged from my family, so didn’t have a “home” to go back to and would have to spend the Summer in sublets or couch-surfing (the only accommodation that would accept me as a tenant were student properties, which is why I typically had to be out over the Summer).

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        So students in the US who live in dorms need to move out during summers even if they come back the next semester? That’s crazy.

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          My experience is actually in the UK, but based on anecdotes from friends, it’s similar in the US.

          In my case, in one of the years, I could apply to stay in university accommodation over the Summer, but the room I was allocated for that was tiny, so I needed to get some storage anyway. It’s annoying as hell

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    7 days ago

    Actually privately own storage room still cost about 100 € for summer storage today and that’s with inflation.

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    In an alternate reality:

    Janitor at university. Found locked military case in river. Coworker says FIM-92 Stinger missile. Heavy. Maybe water, maybe live missile. Call police. Military and EOD arrive. Entire campus locked down. Half of workers taken for questioning. EOD open it – full of some idiot’s clothes and books.

    New grudge unlocked.

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      EOD don’t open shit most of the time suspicious potentially unstable shit just gets a bit of c4 or anfo and a send off in place. It’s one of the perks to just say dunno and light it the fuck up.

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      Imagine if it was full of adult toys. That would be something to talk about.

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        6 days ago

        Of course it’s company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo… always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo.

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          Ownership of dildos must be normalized. In fact, I want to propose making mandatory to receive one upon becoming of legal age at your country of birth. Upon entering a new job? Complementary dildo. Entering the military? Camouflage pattern, G.I. Dildo. Graduating? Dildo. College? Dildo. Masters? XL Dildo. Doctorate? Epic Dildo. Getting engaged? Matching dildos.

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              Yes, they can. I personally don’t even curse, by default, but I’m not offended to read the random swear, unless it is actively used to be an insult towards someone, which was not the case here.

              I am interested in making sure people are allowed and expected to express themselves freely in this space, unless they break the “rule” I mention above.

              Don’t censor yourself. If there is need for a swear, use it. Just don’t use swearing in place of proper speech.