Until reading the replies here, I had no idea what you were talking about. It did make me wonder which other words are banished with only their letter to show for it … and it made me wonder if there are multiple words referred to by the same letter, causing more confusion in communication, the X-word, you mean the X or the other X word?

These are what I have so far:

• c
• f
• n
• s
• r

The audio frequency goes down with age 😇

Interesting question. I suspect that it’s similar (but different) to asking, should you watch a movie made by someone who later was found to be a criminal at the time that movie was made.

I suspect that the answer depends on your personal moral compass, the norms, values and standards you shape your life by.

There’s a famous speech by Australian Lieutenant General David Lindsay Morrison AO, who said:

“The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept.”

Source: https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Morrison

In other words, I think it’s up to each individual to decide how they feel about it and act accordingly.

But you asked how I feel about it.

In short, I think that we live in a civil society where the regime in that country is not representative of a world I want to be part of. As such, travelling there under the current regime is not something I’d contemplate.

I’d also point out that I feel the same way about visiting the United States of America under its current regime.

Finally, I suppose there’s an aspect of risk associated with visiting either country. I have no way to evaluate how that might compare with other extreme sports, but I suppose there’s a thrill that draws in some individuals, overriding any moral considerations.

Can I also please have your favourite colour, the name of your first pet, your first car, the place you were born and a copy of your passport?

In 1989 I was one of the participants in the (then) Guinness World Record Endurance Computing held at the Hobby Computer Club days (HCC dagen) in the Netherlands.

The record was for 63.5 hours, but I had a two hour or so commute in each direction and the event started (from memory) at noon.

I’m guessing that I was awake in total for about 70 hours. I fell asleep on the way home.

We published a newsletter called “Elephant News” every few hours. Time keeping was managed by official time keepers and it was entered into the Guinness World Records in the 1990 book. I have a copy somewhere.

At some point not long after, Guinness abolished all world records that only had a time component and as far as I know it still stands :)

mRNA vaccines do it for me at the moment.

https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Understanding-COVID-19-mRNA-Vaccines

Welcome to adulthood.

The question you ask is universal. The answer much less so and in that difference lies the journey of life.

For some it’s about amassing as much wealth as possible, for others it’s about cementing a legacy. The pursuit of happiness is a common approach and to serve is yet another. Some seek solace in religion, others in hedonism. Some spend a lifetime searching, others exist and take in the experience.

For me it’s about making the world a better place.

I have been wearing glasses for over half a century and I’ve never seen rust on my glasses. Gunk on the nose supports, sure, rust, never.

As for the nose bits, you can buy glasses where they are part of the frame, no more gunk.

No, I put soap on my hands and rub the glasses, then rinse under the shower and put them on the ledge.

After the shower I have a hand towel that is only used to dry my glasses which I use to pat the excess water.

Good as new.

If you have to absolutely, positively, immediately, reply right now for reasons … don’t.

To the horror and disgust of my optometrist I wash my glasses in the shower daily. I’ve been doing so for decades.

There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don’t.

I confess that it is always odd to see a musician, now deceased for a decade, when searching for this platform. Mind you, that is an ongoing tribute to their legacy, which is how it came about.

In a 2020 post, Lemmy’s co-creator Dessalines wrote about the origin of the name Lemmy. “It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals. I was playing that old-school game Lemmings, and Lemmy (from Motorhead) had passed away that week, and we held a few polls for names, and I went with that.”

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy_(social_network)#History