• nifty@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    My Yule boasting! I am going be less judgmental and critical. This weighs on me heavily so it’s definitely a more Herculean task for me than it might be for someone else 😊

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
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    2 months ago

    Hmm … this is going to need more thought or more brain altering substances … perhaps both … let me get back to you on this …

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    2 months ago

    hilarious, but Google search for the term only shows this Tumblr post, and there’s no equivalent term in Swedish that I know of. But we should make it a tradition anyways.

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      I believe this refers to Heitstrenging.

      The Wikipedia page doesn’t seem to mention the craziness of the oaths to the point of gods, but seems to be more about boastful things people would actually try to do. From the above link:

      Heitstrengingar took place at Yule and other sacrificial feasts, weddings, arvals, and banquets and often acted as a form of bragging and promising the performance of an often great feat.

      Which seems to have been extrapolated on a bit for the post.

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    2 months ago

    Ooh - I’ll do an impossible one:

    “I will be able to afford a house on double the median household income for my region”

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    In 2025 I’m going to get a good night’s sleep every night. Further, I will wake feeling rested and ready to take on the world

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        I just logged into my humble bundle account & looked at all the codes I haven’t redeemed yet…

        What was that about altering the laws of physics, time and the universe?

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      2 months ago

      Realizes I’d need at least 4 years, if I finished a game a day… I need to stop buying games.

      • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        Sir that’s over 1k what the fuck.

        Our 4 buddy family group has less games combined sir.

        Sir you need to stop.

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    I also liked the idea of New Year’s bingo, things you’d enjoy doing the next year and then seeing if you get bingo/s.

    But nah. In 2025 I’m going to start a company that will cheaply generate near-unlimited clean energy from greenhouse gases, pollutants, and (only discarded) plastics. I will install it for free and provide the energy at something like 10% of oil/coal equivalent. By threatening to turn it off, I’ll extort those in power to stop wars (yup, within the year) and obey the experts on how to improve the wellbeing of the bottom 10-50% in individual countries and globally.