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The town I live in burned down almost completely in 1787, so most historic buildings in the city were built after that. The city wall is probably the oldest structure, but it's unknown when it was originally built. The oldest building with a known year of construction is most likely the church that was built in 1246.

Not necessarily. If you have a lot of experience or a different perspective and you seem trustworthy to me, you don't need to have a good argument. On the other hand, if someone else comes along with a good argument why your opinion is wrong, I will start doubting you.

For example, if you've been growing potatoes for 30 years, you don't have to explain the biochemistry of potatoes for me to respect your advice. And if you're a black person telling me that our town is terribly racist, I will believe you without needing a list of every single racist incident that happened to you.

You can go much deeper than 10 fathoms without supplemental oxygen, half the people reading this right now could do it with some training.

The world record is 117 fathoms on a single breath.

I'm also a bit heavy and I know the struggle. I use a lot of energy just do prevent popping back up like a cork. I've considered using a little bit of lead, but what I like about freediving is not having a bunch of belts and vests and other gear on me. So I'm currently also trying to lose weight.

In the same vein, freediving is easy to learn up to a certain point and safe as long as you don't hyperventilate and stay away from caves. Most people can learn to dive to 10-15m and look around a bit before they have to resurface. That's far from breaking any records, but enough to have fun and see some cool stuff that you can't see from the surface.

Plus, you don't need any special gear, besides snorkel, mask and fins.

They're awesome! Being 100% clean instead of 75-90% makes a world of difference. Plus, you can keep browsing Lemmy or even brush your teeth while the toilet cleans your butt.

You still have to use toilet paper to pat yourself dry, but much less than before and you can buy the cheapest and scratchiest half-ply garbage, it doesn't matter. There are also models with a built in blow dryer, but it takes ages, so I never use mine.

Only downside is that I dread leaving home for more than a few days now. Using toilet paper feels so stupid and ineffective now.

That's what I use and it's the best weather app I've seen so far. The coolest thing is, when you're choosing weather providers, it will show you the current forecast for each one, so you can compare them better.

And it has so many widgets that are easy to configure.