Located on Deck 6, Room 2054. Mass evacuation site for decks 5-10.
I’m someone’s favorite.
Boss: “can you explain why your random drug test came back positive for thc?”
Me: “yeah, it’s legal and I have a life outside of work. Sorry if you can’t relate, but my personal time is just that. Personal.”
This exchange did not go well from there, but guess who got fired for something first. (hint: not me)
Hmm. Too bad you need a bunch of resources for those instead of… Idk, waving your hand and saying some words.
Nor can they Magick-up all their needs, or transmute gold.
*I didn’t ask how close those buildings are, I said “I cast FIREBALL” *
-Megumin, if they played D&D
Never heard of it before, but now I know what I’m doing this evening.
“Kamala” is hard to pronounce, yet they never had a problem with “Barack Hussein Obama pause for the scary middle-eastern/Islamic-sounding name to sink into racist audience”
And I love when Palin got called out directly for that and she backpedaled so hard, trying to make it sound like they always do that with everyone and started rattling off republican full names like that made a single bit of difference…
Can we get a truth-o-meter to scrutinize all candidates during debates like they do in futurama?
There’s a difference in saying something sexist and racist to be sexist and racist vs being practical due to other people’s sexism and racism.
I don’t like it any more than you, but I’m afraid they’re right. While the country might benefit from two women, two POC, two women of color any variation thereupon, they might not have the best chance in certain (usually older) demographics. And unfortunately this isn’t a contest we can pick the morally right choice, lose with dignity, and still come out okay.
“Stand in the ashes of a [Million] dead and ask them if honor matters… Their silence is your answer.”
After going through project 2025, I do not think I am being dramatic or hyperbolic with that video game quote.
Anyway, how’s your sex life?
I’d argue the type of people who sign up to be first on an extra-solar planet to settle are exactly the kind of people who would rather shuttle down with a printer and a prayer than find a small town.
I mean, if I were to sign on, I would want to know what the settlement plan is (Like who’s doing what jobs, how will we produce food assuming there is 0 viable land to grow on, what’s the worst case scenario that has been planned for, etc) as well as having a say in said plan… And I know plenty of people who would happily sign on knowing it’s gonna be just them, a tarp, and a Gransfors Bruks axe vs everything the planet can throw at them and they might die inside a week if they aren’t careful.
And yeah, I imagine if I showed up and all the super hard work was done but everything was still getting started, I’d probably be a little more upbeat. But in no way would I want to see a planet filled with people who got there first. Worse yet, got there by being the 8th generation to be born there.
I guess it depends what stage of the colonization effort you’re on. People signing on for the tail end would be ecstatic, probably.
My in-laws are bitching about the heat and how it’s driving their electric bill up to keep their massive extremely-windowed house cool.
My in-laws also refuse to plant trees in their massive, empty, flat, baby-shit-green lawn because it “ruins the view”… Of the road. And their neighbors house. And the tips of the trees behind the neighbors house.
They also refuse to get new windows, because their 30 year old windows aren’t broken. they don’t need curtains because they got tired of changing them every season and holiday with themed festive or otherwise-coordinated-with-mood colors… And of course awnings would just make the whole house look ugly, because a large beige rectangle would just look so much worse with awnings…
I get not wanting to spend thousands on new installations, up-front costs are a bitch.
But planting trees is so cheap…
But DO they really care about it? Or is this just to placate the plebs again?
I’ll know they care when they actually manage to do something about it.
Reminder that if they can forcibly delete the app from your phone, you don’t own your phone
It’s a generic term they can use to justify removal of any app they don’t like, which I’m sure is what this is really about
I guess the log of “apps we want to kill but can’t justify it in a way that courts would find more acceptable” got too large.
Ooh, I hadn’t thought of the possibility of Ai enhanced regular photo.
Of course, the Muskrat and Faceburg have both always given me “uncanny valley” vibes just because that’s how they look normally
Dude spent a shitload of money on a photographer so he could feel like a cowboy for a few minutes.
Edit: I’m still not sure it’s actually a real photo though, it doesn’t sit right with me.
I love seeing prison photos from other countries that show how well prisoners can be treated while still being in prison. Countries with extremely low recidivism.
And there are plenty of people I know who would see that and balk, because “that’s being too soft”
I’ve had people insist that stronger punishment over rehabilitation is what you need, and ignore my bringing up that there’s decades and decades of data that shows otherwise.
At best, the harsh punishments serve as a deterrent to other people doing similar things that might result in similar punishment, but that just creates new and sneaker crimes and criminals. It’s better to rehabilitate, help people turn their poor choices around, and eliminate the cause of the problems that led to the crime in the first place.
But that’s “too much work” so might as well not even try, right? As we all know, the light bulb famously was invented on the first couple tries.
I’d rather he rots in a state jail for the rest of his life, and give him the same standard of care as every other inmate. No special treatment. If he needs to be put in solitary “for his own protection” then so be it. It’s the system people like him loves to protect.
To be clear, I think the US treatment of prisoners is inhumane and bordering on criminal (and all too often crossing said border) and the whole penal system needs drastic change and made entirely nonprofit, and the constitution needs another Ammendment because the 13th was a mistake.
But that’s not the world we live in, and the people who crafted this world should be forced to live in it.
Anecdote time!
I was once semi-surrounded by coyotes while hiking in some back country with a friend.
I did not have anything except my camping knives and a very small axe for splitting kindling.
My buddy had a compact 9mm in his waistband.
Honestly, I can say an AR would not have made me feel safer. A larger capacity on my sidearm, on the other hand, would. The AR is just too bulky to move quickly in close quarters.
Luckily a single round to the trailside was enough to scare them off, since yelling and throwing things wasn’t. We then ran/sprinted a few miles down the trail toward the vehicle before we even considered slowing down.
Not many situations in which either one is something I’m desiring though, and while I’m not a fan of limiting people, I can’t say I’ve ever needed 30rds at once. Honestly, I buy 10rd mags just because they fit very nicely in some cases I already had, and the 30rds don’t.
Rambling anecdotes over, have a nice day!
Be honest… Have you recently taken psych-101.
Still illegal in many places in the US. I just happen to live in a state that is legal.
Since I’m close to a state border, I only need to drive about 20 minutes to be somewhere it’s illegal again.
And if you live in an “at will” state, they can just fire you even if it’s legal.
Sidenote: “at will” employment is the biggest sack of bullshit that employers convinced people is totally normal.
Im hopeful that the US, EU, and UK legalize it within the next few years. I’m realistic about the chances, I know how the older generations of politicians are, but I still cross my fingers.