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- Comment on If I were to go out steal 34 cars. And charged with 34 felonies. One per each car. Could I not use the presidents case in defense of my own? Why or why not? 2 weeks ago:
User name czechs out.
- Comment on Would you ever call your son a disappointment? 2 weeks ago:
I once explored the hypothetical of what would make me abandon the love for one of my kids. I went with something awful: imagine we found out they were a gruesome serial killer in secret. I decided after pondering it that I would continue to love and support them even through that. No one else would, rightfully so. But I think it is my duty even when the rest of humanity has abandoned them.
Writing this I thought of a variation. Instead of a serial killer, what if they murdered my spouse or one of their siblings. I’ll have to ponder that. I’d like to think I’d have the same unconditional love but I’m really not sure. In that case I might have to admit that I’m disappointed in them.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Your solution favors the wealthy who have the means to escape. The poor will be the ones to suffer and the elite will continue to peddle their elitism elsewhere.
As an alternative to your plan, we could give the week’s notice and, when all the elite have escaped, nuke everything but the holy land. Problem solved. “The meek shall inherit the earth” and all that.
- Comment on spoopy figs 3 weeks ago:
False. Wasps don’t have souls.
Hornets on the other hand… I’ll see you in hell.
- Comment on Causes of death, or track list for latest black metal album? 3 weeks ago:
In 400 years our list of conditions will seem similarly naive and simplistic.
Been to a doctor lately? We can’t cure shit. We’ve got a few meds that can help balance systems or mask pain. We can cut shit open and rearrange it. We can zap some shit with radiation. But actually fix anything? Nah. Maybe in another 400 years.
“Oh, look, they treated obesity as a disease. And heart disease? Hahaha that’s funny. Hearts are so simple.Cant believe cancer is its own category. Everyone knows what causes that and how to treat it.”
I will say the improvement in infant mortality is amazing. At no time in human history have infants had a better chance of survival than now(ish). So maybe I’m just cynical and disillusioned with the current state of my medical care.
- Comment on Stereotyping is wrong. 5 weeks ago:
When politics felt like shades of policy disagreements I could see it. Now it is either you support democracy and human rights or you’re supporting pedophiles and genocide. Not much common ground anymore.
- Comment on It makes me shudder 5 weeks ago:
You can find all sorts of gore on the Interwebs. This one… This one terrifies me.
- Comment on it keeps getting momentum 1 month ago:
The big guys will be fine. Your 401(k)? Fucked.
- Comment on Can people irl be as mean as some people online? 1 month ago:
Yeah, I should have specified “people” in this context are coworkers. So, on the same page.
- Comment on Can people irl be as mean as some people online? 1 month ago:
Filters are generally stronger when paychecks are involved. That said, there are definitely people who don’t trust others they’ve only met virtually. On the flip side I’ve found people who I’ve met in person are then more apt to share their more extreme views with me online even in a work setting. It is a fascinating psychological and sociological phenomenon.
- Comment on A Statement From The White House 1 month ago:
Art of the Deal™ mother fuckers!
- Comment on A Statement From The White House 1 month ago:
Always.
- Comment on My feelings on the Super Bowl 1 month ago:
ITT: my people.
I love this community.
- Comment on Not sketchy at all 1 month ago:
Ahh, yeah, maybe. Looked like exposed copper to me but it might be covered.
All good then!
- Comment on Not sketchy at all 1 month ago:
Top right… Wire that comes from the top of the left breaker probably used to go to the right breaker is hanging in mid air. That’s the one most likely to change someone’s life.
- Comment on Come on, I left Napster running and my mom got Choco Tacos. 1 month ago:
“Left Napster running.”
JFC that’s a mind melt. I forgot that we used to “leave things on” to let them do stuff like download music. “On” was not the default. Now, everything is on all the time and I hadn’t realized until this moment how much I was attuned to that. I want to go back.
- Comment on ICE agents attempt to arrest US Citizen in St Peter, Minnesota 1 month ago:
That unmarked car stops me without warning and four masked men with guns drawn jump out of the car I’m assuming I’m in a fight for my life.
I’d lose, but you’re dead either way in that scenario. This woman came within moments of the end of her life.
- Comment on Why do I push people away if I'm so lonely? 2 months ago:
Beautiful. Fuck dog and parent… never had a graph make me well up with tears.
- Comment on Yale Posting It's Ls 2 months ago:
Had someone unironically suggest that if Trump takes a third term that it would open the way for Obama to run again.
Anyone citing the old order of rules, laws, and fairness is delusional or under informed.
- Comment on no training award 2 months ago:
The temu tacti-gear is a nice touch. Can’t even SS properly.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I drive a car that was made when I was 6 and it is eligible for antique plates. Nap time, indeed.
- Comment on Do people actually believe those "gurus" on the internet that supposedly "give advice"? These seems very sussy and feel scam-adjacent, isn't it? 2 months ago:
If they had a secret/method/process they’d use it to get rich instead of fleecing people.
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 2 months ago:
Time. A regime as dysfunctional as this can’t go on indefinitely… Like, it is physically impossible for it to think far enough ahead for it to be resilient enough to last. Unfortunately, a lot of good people will suffer before then.
- Comment on No, I will not identify all the pictures with bicycles in them. 3 months ago:
No, plumbing supplies of all ridiculous things.
- Comment on No, I will not identify all the pictures with bicycles in them. 3 months ago:
Most frustrating one I came across recently was between the shopping cart and the payment screens. Are you fucking kidding me? I want to give you my money. I’m about to pay you. That’s why you exist. And you put three fucking captchas between me and the “buy” button? Fuck you.
- Comment on Education is important. 3 months ago:
Fear the 1%.
- Comment on fEEt 3 months ago:
I would have totally expected the downward gradient from head to foot, but I can’t grasp that little bump at the lower leg. Any thoughts on why that is there?
- Comment on What can you tell from this photo alone? 3 months ago:
Fair. I missed the anteceding piss headwater. It pains me to think our antihero died perhaps with a full bladder.
- Comment on What can you tell from this photo alone? 3 months ago:
This is art, but for the lack of mention of the piss spot on the far right. My guess is that he gave up on all decorum or hope for the future and started pissing almost over the side of the balcony. Then as he leaned over to see his last attempt to create something meaningful splash on the pavement below he looked a bit too far. It was not a planned act of finality, yet in that moment of weightlessness his last, fleeting thought was, “Probably for the best…”
- Comment on Are people buying refurb pcs just to strip out the DDR 4 ram with the current price hikes on new ram? 3 months ago:
People selling refurb PCs are looking for any excuse to hike the price. It is how the market works. I guarantee you paid a premium for any device with a memory chip, new or used.