Rivalarrival
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- Comment on bisexual 6 hours ago:
I think you can only be properly bi if you’re simultaneously railing a cishet female while being railed by a homosexual male.
/s
- Comment on What's the best way to respond to a family member who says the COVID vaccines are being used to depopulate? 4 days ago:
Well, not with that attitude.
- Comment on Odds of rolling a 7 with a weighted die 6 days ago:
If a die is weighted, the first roll is no longer 1/6 probability to get a 7
Yes, actually, it is. No matter what the first die lands on, there is a 1 in 6 chance that the second die will land on the corresponding value necessary for a “7”. You could glue the first die to the table with “6” (or any other number) showing, and there will be a 1 in 6 chance that the second die will bring the sum to 7.
- Comment on Why are ghosts never racist? 6 days ago:
Either way…never seen a racist ghost. Which I think has to be statistically impossible.
Hetty Woodstone (“Ghosts”) hated the Irish.
- Comment on Why does Dairy Queen sell food? 1 week ago:
DQ has surprisingly good chili dogs. Their burgers aren’t bad, if you omit the ketchup.
- Comment on Franks and Beans: Take 2 1 week ago:
IMO, you can’t really cut “sweet”. You can increase the complexity; you can make it “rich”, but the sweetness tends to overpower whatever you might add.
You might have better luck starting with British-style baked beans. My local (US) grocery stores carry Heinz Beanz
- Comment on Amazon vows to crack down on piracy on its Fire TV Stick range 2 weeks ago:
Heave, ho. Thieves and beggars. Never shall we die.
- Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer 2 weeks ago:
Smaller charities tend to do much better in my experience.
UBI is not charity. UBI is what the nation owes you as a shareholder of USA, Inc.
Giving people money doesn’t teach long term skills that lead to success.
Exactly. Which is why the children of rich people so often become homeless. All that money they had when they were kids kept them from learning long-term skills that lead to success. It stunted their financial growth, rendering them particularly susceptible to poverty.
The children of the impoverished, on the other hand, were forced to learn money management skills for their very survival.
This explains why self-made millionaires are so common, and generational wealth is so difficult to achieve.
I also think it would be better to have private organizations that have less bureaucracy.
Agreed. An organization doesn’t get smaller or privater than a single individual. We can cut out 100% of the bullshit bureaucracy and give it straight to the individual, directly, or their caregiver if they are not qualified to maintain their own affairs. Remove everyone else, as they don’t add shareholder value.
- Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer 2 weeks ago:
Indeed.
Each of the issues you described is mitigated - if not cured - by steady income. And each is greatly exacerbated by a lack of such income.
What is really important is that the family and friends of the people struggling with these conditions aren’t also impoverished. The outcomes of each these conditions are vastly improved when the sufferer’s caregivers have the time and resources to attend to them.
- Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer 2 weeks ago:
Turns out that money is one of those things that the less you have of it, the harder it is to manage.
- Comment on UNBDBBIIVCHIDCTIICBD 2 weeks ago:
WtSSTaDaMiT?
- Comment on Why do so many people delete their posts? 2 weeks ago:
[baleeted]
- Comment on Why do so many people delete their posts? 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Why do so many people delete their posts? 2 weeks ago:
My feelings exactly.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
If she is still financially reliant on her parents, you should abide by her wishes on the subject. You should not consider it a reflection of her relationship with you. She is doing what she needs to do to survive and thrive.
Eventually, she might choose to rely on you for financial support. But, you could be killed in a traffic accident, and she would still be dependent on their support. Even after you are supporting her financially, she still needs to maintain her relationship with them.
You should not consider her relationship with her parents to be a reflection on your relationship until she is capable of supporting herself, independent of both you and them.
- Comment on Should I just lie on job applications and say I have a college degree? 2 weeks ago:
In this job marlet, if you’re not lying, you’re not trying.
- Comment on Am I weird for avoiding flying on prop planes, and only fly on jets? 3 weeks ago:
I would expect more mishaps from a regional turboprop, flying ten 45-minute flights a day, than a widebody flying a single 12+ hour flight a day.
Mishaps are most prevalent on takeoff and landing. The aircraft that make the most takeoffs and landings are going to have the highest mishap rate.
- Comment on Am I weird for avoiding flying on prop planes, and only fly on jets? 3 weeks ago:
The risk of a mishap is greatest on takeoff and landing. Inflight mishaps are extremely rare.
A “flight” is one takeoff and one landing. The largest aircraft have the longest duration flights. They might be airborne 12+ hours at a time. They might fly fewer than 10 flights a week.
Small commercial aircraft flying local and regional routes might be shorter than an hour. These aircraft might have 70 flights a week.
A student pilot in the smallest, single-engine GA aircraft might spend all day shooting touch-and-goes to build time and experience. Each touch-and-go is a landing-and-takeoff. These aircraft might have 300 “flights” a week.
Yes, the smallest aircraft are going to have the highest per-airframe mishap rate, simply because they experience the most risky phases of flights much more frequently than large aircraft.
Per-flight, the risks aren’t significantly different.
- Comment on Am I weird for avoiding flying on prop planes, and only fly on jets? 3 weeks ago:
A320 seat configuration is 3-3. ATR-72 is 2-2. I’d take a guaranteed not-middle-seat any day.
- Comment on Japan can't seem to catch a break 3 weeks ago:
Exists. I won’t link, but I can assure you: It Exists.
- Comment on Hit it and quit it 3 weeks ago:
Like sticking an alcohol drenched tampon in your booty hole.
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Well, you’re not exactly robbing the cradle, and she’s not exactly robbing the grave.
Go for it.
- Comment on Realistically 3 weeks ago:
Sure, but it’s skidding across the pavement, not flying at my face at 75mph. I can stop faster than it can.
- Comment on Anon misses the classic design 3 weeks ago:
I’ve seen slings used to throw things. Either ropes attached to the projectile, or pouches on ropes designed to release the projectile.
I’ve also seen those slings not throw the “grenade” 200 yards away, but straight up in the air, or wrapping around branches or arms or flying backwards…
Slings require just enough skill that they would probably be more lethal to friend than foe.
- Comment on The Witcher 3 dev says "one of the longest email threads in our company history" was about "how naked Geralt should be" in the iconic bath scene: "When he gets up, how much butt should we show?" 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Realistically 3 weeks ago:
Inertia says that the log is moving roughly the same speed as the truck, so I’ll apply the brakes and move to the right.
- Comment on Anon measures up 3 weeks ago:
Looks like some weird AI slop to me.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Plausible deniability. The real part of the security clearance is the background check they perform, including the interviews. If they find out from some secret source that you immigrated from North Korea, they won’t tell you they figured that out. They’ll just tell you that you didn’t pass the polygraph and send you home. Your North Korean handler will report back that they need to train future spies how to defeat the polygraph, but fail to close the actual hole in their security.
- Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA? 3 weeks ago:
Caveat: none of these are formal definitions. This is what I am thinking of when using or hearing these terms.
I wouldn’t call it an “urban” area unless I can see a privately-owned 4+ story building with an elevator. Government buildings don’t count: they might be the sole example of a 4+ story building within 50 miles. Partial elevator access (intended for handicap compliance to the lower floors) doesn’t count.
“Suburban” extends from the limits of the urban area, out to where the farms or forests are larger than 100 acres. Suburban areas are primarily comprised of single family homes, but you may also find 1-3 floor apartment complexes.
“Rural” is anywhere outside of both urban and suburban areas.
A commercial or mixed commercial/residential area - that isn’t large or congested enough to be considered an “urban” area on its own - would be a “town”. A “rural town” would be a town not connected to a suburban or urban area: you can’t get to a city without passing large farms or forests.
A town won’t have its own police force. They will rely on the county sheriff’s department for law enforcement activity. Once it is large enough to have its own police, it becomes a “city”.
In my area, a “village” is a town populated exclusively by people with twice the median income.
- Comment on Paw Police 3 weeks ago:
Body cameras should be used as punch clocks. You’re not on duty unless your camera is running. No pay, no qualified immunity unless your body cameras is on and running.
Without a body camera running, you are not a cop; you are impersonating a cop.