Indeed, happy 4/20, my dude.
There’s a lot of tribalism & you’re right, the Mos-lems are probably viewing him in the same way & intentionally fucking, having large families to “win” some culture war. But I think cultural wars are ultimately won through the enforcement of…reality…and the victory of good ideas & common sense. Not religion. Just general goodwill & love, idk, I really need to sleep for work tomorrow.
Enjoy your weed. 🍃
…I mean…that just plays into classic masculine, testosterone-fueled traits. Anger, rage, inflicting pain & death. That’s what men do. Enough even sign up to inflict pain & death as a job.
Women? Not so much. “Women-without-men”, as you put it, will have a different response to the same trauma. Not the exact same responses. Equal, but different.
They might try to kill themselves, but women aren’t as successful at killing themselves as men are. Men are by nature ultra-violent, they make sure the job gets done via gun or other over-the-top means. Women tend to want an easier or painless death, try to overdose or cut themselves. It can work, obviously, but with a smaller success rate.
I’ve been saying it for over 20 years now, you want to start killing a bunch of random people? Great. Start with yourself. I don’t encourage mass shooters or any of that nonsense; if you’re unhappy, get the help you need or go to the store & buy some rope. Don’t go killing people for no reason other than you being unhappy in life, that’s just dumb & selfish.
There’s enough people on both sides fucking. Every side you can think of, everyone, everywhere, is fucking. World pop tracker keeps running up.
Back when I attended church, I shit you not, the preacher from the pulpit asked the congregation who was having the most kids (the sermon I think was based on kids & families). Then he said “The Mos-lems, the Mos-lems (Muslims) are having the most kids & they have large families.” If I remember correctly, I think he was making the point that if Muslims have many many kids & faithful Christians have fewer, eventually, there will be more Muslims than Christians & this was a big problem; Christians need to devote themselves to having more children and “raising them right”, or the Muslims will become the majority & “win”, and Christianity would dwindle & die out.
And here’s the thing, I guess strictly technically speaking he might not be entirely wrong, but that doesn’t make it right. If you’re just breeding to get butts in pews, idk, feels a little dirty to me.
My main takeaway from that sermon, which I have told multiple friends & now am telling all of you: a war fought with vaginas is a war in which everyone loses. Your opposition is dumb as fuck. You, too, are dumb as fuck. Don’t go popping out babies just to pop out more babies, take it from me you’re not really all that special, stop it, get some help.
I mean you don’t know. While you’re getting all new stuff…try a phone wallet app. I only have 1 physical CC in my wallet plus some cash if needed. The tap to pay uses a dummy CC#, it’s very secure, so even if stores get hacked your info is safe. A lot of people don’t know this…phone wallet app is very very safe.
I have 1 physical CC but have access to all 5 CCs via phone wallet app for tap to pay.
Also recommend a small front pocket wallet. Easier on the back, it’s less prone to slipping out/getting stolen, and if you’re looking for a brand-specific recommendation I like Trayvax with its 65-yr heirloom warranty. It’s a wallet for life. 🙂
Good on you locking the cards via their apps. 👍👍👍
People have been pro-asbestos dating back to Roman times, and even back then it is said they knew it was harmful as well. But used it anyway. 😆
That’s true enough, I guess we were formed & forged out of necessity. If you wanted to surf web well, you had to figure all kinds of shit out. If you wanted to pirate, same deal. Watch porn? Better delete that web history, but also make it look believable.
It was baked into our brains at a young, impressionable age. And we absorbed it all.
Now these kids don’t seem to know how to do shit. Frustrating. They should be tech savvy.
I’d have to look into it more, but my gut tells me the CHIPS act & ‘Build Back Better’ was filled to the brim with pork & bullshit. You’d have to parse through, line by line, and take out all the shit. And hope all the changes get passed & implemented, and of course you’re still touting the worthless name of a project that your people hate that you didn’t even create. Or just blindly trust your opponent’s judgment calls & let it roll through, based on “just trust me, bro”. Nooooo thank you. Why bother?
With stuff like this, it tends to be easier & more expedient to take it behind the shed & shoot it. Replace it with your distinctly different, branded equivalent.
However. If this is true, it appears that Trump didn’t fully raze the CHIPS act & merely revamped it, is taking credit for it. Like you said. CHIPS must have been pretty true to cause.
Probably just lean super heavily on Taiwan, and Taiwan is also pledging to build a chip factory in the US. Georgia area, IIRC.
Batteries fucking suck. Can’t live with 'em, can’t live without 'em…but they’re always saying we’re on the cusp of an exciting new battery technology. Lately, they’re touting the idea of better, more efficient sodium batteries with all organic components.
While obviously it has a ways to go to reach working parity with lithium, there are also some big pros when it comes to safety & the ridiculous availability of sodium. If we can switch to sodium batteries, China takes a fucking massive hit.
Well, then broadcasters might be beholden to the whims of the government. Certain content might be promoted, and other content suppressed.
Yes, if your battery posts are corroded to shit you just stick that thing on there & twist it around, rub up & down, and it cleans the crud off.
Once the battery post is clean & connection made, I’d recommend a protective spray or even a nice, thick layer of petroleum jelly. Keeps it nice. 👌
It shouldn’t affect their operations much at all, but it might act as deterrent for people to join up or continue. Or keep evidence just hanging around.
It’s hard to fully cover your tracks. Even harder to deny when you are successfully traced, then you are found to be in possession of things related to the crime. Like Luigi…wtf…he kept the 3D printed gun, he kept the manifesto, I mean step one you dump, destroy evidence.
Sorry about your car! I hate that.
In an age where people are prone to feeling isolated & alone, for various reasons…this, unfortunately, is filling the void(s) in their life. I agree, it’s not healthy or best.
No, I basically get the same read as OP. Idk I like to think I’m rational enough & don’t take things too far, but I like my car. I like my tools, people just get attached to things we like.
Give it an almost human, almost friend type interaction & yes I’m not surprised at all some people, particularly power users, are developing parasocial attachments or addiction to this non-human tool. I don’t call my friends. I text. ¯\(°_o)/¯
Not all of us live in cities, nor would we ever want to. I do not have access to public transportation to take me to & from one of my jobs.
If you are able, yes, kind of amazing perks & I’d use it. It would certainly save me more than a little money in car insurance, maintenance, fuel, potential for accidents, etc. But it is not a feasible option, specifically for me.
Okay…now that the left is finding every reason to hate on Tesla, allow me to help: this is, and always has been, a massive fucking myth. It never was more energy efficient than a regular ICE vehicle.
Mainly because of its construction. Mining the cobalt, etc for the batteries is very energy intensive. Then there’s the tires. AFAIK, you can’t just throw any old tires on a Tesla vehicle. You have to buy their special tires with all these sensors in them. I think there are knockoffs, but still. You also have to change the tires more frequently than traditional ICE vehicles, because they wear out faster, because the Teslas are heavier. A car weighs as much as an SUV or truck (3,582 lbs - 4,065 lbs), the Model X Plaid weighs 5390 lbs, and the Cybertruck weighs 6000-7000 lbs.
The damage doesn’t stop with the vehicle itself; we must also consider the impact of heavier vehicles on the roads. It will also cause the roads to wear out faster than normal.
Unless it’s crashed or burned in protest or whatever, IIRC, a Tesla vehicle can redeem itself from its massive environmental cost to produce & such. But only after many hundreds of thousands of miles on the road, and by the time that occurs, you’ll need to replace the battery. “Tesla batteries can last between 300,000 to 500,000 miles, which translates to about 1,500 battery charge cycles.” Kiss another $13K - $20K goodbye to swap out that battery for a new one.
So with its far simpler & straightforward construction out of readily available material, coupled with a sprawling existing infrastructure…the ICE car is more eco-friendly and cheaper to operate! And the hybrid vehicles are better than both full-electric & ICE, best of both worlds.
American? Fellow American?
Just wondering. Because “going Home Alone” on anyone who tried to kick you off is a terrible idea. Americans are used to the idea of behaving like a little shit without suffering negative consequences, or at least they’re delayed for years & years because of “your rights”…Asian countries, especially as a foreigner? You have no rights. Fuck your rights. Be polite, be respectful, comply, or you are almost guaranteed to have strong negative consequences.
Asian countries like Japan look & behave like they do because they have a strong moral order that is rigorously enforced. I think maybe 7-8 years ago, I saw they developed a non-lethal high power bean bag cannon that, when it hits you in your center mass, will make you sit your ass down & reconsider your life choices. IIRC, as you’re doing that, I think the cannon can deploy an electrified net to further disable you.
Your best bet is to be a fairly well-off, fully legal, kind, polite country hermit. That assimilates to their culture.
Joke, it’s not real