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Well I don’t know about the President saying the n word on live tv Chuck, but here’s the point: the do-nothing Democrats hate this man so much, they’re not even taking the context in which he said it into account
Tuesday, 03-Mar-20 03:27:13 UTC from web -
Can’t wait to go into work today and get asked a million times, “did you hear about Beth?” Yes. I heard.
Monday, 02-Mar-20 20:20:19 UTC from web -
I'm sure it's not nearly so simple in reality, but I feel like conquering climate change is a simple matter of banning some of the bad stuff with obvious alternatives (gas vs electric consumer vehicles, for example) and watching the market self-correct. But everyone is afraid to pull that lever because it could be political suicide.
Monday, 02-Mar-20 05:01:17 UTC from web-
@thismightbeauser An actual solution to the issue is deglobalization of economies and achieving food and industry autonomy in every relevant country, but good luck cutting the flow of shekel just like that. There is a reason any sort of nationalism is treated as evil incarnate by mainstream political parties and economic groups, a global market that depends on countries not being self-sufficient is extremely profitable, no one can stop buying or selling or their internal situation crumbles within months.
A secondary effect of this, while a positive from an environmental point of view, is that a lot of countries simply don't have the capacity to achieve food autonomy due to having bigger populations than their fertile land can sustain. Take Nigeria for example, <1 million km2 of surface with a rapidly growing population at 190 million right now. Without world trade the country would starve, and lead to open war in the region. -
@thismightbeauser So you not only need to completely reshape the economy of most countries but also need to regulate the population of each to levels their own land can sustain (without further destroying the environment to grow more crops)
Some countries have a food surplus of 10 times their internal consumption, so they can keep their current populations without issue. But what happens with a country that has a food deficit of say, 50% of consumption? the population has to be cut in half or starve. Either way, you have a disaster in your hands with no clean way to solve it. You can pick between genocide, mass starvation or civil war, neither acceptable by any humanitarian standard. And you can be sure it'll spill to neighbouring regions.
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@nerthos I think some of this makes sense, but I have a hard time believing that the world's current population level isn't sustainable, just that we haven't figured things out yet. There's a lot of junk produced that isn't necessary, or made in inefficient ways that could be cut out. I get what you're saying about deglobalization and the whole "buy local" slogan that environmentalists have been pushing kind of points back to that. Where do you draw the line though? Even goods shipped within larger countries like the US or China can travel vast distances before reaching their destination. Do those countries have to be split into regions then? People would probably be freaking out about that. No more California oranges in PA? No way! Probably not a great example due to Florida being closer, but still.
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I'm sad that I didn't get a chance to even consider Buttigieg, but I guess we still haven't had a woman president so having a gay one is asking *way* too much...
Monday, 02-Mar-20 05:04:04 UTC from web-
@thismightbeauser I was never big on Buttigieg. Guy felt so disingenuous to me. Still, I am disheartened that the youngest man in the field now is 77 years old.
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@mrmattimation I was never big on Buttigieg because I never knew anything about him and don't have any reason to find out now.
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How can people continue to believe this spraypainted bunghole
Saturday, 29-Feb-20 04:05:03 UTC from web-
@scribus I listen to him speak these days and wonder just what the hell all those people are hearing, because it's not what I'm hearing. Even if you some staunch, right-wing, anti-abortion anti-immigrant blowhard, you GOTTA be listening to him talk and wonder "man, something's not right with this guy's brain". His politics are irrelevant at that point, he talks like my grandmother with Alzheimer's
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@mrmattimation He looked next to death when he was rambling about how "one day, like a miracle, coronavirus will just go away." Pretty sure Mike Pence is eating his life force in an attempt to become a real boy.
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@scribus The trick about it is noticing everyone is lying out of their asses, and just picking the lies you like most out of what's on sale.
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I’m not too proud to admit I was wrong @nerthos was right. I am in fact, enjoying Fallout 76 a great deal.
Friday, 28-Feb-20 09:01:25 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@ceruleanspark i haven't played in a good while but it was less that i wasn't enjoying it, moreso that other games caught my interest. I've had a lot of fun with
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@mrmattimation I saw it on sale for £10 so I figured at that price, if I at least got some funny stories out of how busted it was, I’d have broken even, but now I’m level 30 and drugging new players with unlabelled Nukashine
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@ceruleanspark It has been so long that I don't remember what I told you regarding the game. Glad you're enjoying it, though.
AFAIK they've put some work in fixing the most glaring issues over the years, despite the crazy antics like the duping glitches and players chasing vips off the game.
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well, my dying friend is now my dead friend.
Sunday, 01-Mar-20 20:34:05 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation batcave, i'm so sorry
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@mrmattimation My condolences, man...
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new swole foods redesign http://rainbowdash.net/url/875452
Sunday, 01-Mar-20 01:50:54 UTC from web -
Super Tuesday is coming up and my candidate's at the bottom in polling. Sigh.
Sunday, 01-Mar-20 01:29:49 UTC from web -
I feel like even evil people can look at that guy and surmise that he's very, very, very bad at being evil and that you should probably find a more competent evil person
Saturday, 29-Feb-20 07:33:15 UTC from web- Scribus likes this.
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On the bright side, it’s probably a great time to get into the market.
Friday, 28-Feb-20 23:36:20 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Sure is cool watching a Fox News segment where they tell us that, actually, the market is up.... compared to 1929.
Friday, 28-Feb-20 23:35:50 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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...while wearing a t-shirt designed to prototype merchandise for said pilot... yeah
Friday, 28-Feb-20 09:11:39 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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In fact I was playing Red Dead Redemption 2 just now and felt guilty about it cuz I wasn’t working on that thing I should be working on.
Friday, 28-Feb-20 09:09:31 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Well, actually, being perfectly honest I don’t really have time for games anymore. 48 hour job + 30 minute animated pilot in the works = zero me time
Friday, 28-Feb-20 09:06:20 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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HOTELS IN LOS ANGELES ARE EXPENSIVE!!!!! TF!!!!!
Thursday, 27-Feb-20 08:02:46 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation So, there's this coffee shop in Hollywood that serves a "Turbo-Coke," a double espresso and a half-litre of Mexican Coca-Cola, that is somewhat less expensive than a hotel
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@scribus I don’t know why the idea of someone ordering a Turbo Coke and being asked “is Pepsi OK?” Is so funny to me but it just is
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@ceruleanspark It totally is XD
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2020’s probably gonna be a Trump vs Sanders race, which means the eventual winner will 100% die in office. Guess we’re really feeling the burn, eh America? http://rainbowdash.net/url/875450
Wednesday, 26-Feb-20 20:53:16 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Silent Hill Downpour isn’t as papayaty as I always assumed. Combat kinda sucks. It’s got the atmosphere though.
Tuesday, 25-Feb-20 07:10:41 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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My relief didn’t show up. (:
Tuesday, 25-Feb-20 00:28:19 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I came in on my day off to help in the deli. Lady who’s back here sees me with a line of customers, then looks directly at me and says “I take my break”. Disappears for almost a full hour. Then when I finally see a window to take my break, she looks directly at me and says “ok I go home now”.
Monday, 24-Feb-20 20:03:16 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation 'Salotta helpin'
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I can't tell if the russians are interfering again, or still (it's somehow both, isn't it?)
Sunday, 23-Feb-20 16:28:33 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@scribus I’m of the opinion that Russian trolls themselves are responsible for the more recent narrative about Russian interference. I mean, it’s what I would do if in was trying to sow discoed and dissent.
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@mrmattimation But when the forced narrative of interference interferes itself, it becomes self-fulfilling interfering! So, cubed now?
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I could go on for a while. Point is I eat a lot of free food.
Saturday, 22-Feb-20 22:15:58 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation One of the best parts of working in a school cafeteria, aside from it being a pretty chill job with mostly decent coworkers.
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And meatballs
Saturday, 22-Feb-20 22:15:40 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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And deviled egg salad
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And cucumber salad
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And coleslaw
Saturday, 22-Feb-20 22:15:02 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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And pasta salad
Saturday, 22-Feb-20 22:14:56 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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And potato salad
Saturday, 22-Feb-20 22:14:45 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I hate working in the deli. Worst job in the whole store. Only bright side is I get to sample every single meat and cheese under the sun
Saturday, 22-Feb-20 22:14:12 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Time for me to be a big boy and come out and admit that I don’t know the difference between bisexuals and pansexuals. I have heard each definition. My brain can not comprehend a difference.
Friday, 21-Feb-20 01:18:49 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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he says as if he doesn't walk around saying "I'M GAY" or some variation of every 5 seconds lol
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@tiff I always preferred label-free, anyway. Twenty years ago, I was "hetero" because "I may only be attracted to the opposite sex, but I'm not misogynistic or homophobic like those STRAIGHTS over there..."
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@scribus yeah we're breaking down all these identity norms anyway, may as well do away with it all and quit worrying about labels
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