Mostly because people aspire to be billionaires. Society would be much better off if people aspired to be hurricanes.

No Flinching by Stephen King. It’s a good book, but you really have to go back and start with the Mr. Mercedes series.

Lol I was telling a coworker about that the other day and they called me a weirdo. Best way to eat popcorn and keep your hands clean!

My stove won’t preheat, I guess because it’s a safety issue. Apparently you can set a remote start capability ahead of time that gets reset if you open the over door. But I’ve never tried it, since that seems like a lot.

I’m starting to think having my dick out this whole time hasn’t been working.

I got new appliances a couple weeks ago and they’re all “smart”. Turns out a smart microwave just sends you a phone notification when it’s done. By default.

As someone with multiple people living in the house, I can confidently say this is the dumbest “smart” feature ever. Promptly disabled.

That’s exactly what I was expecting! I wrote down everything I needed. Took some pictures. Went to a buddies house and had him look at my list and pics. Then went to the store, bought the water heater and pieces, and got it all in one shot.

It’s the closest I’ve ever come to greatness.

Awesome! I replaced my water heater a couple years ago - and managed to do it with just a single trip to Home Depot! Felt like a goddamn boss.

Still mad that they fucked up KSP2. I realize it was a different studio, but I’m not happy about it.

55.1 percent of Americans viewed Elon Musk unfavorably, while 37 percent had a favorable opinion

How is this possible? I’m convinced you can do the worst shit imaginable and 30% of people will still support it, no matter what.

I wake up every day asking that same question.

When Chipotle got a new CEO (Brian Niccol, who has since become the Starbucks CEO) a few years back, they were headquartered in Denver. But the CEO lived in Newport Beach. So they brought in a consulting management firm to examine where the best place in the country was for them to have their corporate headquarters.

After weeks of analysis - surprise, surprise - they determined that the best place they could possibly have a corporate headquarters was in Newport Beach, where the CEO lived.

So they fired most of their corporate workers and moved the office to be closer to the CEOs house.

Requiem for a Dream is one of those movies that everyone should see exactly once.

Edit: My bad, that was ATA. My mind internationally blanked most of that movie out.

🤢🤮

Ramos says 38% of the U.S. military are noncitizens, and believes thousands are being deported for non-violent crimes.

Holy shit that’s wild. I had no idea the numbers were that high. I always knew the military targeted poor people, but didn’t realize how nearly half of them weren’t citizens.

I’ve bought so many Humble Bundles over the years, including the Humble Monthly thing, that the majority of games in my library are games I’ve never heard of or have no interest in.

Didn’t Twitter get rid of timestamps?

Which kind of blows my mind. Coal miners should love EVs. There was a story in the news a few years ago about how nice it was for the miners to help someone in an EV, as if they should be mortal enemies.

Non-EV cars don’t run on coal, they run on gasoline. EVs on the other hand can run on coal, natural gas, solar, wind, you name it - and still are more energy efficient than cars burning gasoline. In a sane world, coal miners would be throwing their support behind electric vehicles. The utility companies seem to understand this, but seems like the support hasn’t made its way up the supply chain.

Not just photographing. She said:

Photographing, reporting and disseminating such men’s images online will be a piece of cake.

So feel free to take pics of her peeing and post them online.

Here are some sample questions

• Recall five unrelated words, such as: “rose, chair, hand, blue, spoon.” (You will be asked to repeat them immediately after the test-taker gives them to you, and then again later, toward the end of the test.)
• Count backwards from 100 by seven. You also may be asked to calculate using currency, such as determining what change you might expect from your $20 bill if you were charged $13.55.
• How many words can you name in one minute that start with F? (Or you might be asked to name words that fit a category, like fruits.)
• Identify animals from pictures (such as a zebra or tiger).
• To test your visual perception, you may be asked to identify objects drawn within a jumble of other objects. Or, you may be asked to draw a picture (such as a cube) based on a drawing shown on the test form.
• The “clock test”—common in many dementia exams—is part of the MoCA dementia test. The test administrator will ask you to draw the face of a traditional (non-digital) clock, as well as to illustrate a specific time.
• Your ability to think abstractly may be tested by asking you to determine the relationships between objects—for instance, how trains and boats are similar to each other

So yeah… we have a president who is bragging about being able to draw a clock and tell you that trains and boats are both methods of transporting people. JFC we are so fucked.