ThePowerOfGeek

As if the general increase in unwanted reboots and sequels hitting the big screen isn’t bad enough, now we have generic ‘faith-based’ slop coming in too. Urgh.

Disqualifying in a social sense? Unfortunately, yes I think it would be. It doesn’t matter how awesome your husband is, for a significant chunk of the American electorate, a candidate’s calibre is eclipsed by the voters’ prejudices. And there is a hysteria-level paranoia towards LGBT folks among these people.

It took ages for a Catholic to be elected President due to evangelical paranoia about ‘papists’. And we still haven’t elected a woman, which is insane when you consider women make up half of the electorate. We did have a black guy elected twice, but that was due to a few mitigating factors: a) the timing was right (in the sense that he ran when diversity was seen as more acceptable); b) he was ridiculously charismatic; c) he was also half white; d) he was a Protestant Christian (despite what the ‘secret Muslim’ clowns kept screaming).

IMO it sucks that someone’s orientation, ethnicity, gender, religion, or heritage still bars so many good candidates from running (because this isn’t just a case of the visible candidates like Harris, Buttigieg, or even the likes of Carson, Hilary Clinton, or Palin getting denied at the final hurdle; many candidates never make it close to running due to these biases). But this is the ass-backwards, self-immolating world we live in.

They are basically more digital data versions of LifeLock. And we all know the legal issues they ran into for disingenuous products/services.

That would be hilarious, honestly.

I hope this is a billboard on the Canadian side of the border that’s pointing towards the US.

Agreed. And now is the time to try that. The Democrat party is infused with corruption and incompetence. From Schumer’s spinelessness, to Fetterman’s and Newsom’s profound lack of integrity.

There needs to be a genuine grassroots movement with real momentum to push back hard against the insanity of the Republicans.

This threatens to be a bigger brain drain than just elite University-level scientists. I know of several US IT professionals who are in the process of getting European citizenship through parent and grandparent eligibility. And some of these are moderate conservatives, not just liberals. There’s a lot of unease at least on the coasts.

I’m weighing up moving back to the UK myself. After over two decades I had never felt the need to even consider this before now. Hopefully it won’t come to that, not least because it would mean uprooting my entire family, it works be a big headache, and because I know the UK isn’t a bed of roses right now either. But the way shit is rapidly unraveling here in the US, I might not have a choice in a few years.

I’m not sure, but probably. I know there was a guy who was in a maximum security prison and often put in solitary confinement for long stretches who said in an interview that he learned to go into a meditative state and project himself into fully immersive scenes of his own creation. And he could do that for hours on end and at will.

Given the context, no I don’t think you are being aloof. They both knew what they were doing, and no amount of toadying up to you can make up for that.

Additionally, there’s are some pretty nice free plugins for Java Minecraft server (e.g. Deluge) that allow Bedrock users to play on it too - from a PC, Xbox, PlayStation, phone, or whatever.

Oh no, that’s giving me Game of Thrones / ASOIAF / George RR Martin / King Bran vibes!

I agree with this. Unfortunately it was mostly because she’s a woman. But it’s also because she hits towards the end of the window of each beat. To a lot of people that makes it sound like she’s late or that her timing is wrong. But technically that’s not accurate. It’s the same problem Ringo Starr had. He got a lot of shit for the same thing, but he was also a good drummer.

ETA: I freakin’ love the stuff he made with the Raconteurs. Their first album was a bit hit or miss, but the next two have been great IMO. But definitely a different sound from the White Stripes.

Pretty much. Over the last couple of weeks he’s stolen all the money he would have got from the government as part of that contract. So now he wants to bail on the obligation part.

Are you on the ground floor? If not then maybe whatever is below you is really warm and the heat is coming up through the floor. But I guess in that case the floor would feel warmer.

Elon Musk is the walking talking embodiment of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

since everyone here including Americans themselves seems to have a deep hate towards America and the values it stands for

C’mon, seriously? This has to be a troll post. Either that or this is the most absurd generalization I’ve heard in quite a while. And given the state of the media right now, that’s saying something.

There’s a difference between ‘no stupid questions’ and ‘extremely inflammatory and reactionary questions’.

Oh I’m not looking to win a war against them in this situation. I’m just wanting to see someone annoy Musk’s little minions. It’s purely a prank. And it would be in addition to a much broader strategy against modern Nazis in general.

Sure works be a shame if skunk spray got repeatedly leaked into that DOGE minion’s living areas on the 6th floor, wouldn’t it.

Fire isn’t a material. It’s the effect of a change in state of other materials. It exists in the same way that freezing or photosynthesis exists.

Having encountered plenty of disagreeable and rude reddit users over the years, they’re bragging about getting over a reeeeeaaaaally low bar!