“Mah favorite SQUISHIE!”

“HALP!”

It’s really too bad the state does have, I don’t know, laws against corruption and fraud……

Only matter of time before we get our rainbow-glitter cat.

I uh, think you’re interrupting something.

probably plotting world domination now that they have the orange brain cell. (i’d watch that movie, lol. Cats! but with a dash of despicable me and good music.)

Stanford is a THEIF.

HE STOLE THE ONE ORANGE BRAINCELL!

(and apparently “orange” is contagious. What a cat, though… give him the scritches he likes, for me?)

Okay, if you think someone is being abducted- and yeah, she was- Don’t just stand their fucking recording on your camera.

CALL 911!

Those badges they pulled out? You can just buy them on your own. It’s not illegal. No crime is committed unless you actually impersonate cops.

if a cop flashes a tin shield, check their ID, not the badge. Cops are legally obligated to identify themselves. The badge is meaningless without the ID. You can get much, much less expensive options that would pass at a casual distance. Fun fact, it’s also perfectly legal to buy the full uniform, as well as the patches. one of my coworker collects agency patches the same way motorcamper types collect state patches.

The point being, we’re in Nazis America, and brownshirts are gonna be pretending to be cops.

You have a cat pillow. You ARE the cat pillow.

they weren’t, exactly.

neither the pyramids nor the coliseum in rome was ever truly lost to be rediscovered.

The Coliseum wasn’t even necesarily ‘abondoned’, but had rather been repurposed for workshops and housing after it was damaged in earthquakes, and in any case there just wasn’t the interest in the games there used to be. It costs money and resources to keep things up. especially old things, and the people who owned it found that, keeping the games going simply weren’t worth it.

For they pyramids… they were only ‘rediscovered’ by western people. Keep in mind, they were tombs, massive, expensive-to-maintain tombs. for long-dead rulers. Nobody went inside them becuase they’re tombs, and in any case, nobody kept them up because, again, it costs money and resources to do that. And as for exploring their chambers… it takes a certain kind of arrogance to do that, too.

In other places, like the pyramids in south america, they’re lost because the civilization that built them died out, and the jungle reclaimed that land, hiding them. (mayan temples, for example.) Others were, similar to the egyptian pyramids, never actually lost to the culture that built it.

You may notice a trend here. These places are old, and take money, resources and effort to maintain. When times are hard, no one is spending it on upkeeping something that just sits there. not unless there’s a very important reason to do so.

I mean, I don’t know about you, but my trained attack bears have custom machined brass knuckles. only the best for my trained bears.

Mennonites (and Amish) aren’t necessarily against vaccines. vaccination rates are low, but that has less to do with the vaccine and more just generally distrusting doctors (who have abused their trust.) Vaccines and modern health care aren’t against their teachings.

You’re right, it is bad data. But- if this scares some one who’s hesitant into keeping their kids safe, I’m not gonna apologize. She had five kids. Lost one because of a stupid fucking decision, and as this goes on, it’s only going to get worse.

I checked the rate of autism, not very authoritatively, mind, 1 in 36 are diagnosed. So if you have a better rate on that, I’d be happy to update.

As for if it’s the vaccine causing autism? The study they all sight used 12 kids that all had autism and all had the then-modern MMR vax. Pretty sure they all wore clothes. Also pretty sure they all ate pb&js.

hmmm… even if vaccines caused autism (they don’t,) 1 out of 36 kids with autism vs 1 out of 5 dead.

yeah. what a dumbass.

Regal and majestic, sure.

But also cute.

“Jury tampering”… she bribed jurors with tote bags of cash left on their doorstep.

Mense area, your honor.

Batman is an example. Batman is a human being with a brilliant intellect, which is not a problem, but being a human being without powers, he manages to be more intelligent than aliens superior to humans, he manages to be a MASTER in all martial arts and no matter who the opponent is, he is always prepared and can win. Any writer who dares to create a female character with these characteristics would be attacked and called woke

Is he? or is he a rich fucking Neppo Baby running around in tights, cape and a mask, and you just assume he’s brilliant because he bought all his lab equipment or had it built?

Batman/Bruce Wayne is far from perfect. For example, the “good” he brings with his vigilantism is no where near the good he brings if he were simply taxed into obsolescence. and he’s pretty shit at crimefighting, too, frequently causing more harm than the people he’s stopping. (“oopsie, I blew up another factory causing a massive chemical spill.” with Joker going “And you get a super power, and you get a super power, and YOU get a super power. EVERYBODY GETS A SUPERPOWER!”)

as for always being prepared, that’s not how the pro forma story arc goes. First he gets into a fight, gets his ass kicked and then runs and hides in his batcave while the labtechs whip up the perfect solution for him.

Put another way, He’s what Musk wishes to be.

There are many other examples, just watch any Japanese isekai anime

The vast majority of which is geared towards teenage boys who are just discovering boobies, and most the protagonists are male simply to cater to their audience.

In any case, while yes, criticising mary sues is definitely more extensive than gary stus- and we both know why- there are plenty of gary stu’s to hate. (pretty much anything played by tom cruise, for example.)

Fucking do it. Let’s get this knock out drag out fight started.

thermostats don’t run off what the temperature is outside.

usually, they have set points- heat comes on if the temperature goes below x, cooling/air conditioning comes on if it goes above y.

Does your system have a physical outside sensor for temperature? or is it pulling that information off the internet? your immediate location and how you’re situated on your property (plus things like how well your home is insulated, the color, how many windows you have… etc,) has more to do with how hot it gets inside. Or, for example, if you get a lot of sunlight coming in, it can heat up the house with it being horribly cold outside.

Regardless, if it’s not staying comfortable, look for a “heat and cool” option and then adjust the set points to within a more comfortable range. keep in mind that will cause energy costs to go up as it’s now actively heating or cooling more. (This time of year plays merry hell with HVAC systems,)

no but I can keep restarting the count down. I’ll get it right one of these times.

chaos in 10… 9…

What an awful way to get a divorce.