This mom?

Seldom can a face induce so many intrusive thoughts…

Basically he chose to undergo some exposure therapy that probably felt an awful lot like the bullying he experienced as a kid.

It’s tragic he never got a chance to grow up and mature into a healthy and balanced individual. Instead, he appears to have institutionalized himself into the perpetual social pariah.

Fuck him. He could be better. He has every single resource anyone could ever want or need (wouldn’t be surprised if he even had personal nukes at this point), but instead of finding a path toward healing, he just continues to do dumb shit like flagellating himself with hostile gamers to fuel his internal rage and hatred.

Got their CD when it first came out. The weirdest track ran along a ring of little brush tufts coming out of the CD surface. This band had some serious experimentalism happening.

Unfortunately, you’ll need to settle for Whistlin Diesel for now.

Although, it was pretty entertaining in a Jackassian Park kind of way.

I’d wager my odds of knowing are better than that of the average person, but it’s true, lack of knowledge does not represent lack of existence. It would be nice if some special units somewhere train exactly for that scenario.

How so? As far as I know, the 20-year pension plan is still in place. And yeah, the TSP equity funds were affected, but you’d be surprised how ignorant and apathetic a huge portion of military members are about the TSP and completely unaware of vehicles like the Roth IRA. Plus, that’s all future money, in some case far future. Much less personal impact, as it’s easier to think only about the present. That’s why many aren’t getting all worked up about loss of earned benefits that will only matter years from now once they’ve been discharged. Plus, many Jr enlisted don’t have enough discretionary income to even contribute to a TSP on a meaningful level.

Don’t worry, I’m sure Congress will spring into action any moment now. Yup, definitely any moment…I mean, what’s the point of even having checks and balances if they won’t check or balance?

As much as we would love to believe the officer’s oath (and the enlisted oath, diluted as it is by the president clause) carries water and protects us, the historical precedent of militaries says troops are loyal to their paychecks and, to a somewhat lesser extent, benefits. As long as the soldiers continue to be financially compensated, they won’t rebel and will actively work against rebellions. When they stop being compensated, they’ll become passive and will step aside for a rebellion. Some may even defect and join the rebellion, but only if they think its success will benefit them. Sorry to be cynical, but without a strong charismatic and revered general or admiral to follow, troops will never self-activate to “defend their oath.”

Look up the fall of Samuel Doe in Liberia or the Vodka rebellion leading up to Kerensky’s coup in Russia. The military is ever just hired goons. If the military were truly a circuit breaker against illegal autocracy, then they’d be doing exercises and drills to train for the day they’d have to “defend the constitution” from a domestic threat. To my knowledge, no such “uncoup the coup” drill has ever been conducted.

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Oh crap, you have a bloody nose? Well don’t worry, I happen to have a tourniquet handy…

This kind of message might possibly work…if their education system taught how to read.

There is no magical way out of this — there will be blood.

It’d really suck if they became so out of touch with reality that they forgot what pitchforks and Halifax Gibbets are. Suck for them, I mean.

You may enjoy listening to his episode of freakonomics: Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears

Some people will spend a lot of money to have the benefit of some control over their ambience. Home location choices. Choice to have a personal vehicle vs. public transportation. Purchasing expensive noise cancelling headphones…

Geez, it’s almost as if this is one of the most contagious pathogens known to humankind. If only there were some way to protect against it :'(

As foretold by the prophetical Team American: World Police

I had to do a tripletake when I saw your post. Yours look almost exactly like mine, down to the exact same facial expressions. It felt surreal to see someone else posting pictures of my cats in an unfamiliar house.

Reminds me of this cute lil short story: https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/treks-end/

Well hey there kitty twin!

Boo-urns!

My resume/rap sheet lists neither of those labels explicitly, but I’m sure it’s a little of both.