Anyone who needs to be reminded to drink water deserves a Darwin award.

All true! But in the end, they still affect my life, so I do have to care what’s said, even if it is a bot or a filthy Russian.

Last time I attended a service all I could think was, “How would you explain that you spent $250,000 on the sound system?”

Took my step-son to that same church to witness me voting, trying to set an example. It was like a mini-mall in there.

Sarcastic child: “Dude! Do they have a Starbucks too?!”

Their gun laws are strict, compared to America. But the notion that Europeans and other first-world citizens can’t have guns is far from the truth. Hell, some laws are looser. Most (all?) Europeans can buy a suppressor, and I gather those are mandated in some places, or at least you’re frowned upon for not having one.

One of my favorite GunTubers was visiting and interviewing in a central European gun shop (forget the country, sorry) and I was like, “Well, shit. They can buy about anything we can buy!”

America doesn’t have a gun problem. America has a culture problem. I could tell you a dozen stories of idiot Americans not understanding the laws we already have. Many of those idiots are dead or in prison.

Isreal’s genocide has dramatically changed opinions. I was always for Isreal; we American’s love an underdog! Yeah, no longer. Now I say that Israel has forfeited their right to exist.

Now imagine all the people who hate Jews as an extension of Israeli policy. Fuck me, people hated the man who played Joffrey on Game of Thrones and Rose from Star Wars! It’s less of a jump for such people to say, Israel evil -> Jews evil.

Dad lived a life of violence when he was young. He advised me to attack the weapon, not the man. This guy focused on the weapon, not beating ass. Good on him.

I do because it affects our politics. Where do you think Trump came from? Born straight out of Fox News propaganda.

He’s absolutely correct. Giving a BJ gets saliva and oxygen flowing. Morning breath is from your mouth “sitting still” all night, closed and dry.

#3 and all?! 😆

Come to Florida and meet the Palmetto Bugs. First time I encountered one in the dark I thought it was a bat.

Great story inbound!

Named my router FBI Surveillance Van #3 back in 2015 or so. Thought nothing of it.

Next door neighbor told me the weed dealer at the end of the block was losing his mind, asking if neighbor had seen the van on his wi-fi! Best part, the weed man was just far enough away for the signal to fade in and out, like a roving vehicle. No one ever told him. 😆

EDIT: Long as I’m doing dumb tech stories…

Printed one of those “voice activated printer” signs for the company printer. Figured someone would have a giggle. Walking by, I caught my co-worker yelling, “PRINT! PRINT! Damn you! PRINT!” and giving the printer the evil eye. She was not amused. At all.

Keep on looking at eBay! If you don’t have to have an exact model, sometimes you can score deals. I outfitted my 486SX with cards from Romania for cheap!

Hate not so much for AI in and of itself, my ire is the resource use for one. We were already draining aquifers that took thousands of years to fill and now we’re burning even more for datacenters (DCs).

To top it off, America’s western deserts are the best place for DCs. No natural disasters, stable and predictable weather, tectonically inactive. Every time I’ve had to pick a primary or backup DC, I’d hit one in Las Vegas or somewhere out west. (This experience was pre-AI.)

These DCs are burning power and causing higher bills to consumers, which is just fucking obscene. States should legislate that DCs have to bring at least some of their own, dedicated renewables, and pay a premium to the power company for the extra stress and maintenance on the grid. These costs should not touch customers, residential or business.

Maybe even worse is the economic aspect. Have a look at the current Buffett Index, the ratio of the total United States stock market to GDP. We topped 200% for the first time, ever. For comparison, the Great Depression and Great Recession were around 120-130%. This “extra” stock market valuation is all due to AI speculation.

So for all the other whining lemmy does about AI, it’s the ecosystem and economic disasters it’s creating that we’ll all remember when the bubble pops.

Audience: No way all those nerds were actually that good looking. Don’t believe it.

Exactly what I’ve been screaming for a few years now. Caught dragging an internet line? Hang the captain and the first mate, on the fucking spot, put the crew ashore at the next beach, take what you want from the ship, make it a new artificial reef.

These filthy fucking Russians are non-stop testing, as are the Chinese in the South China Sea, and now the US in the Caribbean. There are all pirates, treat them as such.

I subbed for a couple of months because the model blew my hair back, wanted to see more pics and see what here videos were like. Only wrote her once to say I appreciated the hard work and creativity she put in on makeup, promotion and costumes. Because of all that, I figured she deserved a few bucks.

Anyway, got bored with it. If I had the sort of money where $10/mo. wasn’t even noticeable, I’d probably have just let it ride.

Crazy is almost always good in bed, that’s why we keep falling for it over and over.

Love Ian!

Unless those vibrate, they’re too short to be of use.

Did you mean to say “avocadoes”? Got 2 rotting in my fridge right now. :(