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But I haven't watched the Simpsons in over a decade, and I avoid the news whenever possible. So I'm kind of surprised I did as well as I did. It was basically a coin flip for most of them.

Jagr_68 posted...

Why don't people just quit twitter if they fucking care about sticking it to that jerkoff...

Because quitting means they forfeit any kind of benefits they might get. Being fired means they can still get things like unemployment.

EDIT: Also, wrongful termination lawsuits are definitely a thing. And there is definitely a case to be made for them in this situation. So putting up with it until Elon fires you means a potentially sizeable payout.

mustachedmystic posted...

Timing. Id imagine a lot of people werent yet comfortable buying things online in 1998.

Less timing and more absolute negligent stupidity from the execs.

"Pets.com lacked a workable business plan and lost money on nearly every sale because, even before the cost of advertising, it was selling merchandise for approximately one-third the price it paid to obtain the products." - Wiki

EDIT: Also,

"Pets.com tried to build a customer base by offering discounts and free shipping, but it was impossible to turn a profit while absorbing the costs of shipping for heavy bags of cat litter and cans of pet food within a business field whose conventional profit margins are only two to four percent."

2-4% margins to start with, and that's with already established customer bases in brick-and-mortar stores at the time. There was literally zero chance their company was ever going to work.

I call her out for being a liar since she is clearly currently on a date with a man who is vaccinated.

I probably then ask the waitress for the check.

I don't think there is one currently.

NeoShadowhen posted...

Probably a waste of time

I don't know about that. Biden did just make a big push for it at a federal level a month ago. And with the Dems managing to control the senate after midterms, they might actually be able to get something done soon. Especially with the MORE Act already passing in the House in April.

I've been pretty pessimistic about marijuana legislation for a long time. But even I have to admit that the tide finally seems to be turning.

As a person who's spent their entire life struggling with severe biological depression........no, I can't say that I remember that.

If I wasn't paying for it, sure.

Vegy posted...

https://i.imgur.com/JfTKQuC.jpg

Lol, he's hyping it up too much

Well if he announces he's forming a new party, he'll be right. It will be an incredibly important day. Though mostly because he'll split the conservative vote and effectively destroy both his own party and the Republican party simultaneously.

I wasn't surprised that either of them went Republican.

I am surprised that anybody gives their opinions the time of day. Especially fucking Cryrie Irving.

Of course not. The council was right, and Anakin proved that by falling to the dark side almost immediately.

Absolutely not. I judge them more harshly, if anything. Get over yourself and get off the damn road if you're no longer capable of driving on it safely.

Already watched it. I love his stuff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write-in_candidate

That was surprisingly interesting.

I'm not a big Star Wars nerd, haven't watched any of the shows at all, and my entire Star Wars experience comes from the movies and a handful of video games. But even I know who Ahsoka is and that she's super popular. WTF?

baiken2 posted...

We all know how her story ends regardless if you are a big fan of the series or not.

We knew how the prequel trilogy would end regardless, but we still wanted to see it.

Chose other.

Technically speaking, most of the clothes I've bought recently have been from stuff like creators' merch stores or game-related things, which kind of inherently are online. But if I'm going out to buy some new shirts for work, or general stuff like socks and undershirts, I pretty much always go to a physical store for them.

ellis123 posted...

This will eventually lead into two scenarios: we come up with a solution that removes the space debris or we effectively lose out on ever meaningfully going to space due to being "locked" onto our planet due to the requirements of leaving it becoming to great.

This is kind of right, but also pretty wrong. Kessler syndrome is the runaway chain reaction of orbital debris crashing into other satellites, creating more debris, etc. It basically results in a shell of debris surrounding the planet at whatever orbital heights it occurred. But we absolutely DO NOT have Kessler Syndrome currently. It's just a potential disaster we need to be careful to avoid.

The biggest misconception that I hear about this all the time is that Kessler Syndrome will essentially mean we are "locked in" to Earth and unable to get back out into space until the debris in the shell gradually falls back down and burns up in the atmosphere. This couldn't be further from the truth. Kessler Syndrome only locks us out of using that particular orbital height. It's not a solid wall of debris circling the planet. Even with Kessler Syndrome, the debris shell is still mostly empty space, kind of like atoms. We could still punch through that shell and get into outer space or higher elevation orbits with relative ease. The amount of material that would need to be in that debris shell in order to actually lock us in is practically inconceivable.

Tyranthraxus posted...

The movie version also came first. It was such a good scene that it inspired the others.

The game I give a pass to because, y'know, graphics/game engine limits and whatnot. But the animation can literally do ANYTHING and they somehow made Superman throwing double-super-haymakers look like a wimp.

It's weird that the movie version is the best one.

Musk is an idiot and I really can't stand him personally.

.....but he's putting his money towards (mostly) the right things. Electric vehicles (less reliance on fossil fuels in general, really) and spaceflight are two of the most important advancements humanity can work towards. And he's bankrolling the leaders in both of those industries. So I think in the end he's been a net positive so far.

Southernfatman posted...

How anyone can think Russia is in the right about all this is bizarre. You have to be a complete scumbag to think so.

Propaganda is a powerful thing. Let's be real, the only news many Russian citizens get comes from Putin. If you control the information, you control the people.

The only thing I can hope for in this situation is that the Russian people who are taking these kids in are not in Putin's pocket and are doing so in order to keep them safe until they can go home.

Realistically, there's probably like a 0.000000000001% chance of that. But...I mean, you gotta hope for something, right?

Fuck Putin. He's basically Adolf 2.0.

Most of the time I literally could not care less what color someone's eyes are.

But I've known 2 black girls in my life with blue eyes, and I could NOT stop staring at either of them. The piercing blue contrasted with the dark skin tone was mesmerizing. I could've gotten lost in them for days. Shame they were both taken, but also not surprising in the slightest.

So according to the wife, the husband had been pushing the stroller all day. But they weren't allowed to bring the stroller into the water show. So the wife gave her husband a break, taking the baby for the show. And then some mime tries to shame the husband for being lazy.

The mime should stop being lazy himself and learn a real talent.

To be fair...those are little childrens' costumes. It would look pretty slutty if a fully grown woman tried wearing a costume that small.

Alteres posted...

No no and no.

That is for a non electrical system, the pedaling is what actively raised and lowered the needle.

You believe they were using an entire wrought iron system as an on off switch?

The pedal is a speed control. Not the on-off switch.

I say this as the son of a man who's owned an upholstery business for over 50 years. I've seen a sewing machine or two. Many electric machines have the speed control on a floor pedal, because you're using both hands to manipulate the fabric.

Kitt posted...

Isn't that what masturbation is?

No, that's like lifting weights. There is no sparring mode, though. Which is a damn shame and I hope the devs add that soon.

I love that his username is "Sovereign Citizen 5.0", implying he's already tried 4 times and failed all of them.

But I bet he's got such a good feeling about this time!

It's not the face. It's the body.

The overalls and sleeves are giving off weird uncanny valley vibes. It seems so out of place with such an obviously stylized animated face.

It would be a coin flip between Skies of Arcadia or Bioshock.

I want a Forbidden West PC release before I'm buying Zero Dawn for a second time.

Sports team.

Though that's mostly because I have more of them. Video game shirts you have to actively go looking for. But sports team shirts are not only WAY easier to find, but also pretty common gifts. So I have way more of them.