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-ZIO- posted...

Having watched him from time to time and watching his update videos, I know the whole Completionist business was running on thin margins.

But was it though, or was that just more grift to try and guilt people into a patreon?

NeonBoobs posted...

Man, I didn't see a single prostitute when I was in my homeland of Japan smh. I was so disappointed

Did you not go walking about at night? I don't think I've had a single trip to Japan where I didn't get propositioned on the street. They were almost always Chinese girls though.

Monolith1676 posted...

Unemployment numbers can be completely low but actual numbers can be high since the numbers only count people "actively looking for work".

Sure, but that is only the widely reported U-3, if you look at the U-6 which does account for all that we are still around historically low for since we've been tracking it ( 1994)

https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_u_6_unemployment_rate_unadjusted

Blue Bell is very slow on expansion. For your basic flavors, the quality of ice cream cannot be beat. B&J's has wild mash-ups and mix-ins that are great and can't be easily duplicated.

https://bbcreameries.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blue-Bell-Territory-Map-New-Site-10-2023-001.png

SimulationSwarm posted...

Guys, this is the Julia Carpenter version of madame web. Shes not the old lady version were all familiar with

Sort of maybe, but not quite. Sweeney is actually playing Julia Carpenter, and Dakota is playing a character that is named like the old Madame Web, but visually looks like Jessica Drew. So I'm guessing that Dakota will be like Jessica Drew Spider-Woman but also with the future seeing of Madame Web. But there are already the three girls that will have various Spider monikers so who knows if they will even alias her.

Not a technical recession as of yet, but I think disparity accelerated post pandemic as the wealthy were better able to weather it and then capitalize off it. A sudden surge of price inflation and then increased interest rates to combat that has all worked to depress the quality of life for middle and lower classes.

The windfall for the upper class though coupled with higher prices has kept the money moving in the market at a consistent level.

So not exactly a recession, but we will need a new word or at least one I don't know currently to explain the evaporation of quality of life within the lower classes.

Undoubtedly fraud, you've had it for over a decade and have repeatedly on camera talked about where the money is going by specific organization name.

Possible theft, remember there is no guarantee that the money is in place anymore, the actual account information is not public. Wouldn't be the first people to "borrow" funds to make investments and think they will just put it back before anyone notices.

Of those GYBR, but I'd prefer "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" or "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"

Sry4PartyRockin posted...

Defensive driving>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a single car length regardless of what you're driving.

Defensive driving is about not having to deal with the hassle of minor accidents related to idiot drivers. The car is 100% lawfully in the right. They have the right of way and have no duty to yield to some idiot turning out into traffic. Video guy is going to get bent over if it goes to court.

ROBANN_88 posted...

what
the fuck did i miss here?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/30/us-evangelical-christians-israel-hamas-war

Broadly speaking, some evangelicals believe that Jewish people returning to Israel following the 1917 Balfour Declaration, a British statement which called for the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, was key to end times, when God will purge sinners and Jesus Christ will return.
John Hagee, an evangelical pastor and influential founder of Christians United for Israel, explained the prophecy to TBN Networks in December 2022.
God is getting ready to defend Israel in such a supernatural way its going to take the breath out of the lungs of the dictators on planet Earth but we are living on the cusp of the greatest most supernatural series of events the world has ever seen ready or not.
Hagee said when Jewish people are present in Israel the clock starts ticking on the rapture.

BurmesePenguin posted...

There's a pro-palestine aspect of the right or is it just a not very good way to depict neo nazis?

Ahh, I bet that is it, I couldn't figure it out either. But I also don't think it is accurate, while they are absolutely antisemetic they still support Israel because they think it is a requirement for the End Times.

SpawnShadow posted...

Pretty sure those are less used for the massages they were originally designed for, and more for use in masturbation.

Maybe the cheap ones, but you are mostly thinking of massage wands. If someone used a Theragun for masturbation they wouldn't have anything left. The guns aren't for vibration, they are for concussive impact.

Jagr_68 posted...

joe rohaine

defo not joe rogaine

IceCreamOnStero posted...

What would I even do in the 70s

With 5 Billion dollar? Whatever the fuck you wanted.

Just get the fries well done and you can stop complaining about them.

masterpug53 posted...

Well this topic took a wrong turn down Shitshow Boulevard right quick.

All the more reason why I refrain from having strong opinions on these types of cases and wait for due process to run its course. But I'm sure this makes me a coward for not taking "a stand."

Nah, you right, just not popular. The correct stance is support accusers but don't vilify the accused. Let the system handle things and hold the system accountable to ensure it is being a fair arbiter.

Just about the cheapest on the block. I wonder what the cleanup costs would be, I would guess it would list about 1.8 or 1.9 without the meth lab.

McSame_as_Bush posted...

Ken Buck gave a convoluted answer on CNN about why he wouldn't support Jordan but why he is going to vote for Johnson.

I think if Johnson were the pick a week or two ago that he might not have had the votes, but people like Buck are now willing to walk back their principles.

Basically this, if Johnson gets in then the moderates caved, but want to save some face by it not being Jordan that they already openly opposed. So now they can pretend that Johnson has some unidentifiable quality that makes him acceptable even though he is essentially the same as Jordan.

Heineken14 posted...

But it's not going to do that, and I think you very well know it won't do that.

Obviously the GOP is not going to go away, but the more pain and division between the two groups could cause a full on splintering, which would be good for helping to fully drive the MAGA's back out of government.

It is almost like 30+ years of succeeding at being obstructionists has given people within the party ideas when they don't get their way.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/0/9/AAAdjZAAE-EZ.jpg

Roachmeat posted...

That rule with only one member being able to vote out the current speaker needs to be kicked to the curve sooner than later. I'm assuming Kevin McCarthy already made the record books for shortest speaker term.

To be fair, that had always been the rule, the Democrats only changed it in 2019 probably from expecting that the Republicans would just bring a constant stream of votes on Speaker that were always destined to fail in an effort to prevent anything else.

ClayGuida posted...

It's a trap and that's how you get jordan as speaker

I'd hardly call it a trap, Democrats have no power in this situation. Hell, if Jeffries somehow managed to win the R's will just immediately vote as one and oust him. The R's have to figure it out or have enough of them just decide they have had it and the caucus is done and they will go vote with Dem's for the time being.

Also, people in general please stop the hand wringing about the government shutting down. This is a Republican House, we were always going to be shutting down for at least a few days this year. Nothing was going to stop that, they aren't willing to align with the Dem's and the victory margin is too slim to overcome the R's that ran on destroying the government.

Xenogears15 posted...

You may know the answer to this or not: can the current speaker pro tempre bring a temporary funding bill for the government to the floor? Because to me that will determine whether this is a bad thing or not.

By rule he cannot, but Congress is a whole "Who watches the Watchmen" situation, so there isn't really any way to stop it if he does other than every one freaking out and shutting it down. But if he brought it up and they voted then nothing would stop it. Even someone suing over it would take years to wind through the courts and who knows how the SC might go then, but given that it is budget they wouldn't try to undo it in any way. Hell, I actually think they might rule that if the House voted to pass what was brought up that was the same as voting to expand the pro tempore powers to allow for them to have brought it up in the first place.

streamofthesky posted...

Bruh, did you not see all the death threats they got from their own base merely for not voting for Jordan?
Imagine if some Reps actually voted for a Dem, how that unhinged base would react.

It'd be nice, but it's not happening. I think they're legit afraid for their lives if they did that.

Yeah, no R is voting for a D here, it would be a literal life risking proposition. And I don't think there is any R that the D's would trust to follow through on any concessions made verbally to them, so I think we are likely stuck with the R's having to figure it out and get everyone in line.

Only other out I could see is if the shutdown is going with no end in sight the D's just pick the least reprehensible R in the pool and push them over the line.

Tyranthraxus posted...

You'll never guess who dissented!!

Sorry I can't find a non shit website reporting on this at the moment. So here's a shit one:

https://www.americainsider.org/2023/10/22/supreme-court-reverses-major-decision/

Is this what they are talking about? https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/10/justices-allow-federal-government-continued-communication-over-social-media-content-moderation/

I'm trying to decide if americaninsider is dumb or malicious. They seem to intentionally leave out any sort of identifying facts that would enable you to find out more about what they are talking about.

Uta posted...

I'm getting quoted 7.6% Is there a way to make that go down or is the housing market just that fucked right now?

Have a bunch of extra cash that you can use to buy points and bring it down.

UnrivaledKoopa posted...

The rules of the House of Representatives: https://cha.house.gov/_cache/files/5/3/5361f9f8-24bc-4fbc-ac97-3d79fd689602/1F09ADA16E45C9E7B67F147DCF176D95.118-rules-01102023.pdf

Relevant section 8.b.3.A --
In the case of a vacancy in the Office of Speaker, the next Member on the list described in subdividsion (B) shall act as Speaker pro tempore until the elction of a Speaker or a Speaker pro tempore. Pending such election the Member acting as Speaker pro tempore may exercise such authorities of the Office of Speaker as may be necessary and appropriate to that end.
That's the applicable language about whether McHenry already has the power. You could argue it either way but if McHenry chose to exercise the full powers of the job I think it's unlikely that he could be stopped by anything other than a permanent speaker being elected.

It definitely can not be read either way, but it has a dependent clause like the 2nd Amendment, so point to Republicans for their continued lack of English comprehension. "to that end" is referencing the election of a Speaker, so the pro tempore's powers are limited in scope to aiding the election of a new speaker, full stop.

UltimateWing posted...

https://www.twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1715031285515583606

What? What the hell is Chaffetz talking about?

He either misunderstood the question or was intentionally deflecting to not have to make the R's sound even more like idiots.

Sariana21 posted...

Two Republican House members have already announced theyre not running for re-election. So what do they have to lose?

Their lives is the unfortunate answer.

Seems a loose Burning Rangers is up around $300 now, so I'd say that.

Don't think I would ever sell my game collection, but never say never.

It was always going to be Jordan unless someone goes off the rails.
The Jordan supporters would be happy to watch everything burn before they support someone sane.
The Democrats will get nothing no matter what and therefore have no reason to rescue the Republicans from embarrassment.
Any moderate to only mildly batshit Republican will ultimately cave because they realize that the Jordan supporters will actually let the whole thing burn instead of just wielding it as an empty threat.

I think it is more a failure of parenting than that college is a scam. Millennials saw the rise of the parents siding against the teachers and the hyper infantilization of their children.
Yes, some colleges are way too expensive, but there are plenty of lesser expensive paths out there. A simple teaching of risk/reward analysis to help a young adult understand what their realistic career future looks like and to determine whether going into debt for half a million dollars is a good idea for that liberal arts degree would have went a long way.

ClayGuida posted...

Something tells me they don't want the embarrassment of having repeated failed votes.

I think they are less worried about failed votes and more worried about enough Republicans voting present out of disgust to allow Jeffries to win. Jeffries somehow getting a victory would be buffoonery of a historic level that would be referenced forever.

The_Korey posted...

Do people have the right to shoo you from a parking lot just because they live near it?
Asking from the woman's perspective, as she doesn't actually have a vehicle parked there.

Outside of Municipal lots, parking lots are private property, so someone has the right to remove you. Does this guy in particular? Probably not, but unless you can show permission to be there when the cops arrive they are going to run you off even if this guy didn't have the authority because at the end of the day it is still private property.

I mean if you really think about, it's the Democrats fault.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

I honestly think the Vong are the single worst thing to ever exist in Star Wars lore, EU or otherwise. It's incredible that anybody actually speaks in favor of them existing lol

I'm always shocked when I see it too, I have just started to assume it must be an age thing. Where I was reading the EU as it came out as I was a teen and by time New Jedi Order rolled around with the Vong I was around 20, but it was the point where I gave up after a few books because they were not good to me at least any more.

GunmaN1905 posted...

Current twitter is just a cesspool that enables all kinds of degenerates to spread their nonsense to the world.

You have it backwards, Twitter does not dictate human behavior, human behavior dictates Twitter.
A platform can only control how quiet or loud it lets them be, but they are not going to go away just because Twitter dies.

It's really not that hard to grasp. Cash was always difficult and the only thing holding back electronic payments was technology. The 80's into the 90's was a wild time for invisible technology growth as the Internet and just the connected network of that rolling out rippled through everything.

Joint account with personal sub-accounts with automatic allowance transfers on paydays or whatever make sense. You both agree to the allowance amounts and it ensures that both people have some money of their "own" to save/spend how they like without needing to have a conversation.

Yeah, there is some weird timeline shenanigans in that Filoni's Clone Wars mostly follows up on Tartakovsky's microseries. You can mostly sat that the it goes Tartakovsky's then the Clone Wars movie and then Filoni's Clone Wars series, with the only real problem at that point is the final episode of Tartakovsky's also lead directly in Revenge of the Sith, but if you ignore that half of the episode it works fine as a precursor to all of Filoni's wrok.

foreverzero212 posted...

If generations are long enough to group the Limp Bizkit lookin mfers of the mid 90s and the selfie taking scene kids of the late 00s then this ain't a useful cultural category. We need different words for these cycles, these people have no relation.

Bizkit and Kid Rock are 1999,you are just thinking it was further back than it was. That said, you are right in that generations are long and people thinking of them as culturally homogenous is just as stupid as any other stereotype you might lay out for a large group.

foreverzero212 posted...

Take many of the negative traits boomers have.. then unironically trying to emulate the "badass" attitude of Fred Durst and Kid Rock.

The cringe generation.

You realize it was mostly Millennials driving those fandoms right? Most of Gen X had aged into their 20's when those bands broke. Blame Gen X for hair metal and grunge.

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Do you have trouble reading full posts?
Also, Woody doesn't make the connection or he wouldn't have asked the question. Which makes the same as in English part pointless to the conversation

Do you have difficultly understanding?
Woody doesn't make the connection because he is a simpleton, that's the point of the character. Burro is an English used word, but Woody doesn't know that so he assumes that it must be some foreign word. They are just playing off him being a dullard twice in order to set up a homonym joke. ( He doesn't know that a burro is a jackass is a donkey )

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

The "same as in English" part is what is being questioned.

English Dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burro
Even has a section of recent examples of usage on the web.
I'm not going to say it is super common these days, but certainly 20 years ago a large portion of educated American non-spanish speakers would easily connect burro to donkey to jackass as they would read/learned it somewhere.

This board has too many Woody's and not enough Frasier's.

DarthAragorn posted...

It'll trickle down any day now

They'll let something trickle down alright.

Oh god, is AI responsible for all the breast reductions?

OMG, he couldn't even pick someone that could run for President if they wanted to. LOL