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Can I have your barbed wire bat instead? I don't actually want that either, but it could be made somewhat more utilitarian.

Gotta be copyright infringement.

My god, the Cyber Ninjas were in on it, too. This conspiracy goes deeper than we thought.

That's an impressive amount of brow furrows

I ran across this article about a tiki bar reopening and also clicked on some of the embedded links about how the history of such things are "problematic". While I'm liable to agree with the various points made about colonialism, it seems a very niche and weird thing to devote time to and differentiate between "tropical drinks" and "tiki drinks". Decent rage-read, though.

I overheard a guy at work saying Joe Biden should be impeached for ... whatever he did regarding Afghanistan. Then asked the lady near him if she ever heard of Benghazi, cause this is like multiple Benghazis, clearly. He must think we need like 30 Congressional hearings about it.

_{I'll be honest, TIL Afghanistan isn't considered ME cause the 2000s always seemed like "war in the middle east" encompassed both Iraq and Afghanistan}

My apartment finally got internet sorted out 6 days after I moved in.

I finally clicked on one of the articles and am thoroughly underwhelmed by the scandal. Certainly, this no-name executive producer probably shouldn't have gotten picked for the hosting gig. However, I abhor these "scandals" that seem like terminally-online Twitterers trawling through the archives to find something that sticks. 10 years ago, it was certainly hacky to make those jokes, but is any of it that bad?

Apparently my apartment supplies a router but I need to supply my own if I want wifi according to the document they gave me? I've not had experience with that before, but I don't see any way to connect to this current one outside of plugging in ethernet.

That's the beauty of having a good, decently sized backpack.

Not no more chief. New job since the beginning of the month.

I don't recall you asking for permission to be within 10 miles of me.

My work announced COVID vaccination would be mandatory by November except for rare exemptions in which case they'll need daily testing. They announced it on a Teams call that was supposed to be like a town hall Q&A, but just was set up like a normal one with chat so you could identify all the dumbasses asking stupid questions. It was hilarious as a coworker and I were live-chatting reactions. Get rekt, antivaxxers.

Fuck, that just reminded me I need to find a new donut shop in this area.

I saw some generic liberal people today unironically sharing thin blue line flags in response to 2 Chicago cops shot, one fatally, during a traffic stop over the weekend. I don't know why some people can't just take a nuanced position rather than swinging to an extreme. It is possible (and not even that hard) to both entertain the thoughts that many of our police structures are inherently racist, overly aggressive, and corrupt while also not wishing death on them.

I made use of the hotel gym yesterday, making it the first time in more than a few years I've stepped in one. Surprise, surprise, years of not actively engaging various muscle groups leads to a remarkable loss in strength.

It's funny because they love to discount suicides from the gun death statistics as part of the public health crisis.

The fuck you mean, "probably"? How very dare.

I resent being associated with Dilbert.

I didn't dismiss that. The GOP is still afraid to sever ties with him because he can bring them votes, even after January 6 and that fallout. They haven't jumped off the train yet. It's just refreshing for the news to not be a different, avoidable emergency each day and an unpredictable cycle of palace intrigue.

I probably would put in the effort to respond to this more comprehensively were it pre-2021, but it just seems such an antiquated worldview these days. Trump is old news, having been relegated almost to obscurity post January 20 has been a welcome change, and while he still holds a lot of sway with his supporters and needs to be considered, he is damaged goods as a lying loser who a lot of people don't want to work with.

Jesus Christ.

I did take receipt of a Lenovo Ideapad laptop today for personal use and upon boot was swiftly reminded of all the shit you have to shut off/skip/opt out of with new computers as dis Cortana bitch started talking shit.

I was disappointed when I saw footage from it as it came out and there was so much automatic weaponry. I would've really liked a decent WWI, rifle-centric game, but the ridiculousness made me pass on it.

Apparently I have neglected to go to the dentist since 2015, but no cavities or trouble with my wisdom teeth, so that's a win.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

DesertFox- wrote:

I wish I could count the number of times people who allegedly have serious reservations about this wild, new, experimental vaccine with it's different mRNA technology and ask those people what mRNA does. Having taught students in biology classes, who have stupid fucking answers to questions about things they've literally read/been lectured on, I don't have high regard for the general public's understanding.

I grant, I'm not a virology or vaccine expert, but I'll defer to the people who are (even if we say big pharma = big bad) over some youtube person or a guy in a pickup truck cab. There's sufficient supporting data to say it's safe, and it's not like it's suuuuuper-experimental enough that the long term risks are everyone drops dead in exactly 10 years like some sci-fi shit. Real science is frequently boring, methodical, and unsurprising.

Does this check out?

In a Big Bang Theory buzzword gatekeepy sort of way, I suppose.

Strong military be like

I wish I could count the number of times people who allegedly have serious reservations about this wild, new, experimental vaccine with it's different mRNA technology and ask those people what mRNA does. Having taught students in biology classes, who have stupid fucking answers to questions about things they've literally read/been lectured on, I don't have high regard for the general public's understanding.

I grant, I'm not a virology or vaccine expert, but I'll defer to the people who are (even if we say big pharma = big bad) over some youtube person or a guy in a pickup truck cab. There's sufficient supporting data to say it's safe, and it's not like it's suuuuuper-experimental enough that the long term risks are everyone drops dead in exactly 10 years like some sci-fi shit. Real science is frequently boring, methodical, and unsurprising.

*glances at thread title*

So, this pandemic is still going on. Since things have begun opening up and now being fully vaccinated for a manner of months, it certainly feels like there's much more normalcy, but society in doesn't seem to be paying as much attention here anymore. I'll be interested in the responses if the variant rises cause more states to reimpose mask mandates or as school resumes.

Ran across this posted somewhere today and it made me think of you, BF2s <3

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2021/07/21/a- … ivate-eye/

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Everyone calls each other names now including the mods. You won't get banned for pointing out that the mods are in fact the most cucked men of all time. Binders full of cuckoldry.

Tell us how you really feel.

Whatever happened to the cucking stories of young Mac? Do we need to wait for the book? Uzi can probably facilitate.

My last day's tomorrow. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do, really. Turn in my laptop and badge at some point, I guess.

I don't remember this guy at all. Vaguely recall the Auschwitz 1488 reference, but that's it.

We'd better go back to Afghanistan then!

Once my state relaxed the mask mandate for vaccinated people, usage sure seemed to drastically plummet, even if it's still encouraged. I know I'm fully vaccinated, but when I walk into the store and see nary a mask in sight, I do wonder exactly how many are truly in that same boat.

And that's a bad thing?

Maybe it's because my mom went crazy sewing masks to sell when this all kicked off, but I'd only worn like 3 disposable masks and have worn washable fabric kinds every other time.

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Now that Pride Month is over it is safe for Christians like me to go outside again.

Forecast says:

It's been a bit wild with whatever's going on in Canada. I'd never heard of a residential school before a few weeks ago, but I saw some Twitter hot takes like "anyone celebrating Canada Day right now is a heartless bastard", which seems excessive. The institutions can at least apologize for something the current people probably had nothing to do with and then claim it's all square, from the cynical politicking standpoint.

I only saw up to part of 3 Fast 3 Furious and nothing else after that.

I just played RDR2 again yesterday for the first time since March according to my save data. Kinda forgot what I was doing in terms of minor "objectives" for compendium completion stuff, though. Did a very easy mission and just enjoyed walking around the city. You really need to power through a lot of the tutorial stuff in a weekend, say, and get the game fully opened up.

Kingdom Come is another game that I quite enjoy but can be frustrating at the start and definitely has a learning curve for combat.

Two overblown (HA!) tornado warnings so far in one afternoon. Can we go for 3? The jumpy intern must be in control at the National Weather Service.

I accepted this gig. Arguably the job is easier as you mostly just need to show up, pay attention, and not be a fucking idiot in my previous experience when I did it for a 1.5 years on nights and then about another 1.5 on days. With them saying they're doing a lot of hiring, we'll see what sort of movement is possible, but I can probably deal with it for a bit for a $13k pay raise.

I haven't seen anything for attributes. Largely I think you can only have the slight modifications with the different clubs, though I don't know if some of the non-purchasable ones unlocked by level/contract provide better bonuses.

PGA is 67% off in the Steam sale and under $20. I don't plan to become a mega golf nerd, but that might be suitable to me to finish it out, honestly.

I don't feel comfortable with Netflix creating a show called Black Mirror and now Black Summer.

I did it for two years when I first started at my current place. However, I was also still living at home which really made it easier in terms of the errands and things that got taken care of while I was just trying to sleep. I'd also prefer to avoid being one of those creatures of the night shift have gone full hog on that schedule.

I did get a strange series of emails this evening. I applied for a desk job, but didn't entirely rule out shift work. I was notified they applied me for an open position and then made an offer to me for a night shift floor support role. It's not what I interviewed for, not what so I prefer, but I reckon it's hard to fill so they wanna see if someone will take it before they offer others. Hopefully this isn't my only chance and I fuck up by not taking it

Mine was a 6 GB download and installed in 5 minutes on Friday. Freekend expires around midnight though, so no BF2s 2021 Open for me, even with my sick-ass chips.