FilterItOut

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some classics are good enough to read. The problem is in forcing kids to try to do in-depth analysis. Even Charles Dickens or Charlotte Bronte isn't all that bad to read, until you are squinting at every third word and wondering if this could mean something in the context of the whole book and just maybe you can write about it well enough in your stupid journal that you really want a B in so your parents don't whip you with the belt again.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that's the part that always gets downplayed in these 'homeowner revenge' stories. HOAs can really fuck you over. Sometimes they get bankrupted in a lawsuit, sometimes you lose your sanity and your home.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It's okay, we're in this together. Though, my rig runs just about everything at medium graphics without issue. Elden ring ran on high settings without dropping my frames to a noticeable level.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I once found a donkey. It was as desperate for attention as I was to not be working at the moment. Things worked out.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Look up the CCPgrey video about who holds the keys to the kingdom. Napoleon wasn't necessarily being dismissive when he called England a nation of merchants. They were very good at organizing power structures in ways that benefited them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There, there, buddy. You don't have to listen to all the hate. Just screen the hate from your life. Put a big ole metal grating in front of the flow of pejoratives and catch them before they hit your brain space.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Think of the children!

I'll believe they're thinking of the children when they use that phrase to make laws that agree with the environmental groups and governing bodies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly, it was an accidental feature. The original patent application makes no mention of it, but 9 years later they added language about it camming out to the second patent application. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_out

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I remember melting plastic pens onto the nintendo screw heads in order to get them out. Fun times.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a friend who has, give or take a couple, wrecked vehicles more than 20 times. Most were minor, barely involving damage to the vehicle he was driving or the vehicle/object he hit, but a couple were catastrophic. I think the majority were because he has roadway hypnosis/narcolepsy. I've had him fall asleep mid sentence talking to me when he was a passenger. A perfect candidate to have that license taken, right? The two ways I know of to take a license involve driving while intoxicated or a doctor personally notifying the licensing agency about a person's inability to drive. Believe it or not, most doctors have a vested interest (because they want clients) in not personally notifying the agency. However, there is no set path to revoke a license for simply being a bad driver.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I remember watching that movie on the Sunday-nothing-on channel that would showcase all the older but really good in their day movies. They would play it about once a month or so. I think it's where I got my taste for certain types of D&D campaigns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Or, seeing as it's billionaire bullshit, it will be an ecological disaster. What do you want to offer for the odds that it will have shit navigation, and throws out pings every 3 seconds if submerged? Goodbye local wildlife, recreational diving, and all other activities taking place underwater.

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