skyspydude1

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

This was one of the really interesting plot elements in World War Z, where towards the end of the war where they couldn't really afford to be wasting resources on prisons, they brought back corporal and public punishment. They'd put people in stockades to let the entire community know they were caught doing something like stealing their neighbor's firewood, or publicly lashing executives who were war-profiteering, and only imprisoning the absolute worst offenders who were incapable of integrating back into society.

For a silly zombie novel, it honestly has a phenomenal amount of prettt interesting social commentary, and is absolutely worth a listen to the unabridged audiobook.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm approaching 30 and will gladly use all of those both ironically and unironically.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He forgot to mention that after Home Depot, he stopped by Timmies on the way to his rec hockey game

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

I totally get that, but what I don't understand is why Progressive was so reasonable compared to literally everyone else for literally identical coverage. It's like for whatever reason they were the only ones who didn't care I was in that <25 age bracket.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've noticed that some insurers give insane "fuck you" quotes for no reason. I had Progressive under my parents since I started driving, and when I got my own insurance, it was around $500/6 months through them. I wanted to get other quotes from some other insurers and the rates were absolutely insane by comparison. Like, $500-800 PER MONTH. I have no idea why they were so much more. I know there are loyalty discounts and such, but I don't think they're going to be ~85%.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm amazed they let him do weekly donations. Isn't it typically every 6 for typical whole-blood donations? I get he's got special blood, but I'm surprised it would be that frequent compared to "normal" people

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of a system I worked in that utilized DADDY ports. It was always amusing to overhear conversations about expanding the DADDY ports, things being stuck in DADDY ports, etc. Submitting tickets for them was always a lot of fun.