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MC Fresh Breath

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  1. been on the internet a long time. i do find less and less of it a place i want to be. my hackles aren't up. i'm more just sad lately. thanks for checking in.
  2. Since I generated some flak in a moment I'll answer you. I feel speculation on people's sexual affairs post their losing a spouse, no matter how horrendous the spouse was, reflects on the people making the speculations. https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/10/31/erika-kirk-jd-vance-affair/ It is just internet troll over analysis buffoonery. But it is indeed ever present so your last sentence might be correct. I also don't care for gore, so maybe that's a me thing. I'll back out now.
  3. wow this thread turned sick I guess. I'm not sure there's a place for me in this online world anymore.
  4. Nice write up.
  5. "At least he voted for" doesn't fucking cover for being a goddamned corrupt war criminal. Holy shit. Like a lot of supremely evil assholes he died decades too late.
  6. 'All this does is just ruin families': Portland man detained by ICE outside hardware store, now at facility in Texas https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/immigration-news/portland-man-detained-by-ice-outside-hardware-store-now-at-facility-in-texas/283-2fac3510-597e-4219-a0de-e9579f6e0ef5
  7. Have not read this thread so sorry if this is repeat info. Free trial expired so I hit cancel in the iPhone subscription section and got offered two more months at 5.99/month. So maybe a way to save a few for those interested.
  8. If it was just me I would totally cancel. But I think the kids and I will have to discuss which is more important—this or Netflix.
  9. Oh nice. Didn’t know that was possible but yeah that certainly works out in your favor.
  10. Well this sucks. “Disney+ is increasing the price of this subscription from $79.99 to $159.99.”
  11. This. And not just in the realm of AI.
  12. "Exclusive: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation" https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-lays-groundwork-juggernaut-ipo-up-1-trillion-valuation-2025-10-29/ Now I am a stock market dummy. A true 'just put it in an index fund and hope for the best' kind of person. But the internet tells me plenty of very profitable companies took a long time to reach this valuation.
  13. It would be a real blow to my sobriety streak, that's for sure. Doubt much would change in the long run but since all of my internal organs would be fighting for survival for a few weeks the long run could take care of itself.
  14. https://archive.is/zcYed Jack DeJohnette, Renowned Jazz Drummer Who Played on Miles Davis’ ‘Bitches Brew,’ Dead at 83
  15. I laughed. Speaking of old, during certain points in a sports game when the game looked to be clearly won by one side, my Father would say "It's all over but the shouting." To me that's now applicable to Trump and the US.
  16. There's the "maga ruined sports" thread but I think its closer to us terminally online folks ruined it. That Sark thread is disgusting. Really bad. I quit paying close attention for quite a few years for various reasons but still check in occasionally due to neighbors talking. Every once in a while I take a look at the football board. A whole lot of ugliness on that board in general. Many seem they've never really been having fun. And the amount of seriousness people take in analyzing every little thing is cringe. The 'pussy' talk or what not. Ugh. Then there is the misery on just about every game thread. Gross. And the total 'clever' repeated surly-isms (ha ha, 'ass water'?). Cringe. That train of thought put out there, I see it on other sports discussion sites too. Not unique to Surly. We all distract ourselves in some fashion. I think there may be healthier distractions than online sports boards and most pro sports fandom in general.
  17. RIP. I somehow missed this news when it happened. And yes to the above.
  18. Funny how it always comes down to that. I'm not invested in it but he seems an unrepentant killer. I don't buy that he didn't know the tattoo's meaning but seems more edgelord "I'm a killer" type stuff than true nazi. That stated all this sent me down a rabbit hole of horrors we committed in Iraq which was a good refresher in a depressing way. He seems completely untrustworthy to me. Perhaps time proves me wrong. But again I think our overall collapse is in full effect and this race won't really be something we talk about in the long run.
  19. He was also a guard at Abu Ghraib apparently. I honestly don't have to care about him electorally. I'm not a fan of war criminals, red or blue.
  20. Don't know if this is a purity test or not but not sure I'm a fan of this dude: https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mzuxqm/im_the_maine_oysterman_combat_veteran_running_for/namhen4/ "Small wars are pretty enjoyable" https://old.reddit.com/r/Hasan_Piker/comments/1oe0fht/the_average_american_veteran_is_dumb_argument/ Additionally, like the post says if he had fantasies and knowledge about early 20th century colonial wars him not knowing that SS symbol stretches credulity. Drunk Marines get Devil Dog tattoos or some kind of non-nazi shit unless they are nazis. And anything "Fallujah" gets a side eye from me, sorry. Then there is the blackwater thing. So dude enjoyed slaughtering brown people into his mid-30's but now he's all cool because "oligarchs?" OK. What actual atonement has he worked for or done for the people of Iraq? He was the son of a lawyer and restaurant owner and went to private college prep school but we're to forgive him for just being a meathead. There might be redemption arcs out there, but that's a lot to redeem here imo. All that said, we're in the total decay stage so I'm not invested all that much either way. Nor do I live in Maine. But he sure doesn't seem like someone the left should look to imo.
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