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Samson's Wig

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  1. I can't believe more arrests weren't made for people beating his ass and taking the lighter from him. I'm not sure I wouldn't have done so in that situation. Ruining everyone's day because your manhood is so sensitive you can't follow a simple and reasonable request? Fuck that loser. EDIT TO ADD: I know it's been written here many times before, but this what happens when bus people can afford to fly. Things need to change.
  2. My kid has major bowel issues due to his neurological condition. I could easily see him spending half an hour in a bathroom on a plane if things were not going well. That pilot should lose his license and get fucked. What a bizarre response, and if the reporting is accurate, it sounds like he may be one of those modern-day nazis who feel so emboldened lately. That story make so little sense it's difficult to believe there isn't more to it, but if it went down even remotely as reported it's really scary that a guy with those kind of rage issues could get licensed and hired to fly a commercial plane.
  3. You're right. While I wasn't thinking of the Finns specifically, I should have said Nordic countries or something along those lines.
  4. True. I wonder how much the numbers from that era reflect us climbing out of the Great Recession and seeing a bit of hope for the future for the first time in a while. No doubt people seem to be crankier and meaner now, though. And I agree with the notion above that social media is a big part of all of this.
  5. They do drink and fuck a lot, and I'm probably discounting that more than I should. Gen Z still has it's youngest members who haven't even entered their teenage years yet, so the book isn't written on them yet. Those older Gen Z folks that are part of the numbers you posted spent a great deal of their formative years during Covid lockdown. They're just uniquely fucked.
  6. Expectations. That's all it is. Americans are miserable because we expect to be happy, rich, successful, famous, etc. Basically, we're stupid. Scandinavians consistently rank high because, culturally, they expect the absolute worst at all times and then appreciate being pleasantly surprised when things are just okay. These happiness polls always measure happiness against expectations, and that's why the numbers turn out the way they do. Americans are overly optimistic and therefore constantly disappointed. Scandinavians are extremely pessimistic and therefore constantly pleased. The end result is still Americans being less happy than other nations, but applying an American's notion of happiness to other nations does not paint an accurate picture.
  7. Thank you for explaining that much more eloquently than my slapdash throwaway sentence.
  8. Sounds like an excellent plan to spend thousands of dollars cleaning up graffiti regularly.
  9. That's the thing about non-disparagement clauses. They can't stop someone from telling the verifiable truth.
  10. Significant Digits is a great band name for a group made up entirely of bass players.
  11. My wife strongly suggested I watch his last movie, which was all about how being too grumpy and cynical makes everyone around you miserable, even if you're right. It was okay. I still don't know why she wanted me to watch it.
  12. Family law practitioners, on the other hand, absolutely have to have a thick crusty shell of don't give a fuck. I don't know how they do it.
  13. He's not going to get those eyes uncrossed without some serious cash. Kind of you to think of him. I'm sorry you experienced this. I was fairly young (13) the first time I saw someone die up close. I've seen others since, but that one has always stuck with me.
  14. The most American-made vehicle ever, designed, marketed, and sold by a non-American.
  15. I see that train starting to teeter side to side and expect the complete derailment to happen any year now. The world won't prop up zero-value-added twerps forever.
  16. When will we move past the tech bro era? These children need a leash, not the keys to the kingdom.
  17. I haven't heard or read specific info on structures, but given how large the burn area is, there have undoubtedly been some losses. Shelters are in place for those forced to evacuate. Someone mentioned it above, but the Watch Duty app is a great resource for finding all of the relevant info on active fires. Latest news is that they are focused on the SE edge of the fire today given that strong winds could likely pick up embers and spread them further East toward Blanco County.
  18. Those Gaines mother fuckers bought Larry McMurtry's bookstore in Archer after he passed just so they could put the books in the "library" of their stupid ass hotel and give it some gravitas even though they stand diametrically opposed to everything Larry believed in. One has to wonder what they did with all of the books their book-burning asses didn't approve of, as he had that bookstore, in part, to make sure folks in his hometown had access to books other than the Bible and other evangelical-approved literature (whatever that is). Plenty of stuff on his shelves was too "progressive" or too "gay" for the Gaines. I suppose the obvious answer is they had a bonfire with the "bad" books and roasted marshmallows with Scott Drew and other local Antioch cult members. Of course, that didn't stop them from using McMurtry's status to boost their hotel's "genuine" Texan flavor. Fuck those assholes. The silver lining is that a local group repurchased the actual bookstore from the Waco cult dipshits and has turned it into a nonprofit literary center, something both of the Gaines could likely benefit from utilizing.
  19. It's a shame that there was a crossover between lab leak arguments and the anti-vax crowd. It made it all too easy to dismiss the most likely cause of the outbreak from the very beginning by attaching it to the bungheaded conspiracies of the anti-vax ignorance brigade. And now, as facts emerge that the experts and scientists involved actively worked to cover their own asses and/or that of their profession, it only adds fuel to the fire of the RFK dumbass parade participants in dismissing education and experience in favor of ignorant caveman conjecture. These scientists and bureaucrats have inadvertently done more to undercut their own work and weaken our ability to manage the next pandemic than anything the antivax crowd has done, which is kind of incredible.
  20. Mundus Sine Caesaribus. Apologies if already posted.
  21. How much do you think they had to pay Richard Attenborough to officiate?
  22. Are you claiming that Musk and his companies bend the truth to serve their agenda even if it puts the public at risk? Is that what you're claiming?
  23. Don't worry. They'll audit the shit out of some small businesses to make up for it.
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