Annie_Tobak

Elon Mu$k $till not doing well, I $ee: Political Power Edition. I'm here for it.

No offense, but that's personal and potentially self-doxing. Like I said, there is literally no difference to me or you or anyone else whether you believe ME or not that I was vaccine injured, the question was more generally "do you believe that Covid vax could cause a vaccine injury AND would that count as long Covid because it was indirectly caused by Covid or Covid-adjacent reasons?"

Okay, so you at least acknowledge the existence. Personally, I could not care less if you believe I was or wasn't as you don't pay my medical bills, but the vaccine injury deniers are equally as absurd and ignorant as the anti-vaxxers.

Sir, is it your position that you don't think in a large enough population group, there is such a thing as vaccine injury and that there isn't a % of people-- no matter how small-- that weren't vaccine injured? I'm trying to understand your opinion based on your initial comment which seemed completely dismissive, so please clarify so I don't make a bad inference.

Didn't take you as a vax injury denier. Weird you didn't know that exists. There's even a government reporting mechanism, believe it or not! https://vaers.hhs.gov/

Wait, weren't you the one who was vomiting all over threads a couple days ago about how "I'mma JUST look out for ME! It's OVER. No more helping anyone, just focus on ME! You are an IDIOT if you care about helping anyone! I was a fool, don't be me, learn from my mistakes! Me me Me Me Me...." to paraphrase? I don't fundamentally agree that it makes things harder for poor/middle class as you think is the inevitability, but since you do believe it-- seems like someone like you with the self-professed selfishness would be in favor of this and want something transactional that benefits you.

I was vaccine-injured, does that count for long covid?

So it's not really the idea or concept of a Government Efficiency and rationalization project, it's the personality that was put in charge of it (I guess, hence the response in this thread versus a CR response). Makes sense-- I personally don't mind the cronyism (politics 101) but can understand how it can be seen as bad optics. To that I say fine, just give full CEO control to Vivek Ramaswamy. Would you have a problem then?

There was a cyber truck for like $92k I saw listed near me. I had a good year, thought of buying it, but my wife would be mad. My opinion: Cyber trucks are like the Audemars Piguet of vehicles. Sure they are ugly and ridiculous, but they are uniquely ugly and ridiculous, and that actually IS it's virtue. IYKYK.

This is where I'm at. Just win, baby. Beat A&M and go to the SECCG (and assure a playoff spot) in our first season in the SEC? That's wildly succesful for this season.

Serious question, then knowing this: Why do most D's have such a kneejerk response to this if it's a nothing-burger? They just want to gripe about everything now that they've lost? Let's pretend that this isn't a do-nothing job-- why are people outside the beltway concerned about career politicians and bureaucrats having their honeypots taken away, in the interest of tax paying Americana? I get that the risk is that some things are cut too deep or haphazardly, but just assuming the government will crumble without a bunch of middle-men and women running around with funded pensions and inflated salaries seems like a very big reach. I say all that to say, I'm in favor of austerity (generally) and government efficiency (generally) and rolling back the IRS hiring from last year or so (specifically) so you know my position before responding.

My only regret is that I have boneitis. And that I didn't buy at like $48k like originally planned because I am a wuss. I genuinely think we can get to $1mm a coin at some point. I've heard it said everyone will own bitcoin at some point and that you will buy it at the price you deserve.

@Brisketexan is this you?

John Wick 2 The deaf assassin (Ruby Rose) is so miscast it's hard to suspend disbelief, which kinda sucks becuase JW1 did such an amazing job of world building with underworld of right under your nose. Also the contrived line about "duck fat, makes all the difference" is cringe to me because it comes off as what an average person would think the rich and elite and powerful would say. Food fried in duck fat is accessible to the middle class in America and it's not that gourmet or epicurean. A small nit I know, in an otherwise amazing series.

It's always been me, Crispin Glover. Anyhoot-- I'm guessing that those in the first 6 pages who thought the Cloak Room sucked, are going to probably start to like it. And those int he first 6 pages who said it didn't suck and it was a free market of ideas and just have a thicker skin, they are going to start thinking it sucks. So it goes, Poo-tee-weet, Poo-tee-weet.