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And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend, I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.

  • Yeah, I don't think he'd be against it at all from the personality portrayed. I think even being able to 1 up mom or the Detective on fashion choices or something, would have been right in line for the character.

  • Until the cross dressing bit I was thinking of Lucifer from the TV show of the same name.

  • So glad you were there at that moment for those dogs. That story had me on the edge of my seat in distress for a moment!

  • I know this is hours later now but, as I am just now reading through winding down for my night, this is what I'm watching!

  • It's ok, we understand here. This is your safe space. If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are.

  • Guess I should have worded that more as, "make my employer understand and make the switch". We can tell them till we're blue in the face but they do not seem to care.

  • Tell that to my employer.

  • I've also known some sleaze bag business owners who seek these kinds of services because they want to find a way to take advantage of programs n things they don't actually qualify for.

  • Qapla'! Fucking Ah-maz-ing!

  • And if you had not voted, how would we be seeing different right now?

    Do you really think a 3rd party would have won? Do you think Trump would have made any better decisions for anyone besides is rich donors? Would there be more or less genocide happening?

    I know we will actually never know. We do know how to try and hypothesize though.

    Until we make a change in our electoral system there is always going to be this Turd Sandwich vs. Douchebag problem. If Trump wins the next election there will be 0 chance of change or reform for the betterment of the people. Without Trump there is a slightly greater than 0.

    You will probably not actually stop to consider any of these things, I and the other fine folks have mentioned, while setting your bias aside and evaluating your position. But maybe, someone else reading through the threads here Will stop and think about some of the things being brought up here.

    Even with the insane ease of communication we have now with the internet, we cannot as a country of human people, set aside our biases and figure out how to coordinate to any degree to show a mass/collective message.

    I have said for decades, if we all just say "Fuck This" and vote for 3rd parties instead of the 2 picked for us it would send a message to those parties about what we actually want AND show us the power our vote really has when apply ourselves. We would need people to actually register to vote and then Vote! The amount of the population that does is fucking laughable though, so I guess they feel it's fine, and that's their vote too.

    Obligitory 🎶🎵Freewill lyrics🎶🎵 ~Rush

  • So glad it wasn't just me that immediately thought of him.

  • And breads!

  • Exactly. OK, we get Biden again. Now use the next 4 years to REALLY push ... for ranked voting, age limits for reps, or anything! Because you still can.

  • Right, instead we.... should hop right through the meat grinder door? Why, because quicker death?

  • I don't live in Indiana anymore but, I voted republican for the primaries because as a citizen I am concerned as to who will be on the 2 sides we currently have in November. I wanted to take my small stance in voting in that upcoming decision.

    I think we should totally move to ranked choice and ditch the electoral college. This current, you don't get a say in half of the choice till the end, and then could be over-ruled with a rogue electorate, is absolute garbage in this day and age.

  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/07/states-felony-conviction-voting-rights

    Virginia, Tennessee, Iowa and Kentucky still have policies that result in at least some US citizens being effectively shut out of democracy for life. Several other states, including Florida, Alabama and Arizona, predicate voting on having enough money to pay off court fines and fees – another barrier that makes it nearly impossible for low-income Americans to regain the right to vote.

  • Oh wow! That was a fun read!

    The Bjorn are based on the Borg from Star Trek. The actual name comes from the former Swedish tennis star Bjorn Borg.

    I have not thought about that game in a very long time. I have definitely forgotten some of the details it had!

  • Piping in with some odd history info. They were originally made to give theater patrons something to watch while the main film was re-wound. Theaters used to play the same movie on repeat all day until they got a new film, then it was that movie all day. There were no "move times". If you showed up midway you just stayed until it repeated so you could catch the beginning. Also why news reels and other visual media would get played.

    Psycho made the change to set times. Hitchcock did not want anyone to accidentally see the end without starting from the beginning. Shortly after that those movie trailers got bastardized into the ads we now know them as.

  • Dunno. All my brain can see is shop smart, shop S-mart!