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It's pretty crazy how we drown our used food before sending it downtown.
"No, you see, this is manufactured in the United States. Well, the robots are in the United States, but are controlled by cheap foreign workers. No, I don't hire any US citizens. Look, can you make these remote-control robots citizens? Then this operation would be patriotic."
I think you're more or less right. The goal seems to be teleoperation by contracts where labor costs are cheap. Which, like, the Torment Nexus guy failed to consider
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"No, you see, this is manufactured in the United States. Well, the robots are in the United States, but are controlled by cheap foreign workers. No, I don't hire any US citizens. Look, can you make these remote-control robots citizens? Then this operation would be patriotic."
I used to be in meat packing. Lips and hooves.
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I used to be in meat packing. Lips and hooves.
I think I'll try the sequel.
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I think I'll try the sequel.
jfc, start posting weird shit. what are you doing with your life?
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
jfc, start posting weird shit. what are you doing with your life?
This slurp juiced ape is enraged because he just washed up on the shore after losing his boring yacht.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This slurp juiced ape is enraged because he just washed up on the shore after losing his boring yacht.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY? In this economy?
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
DOUBLE INDEMNITY? In this economy?
Bond didn't die.
We killed metaphor. Metaphor is dead.
We killed metaphor. Metaphor is dead.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Bond didn't die.
We killed metaphor. Metaphor is dead.
We killed metaphor. Metaphor is dead.
Wait, there are people who actually want 50 year mortgages and they can't find anyone to give them one? Really? There's only upside for the lender. All forms of gambling have been legalized and we don't allow people to get 50 year mortgages?
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Wait, there are people who actually want 50 year mortgages and they can't find anyone to give them one? Really? There's only upside for the lender. All forms of gambling have been legalized and we don't allow people to get 50 year mortgages?
The desert of the real is the new opiate of the masses.
We don't even do bread and circuses anymore.
We don't even do bread and circuses anymore.
Need human connection? Here’s a chat bot. Want walkable neighborhoods and green spaces? Here’s a video game to explore instead. If you’re hungry, here’s candy that sort of tastes like fruit so you can trick your brain into thinking you’re getting some nutrients.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
No wonder everyone is miserable.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The desert of the real is the new opiate of the masses.
We don't even do bread and circuses anymore.
We don't even do bread and circuses anymore.
The best way to get a song out of your head is to listen to the A-Team theme. At worst it replaces what your brain was obsessing, but that's okay because the A-Team theme is awesome and motivating.
this song has been stuck in my head for days
maybe posting it here will break the curse
maybe posting it here will break the curse
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (Official Video)
YouTube video by Deee-Lite
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The best way to get a song out of your head is to listen to the A-Team theme. At worst it replaces what your brain was obsessing, but that's okay because the A-Team theme is awesome and motivating.
MFA, 2FA, 2SV. Can we just decide what this is called and call it that? Does this need to be branded too?
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
MFA, 2FA, 2SV. Can we just decide what this is called and call it that? Does this need to be branded too?
Sure, it's called a waffle iron, but the waffles don't come out all smooth.
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Sure, it's called a waffle iron, but the waffles don't come out all smooth.
Insurance is something you pay for that you hope you never have to use (but glad you have it if you do need to use it).
My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Insurance is something you pay for that you hope you never have to use (but glad you have it if you do need to use it).
Remember the last time appeasement worked?
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Remember the last time appeasement worked?
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Imagine a misogynist trying to decide between getting a robot butler or getting a robot maid.
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Imagine a misogynist trying to decide between getting a robot butler or getting a robot maid.
It was perfect, a government handout to the private sector in an expensive industry that's too big to fail laundered through the American people's health needs, and the GOP has wanted to get rid of it since it started. I guess they had no friends in the health insurance industry.
If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It was perfect, a government handout to the private sector in an expensive industry that's too big to fail laundered through the American people's health needs, and the GOP has wanted to get rid of it since it started. I guess they had no friends in the health insurance industry.
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If my last name was Band, I'd name my sons Dave Mathews, John Geils, and Steve Miller.
October 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If my last name was Band, I'd name my sons Dave Mathews, John Geils, and Steve Miller.
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"Shitposters are the queerest, oddest, shyest, most recluse, creatures; but they never profess to be other than shitposters. The profoundest reverence for these great skeeters need prevent no one from saying that he has not written 'the Great American shitpost'."
~ John William DeForest, probably
~ John William DeForest, probably
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Shitposters are the queerest, oddest, shyest, most recluse, creatures; but they never profess to be other than shitposters. The profoundest reverence for these great skeeters need prevent no one from saying that he has not written 'the Great American shitpost'."
~ John William DeForest, probably
~ John William DeForest, probably
You're all concerned about what the kids mean with "six seven", yet you shied away from explaining 420 and 69 to those same kids.
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
You're all concerned about what the kids mean with "six seven", yet you shied away from explaining 420 and 69 to those same kids.
Hey, don't try to be a hero. If you wanna take a nap, go right ahead.
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hey, don't try to be a hero. If you wanna take a nap, go right ahead.
Yeah, it makes sense that physical screen resolution technology has totally outstripped the processing power to color all those pixels fast enough, so we draw/render at lower resolution and scale the output up, just to feel better by having a bigger number prefixing the text "fps".
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Yeah, it makes sense that physical screen resolution technology has totally outstripped the processing power to color all those pixels fast enough, so we draw/render at lower resolution and scale the output up, just to feel better by having a bigger number prefixing the text "fps".
Imagine everyone in the Epstein files going door to door to notify their neighbors that they are a registered sex offender.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Imagine everyone in the Epstein files going door to door to notify their neighbors that they are a registered sex offender.
Piss is stored in the jacket.
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Piss is stored in the jacket.
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The earliest recorded occurrence of "Dude, you're spending too much time with your girlfriend"
October 29, 2023 at 8:47 PM
The earliest recorded occurrence of "Dude, you're spending too much time with your girlfriend"
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A laundry detergent so strong, it cleans Jesus Christ off the Shroud of Turin.
September 30, 2023 at 9:18 PM
A laundry detergent so strong, it cleans Jesus Christ off the Shroud of Turin.