Brandon
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Would it be precarious in the sense of embarrassing to the ego and social relations? Maybe. But that’s not the same as being poor
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Would it be precarious in the sense of embarrassing to the ego and social relations? Maybe. But that’s not the same as being poor
Let’s add what the consequences of the precariousness are: they’d move into a tiny apartment and rent. They wouldn’t actually go without food unless they were dumb. Not poor doesn’t mean insulated from all financial risk
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Let’s add what the consequences of the precariousness are: they’d move into a tiny apartment and rent. They wouldn’t actually go without food unless they were dumb. Not poor doesn’t mean insulated from all financial risk
Pretty damn tight doesn’t mean anything…unless we’re redefining wealthy to mean lots of disposable income?
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Pretty damn tight doesn’t mean anything…unless we’re redefining wealthy to mean lots of disposable income?
I mean, how soon is too soon before the election? This was a year away and there are house elections every two years!
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I mean, how soon is too soon before the election? This was a year away and there are house elections every two years!
I don’t put it past this court to try
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I don’t put it past this court to try
This is like the cop “stop resisting” when the person is going into seizures from type 2 diabetes or brain damage
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is like the cop “stop resisting” when the person is going into seizures from type 2 diabetes or brain damage
This is the equivalent of the cop “I thought he had a gun” excuse
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is the equivalent of the cop “I thought he had a gun” excuse
"If somebody points a gun at you and says, 'Kill your friend or I will kill you,' he is tempting you, that is all." And
while a temptation where one's life is at stake may be a legal
excuse for a crime, it certainly is not a moral justification.
-Arendt “Personal responsibility under dictatorship”
while a temptation where one's life is at stake may be a legal
excuse for a crime, it certainly is not a moral justification.
-Arendt “Personal responsibility under dictatorship”
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"If somebody points a gun at you and says, 'Kill your friend or I will kill you,' he is tempting you, that is all." And
while a temptation where one's life is at stake may be a legal
excuse for a crime, it certainly is not a moral justification.
-Arendt “Personal responsibility under dictatorship”
while a temptation where one's life is at stake may be a legal
excuse for a crime, it certainly is not a moral justification.
-Arendt “Personal responsibility under dictatorship”
Latest in the saga of self-absorbed gerontophile chick
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Latest in the saga of self-absorbed gerontophile chick
FWIW the evidence and fact based timeline en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelin...
Most likely believed to have originated in the 1920s and reached a global pandemic in the back of improvements in transportation availability/technology
Most likely believed to have originated in the 1920s and reached a global pandemic in the back of improvements in transportation availability/technology
Timeline of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia
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November 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
FWIW the evidence and fact based timeline en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelin...
Most likely believed to have originated in the 1920s and reached a global pandemic in the back of improvements in transportation availability/technology
Most likely believed to have originated in the 1920s and reached a global pandemic in the back of improvements in transportation availability/technology
And folks thought the Iraq war was unjustified
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
And folks thought the Iraq war was unjustified
I mean, the people that don’t believe this are going to keep laughing all the way to the bank?
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I mean, the people that don’t believe this are going to keep laughing all the way to the bank?
If I had to describe this to college students in 20 years that’s exactly the analogy I’d use
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If I had to describe this to college students in 20 years that’s exactly the analogy I’d use
Just refining aluminum from bauxite in the first place is an incredibly energy intensive industrial process
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just refining aluminum from bauxite in the first place is an incredibly energy intensive industrial process
That Mennonite is almost certainly way less observant than they would’ve been a generation ago
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
That Mennonite is almost certainly way less observant than they would’ve been a generation ago
The community alienation is both a cause and an effect of modern far right politics
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The community alienation is both a cause and an effect of modern far right politics
SOL has expired, so it doesn’t matter that it’s without prejudice, he can’t be recharged on these charges
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
SOL has expired, so it doesn’t matter that it’s without prejudice, he can’t be recharged on these charges
I type so much faster than I can write by hand that it sounds like torture to have to write out drafts by hand
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I type so much faster than I can write by hand that it sounds like torture to have to write out drafts by hand
I can’t even imagine writing without being able to edit on the fly. One would go through so many drafts
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I can’t even imagine writing without being able to edit on the fly. One would go through so many drafts
I wouldn’t mind if more big city mayors end up with Trump manipulation skills like Lurie and Mamdani
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I wouldn’t mind if more big city mayors end up with Trump manipulation skills like Lurie and Mamdani
He definitely wears eyeliner or has his eyes tattooed
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
He definitely wears eyeliner or has his eyes tattooed