Who do these pants -wetting idiots think they're scaring?

The boomers who grew up during the Cold War and who continue to have better voter turnout rates than Millennials, even as the latter generation sneaks up on their 40s.

Like...I don't agree with their policies, but their tactics are objectively effective.

This isn't an endorsement of conservative fear mongering but rather calling out my fellow Millennials, who've recently surpassed boomers as the most populous generation in the US.

Show up and vote, god dammit.

After working retail for the holiday season as a younger person, and seeing how that started in October...then working in the beer industry, watching seasonal creep pushing those beer releases ever earlier (combined with the ramp up and logistics meaning that we were in full on "get ready for Oktoberfest" mode by mid-April...

I think I was just totally burnt out of any capacity for seasonal creep outrage a decade ago.

I saw a Christmas display while grocery shopping this week. Didn't even register as odd, let alone annoying. Which is saying something, coming from me, who tends to treat getting annoyed about random shit as a sort of relaxing pastime.

The game isn't canon.

Which...okay whatever, weird comment...but that's what they meant.

Which is why there should be legal mechanisms to place legal responsibility for decisions like this personally on those in leadership positions when they're being made, even if those people no longer hold those positions.

You bet your ass the chucklefucks who came up with this little stunt would've thought twice about it if they knew that there was a decent chance they'd go to prison for it.

Also gotta make this shit sting the shareholders too: make the company pay the victims not only the estimated value of their data but also a portion of all profits made while a policy like this is in effect. Since there's no easy way to tell how much money was made off their data, unless the company has the numbers, let's say half.

Suddenly the quarterly report's got a nice repayment shaped dent in its side and all the sudden the shareholders care about following the law and respecting the rights of customers.

And very literally after it was too late to safely leave.

Which means, by definition, they were not dismissed while they could safely leave.

The bounty is posted by Iran... wouldn't it be better for everyone if we dropped him off at Tehran?

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean literally anything, no offense to you.

I get where you're coming from, but that's some really shitty delivery.

Bigger picture, if one isn't to form their own opinions based on world view, what are they to form opinions based on?

Ultimately, all your comment says is, "I don't care about your opinions and don't value them at all. Instead of anything you think or have to say, here's what I think and what I have to say."

Chocolate with raisins is super common though...

A properly run nuclear plant will also expose people living within a 50 mile radius of the plant to less radiation than if it were a coal fired plant.

Yep. Doesn't even have to be a group of armed people doing "maybe illegal" things. It can be a single person doing absolutely illegal and horrific things...like Uvalde.

LotRers.

Fans of Lord of the Rings.

Yeah I think that's the big thing: don't have a dish that requires shifting from utensil to fingers and back... especially if there's sauce.

Buffalo wings violate that rule and I'm not prepared to give them up.

For me, the rule would be: if it's a dish meant to be eaten with utensils, don't include inedible parts that have to be separated by hand.

Maybe not the best parallel but a good point nonetheless.

A more apt comparison might be:

"What's the best all-beef hot dog I can buy at my local supermarket?"

"Ugh! OMG! Don't do that to yourself! Why would you even want to bother with eating beef if that's the shit you're going to put in your body?! Just get some Japanese A5 Wagyu ribeye and thank me later!"

Or upload some kinda freaky shit.

Just wait till November.

That quote has been changed a bit, but in it's original form I think it was Churchill.

And the general idea is that as you age your idealism is tempered by practicality, as well as having adapted to the situation and built something of a life of your own, so you've gradually moved from the camp of "very little to lose/give up in exchange for all these benefits" and toward the camp of, "you know what, I'm doing okay, I've figured out a way to make it work, and I'd rather 'the system' just leave me alone at this point, since I'll be footing the bill for things that aren't even going to benefit me that much".

Obviously it's a lot more complicated than that, but that's the gist.

It's also worth remembering that "liberal" and "conservative" meant something different mid century than they do now. Especially with the MAGA influence.

Most jobs like that, or really any pay scheme other than piece work or an hourly wage usually has the process of:

1. You can take as much PTO as you like.
2. You can take as much PTO as you like...provided you get all your work done.
3. You work like a dog, get all your work done, and take time off.
4. Since you were able to get everything done and have time left over to not work, your boss increases your workload, so now you have to work like a dog, all the time, or else you'll never get everything done.

It's like playing chess, and while the other player can't change the rules as they go, but a condition for playing with them is that they get two moves every turn.

Right?

Unless it's a cause you'd donate to, and by extension donate your music to, get it back!

The artist has perfectly captured the feline character when being scolded here: annoyed, defeated...but utterly incapable of shame or remorse.