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Let's add "would you care to donate" into the tipping pool. There's a reason every company does this now, and it's not because they give two fucks about anyone or anything. (Most... there are always exceptions.) Yuuuup. If the stakeholders and C-level execs gave the same percent of their ...

This is where I have been for a long time. AFAIK, I'm the only person here who has voted in the presidential elections, but not for a R or D in at least the last four? My ballots are routinely all third party votes. Not because I believe in any of their messages, but because the two party system ne...

TheCatt wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 4:32 pm So..... What brings you back?

Y'all are getting up there in years so I figured I'd butter you up, try to get written into some wills.

You should move to Alaska if your allergies are that bad. Alaska is verdant in the summer. Also, I don't want to burn to death in a wildfire. Also, there's always an exception. Allergies I understand, but I never saw anyone doing this until Covid. Well, I didn't discover it until Covid. And I'm not...

I don't discount anyone taking steps to remain healthy, but if I see you masking alone in a car or outside, I know you're a whackadoo. You should mind yer own business cuz ever since I discovered these things prevent 95% of my brutal pollen allergies I never take 'em off before the snow hits the gr...

Huh, I looked that up and you're right about that particular behavior. It looks like free-range birds have the highest incidence of vent-pecking -- presumably due to having the highest mobility.

That's a good question, and I don't have a good answer. It'd be on a case by case basis because the world isn't black and white. I think I'd judge actions based upon maliciousness and necessity. Abuse vs farming. Maliciousness vs being humane. I'd agree with that generally. Like I'd never say, e.g....

159617 Woman murders husband because he pounded her pussy. Ok, jokes aside, I'm kind of ok with this killing. I don't think people who are capable of abuse on an animal are the type of people the world needs. How far does that go, in your opinion? I mean, we farm shrimp by crushing their eyes so th...

Vince wrote:

Leisher wrote: That can't be healthy for the woman.

That's what I thought. I remembered the toxic shock syndrome deaths from leaving tampons in too long a couple decades ago.

Fresh pineapple's probably a bad choice too unless you want your vagina digested.

... they manually moved her from one platform to the other, repeatedly...

Eventually, Kim was conditioned to make the jump herself

So if you get a tarantula and manually place it on your sleeping friend's face every time he comes over....

158585 158577 At some point it'd be more effective to just expand senior center services. You know how every state is legalizing casinos? Combine those with senior living homes. Win-win! They can play penny slots, hog the pool, eat at the buffet, and never need to be driven anywhere. Oh my God, tha...

You'll need to subsidize their Lyft (Uber sucks) rides! Plus, you're hurting the oil and car industries. Plus you'd have to reorganize UberLyft so that it's competitive for the drivers to bother driving out to Withered Acres instead of cancelling on the senior and staying in the areas with more far...

158554 But they will keep voting themselves to not have to surrender their license. If they are infirm, they shouldn't be risking lives in 2-ton murder machines, and they shouldn't be allowed to have a stake in a decision that affects my life. But they do have a stake, irrevocably so, since it's li...

158479 For Gordon New research suggests there is a link between childhood adversity and creative experiences. According to a study published in Frontiers in Psychology, performing artists who experienced more abuse, neglect or family dysfunction in childhood tend to have a more intense creative pro...

157893 I don't know if this will work or not. Can't wrap my head around the idea of a few people creating enough wealth to sustain everyone. But I completely understand why silicone valley is pushing the idea of a minimum income. They are driving the technology that is going to be putting everyone ...

thibodeaux wrote:

TheCatt wrote: Happy 47th(?)!

Enjoy your lunch instead of naked Asian ladies

Shit...I didn't know sushi was an option.

Or, depending on your preference, a tossed seaweed salad.

158391 Alhazad out of fucking nowhere, again. Hey. Sorry to hear about your thing. 158392 158390 158312 I voted yes, if legal... But also only when no businesses/agencies are allowed to test you for the legal drugs, and treat you differently depending on it. Yeah, more or less this. Beyond safety c...

GORDON wrote: I voted yes, if legal... But also only when no businesses/agencies are allowed to test you for the legal drugs, and treat you differently depending on it.

Yeah, more or less this. Beyond safety concerns like "are you driving that forklift high?" it's nobody's business.

Six corporations own 90% of U.S. media, as of 2012. This is a huge part of what causes 'media bias' to be a problem. If hundreds of individually-owned news outlets exist (and perhaps more importantly, if very few nation-wide outlets do), it matters much less that any one is biased because collectiv...

GORDON wrote:Pick someone I care about for better effect.

Still better than your chickens.