@89th said in The Pursuit of Happiness: My kids have brought me love and joy I didn't know was possible. Mine brings me soggy PBJ remnants but yes also that too.

The rest of the video is very much worth watching.

Oh I say it, I just make sure I'm on mute.

China also has things like missed rent payments, alimony payments, other fines and tickets, etc. linked to something like that. They all cause a point deduction in your overall "social" score. When it drops below a certain level, it is very difficult to purchase transportation tickets, use credit cards, etc etc etc

Yup, it is amazing how many people go into the wilderness with neither the experience or equipment, usually both. There are always sad stories about people who, for one or other reason, overestimate their abilities. Sad. One sadexample of a really experienced long distance hiker who basically documented his own death as he became overcome by weather. https://www.outsideonline.com/2336896/snowbound/

As someone here(?) said, in the Game of Life, Time is undefeated!

Lad, you just didn't get your ass whipped enough, did you?

A few things ... The manure hits the oscillator when the middle class is drastically down-sized or eradicated. Poor people need to pay taxes, even if it's just miniscule amounts. You care more when you have skin in the game. Rich people should certainly pay taxes, without an upper limit. (Social Security for example). Those taxes should be simplified with less loopholes.

Brilliant concept, mediocre-at-best execution.

You chaps do realise that non-citizens are legally allowed to work in the US, right? Some of us actually oversee the hiring and firing of pure-bred Americans. It's a lot of fun. More seriously, non-citizens can join the military. So why not the police?

Al Sharpton Asks: Can you imagine if James Madison or Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow the government? They did. Ask the king, no imagination needed.

Fuckin' Canucks.

@Jon said in Hay Bud Light! Hold my beer!: Not too familiar with the brand but I doubt it’s anything close to bud light in terms of the percentage of their customer base that would view this unfavorably. They’re very big in the UK. They’re now owned by Coca Cola. Similar demographic to Starbucks in Britain so you’re probably right

@George-K said in Go nuclear!: “In France, we have 300 kinds of cheese but one nuclear reactor design; in America it is just the opposite—you have one kind of cheese, and 100 custom nuclear reactor designs.” lol

True, although my thought is over the years as teeth change (position, color) subtly... eventually the other tooth will look different. Who knows, I don't like the thought of any of this because this was a bit of a random toothache that has snowballed into dental work I didn't expect for another 30 years LOL

@89th said in Tom Brady buys English football team: Maybe Tom doesn't realize this is a different type of football. It's Birmingham City, so it might be a little hard to tell to the untrained eye.

@Axtremus said in Attacking the Finances: Would you limit that only to the USDOJ or generalize it to all similar departments of state and local governments? Bump for @Jolly.

Yeah, she isn't bad either

Never loved it. Don’t care for the seeds, which is funny since I love blackberries.