@xenon said in Tik-Tok Bad: @kluurs said in Tik-Tok Bad: It is an amazing app - and while it initially was young person focused, there are now lots of people posting on various subjects - much like with FB groups. One can learn a lot - history, meal preparation, exercise, dance moves, medical information, bits of movies, etc. I follow a couple of former Julliard students, fitness counsel, and some political stuff. Oh yeah - a lot of interesting military stuff - history, demonstrations of equipment, etc. The information density is super high. It’ll pack a gourmet recipe into all the salient steps and visuals into a 30 second clip. I don’t use it myself - but the algorithm is very effective at condensing info. Yep. Teenage girls learn how to cut themselves very quickly.

He has been an idiot for a while. The thing is, he has done some good work, so you don't want him to be an idiot. But he is.

I've always liked Fazil Say's version. Link to video The version from Volodos is of course a technical monster. Link to video

@Jolly I was being sarcastic about my expertise, but I think we're on the same page about the rest

Takes a lot of balls to do that.

I don't understand having no transition time, to get the new owner and staff up to speed (BTW, what happened to all of the old staff?)

@89th said in Got your popcorn?: @jon-nyc said in Got your popcorn?: It would be nice to have a serious public inquiry into the lab leak hypothesis but I have a feeling that will be something of a sideshow and will be pursued only instrumentally to make government agencies look bad. It's all good. I'm sure there will be a big hollywood movie that explains it all soon enough. Would be a helluva script...

@LuFins-Dad said in The FBI destroys evidence and eavesdrops on attorney-client conversations: January 6th was bad. Very bad. But it was no threat to the republic. What’s happened since and as a response has been worse. Far worse, and is a danger to the republic. Thou speak sooth. And whoever doesn't see that is an idiot and should not be allowed to drool in public.

@LuFins-Dad said in 109 Trillion: @taiwan_girl said in 109 Trillion: Goofy, but if Jesus were real, imagine if he were around today and started making some claims. He would be told he is a nut person. He was told he was a nut person. He was executed for being a nut person. OTOH, there's the bringing back multiple people from the dead, walking on water and the whole resurrection thang...

@George-K said in The Demographics of Murder: The number that summarizes the past 2.5 years of post-BLM life in America. But why? My understanding is that you should ignore this to avoid being a racist. You are on thin ice.

@Axtremus said in Biden: "I'm gonna raise some taxes": @Copper said in Biden: "I'm gonna raise some taxes": You want to fix the deficit? Stop spending. Or increase tax revenues. Or do both. No

@mark said in Dump the DHS?: Should have never been created in the first place. Correct

A few weeks ago we were having dinner with a guy from south korea, and I asked him his thoughts on north korea. Apparently word on the street in south korea is that the north korean women are the most beautiful. That's the first thing that popped into his head, about north korea.

Ha! Yup, at the lake cabin last year we also had to explain what it meant when "something isn't on right now". Fortunately, the "the TV is broken, daddy needs to get more batteries for it" still works. Hahaha kids are so gullible.

@Mik said in It may really be the end of the world.: Well, it's not a rain of frogs exactly, but still.. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sign-of-the-end-times-a-rain-of-worms-fall-onto-the-people-of-beijing/ar-AA18nxVe?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=cc739a4ea34741dfacc4fbe31c25344f&ei=26#image=4 Gain of Function FTW!!

Watch his testimony. Chilling. Link to video