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It was April of 2019. I remember being in London when it happened.

Time flies. 5 years ago right now lab workers in Wuhan were dying of the virus they made.

@jon-nyc said in Jesus I could be screwed.:

And now every minute I get to hear a grating grammatical error.

It’s the order IN WHICH it was received. You fucking cunt.

I tend to be so annoyed at how slowly people speak in those sorts of recordings, that I think I would welcome some ungrammatical word removal.

There are still places like that in the US, many in the south. They'll be friendly but you aren't one of US.

And yes, there is a homogenization going on that I detest, especially in commercial establishments. Everything is a chain.

@Jolly said in The Mormon Way:

In Utah, they have what is known as "Mormon Face". Because of the original number of settlers, plus polygamy, it narrowed down the genetic lines just a bit. Hence, after two or three generations some facial features are common in more than one family.

I grew up on a street that had a Mormon Church (LDS) at the end of it. It seemed like the whole congregation drove those Ford Escort wagons.

No surprise. I agree with @Axtremus @George-K 😂

I agree - it has to be a culture change of some sort. People have accepted tipping starting at 10%, then up to 15%, then 18%, now 20+%....

No reason is cant go the other way.

And again, I am not a believer that service will suffer. Everybody in someway is in the service industry. Pay them a decent salary.

ernie Sanders has praised Elon Musk for his plans to use the new Department of Government Efficiency to oversee and cut defense spending in a move that has shocked netizens and political commentators.
The veteran Democratic Senator from Vermont, who ran for president twice in 2016 and 2020, tweeted hard-hitting criticism at the outgoing Joe Biden administration for managing to "lose track of billions."
In his X post, Sanders said, "Elon Musk is right. The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It's lost track of billions."

"Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud. That must change," he said.
Many Republicans have replied to his post, with Musk responding with two American flag emojis.

Trump's former pick for Attorney General Matt Gaetz who stepped down amid controversy last month, wrote, "Welcome home, Bernie."
Tech billionaire and Space X founder, Musk will be heading the new DOGE committee with Vivek Ramaswamy.
Musk and Ramaswamy's newest office is designed to "dismantle" government bureaucracy and "slash excess regulations, cut wasteful spending, and restructure Federal Agencies."
President-elect Trump was initially branded as a joke for creating DOGE which he dubbed the "Manhattan Project of our time."
Trump confirmed that this unlikely pair will provide external advice to the White House on how to "drive large-scale structural reform."

Sanders joined Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna in his critique of the defense spending and failed audits.
"When it comes to cutting waste, fraud, and abuse and opening the five primes to more competition, there are Democrats on [the House Armed Services Committee] who will work with @elonmusk and @DOGE," Khanna wrote on X.
According to Congress, the Department of Defense must pass an audit by 2028.

He doesn’t lose his right to not remember anything more than his name and birthdate.

It would be interesting to see # of teachers over the years. (I did look but could not find)

I know that the number of students is decreasing a lot over the years. DOnt know if teachers have been decreasing also.

@jon-nyc said in OnlyFans:

This is a really good point. Who TF is paying for this? I recently read about a woman who makes $4MM a month.

I wonder if the USD$4MM is just boasting and not real, but I do know it is possible to make "okay" money.

I know a friend of a friend - the guy is was and expat engineer in Thailand. Working for a Thai company, so not US standard salary, but doing okay. He met a Thai bargirl, and she opened an only fan account. Guess it did okay, so she convinced her friend to join.

Between the two of them, they are doing well enough that the guy quit his job and is "managing" them. Dont know any more than that (how much they make etc., their account, etc)

But, 1000 people at $5/month............

Kind of like streamers, where people pay money to watch people play video games. Some make some decent money.

You can create a free account which gives you 3 images per month I think for free.

Quite interesting and not so surprising I think.

@Mik

..."more food for the rest of the kids"

..."too dumb to duck"

😄 these are great

I am not sure it works. The way the license is hidden, i would think is a problem and illegal.

@jon-nyc said in The Steagles:

Never heard this before today. The Steelers and Eagles merged for a year due to a manpower shortage during WW-II.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steagles

Oh yeah, Steelers and Eagles fans talk about it every time we play. In fact, there’s a rumor that if the Steelers at Eagles game in 2 weeks gets moved to primetime, the Eagles plan on wearing Steagles throwback uniforms.

@Horace said in A little Joy at Thanksgiving:

This stuff will become ever more marginal if the next four years are successful.

THe thing is, no matter what happens over the next four years, there will be a significant amount of people who will call the four years a failure.

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Goofy. Just as bad a Texas or other states wanting to secede and form their own country.

Never happen. (at least while I am still living.)

@Jolly Agree with all but the last one. Would have to think about that.

For example, I am guessing that someone like John D'Oh pays into the social security system.

My understand is that he got the rights to the concept.

And, the guy who bought it, ate it.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/29/nx-s1-5210800/6-million-banana-art-piece-eaten

@Mik said in Wrong religion:

But the anti-Christ is OK.

He's currently managing the England team, according to Nigel Farage.