[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 53 points 4 months ago

My grandma called chocolate cream drops what they call Brazil nuts in the article. All of the family did (from Missouri). As a kid I was freaked out that anyone would name anything you ate after toes if any kind. Just gross.

But racists gotta be racist every chance they get.

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 27 points 4 months ago

Renting forever. Yeah, I'd like to own a house, sure. But on the other hand, I don't have to remove snow from my place, I don't have to pay a repair guy to fix stuff when it's broken, don't have to mow the lawn, or maintain the swimming pool. If I have problems with my neighbors, I can complain to management and they'll handle things discreetly without singling me out or involving me.

I suppose it depends on where you live, and what you're paying, but while it's not entirely ideal, it's also not awful.

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 17 points 5 months ago

I hate seeing these cars on the road as I drive to work with a normal car that does all of this stuff as a basic feature but doesn't have a cult of personality CEO promising bullshit attached to it.

A modern sedan has all of this in play. But the companies that offer these features are very careful to explain that what they offer isn't a robot that drives for you.

But magical mystery tour Mars commune snake oil diamond mine scion promises a robot car!

I just don't get it.

There are tons of cars our there that are better positioned to deliver a assisted driving experience that is better than these Teslas.

I love my Honda even though it has connectivity issues. But damn if it won't see myself in a situation where just driving my car winds up whare I smash me into a tree and burn me up.

I understand as a driver that at some point all of this bullshit won't help me.

In the end it's do you know how to drive.

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 23 points 5 months ago

I don't think he knows about second tax breaks.

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 71 points 5 months ago

Especially when it was regular, flat pizza that did him in the first time.

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 146 points 5 months ago

But I thought Romania was the perfectly corrupt place for a genius alpha like Tate to operate his "business" without any hassel.

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 29 points 6 months ago

How is pappcorm formed?

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 21 points 7 months ago

@malijaffri Really, though. Reuters is and has always been a tiny bite of news wire service - - meaning that what they do is limited to snippets of pertinent information that could be easily transmitted over a telegraph wire in old timey days.

They've stuck to that style since forever. The idea is to get the base of the story out quickly and succinctly, and honestly, how much more do you really require, here? It's a pretty straightforward quote, with no written plans in place, but... Newsworthy.

That's what Reuters does.

@Stamau123 @Telodzrum

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 15 points 8 months ago

Michigan Republicans are extra evil and authoritarian. Thankfully they don't control the legislature anymore. Or the state Supreme Court. Or the Governorship.

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago

@mulcahey

Mr. Roboto, Tainted Love (Soft Cell version), Mack the Knife, Melikalikimaka for Christmas season,

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

@Chainweasel Remember the January 6 rioters that got into the Senate chamber rifling through senator's desks? How when they came upon Ted Cruz's desk they started reading the speech he had left there, got all riled up about it, then one of the rioters stops them and says something to the effect of "this is Ted Cruz - it's okay. He's with us"?

@YoBuckStopsHere

[-] monsterlynn@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago

@Hazdaz I kind of feel like the GOP has imploded, though. Since Trump especially (and really I think this strain of anti-democracy conservativism dates back to the 2000 election where they saw that they could just bully their way into stealing elections), there doesn't seem to be much of the Republican Party that preceeded him left. Now it's all antidemocratic fascists and nutjobs. Just because they call themselves Republicans and win elections doesn't mean their politics really has anything to do with what their party stands for on paper.

I think it's more a case of being careful what you wish for. Yes, they imploded. Yes, they don't really exist anymore. What has supplanted them is so much worse

@YoBuckStopsHere

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