FlyingSquid

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[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 23 minutes ago

It could be a police honeypot, but if it was a small town or something, they may just pay the cops off.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 23 minutes ago

Okay, but what I'm reading is that Biden sounded like a lost old man and Trump sounded like a crazy old man, which is what everyone already knew about both of them, so I'm not sure why anyone would change their minds.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 27 minutes ago

A significant part of the population doesn't think it's appropriate for a picture book about two male penguins that adopt a chick to be in a public school.

In fact, a significant part of the population doesn't think white kids and black kids should go to the same school. And have found ways to do things about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segregation_academy

Why should we cater to these significant parts of the population?

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 30 minutes ago

Yeah, but the New Testament says everyone who doesn't worship Jesus is going to burn in hell forever, so that kind of lessens the whole Jewishness of the first half.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 32 minutes ago

Yesterday, I saw a Temu ad for something and I just wanted to open it to read the info and there were so many popups and "spin the wheel for a prize" and "enter your email here" and so on that I gave up and just looked for the info elsewhere. Never clicking on a Temu link again.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 35 minutes ago (2 children)

This appears to be a reprint of an MSN article which was apparently written by a human. Just not very well.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-occupation-authorities-destroy-unesco-world-heritage-site-build-outdoor-theater-in-its-place/ar-BB1oXZk7

However, I'm also not finding a really good alternate source. Every other source was an outlet I've never heard of.

I wouldn't be shocked if it were true, but I'd sure like better info.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 40 minutes ago

Where do these radical Muslim groups in the U.S. exist? Because I've never seen them anywhere.

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 41 minutes ago

Unions are supposed to protect the powerless.

From my perspective, the police union wouldn't be especially different from a corporate executives' union.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 43 minutes ago

Yeah, but Uvalde is not a huge town and people know where the cops live, so I'm also surprised it hasn't happened yet.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 45 minutes ago* (last edited 44 minutes ago)

Look, they're apparently never wrong about anything and when they say "the internet," they mean it. Fact. End of.

Edit: and reading below, it's gone from "you can use the internet to organize to fix a problem like Texas' third district's gerrymandering" to "the internet has been used to organize people politically sometimes." Very helpful and relevant!

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 48 minutes ago

From communism to oligarchy. Sounds familiar. Kind of like its neighbors.

I hope they get out of it unlike Russia and China.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 49 minutes ago

As W.C. Fields said, "I never vote for anybody, I always vote against."

Not being Trump should be enough. Trump literally says he's going to be a dictator. Based on that alone, ignoring every other point about Trump, you should vote for Biden.

 
 

At one point the qualifications for membership were that one must be 21 years old, possess a good character, not be a Communist and be a Caucasian. By the late 1970s the all-white provision had officially been rescinded, but, because the Order used the blackball to admit new members, it was difficult for minorities to gain membership. In 1979 the FOE tried to get a lawsuit dismissed that alleged it was violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by not allowing African Americans to use their athletic facilities. The article stated that a local Eagle official could only cite Joe Louis as a black member of the FOE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Eagles

 

This is way up there with the stupidest excuses Trump has ever made:

"Maybe I'm better off losing the debate, I'll make sure he stays. I'll lose the debate on purpose, maybe I'll do something like that," Trump said during an interview with Real America's Voices the day he visited with Congressional Republicans.

 

That said, Taxi drivers have something Uber drivers don't- a union.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Taxi_Workers%27_Alliance

 
 

Note I did not buy any food for myself.

To head off questions:

  1. No, I couldn't cook for her. I'm suffering from a long-term illness where I can't eat solid foods and am extremely smell sensitive. My wife is at a funeral, so I had to order food.

  2. She's extremely picky and refused to let me order anything but pizza.

  3. We live outside of town, in a not very big town, with very few pizza delivery options, and they're all at least this expensive.

  4. No, I didn't also have to buy her the cheesy bread or the second topping or the sauces, but it's nice to get my daughter a treat and that is no excuse for the order being that expensive.

  5. We're in Indiana, so this should be ludicrous in terms of pricing. This used to be the pricing I would expect when we lived in L.A. and ordered from a good local place rather than a chain.

Edit: Turns out what I should have been infuriated about is people repeatedly telling me to get takeout and having to repeatedly explain why that wasn't an option, having people not believe I'm sick, and being repeatedly berated for not magically knowing food coupons exist on the internet when I never order food on the internet. Oh right, and also being a bad parent for not forcing food my daughter doesn't like down her throat or starving her if she won't eat it.

By the way, I have another thing to be infuriated about. A huge storm came in and this happened to our trees. I assume I will start being berated for not cutting them down before that happened, but because I have no power or internet at home and have to go to the library to post, your further posts telling me what an idiot I am and how I'm an awful parent and how I'm not really sick will take me a while to read. Sorry to ruin your day. Maybe you'll find someone else to treat like shit.

Anyway, have fun telling me I'm the worst person on Lemmy, just don't expect a quick reply.

Oh, and do tell me how stupid I am for not knowing that people who clear up and fix such damage have coupons on their website.

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Although if I had to pick... David Byrne.

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