cordlessmodem

joined 2 years ago
[–] cordlessmodem 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

9.0, would have been a 9.5 if Shadow had a gun

[–] cordlessmodem 33 points 2 months ago

The private for profit health insurance industry - because what could make number go up better than a (LEGALLY MANDATED) do nothing middle man who's only purpose is to take your money and ensure as little as possible is spent on healthcare sitting between you and not dying?

[–] cordlessmodem 82 points 2 months ago

Just think of all the great things you're going to learn about emergency boot recovery!

[–] cordlessmodem 34 points 2 months ago (24 children)

Competition is good! Unless it makes shareholders sad.

[–] cordlessmodem 75 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

From reading the penny arcade blog about it and watching the trailer, it seems to be an arthouse movie that just happens to be made by the most famous people on earth. You might love it or hate it but most people just won't get it either way

[–] cordlessmodem 14 points 2 months ago

These sound right to me, especially Dying Earth - a podcast I listen to covered Gene Wolf's Book of the New Sun trilogy and they described it as such. Wikipedia calls it Science Fantasy. Great books by the way

[–] cordlessmodem 7 points 2 months ago

lot of that going around I guess

[–] cordlessmodem 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Not an idiom, but a slogan for a sugary children's cereal Trix.

I saw the wall of text, skipped to the punchline, and rolled my eyes glad I saved myself a couple minutes

[–] cordlessmodem 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Yeah, but does their government convert 1.5 trillion dollars a year in public monies and national debt into defense industry and health insurance industry profits, providing incredible value for shareholders?!

Checkmate, communists

 

Here's the best time from Sunday's Pike's Peak Hillclimb, Robin Shute driving. The car (all the cars in this class) is a custom made hill climb car possibly made just for this race.

The run itself is a new record but still has a few issues including what seems like a stall or shift failure early on.

[–] cordlessmodem 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just build a road one mile wide between and directly through the middle of every urban center so suburbanites have an easier time getting where they're going. This is so easy I should be a road planner

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