qantravon

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[–] qantravon 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I know someone who had to do this. Her parents were abusive and were refusing to do the FASFA paperwork, holding it over her head for something. She had already been in college a couple of years at this point. So, she found a friend she trusted and they got married, allowing her to get the funding she needed to continue to attend college.

[–] qantravon 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

You don't have to go all the way to straight razor to get significant savings. Even just a safety razor basically cuts the cost per shave to nothing vs. modern cartridges. And it's much easier to use.

[–] qantravon 2 points 6 hours ago

There's a park in my area. Literally every time I have been there, over several years, there is a van in the parking lot. It has a wire mesh bust of Hillary Clinton on top, and is covered with writings about various conspiracy theories about her, and slogans like "Hillary for Jail!"

Possibly the craziest thing I've ever seen.

[–] qantravon 1 points 6 hours ago

There's a park in my area. Literally every time I have been there, over several years, there is a van in the parking lot. It has a wire mesh bust of Hillary Clinton on top, and is covered with writings about various conspiracy theories about her, and slogans like "Hillary for Jail!"

Possibly the craziest thing I've ever seen.

[–] qantravon 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hell, even before the NES, the entire video game industry crashed and nearly died out because there were so many crappy shovelware games that people started to think all games sucked.

[–] qantravon 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's fucked up

[–] qantravon 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If he had been fined, do you think he'd actually pay it? And what then? You can't stick him in jail to make him pay it.

I think this was the real reason behind the decision. Any governmental punishment is ultimately backed by a threat of jail/prison for non-compliance, but if you can't do that to the president, then he can just ignore it anyway.

[–] qantravon 7 points 1 week ago

I'm not talking about things that have happened to me specifically, rather events broadly across the Earth that should be rare happening on a more and more frequent basis.

I don't believe in karma as some kind of cosmic balancing force, but I do believe a lot of it is the consequences of our actions a-la climate change.

[–] qantravon 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My entire adulthood has consisted of one unprecedented once-in-a-lifetime event after another, and on occasion the same kind nearly back-to-back. This won't be the last.

[–] qantravon 8 points 1 week ago

Most absurd was from a job I had in college. This was the password to log into an ancient dumb terminal (literally a monochrome black and green display) on a local-only network that only handled our time clock.

Requirements:

  • 8 characters exactly
  • You supply the first 4, the system generated the last 4
  • I can't remember if it allowed numbers, but there were definitely no special characters and I think it was also case-insensitive

Required to change password every 30 days.

[–] qantravon 13 points 1 week ago

I've definitely had one that was 8-12 characters before...

[–] qantravon 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly, it's probably more about being realistic. By the same logic of the presidential immunity that SCOTUS invented, you wouldn't be able to imprison a sitting president. The other option for a punishment is a fine, which Trump likely would refuse to pay, and then what? They can't jail him for the refusal because presidential immunity. So, the judge is admitting that nothing he tries to impose is going to stick.

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Repetitive Epics (self.daystrominstitute)
 

Garak asserts to Bashir that the Repetitive Epic is the finest form of Cardassian literature. I was wondering, is there any real-life literature that could be considered a "repetitive epic" in the same vein as "The Neverending Sacrifice?"

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Vulcan Sex Workers (self.daystrominstitute)
 

It has occurred to me that Vulcan must have some form of sex industry to handle those going through Pon Farr who aren't currently married or otherwise involved. Otherwise, they'd have constant issues with violence from those suffering the "blood fever" whose spouse was far away, or had died, or for some other reason had no one to mate with.

Given Vulcan attitudes towards sex, it's probably kept out of sight, and is only "officially" available to those experiencing their "Seven Year Itch," but it has to exist, right?

 

In Voyager's transporter room, there is an alcove on the side, and embedded in the wall is what appears to be a small transporter pad. I don't believe anyone is ever shown interacting with this, so there's no definitive explanation for what it is. Assuming it is what it appears to be, what would be the purpose of a very small transporter like this?

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