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I have not seen one of these in a while, so I wanted to take an opportunity thank the moderators. Although slightly echo-chambery, the soap box remains a place where many people with VERY strong emotions can have a reasonably civil discussion about very contentious topics. While I give some...

It occurred to me yesterday that these tariffs have been unqualified success for trump. Not only is a non-trivial fraction of the entire world talking about him, but also multiple heads of state have called him personally to kiss his ask and ask him for favors. I mean, there are some other...

Don't sugarcoat Dr. Gitlin, tell us what you really feel. :D

"Don't get smart son, stay the way you are."

I lurked on this site for a couple of years before I realized that it is the community and not the content (though that is still great) that drives me. This is the only news site (or really any site) where I get as much as or more from the comments than from the articles themselves.

As someone who has been mauled by a "friendly" dog, the presence of dogs off leash is the only reason I can come up with to purchase and carry a firearm.

Depending on the circumstances, it is possible that going down stairs hit on a particular muscle that that was weak or strained, and he did not want to slip or fall. Going up stairs takes different muscles. Or he could just be an idiot, hard to tell over the internet.

I vaguely feel like I failed a parenting test. Youngest took a spill on their bike. Couple of scraps on the hands and a quarter sized bit of road rash on the shoulder. Child is sobbing and wailing like it is like the end of world. So I give hugs, pain reliving spray and badaids over the...

New day, new relationship joke :) "Hey Honey, did you change the wi-fi password?" "Yes dear" "What is the new one?" "It's now our wedding anniversary" ... Goddammit!

An engineer comes home to see a note taped to the fridge from his girlfriend that says "I'm sorry, it's not working, I'm leaving." He opens the fridge, takes out a cold beer and says "She doesn't know what she's talking about, the fridge is working fine."

I think you are forgetting what I consider the most important bullet. It is much easier to quietly skim a little off the top if it comes as undifferentiated funds.

Wait, what really!? Please tell me assigning Elon to figure out how Signal was hacked is a joke. please please

Prostitution theory: ANY task can become unpleasant once it becomes your job.

Good call on not linking it. There are still some people who will be severely punished for releasing classified information. If you are in doubt if you are in that group, please check your voter registration card.

I propose you leave it like this so it can be a "fun" surprise you get to spring on the next person to own your house.

There is some credit for DOGE. Rather than hire expensive whistleblowers, the Sec Def decided to invite reporters directly to his classified conversations. Efficiency!

1) Astarion was a fantastic character. Honestly, the most heartfelt and believable of the NPCs IMO. 2) I keep wanting to do a dark urge and leaning in, but I am not sure what build to use and even if I find a good one, I am not sure I can be that evil and still have fun.

So our company was looking to make a large, expensive purchase of a consumable that, for a variety of reasons, can only be procured from Canada. Yeah....about that. Turns out our Canadian supplier is going to "need more time to review the deal" (reading between the lines that time is between...

wow, that sounds both unreal and chaotic :eng101:. The TTPMO is that right now I drive a tall hatchback. I wanted to buy a sedan, but my last car (a sedan) had already been crashed into more than once because the other driver plain looked over my car. A lot of states complain that their...

I feel like I have made a terrible mistake. but at least I got some amusement out of this :)