about rising prices

You’d think that the lies, rape, pedophilia, corruption, concentration camps, trade wars, actual war, ICE, surveillance would have already been enough “push”.

So, “how much further” isn’t even on the cards.

Flashing the BIOS on a PC.

Fortunately that M/B had a removable EPROM/whatever and I could get a replacement from the manufacturer.

He couldn’t even cow bell.

Yes, his ass bone is huge.

I can still hear the theme…

I don’t remember it being that whacky though.

And are missing 90% of the features making them far superior to the installed versions.

ETFs distribute risk. Any one sub investment failing will not be a problem.

A property investment is “all your eggs in one basket” the risk of poor returns is higher.

Also liquidity, need some cash? Sell a small amount of your ETFs vs sell the entire property.

You’re the enemy of fun.

Circumcision is male genital mutilation*.

Reasonably popular opinion almost everywhere except for two specific countries…

* to be clear: but not to the same level as FGM, which is a whole level of hell worse

As you say, “Capitalism is the most efficient system…” says any capitalist given opportunity.

The Nazis had a ‘most efficient system’ too.

Everyone who argues against PT essentially says “I can’t use it [so nobody should]”.

Blow their minds with this one weird trick:

“If everyone else is on a bus, you get the road to yourself!”

Diogenes enters the chat, and pisses all over it.

“what fuck” -> “fuck what”

This one is has no right to be this stupid and still make me chuckle.

Typically there is at least one witness too: the cashier, a lawyer, the other party.

So, when there is a dispute that makes it to a court of some kind there’s evidence.

I think we’re vigorously agreeing :-)

👍

I’m reasonably sure that a timber building is probably still better than a concrete one, for the same capabilities, when total environmental impact is measured.

The act of signing is what is important, whatever squiggly line ensues is irrelevant.

I remember being told to compare signatures in a retail job long ago. It just meant that my employer didn’t understand that either.

Burning trees is CO₂ neutral because trees are part of the active carbon cycle (you’re not digging it up from deep underground to burn).

I go back to All Tomorrows every now and then. It’s weird.