School_Lunch

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But... but it was the house that passed it... the house is currently run by republicans...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I mean it is an accurate description of it, so that might be a connection... but if you know the actual history of the term then please share

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I don't know why, but I never made the connection of this pose to the term "reared-up" (meaning ready to go/launch) until recently.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I don't get out much, so I have no clue how others are doing. I'll admit that shit sucks right now, but I haven't been living paycheck to paycheck since working part time in my early 20s over a decade ago. I live in a low COL area and make about $35-$40,000 a year. I only spend maybe $15,000 a year. I may never be able to buy a house, but I'm far off from paycheck to paycheck. It makes me wonder if people who are living that way are maybe just living outside of their means?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't remember where I saw it, but I watched a video about different exo-planets. One that stuck out to me was a planet that had miles of ice but possibly also a liquid water ocean underneath. If intelligent life evolved down there, they would probably have no clue about the wider universe and think their world is all that exists. Imagine such a being's reaction if they ever drilled up through the ice. I feel like this could be turned into a good sci-fi book.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

It should probably be expected that any country with the means will interfere in other countries elections. What bothered me most in 2016 was not so much what Russia did, but that we didn't seem to have much of a response to it. And yes can we please support democracy and not authoritarians. I feel like the whole cold war was about capitalism vs communism when it should have been about democracy vs authoritarianism.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I don't know much about investing, but i wonder if it would it be a good time to short those companies?

[–] [email protected] 91 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I remember a documentary about a famous northwest passage expedition that was never seen again. One of the inuit people they talked to during an investigation claimed they found a boat, and in the captain's quarters they found a body in the bed with a big smile on its face. That would be absolutely terrifying, but apparently that's what naturally happens to corpses when their lips and gums receed.

[–] [email protected] 105 points 3 months ago

This is what the passive income 1% crowd tell the rest of us.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (10 children)

I wonder how much more energy it took to accomplish that compared to just shooting a rocket. Last I had heard railguns weren't really feasible because of the absurd amount of energy they would require even with perfect efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

For me, every time it suggests the correct base word, it gets the ending wrong, so I have to type out the whole word anyway. For example, if I want past tense it'll suggest the present tense of the word.

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