scoobford

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Also, you can take PrEP to avoid catching it in the first place.

Which for the record, you absolutely should do if you're queer, your partner is queer, or if you engage in high risk behaviors. Asymptomatic HIV is a scary thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Can someone eli5? Are people out there running over their own feet on razor scooters? Its difficult for me to imagine how that might be a common issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'm surprised things are that bad in a union plant. I live near a GM auto plant and the waiting list for employment is months or years long due to the compensation they offer. The main reason I don't work there is I can't afford to spend years of my life working minimum wage and waiting to be noticed by the Union.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've actually been looking forward to this, ans this is the first I've heard if it actually releasing.

I don't know what's up with film marketing these past few years, but I miss almost all of it, despite being interested.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

I was up to 14 at age 25. When you're young and inexperienced, any schmuck that will pay you and be slightly less abusive than the last guy is worth working for, and you never owe the last person anything.

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

The first one is a very different movie. It feels grounded in a way that the sequels move further away from with each entry.

That being said, they're all fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I live in DFW, a large amalgamation of two cities and a bunch if suburban sprawl in Texas.
I live in a neighborhood that is considered extremely walkable, as I am directly across the street from a university and less than a mile from city hall.

Here are my walking distances:

  • To the nearest convenience store: 1.8km
  • To the nearest chain supermarket: 4.3 km (They have a monopoly though, so unless you can afford whole foods, the closest good one is like 22.5 km)
  • To the bus stop: Lol, we don't have busses. A neighboring city does, so I guess 29 km?
  • To the nearest park: Nearest park is 2.8km. Nearest public space is only 1.5km because I live right next to city hall.
  • To the nearest big supermarket: 8.9 km to Walmart.
  • To the nearest library: 1.5km, again, I live right next to city hall.
  • To the nearest train station: 16km, unless you mean one for intercity travel. We don't have one of those because Amtrak is slowly being killed.

Straight-line distance to Big Ben: we don't have a Big Ben, but we killed JFK and that's 34km away.

Bonus fun fact, I commute 42km each day. This is considered far by most people here, 32km would be much more reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, god. I remember how it ran on a stripped down gingerbread ROM lol.

I gave up and bought a new phone after that.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

"I don't really get why people get so up in arms about discussing it, but Sex is fun. Be careful though, those swimmers are persistent little fuckers."

"Drugs feel good and you think everything is fine until one day you look up and realize it all went wrong years ago. I can't stop you, but I really hope you'll choose not to try them."

I think both worked out well. I'm sex positive and I generally avoid drugs because it just isn't worth the risk of finding that one substance that totally ruins my life.

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

I think it varies a lot by the user. I think (hope) most people are just joking, but I'm sure we have a number of people who aren't joking.

But also keep in mind we absolutely have propaganda bots and trolls here. They're quite good at directing the hivemind, even without the assistance of complete loons.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is all riot control gear. US universities usually have their own police departments, so by extension they usually have their own riot control gear as well.

You wouldn't use any of this stuff in war. It isn't designed to kill people (although it can and will, especially if used improperly).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

It depends. I think it's definitely less common here because it just isn't needed most of the time. Even a working class retiree should have a pension or 401k, social security, and some kind of savings from their life as a working adult.

To require the support of your children, you'd have to be unable to work, not entitled to substantial amounts of social security, not have paid into a retirement plan, and not have saved any money from when you did work.

I know a couple of people who support their parents, and they either spend their ENTIRE lives in poverty making sub-minimum wage (which is pretty uncommon), or they just straight up blew all their money because they assumed their kid would take care of them. I don't have a lot of sympathy for the second category.

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