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dohpaz42 , 3 hours ago

This is awesome! I can only imagine how exciting that must’ve been for Cpt. Dwight. Well deserved.

dohpaz42 , 10 hours ago

For those like me who like to have more context and enjoy learning about things, there is a Snopes article describing this cartoon (and many others) from the 1969 issue of Mad Magazine. I found it an interesting read.

dohpaz42 , 13 hours ago

By your logic, human existence is the point in which things exist. And by that logic, fossils wouldn’t exist. Nor dinosaurs, the earth, or even the beginning of the universe (however you believe it came to be).

I would argue that poetry is more than the mere written word arranged in a rhyming schema. It extends to being anything that sparks creativity of the mind. e.g., The colors of the sunset reflecting off the surface of a pond that ripples from an animal jumping on the water. Surely that existed before humans?

Now I would certainly agree that it took humans to best articulate it by being able to write (or otherwise convey) these moments into more than a fleeting moment in their memory.

dohpaz42 , 1 day ago

I think the bigger takeaway from this is not that it was his wife who did it (regardless of whether that’s true), it’s that he readily threw his wife under the bus in an attempt to save face for himself. That, by itself, speaks volumes to the type of guy he is at his very core. Or even his supposed loved ones are safe if he feels threatened. Now that’s the sad part.

dohpaz42 , 23 hours ago

You just described what it is to throw someone under the bus. 😊

To "throw under the bus" is a figurative phrase in English meaning to blame or abandon a person for selfish reasons. It is typically used to describe a disavowal of a previously amicable relationship to avoid being associated with something controversial or embarrassing.

dohpaz42 , 1 day ago

Yes. Mostly about the “I can’t believe I wrote that”. What you’re doing is self-reflection, and that’s a good thing. It’s good that you can recognize things you’ve said before that you’ve learned from. I don’t feel like enough people do this.

dohpaz42 , 2 days ago

When using both {} and ;, it’s safer to use single quotes to escape the current argument and ending delimiter; eg ’{}’ and ’;’, respectively.

dohpaz42 , 2 days ago

As pointed out to me yesterday in a similar thread, all this person wants to do is create a website with resources trying to steer women away from abortion. Not track them.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/16/tweets/would-sen-katie-britts-bill-create-a-national-regi/

dohpaz42 , 2 days ago

Those ears look like German Shepard. The rest of him hints at Pit Bull.

If that’s even remotely close to accurate, you’ve got a super intelligent good boy on your hands. And while intelligence can be good, it can also lead to a lot of trouble. 😅 make sure to keep him stimulated and tired. 🤣

dohpaz42 , 3 days ago

My best guess is that they are asking that out of all of the zombie lore that’s out there – live action tv, cartoons, movies, comic books, etc – which does the community think is the best of the best.

dohpaz42 , 3 days ago

There really is nothing anybody in power can do. He’s a Supreme Court justice. Appointment for life. The only ways for him to vacate his position is to die or to be impeached. This means that not only would the House have to impeach him, but more importantly, the Senate would have to convict and remove him; by a two-thirds majority, no less.

With the current spread in both the house and senate, you’d be better off becoming an expat.

dohpaz42 , 3 days ago

There’s the rub: the republicans stacked the courts, which is how we got to where we are now. They did it even when the democrats had majority rule. The dems, on the other hand, are pretty much too scatterbrained to organize on the level necessary to pull that shit off. I’m really surprised (and impressed) that they got 278 democrats to pass that discharge petition. That was monumental, especially for the democrats.

dohpaz42 , 3 days ago

Why do they even need a database of pregnant women? I get that GOP is trying to take away a woman’s autonomy and all that, but what’s the official public reason they’re giving?

dohpaz42 , 2 days ago

Thank you. I should’ve known better and looked it up. I appreciate you posting this for me and others.

dohpaz42 , 3 days ago

Not only did he get an unpopular truck, but he still uses Reddit. This guy is 0-2. What’s next?

dohpaz42 , 3 days ago

No! Bad DarkThoughts!

You call a tow truck and have the vehicle towed at the owner’s expense.

dohpaz42 , 3 days ago

I am an American, and I pay zero dollars for my and my kid’s therapy. But it’s okay, you just wanted the low-hanging fruit by taking a shot at America.

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

If you take into account past republican behavior, it’s quite probable that she’s either bi or a closeted homosexual, and is simply projecting her shame onto other people so she doesn’t have to acknowledge her tingly bits every time she sees another woman.

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

piss and moan the loudest

It’s not nice to kink shame.

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

To be fair, that’s a weighted vest that a lot of (mostly Crossfitters functional fitness types (I don’t want to get sued)) wear to make their workouts harder.

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

As a web developer, I’d say I feel insulted by such a wild accusation, but then I’d be lying. 😅

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

93% human, 2% mixed, and 5%.

Seems legit. 👍

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

I’m cynical, so when I say I’m impressed by her ability to both do the hard work of pouring over that much data, and admitting that there was no evidence supporting g her claims, I mean it. I’m thoroughly impressed. I hope she serves as an example to others on how to do the right thing.

And what this post doesn’t highlight from the article, is that she went against her party’s narrative and spoke out about the truth.

Gore rushed to share the news with the hard-liners who had encouraged her to run for the seat. She expected them to be as relieved and excited as she had been. But she said they were indifferent, even dismissive, because “it didn’t fit the narrative that they were trying to push.”

So, in the spring of 2022, Gore went public with a series of Facebook posts. She told residents that her backers were using divisive rhetoric to manipulate the community’s emotions. They were interested not in improving public education but rather in sowing distrust, Gore said.

“I’m over the political agenda, hypocrisy bs,” Gore wrote. “I took part in it myself. I refuse to participate in it any longer. It’s not serving our party. We have to do better.”

There is more, of course, so if you have t read the full article, go read it.

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

Sadly, you’re absolutely right: there will always be some excuse as to why she’s (and the “libs” are) wrong and they’re right. We are an unapologetic society hellbent on blaming the other guy for the problems we caused ourselves.

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

Clearly he was just trying to pay the cheese tax.

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

Another good question would be how much of that debt’s interest is being subsidized by the government?

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

Haven’t you ever flipped a pancake? Duh.

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

You’re not at fault in your assumption. They were talking about the barge in one sentence, and then electricity being restored in the following sentence. They should have clarified in the latter sentence the subject to which the electricity was restored; eg “electricity was restored to the University….” It’s ironic that an institute of higher learning used such bad grammar.

dohpaz42 , 4 days ago

It would be funny, if it weren’t painfully true. DuckDuckGo sucks just as bad as Google. I hear there is a good search engine, but it costs money to use. Shocking. Maybe they are all the same company, making shitty free services to try to steer you to paying for better services.

dohpaz42 , 5 days ago

I just got through grad school and had a similar experience with my capstone project. I had all semester to work on it, but didn’t get started until a week before it was due. I had to take the last day off of work just to binge write my paper.

So glad that’s over with … 😅

dohpaz42 , 5 days ago

If you live in the US, and have medically-diagnosed ADHD, you can write your HR to let them know you have a disability under the ADA and that you would like accommodations. You must have it in writing (ie email), otherwise there’s no proof. Once you do this, you become protected in the vent your ADHD is negatively affecting your work.

Of course YMMV, and employers might still try to oust you if they think you’re not capable. But having a paper trail will certainly help.

dohpaz42 , 5 days ago

DuckDuckGo has a similar service. It’s definitely nice.

dohpaz42 , 5 days ago

Altavista was my go to.

dohpaz42 , 5 days ago

While you’re ordering, would you grab me a gluten free crust? I’d appreciate it!

dohpaz42 , 5 days ago

Tell me something I don’t already know. But here I am anyway.

dohpaz42 , 5 days ago

At this point I’m starting to think we should just skip elections, skip the civil war, and go straight to splitting the country into two parts. The libs can have the left side and these fools can have the right side.

Why left and right? It should be obvious. To reflect our so-called political leanings.

It’s either that, or let these fuckers takes us down with them.

dohpaz42 , 5 days ago

Am I reading this correctly that both Gorsuch and Thomas agree that civil forfeiture should/could be considered unconstitutional by way of the fifth and fourteenth amendments?

Gorsuch… and Thomas? 😳

dohpaz42 , 6 days ago

Downvote if you just, but I would love if someone would link directly to the study itself. I’m not inclined to dig through multiple opinion blogs for the facts.

dohpaz42 , 6 days ago

GYAT!

dohpaz42 , 6 days ago

My understanding is that it’s an acronym for Girl Your Ass Thicc.

dohpaz42 OP , 8 days ago

I’m going to use it to move up in my job: management most likely.

dohpaz42 OP , 8 days ago

It’s the MS in IT, with a concentration on Human Computer Interaction, at UNC Charlotte.

dohpaz42 OP , 7 days ago

At my job I can’t move up without a masters.

dohpaz42 OP , 7 days ago

Nope. 😏

dohpaz42 OP , 7 days ago

Hmm. Not once have I had to take an exam. I did a lot of projects; both group and individual. My last project was to read a research paper, and do a 25 minute presentation on what the paper was about. That kind of stuff.

I plan on spending time with my kids, working on my house, and enjoying not being in school for a while.

I’ve been in IT in various capacities for over 20 years now. I’ve been a web developer for the past 17 years. I actually work at the university, so I got to take the courses at no charge. So if you’re interested in getting one yourself, you should look into working for a university. It’s a seriously good gig.

Realistically, if I had to choose a different career path in IT, I’d choose mobile development. I’ve been doing the web for so long, I think I’ve finally run out of passion for it. That’s part of the reason for the degree; gives me a chance for upward mobility.

Triceratops. Those guys were badass with their horns.

So what is it you do in IT?

dohpaz42 OP , 7 days ago

That’s a good point. I stopped doing it for a while now so I could focus on school and other aspects of life. Might be a good time to take it up again. Got any interesting ideas for an app? 😁

dohpaz42 OP , 7 days ago

Master? Nah. I know enough to be dangerous. But I’m still weak on pointers (pun intended).

dohpaz42 OP , 7 days ago

It was super fun. A lot of labs where we got to work on prototyping, presentation, and one class was all about 3d modeling/printing, laser cutting, and working with Arduino. I think that was my favorite (and second most difficult class).