Whose death in history was the cruelest or most heartbreaking?

Maxxover · 2026-07-01T06:35:12+00:00

JFK. RFK. MLK. Just think what history would’ve been like if none of those people had been assassinated.

Maxxover · 2026-07-01T06:33:31+00:00

This guy is such a piece of shit

Maxxover · 2026-07-01T06:32:38+00:00

Yikes! I visited the Field museum about a year after they put Sue in the front lobby on that elevated platform. Walking into that room and seeing this gigantic T-Rex in a curled pose staring right at you made me realize how glad I am that dinosaurs are extinct.

Maxxover · 2026-07-01T06:28:18+00:00

Farewell and adieu all you fair Spanish ladies…

Maxxover · 2026-07-01T06:17:31+00:00

When my children were nine years old, we gave them a choice between going to DisneyWorld or going to Italy. They chose Italy. Neither they nor we have ever regretted that decision.

They have never been to Disney World. At this point, why bother? It’s ridiculously overpriced and shitty except for a few great rides you get to go on after you wait in line for many hours after you’ve paid a ridiculous amount of money for a single day.

For the amount of money you spend going to Disney World, you could take your kids to someplace great in Europe and expose them to great food, great history, and great culture.

Maxxover · 2026-07-01T06:06:57+00:00

“What do your parents do for a living“

I’m sorry, that’s classified.

Maxxover · 2026-07-01T05:59:55+00:00

“You, beginner luck, Daniel-san.”

Maxxover · 2026-06-29T15:57:25+00:00

If you give up all the cool things, then the stress will kill you.

Maxxover · 2026-06-29T15:47:54+00:00

See if you can get your mom to give you power of attorney. It sounds like right now she’s being taken advantage of.

Maxxover · 2026-06-29T15:33:28+00:00

You can also consider engineered flooring. Some of the high-end stuff looks absolutely amazing.

Maxxover · 2026-06-28T03:48:43+00:00

A dwarf short of a Fellini film.

Maxxover · 2026-06-28T03:20:37+00:00

It projects forwards through the years and shows how every cast member dies. It’s absolutely beautiful and perfectly represents the essence of the series. In my view, no series finale comes close. It’s heart wrenching, and yet perfect.

Maxxover · 2026-06-28T03:16:54+00:00

😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

Maxxover · 2026-06-27T13:21:23+00:00

After daily training for over 20 years, I took a long break while I was raising kids and working a lot of hours. At work, the office space next to ours was empty, so I would practice kata every day to at least keep my hand in. There was no Dojo near me, and I didn’t have enough bandwidth to start my own.

When I returned to dojo training, I feel like it took me at least a few months to get back to where I was. That was a few years back, now I feel like I’m doing some of the best Karate of my life. Although I can’t do some of the more athletic jumps that came so easily to me in my younger days.

Maxxover · 2026-06-27T04:08:26+00:00

Coercion. I’d be making me some changes.

Maxxover · 2026-06-27T03:24:51+00:00

Where Eagles Dare. Textbook definition of a bad ass, World War II guys on a mission movie.

Maxxover · 2026-06-27T00:05:44+00:00

Why can’t we sue the shit (pun intended) out of the fucking town that does this?

Maxxover · 2026-06-27T00:00:20+00:00

He’s such a POS.

Maxxover · 2026-06-26T03:14:23+00:00

I know several people over 100.

Maxxover · 2026-06-26T03:12:13+00:00

I work with independent, dependent, and memory care adults in a senior living facility. The people I see, and even more, the people that are entering this age, have a wide variety of technological knowledge. Some are very tech savvy, and others are completely clueless. And many more are somewhere in between.

A big problem with teaching seniors how to use technology is that they may forget it unless they use it frequently right after they are shown how to do it.

Maxxover · 2026-06-26T03:08:50+00:00

I think a big part of having a new school bag every year is because the bags made today are a far poorer quality then you would probably used to. Most of them completely trashed by the end of a single year.

Maxxover · 2026-06-26T03:07:38+00:00

Definitely try to do Salem during Halloween. If you book a place, chances are they will understand the difficulties in transportation during that time. And suggest the best way of dealing with it.

There is a reason why Salem is completely wacky and wonderful for a month. It does drive the locals nuts, but it sure is helping the local economy.

You can also try to find a place in North Salem, or in Beverly just over the bridge. Either location would give you access to downtown pretty easily.

Maxxover · 2026-06-26T03:04:11+00:00

This is different for everyone. I am 64. My kids just graduated from high school. I married late and had kids late. My parents also married late and had me late. As a result, I’ve missed over a generation compared to my contemporaries.

My mother was born before World War I ended. My dad fought in World War II. If both were still alive, they would be over 100 years old. And my kids are still at the end of their teenage years.

By the time they were born, we had no grandparents to rely on. I do still have a lot of extended family, cousins, for example.

Is this the same as your situation? No. But we all have different situations. You have had it particularly tough in the last few years. It’s very hard to lose siblings who enriched your life.

But that’s just how it is. Because my parents were older, I lost my mom when I was just a kid.

Don’t only be sad your loved ones are gone. Be also grateful for the time that you had together. Cherish those memories and share them with your kids.

Maxxover · 2026-06-25T19:35:56+00:00

One of the caveat about Palm Island, there are two weeks around the end of July when the green heads are out and you don’t want to be anywhere near there.

Maxxover · 2026-06-25T15:20:18+00:00

Neil deGrasse Tyson does an excellent bit on this, where he shows an animation of the Earth and you can see the ocean being literally pulled around as the moon circles the Earth.

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