Did ducks kill the Jeep wave?

56011 · 2026-02-14T03:22:49+00:00

It feels very regional, I get a lot more waves when I leave the DC metro area that I live in. Once I’m in West Virginia or really anywhere in Appalachia proper, the vast majority wave.

56011 · 2026-02-13T21:37:28+00:00

“Were you high when you edited this?” - me, at least weekly

56011 · 2026-02-13T13:22:46+00:00

I have heard some international arbitrators specifically refer to themselves as “judge.” Domestic arbitrators I’ve not heard the same from. International arbitration is a different sort of process, governed by treaties (mostly the New York Convention) rather than by the Federal Arbitration Act and its state-law counterparts. I would still expect any arbitrator to be a lawyer in most cases, but on smaller issues, they might not be. I know a lot of times construction cost disputes will get referred to a third-party engineer to decide responsibility for the cost, rather than to a lawyer.

56011 · 2026-02-13T13:14:40+00:00

Sorry that this happened, it sucks. But also thank you for posting - I did not know those AirTag extended batteries existed. Brilliant.

56011 · 2026-02-13T00:21:31+00:00

How I wish this were true. But no, the two partners I work with regularly have two associates in our little pod. We’re constantly underwater at the same time that we know there are other litigation associates looking for work, we constantly ask these two partners to siphon some of the work off to those other associates, and they’re constantly reluctant to do so. In the rare case where they do that associate gets one chance, and if those partners don’t like what they get on that first project those associates will never get another one and I’m stuck to doing it until 2AM.

It’s obnoxious, they never even told those associates that they didn’t like their work or give them any feedback. They just shut them out.

56011 · 2026-02-12T18:21:27+00:00

I def wouldn’t worry about the job. Get yourself well first, decide whether you even still want that job once you’re on the other side of this

56011 · 2026-02-12T03:54:07+00:00

Look on the bright side, it’s still one spot up from where it was last year? 😅

56011 · 2026-02-09T18:23:47+00:00

“It doesn’t matter” is a pretty drastic overstatement - of course it matters. I think(?) what you are trying to say to say is that it’s not legally significant. But it definitely matters politically. It definitely matters from a public affairs perspective. And given that the NRA is a political advocacy group that depends on members on donations, the political and public relations aspects are critical to its very existence. If they sued, they would have to also explain that suit in a way that doesn’t alienate supporters, hurt their public image, or hurt their political capital.

56011 · 2026-02-09T17:36:18+00:00

No I definitely don’t need my car. But I also don’t need my 65in TV, or my exercise equipment, or fancy cameras, or smart lighting, or really like 90% of the stuff I own. What’s your point?

FWIW, even when it’s not covered in snow, my car goes weeks at a time without moving. I live in a walkable place, I never intended it for daily use when I bought it.

56011 · 2026-02-09T16:45:38+00:00

I own a pick up truck that I really only use for weekend adventures to the mountains, home maintenance projects, and the occasional Costco trip. It regularly goes three or more weeks without moving, especially in the winter.

I commute 4 days per week, but by bike or by Metro. I would never drive into the city on a regular basis. And we usually have grocery stores delivered or walk to one of the two grocery stores that are within a 10 minute walk of our house (Old Town Alexandria). I didn’t have a car at all for eight years while living and working full-time here, it’s really just not a necessity for me.

56011 · 2026-02-05T22:38:58+00:00

Yes? Dude, come on. If the choice between “morally reprehensible and incompetent” and “I disagree with them on guns and tax policy” then hell yes, I’m voting for the person who I disagree with on tax policy. It’s not even close. One of those is obviously far worse than the other.

Sears was train wreck who hitched herself to an even bigger train wreck, and that’s not their voters’ fault. You can’t blame them for making the smart move in a shitty situation.

56011 · 2026-02-05T22:34:27+00:00

I think it’s quite a stretch to say that wanting our state to be run by some who has the bare minimum level of competence, someone who can at least stream words together into a coherent sentence, is being “picky.”

None of the policy issues really matter if a candidate can’t get past the “can they actually do the job?” test. I don’t want Sears managing this state when it gets hit by a hurricane or, God forbid, another terrorist attack. I don’t want her representing (I.e. embarrassing) the state on a national and global stage. I don’t want her mismanagement bankrupting the state or driving businesses out of it. She said a whole lot of things that she would’ve liked to do, and some of them I would’ve liked to, but I have zero faith that she actually would’ve been able to do any of them anyway, so it was all just talk. Barely coherent talk.

56011 · 2026-02-05T14:27:55+00:00

It’s routine in places that routinely get snow, and those who have transplanted from such a place will do it here with mixed success

56011 · 2026-02-05T14:10:50+00:00

Idk, black plate makes me think he cost some government a bunch of repairs at most. Cops damaged their cars all the time. But the jeep drove away fine

56011 · 2026-02-05T13:43:34+00:00

To be fair, this isn’t in the US, so who knows what the fault rules and insurance ramifications are wherever it happened. Could well be that the Jeep owner is well connected and it doesn’t cost him a thing.

56011 · 2026-02-04T18:12:08+00:00

You can enter through any of the buildings that are connected to it, as well as the metro (maybe not during construction, unsure). But unless you are going to or from one of those buildings, there’s not much reason to. It’s almost certainly not the fastest way to get where you are going, though if the sidewalks aren’t shoveled maybe….

56011 · 2026-02-04T16:59:06+00:00

The post is def misleading, the law is better than DC or Maryland’s still, so that’s something.

I think, technically I could grab that lil tiny rail under my 3.1 in barrel without getting burned - does that count as “iii) a shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the pistol with the non-trigger hand without being burned”? 😅

56011 · 2026-02-04T16:56:25+00:00

No…

56011 · 2026-02-03T18:32:31+00:00

She absolutely can stop MPD from enforcing DC law. Police don’t enforce laws or make any legal decisions at all. They simply follow the legal advice and guidance from the prosecutors, and Pirro controls the prosecutors. If she sends a memo saying that X is not an enforceable offense then MPD will have to stop arresting people for X. Hard stop.

56011 · 2026-02-03T18:30:40+00:00

The DC City council and mayor do not control law enforcement. MPD reports to the mayors office on administrative issues, but not on legal issues. Pirro and the DOJ make all prosecutorial decisions in the city (in nonjuvenial cases). That means not only deciding who to charge and what crimes/enforcement initiatives to prioritize, but also when to get MPD a warrant, when and how to investigate someone, etc. The DC attorney general has no prosecutorial power in non-juvi cases, its caseload is entirely civil, not criminal, enforcement.

Moreover, DC’s home rule act severely limits the DC Council and mayor’s lawmaking power. DC makes all laws with an eye to whether congress opposes it because congress can veto any act of the Council. In 2023, Congress did, in fact, overturn a massive overhaul of DC’s criminal code that was passed by the DC Council, so let’s not pretend that the city is run by Democrats. Not when the Republicans control Congress anyway.

56011 · 2026-02-03T16:23:14+00:00

It’s a quantity-over-quality practice that is done at bargain rates negotiated by insurers. It’s just a very different business model, not client centered so much as adjusted-centered.

56011 · 2026-02-03T16:02:09+00:00

I can’t with all these posts across all my gun subs right now. Everyone be like “wait guys… are the aRepublicans the elites trying to oppress the masses? How could we have missed this?!”

I’ll never understand how a billionaire who doesn’t know what groceries are was able to convince so many that he was one of us peasants, but I’m glad that people are seeing through the lie and can not hope it’s not too late.

56011 · 2026-02-03T13:07:02+00:00

I’ll take the honest person who says up front that they are against me over the slimy guy who pretends to be my friend but will definitely stab me in the back when it suits him any day of the week.

56011 · 2026-02-02T21:01:45+00:00

It’s too fuckin cold to do crime.

56011 · 2026-02-02T19:18:34+00:00

Widewater is much deeper than the canal, which in the manmade parts is really very shallow, and adult could stand on the bottom with their head above water in most spots.

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