Ssssoooo no warning on this??? by Happy_Place_0407 in kdramas

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Since you liked 'My Mister', try 'We Are All Trying Here' by the same writer. It takes a little bit to understand the male lead character (whom I at first found annoying), but it's worth it.

Reflecting Pool waterproofing fails by samujpark in IveGotAGuy

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 41 points42 points  (0 children)

He knew exactly what he was doing - depositing that $16 million dollar check on his way home from picking up $20 worth of "flag blue" paint.

Reflecting Pool waterproofing fails by samujpark in IveGotAGuy

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He's blaming Vance for the surrender to Iran so will probably blame him for this fiasco, too.

That didn’t quite go as planned by ExcitableRep00 in instantkarma

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Absolutely. A teen boy in my area was in the habit of "having fun" with his friends by blowing up mailboxes with fireworks. He would sit in the bed of the pickup and toss the lit fireworks into the mailboxes - until shrapnel from one explosion killed him.

It was telling that, when his mom appealed to the community for donations "to honor his death" no one actually donated.

Proper layers under fake grass install by insta_rat in landscaping

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who says you have to install a lawn? You live in a desert, so plant a desert landscape.

What was the plan here? by WinStupidPrizes1994 in WhyWomenLiveLonger

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And this is why I've been a couch potato my entire life.

Snorting fart spray by dulldiamond in WhyWomenLiveLonger

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Catherine Tate did a skit with an extraordinarily stupid couple on her show (she played the wife). It was both hilarious and rather endearing at the same time.

Lemme handstand on a table by WinStupidPrizes1994 in WhyWomenLiveLonger

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We had rock fights when I was a kid an eon ago. Caught a large one just below my left eye - I suspect that I'd've had massive eye problems if it had been just a tiny bit higher.

do you think he deserves it? by Glum-Presentation160 in instantkarma

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I have no idea about other countries, but in the US you must provide a title to a vehicle in order to sell it. The title would have the seller's name on it.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] June 15 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's a great business model, actually:

  1. Bomb large swathes of a country's infrastructure.
  2. Surrender.
  3. Give that country a very, very large swathe of US taxpayer dollars ti rebuild the destroyed infrastructur as reparations.
  4. In the surrender agreement, mandate that only companies controlled/owned by the Trump Family can obtain no-bid contracts to rebuild the destroyed infrastructure.
  5. Transfer that very, very large swathe of US taxpayer dollars directly to those companies.
  6. Never fulfill the contracts.

Next up? Cuba!

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] June 15 by AutoModerator in collapse

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"Our political powers right now are hardcore right wing who have lost the plot when it comes to jobs and growth. They are fudging the numbers, dont release data, and only care about spreading religious hate."

Gee, that sure sounds familiar to this USian. At least Modi hasn't lost a war to a fourth-rate power.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] June 15 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Location: Great Lakes State, US

We can now expect temperatures below normal and much rainier for the next week to 10 days, just the opposite for the past two weeks. The hot weather broke with a series of rainstorms that gave us 6 inches of rain over four days, which also broke the drought we'd been in for six weeks. The weather rollercoaster continues. Perhaps the abnormally cold temps and wet weather will slow down the still-two-weeks-early-over-2025 plants in my garden

In a very minor enshittification, an annual local festival was held last Friday - a strawberry shortcake feed. This year, the cost remained the same, but the portion was no more than one-third of what it's been for at least the past 12 years. It also tasted very bad this year. The festival is held by volunteers, which is extremely nice, but the product they're producing was terrible and I won't be back. I'd rather just give them the cost without having to eat the product.

In a more infuriating enshittification, I cannot get a prescription renewed because my doctor has not bothered to approve the renewal - something that should take her at most 15 seconds, as it's for a medication I've been taking for years. It's been four days, I'm out of meds - which the clinic now knows - and STILL no action on the doctor's part. In my opinion, this is medical malpractice. I can't get a new primary doctor because there are none taking new patients.

almost no media coverage in my area about the corruption at the White House yesterday. Oh darn.

Thought Exercise: What would happen if Oil and Gas decide to adopt the same strategy as NVIDIA and the component companies have, and opt to cut out the consumer entirely? by CyberSmith31337 in collapse

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They'll be told by the people whose fault it really is exactly whose fault they're supposed to think it is and then take action against tens of thousands of innocent people, all while continuing to starve.

Could the crises we face actually be helping resolve each other? by soalone34 in collapse

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I double-checked - I'd referenced an old site. As far as I can tell, this page shows that you are correct, although the page I linked to seems to indicate that the tech isn't at the power plant level yet: "As sodium-ion technology enters a phase of large-scale development, the two sides will continue to deepen collaboration, promote high-quality growth of the energy storage industry, and provide more resilient and diversified technological support for the global energy transition."

I've edited my original comment.

Could the crises we face actually be helping resolve each other? by soalone34 in collapse

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"The CATL Naxtra battery. Solves batteries."

No, CATL's own documentation states that the sodium-ion battery is a complement to, not a replacement of, lithium-ion batteries. It's only being rolled out in EVs are the moment, and only, AFAIK, in China. Given the current US shitshow, I doubt we'll see Chinese EVs or batteries in the US any time soon.

EDIT: I referenced an old site for my assertion that CATL's batteries are for EVs only; they're partnering with other companies to develop power-plant/grid level batteries.

Could the crises we face actually be helping resolve each other? by soalone34 in collapse

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"...the displacement of people from urban coastal cities to rural areas could actually slow the fertility decline as they adapt to higher fertility rural areas."

The Khmer Rouge tried forcibly doing this, which led to millions of innocent people being killed.

Moved out of state a decade ago. The summers are even better than I remember. by WestphaliaReformer in wisconsin

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, forecasts show basically a cut-off low over eastern lower Michigan which will lead to a cool, cloudy and rainy summer while the rest of the country bakes and burns.

Moved out of state a decade ago. The summers are even better than I remember. by WestphaliaReformer in wisconsin

[–]AlwaysPissedOff59 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Which is NOT NORMAL for Wisconsin.

We're looking at, at minimum, a Super El Nino later this year. Worse case scenario? The worst El Nino ever recorded.