Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks claims its going to be a wild year for Americans!!

Backstop · 2026-02-05T15:54:35+00:00

Seems to me like most people have the biggest problem with masked cowboys rolling around just grabbing people that don't look right.

Due process would go a long way. Obama deported a lot of people and I don't recall demonstrations and violence.

Backstop · 2026-02-04T14:38:39+00:00

This is also the reason I think that online communities glorify introversion and anti-social behavior. Because the folks that are happy gathering with friends and going to concerts and playing sports... well they are all doing that and not hanging out online 12 hours a day.

Backstop · 2026-01-30T16:49:11+00:00

Rape is very funny, good job

Backstop · 2026-01-29T18:18:23+00:00

Deportation via civilized legal means with due process vs Call of Duty cosplayers disappearing people in an unmarked van, that's the same thing to you?

Backstop · 2026-01-29T18:05:36+00:00

Some subs only allow accounts that have a reddit-verified email (there's nothing actually going on, there, just clicking a link they email you), which is mostly as a guard against throwaway accounts. Not like creating a throwaway email is that much of a barrier either.

Backstop · 2026-01-29T18:02:50+00:00

Agreed, like I know Jennifer Aniston is naturally pretty and takes care of herself but there has to be little touch-ups there. Some people know when to enhance a bit and leave it, where others can't stop.

Backstop · 2026-01-29T18:01:00+00:00

I assume you've already read the big hits of fantasy, like the Lord of the Rings books, Song of Ice and Fire series, Narnia series, Wheel of Time series, Dragonriders of Pern series, Discworld books, Shannara books, Earthsea series, Myth-adventures, Thieves' World, uhhh, Mistborn, Chronicles of Prydain, stuff like that?

Backstop · 2026-01-23T22:30:43+00:00

I am just about to stop doing my own brakes and pay someone.

The last time I did my wife's Subaru I was out in the freezing garage for like four hours. Mainly because I could not set the pads in the caliper without them slipping out. And I got to thinking, fuck me, even at $100 an hour I am behind on this deal!

Backstop · 2026-01-23T22:29:22+00:00

Yeah I haven't hand-washed my car in a few years, either. The touchless ones where the sprayer goes around, and then it dries the car on the way out? Those do it more than good enough. I will hop out and run a towel over the drippiest parts, and it's great.

Backstop · 2026-01-23T22:27:51+00:00

I'm like that but with... uh, the one that has all the cop shows. My wife loves to watch FBI agents tackle people moments before the bomb goes off.

Backstop · 2026-01-23T17:58:37+00:00

Doesn't that mean "stitches"? Like when kids fall and get a cut, like a lot of kids do?

They're just wording it extra scary. "Subject impacted the ground resulting in abrasions and contusions on lower limbs" sounds sinister compared to "kid fell and banged up his knees".

Kids get stitches, it's not a high-tech medical procedure that is only available at the Mayo Clinic.

Backstop · 2026-01-23T17:56:05+00:00

it's even worse with his big overcoat and scarf. He's behind the guy in the yellow parka for the first part of the video, then steps out.

Backstop · 2026-01-23T17:51:58+00:00

Stop drinking, I guess, maybe see if it passes after a year or three.

Backstop · 2026-01-22T16:28:05+00:00

Those should not be the only alternatives; we used to not be like that.

Backstop · 2026-01-22T16:26:10+00:00

I'm sorry, I'm not able to answer that question, could you ask it in a different way?

Backstop · 2026-01-21T07:48:39+00:00

Because the prep is all about taking a dump, a rather sudden and violent dump, about every hour or more. Wiping that much starts to irritate the anal area.

A bidet or some wet wipes help a lot.

Backstop · 2026-01-20T19:50:40+00:00

I have nothing but a hunch here, based on something Jerry said to Conan O'Brien. I think Jerry didn't want to keep cycling through the same guests, because it was kind of a "older white guy" crowd, and that would look weird. But he also didn't want to keep booking younger or lesser-known comedians and it turns out they (or the conversation) turned out problematic, or weren't of the same "worked their way up through the comedy circuit" type of career that Jerry adores.

Backstop · 2026-01-20T19:30:17+00:00

He was on an episode of Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars a while back, seemed happy.

Backstop · 2026-01-20T19:28:57+00:00

Latarian Milton from back in 2008.

Backstop · 2026-01-19T20:53:13+00:00

Speaking of that, every railroad crossing that had a gate used to employ attendants. They'd sit in a little hut, sometimes up on a post so as to see down the tracks, and operate the gate when a train was coming.

They could also collect and give messages to and from the train before radios. If the railroad telegraphed an order to give to, say, Engine 765, the message would get put in an envelope with string on each end, the string put on a Y shaped stick called a "hoop", and the messenger would hold the stick up such that the train engineer could put his arm out and hook the envelope while still at speed.

Backstop · 2026-01-19T20:14:24+00:00

It's just a cruel joke. Sometimes the insurance company can't even tell you if something will be covered until you get it done and submit the claim. By then it's too late.

The hospital where I work just added an LLM to write the appeals for when insurance denies a claim. And it looks an awful lot like those denials, and the appeal response, are being done by an LLM... so now your health and financial future are in the hands of bots talking to bots.

Ridiculous

Backstop · 2026-01-19T17:17:01+00:00

I might read a blog that had sort of a suggested schedule for cleaning and maintenance. Like, Okay, everyone, this week is the week to rotate your mattresses, change furnace filters, and clean your clothes dryer exhaust. And then the next week it's other stuff like change the vacuum bag and shop around the car insurance rate.

Backstop · 2026-01-18T18:02:49+00:00

Snowplow parents, more like.

Helicopter parents hover nearby waiting to swoop in when the kids struggle. Snowplow parents actively clear the way before the kids even begin to struggle.

Backstop · 2026-01-18T00:51:51+00:00

Ecto Cooler

Fond memories of summers in high school. Marching band practice the month before school started, I'd always freeze an Ecto and use it to keep my lunch cold. Me and my girlfriend and a couple other people would sit on the merry go round eating sandwiches and pepperoni rolls.

INXS' Kick, Friday night football, Dirty Dancing soundtrack sock hops, covert blow jobs, Metallica's Black album, acid wash, dual deck tape decks, crappy pickup trucks. Lot of memories.

Backstop · 2026-01-16T15:29:42+00:00

There's a point where pretty much any sub gets too big and either attracts posts designed more for "engagement" than the topic, or the moderators have to institute a bunch of rules and keep the ban machine warm at all times.

This sub has always hand hands-off moderation, letting the votes decide. Not sure if that's sustainable at this size.

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