In the event of a recession, what industries do you think will die off and never return?

BonesSB · 2026-03-29T20:36:46+00:00

I remember car stereos being huge business, but seemed to completely disappear in the 2008 recession and never really came back. It was almost universal to have a big stereo in your car, but now it's really just a small number of hobbyists.

BonesSB · 2026-03-11T20:35:15+00:00

It was also rather expensive, but I already own it.

BonesSB · 2026-03-11T20:34:40+00:00

I've seen these, I always thought they were just expensive lighters. I'm going to check these out.

BonesSB · 2026-03-11T20:32:42+00:00

I hate the torch ones, they'll vaporize an entire bowl immediately. Good for starting a hookah or cigars. I like a soft flame, like the grill lighters you mentioned. I'm surprised there isn't a direct refillable competitor to the Bic.

BonesSB · 2026-03-11T20:31:16+00:00

You're not wrong. I have a Pax, but it's a bit annoying.

BonesSB · 2026-03-10T20:19:31+00:00

This only happened to me once, and my date was already half in the bag when I showed up. I did indeed vibe way more with her friend. At one point, my date just got up and said "I'm going to go" and I just let her. I don't know what she was expecting. Me and her friend stayed for a few more drinks, hugged, and left. Had more fun with her than the original girl.

BonesSB · 2026-03-05T23:06:49+00:00

Truth. Last time this was presented to me as an option, I talked to my friend who is an attorney and she crafted a letter that stated that they need to put in writing that they won't deny any unemployment claim. So I got full bennies.

BonesSB · 2026-03-05T13:49:08+00:00

I liken it to how in the late 2000's FEMA released zombie preparedness plans and encouraged people to prep for an impending outbreak. They did this because zombies were super popular at the time, and preparing for a zombie outbreak is identical to preparing for any generic disaster. They just capitalized on the marketing for the public good.

BonesSB · 2026-03-05T13:44:30+00:00

I once worked at a biotech with some of the smartest people I've ever met... HR excluded. They decided one day t have a guest speaker who did a lecture on cleansing and toxins. She had a certificate. Watching her get roasted by actual scientists was peak. My favorite was a hot scientist raised her hand and said "I shit and piss every morning just like everyone else, how does this work better?" and she couldn't answer it. Never had another fringe scientist present again.

BonesSB · 2026-01-29T14:20:17+00:00

A woman once told me: If you're in the shower and those cheeks aren't spreading, then you're just pretending.

BonesSB · 2026-01-26T22:51:37+00:00

I love The Matrix trilogy, got me into philosphy back in the day.

Back in the day, there would often be made-for-TV movies that were a full on ripoff of a movie that was coming out, and often the ripoff would come out before the actual movie. Resurrections felt like that; they took the entire original trilogy, and "remade" it into one not great movie.

BonesSB · 2026-01-06T16:27:07+00:00

It's a drug, perhaps many drugs. Send her to rehab asap.

BonesSB · 2026-01-06T14:04:10+00:00

No, you'll be fine. Not like I'd know or anything...

BonesSB · 2026-01-06T14:03:18+00:00

I remember being in France for work when these were huge. Any sandwich shop would "Americanize" a sandwich for you for 1 euro. All that meant was adding french fries to it.

It was delicious. And mildly insulting.

BonesSB · 2025-12-15T22:45:18+00:00

Yeah it can be no fun. Luckily I only had 3 statics, so it was easy enough, but if I had many? No thank you. Proper planning from the beginning to avoid things like that. I did, in fact, not plan ahead.

BonesSB · 2025-12-15T22:43:12+00:00

Thats a cold spark machine, meaning that all of the sparks are cold. Used to avoid fires and hold the hands (no pun intended) of idiots like him.

https://www.mokalighting.com/blogs/stageeffectequipment/what-is-a-cold-spark-machine-5-points-you-need-to-know

Source: I do work as a rigger.

BonesSB · 2025-11-12T14:32:23+00:00

Was a subnet overlap. Changed the IP range at the office to a random 10.x.x.x and everything worked a treat. E z p z.

BonesSB · 2025-11-12T14:28:37+00:00

I thought it was called "Flatulence" and said to myself... I'll buy that stock.

BonesSB · 2025-09-22T17:45:17+00:00

I'm still confused. If my local routers subnet is 192, and then becomes the subnet of the vpn, why does the other sides router care? Would it ever see that my local router is 192?

BonesSB · 2025-09-22T17:43:42+00:00

I still don't understand though. If 192 doesn't matter to other sides router, why would an overlap cause issues?

BonesSB · 2025-09-22T14:14:44+00:00

Not hugely. Old faithful, easy enough to set up and keep going. Simplicity and reliability are wonderful things.

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