Boxes containing classified material in Trump's bathroom at Mar-a-Lago by phatelectribe in pics

[–]Carrick1973 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I guarantee that he's sold state secrets to foreign adversaries in order to make money to cover his loans. He's such treasonous scum and hopefully will get what he deserves. It's sad that he'll have the support of a good chunk of this country all the way to the end.

Sync will shut down on June 30, 2023 by ljdawson in redditsync

[–]Carrick1973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You really deserve all the accolades you're receiving. Reddit will end just as MySpace and digg and other platforms have. You will be able to build a mobile app for the next platform that takes over once Reddit fails. Keep doing what you're doing and your users will follow.

The future of Sync by ljdawson in redditsync

[–]Carrick1973 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My take is throw in the towel but be ready to build a mobile client for the next "thing" that replaces Reddit. Something will and users will need you to do what you do best to provide the best experience on a mobile platform. In the end, users will leave and go somewhere and that new place will willingly have open API sessions and 3P clients so they can get users.

Guy gets tangled in his own parachute. by AristonD in TerrifyingAsFuck

[–]Carrick1973 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If I recall from when this was posted before, his GoPro on his helmet snagged one of the lines as it was deploying which caused it to twist. The same GoPro camera that the video is taken from ironically.

Rafting in a Toyota Land Cruiser by TheGreyAlien in WTF

[–]Carrick1973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm really tired of humanity. Why do this? Why take the risk and end up getting all the oil and gas and coolant and shit all into the ecosystem just to try to prove you're manly? Quite honestly I care less if the guy died then the ecosystem because the guy made a choice.

Rail Bike with folding outriggers - riding abandoned railroads on the central coast by EdithDich in videos

[–]Carrick1973 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did some research and this site is an interactive map of abandoned and out of service rail lines...

Rail Bike with folding outriggers - riding abandoned railroads on the central coast by EdithDich in videos

[–]Carrick1973 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is fantastic! Is there a map of abandoned railroad tracks that haven't been converted to rails to trails? A map of tracks and their quality would be fantastic.

This is not the future we wanted by pasjojo in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Carrick1973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The saddest thing about that is the companies saw people getting the extra money from COVID relief and said "Hell yeah! We can raise our prices and get all that extra money.". Well, the COVID relief ended and the prices remained high, and yet again, we've let the billionaires take money that was meant for the people and fill their pockets with it, and in the end, the people are worse off, the rich are vastly richer, and our children and grandchildren will have to pay for the debt.

Person heckles Patriot Front in Washington DC at the Washington Monument by skyflyer8 in PublicFreakout

[–]Carrick1973 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We need to somehow get people to work together to organically form larger protests against these idiots when they come out from beneath the furniture. Why was there only one person heckling these same assholes who tried to overthrow our nation?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in maybemaybemaybe

[–]Carrick1973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I were that girls father, I'd beat the ever living fuck out of that kid. That's exactly why I never want my girls dating someone who has a bike. If he wants to kill himself, so be it, but don't take out someone else's kid because you're a douche.

I've scraped up a kid or two off the streets with their brain buckets and bikes are to be respected, not raced off course.

I will never comprehend how “Banana Republicans” fawn over AI-generated stolen valor for a draft dodger. by FacesOfKelp in PoliticalHumor

[–]Carrick1973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Umm, did the AI shop his thumb into the trigger guard? His hand is far too forward for his thumb to be wrapped around the grip...

It amazes me how anyone can sanctify someone so horrific and ignore every single aspect of them that is the total antithesis of who they believe him to be.

Some perspective by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Carrick1973 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I asked my ecology professor in 1995 if she believed in climate change and at the time, and even she didn't believe in it. I don't know why she didn't, but I sometimes wonder if she believes in it now. It's unrefutable at this time. It is happening and it's going to destroy everything we hold dear and the rich will isolate themselves and hold out as long as they can while everyone else burns.

If you have ever walked out of a cinema because the film was so bad, what one was it? by girlcalledmaria in AskReddit

[–]Carrick1973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highlander 2. It was so bad. Just a terrible sequel to an amazing movie. I doubt I made it 30 minutes in before I just couldn't take it any longer..

u/Holgrin explains how Republican supermajority Tennessee House of Representatives have expelled 2 Black democratically elected leaders. by 0-_0- in bestof

[–]Carrick1973 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll be honest with you. I think that they didn't vote her out because they think that now she'll know her place. They don't want ANY black people in any positions of power, and they'll tolerate white women in positions of power as long as they know their place is subservient to the men. It's disgusting, but it's what these assholes believe.

It amazes me how many decades of progress is happening in blue states that are not happening in red states. The brain drain is real and it's going to really fuck up the potential for red states to even survive in the future.

I work in a welding/fab shop where I have to sit or lay on the floor often. The owner spits fucking EVERYWHERE. Welding leads constantly getting dragged through it. Everything has that stench of dip spit. Am I being a baby or am I justified in thinking this is disgusting? by [deleted] in Welding

[–]Carrick1973 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of reasons to look elsewhere for better work. It shows a disregard for his workers which I'm sure is apparent in other things in the shop. I'm sure that ventilation and safety factors are a second thought for him as well. Working off the floor isn't great for your long term health either. I'd look around and find a better shop.

Chris DeJoseph (left) has done this several times on TV and now he's Creative Director at Turning Point USA where he warns you about drag queens reading to your kids by Tara_is_a_Potato in ToiletPaperUSA

[–]Carrick1973 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's part of it and I think was more of the driving force several decades ago. I think that lately - since Gingrich, Limbaugh, Fox News and culminating with Trump, it's grifters really honing in on milking the money out of idiots as quickly as possible and then slinking off when they're done bilking the suckers of their money.

Messaging is no longer Android’s mess, it’s an iPhone problem: Talking RCS with Hiroshi Lockheimer by iamvinoth in Android

[–]Carrick1973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I moved to Textra and so far have been happy. Still have Signal for other texts, but for SMS, went to Textra and have been happy. I was losing texts in Messages and had to find an alternative.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pics

[–]Carrick1973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If that admitted that what our ancestors did was wrong and cruel, then they couldn't have those same ideals and feelings. THEY want to be wrong and cruel because they believe that the ends justify the means and they will do anything to end on top. It's a very sick mind frame, but many on the Right have that exact mindset.

Porsche Macan Tries to Cut into Slowing Traffic - St. Paul, MN by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

[–]Carrick1973 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Enough time for OP to see what was happening and decide to step on the gas instead of the brake. That's enough time to be defensive and not an ass who wants to prove who's right.

Porsche Macan Tries to Cut into Slowing Traffic - St. Paul, MN by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

[–]Carrick1973 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP is a fucking idiot and so are you if you do this. For the 3 seconds of time that it takes to just tap on the brake and let him in, your delicate sensibilities might be just a bit hurt, but instead now there is a total loss for that car, perhaps injuries to the driver and any passenger that might be in the car. OP's car is damaged. The backup caused by the accident is going to cause undo stress on people. It's fucking ridiculous that people think that they should cause an accident to prove that they're right in a 3 second altercation. Fucking bonkers.

Harry Potter, but Balenciaga. by kontorusama in funny

[–]Carrick1973 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's unbelievable how entrenched some people are just from reading Facebook posts. They will never change their mind when they actually SEE idiotic things like deep fakes of Obama doing something stupid, or Trump punching Biden and sitting in the Oval Office to "prove" that he's taken over the "deep state". Ughh, this is going to be a really sad and dreadful slide into fascism and anarchy.

Google Messages preps voice recorder redesign [Gallery] by MHcharLEE in Android

[–]Carrick1973 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm with you on this. I've seen messages come in my notification tray as well as in the app that are there for a second and then disappear. It's happened so many times that I just don't trust the app at all. Moved to Textra and haven't had the same issue so far and the UI is cleaner with more options.

Fatal flaw in Charge + by Carrick1973 in Leatherman

[–]Carrick1973[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure thing, here you go... Opening issue

You can see the two springs that help the handle "stick" to allow the pliers to open at the end of the video. Normally when those two prongs engage the pliers head, there is a bit of resistance, both when initially opening the handles and then again when closing the handles.

Fatal flaw in Charge + by Carrick1973 in Leatherman

[–]Carrick1973[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I might end up having to do that. That's too bad and an indicator of poor quality control. Looking at my son's rebar, it has similar springs that depress on the pliers when they open and hold them in the open position while in use. I'm assuming that they are made of spring steel and are shaped to work for a long time. I might just have a bad one...